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o Page Four Section B THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Monday, October 1, 1945 Personal Airplane to Supplement Gar Cross Country Flying Private Planes to go on Sale AII D kA J C At Department Stores Soon The personal airplane will supplement the automobile for family travel by monopolising the tripg of 200 miles or more, in the opinion of Charles Lvans, aviation editor of the Auto motive .News. Only 15 percent of automobile trips are in the 200 mites or more bracket anyway, says Evans, but the passenger mileage rolled up by the automobile on such trips equals all raijroad, bus and street car mileage. It is the sort oj travel for which the airplane is best suited. Cross country flying is not easy and only a relatively few pilots have obtained enough experience to avoid ever getting lost and some pilots will admit they have been lost within 10 miles of their home airports. There are three methods of cross country flying, the best o course being by map for it can be used anywhere in the world. This takes considerable cost and study, of course. The second method ii by means of radio with aids on the ground and here new devices are under development. A new type of radio range it being developed by the CAA. (t is an omm-directional range, ine new range sends out courses in ail directions instead of the one now in use which sends out fog" legs, and the pilot merely picks the course he wants to fly and sets it on a dial, similar to a com pass. With enough of these ranges in use a novice could fly accur ately clear across the country. Radio equipment is not likely to cost much more for a plane than . ordinary equipment for an auto. I The third navigating system Is the alrmarker and a national pro gram has started to promote it. Markers on the roofs of large buildings, or on highways give the pilot considerable information at a glance latitude and longt- I t u d e, direction and magnetic j north, direction and distance to the nearest ports and naming the nearby town if it has a port. Fabric of Feathers A new fabric made principal ly from chicken feathers has been developed by the United States Rubber company and when it's put into commercial production it'll be a boom to farmers, ac cording to an article in the Oc tobcr issue of American Maga zine. Feathers from turkeys, ducks and geese also can be utilized in making '.he amazing fabric for fashion designers to turn into wearing apparel for men, wom en and children. Feathers of wa terfi'.U can be woven into a special fabric which is water lesistant, according to Dr. Willis A. Gibbons. "When this fabric is put into commercial production, it may revolutionize the whole textile industry and also provide a mag nificent bonanza for farmers," s'ates The American Magazine article. "It will give them a yearly market for the 100,000,000 pounds of chicken feathers and the .'10,000,000 pounds of turkey feathers. The feathers from 38 broilers wil make a man's suit of clothes (30 broilers for a lady's suit). Dr. Gibbons has found, and the foliage of a goose will be worth more to a farmer than the goose's carcass. This is because the feathers of waterfowls can be woven Into a special fabric which is water-resistant. You'll wear a chicken feather suit on fair days, if Dr. Gibbons has his way, and when it rains you'll change to one made from duck or goose feathers, which will enable you to shed water just like a duck. Three quarters of the feathers on a fowl can be used and 80 percent of each feather is suit able for making the yarn which then is woven into cloth. By 8. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Writer In about a couple of months you can drop into your favorite department store, buy a book, a tube of shaving cream and some socks then drift up to the ump teenth floor and pick but your new plane. It is the Ercoupe that now is preparing to display samples in department stores by about Oc tober, with deliveries tentatively set to begin early in 1946. But there are some half dozen other personal or family-type planes readying to compete for your favor. William A. Burden, assistant secretary of commerce, optimist of the predicters in this field, thinks within five or ten years there will be 450,000 personal planes cruising the skies. The national resources planning board estimates 25,000. Other guesses range between these two absurd ly disparate figures. All of these figures pale beside the statement of American Press, based upon a poll of weekly newspaper editors, that in the next five years 500,000 personal planes will be sold in rural and small-town America alone. The Ercoupe is in the class stripped. Ey the time you I get it equipped, it will set you ' back, including tax, closer to ; $3,000. ; in in two or three years at most. Excipt as you feel forced to keep up with the Joneses, your plane might well test a lifetime bar- ring accident. The American Press survey of ; country editors indicated 70 per jcent consider safely the prime factor in the anticipated popu ; larity of personal planes. This I the manufacturers are stressing S2000 i heavily. Ease of operation, operating cost and landing facility, each is rated as a prime consideration Most of the firms rushing per- , The Ercnur. has a 75 . hr.rsn. sonal planes aren't talking mucn I oower engine that travels 22 yet about price. j mjjes on a gauon 0f gasoline. Aviation enthusiasts suggest ! D&c-s your car do that? The that you should not look at your ! Taylor BC-12, now in limited 1946 flivver planes as you do at production, has only a 65-horse-our motor car as something power engine; the Luscombe Sii- that will be worn down for turn- : vaire is. stepping up its from 75 to 85 horsepower, which is the. same as the Culver two placer due? for production in February. The Stinson Voyager will have a 125-horsepower plant, the Bellanco Crusair from 125 to 155 horsepower, but the Beech craft 17 will have at least 400 horsepower. Cruising spepds range between the Taylor's 95' miles an hour and the Cruisair's 145 miles an hour, with 110 (Ercoupe and Luscombe) a popular speed. But the Cruis air, at 47 miles an hour, landr almost as slowly as the Lus combe at 42. At its peak the industry em ployed 1,683.000 persons and made, in 1944, 16,339 millions worth of planer and parts. The best estimates soggest that in the near future the best it can hone for will be some 610,000 workers, direct and indirect, and an out put of 1,270 millions a year. Englishman to Try to Travel 520 Miles Per Hour in New Revolutionary Auto The auto industry is watching with interest the outcome of n speed run to be made in Chile with an English built car of re volutionary design using jet propulsion. An English llier expects iu feet in diameter, a streamlined pear shaped body 15 feet long and 15 feet high. The single wheel will revolve on oil bearings and the driver will sit on a seat inside the wheel. Automatic instruments will ti s?n m;u an hour, raising ' work the stabilizer fins at the hack ana a arag wiu oe usea lor breaking. Two small wheels at the rear will keep the car upright at the start and will be dropped during the run. the record from 368 miles an hour. The car, now being built, will have a single giant wheel 12 Ancient Greek scholars be lieved that plants slept at night, powr i like humans. Neoprene to Play Big Part in Cars Neoprene will play an import ant role in the new automobile drama which is being staged in the coming months. Neoprene is a new synthetic rubber product. It has been de veloped in the war years and it fit so many uses in war equip ment that it has been adapted for peace time uses in many parts of the new cars. Here are a few of them: Oil proof neoprene covered ignition wires. Neoprene supports on motor cushions. Neoprene front motor supports. First New Crude Rubber To Go To Heavy Duty Tires First crude rubber, when it has been finally freed from the de vastation of the Japanese occupa tion will go into heavy duty tires to increase the crude content. After the heavirs are taken care of, the crude wil trickle into auto tires. When the ulti. male crude-synthetic ratio will be hasn't been decided except for the fact that synthetic will be used in all rubber items to pro vide a strong argument against high prices of crude. 1044-45 Panorama Nov. 19 Cove was the first city to reach its quota in the sixth war loan drive. Goal was $17,497. . . . John A. Dygert of Twin Falls was killed when his car crashed into rear wheel and axle which had broken loose from an oil tanker. Nov. 20 The federal govern ment, it was announced, may bear part of the financial burden of the Grande Ronde valley irriga tion project. Nov. 24 La Grande Tigers smother the Roosevelt high school Rough Riders 33 to 7 to win the right to meet .Medford for the state championship Dec. 2 . . . Churches in union Thanksgiving service heard Rev. Arthur J. Stanley give thanks for the American way of life . . . Cove trebled its quota in the sixth war loan campaign, selling $52,497.75 worth of E bonds. Nov. 25 Vernon DeLong was named a delegate to the farm bureau convention at Chicago, Dec. 12 to 14. Nov. 28 Twelve Boy Scouts received awards at the bi-monthly court of honor . . . Rev. and Mrs. Lester Carlsen were hon ored at a silver wedding anni versary party ... 20 players were selected to make the trip to championship football game. Nov. 28 Five new members were inducted by the county his torical society, Dr. Charles Quuin tanee. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Huff man, and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hill. N o v. 211l.a Grande airport development by the CAA was an nounced as part of a huge nation al program . . . Keith Palton was promoted from second to first lieutenant for coinage on the bat tlefield in the Pacific area . . . TJitMTigers wound up with drills for, the championship game. Nov. 3(1 War bond sales were reported heavy in the rural areas .A. Mrs. W. 11. Gooderham was elected noble grand of Crystal Rebekah IoHrc. Decern bt Dec. 1 Re v. R. E. Stanley Hunt was elected to fill the pul pit of First Baptist church. Dec. 2 Medford defeated La Grande, 14 to 0. for the state football championship , . . The women's division exceeded the war bond quota 52 percent. Dec. 4 Cpl. George K. Taylor of Island City was awarded the air medal for service on a Flying Fortress in the Eurcopean the ater . . . Construction of 50 hour ing units awaited allocation of the money foiMhc job. Dec. 5 Mrs. J. K. Dickerson was elected president of Oliver - fitnliniieH nn PflOp fll New Models of Cars Not To Be Stop gaps New 1946 models of automo biles will not be "stop gap" models hurriedly produced to get cars out but will incorporate many improvements developed in the last four years. Car bodies will not be greatly revolutionized but there will be many changes in designs of orna ments, new fronts, more chrom ium, improved instrument panels, motor improvements and im provements in the springing and in the spring materials themselves. P. Morton Women's Relief Corps. Dec. 6 Improvement of the La Grande milk supply was suggest ed by Dr. Gilstrap, city health officer ... La Grande Elks lodge held its annual memorial service. Dec. 7 W. R. Winters was promoted to acting assistant man ager of La Grande branch of the U. S. National bank . . . Cattle men, forest service and the city combined to provide a patrolman to keep cattle off the watershed . . . Mrs. Hugh Leonard was elect ed president of Wives and Mothers Service club for the year. Dec. 9 Miss Shirley Miles, chosen as the sixth war loan drive Miss Eastern Oregon, left for Bend to join the Marines for a series of bond shows. Dec. 11 Emil Miller of Cricket Flat grange was elected and in stalled master o( Pomona grange for 1945-46. Dec. 12 Lee Reynolds was elected vice president and mem ber of the executive board of Blue Mountam council of Boy Scouts. Dec. 14 Twenty - four cadet nurses were graduated at public exercises . . . Purchasing of a new truck for the street department was authorized. Dec. 15 Construction of an airport one mile west of Joseph was approved by the civil aero nautics commission . . . Harley Smith was elected piesident of the Maverick club . . . Bids were called for resurfacing 2.0 miles of the Union-Cove highway . . . Union county war bond purchases soared past the $1,000,000 mark, surpassing the county's sixth war loan quota by 30.3 percent. Dec. 16 S Sgt. Talbrrt M. Bennett n awarded the Air med.il for frequent pailicipalion in aerial flights against the en emy . . . Pendk'ton Buekaroos lieat La Grande Tigers i.l Dec. 18 Lt. James Gordon I,eiiarrf awarded the disting uished flying cross, and Sgt Cur til F. Roper war awarded the air medal. Dec. 1 l.t. Col. Georg,. E 1 Sanders organized a Union coun-1 ty veteran's servlire commit tea ' . . . Mrs. C. C. Llllte was elected president of Loyal Star lodge . . . Mrs. Charles Murchison was elected commander of Navy Miithitrs club. LA GRANDE'S $500,000 AIRPORT Provides These Many Important Services Li Grande's airport was dedicated in 1943 and is a fin example of modern airport con struction. Runways extend to 4.600 foot and will accommodate any type of modem commercial craft. Shown in flight against a background of hangar buildings is the Waco used by Eastern Oregon Air ways for its daily :harter flight io Portland. CDADQy LfLl(BH TO) tPCDLPTTLLANLD tcite W f.s''- co'v ;vn.i'tv' .. ssgs ':!?" and return, except Sunday This daily charter flijjht provides pickup service in I.a Grande and taxi service to the Imperial hotel in Portland. City to city service is given both ways. The trip is a marvel of scenic beauty as well as a vital time-saver. In addition, we offer charter flights to any place in continental United States. FLYING TIMETABLE l eave la Grande Arrive Portland Leave Portland Arrive I-n Grande 5 a.m. 11 a.m. .'1 p.m. 6 p.m. HOl'M) TRIP One Way 30 15 Plus Govt. Tax CROP DUSTING CATTLE SALTING PASTURE SEEDING EASTERN OREGON AIRWAYS t Johnson and Province. Operators LA GRANDE AIRPORT PHONE 6R13 Aerial Photographs in this Edition Taken in Cooperation with Eastern Oregon Airways Vf' fo,.th. you Tn frlsiX C-Vl-v 73- n 41 It
