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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1950)
PAGE SIX THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1950 Bend Municipal Airport Receives Major Improvements) H -V, 4 ;Vi 3 ' 1 4 ' ---, . ; , '-X:. --PS r-f- 1 Heocs Flight Service Paved Runway Constructed; Pictures Show Development Bend's municipal airport received a major face-lifting in the year just ended, and 1950 finds the field classified as one of high importance on the air map of Oregon. Major im provement was the construction of a paved runway. Soon lights will be installed. The large picture at the left shows the runway, with the white Cascades in the background. The surfaced runway slashes across the center of the picture. In the foreground is one of the older runways, still available for use. The airport hangars and administration buildings are shown nearly in the center of the picture. The picture was taken this week by Web Loy, Bulletin photographer. This past summer, the Bend airfield was one of the busy spots on the crossroads of Oregon, with planes stopping here en route east, west, north and south. Other pictures on this page illustrate activities of the Tilse-Bowman Flying service, operated by Ollie' Bowman and A. J. Tilse, who also have a flying service at the Red mond airport. Bowman is in charge of operations locally w1 and Tilse is in charge in Redmond. ' ' fc The Oregon state board of aeronautics cooperated with the f city of Bend in improving the airport, located on the Butler road east of this city. iiniiiin iii wu ilii ii I ii hni hih i in iiiil li Ml nil I'll m ii ii I' ii 1 minimi iiiiiiiiii i iih iii m i pun i in in i unmmi nil nci 11 i 11 i I m xf.tui'wt&t. .TRTiWhKKaMfrysrfgwiga awai smiuaju.Mr.9v7jsim: Ollie Bowman, who with A. J. Tilse operate flight services at the Bend and Redmond airports, is pictured at his desk at the local airport administration building. Bend Airport Hangars Pictured in Wintry Setting Planes Have Own "Service Station" at Airport S U .n Dli.jSl i, v -v f fc 1 ' t p"- n"" target " "ttKftS .',..',.1 ji i .I. 1: f ess -5 to mwsi HB, ., i rAJS, .itoJt,!;S2, . . Af4anffl tVAiZWS!? Pictured here in a wintry setting nro the hangars at the Bend municipal airport. They were erected two years ago, following the fire that razed a hangar and resulted in the loss of a number of planes. The new hmigurs are of concrete. Directly in front of the hangars are the aprons that lead out to the new paved runway. Student Get Briefing From Instructor Shown here is a plane receiving fuel at the Bend municipal airport, with Al Larson handling the hose. The picture was taken earlier this week us a light covering of snow covered the airport. Planes from many parts of America stop at the Bend airport through the year. With a runway now paved, even heavier traffic is expected this year. Plane Motor Receives Overhaul Job Er . 1TJ . . .... . 4UCv 1a.. 8 it,' Jf -. '." ... . - :M1 ?ti ' I U . - - A flight student, Henry Thompson, left, Is pictured here being briefed before Instructor Al Larson at the Bend airport. The Air service has instructed scores of students in recent years. Tilse-Bowmnn i Don Feser, left, and A. J. Tilse, one of the operators of the flight service at the Bend municipal airport, are shown here working on a two engine plane, In hangar shops at the local field, Planes are carefully checked wonting
