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2-C MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1962 Briton Returns Over Trail Of Commercial Air Survey By RALPH VILLERS United Press International Port Washington, N.Y.-1UPD -As the single - engine float plane banked over the boat dotted water of Manhasset Bay, Arthur S. Wilcockson glimpsed a familiar scene, even if it was 25 years in the past. Here he was, flying again along the shore of this Long Texas Dentist Molds Solid Gold Orchids Dallas, Tex, - IUPD - Dr. Jeff B. Bruton, a University Park dentist, has no trouble filling his time when he is not fill ing teeth. He molds solid gold orchids with the same process he uses to make false teeth. In the last two years, Bru- ton has made more than a dozen gold orchids and hopes to have a collection of such orchids in 20 or 30 species to display at flower shows. Bruton grows the real or chids, and is a past president of un orchid society. "I select a full orchid bloom from my greenhouse, make the mold and ease the bloom down into the com pound," Burton explained. "When it sets, I burn out the bloom and then have the mold ready to pour the gold or sil ver." His collection includes or chids in polished gold, green gold, silver and sand blasted gold in sizes ranging from the small Epindcndrum orchid to the large Phalaenopsis or moth orchid. "I don't sell the orchids," he said, "but occasionally my wife tries to get her hands on them for jewelry." Plastic Pipe Has One More Hurdle To Jump Louisville - (UN) - Plastic pipe, a major udvance in basic equipment for homes, has one more hurdle to jump - obso lete building codes - before it can start carrying water for all household uses, reports Tube Turns Plastics here. But the manufacturer pre dicts these barriers will be "swept away" and by 1970 homeowners will be enjoying the modern material's easier installation, superior insu lating qualities and greater resistance to corrosion. CASH ON HOOD New York - UIPD - About 82 per cent of all Volkswagens sold in Brazil go for cash, re ports Volkswagen of America. Only about a third of all cars in the United States are paid for in cash. Island commuter community and at a speed not much dif ferent than in 1937. But the first time he was at the con trols of a four-engine commer cial flying boat that could carry about 40 passengers. The gray - haired Briton quickly spotted his onetime hangar and the ramp leading from it down into the water. And through the side window of the four-seater, he traced an imaginary line across the water below to indicate his landing path when he set the big flying boat "Caledonia" down on the bay after the first east-to-west transatlantic commercial survey flight. "Actually it wasn't a very pleasant t r i p," Wilcockson Passing Traffic Difficult Maneuver Detroit - (UPD - Passing an other car is one of the most hazardous maneuvers in driv ing. That is the opinion of Phil lip Lewis, chairman of the executive committee of the Michigan Trucking Associa tion. Lewis said to remember these things when passing others: 1. If in doubt that you can pass safely - don't pass at all. 2. Know the preformance characteristics of your vehicle and take them into account, but rely on horse sense to keep out of tight spots - not on horsepower to get out of them. 3. Never attempt to pass where your view of the road ahead is obstructed, or you can't see hazards to the side. Hills, curves, railroad cross ings, intersections are danger ous places to pass whether or not they are marked as no passing zones. 4. Check traffic in front and to the rear and signal your change of lanes when pulling out and returning to the right lane. Change lanes gradually, and only when you can do it safely. 5. Give warning with hands or signal light of your inten tion to pass. said with typical British un derstatement. For comparison's sake, the longest leg of his initial cross ing in the Caledonia - 1,993 miles from Foynes, Eire, to Botwood, Newfoundland-took hours. His jet time for the 3,800-mile nonstop trip from London to New York a few weeks ago was 714 hours. Different on Jet On the Caledonia survey flight, he, the co-pilot and two radio operators the only persons aboard munched sandwiches and drank coffee from a vacuum bottle. It was different aboard the jet - as anyone who has dined cross ing the Atlantic knows. Wilcockson was a captain for Imperial Airways, the predecessor to British Over seas Airways corporation, when he took off July 5, 1937, on that flight to survey a commercial route across the Atlantic. Simultaneously, a Pan American World Airways Clipper crossed west-to-east on a similar survey. Not until four days later, on July 9, and after a total of 30 hours, 23 minutes aloft did Wilcockson reach Port Washington and a rousing re ception. En route, the plane made long stops in Newfound land and Montreal. Foul weather plagued the long over-water jump from Ireland to Newfoundland. Ad verse headwinds kept the Caledonia flying at 1,000 to 1,200 feet practically the en tire 15V hours. Clouds and rain forced Wilcockson to navigate by dead reckoning and with the aid of ships. Tailwind He recalled, with a grin, that the Pan Am pilot had the winds with him, climbed above the weather and sat back to enjoy the trip. World War II interfered with ever opening the flying boat route to Port Washing ton, but the information gath ered proved invaluable for the wartime bomber and fer- Watchmaker Puts Up Wrong Time Clocks New York - fUPl) - A New York watchmaking firm has put up a bank of clocks here that tell the wrong time. They were installed by Bul ova in the Overseas Press Club to make foreign corres pondents feel at home no mat ter how far they are away from home. Each clock shows the correct local time in a dif ferent major city around the world. For the amateur home builder, the man who likes to add utility and attractiveness through his own handiwork, WOOD is the easily worked, all-purpose building material "Build Better With Wood" PAT & MIKE'S BUILDERS SERV. 2802 Crater Lake Hwy. Ph. 773-7431 ry crossings. After about 15,000 hours of flying Wil cockson traded the pilot's seat for a desk job in 1942. He retired in I960 as BOAC's operations service manager, but still serves as an adviser to the British airline. Paul Bewshea, who met Wilcockson on his first ar rival at Fort Washington, and now is an adviser to BOAC'S manager in the U.S., added one note to the historic flight. Phoning Wilcockson in Mon treal before his takeoff on the last leg, Bewshea told him to look for the George Washington bridge to take a bearing for a pass over Man hattan for the benefit of aerial oews photographers. "Where is it?" Wilcockson asked. Replied Bewshea casually, "Oh, about 175th st." TDI IPtC 3 ;iras$ss' i GENERAL emm TIRE S3W -1 ALL-WEATHER, ALL-PURPOSE GENERAL Fuller Paints Lumber Plywood Wallboard Sash & Doors Roofing Cement HI-WAY LUMBER CO., Inc. ALUMINUM WINDOWS PATIO DOORS 2079 W. Main 773-1631 $150 AS LOW AS PER WEEK plot tax nd reoppible titinf LL-GRIP famous Lono-ljf, NYGEN CORD Pound for pound "'oncer than ,, Ail .ft 13 E RUBBER, MATERIAL, llfl VSlE. TREAD DEPTH, TRACTION We invite you: To compare this brute with any ordinary truck tire you know. Then decide. 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