Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 146, Ed. 1 Monday, May 12, 1941 Page: 3 of 6
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Monday, May 12, 1941
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WINGS OVER
BORGER
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brother-in-law down at Nashville.1 tree;
Tenn., made a forced landing not Pertonallti
long ago in a Cub—with only * We add another name to the
slight damage to the plane—in a fast growing nbn« flying honor roll
THE BORGER (TEXAS) DAILY HERALD
oi Air Boosters ot Borger. Fritz can do for the Airport. The coun-
Thomp*on deserves a hand for his ty commissioner who has been eg-
constant willingness to lend u periallv helpful in keeping up the
hand when there's something he roads around the port crowned his
—
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ellorts last week when he gave u¡
fast action on the new road north
of the field. We haven't forgotten,
either the sweat—>and blood' Frit*
paid out when he and Weldon Jol-
ly of the Herald Office Supply
House dug telephone pole holes
with their own lily-white hands
so that there could be a phone at
the airport. Thanks a million,
Fritz.
(Continued on Pin FIVE)
By John Strutt
The ground comes up to meet
you In more ways than one when
you're flying an airplane. We had
an Interesting experience yester-
dly to illustrate the point Headed
for Amarillo with Bill Seegei in
hia Aeronca Trainer we had left
the Borger field with the altimet-
er reading "sero." Merrilv we flew
along noting the landmarks
and features of the terrain under-
neath and practicing our naviga-
tion, meterology and flying at the
same time. As we approached our
destination professor Bill popped
a question at us. "How high are
we?" he said. Well, we looked at
the altimeter, "800 feet"; then we
looked at the ground—and we
wondered. We were on the point
of answering, "Oh, about as high
as o Georgia pine," but we were
afraid that such a remark might
sound silly so we made a guess.
Suffice it to say—we were wrong.
Four hundred feet of nice damp
air lay between us and the grass
below. How come? It's simple
enough when you think of it We
had been flying into the side of a
hill! The Amarillo port is some
four hundred feet higher than
Borger. Leave the local port at
about four hundred feet. fly
straight and level and you'll be
on the ground when you reach
English Field. Just another one of
those interesting things you learn
when you get up and begin using
the third dimension — depth. The
trick is this: the altimeter on a
cross country hop should be set
ot actual elevation — above sea-
level.
In This Issue
You will find Borger, Texas,
among the "Ports of Call" in the
May iRsue of Southern Flight now
on the news stands. Bob Roberts
is the lac} who gather* up the lo-
cal news for this dandy private
fliers' magazine that's written
with a Texas-Southwest slant. You
will find something else there
which attracted our interest. The
article on "Anlyzing Accidents"
wherein the facts and figures on
the forty-one simulated forced
landings which ocured in the en-
tire United States during 1040 are
given. Main reasons for these mis-
haps, six of which were fatal were:
Improper Operation of Engine
(failure to "clear" engine and
keep it idling well for emergency
use ; Faulty Appruach and Glide
Angle; Unsuitable Terrain (short
fields); Obstructions Incidentally
of the twenty-five per cent of all
accidents attributed to obstruc-
tions, 50' ■ of the planes struck
power lineo.
We're Invited. Pilota
Calling alt pilots of the pan-
handle and entire southwest. Air
hostess Amarillo issued an invi-
tation yesterday to another of
those tree-mendous fly-In parties
to be held one week from next
Saturday at Municipal Airport.
Festivities will begin with a lunch-
eon at noon and will include a
regular flying *ield day at the
port, free tickets to the picture
"I Wanted Wings", dancing and
dining aplenty in the evening.
Please leave word with Jack Rob-
erts, office manager at Borger
Airport as to whether you will go,
what you will fly and how many
passengers you'll take. For those
who don't fly we promise that the
sight of a hundred assorted air-
craft will be worth driving down
to look at. The planes will make
a mass flight over the city during
the afternoon.
And Here's Another Invite For
For This Saturday (17th)
All of you guys are supposed
to attend the Stamford, Texas,
opening of the new Stamford-Ar-
ledge Airport on that date for a
bully-good cowboy celebration
with all the feeds and dances per-
taining thereto. How's about this
party too.
Flying Oldsters
Hunkie Gillman told us about
an observation he made while
hanging around Lambert Field, St.
Louis, awhile back. A "tottery
old man" according to Solo Pilot
Hunkie «who's as proud of his own
semi-centennial youthfulness as a
twenty-nine year old maiden with
a new hair-do> stepped up to a
Piper Cub coupe and climbed in
alone. "Are they going to let
that old man fly?" asked our local
Cub Coupcr. "Reckon they can't
keep him from it," answered his
informant. "Know who that it?-
That's the boss man, W. T. Piper
himself."
All of which reminds us of Mr.
Stephens, Rock Island stationmas-
ter at Shamrock. Earl Willmouth,
one of our staunch flying friends
who's in charge of the Sanford
station «aid that the sixty-odd
year old Mr. Stephens who
learned to fly and bought a Cub
Trainer a few years back made
a trip to the Piper factory at Lock-
haven, Pa., for the purpose of
bringing back a new Coupe.
"There's att airport at every cross
roads back east," the flying agent
said on his return. "And they sure
put out the service," he added. In
case of a forced landing all you
have to do is call the nearest air-
port. They'll be out in o jiffy, with
mechanic, gasoline or whatever
you need."
And speaking of incident , Bill
Seeger who returned last week
from a trip back east added an-
other testimonial to the safety of
the Ughtplane. He sale
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 146, Ed. 1 Monday, May 12, 1941, newspaper, May 12, 1941; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168280/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.