Fair weather cumulus clouds look fine as a rainbow Monday. Weather reports from 1,000 miles in all directions indicate nice days till at least Wednesday. Weather should be comfortably cool, mostly clear with some high think overcast. Visibility Monday morning in Montana was 40 miles, so there isn't any bad weather coming from that way. Joplin, Missouri reported clear weather, so there may not be any bad gulf air moving in either. Get your important outside work done Tuesday and Wednesday while it lasts.

Speaking of Joplin Missouri, Josephine Smith, drapery and fabric specialist at Carter's Department store is taking off for a week's vacation near Joplin. Leaves Tuesday morning from Fort Wayne via TWA, will be in Joplin in mid-afternoon. That's how to get most out of a week.

Bill Renshaw and his flying farmers are all going to be invited to the big whooper-doo June 12 and 13 when the new Municipal Memorial Airport at Warsaw is officially dedicated. Saturday will be devoted to a free inspection of the field, a big manufacturer's display of new personal aircraft. Sunday the fun starts with balloon ascension, parachute drop, tricks, stunts and acrobatics. Mark June 12 and 13 on your calendar now.

Latest of the new personal planes to be unveiled is the Piper Vagabond. Two-place ship, cruises 90 mph, flies with stick from left side of cabin, but uses left handed throttle. Sells for only $1,990. "Bill" Piper, officially known as "W.T." dropped into Milt & Mary Fry's Plymouth airport one day last week. Piper has made his aerial trade-mark "Cub" a synonym for personal aviation. He had a swell visit with Mary and "Whitey," went on to South Bend where he was scheduled for a speech at Notre Dame.

They are busy at the Plymouth airport, have a commercial flying program and apprentice A & E training. Joe Corle from Knox is the apprentice at present--gets sent for such things as "sky hooks," "cloud wringers" and left-handed monkey-wrenches". Rough!

Richard Brundage slipped in through a couple hours of of rare sunshine and sewed up his private certificate. Several more students waiting on better weather to take their tests. They better do it early this week.

Ground-bound pilots around Warsaw took advantage of the dry weather between showers Sunday for a little flying. Bud Case soloed to Benton Harbor, and so did Bob Orcutt. Paul Quillen headed east for Van Wert, Ohio. Dale Tripp and former Warsawan George Gordy took a Stinson into Fort Wayne, had to wait out a rain-storm.

By the way, Howard Smith, who traded his Swift airplane for a Packard now wants to trade the Packard for a Swift airplane.

Two Michigan planes met each other at Municipal Airport Sunday, one was going, one was coming. One was out-bound to Mattoon, Illinois, the other home-bound to Cadillac, Michigan. They landed between the bull-dozers to duck rain showers. Work at Municipal is about a week behind now, but should be completed in time for dedication ceremonies Sunday, June 13th.

Joe Carlin (Phone 6, Warsaw) needs about 75 steel barrels regardless of condition, in order to construct a safety device at the airport. Got any barrels, anybody?

Crowover's Jack Cantwell, is the latest Warsaw merchant to take up with airplanes. He is now a student at Municipal.

Pilots are interested in the Indianapolis Speedway race this year for Harry McQuinn, member of the state advisory flying council is driving in the 500-mile classic. Good luck, Harry!

Neither your automobile nor airplane will be atomic-powered for some time to come. Though a pound of the stuff would operate your car or plane for a lifetime, a shield to protect you from atomic radiation would weigh 75 tons.

Permanent Air Mail routes were established in 1918, but the first unofficial airmail was flown by balloon from Cincinnati, Ohio to Waverly, Ohio July 4, 1853. Richard Clayton was the aeronaut.

Another innovation which is scheduled to hit the aircraft industry within the next year or two is a landing gear made of all aluminum. Moving parts will be coated with hard chromium for long wear. This lightens the load, will help get better performance for less money.

To wind-up the cheerful fact department today, we are told that the 16 domestic trunk airlines racked-up six billion passenger miles in 1947.

Semi-annual dues are due for Warsaw Aero Club members. Send your $2.50 to Gene Beigh Warsaw and keep in good standing.

Warsaw Daily Times, Mon. May 17, 1948