Joe Crosson, that famed Alaskan bush pilot, who has added a little shine to Warsaw wings, had a real get-together with 27 relatives at Muncie Thursday night. Unexpectedly, Joe dropped into the Muncie airport about 5 o'clock Thursday evening, phoned cousin Walter Clark in town. The clan gathered. Everett Clark, Don Clark and Mrs. Catherine Clark, Dellon Miller, Mrs. Mattie Miller and families, all of Muncie, converged on the Clark residence. From Newcastle came William Osborn and family and Reece Miller and family. During the evening reunion with their famous cousin and nephew, they phoned Garrett Osborn and Mrs. Simon Osborn, of East Market street, Warsaw, for a chat. Other relatives of Crossons, Mrs. Edith Lichtenwalter, Mrs. Lillian Hughes, of Winona, and Mrs. Charles Ross, of East Main street, were all notified that Joe was in the state. |
It seems the pilot from the far north had been to New York, picked up three Seabees for delivery to Seattle, Washington. Seattle is the base of an airline that Crosson is now connected with. Crosson took off from the Muncie airport, heading west, early Friday morning, about 7 o'clock. The Seabee would be a good airplane for use along the rugged Washington coast. Old-timers will remember that Joe Crosson's mother was the former Elizabeth Wynant, lived near the Gordon Rutter residence on North Lake street when daughter Marvel was born. Marvel became a nationally-known aviatrix, was killed during a cross-country air race in the late twenties. Flew in, Flew Out Stolen Info The navy's new P4M-1 Mercator patrol plane has the power of two locomotives in its two jet and two conventional engines. Could pull 250 freight cars. Has a range of more than 3,000 miles, at a speed of well over 350 miles per hour. By air express last year went more than 3,000,000 shipments, with a total weight of 53,750,000 pounds, to destinations in the U. S. and 60 foreign countries. We are indebted to the Martin Air Memo for the above interesting figures. Helicopters Woodpeckers Warsaw Daily Times Fri. Nov. 14, 1947 |