1948
ANNUAL SUMMER ROUNDUP
AIRCRAFT
OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION
Over
400 planes made it to Rehoboth Beach Airport for their second annual
fly-in and the pilots and their families were entertained at a beach
front dinner by Grace Shockley and Alvin Simpler of the Avenue
Restaurant. Other local merchants provided handsome prizes which were
awarded for flight achievements. The host of the affair was Clarence
Flatt, manager of Rehoboth airport, where the planes were tied down
for the overnight stay.
While
here there were tow air shows, the first was a demonstration of
personal planes and included a Douglas DC3, flown by Leonard Smith
and John Geisse, equipped with the new Geisse cross wind landing
gear.
Special
guest of honor was 67 year old William T. Piper who developed the
Piper Cub.
Rehoboth
mayor Schaffer welcomed the guest to the bonfire and dinner awards
ceremony in the evening; Awards went to Commander Ferguson of Cape
May for largest family to fly in and the lowest CCA license number,
1936; youngest woman flyer was 20 year old Edith Dominico of
Trenton, New Jersey; farthest away , 800 miles, went to Walt Settle
of Madison Wisconsin; one day flying, 385 miles, Akron, Ohio went to
Art Chapman flying a Goodyear 'Duck'; oldest woman pilot was awarded
to 50 year old Elsie McKoegh of New York City; Rudy Chalow of New
Jersey flew in the smalles and oldest , a 1936 Waco; higest AOPA
number, 50,000 went to the David Stevensons ofWashington; greatest
log time, 7500 hours, was presented to Ed Marshall of Emporia
Virgina; Lilliam Bradley got prize for her 10 minutes of solo time
and 19 year old Rehoboth pilot, Charles Rutter got aware as youngest.
For being the first plane to land at this fly in , prize went to
Dan Valintine of Pennsylvania.
Washington's
diplomatic service was represented by British Embassy attache Morris
A. Brown, flying his British Percival Proctor.
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