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December Strangers, continued from page 1 But it was once called Alamo Field, a pio-
neer airstrip started by George Crockett, a
Vegas. But it was strictly shoestring stuff descendant of Davy. Commercial aviation
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at the start in 1945 when their ticket had arrived in Las Vegas . . . big time. To-
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counter was space in the El Rancho Vegas day, McCarran serves over twenty
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Mon/1 T./N. Hughes N. Kresge ○ ○ and they had just one plane for charter ser-
Tues/2 V. Sperry E. Rothfuss ○ ○ vice, a used three-seat Cessna. Their air- scheduled airlines that travel to more than
Wed/3 P. Oleson D. Powers ○ ○ field, Sky Haven, 70 domestic and international destinations.
Next time you
Thur/4 M. Slagle J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ was close to a come to the intersec-
Fri/5 M. Rosow J. Geier ○ ○ joke with no tion of Sahara and
Sat/6 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ ○ weather station, Paradise, just pause
Sun/7 M. Gregory B. Wolin ○ ○ no communica- for a moment and pic-
Mon/8 T./N. Hughes R. Augulis ○ ○ tion service, and ture that rickety
Tues/9 E. Schliepp E. Rothfuss ○ ○ ○ no landing lights. “Jenny” of World
Wed/10 M. Burk N. Kresge ○ ○ Converse and War I vintage gliding
Thur/11 J. Geier J. Barrett ○ ○ June Simon, an Douglas C-47 in for a landing out in
Fri/12 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ officer with the the boonies. You’ve
C. Gilmore ○ ○ Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, would come a long way, Las Vegas.
run out on the tarmac and light flare pots
Sat/13 G. Gabbert C. Williams ○
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when a plane came in. Sky Haven, founded
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Sun/14 M. Gregory I. Grieco ○
by Florence Murphy and her husband,
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R. Keough ○ ○ News & Notes, continued from page 3
Mon/15 M. Gregory F. Rhea ○ ○ “Red,” would eventually become North
Las Vegas Airport. Before long, Bonanza
Tues/16 M. Rosow E. Rothfuss ○ ○ away, just let us know if and when your
had two Piper Cubs, a Stearman biplane
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Wed/17 M. Burk D. Powers ○ ○ and a twin-engine, five-seat Cessna. mail will be stopped and we won’t send it
Thur/18 J. Geier J. Barrett ○ ○ Things were looking up. But the big boost at all (we pay for returned bulk mail).
Fri/19 P. Oleson J. Geier ○ ○ ○ came when Converse and three of his pi- If you plan to move, please email us
Sat/20 J. Kisasondi U. Beckert ○ ○ lots picked up a surplus C-47 in Tennes- at forrcnews@cox.net with your new ad-
P. VanDooremaal C. Williams ○ ○ see and turned it into an airliner for the dress or send it to us at the address on page
8. Phone messages can sometimes be un-
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Sun/21 E. Meeks C. Williams ○ ○ Reno-Las Vegas passenger service. Three clear, so mail is better. We’ll try to get it
R. Keough ○ ○ roundtrips a week were soon a reality. By
Mon/22 B. Wolin C. Gilmore ○ ○ 1949, Bonanza had ten converted C-47’s. right, but if not, give a yell.
** F. Rhea ○ ○ ○ Aviation technology across the nation
Tues/23 E. Schliepp E. Rothfuss ○ ○ and, indeed, the world was moving so fast Volunteers Needed
M. Slagle I. Hyman ○ ○ that Bonanza decided to make the leap into
Wed/24 E. Turkin CLOSED ○ ○ ○ first-line aircraft. Converse bought six If you LOVE to wrap gifts and want
P. Oleson ○ ○ F27A Fokker-Fairchild propjets. They to help raise funds for
Thur/25 CLOSED ○ ○ could do 300 mph and carry 40 passen- Friends of Red Rock Canyon, then call
Laura White (579-7681) or Pat Will-
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Fri/26 H. Perlman J. Barrett ○ gers, ideal for short flights. Their safety
iams (395-7080) to volunteer your ser-
I. Hyman C. Williams record was outstanding except for one vices at our gift-wrapping station at the
Sat/27 M. Gregory C. Williams tragic flight. On November 15, 1964 the Visitor Center.—Laura White
** ** worst snowstorm in years swirled around
Sun/28 M. Gregory E. Meeks the Spring Mountain Range—and Flight
** ** 114 was in it. At 8:23 p.m. pilot Hank Answers to Quiz
Mon/29 M. Gregory C. Gilmore Fitzpatrick radioed the Las Vegas tower well, and a rut in an old wagon track.
V. Sperry N. Kresge “Bonanza Flight 114 is . . . .” Silence. The a barn’s shelf, a forgotten pump at a dry
Tues/30 M. Slagle E. Rothfuss plane had flown into a 5,000 ft peak, kill- is trying to be kind, but you are the dust on
M. Burk I. Grieco ing everyone on board. Just three years der is not on, friend. The Desert Trumpet
Wed/31 P. Oleson M. Gregory later, the storied name of Bonanza disap- town needs—good citizens. Four and un-
E. Schliepp J. Barrett peared when the airline became part of Air one. Five to 8 and you are still what our of founding pioneers. You could have been
West in a merger. Only a year earlier, Las If you got 9 to 12 correct, this is the stuff
** Extra volunteers needed Vegas passenger traffic had exceeded two
million at McCarran Airport. Now it’s (8) a; (9) b; (10) c; (11) a; (12) b
Changes? Call Scott Bahan(515-5371) world famous as McCarran International. (1) b; (2) c; (3) c; (4) a; (5) c; (6) a; (7) b;