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e stablished my ovm fire contr ol supply known as the '"reat \1estern Fire
Contr ol Supply.
I have been wor ki nt as an independent fire control
en&ineer since , and I handl e , distr i bute, sell and install all types of
aut omatic and manual f1ro fi)lt i nt; equipment in the rural aroas over
f ive western. states• •
l'y flyinr; o.xperience started a:; c. boy- in 1·1not, liorth De.koto., w .ere
I took my f irst rlyin~ lesaon from Earl T. 7anoo, who was or i,i nally rron
Great Ptlla, - ontana .
lJua to the hi 0h cost at ·t hat ti~e , I wns unable to
cont inue my flyinr, and did not fly of any great consequonco until 1943 •
. I was given my pilot certif i cate by Ed Leach. a senior CAA inspector of
Portland. Ore gon. and f or tne l est t hree year s have owned my own air plane
ooverin& my entire territory with same and f lying from fo rty to one hundred
hours per month since .
Due to t he faot that I use an airplane enti rel y in
~ work, in January of this yeo.r I purchased a new Callai r airplane , which
is an airplane designed for hiuh al t itude take-offs and short rou&h field use .
In the typo of flyini I do, i t t&kos n great deal of pract ice and
judgment to be abl e to l and in moat any cow pasture and r,ot out without
1njur1~ your airplaneJ
tho runways are vor y li~i ted and t ho altitude i s
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very high in some of t he fiel ds and places I ho.ve to go in my .,ork.
To
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date . I hove landed in 823 eov, pastu res in mounto.in IIM6ado,7a. and in over
a thousand hours a f l at tire has been my greatest mishap .
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