AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958 - (Page 26)

cause of the flying I did in the Philippines in the late 1 3 ' . 908 "Aa I think you know, I am conAircraft Owners and Pilots Assoscious of the vital role of aviation ciation, In recognition of the fact that he in our national life. The increase in is the first President of the United the number of private pilots and priStates ever to m e AOPA member- vately owned aircraft in our country et is a remarkable demonstration of our ship requirements, and because of his ability to put to practical uses the interest in, and use of,light aircraft, rapid developments in the aviation Mr. Eisenhower was invited to join field. the other 70,000 pilots and aircraft "With my thanks to all of you for owners who go to make up AOPA. your courtesy in making me a memH accepted the invitation. e ber of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots In a letter to J. 3. Hartranft, Jr., Association, and with best wishes, AOPA president, accepting AOPA Sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower" membership, the President said; Mr. Eisenhower qualified for "I am grateful to you, and the member^ of the Aircraft Owners and AOPA membership by aoloing an Pilots Association, for the thought aircraft on May 19, 1937, in the that prompted you to enroll me as a Philippines. Only individuals who member of your organization. Gen- have soloed or own an aircraft may era! Quesada tells me that I earned belong to the organization, The invitation was extended to the the right to become a member bea D. Eisenhower President Dwightmember of the has become . . . his membership card President through his special aesistant for aviation matters and chairman of the Airways Modernization Board, Lt, Gen. Elwood R, Quesada, USAF (ret.). M . Eisenhower sent r word to Hartranft that he would be delighted to accept the proffered membership. H e received his credentials on January 16. They were accepted for him by Gen. Quesada. On A0PA 159957 AOPA often welcomes distmgvaShed members mh month i f 8 D d g h t a w e h ~ m , private pilot, a man "who likes to fiy"

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958

AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958
Contents
Calendar
Legally Speaking
Editorial
What About Airspace Use, Mr. Pyle?
10,000 Seconds Under the Hood
Flying Weather One Month Ahead
AOPA Weathercast
AOPA 185579
Air-Age Teenagers Give City a Lift
Your Radio and You
Operation Cost Cut
Put Your Fabric to the Test
Are You "Compasss Punchy?
Yankee Duster in Latin America
South American Challenge
I Lived Through a Graveyard Spiral
Safety Corner and Accident Report
On the Airways
Travel
What's New?
Classified Department

AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958

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