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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1953 THE BRYAN DATLY EAGLE,
Dr. L 0. Wilkerson Has Been Flying 1
Since He Bought Waco '34 F Model
Dr. L. O. Wilkerson will likely
be one of the most interested
persons on hand Sunday when
the air show out at Coulter Field
celebrates the 50th anniversary
of powered flight.
The show, =postponed from last
Sunday, is scheduled to take
place next Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Wilkerson, a man who has
owned more airplanes than he
can remember, started flying in
1934, and since that time has
covered thousand of miles in his
plane.
Like so many doctors in larger
cities, Dr. Wilkerson uses his
plane on occasion as an ambu=
lance and he has carried patients
ti, and from hospitals and has
made hurried calls in his plane
to patients many miles away.
.Not so many months ago, Dr.
Wilkerson took a patient to Ro-
chester, Minn., for treatment at
the Mayo Clinic. He left Bryan
at 5:45 one morning, arrived in
Rochester shortly after noon and
was back in Bryan by dark, hav-
ing traveled a total of 1700 miles.
It was in an old Waco F, a war
surplus plane, that Dr. Wilkerson
learned to fly. He soon traded
the Waco F for a Fairchild 22,
and it was in that plane that he
had the only accident he has
ever had.
Dr. Wilkerson organized the
local Civil Air Patrol during
World War II, an organization
which was made up of 40 mem-
bers. They met twice each week
for drill and study of meteorology,
navigation, air patrol regulations
and other subjects. Many local
people became interested in fly-
ing at that time, with some
serving as pilots and others as
observers.
Other organizations of which
Dr. Wilkerson is a member in-
clude the National Aeronautics
Association, Texas Private Fly-
ers' Association, Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association, the Sports-
man Pilots' organization and the
Brazos Aviation Association.
Dr. Wiikerson has come to
know many pilots from all over
the world and has made interest-
ing trips with them. Always ac-
companied by Mrs. Wilkerson, he
has made trips to Florida, Cana-
da, Mexico, Arizona Bandera,
Wisconsin, Fort Clark, and Calif-
ornia.
Next spring, they plan to visit
Cuba and in the summer will fly
to Nova Scotia.
L, D, anz
C &t.
Civil Air Patrol
/ LONNIE OTTO WILKERSON
J ose signature and picture appear on the re-
verse side of this card is voluntarily enlisted in
the CIVIL AIR PATROL of the OFFICE OF
CIVILIAN DEFENSE.
Maj. Gen. John F. Curry, Air Corps
NATIONAL COMMANDER
Bryan, Texas
No 8 -1 -654
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