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to fly, and now is enjoying a more equitable remuneration for his job. But, with it all, he is doggedly, determinedly grinding out new trails in the sky, helping to create a new industry in the air that will make ever-increasing job opportunities for himself and his brother pilots. As a pilot myself, and representing an airline founded by pilots, it is a personal pleasure to salute the Tiger pilots - the men who will help make the second fifty years of powered flight as the first! [[image - photograph]] Ruddy F. Tongg President, TPA The pilot personnel of TPA Aloha Airline have very clearly demonstrated their interest in the company by their cooperation to improve the services rendered to our passengers, and our efficiency of operation. Our pilots have contributed in great measure also to the establishment of sound pilot - management cooperation in fields such as personnel matters, traffic, advertising and publicity, ground operations and traffic sales. In this manner, I feel very strongly that they have played an important part in developing commercial air transportation here in the Hawaiian Islands. Drawing on their technical background, our senior pilots in particular have been most helpful with detailed critiques of our different departmental operations - critiques conducted at our request and with our encouragement. Pilot personnel have conducted surveys of ground service installations and procedures, and have taken an active part with the management of our company in planning a series of improvements covering almost every phase of our operations. There can be little doubt that our pilot personnel have carried their full share of the burden in making possible the continually improved operations of TPA Aloha Airline, and since this is only one of two transportation organizations serving the population of Hawaii, the pilots of our company can feel a very real pride in serving the essential needs of our community. [[boxed]] Airports: From '29 to '53, a New Look [[image - photograph]] When the wright Brothers' Flyer breasted the breeze at Kittyhawk, it took off from a mono rail. For years, any old field was an airport; farmers and flyers were close friends. As aviation grew, so did the airports - just as phenomenally as the planes. Pictured above is the Oakland Airport of 1929, hailed then as the "world's most modern." Below is the teeming Chicago Midway Airport, world's busiest in 1953. [[image - photograph]] [[/boxed]] [[image - photograph]] T. H. Davis President, Piedmont It is indeed fitting that the "Air Line Pilot" commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Flight through the publication of this special issue. After all, it was Wilbur and Orville Wright's supreme desire that their contribution to the advancement of man be used in peaceful pursuits and not as weapons of war. You, the airline pilots of the nation, are a vital part of these achievements envisioned by the first two pilots - the Wright Brothers. Even though Piedmont is a comparatively new scheduled airline, its existence is predicated on the dreams of the Wright Brothers to spread the advantages of air transportation to more and more people in smaller and isolated communities. The pilots of Piedmont Airlines are playing a leasing role in this second great expansion of the air transportation map. They can feel with justifiable pride a great sense of achievement in helping to make possible the ever expanding peaceful use of the airplane. Most of our pilots have lived for years in and around the territory we serve. It is seldom that they can't recognize an old friend standing at the fence when they look out the window after pulling up to the ramp at most of our stops, and there is a warm gesture of greeting. And, I've heard the comments from both positions - "There's old Joe," the Captain would PAGE 22 THE AIR LINE PILOT
