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William Sanborn, airmail pilot killed in 1927 Idaho crash
`Bird men' thrilled
Boiseans in 1927
1927 was an exciting year for avia-
tion in southern Idaho It contained
elements of glamour, humor and
tragedy.
The glamour was supplied by the
most popular young man in the world
— Charles A Lindbergh. "Lindy"
• had flown non-stop from New York
to Paris in May; in September he
brought his silver high -wing mono-
plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, into
Boise as part of a nationwide tour..
Thousands crowded the field where
Boise State University now stands to
see the boyish and bashful hero.
Humor came to the aviation scene.
in June when a stowaway arrived
among the mail bags in one of the
Varney Airlines Swallow biplanes.
Young Leo Lengel of Seattle did not
recommend the experience to others
because he had been too airsick to
enjoy it He even said he had prayed
for the plane to crash to end his mis-
ery.
Cartoonists joined the aviation
crazeloo In uecember, a Christmas
ad in The Idaho Statesman showed
Santa Claus arriving in an airplane.
The tone of aviation cartoons had
changed since the first decade of the
century, however, when almost
every effort ridiculed the "bird men"
and their unwieldy contraptions. An
attitude of skepticism about flying
prevailed right up to World War I.
There was nothing funny about the
dangers of flying, however The first
Idahoans to see a flying show, in
April 1911, had fresh in their minds
fatal- crashes from similar barn-
storming events Johnstone, a Wright
company pilot. had been killed at
Denver while trying an aerobatic
maneuver called the "spiral dip."
Hoxey, a second Wright brothers
pupil, also died in a plane crash. By
1914, few of the original stunt pilots
survived.
The Kelly Act of 1925 ended the
Post Offce Department's operation
of mail planes, mostly obsolete
World War Curtiss Jennies and DH
4s. Private contractors were given a
chance to bid on supplying mail ser
vice The 1926 Air Commerce Act
gave Walter Varney his chance to se
cure the first commercial aviation
contract, a venture that led eventu
Idaho
Yesterdays
By Arthur Hart
ally to the formation of United Air-
lines.
The air tragedy of 1927 that most
touched Idahoans was the fatal crash
of young William Snaborn, 7 miles
north of King Hill on April 15. San-
born was the first airmail pilot to be
killed in Idaho Leon Cuddeback,
chief pilot for Varney Airlines, drove
to the scene of the crash as soon as
word came. His investigation showed
that the engine of the wrecked plane
was still in working order From that
and the eyewitness accounts of two
ranch hands, it was theorized that
Sanborn had shut off the motor when
the head winas he was bucking be-
came too st rong — a fatal mistake, if
that is what happened.
Sanborn , who had been stationed
at Boise Airport for about 6 months,
was an experienced pilot. He had
flown in France during the Jvar and
was 29 years old at the time of his
death. .
(Arthur Hart is director of the
Idaho Historical Society.)
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County Commissioners
take airport appeal
under advisement
CASCADE— The Valley County Commissioners took under advisement a request
to overturn a decision by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission that
denied a conditional use permit for construction of a new airport off of Spink Lane.
Commissioners heard from both sides of the issue during a sometimes heated hear-
ing that at times dissolved into personal attacks by the developer of the proposed air-
port, Jean Luze.
In her opening remarks, Luze said that the project was one for the future.
"Most who will benefit from this aren't here yet," she told the Commissioners.
In making her pitch, Luze said that her proposal to build what would initially be
a 2,600 foot grass airstrip with a 14,000 square foot hangar/maintenance facility, start-
ed with concerns about winter -time use of the Donnelly airstrip.
As proposed, the project would be built on about 35 acres of land owned by John
Cruickshank south of Spink Lane between Idaho Highway 55 and Farm -to -Market
Road. She said some of the concerns raised by neighbors to the proposed project could
be mitigated a bit by moving the airport further south so impacts from air operations
would be lessened.
Long range plans could include lengthening the
runway, ultimately, to a length of 9,000 feet, which
Luze said would make the airport usable by com-
mercial commuter airlines. She said that Horizon
Air and other potential commuter airlines won't use
either the McCall or Cascade runways because they
are too short, and there isn't enough room in either
case to extend them beyond their present lengths.
Luze also made much of the fact that the land has
been in the Cruickshank family for three genera-
tions, and that they should be able to do with the
property what they want.
She also said that Valley County's Land Use and
Development Plan, which is in the process of being
updated, includes among its goals for the county,
the establishment of commercial air service into and
out of the county.
But Leslie Dorris, one of the owners of McCall
Air Taxi, challenged Luze's statements about the
viability and desirability for commercial air service.
She was the first of many opponents to the propos-
al who spoke out at the hearing. Dorris also lives on
Finn Church Lane off of Farm -to -Market Road near
the proposed airport.
She said she'd spoken with officials at Horizon
Air who have said that they, at present, couldn't see
Horizon initiating service into Valley County, no
matter what the airport situation is. Horizon is the
only potential airline, as Empire Airlines, based in
Coeur d'Alene, has gotten out of the passenger busi-
ness and now only hauls freight.
Vicki Abram, a resident on Farm -to -Market Road,
said she was concerned about the precedence that
would be set by allowing commercial and retail devel-
opment in the area. Abram and others were also very
concerned about compatibility with other uses in the
area, and they noted the very negative numbers the
project received on the county P&Z's compatibili-
ty index.
Paul Easterbrook, an Emmett resident whose fam-
ily has long owned property across Spink Lane from
the proposed project, said his family enjoys the agrar-
ian atmosphere the area offers. Also a former pilot,
he said he doesn't believe the project is economi-
cally feasible and suggested that the County
Commissioners would be doing Luze a favor by turn-
ing the request down.
Another resident of the area, Jim Fitzgerald, said
he is opposed to the project because he is also con-
cerned about the future and his children and his chil-
dren's children. Parts of the valley should be pre-
served for those future generations, he said.
In her rebuttal, Luze personally attacked several
of the opponents of the project, mentioning alleged
criminal histories and business practices of some of
those opposed.
She said the opposition to the project is based on
the "I've got mine, now let's close the gate mental-
ity."
The Commissioners will likely make a decision
in the matter at their next regular meeting on Aug.
25.
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A must -see seaplane
This restored Grumman Albatross seaplane spent Saturday moored on Payette Lake where
some lucky folks had a chance to tour what has become John and Joyce Proctor's home away
from home. Not just restored, the aircraft, which the San Diego couple are flying around the
world, has been converted to a flying motorhome of sorts. The aircraft was in McCall as an
added feature of the Idaho Aviation Association's annual meeting.
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Valley denies appeal
on airport proposal
BY JEANNE SEOL
The Star -News
A Lake Fork woman's dream
of building an airport east of
Donnelly went down in smoke
on Monday after Valley County
commissioners unanimously de-
nied her appeal.
Commissioner Tom Kerr told
Jean Luze that she should have
submitted an "overall master
plan" and then sought approval
to build the first phase of her
proposal - a 2,600-foot airstrip
and 14,432 square foot hangar
on Spink Lane between Lake
Fork and Donnelly.
In her application, Luze said
she would eventually seek to ex-
tend the proposed grass runway
into a 9,000-foot paved airstrip
that could accommodate a com-
mercial airline and develop the
site into a regional airport.
"I don't feel like we can ap-
prove this without seeing the
master plan and the effects of
that plan," Kerr said.
Commissioner Phil Davis said
he could not see the need for
another grass airstrip in Valley
County, and Luze should have
applied to build a regional air-
port if that was her goal.
"If we do need another re-
gional airport, then that's the is-
sue we should address," he said.
Luze said after the meeting
that she was not sure whether she
would pursue the matter in court.
The commissioners' decision
was the final step in the planning
and zoning process. The Valley
County Planning and Zoning
Commission denied her request
in June.
During two public hearings in
June and August, dozens of
people testified against Luze's
proposal, saying the airport
would ruin the rural setting of the
Farm to Market Road area. An
opposing petition signed by 227
residents was also filed.
Paragliders enjoy challenge
of `weird air' in Riggns area
By Luke Brubaker
Special to The Idaho Statesman
LUCILLE — It's 7:30 a.m. We're
driving an overgrown mountain road
up to a hillside meadow and possible
launch site. Taking time to study the
cirrus and alto status clouds above,
paraglider pilots Todd Weigand and
Eric Zuber translate this to mean
good flying.
"May the sky be forgiving today,"
Zuber says. "The low pressure system
moved out late last night replaced by
high pressure today. The change in
pressure decreased any unstable ther-
mal activity." In more grounded
terms, predictable flying.
"The Riggins area has weird air,"
Zuber says. "Our instructor flew here
once and vowed to never again."
From the truck window, Weigand
points to a raft company parking lot.
"Looks like a good L.Z. (landing
zone)," he says.
The two then opt to target a bench
of land just above Idaho 95.
"You could land on a tennis court if
you are good enough," Zuber says.
Reaching the launch site, the pilots
are immediately out of the shuttle
truck and onto the sloped meadow. A
slight tailwind is in effect.
"Could be bad for takeoff if it gets
any stronger," Weigand says.
The hillside is soon occupied by
two diagonally positioned gliders
carefully strung out as to keep the
lines from tangling. Zuber is flying
with a new wing and launching from
a new mountain.
"Won't go big," he says.
Todd's thigh sti apped altimeter
reads 4,280 feet. If all goes well, they
will have a flight plan that includes
more than 2,000 feet of vertical drop.
Weigand recalls his scariest mo-
ment in the air: "Had a collapsed wing
250 feet from the ground. Fell 150 feet,
got jerked around in the harness
while spinning."
The glider reinflated.
"Sometimes the best thing to do is
let go of the hand controls and wait for
the wing to correct itself," he said.
A hand thrown reserve chute is the
last resort.
"I've never thrown mine, if I fly long
enough I probably will," Weigand
says.
With one more check for the L.Z.,
Weigand calls, "Ready!" Zuber replies
believe I can fly: Being a paraglid-
er pilot requires — at the very least
— a sense of adventure.
Photos by Luke Brubaker / Special to The Idaho Statesman
From the edge: Todd Weigand and Eric Zuber are shown in mid -adven-
ture as they paraglide in central Idaho.
the same and the two begin a down-
hill leaning run. Pink and blue wings
soon rise overhead, filling with air and
suspending the slung weight of pilots
below.
They're off, gliding single file into
the smoke -filled canyon below.
When reached by hand-held radio,
they were already grounded and
replied, "Next time, Todd won't
launch with a stick in his line. It was a
clean launch, both of us," Zuber says.
"I think we just got lucky,"
Weigand confirms.
With such a contagiously thrilling
activity and growing number of rook-
ie pilots, licensing is a good idea and
can be accomplished through the
United States Hanggliding Associa-
tion. A five-day course is the standard,
teaching basic technique and safety.
Paragliders can be picked up for
$1,500 used or $3,000 new.
Flights
between
Boise and
Sandpoint
start May 3
McCall Aviation
will offer service
four days a week
By Joe Estrella
The Idaho Statesman
Idaho -based McCall Aviation
will inaugurate four -day -a -
week, round-trip air service be-
tween Boise and Sandpoint be-
ginning May 3.
The launch will culminate
three years of work by the Sand-
point Air Service Committee, a
group of area businessmen who
pledged $250,000 worth of ad-
vanced tickets sales as part of
an incentive package offered to
McCall Aviation.
Committee Vice Chairman
Rich Faletto said the new local
air service will help the Bonner
County Economic Development
Corp. attract new businesses to
the area.
"About the third question you
hear when talking to these com-
panies is `Do you have air ser-
vice?"' Faletto said.
Flights will operate Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The company is offering a
special discounted fare of $9750
throughout March for a one-
way ticket between Boise and
Sandpoint. The company said
it doesn't know yet what the
permanent airfare will be.
McCall Aviation president
Dan Scott said tentative plans
call for a nine -passenger Cess-
na Caravan to depart Boise at 7
a.m. for the two-hour flight to
Sandpoint, connecting on to
Seattle. The plane will depart
Seattle at 2 p.m., returning
through Sandpoint and arriving
in Boise at 7 p.m. Scott said the
Boise/Sandpoint/Seattle route
is the company's first entry into
the scheduled commuter ser-
vice market.
In addition to advanced tick-
et sales, McCall's incentive
package includes a year's free
lodging for air crews, a 6-cent-
per-gallon rebate on aviation
fuel and possible one-year waiv-
er of landing fees that the Bon-
ner County Commission is ex-
pected to consider by next
week.
Faletto said another target for
the service will be recreational
travelers going to Schweitzer
Mountain, Hidden Lakes Golf
Resort or Lake Pend Oreille.
Pilots of specialized firefighting 5i,,,»,
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BY TECLA MARKOSKY
The Star -News
Perched silent, glistening red,
white and blue in the McCall
morning sun, two unusual -look-
ing airplanes are considered by
pilot Jeff Southern to be among
the nation's top weapons in this
year's raging battle against
wildfire.
The planes, single engine air
tankers, also known as SEATs,
have become one of firefighters'
best techniques in controlling the
spread of a wildfire.
Contracted by the state of
Idaho, the airplanes were cus-
tom -designed for firefighting. A
SEAT is a F-model Air Tractor 802
equipped with a turboprop and a
Pratt and Whitney jet engine.
SEATs were specifically
designed to withstand high tem-
peratures and deliver heavy loads
of retardant relatively quickly,
which makes it perfect for initial
attack operatives.
"It's the biggest single -engine
in the world," Southern said.
With room for only one pas-
senger, SEATs often fly in pairs
for increased efficacy in building
containment lines and for safety
in case of engine failure.
Air tankers like SEATs drop
retardant or water from 60 feet
in the air on fires to create "fire -
lines" or containment barriers.
Their maneuverability combined
with the ability of a SEAT pilot
to control the amount of a drop
makes this aircraft incredibly
helpful in building firelines,
sometimes up to a half mile in
length.
Southern said the principal
behind all SEAT operations is
ground safety for firefighters.
"We can't put out a
fire from the air but we can
make it safer," he said. "We
are here for their support."
Two SEATs sit ready to go at the
McCall Tanker Base, which is lo-
cated at the McCall Smokejumper
Base on the west side of McCall
Airport.
The aircraft can perform as
many as 20 drops in a day. Taking
direction from ground control,
800 gallons of retardant can be
loaded in three minutes.
About 11 SEAT pilots are on -
call in a nearby pilots lounge.
There are several other SEATs
based around Idaho in various
parts of the state.
Once in the air, a SEAT can fly
about four hours before having
to refuel.
Although used for other agen-
cies in fighting fire, the primary
responsibility of SEATs is to the
Southern Idaho Timber Protec-
tive Association in protecting
private property.
The aircraft are owned by
Evergreen Flying Service in
Rayville, La., which also employs
the pilots.
The U.S. Forest Service hosts
the planes and the pilots at
the base, providing space and
meals.
"Last year, we responded
to 37 fires," Southern said.
"But none of them were
over a quarter of an acre."
This year, SEATs are being used to
contain some of the areas larger
fires to protect life and property.
"It's been really busy around
here lately," said Kay Jones,
manager of the McCall Tanker
Base. "Usually, it picks up in the
afternoon but sometimes in the
morning too."
SEATs are considered to
be one of the safest aircraft
in the air, Southern said.
"They are built like a NASCAR
racer," he said. "The body is made
of chromoly steel tubing. It's the
strongest material available but
still structurally sound and light
enough."
The cockpit is also located at
the rear of the aircraft, which
also makes it safer. During flight,
pilots wear a fire -retardant flight
suit, a helmet and glove.
"We have the highest prob-
ability of coming out of a
wreck uninjured," he said.
"The airplane is designed to
absorb the impact and protect
the pilot.
Star -News Photo by Tecla Markosky
Pilot Jeff Southern climbs into a Air Tractor 802 F Model. Single engine air tankers like these have played in
integral part in fire containment this fire season.
McCall Air to begin commuter
flights between McCall, Boise
McCall Air has announced
a new commuter air service
between Boise and of McCall.
Fares are as low as $127.50
each way.
Four flights will be avail-
able, taking 50 minutes from
departure to arrival gate as
compared to two hours or
more by car.
A late Friday afternoon
flight will depart from the
Boise Air Terminal at 6 p.m.
and arrive in McCall at 6:50
p.m.
For McCall travelers head-
ing to Boise for the weekend,
a flight will leave the McCall
airport at 4:45 p.m. and arrive
in Boise at 5:35 p.m.
The weekday flight from
McCall will leave Monday
mornings at 7 a.m. and arrive
in Boise at 7:50 a.m. in time
for the work day.
The Boise -to -McCall week-
day flight departs from Boise
at 8:15 a.m. and arrives in
McCall at 9:05 a.m.
"There's been an increas-
ing demand for this type of
service in the markets we
serve," said Dan Scott, CEO
of McCall Aviation, the parent
company of McCall Air.
"Everyone's personal time
is such a valuable commodity
and we provide the opportu-
nity to be in McCall or Boise
in less than an hour," Scott
said.
The new service will allow
customers more time to enjoy
activities instead of spending
hours of time getting there,
he said.
"If you are planning to
ski, golf, visit friends or rela-
tives or just relax, we simply
give you more time to do it,"
Scott said.
The commuter service
will operate the same as any
other carrier flying out of the
Boise Air Terminal, using us-
ing electronic ticketing with
a ticketing counter located
by the McCall Air gate at
the west end of the airport's
lower level.
McCall Air will have mul-
tiple airplanes available for
service depending on the
number of passengers book-
ing flights.
They range from Cessna
206 aircraft, each with seating
for up to five passengers, to
twin engine Cessna 402 and
Britten Norman Islander
aircraft that accommodate up
to nine passengers.
With a fleet of four-
teen airplanes, McCall
Aviation specializes in on -
demand charters to the Idaho
backcountry and city -to -city
flights throughout the inter-
mountain West.
The company currently
operates facilities in McCall,
Salmon and Boise along
with seasonal operations in
Stanley.
crowd split
over future
of airport
Citizens disagree on whether
to expand or move facility
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The StarNews
More than 100 people came out to discuss
the future of the McCall Municipal Airport
last week, and their responses were as var-
ied as the audience in attendance.
The FAA -mandated expansion of the
airport was intermixed with an off -airport
expansion of hangars that has been given
a deadline of the end of this month if the
city wants a business park located east of
the airport.
No decisions were made at the meeting,
hosted by the McCall City Council at Idaho
First Bank.
The town -hall format was designed to
give residents a chance to air their views
on airport expansion.
Speakers at the meeting represented the
full gamut of opinions.
Some speakers wanted a proposed busi-
ness park linked to the new hangars, but
not the hangar development which would
reserve space for a terminal for scheduled
airline service.
"My inner taxpayer is getting nervous,"
said John Rygh of McCall. "What's the
rush?"
The city is deciding how much it wants
to expand its airport, which is currently
out of compliance with Federal Aviatior.
Administration safety rules.
At the minimum, the city needs to ex
pand the distance between the runway anc
the taxiway by 40 feet.
See AIRPORT, Page A-11
Curt Mack
Brian O'Morro
Airport: Citizens disagree on whether to expand or move it
(Continued from Page A-1)
The city is also considering
a request for private airport
access from developer John
McKeown who wants to build
hangars on land owned by
Brown's Industries adjacent
to the airport.
Brian O'Morrow, who is
working on the development of
a business park along with the
hangar deal, reiterated that the
city needs to decide by the end
of the month on an agreement
to build the hangars.
Presumably, that decision
could come at tonight's regu-
lar council meeting, in order
for Brown's Industries to
acquire the capital it needs to
begin building infrastructure
for the business park. That
meeting starts at 6 p.m. at Mc-
Call City Hall.
"I encourage you to follow
through on this as a way to
diversify your economy in
this valley," said Greg Seibert
of the Idaho Department of
Commerce.
Expansion Seen
as a Detriment
However, many at the meet-
ing did not want an expansion
of the airport beyond the
minimum, and some wanted
the airport to be moved away
from McCall for safety and
lifestyle reasons.
"I think it (expansion)
would be very detrimental to
our community," McCall resi-
dent Isaac Babcock said.
Others wanted the airport
moved somewhere in the
valley.
"Move the airport and
expand it," Michael Brown of
McCall said.
However, the FAA does
not support a site relocation
study for McCall's airport,
said Toothman and Ortman
Engineer Chuck Sunday, who
worked on the McCall Airport
Master Plan.
The cost to move the airport
in Blaine County was more
than $140 million, he said.
"Let's make a regional
airport," Cheryl Wiegert said.
"We live in a long valley."
Some airport users wanted
the additional hangars, in-
cluding Mark Russell, who
is on a hangar waiting list at
the airport.
"We do have a choice," said
Curt Mack of McCall, spokes-
person for the citizens group
Community Voice.
"It's about more than just
money; it's about social im-
pacts," Mack said. "Why
can't we have the business
park without the (additional
hangars)?"
The city council may decide
if it wants to open the airport's
fence to McKeown at tonight's
meeting.
If they do not make a
decision, O'Morrow and co-
developer Judd DeBoer say
the deal is dead and along
with it so is the planned busi-
ness park.
"I do not believe there is a
downside to this proposal,"
DeBoer said.
A draft agreement writ-
ten by Council Member Don
Bailey was submitted to the
city council at its meeting two
weeks ago.
"As this project will be the
linchpin in proceeding with
our planned business park
at the airport, permitting
the completion of necessary
infrastructure (power, water,
sewer, streets, etc.) at no cost
to the city, it is very important
that the council approve this
agreement," Bailey said in
an e-mail to constituents last
week.
"I therefore request that
you support this project,
described in our new com-
prehensive plan, as a means
to encourage business devel-
opment in McCall, providing
needed employment opportu-
nities with good paying jobs,"
he said.
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reminder of World War II ordeals
Most of
the vintage
instrument
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the World
War II -era
bomber
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restored.
Star -News
Photo by Peter
Stevenson
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
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