THE PLUMB - 40 ESCADRILLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
LOVE TO FLY, WORK ON AIRPLANES AND JUST HANG OUT
AT THE AIRPORT---WE HAVE VERY FEW RULES---NO DUES
AND ONCE YOU ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE GROUP YOU ARE
IN FOR LIFE---OUR EMBLEM IS A PAIR OF WINGS ATTACHED
TO A PLUMB-BOB WHICH HAS A BENT TIP--ALMOST EVERY
ONE IN THE GROUP HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA WHAT THE BENT
TIP STANDS FOR SO WE DON’T TRY TO EXPLAIN IT--WE HAVE
ADOPTED FLOYD H. “SLATS” RODGERS AS OUR PATRON
SAINT AS HE SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT KIND OF GUY
HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN TEXAS TO OBTAIN A FEDERAL
PILOTS LICENSE AND DUE TO SOME QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS
ON HIS PART HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST PILOT TO HAVE HIS
LICENSE TAKEN AWAY--HE BUILT HIS OWN AIRPLANE IN 1911
AND A PICTURE OF HIM AND THIS AIRPLANE TAKEN ON MAIN
STREET IN CLEBURNE, TEXAS IS ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM
IN CLEBURNE
ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE FLYING EXPERIENCES OF “SLATS”
DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF AVIATION IN TEXAS SHOULD
READ THE BOOK “OLD SOGGY NO.1”
