Speaker 1: Until late Friday evening trying to clear the roads.
Speaker 2: So they used over three hundred tons of salt and
Speaker 2: sand mixture just trying to clear the streets. They initially
Speaker 2: they concentrated on plowing and sanding the arterial streets and
Speaker 2: then they transitioned into the residential streets. And we had
Speaker 2: crews working Tuesday night on removing the snow from the
Speaker 2: downtown Business.
Speaker 1: District area as well.
Speaker 2: They even they worked until Friday evening removing the snow
Speaker 2: from the business district because as I was leaving, I
Speaker 2: seen them loading up snow and hauling it off, and
Speaker 2: so they worked really hard. We even had a water
Speaker 2: utilities crew that came and helped the Public Works group
Speaker 2: with that effort. So I do have to also give
Speaker 2: a special shout out to our solid waste crew because
Speaker 2: they were able to service all of their routes and areas.
Speaker 1: All of the customers got service.
Speaker 3: Those are some people with cold hands, man. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 3: I gotta tell you it was.
Speaker 1: It was freezing and they were out there and good work.
Speaker 3: They get home to their wives going hey honey, feel this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, boy.
Speaker 2: So I also want to get a special shout out
Speaker 2: to the rest of the city employees that work rain
Speaker 2: or shine, like police and fire and dispatch, they still.
Speaker 1: Have to answer the call.
Speaker 2: And I've got Chief Ickleberry here with me today, and
Speaker 2: so this isn't really the topic that he is here
Speaker 2: to talk about, but I thought we would take an
Speaker 2: opportunity to talk about Operation Slick Streets.
Speaker 1: Okay, we had to implement that last week.
Speaker 2: So Chief, what is Operation slick Streets and what does
Speaker 2: it mean to the general public.
Speaker 4: Well, the general public, it means that police officer probably
Speaker 4: will not be coming out to take a report unless
Speaker 4: it's an injury accident. We typically go into Operation Slick
Speaker 4: Streets when fifty percent of our patrol units are tied
Speaker 4: up on accidents. I must say, with that being said,
Speaker 4: last week, believe it or not, on days like today,
Speaker 4: we have crashes. Last week we had two accidents the
Speaker 4: whole time.
Speaker 3: That's amazing.
Speaker 4: That's amazing, and so we're very thankful for our citizens
Speaker 4: for really paying attention to stay home and staying off
Speaker 4: the streets and really taking it serious. They did a
Speaker 4: great job and we applauded in for that. And to
Speaker 4: have two minor accidents is americle in itself.
Speaker 3: Maybe we're getting used to this. I hope we're not
Speaker 3: getting very used to it, but maybe we are.
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, great, So you know, we have set up
Speaker 2: some special council meetings or council meeting workshops if you will,
Speaker 2: on some of the hot topics that the community has
Speaker 2: identified as hot topics. Anyways, and so we had one
Speaker 2: last month and then so this month we are having
Speaker 2: one tonight at five point thirty and we are having
Speaker 2: the meeting on flock camera utilization. We'll also cover council
Speaker 2: meeting rules during that meeting. These are held in the
Speaker 2: first floor conference room because there's no action to be taken.
Speaker 2: This is just a discussion. It's meant to be in
Speaker 2: formal so that the council members can sit down and
Speaker 2: discuss these hot topics. And so tonight's is flock cameras. So, Chief,
Speaker 2: I've got you here to talk about flock safety. What
Speaker 2: is flock safety and what can you tell.
Speaker 1: Us about it?
Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you flock safety is for us in
Speaker 4: law enforcement, it's a new tool that we're able to utilize,
Speaker 4: not in the way a lot of people think we
Speaker 4: utilize it, but the way its utilizes. We have over
Speaker 4: five hundred miles of roadway and borders of Oklahoma, and
Speaker 4: of those five hundred miles the roadway, we have ten
Speaker 4: cameras positioned throughout the exterior part of the city trying
Speaker 4: to catch traffic coming into our city, just taking pictures
Speaker 4: of vehicle tags and running them through a database for
Speaker 4: wanted vehicles. Basically those tags get hit on an alert
Speaker 4: system from men CIC National Information Systems of DC. Those
Speaker 4: basically if they get hit for some major crimes such
Speaker 4: as a homicide, kidnap child, then it alerts and we
Speaker 4: send an offstar to that area try to find that vehicle.
Speaker 4: We actually have to search for the vehicle. It's not
Speaker 4: like they stop at the camera and we can drive
Speaker 4: to the camera and find the suspect. We have to
Speaker 4: actually look for the suspect. There's a lot of bad
Speaker 4: information out there. I expect us to have several people
Speaker 4: at the forum tonight or at the workshop tonight that
Speaker 4: will that are worried about Big Brother watching you. This
Speaker 4: is not a monitoring system, This is not a tracking system.
Speaker 4: This is a system to take pictures of vehicle tags
Speaker 4: and plain view and to help try to further our investigations.
Speaker 4: Similar to fingerprints and DNA This is another tool. The
Speaker 4: standalone idea that the camera is going to catch a crime,
Speaker 4: it's not accurate. We cannot search people, we cannot search objects.
Speaker 1: We can search vehicles.
Speaker 4: So we searched vehicle by tags, vehicle by the color
Speaker 4: of description, and that's it. And once we do that,
Speaker 4: if it comes back on a hit, then then we go.
Speaker 4: We tried to find that vehicle and these cameras since
Speaker 4: we've had them in September, we got them in September.
Speaker 4: Since we've had them, we've had several good catches with them.
Speaker 4: And it's a network system that covers five thousand cities
Speaker 4: in the United States, and we can partner up with
Speaker 4: the cities in our area to have things entered into
Speaker 4: the computer system so that we can try to locate things.
Speaker 4: And we had two homicide suspects. One of them was
Speaker 4: located in which Tall, Kansas. Their vehicle passed the camera there.
Speaker 4: With the further investigation, we found out where he went
Speaker 4: in which daw Kansas, which Tall Police Department went to
Speaker 4: the suspects location, founding where its vehicle was parked, founding
Speaker 4: and arrested. The same thing happened in off of Field, Kansas.
Speaker 4: Another homicide suspect found to have entered their city. Coff
Speaker 4: Field ped went and looking for him and found him
Speaker 4: in their city. We had a young man that was
Speaker 4: kidnapped out of the backseat of his mother's car.
Speaker 5: That was.
Speaker 4: The suspect. Vehicle was entered into the NCIC and he
Speaker 4: was located by Claire Moore because of flocked cameras, unhurt, unharmed,
Speaker 4: and returned to his mother. The suspect was taken to jail.
Speaker 4: We had a Hispanic mail that was trying to make
Speaker 4: it back to Mexico with his stepdaughter. He had kidnapped
Speaker 4: and uh Lo and behold that child was pregnant with
Speaker 4: his child, and we recovered them in Larido, Texas a
Speaker 4: stone store from the border. They were trying to get
Speaker 4: the man was trying to get bus tickets into Mexico
Speaker 4: take that child into Mexico. Border Patrol in the Larado
Speaker 4: Police Department assistants assistant this on that and we're able
Speaker 4: to recover him. And he was recently in the news
Speaker 4: Tulsa Federal Cord being charged with those crimes.
Speaker 3: So great, great recovery.
Speaker 4: People don't like us to talk about those stories because
Speaker 4: they're the ones that say, Okay, we need those cameras,
Speaker 4: but we do need those cameras for that reason, and
Speaker 4: that's what they're used for period, it's criminal activity.
Speaker 1: So you guys covered this.
Speaker 2: Was it January sixteenth when you had your forum for
Speaker 2: flock Safety?
Speaker 1: Yes, and so walks to who did you have president
Speaker 1: to speak at that?
Speaker 2: I know that you had the d DA Will Drake
Speaker 2: was there to speak on the legalities of it.
Speaker 1: We had Fluck Safety actually there, Yes.
Speaker 4: Man, we had Flocked Safety there in prison. Our command
Speaker 4: staff was present and Captain Elkins, who has been heading
Speaker 4: up this project. And we also had Jason Wye from
Speaker 4: Palm Tulsa Homicide present. Most people know him from the
Speaker 4: first forty eight he's been investigating several homicides in Tulsa
Speaker 4: and he presented some cases that actually involved the Bortlesville,
Speaker 4: Oklahoma where they were able to make a case on
Speaker 4: some homicide suspects in Tulsa that came fled to Bortlesville.
Speaker 4: So again, getting those bad apples out of our community
Speaker 4: is what we're trying to do and to reduce the
Speaker 4: crime in our city. And at that form, it was
Speaker 4: to inform people of what flock actually does and left
Speaker 4: the hypotheticals out of it, basically.
Speaker 2: Just sticking to the facts and explaining how they benefit
Speaker 2: the community. So that was a good form, I thought,
Speaker 2: where you got a lot of information out of it.
Speaker 4: Yes, there was another form put on by I think
Speaker 4: the local GEPPA. The forum on held the Wesleyan Church
Speaker 4: and I had a Saber representity stay representative speak about FLOCK.
Speaker 4: He's against FLOCK. Oddly enough, he didn't use any information
Speaker 4: from our system. He didn't use any argument about our system.
Speaker 4: So WIX left us say, and we're doing pretty good
Speaker 4: since we're part of his argument. So we feel like
Speaker 4: he actually confirmed what we're trying to do here. He
Speaker 4: maybe didn't think he did, but he does. He did
Speaker 4: because he didn't talk against anything that we've done so far,
Speaker 4: and we took that as an acknowledgment of good job,
Speaker 4: and we'll continue to look at that way.
Speaker 2: So again, the council will have a workshop this evening
Speaker 2: at five point thirty in the first floor conference room.
Speaker 2: There is a capacity there, you know, an occupancy level
Speaker 2: that we can't exceed. So if we reach that then
Speaker 2: we have an overflow room, which is council chambers. People
Speaker 2: are welcome to attend. There will be no action taken,
Speaker 2: it's just a discussion. So if you want to hear
Speaker 2: more about flock safety this evening, it's a good time
Speaker 2: to get some more information on it.
Speaker 1: That We've got some other.
Speaker 2: Hot topic items coming up, and so March we'll be
Speaker 2: discussing the strategic Plan. That's March twenty fourth, April twenty
Speaker 2: eighth will be discussing the annual budget, and then May
Speaker 2: nineteenth we'll be discussing the Comprehensive Plan and capital elections.
Speaker 2: So more to come on those hot topic items. So
Speaker 2: next up, I've got Larry Curtis. He's our Community Development
Speaker 2: director and we just recently took RFQs for price filled
Speaker 2: and so I invited him here to discuss the process
Speaker 2: for the proposals, what we received, what we were looking for,
Speaker 2: and who we selected and why.
Speaker 6: So good morning, good morning, everybody, So excited to say
Speaker 6: that we have selected a council to action last Friday
Speaker 6: and has selected a group to move forward with management
Speaker 6: of our wonderful price fields. The process for RFQs, and
Speaker 6: for those who don't know what an RFQ is as
Speaker 6: request for qualifications is a process that is put in
Speaker 6: place to allow for individuals, agencies, corporations, things along those
Speaker 6: lines to submit proposals of their qualifications to run in
Speaker 6: this case price Fields or if this was an engineering
Speaker 6: firm or an architecture firm, they submit their qualifications to
Speaker 6: say how they are best suited in order to run
Speaker 6: that organization or that project. As such, we received five
Speaker 6: submittals for this over a month period, and for those
Speaker 6: were local, one of those was from out of state,
Speaker 6: and really good proposals that were submitted by all and
Speaker 6: we're very much grateful for all them for submitting. And
Speaker 6: so through that process there were a number of items
Speaker 6: that were listed within the RFQ that we had inquired
Speaker 6: about and asked them that they submit upon. And so
Speaker 6: as a part of that, there is there was an
Speaker 6: ad hoc committee that was created that had two council
Speaker 6: members on it. It had the mayor and then it
Speaker 6: had a counselor k Patrick on that as well, and
Speaker 6: then individuals from staff were also part of that of
Speaker 6: course city manager as well. And so out of that
Speaker 6: a scoring system was created, a matrix that was created
Speaker 6: by the Community Development Office and submitted out. Whenever we
Speaker 6: got all five of those middles in, we smitted that
Speaker 6: out to all members of the ad hoc Committee for
Speaker 6: them to review along with the scoreesheet for them to
Speaker 6: review and score and to provide any comments on that.
Speaker 6: And so they smitted that back in and then the
Speaker 6: matrix was formed to calculate that and ranked them accordingly.
Speaker 6: And then the ad hoc Committee came together and reviewed
Speaker 6: those scores and those comments and theyde much discussion and
Speaker 6: deliberation on that, and so I think it was through
Speaker 6: the scoring process was able to whittle that down to
Speaker 6: two proposals that are qualifications that were submitted and out
Speaker 6: of that the committee debated back and forth, had really
Speaker 6: great discussion on that, and out of that Arrowhead was selected,
Speaker 6: which is a local group that is made up of
Speaker 6: some notable citizens that have come together within Bartlesviild but
Speaker 6: also have experience in sports and you know, football, softball, baseball,
Speaker 6: all those areas and have experience and running those types
Speaker 6: of organizations that will have great experience in leading our
Speaker 6: youth baseball program at price Field.
Speaker 3: And so.
Speaker 6: The recommendation from the committee was provided to City Council
Speaker 6: and City Council had their meeting last Friday to ensure
Speaker 6: that you know, baseball season's coming up really really quickly,
Speaker 6: and so we wanted to make sure that we had
Speaker 6: an organization in place that could provide everything set up
Speaker 6: in time for the season, and we were able to
Speaker 6: set forth and be able to move forward with that group.
Speaker 6: And so counsel had a very good discussion about that.
Speaker 6: Lots of information was provided by the city manager in
Speaker 6: regards to the contract and the agreement, and then there
Speaker 6: was a good discussion amongst the council members on ensuring
Speaker 6: that the process that went through was good and justified
Speaker 6: and that the organization that was selected was a good one.
Speaker 6: And so I know that leadership from Arahead was there
Speaker 6: to answer any questions that council had and went through
Speaker 6: that process. And so I know that they took action
Speaker 6: on Friday and approved that and with that agreement, they
Speaker 6: immediately Era immediately took action that afternoon and start getting
Speaker 6: everything ready. I know they're getting their website set up
Speaker 6: and working with other individuals to ensure that there's a
Speaker 6: smooth and easy transition over to the new system. From
Speaker 6: a staff standpoint, we couldn't be more excited, just because
Speaker 6: we know that we're going to have a good season
Speaker 6: moving forward. Our maintenance team is going to the park's
Speaker 6: division is going to be doing a great job of
Speaker 6: assisting them through that process. It is a three year
Speaker 6: long agreement, and of course there's a review process every
Speaker 6: single year. There are you know, details that are listed
Speaker 6: within the contract to ensure that protections are in place
Speaker 6: for both the city and the public and so those
Speaker 6: items that might be of interest that we included with
Speaker 6: the agreement that the city would be assisting with spring
Speaker 6: and fertilizing for the next three years, maintenance repairs of
Speaker 6: all plumbing and fixtures that was standard that we had
Speaker 6: over the you know, with the previous contract, as well,
Speaker 6: maintenance of the irrigation system for three years. And the
Speaker 6: city will waive the requirement that ERA had provide capital
Speaker 6: improvements to the facility for the first two years to
Speaker 6: ensure that the organizations gets well established and that they're
Speaker 6: well in their way and that they have developed a
Speaker 6: really good process for our youth baseball program and that
Speaker 6: our kids are out there and enjoying it as much
Speaker 6: as possible. In addition to the city will maintain the
Speaker 6: playground and the pf SC all three years, and that
Speaker 6: the city degrees to make repairs and the rooms to
Speaker 6: the facilities, including repairs of safety netting outfield, all the
Speaker 6: general stuff that we generally would do anyway, but that
Speaker 6: way we can ensure that they are all doing a
Speaker 6: great job with the process moving forward. So it's really exciting,
Speaker 6: you know it was it was exciting to really have
Speaker 6: that many individuals interested in managing our fields. I think
Speaker 6: we had about three or four last go around. It
Speaker 6: was exciting to have five this go around. And you know,
Speaker 6: it truly is a testament to Bartlesviielle when we have
Speaker 6: four local groups that are wanting to move forward to
Speaker 6: help locally, that's amazing. Again, you don't really see that
Speaker 6: in a lot in communities, and it's it's just a
Speaker 6: testament to Bartlesfield that we have that happening.
Speaker 1: Here, that kind of support and interest. Absolutely.
Speaker 2: So it's my understanding that the registration for the spring
Speaker 2: season will begin today yep. So to register or for
Speaker 2: more information, you can email Arrowhead s G nine one
Speaker 2: eight at.
Speaker 1: Gmail dot com.
Speaker 2: And with that, Larry, I have you I've seen in
Speaker 2: city and if anybody hasn't subscribed to city Beat, now
Speaker 2: it's a good time to do that. So if you
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Speaker 1: But in that this week we talked about the sidewalk program.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, the Cydebrock program is going on. So
Speaker 6: city council approte is a part of their budget this
Speaker 6: past year. Some cast sharing opportunities that we have for
Speaker 6: sidewalks that are in front of citizens' homes. And so
Speaker 6: with that, citizens can go to our website and submit
Speaker 6: a request to do a cross sharing program. I think it's,
Speaker 6: depending on the situation, up to fifty percent of that
Speaker 6: cost sharing possibility. So they'll submit those requests through that
Speaker 6: program and then that'll be reviewed by I believe the
Speaker 6: Traffic Committee and if not, by our city engineer, and
Speaker 6: then that determination will then move forward and the process
Speaker 6: will move forward with that, and it's really exciting. It's
Speaker 6: going to be nice to be able to assist our
Speaker 6: citizens with that. In addition that they also help us identify.
Speaker 6: You know, our guys are always on the ground as well,
Speaker 6: but you know, there are times that we just may
Speaker 6: not know that there's a repair that needs to be done,
Speaker 6: and so being able to work with our citizens to
Speaker 6: get that alleviated is the best.
Speaker 3: Way to go about that.
Speaker 6: In addition to that, we'd also have another thing that's
Speaker 6: going on is our incubation program, which is happening down
Speaker 6: at Centennial Park. And for those who don't know where
Speaker 6: that is, it's downtown the corner of Dewey and Frank Phillips.
Speaker 6: People may see like an old building there, but it's
Speaker 6: not that old. It's actually built in nineteen or in
Speaker 6: nineteen in the early two thousands underneath Foe of Beeman
Speaker 6: and so it is or a five hundred square foot
Speaker 6: building that can be utilized for an incubation program that'll
Speaker 6: help with small businesses. And to find out more about that,
Speaker 6: if they go to the City of Barsol website or
Speaker 6: city be they can find out more about that and
Speaker 6: be able to apply for that program as well. But
Speaker 6: it's a six month process, or it's a six month
Speaker 6: rental opportunity for utilizing that. There is no costitz and
Speaker 6: other than utilizing the space with electricity, they have to
Speaker 6: pay for that portion as well. But we're really excited
Speaker 6: to have all those opportunities.
Speaker 1: What's going on in your department?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, we stay busy YEP.
Speaker 2: So next up, I wanted to one of the departments
Speaker 2: that when Mike had promoted me to assistant city manager,
Speaker 2: he split the departments and one of the departments that
Speaker 2: fell under me was the airport.
Speaker 1: And so I've spent a lot of time getting to
Speaker 1: know the.
Speaker 2: Airport, and Mike Richardson are airport directors here to talk
Speaker 2: about the airport.
Speaker 1: We've got.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of history there at the airport, and
Speaker 2: so I thought it would be fun to hear about
Speaker 2: the history.
Speaker 1: Of the airport.
Speaker 7: Thanks Lauren. It's really incredible when I've started taking a
Speaker 7: deeper look. I've been there thirty five thirty six years.
Speaker 7: A lot of the modern history, more modern history, but
Speaker 7: what I didn't realize was some of the very early
Speaker 7: aviation history. I knew the airport went way back, but
Speaker 7: I had no idea how far back to the very
Speaker 7: early days of aviation. When it was in fledgling. Billy
Speaker 7: Parker was hired by Frank Phillips and the airport. He
Speaker 7: needed a place to conduct his aviation activities. He realized
Speaker 7: that the market was there for his petroleum products and
Speaker 7: aviation fuel, and he went out and hired Billy Parker
Speaker 7: to if not the very first corporate flight department, one
Speaker 7: of the very first, and they needed a place to
Speaker 7: conduct air and autical activities, so they acquired land west
Speaker 7: of town where the airport is now. The original airport
Speaker 7: terminal building is actually the original cottage style gas station
Speaker 7: prototype out at woollar Rock now in the entryway. That
Speaker 7: building was actually relocated from the airport to Woollarock in
Speaker 7: about one I think it was actually picked up. A
Speaker 7: moving company named Wolf was able to board it up
Speaker 7: and they shrink wrapped it. Just an amazing feat. They
Speaker 7: tried to move it once before and the contractor thought
Speaker 7: it the building would fall apart. This contractor was able
Speaker 7: to do it. They had the expertise and they moved
Speaker 7: this building to bull Rock and it was restored and
Speaker 7: it's there on display now where folks can see it
Speaker 7: a lot more than they went at the airport. They
Speaker 7: built Hangar four, which is the hangar next to it,
Speaker 7: and that was the home of the very first corporate
Speaker 7: flight department. A little bit about this would have been
Speaker 7: in the early twenties and barnstorming was a big deal.
Speaker 7: Aviation was still new, There was no FA there was
Speaker 7: no regulation, they were building building aircraft, and many of
Speaker 7: these guys were barnstormers, and the barnstormer came in. They
Speaker 7: would literally fly these rural communities and they would do
Speaker 7: tricks and loops and barrel rolls, and they would go
Speaker 7: buy people's barns in these communities and people say, what
Speaker 7: is that? What's going on? And then their town would
Speaker 7: meet and the town would almost shut down to go
Speaker 7: view these circuses that these barnstormers put on. It was
Speaker 7: pretty amazing. The JN four Jenny biplane back in the
Speaker 7: day cost the government about five thousand dollars to build.
Speaker 7: And after the war was over, we came into the
Speaker 7: war in nineteen seventeen. Had ended in nineteen eighteen World
Speaker 7: War One, and a little known fact is that the
Speaker 7: JN four. There was the Dewey Airplane Company in Dewey, Oklahoma,
Speaker 7: started by Jacob or Joe Bartles, and they actually had
Speaker 7: a government contract to build twelve of those aircraft in
Speaker 7: Dewey and what was I believe the airfield at that
Speaker 7: time was at the old fairgrounds where the where their
Speaker 7: fairgrounds are now and built twelve I believe j N
Speaker 7: four's and a lot of those pilots would buy those
Speaker 7: after the war, they surplussed them and they could buy
Speaker 7: them for like fifty dollars, and so many of the
Speaker 7: pilots that flew in the war would fly these aircraft
Speaker 7: and do their born storming and go across the country
Speaker 7: making a meager living that way.
Speaker 1: That's very interesting.
Speaker 7: Yeah, these aircraft needed fuel and Frank Phillips knew an
Speaker 7: opportunity when he saw it, and the aviation as a
Speaker 7: whole market, he would grow his product line. The barnstorming
Speaker 7: air came to an end basically when the Department of
Speaker 7: Commerce pass a law, The Contract air Mail Act was
Speaker 7: passed and then the Department of Commerce took over and
Speaker 7: they were licensing planes and pilots and regulating and due
Speaker 7: to many accidents and high profile fatalities that were happening
Speaker 7: in the roaring twenties, let's see, Wiley Post came into
Speaker 7: the picture. Our Goebel as you well, the Traveler six thousand,
Speaker 7: Frank Phillip sponsored to do the Dull air races. Frank
Speaker 7: was a bit of a marketing genius back in the
Speaker 7: day to utilize aviation and these characters in aviation to
Speaker 7: promote his products and sponsoring our Goobel on the Traveler
Speaker 7: six thousand to fly from Oakland, California to Honolulu was
Speaker 7: a way to promote their products. He actually won the race.
Speaker 7: It was an ill fated race. A lot of folks
Speaker 7: parish in the ocean. Charles Limberg actually turned out of
Speaker 7: the race because he said, you know, I can't miss Europe,
Speaker 7: I might miss Hawaii. They would navigate by the stars
Speaker 7: at night. I mean, it was a very fledgling early
Speaker 7: days of aviation. I read we're also Frank early days
Speaker 7: of Phillips Petroleum. When Frank would fly in the corporate aircraft,
Speaker 7: be at a Ford tri motor, the very i think
Speaker 7: the very first mono coupe. They wouldn't fly at night.
Speaker 7: They would fly during the day, they would land and
Speaker 7: then he would take the rail by night because you
Speaker 7: just did not have the instrumentation to navigate. That was very,
Speaker 7: very interesting. Another interesting fact about the airport was that
Speaker 7: the UH there was an aircraft actually manufactured at Martlesville
Speaker 7: by the Star Aircraft Company and it was a Cavalier
Speaker 7: and they did they made I think six models, the
Speaker 7: A through the F between nineteen twenty eight and nineteen thirty.
Speaker 7: It was kind of an entry level aircraft for a
Speaker 7: working man's airplane, if you will, somewhat affordable. Another little
Speaker 7: known fact about the Bartlesville airport as between nineteen forty
Speaker 7: nine and nineteen seventy four, Bartlesville had commercial air service
Speaker 7: the Continental The Continental Airlines operated the DC threes and
Speaker 7: Central Airlines operated the Conveyor two forty and the Frontier
Speaker 7: Lines I believe the Conveyor five eighty. The two forty
Speaker 7: names were simple back then two forty was a two
Speaker 7: engine forty passengers. So it's pretty remarkable for the time.
Speaker 7: I have read that there was this many as ten
Speaker 7: flights a day. They went to destinations like Kansas City, Tulsa,
Speaker 7: Oklahoma City, Great ben Kansas, Dallas was quite a thing,
Speaker 7: and that went to about nineteen seventy four. All these
Speaker 7: During this time, Phillips had just a plethora of corporate aircraft.
Speaker 7: They're basically a history of aircraft on a corporate history
Speaker 7: of corporate aviation on the field there and just absolutely
Speaker 7: remarkable history.
Speaker 2: It was booming at the time and so we were
Speaker 2: at the time a lot of cool things going on
Speaker 2: at the airport.
Speaker 1: Now we've got the.
Speaker 2: New taxi lane we've got the new hangar, We've got
Speaker 2: some development coming out.
Speaker 1: There, so we did get it booming again.
Speaker 3: Yep, there were HC.
Speaker 7: Price was in Hangar five City Services when R eight,
Speaker 7: all the big old majors locally, we're based at the
Speaker 7: airport at one time, and I think we're about to
Speaker 7: run out of time, but just about.
Speaker 3: But where can we find out more.
Speaker 7: When?
Speaker 3: Yeah, where can we find out more history? Contact the
Speaker 3: the me at the airport.
Speaker 7: Look if you want more information, the Bartlesville Area History Museum.
Speaker 7: And wool Rock of course has his home of the
Speaker 7: Traveler six thousand. That our goble Flue in Hawaii. But
Speaker 7: there's several great find.
Speaker 1: A way to put some information out there on it
Speaker 1: too as well.
Speaker 3: Thank you for that, Sarah, Like what is she talking about?
Speaker 4: That?
Speaker 7: Sarah gave had a real nice article on the airport
Speaker 7: in October twenty two. It's worth read and MB monthly.
Speaker 3: Alrighty, everybody, thank you for being on board.
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