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Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on December 9, 1970.īetween 350 and 400 windows and glass door panels at six schools and a gymnasium in Porter County were broken early this morning by vandals, who also struck two business firms where six windows were smashed. If her father thinks she’s good enough to take over, I’m willing to take a chance, too.” “I am going to be Judy’s first passenger when she gets her pilot’s license. Lindberg has the utmost confidence in the ability of her daughter and husband. When Judy is not flying, she can be found practicing with the “Washington Township Blue Notes,” a championship singing octet which will be vieing for its second consecutive state title at the Indianapolis finals today. Although she would like to become a member of the county flying club, the organization’s by-laws contain no provision for the opposite sex on its roster. As far as she is concerned flying is just a hobby. Judy has been training in a Piper cub plane for about one year. Her father, a former instructor and manager at Urschel field, and currently teaching with the Porter County Flying club at the county airport, has had more than 8,000 hours flying time.

She comes by her flying ability naturally. Judy simply says, in explanation of her father never having to “bawl her out” over some infraction while up in the air, that the motors make so much noise, she would not have heard him anyway.” “She just seemed willing to learn, and has never had fear of being in the air.” Where it has been a proven fact that parents rarely can teach their offsprings the art of driving a car, let alone piloting a plane, Judy’s father said that he has never lost patience during instruction periods. To make it even more remarkable, she did it the hard way, taking off over a snow packed runway on skis for the first time, and landing the craft as “lightly as a feather.”Īdding to the ability of the Washington township girl to take instruction aptly, is the surprising fact that her “teacher” has been her father, Claude. Judy Lindberg, 17-year-old, Washington Township High school senior, is an apt pupil.Ī week ago, after 45 minutes of instruction in a dual control plane in which she had never before riffen, Judy took off and did a solo over the Porter County Municipal airport “for 15 minutes”, the first time any girl has done this feat at the county field. Washington Township Girl Apt Pupil In Air

Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on February 18, 1956.

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