Conrad Flying Service Here Incorporated
New Firm Organized, Plans Expansion; Templeton to Go to Detroit
reprinted with permission The Winona Republican-Herald – October 3, 1929

Formation of a $50,000 airplane corporation to be known as the Conrad Flying Service, Inc., and which will supplant the Conrad-Templeton Air Service of this city was announced today by Max A. Conrad, Jr., president of the new concern, on his return to the city from Tulsa, Okla,

Organizers of the new corporation are the three Conrad brothers, Max, Arthur B. Conrad who is vice-president and field manager and Karl F. Conrad, who is secretary-treasurer. Stanford A. Templeton, who was affiliated with the old company, is not connected with the new firm, it was announced.

The nature of the business of the Conrad Flying Service, Inc. will be to buy and sell aircraft accessories and equipment, to carry for hire freight, passengers, express or mail by air, to operate an aircraft storage, housing and repair business, to operate an aircraft, and landing field and to operate schools of instructions in flying and air navigation.

The Conrad company has the dealership for the entire line of Spartan airplanes made by the Spartan Aircraft company of Tulsa for Minnesota, Iowa and North and South Dakota. The line of planes includes mail, cabin, commercial and training ships. The company at present owns three ships, a Wright, a Challenger and a small training ship, all of which will be housed in the hangar at the airport on the Minnesota City road.

"It is our present plan to construct a hangar at the field next year which will house 12 planes, classrooms and will have quarters for students and visiting pilots," Karl Conrad said today. "It is also our intention to keep the landing field open throughout the coming winter with the aid of snowplows.

Mr. Conrad also announced that his brother Arthur who has been affiliated with the Conrad Fur Company of this city will leave the employ of organization to devote his full time to the flying business, in which he will be in charge of the field and equipment.

Simultaneously with the announcement of the formation of the new company it was also announced that Stanford Templeton received a transport pilots license from the department of commerce at Minneapolis yesterday afternoon after he had successfully passed the written and flying examinations required. Max Conrad already has a transport pilot’s license.

The license is the highest award by the department of commerce and authorize its holder to give flying instructions or to do any kind of flying for commercial purposes in any part of the United States Mr. Templeton announced that he will leave Saturday for Detroit, Mich., where he has accepted a position with an airplane company there.