,HEAVIEST

CARRIER

PLANE
H H n l'iI;"W~ ,1 rrnt'[Ih,d here "f the , h('~'VII!~l l.>rr,,,,l'>~,£.'<l 1'1,,'1(' In <oil\. ;.,J,IH' tn Jut", (hi. III-! N!'rth i\'1W'fi',1Il .HIII<& J''''P'ld ",,,, ..f, TIII;'\~' ul'wly,,,;l,,,ascd I'll". tos ~,,\\ severul unusual d~w, of this plane. Allh,nl.1gh il hll,~ " _1-.1J Alli81ln jl'l 111 tilt tJ it urnl uu "",OlLlp lilli' ,1"I'r Lltl'I' Ihe [use)aseaheaJ pJ the Iin, rh i~ i~ nor apparent ill lilt!

'to

photos, Beside rhe jer the /1,)-1 i~ powered by two p&W 1l·!Mf'" ret"ip,tl(ll{hl,<l; In wing nneelles, '[be AJ is heavier rhUB the canjms

engine, than
P1V

the- AD or AM but5mlillur
N ef)II"'fJ which hfl.,' rakl:1n of[

bll~ no, Ltnde.d M vet. A hil!h'\I in.)! monoplane, il carries a crew \Jf three III 4 rre5-' suruzed ('6(,kP'l. ()me" WIl1.~ panels folJ in-

board 'Jlld the- vertical (tld f'Jlds dow" l') pro. vi, te easier hundl in.... on Imngar decks, It
has not )It'l re"ched d", 11el bl' e
operation,

AM_ SEAGU_lL A has been winglrlg her way over the briny deep all 1l10ming. She's ou+ on her own, suJbllg because the oil! man beat her to a pIece

su

5
her reverie, With an lmha.pp)'

PE 5
food! She joins astern, searching ever bopefuHy. Suddenly there is a big boom and tans fly into the air from the- ship and land on the water. Ka-rump ' The water jumps with a terrific shock
and a few seconds later boils u.p in a huge geyser. Swallowing her heart, Mama Seagull picks up knots, heads for horne. From now all its sitting on the eggs.
0 THIS

of garbage.

Come norm she ligures on some rest and sits down the cho!",py SNt. The motion of the waves lulls her HnJ she closes her usually wary eyes. Suddenly there's a splash near her and a roaring
()11

noise rudely interrupts

squawk

wonder of wonders, 11 buoy bobbing here far from shore. Following the instinct of her kind she tries to nl.i.ght on this pole stick-Lng out of the water. To her annoyance it doesn't make a gOCl"U perch because a metal rod Juts EWIll the t0r of it. The rQaring COJll!;.'S ag.tin and 1\ dark shape swoops by. Again and again the: monsters appear. \XI ith them

she jumps into the ;lIr and discovers,

stay horne. I.t s an illustration of ho\\( 1l. Navy antisub exercise migbt appear to the uninitiated. Mr~. Sea,guU's perch was a socobuoy with its nnlenna; her annoyunres were planes and a blimp; the ship was 3 destroyer which set off a bedgebog depth
charge duster.

N-

isn't a . Fiarab.!e lIb()u~

why wrves shouk]

is a less noisy grey shape \\ hich tl00tS Lazjly about, Then a ship beavesuito view and mama is happy_

The Navy's new ASW ~e:atns, composed of destroyers, pi anes, blimps, helicopters and small submarines little resemble the sub chasers of World War IJ.
Sub snorkels are now fair gll;me for the ASW teams.

U.S.S.

CUIIERA.

55

34r, TY'I'ICAL

Of

NEW

STREAt,llINED

SUIIMARIN£S

stl"llin

tlu, W ",~. aurisubmarir», or who Ilew

1-l,H'"

bl,r ore

Ila)',<; [.Illq j;jl<!gd~~II to;;. cre.w" P,lltU!S Wl t l culled till t'ye·

boy~.

it, three I six hours ~irtrnl! C'1Il II p,tr:Lrhute developed Jl!rd(I'I~ (sl(;lIlJl.!rapLN~ fIlUI')'). 'lMlll,!!. at the: sea rr0dun:d a condition blJrderin~ \J hn... nusis, and th.l! n)~d I Il~ld to IWl.ltli.l' hapr~'nillJ.:~. Ahou: tlle Dilly break til tilt; moncton] wouk] t· me when, without 'II'l'rning. ,I durk .,Iure would tll'l,CM beneath the surf.\le. An extra ~h()t (II .~(Iren.rlin \ ouhl ertter the bloodslrel1m of tJlt" i,UOI .LS he. passed tLt: word to llis radioman. l Iund on the salvo lever, he would make his run from ,I thousand [ect, Then, iust .1.\ he ntl~,I~tu d~rlh lh'Ht:t~ his 11 ma:si ve hl.':>.d would brc;!\, lilt· surf.ire JJlJ ;J. v.)['orous column would SpOlit m the air. RC:#J.inin~ .cnrrel of hrs. s;:hinCtt'r, 0\11' hem wLild approprinrely send this mt'r ;lge• . 'i.~hll:d wh,tll:, bluhh:H:J same." Thus In,lilY of out
because of their unlouillerr,t.rt~. Air ~I;,l((h liglll 11Sl .ubmariUl's l~lI1si~I\!J ai louklllij ,L;ooli and hard, and disrussicn, .. centered arouor! how f!l.r down .1 suh could bt, !>rott~d. .As the ~\lhmaIIt1e lI11..! it ~ 01,r:nlI1on h.t. bL'C1l Improved, so has the fight [l_gllfllst it assumed n modem sdenrihc palrern. IM£c:~t rnurnrnals
fQrtlllllltt:

.<> looIfI1J.t .tbour

In pl.lyin,!; ba~(:'bdll Of w,lgiI1J;t ;1 wnr, it\ J pooLl idea to know yOd wmpl!'litm or el't!my. l.ikewrse, in the busmesi (jf untisubmurrne warfare, it is J. ,gooo ;111:il to know how ur unders 11> craft arc lOI1~lrlldcd .lItO opcr.lte .
When "ubmMines first
Ult11C

into

existence,

small. But ~jlll,"t: the U. ,bought its first one in Il)OO. there lI.n e been ma.I'lY improvements in naval ar hi leclu re .1110 now (here is no limit to the he II sub (ali be built. The rdeal size, however, h,l5 been fnund to he abeut 1;'i00 tons. While G",rman !iu.h~ ill World War [I had early 5UCcesses, Ull.:}' seen beCII01e the v leI Ims of radar _ Spotted 111 tl1i:. rnanrrt-r at J1 ighl ,mJ Juring b,ld weather, subrrsirlne WcHI down, [heir losses mounting 10 ~1I(h ,j f1gtlfc thai the Germans lid opted all invention of the Dutch, the snorkc], ThL~ ~immick, t1pr1il:d 1.0 submarines, enables them tu trawl on their .[ieqd {'n~ille_~ while submerged.

Ul~y

W{+J"C

met

urlllmd)

ends

rescmblunoe

to

the.:- mun-mad

By guess .md by FOS.fr I,,), been tiimlnJ.tc.1. That'< v.hy MIIIli,1 Sei1~ull hetter 'il.ly aw.ay t rorn N.l\!l' he will hve longer ~t.lyl\l/! at llOl'TIL

til'

There is an jntake pipe and an exhaust. rip!:-. Most of the lti~ taken in got'S lu run the cfl);ines while tIll: rest i,., USI'J lor venrilution. If a wave washes over the in . toke, lin .nuwmll.ti!:.. valve closes nnd prevents fl sho( of salt water Ircm: JrOWr:1I11g tilt: engrnes, II in emer,flency it is nt'J;essary to go below snorkel dltpth, the suh call run on batteries as before. Speed on the batreries is. murh less than 011 the diesels, Although the ~no.rkel was h(.';l USt'U ie esc pe radar detecIlion, it is no sure pr recnou, They ran till be smelled Qut, bIll how th(lt is J'one; L$ one of the secrets of combat e'IJ continue to ~it On. Why JQ we p·ay so inuc h 11ttentiou to lite submarine? One mrthnnty $tatlOd th"t if the Germans had huJ the !In()rke] enrlier in \YIW U, We woulJ 11" e found ir uilli· rult to justify l-railsporliu,l: an turny QVer;;Cll~ when our iog1.Slit'" SUrrOfl W;L~ so vulnerable ttl submarines, On :ruth it thread the bulauce o[ {'onBld !lu.ng. In wartime, submarines (an be used for a variety of tasks. Th~ .H~· valuable as rnmel ayers, for llttaLl"s on hipping and naval units; I1S radar pickets lu r ahead 01 II naval force to give adv:.. He warnulg elf air r.ridsi ,I troop arriers and U ~l)i"(."J rnissil« bundlers. A fascilwting flew type or submarine is about to come into bein~ in lhe U. S. Navy, It i:. the %K-antisublll,lrin'
submarine. equivalent I lcre we huve u.prlieJ lI> underseas of the 6,uhter plane of th~ air.
SSK-I. SSK-;!,

T periscope.
HE:

'>NORKltL

i~

II

more than
reach up

.1

series

brcllthillg

lubes

which

or

prpe-like
fir as the

ubout+as

warf'aee

the

These ASW subs will

FOR THE fiNAl
iU8 ~Ib,

THr D~PTH CHARGE

DOES THE DIRTY WORK

llesi~11tltj0J1"

and

110l

have
~K.,l.

Illume!';

but will turfy the 'J'bey will displare 7'~O

lUMP

PILOTS MAliU, CA'RI1.I~R QUAliFICATION

LANDINGS

ON 'USS M,IIIIDOII-O

tons !lOU '\II ill be 19S feet 1011].;, Cury ing ';ldvanced ;,>OIlJr and detertion equipment, IhL'Y w ill be ~1(h-pll1b~e to l'lllS~ I'rodlKtion. , Our own and encmy employment- of ~b~ would be .lbOllt the same, althouglt it j, likdy th,lt the UOII"'11 StJte> WQulll have to be mote rnncerned with (ombJtting them b(,l'I,U'iiC it would be Involved iJ'1 a W.IT nWljY from its own shcres. \Vc n11J,'iL f.-d(:C the Lid lhlll !lVf.' wouhl IUiI'e to ('ontocnel with submunnes ptowlin_g the s~fI.~lookmg for OlH ,>hir-> Jil d A(.!_C~5 JJHl npproscl II 11J! Oil T shores til I.{un('h m issil es,. . Will. this threat In flny future ('ooAkt. much of our millrary thinking 11:tS'gone into research airnc.1 ,11 fllinimizirl/! the el}t1.·tiwnt:'~ or tht'_!;<'11I1Jcr~eJ boats. 111,af .. where naval avrauon becomes n wried lIml irn. portent part of the antisubmarine team. Bdort: we talk qbt)lIl who makes uf fill: ASW 1t',lIn ,m.! wha] t he} ~11Jto make Ii rein is-wlble (or s'ea~u 115 "n d whales, lct'~ take u look at what has been d~wlort:d to Jett'd subs, Nlttur:1l1y, in an undu~sified dl$(u~sion we can't rnenuon Ihem ~II (J r 111 great deta iI. bu t we (an ,!-(I:;t II pretty ].tood Idea of what i~ helng u~ed ;!IlU Wh;ll is belp}:: developed.

Sound travels at about t ,.600 YlU'd, per :'i1:'(onJ underw.uer. The speed varies w,ilh llw tt'mpecratllre the water. Unless the water is o! uniform ternpenuure= and that r-;utlr (KIm-the sound carries in ,I curved path. By laking lldv<lntll,gc ef dlffen:f1t temperature levels, fll'Iliny U. S. submarines esraped attack rn till!' P"cifiL du rinf! the war. A solution to the problem or curved sound r;!lh~is heil1~ -<;ol1ght. It .[nd when lhat ilt,ur~, lhc submarine mig,"! wdl become an obsolete instrument of wur.

or

You

~lHi

projC(ts

underway,

be sure i:lml the N,!\'y hiL~ II_lindreds oi research workmn on new anti navel W,\y~ 01

ddt-ct-iug thr.: submersibles. E1tr~ still rial' the most import-Int role in unJt·r~tl1.'" 111.111(· in.!!. The l'Illl.instal' IS sound. A sub's screws and m::u:him;ry make- noj~e. In recent j'e;lr~ lhese noise m;tkcn have been made Cjuietcr, but lhq' cannot be ~il(!!ll'Cil nllOgethcr .. don ( mean 'Imrlyd()1111~ norhiug, It means"! isren ing, This rtjn{'1r[~ I, l1Std by IUH raft ill connection with sonebuoy opcfalJo]]$. A sonobuoy is a _,;m.tll expendabl e buoy -hyd ropl ione- V I 1FtI'll n ~11i,ittc wrohi nat ion r which i$droppe,j from ,L J.~b(ie in an area where the prc~en{c uf a sub is -';'\,J~re'te. The senobuey picks 'ur ,10)' underwater ~OUll.j lind rmnsmits il 10 tht: eMS of a sonarman .lboMd tile plane, Passive HSlellin.g ntherwise is or dubious \';'1 [UI:. A d'~lfOYl'r nuryiUI( on Iy li~tcl1ing ~(:';,r m.ikes too nuu II l1oit;c of il~ OWl). In ecbo fal1,ging we 112\'(: .mmdhll1(:! the a£.\II1_ A SUlI,I1l! cal] be generated by trite r;J1lJ;:in~,q'r'lralu~ and sent thrmll;h the Wl1ll'r, I f it ~lrike . ; an objC(t, it is rellett,tel bad:. to th.:~oum,: as ~n echo By lirninJl the return of the echo and riotin,~ hs ,lIre( lion, .111underwarer nhjec: t.-;l'll be. IOt.lred in a gener-Ill fd"hlllil. Echo rangllll: !:lear IS ,.[mil.lf to ~.he-depth sounJIllS mathin;:rJ'l. clltrl:d on nlo.d big $h-I[,s which measures the d rsranec to, the sea bottom,
pa,l,SII't-. WI]!

H,"~ Jl>IJ so rmn h wnuen Jbout It we wou'c desuibt il here. Fo-r illitln! dr:le{lio!1 or submarines itl ull kinds 01' weather, 11 leads ull rnet-hod s, In lImite.! waters, ~uch .IS till; Slnllts of Gihrallar, the Eo,gli,'h ClHlI111ci or the entrance to Nc\\ York H,lro,or, MAD (1TI.lgnetlc il irborn~ dded IQIl) mounted u\. blimps find helicopters would he [I menns of lu~;)lin,l; :1 mt1.'ill hody LInder water TI bljm itf-d ill range. r.~~c!iti.tlly,il i-1i ,I iTlaJ,:f1rtti.l needle which r{:l!i~I('r5 it' a metal ()b,et:ti~ IMsseJ (.lIe), The ;11'PlU'U HIS is H~l!:t II y [;1rried fin a Iine bel ow tin: bl i1!1P, plane or be)l(ol,ter. FOf Ihl' tll,j,ll kill. rheres nothing better than [11('[tnes ... and 1\ ~QfJd pair fir 'I:)'b, For search. hQl.w:c~,the eyes ,lIln J'I.!), 100 Imtll}' I (!( ks. I n [(jag 'icMt'hes, tlltl!\Lll' arul tI fed eyes ran rnake mno(t'nt splashes Jj"'PCil( to he periscopes or snorkels. 11 \u,,, th 1I~ [luI 11\.111 j' J W hale, _fIorpl!li.,e an d ~llMk bCLLlTlI..' iC{lml( of H1.QJenl war, v II11AR

~lIJNU Fi\.~:L.~ l~tu

lng,

By

.~-w6tllle~OTi~

ra'~:;lv.C all~

echo mllJ.:-

COIllS'TANf

PRACTICE

IIOWEEN

SUBS

AND

AIR

UNITS

fl
H ~RE ARE CIL,D TYPE SONOBUOYS

WHICH PICK UP SUBMARINf

$OUjIIDS

8l1MP

TEAM OPUATEs

SONO'UOlAND

MI\GNHIC

DETECTION

E(lIUIPMENl

training-in

SIcotball,
i(',

llB~Ii\RINI-

HI NIIN(:. IlMy not I->~ as glJ.1110rOLIS ,l,i playing bur tnkl:_\ a.~ much teamwork and much more deadly :<eriQusrle.ss,
.1

-urfa·c and Air units, {auf m number, In the not-too-distant future lin underseas member, lilt: rrevI01L~I}' mentioned ' K. will jorn the ~roup. The estroyer, whirh was the standby III the hrst world wnr, has ,I pretty \ ell 3d mode of operation, The 1IIIIiler (h~s. or example, rurry sonar, the echo ran,grng apparatus ioenrioned t"ltrlit!r. lLuda uHi!!!)' or llctpth lhu.r,l,(t::..Prolll· inen t ,Imoog it,.; eXT'lo~i l/('~ i~ I he i1eti!_!.(;bog, wh lI:h Iires (hnrgcc> 1M a pattern. thus covering a 8rearer area tJ1<10 i\J~! rolling them off the funtaiJ B1irnl's are- making .b great comebaek, 111 Wo-r1J W;1r II their eff~(tivent:'~ was quttslioneu when -errnau subrnarines sUIiated, or remained ~O, ,1111.1 to",gJlt back. /\ slew mov ng
blim] rsn't
III

Teamed lo_gdhl:.f to Iind ~irkelllllt: fllCSSn._g(.· are

sub before

torpedo

W'Jh lcll~

a position

fire. But now the "I' Qfy h.I_J.!~" (.1, 0111: rviation plallltcr ill \'G'a~hin~lon \':llb I:h(10) nt!eJ no longer worty about the urfaced sub. With subs rcm,linlng down at snorkel def'lh. the blimp oan (~rry it~ MAD gear nrul remain In tht hunt. Tim, rombln(.;J with the ,lbJ]ity to remain aWlly (mm ba::'l' for lo~lJ.! [,triad.:;. ref,ld '.ll sell and ~akc on Ill:' crews makes it ,I potent contender for a hill kfield rO~lrlOn_ AI tJ1f.rutth tilkrng hl imps abo~\rd tllta._r,th \...:Hricrs line! ether ~hir'" i~ not nf;W h, dIe N,1~)', the .HIlIa! carrier 'Ill.din"lI..ion hlirnp paots t) .:t. novel rWI;;[ Recently, blimps

to

wage battle

against

antiaircraft

oft the rurner. Sw/.J a11J ,Hllldr)l)';. Pilot carquals were cunsidcred completed when each rilat had made three land in,gl> operat:iog the rudder and three On the elevators. Closely allied to the blimp is the helicopter whos pOlenhaluies are g-feal. As ,10\1,1 planned, the eggbeaters will operate from t:very I :tvy fi,lthtin 'bip lind in lime: of war from rJ.ltfonn.~ of merchantmen. With pre,~ent aircraft, A 'w work would me of lin ornerjzency nature, but the Navy is lioldiog a competition to gd II helkopter dl'Sign for a h.igb pcl'[cHmanCI: craft whIch will meet the Jcmallds of enduranre and pll)'load for ;loti~lIbm.1fine work. The h el icopter is ideal in that it can rernai J1 motionless over one .spot. pif1 pOinting a submurine, 1( .1 sub surfares the helicopter ran fake radiral evasive ;Ietlon find get out in a burry-if il hJ.sn·l bllfstl.'d the sub fIrst. lleli('optc:ts reqwfe fc::~ er tllghl crew and groundmM. tJ.. to be I i( ked 11, JJd iropters are [ow endurance nod pdot fut f!iue. These problems nrc on the road to bcinf! solved through hrb'N airc f:.lfl and aurorn.itu pilots.
operated

or

,trIJ planes doin~ r~~(:af(_h are conNA BOCA CfclJCi\. Key Wc~t. Fla. VX-l located rhere has heen ope rut l1'lg a strunge Inob. jlli: R RP-l Tli b Piaserk i J, el in:')l1tea, k nown popula r1y .ls the Fi,l'i!1K B.1'Ndlid; hGS beeo ~trirp(}d. 1('operates open to Lho.; brl.;:t.,?:!:' so that U Gill Clirry ,I hlg~er load. The future member of the A.'\VI t am. the: '\,~K kiJkr , uhLllll~!:O. l;fEI:.1COI'THI;o.

B Squadron

(ientrOllcl[

,It

THIS SlII.lPPED

O'OWN PIASECKI

I-IRI'-I

DOH

~E5EARCR

WORK

IN "SW

AT DEVElOPMEN1

SCUADRON

AT

K~Y WEST:

CAN

CARRY

GREAfER

LOADS

marine, will pe cQmpitrable to the lighter pkllte il) the air, a dang~mu~ adversary. RA(im. C. B. Momsen. director of underseas wi:lf~ati:! in OpNav, say$, "1 (III] lIay !.lidl no foe strike more tC'f(Of in the heart of [I submariner than another submariae, It is somewhat an:tlogoL1$ to two blIndfolded antagonists '3tQll!n with bn.~tb.,dl bats waiting for the other lO break silence.' A big submarine will be intent on reaching his hLlnting gtounll Th~ SSK l,ring in wair, will then strike, r·t will have the advantage rt'Jath'ely silent operation. Heavier-than-air planes at present form the most potent !ilf.ikill,g units of the ASV/I team, It was probably a laM or II P';:V,+ that scared Marna SCj.guli into going howe. Flying the .Lft;ti{lubmarine Wily is not brCdthnJ.lcinj.! afar the hot rilal varifi'ly. Each plane crew includes a radar apefalo( who has be,e11 1"0 LUlm(:'fOUS schools IInCi spends his lime .llaft In the tjurk wllt(hilli:: hisstopes; a senar mw

en

rY"PI.CAl

OF 'GUPPY'

PLANES CAIIIl.YI'NG

RACOME

I'S m~

DOUGLAS AD-3W

THE AF·2W

AND

AF-.2S fORM

'RADAR

SeARCH

AND

ATT.ACI(

A:NTISIJB

TEAM

sounds sen t him by the scnobuoys whkili lln.' Jtoppo:d~ il pH0t versed in ASW methods and abeve all a pedett instrument pilot. . Ope~lltil1g [rom the- carriers ,Ll present are two plalle teams of 113M'S.• The At'1II1gefJ are termed the TBl\hlW :lnd the TBM 'J!i. The "W" csrrles a radurne (Ioder its, belly which Icroj"s for all the world like- a. rregn~n,t g.u (1$.11.
\1/110 IS
.jI

n expert

~ll I jsten j rio!:' to the

1l1is plane

does the radar se-ardHng.

rry

.'

Don't ask why submarines are calkd X1f/IPilJ~ LOO.. Not even the submaricers can give you the answer. The . ·S" version L1f the T[!M carries the whorewithnl for ktlling ,I subruarille-Jepth cha.rges, rockets, etc, The planes operate ns a. pa.ir-se:uch and attack. Coming socn to the :fleeL wil] be Grumm~H AF-JW'S !In,] IlI'-dS·~. They are Jut:' in August. T.urg:d (or aircraft curler design is: ':I plane which will includt ~e;uch and attack in one package:. This plane would probubly clIrry the- AP!iJ.1 radar gear ins,te:rJ ?f the- APS2_9 .• In 0 {If/I\IUOII Portex, land based aircraft proved their worth in opf.!r:J.ting \\'hen sea coed itinns immobllized desho}'er~ to S\lch 1H1 e'Xtcl1t that they were jmable to (ulfi II their missicns. P2V's complcled IO,07b of their missions. An AS\'(!' plane's job i~ r~:.ul~ne search work. Su.:;pkLOUS: waters are ontlined and the subs arc forced down, ControlI in,g: thcse!Lrcll{~s ale Combat Inforrnnrion Centers (see NAN zws, Jan, 19 SO. page 1) sperial izeJ III ASW \VtJrJ.:. A ratttm is Rowo u.nrll II tlltger is picked up. Then. senebu.oj's are dtorped if\ a pattern around the ;>pol Wh{!fC" the sub was [[1St spotl'eJ. Then the sonarruan does his pJJt in ce±tding- the sanohup}, ~i~ns.l~. \"'hen pinpointed, the submarine is -attacked. Whether it be J 1>2\1'or a TIlM.the crew is the key to how well the plane does its work. The pilOli:; dependent wholly

on hjs crewmen for spotting ;L sub" glli.Hng him all, his run, layju~ souobuoy patterns and cont<l.t:rill.g the ships. Due facet of ASW is Its 24-bQur nature. Much Hying has to be JO.l\l" ol.~ night and in bad wearher, for this reason at least a 1.vhite instnrment c;Jfd is required. Day operation h)' comparis'(lo ise~}'. .. •. . . At night when ata:rgll't I.S ~1J.lhteJ by radar, Its r<:mWil(1 ts first rerorted. Then a bombieg run is started, lind the 1':t:llrr:h light opemlOr turns on rhe Iight. He scans tht:~ea.~. find •• ifter "lighrict!'h he gui('le-,~ Hre rilOl Oil the tntget, W~li), mind you, makes the entire run on i!1s-tCLunent~. Trail1,lng of th~ whole- crew rays off here. Extenst v~ lra ill mg ts necessary to rnainta in l~roiici elKy in ASW s~luadn;lJ1s·. Pilots 1!0 fir~t to the Fleer Air Electremcs 'Training Umt at Norfolk- or the Fleet Airborne Electronks Tm.irLi!1;!': Unit at San Diego, dcpendin,4 on whether they <Ire going ~o olie 1)( the six cast coast squadrons or the two west coast outfits. There tht.)' axe gi'Y~n' a short (OUfSC in ASW electronics, Instrument flyifl~, bombing and field DtC1"i(Cr pr.actice foUow. Crewmen are given groufld training. on instmmeul procedures, A8\V, And laying senobunys. Afte.r joining squadIons. crewmen often operate ll.t sea with fled submarines, Ultimate goal it to utilize every member of the Asw team to the fullest exll"nl. DepenJing on locale. weather and other conditions, the team composition will v<atr. In allY case Mrs. Seagull had better sray dose tn 1IOme-,

R ,tricted

Fo.lks are Really Friendly

(''.Ift

Dear Grampaw Pettibone:

Your

ivilian cooperation with JOSt aireerns to be the' order of th 'hly. In U1C past few months, report have
been re cived of cjvjli;tp;. linin
I

article

in

the

]llTlu:Jry

19''l(J

up

car»

to illuminate small airports, golf courses and even :J fo(')tb;J.l) field It1 an effort to hdp lost pilots gd down • a[ely in Jruknl;,~ anJ bad weather, The most recent report, however, sets a new high rOf III IS SOft or assistanre: A MiHine pilot departed Irorn NA G L EN\rll!\V in a C a rsan , on :a cross C'ountry fii£!bt to Albuquerque. N{;\\' Mexico, Over Lebo, Kansas he ran intn .JI1 upper sturm front Out hJd I)ol been reported by any 0 the weal her sta jon~ en route. His plane be./':ul to rick 'up Ice Ull Its wIng:. .ltlJ cowling, The pilot reversed his course. intendin}! to return to Kan SdS City to lend. nul seun discovered Hl,lt hj~ remote irldtcaliafl radio (alllpa~s would not
~j

or action. alerted.
Olatlw to

Olathe s the

CA crew

was

er then irl'lI'udeJ
OVCfCllJt

to !.limb through
lempt to locate

Lhe!IJot an atwhich

conrerrung the I.Lnding of PV airplanes by USt- of the ele atQj- tab ll.a just come to my attenlion. Thi: was vcr}' II1tere"tlng to me, because on Christmas night 11)4). I made ,L 'iog! engine night lundin,l!. 10 a PBY in Manila Bay using rhc tab for t levator eomrol, I •. lter, while 11 PV instructor 011 Sanford, Florid .., I often speculatecl as [0 whether the maneuver wa.~ possibl in ,j PV. The '[,oint WaS roved by LCPR in the PV ~qu.ldron
AVi~l. J\VIA1fION NEW'>

was 8.f1f'roadling
outhwest
T0

Kansas it)' n the leg of the Kansas City radio

;t.nmlt'JI,~/ilm

at Tarawa,

r:mge.

It had (aJled roropletely, By th« it was d.:uk :IDa the storm W;lS Inrrea, ing in. iohm~lty. 'J otMg hole in the: clouds hene-.LI h tmn.
lime

k up Kansas City or ;mr other sta-

towu Ilt low .tit;ludc. At this point- the titi7,l'ns of Lawrence. K.U1SlI.S lipr<\hj: into action, ThE' pilot wnlrlled .1 pU"ld" cf autos leave the town and surrncnd ,1 small ,Ell'a.s erner~ency sLrif", ]jglllin,t! it with their headlight~ dHough the' rain. Oue. car in the IC:1.l1attracted his. attention with a spot h~hl and inJita.teJ lh,!! the ield was clear for a_ landing" Meanwhile some other citizen had 'ltlled tlu: ~irr6J.'1 .u Kansas City by phone Kansas ATe lled the Naval AJr Silltion .at Oh1t1I~ and reported lhat a lav)' f1 ier appeared to be in trouble and was ci rei i ng a 11~(Lrby town .at lew ollti~uJ(;'.

of an unknown

clear area and btg\J.n

him,

the

pilot

dived

througb
10 (j fl t I:

Into

the Jj_ght~

aid lJjl'l'l illloj:atini;j the big airlathe asked tbe commercial pilot to drop his landing Ji~bts, The Cr>N,dj' pilot saw llle bright beam. Iorated the CmJJttfffalllJIJ and flew parellf'l to it. At this time he was zble to ri, k up un QIl-CQUne signal from the. Kansas City (;tfr:g'" and b~ d his gyro t:ompa~$ to roinride with th inb und beam headmg. He then took up a heading for Ohlihto' and was picked up on Ih.t CA s('opl;' about 2'l miles north of the station, Al tbi~ tune. I wo radio (0I11UCl5 were established and the pilet was !lJVCI'I bend irrgs to brio)! hi III oyer the nclrl. After wClJ,thering a severe am k or verrigo. he broke into the dear at an altitude of ,flO Ieet diJt:dly over the fi,dd .1/1.1made .l normal landing. lmer,

Ii vered that he b;tJ ,{o elevator control. Rolling Ll1 a little up tab, he climbed to altitude, put down his A'lpS ll11J lauJing gear and tested the stall
l·hantderj~tir. of the airplane. them

who, returninz

from

;,trike.

carne in fCjr ,l successful lundlng, u iog the tab for elevator coot-rot. It so liarpened thllt n news correspondent WII:; :lbourd (ht· PV and was so grateful th,;1t he wrote the incident (IP in lhc tur t!~y Evening Post, with a full page pictun: of L(DR '.Iplion J "'The Best Pilot in the \'(7]101(' World," LIJeo when f h.ul arras ion t-o meet L DR . 1 asked him \' Ily he elected to lan d [ather than j lim!'. Hi, reply \\'SS that that was the ('.I~it!:·1 Lhiug to do. I hope tili .. belated in fOtffi(li iou wi]] 1,1JJ to rOUl' lilt; 1;l11 PV Lib l~'hlings. -Jr1cel'eJy youts, (DR, U N
~t'

They tell Ole thai this lucky Madne bas a good tOQ iUjiI wi! and '" couple of mighty nice YOlIog$tCJ'lI. You.'d think rhat be wouldn't give his guardi"n ,,"gels such a, rough time,
FtOffl

'l

GrtlmJ><N"Pettibone

sa s:

G-tiJ1tIpaJl' eUibo",! SarsP

~

repe rts

",hall rha I

Clln make out uf th e two \I'e gut on til;" In~ den r Ihe

}u!>t as till: pilot was startin hi~ apprOilCh for a wheels up laniling On the gta: strip, he heard Olathe tower .Ill and tell him not to land. He ontinued
to circle, but

at

the moment

01 the

could not ~jye him a steer as the did 110~ knov which town lit" was circling. Thi time a Naval Reserve resident o( Lawrence sprang tt1l the rescue. He relephoned NAS OL'l.'l'HE and informed the Navy that Lawrence WIlS th scelle

pilot W381'1'( worrying lOO much: abUI.II the surface weather uUI:iJ he began u> pick up ;c;-e .. t aTtirude. Then tbe ceiling and visibility below and behind bim b~m very imporrant items, By 'the time he tut1'!ed around. the Weather back towards Kansas City was do ...·n ro 400 feet, rain and low

visibility.
According to press eeports, he sent ~~ Mayor of La ....enee, K=sas a real nice r tbank-rou letter. I'll be:rcl.u '~at if will be " long lim· bdore he gets ;ritQ anolber ;'11" rU:" this.

Sorry J had Ul delet the name of [he B.P.LT.W,W. m accoedance with a long established policy (In this pllg·. Yo ur Tetrer does more than add to 1.111: ,ile Of) PV tab landings, Ir really stares il,. liS Ihe Cil~!! yml repuet is mit ,6'-61 in.6tanc .. lbm ha~ come (0 light wheT,,;n a PV W;15 .-a(el)' landed in ,,11 actual em<!rgl;llcy using the ral'. {Dr elevator conrrol, This should settle, orrce and for all. tbl~ qUl!Srion of whether or nOI 11 tea" be done, I and still "in of the opinion !;hat under pMcelime conditions, and 0""1" suitable ler"1in, ;J pilot should ofler the r~1 or his crew (co-pdor excepted) the alternative of bailing QUI, A c.'€>n{J·Qlted parachure jump from the rear door of II PV flying straight and level involves very litde risk of injury. It Sel'IDS .to EO!!. h'lt the it;lipurntnl. \hing t to remember Qui of all of Lhis discu'SSioll

"";I"

j~ rJiis:

The! first lime. is !ht! hardest til. almost <lily maneuver. If )":.u know hero,.." hand jU8fwhat you ll:lI d yo I.l~ pl.ll'l! can 0:1" iJ1 all}' em <:rgency. you're miles ahead of the Fellow ...ho has tQ do!>>: thi"g~ QUI ,,"d~r .,crl)<d wu.ergeney "",ndicfoll". A pilot can discover II ttll l>f !bing.> clInl may rom'! ;1' Vcr)' handy by s\muJanng various emergencies .at high ~l. ge n er ,,<"cu,· , n.is "Few a.nd ht~ :tSsocimc" s will know fh"r he ;8 <Inc IJ·f che fl.P.I.T. W,G.O.W. GORh rn:.rl1cd, if .hey "'''n'd
tilud.c.. If he knows rhe answer before the emer-

Wing Not L10cked

The f-Hf',1 picrured below ~.I:,~rll::d II uormul tlyaway launch, but .,1,1 the plane .f:tlmt:d speed, the left wing romrnenred co rise to the fold po.~itlon. Upon reach-

fo [101 _g;i Vl..g th e ..ea d)' 'sign ,,1. Tbi~ i9 an iool,nedcns ..---1cl's
Ifill!

way_

keep it

They Waited Too Long

ai rplaue In the vid"ity of Chrtrles, Virgima., W;J$ observed to be flyi ng 51 rai~h t and level a( J1t esrirnarcd aJliNde of .'1,000 fc:et with the fight engine lmilLng smoke •. ,~JI' t'~ling thAt the 'lIrel'. C.t was on rrre. Shortly nftcrwitlu:s ground observers _t;:tw the fire increase in inlensity, ~nd soon HIt" right~ngine fdl (rom the

In,g the endof the deck th~ lefl wing w,~ lit' ill: In upprcximate li(, <m.e;le.

i',:!V-1

C'Pt"

Sfop, Look and Listen

t

plane. The

Clrl) !'illS year an airman 011 ,I t VIj killed wlien be !ltleml?ted to dril't' a, tractor on to tbe J~k t'd~e t:kv'ator [ust II.I-t~r the w.J.rnjng h~lrn had sounded He was III the process of delivc"inX the trat to I from the: himg!1I deck to the flight dl"'l'k. \Vllll~;\-es siate rluu. lu, drove to\I,"nId" the d"lk edge- dei,',llor;1[ .J. f J.~l dip _ A plnne was tu rn ing u I' on the "ll:hllQr, ,1I1\.l this m.l) hlj.\I(: prevented lurn from hC~I'Jn,g the wamit\g- hem. 111e s ..ferv man all the elevutoe baJ c.llled out' 'Slfllld 0(;::1(" before turnIn 11 on tilt i urrenl, bUi turned his hilCk mO!ll~lll:Hil y j I u~i ,15 the wa to in!: hom hlcw. At lhis instant. he ~,IW the tractor eut of the corner of his C}'(:", but the c:lt\,ltor IV:L\ already going up. The limlllg in uJi, .Kcilk:nt WaS r·,tt1'>.tS

As soon .IS the plune became 'lirborne. t!tl;; win,!!; lj}olllinLre{i faldin/:! and W1I5 torn off _ The Cm.I.llr rolled to th", left and hit the water off the port bow of rhe ~lllp in II 3~'" nose u()WJ.1, inverted position. The I,Ial'l~ sank immdl.lllrd)' with lll~ pilol '.PP:1fffil'l}' unable to gel
eleur

rh~

~l

6"""'/>df"
mQnull'!

p'etlibcm~

SQy~

fo~ ,he

T.c$ts on o thee F4U-4'" in ~q"lIdron s:ho",~d th.at it i...ossible p

level. 1\~r:tr('nt1\' we'll under rontrol, but fin: was observed where: Hl'C rit(hl cilginl!' ha,J been. About ~ftc-:,.n: seconds Lucr the rigbt wil1~ fdl from tlu- plane lutling a manne ruilway bOU-I-rl'jM.ir ).h",d in tbe vil1a~e of 'Oyster, Virginia. A rtl'J' the fighl wing fell from the plane, Jilt: Iire ;il'l)caled to spread to tile rest ot the a i rpla 01; .as it dove \0)W.lrJli the gmlltlJ with l:rndj~ ,md rioJ~IH gyrations, An estimated 2.000 $illlIons of fuel w(;re 011 bOl\rd :1.[ rht:: orne the nre "til.It<:d. The plane t:.."f)Jod~.d on Imp!lct, and Wr{;CklLge wa-s .~o::altert'd over anureaof 2(!O vards, li:vidcn!.ly th~l [I:,'W did not tt:a;iZL
immediately the wrrousnessof the fire,

pJllne

continued

strai~ht

and

wing- J.:~~king conrrol

[(I

the front \'i'III:els of the IradorOJt Ute elevstor ,Il) It· stJItcd [0 ~\J 1111 H~ made ~ desperate 8~mpt 10 jum!''1 clear, hut tht trnrror flipped /'l\er on top 0.1 hUTI mid ~rushed his ~k\l_lI. AllhtJugh ex-i~tin_g s,ti(.t!)I directive; wert' n,lTll'idcrcd udI.'9tl~t~ to prcvem !U1 .I,~iQ~nl 0[' this type. this (VB hill> ;lJJeJ .111cxtr<l saf ctv maL' elll the deck erl g:c- de\'U.tor. t-I e . is c.{Il~J elc:\·.ltQr l.lpl,1In and will ,lJ.nd 1,~·artht n:nlcr Iii tlll: mbo:tfJ edJ!1: of th~ dc\ .LtO[' to uet..,rf'nj'lf;: who::Hlcr or !tot It lS . 'all lle,\f" ror OpCntlioll. 11H~ dt'Y;ltOf will !lor bt mov~ L111111 Lhc e!t;\,J.tor ('lLptaiLl hll.5 ~in'n .1 . t±-lIlmhs-J1p" S*MJ [0 the
t'kl .Lto~ 0rl·r.llqr
.H'!li !i.llfctJ opcr,'ltor.

ncu IMly unfortullate lUlit lllaJ.1Jgcd to

set

111 IlllIt tilL driver

be placed in rhe loared .po,iti(>n by the pilot when actu:",lIy ",.. I), (1'1'-: will·g· is cornpleHlly spre~d and hrdraulic.aHy locked, NQ S}''ifem i~provided in tue wing foJdw.g Ilydrnuli c s)'steltl 10 ke~p tht! curee p.-:mct. "in step," Varying ,lit Ionds <""-11 easily cause OTle 1'1;11)::!"r"'3d! II. e f ul J Y 8p te!ld posi!ill.1l slightly ah'Md of thtl' crher, 11:1all p""babilil)·, this pilot "'~~ direel' ing !llil:~ ~o f his allen tiun .;tut t he tigh I

ride of his pin"...

fli

Sjlr"<ldilll_g,

GNmpdw Pauibtl~)i! Sa,'SDespIte all the Wllrnings :and ",-d\,ic~ gi\l.en on. .11"1;$ -subject, ~pedctu,e

4"*1

<':1

shows ,tJlar "uflH' !fllil' will an"n,pt [(> jump Qn ml e!~'v.l)u.r »oj' make 'fi l'UIl lor it when they heal the w~ ... .ning 110t!'l :IlOuud. r think .1 h" ""-Ln mfery lIlali will dQ some good rll sroppillg Ibis p~"ctice.. In dl:e C'.i1~e who hud made such _1 chec:k or tIl" lett "hove'. thP pr~.rIj=1! of :t plnne tllrn.ing IIp wIng. .. 1>nd 01."" -:;wndhlg on ~be c1"va~o.r shuuld Sven s,o. ,be ukimate responsibility rest. hAve indicatl1deo the drive~ oJ the (teacwirhth.. pllot. After all. - his l1f" ill at tor d,al rneul.el-'a!or wAS' aboul to 'glJ' up, ~!al<e" <I.nd. he 'is ·pr.wided with a positi.v.e Hi. ha~n, It! m·al<.. that parrio;uJar !lip dlec:k if he. looks at the wing folding g'np mst him hi~ door "rod w~mi.ng Aa~ 011 both '<ides b ...

he Pfobably observed m.wing d., ... n, btll acruated the wing ,1,11;1.r in.g conTrol "£("r noting, only thai. d'lI: right win'j{ folding gap doyr had eloscd. H" then s:t II' rha .. a.ml n glb,g, On. lh ~ right " ~;dt gp down (lu,h ",ith 'lhe ",ing' .u-"face <I.nd ~~~u.rr!Cd th~t he Wn~ tC<tdy 10 gQ~ A.~ th .. planc ~mmcn<:"d its toke-gil tun, witlles-<c~ 'lQli ... thllt tbe wing fold~ ing gnp o!Jgr un (he left ~de WM ~tiU opell. lndic;;lti.og Ihilt theIVing hin,2e pin "'M not in t:he locked pOlIi{iul'l, With nor· mal hydr.auli<" pressure on Ih.e ~s,tem.'1w m.:mual IQckrn.g pin. if "ctllaTed ,tiT"'f, can prcl!WIIl l!l,e lYing hinge pin room bcing drh',m Oi;lm.e-. -Standard opcrati"'ll: pl"""""dw,,,. ",r,,"'!i'd c~rrier6h.Q\Jld prQvide lor (".bJlck",,"~ On c" ..h side to giv" 11 p08iti"" slmke-Ies, """ ""0;1> wi"g liI~ror'" " pI"!!,, ll, c;1tlpulwd or d:,.o:k bundled. In thi~ eas.. [II" accid ..m hGard '\vaS utmhl" to find ;)1))' indi"iofunl

his Will "". thal the)' wete b"tl\

Exarnination of tbe risht engu'lc after recovery i ndi(";ll'~'S that the Ii re w~~ ill rh~ a.cn.'S!;oty sell iOJ,. uri,gi 11 unknown,
~
~ ,either

feU r rorn the that. there ... v~, the r.l1 t of the etl.glllt' Jnd tnt! I()~ of rhe wing for at k:a:;t t\110 en] isted crew members to (it'ar [be rEJ.nc.
even .IILtr the engine pl~tnl". 11: i<; consrdcred ~u fli.ie:nt ~ilm; between

evideored by bhe Juct Uut in SP'lft' of the- relatively long trme available. no one rlc~OL:trd to[JS{' of his pa!llchu(c::;

Gr"'''pm"

Pe1t,bmu Sdyr-

II appears that the pilot was attempting lO teach NAP C/:Unc,,tWlg\!I:, the (10.".,,,,. Ilir-genidieid if! th~ vicinity, or -planning [(J ditch in the large, fiB!, ,iuotl iI.rea ncar Oy'n!'r. Va. Th", pilot may nave !;><'enittfl II en ced i[I th is de,,[siu n I?y his r"milillri!), wilh ;1 similar acdde{ll .. In thtlt (!';!""'_. ;;1.0 ;0 P2V, fin ..ngine <:IIugl'.1' :!ire .... ,fw .Ur. fell f[l)lll (Ire plnne. and the pilot flcw for "e""r;:ol lTIinul rIli. 1i1laUy making " wh(lel~-ur t<ll1ding hi~ 110011' I'iirport will> 110 lnj<lFies, too persol1nel. Cr:.sh t(:iUltd~ ~h" .... rlmr such K"!"cl fQr-

<I'

tnne ;_,. xl--eecli"(lgr:y e

..,n fire

"I .. !Illude,

,h" h~l "Qvi,w til'll 'I:«U,

w abandon

"'~J'~. Whe"

" pl~"e is

be otf,ered i: 1.. Be I'''''pll""d immedi'llety.

(:(ldurCS.

the

ph,,'t

2. Know ~nd ury Qnle~gj/DCy firc pro-

J.. IF [hI> fue pmi);ls,

to jump.

do nOI nesitnle

me.

I kilO\\, ,oJ no c<il1,gl" "",,se in wfo,id, lhc ·sLigh!ru1 ericicilWl bas beet) directed :>1 Il p.iJot Or ere,w {'or J""ving .. burning airo;:rafl.

Whidbey
Cre~

Rescues

Civilians

ADM.

SOOCSK

succesos

Picked Up After Plane Wreck Alfcmft. .flight crews and II ct~l h boat based at NAS \'(!HlDIHiY ht,.!>1·w, rescued a dVllmJl pilot and his pass~n· ger. The plane, ,I twin-Hna; Taylon ~Ld t was .seriously damaged ~ hen ih~ pilot .. eled.ed to land ill lhe water off rhe west ,here of the ul.')' reservation to ;I\'old AylIlg throllgh a snow squall. Within twa minutes nr the lime rile: plane was w reeked, a 11.::et P! , oul Of) a training fli;tht, dropped II life raft dose aboard the wr(:!d;"l:(e ,l(let bing
MOEBUS AS ACNO (AIR)

Air Admirals
Soucek,
h~~h

Change
ol Deputy

Posts
ChiCI' of

Ouckwo:rth

in DeNO jobS'

of tnt RAJm.

cernes to

nviation Helbert

1"JI1l1ing division i~ ,. Duckworth. He

A helicopter .. 1 PBY and !l crash buul were: immediately disp.!lrhcd to

the scene.

notified of the sirusrion.

WII~fJjrlgtOI1

from M<lxwdl

Two Lhange~ h:t\,~·been rnade in the

(OmlndnJ

RAdm. Apollo Soucek has beencleto the pOsil ion Assistant Ch ittf under VAdm. John I-j_Cassady, replacin RAdm. L. A. Meebus, who mo ed to AllllnedlL to become ComF;utAhLmeda. _ , Tllkmg Adrn, Soucek's pia I!" as head
VJlt'U

Naval Opemuens

(ALI:).

Air Force Base in A.l.tbnnla. when: he was Chief of the N;J.val Division o.f UJ(~su!If. Prior to thin he W,l!> ecmmanding of11~'erof t\' )liCK 'ONVlLUl. DUring his nuval career, Adrn, Duckworth has served en numerous carriers, including rhe S,Ifa/oga. Lallgley. Lesangian, Cn/lahtte. C.lItP/II!'!IJ and fin.11Jy winding w.p as ,kipper on the:-CVB Aiidl{1d~ in lN6.

Pilot and pll.:;~t'llg,er were picked ur by the helicopter, and the wre(k..-ge w.u rowed D()at. to shnllow wafer

by the crash

Plaque

Honors Southerland

Naval A(odemy Teacher Wins Notice AP /I., NAPOL!S-A memorial

MATS Cuts Down Operations

fewer u.s. Flights To Corry Military Milil.Hj persounel travclil1g around the United rates 011 orders or "thumbing" rides on leave will gee .ewer chances t_ travel by air J~ ;1 result of
revision tIlilitary or peacetime ore-ration - of the Air Transport ervice, now

csnrcl led;
area

vn-s lind va-s, As a result of this (,l1rbru:k in MAT anu Iht! prohibitive expenditures or recreation funds which would resuJI If' rornmer ial transportation were used, the AJI-NllVy ports Program h(IS been
VR-.l,

are three Navy squadrons

U1

MATS.

Instead
MAT

or

be1ng. a transport
wilJ devote its

OUt-fit,
prima!y

being

Formation of drstrirt and leil!-'ltl:s and :tlhtdk rrogr~m~, is cnr:oumgeLi lo replace it.

plsque honoring dr, James S. Southerland, the Naval AC'ilJtmy'~ first departmerit of lIVilll1011 instructor, has been tlcd icated at the de!iartment by TI, Adm, James L Holloway, Jr. Cdr. olldl~thml MIS lost at sea in October 19·19 on J nighL flil;lht hom the eva Frflllklill D. Roosevelt. He was 1IS. j~J1td to the departm enr of aviation on 2" December 19· <;. Outing the war he 'c£\red au the }"O1'k/()u'JI LallfJ{(J)'. F.u",~'and urd/oga and look p.Ht In lhe baltic of uadalcanal,

t:-«orts to [min ing n military airl jf!- force . • chcduled rrlln~rort servrcc wrthln rhe .5. will be curtailed drastically or discontinued, ~x(ept fQf 113r ev lIW.U::iOIl ,mel trunk- line cargo services, MAT 'curreat ;tjrLft will bencef'orth be limited to the by·rco 3w:t tirt PI' . duced in .;;arryinp.· out the newly-as ~ 'O; ned, expanded LfJ1illLng Ill! siou. In gem .. -ral. MAT wit! maim.ull its schcdule of OVerseas flights, and there will be no decrease in present ton-mile capabilities. However, the basis of .111 such Rights in (he fLltutcwill lie iu {'onjulictiOI1 with tlte traiuing "1ission , and more airrrex s will be If.tilled. The cutba k 111 MATS i II result ofa survey 0 it opernnons by the Management ommittee of the: Department of Defense. A. cut of one or two percent in personnel in MATS will be made. The military has been tnlirisecl by commerd.t! air lines. for maintaining scheduled Which .side is lip? Thil lin» of Corsalr« sitting (/II 1/)(: .W,llff III NilS 04Maml preJtlliJ 01 flJghts around U)(' United Siales it:! ItS" /I(I:;;lillg tI[ipl?tlf<lm~ Ihtild:J I(J Ih~ I,o{ld ('/ U'alU from <, rtum Cilli/omitl "fog" hi (h·~ serred "cornpetltlon" with them. 'here (Q""ii"'I'lldSI) pl'fjec~ 11 ,hI{ rffi,8t1f<"I. II IJ' difJicf/lt /(J .~II I"~ fOp of Ihe pbm»,

Be ..trirte;1I

Turboprop Power on New A2D

~Hjlk bomber, the secoud t'>{ avy ccmblil pl;jJ,l::.e to use- a turboprop engine instead of the standard piston.tYF~' has been- flown by the Na:vy, t.,.dJl'_ the :.:-..1.11 Skl ~t;r1~.1i,the DOllghls . plant' is a successor to the versatile AD Sk1 ";Iitiell alt:J(k uirCfllft. DQusJas BI St'~l1ndo pL1ilt builds the new plane. powered by tile same xr'-\ll lu rboprop el1Finc wh j'd, wns pu rill the big XPW·T seari,mc.-rht' cn~\nt' is expected to I;i"e 'thr" t\:!ll more speed and power, cmdJlins it to nury ,! erCOoller p:lyload than 1111.}' known Jet bomber Or Jlghtt't (or the snme fud burned. The engine will d rive two counter. fouting praj,r;!JI.!.C$, ilS iI JOtS an tne seaplane. POW(!-f (rom tl!~ i'·rIJP~ will
Nt\\"

be .lugml;>ored

somewhat

h}' jet thrust sourrc,

POINtED
i!

Li,[ough Lh.c bdJpipe.

of the totlllcoming

abou~ 10 percent
(rOf]] that
NOSE,

Aft~_f tiIt; plan!.: r~ airboroe, <tIther of the two JCI turhirn: engiJl~S inside may becur off for greilter Aight enduranze, 111e J-40 rurbOj.,rci1P is, in essence, two turboiets hookeu by separnte drive !ohdftS to [1 eornmen :gearbox behind the

sruaar

WIDEI!RGP

B-LADES. JE·' EXHAUST

O:N S lD~OF

fUSEL"GEFEAT1JR~S

XA2D

propeller,

at sea,

Jt WIIS originally Intended lhat the A20 Sk·pb.u-R in,cotj">or!tte as milny parts from short sirstnps in (erward .UI::fl.S. of the AD ns possible, btlt it SOOIl beShortl y after rompl et ion oj:' rhe encame ;1,ppnrent (hat the ['ver·chal1gins ,gineeringaf the basic: AD St),p.':i(ler ~tn:_j~gth, stabiUty and eguipnwl'lt spec!: ol-llllCk bOlT1htl' in 1946, Uli: usual effort finu I ens affected almost eve r-y pllrt of was made to find wlI)'5 and means or the X,J,1I) ai rplarf~. improving its t<lrt ical usefulness i.tfld The wing ClH;'!1 and 5pan were held, exlenJing its ~ef\ i(c: life. hilt the wins and tail ~IlTf1!(e lhickM,any irnprovemeots were Inrol]}ornesses were decreased, landing gear ;ltnl, resuJ ti ng in the All- .1, fllhJ.. and strength and stroke were in creased , end An-~ un-.Hlgcd for milJl}' l<pe-tial uses, so forth. Neverthetess, the f arnily cha,r~ [t became obvious frol,Il these st\ldb actcristirs of [be AD carl be seen ch.'llily thur the: major increase i_n r.crfo-rmanre tn lht' wiug pl:inform. tail (OiHlgur3' required to produce at'! ll.!rjJ ane clI!?ablj: (ion, landing gear and C'Gckfii1'. of operating unescoeted <1.tlrl delen,iirtg In the aHOJogcmeut of the A2D. every itsel f lIg:linst jet fi~hterl> would require coneiderattou was gl\l'C"n to s.lfdy ,md an in=d~e in thEust (o.r greil~{,-r zhan cfllierJ(}' 01: operation. The pilot's (O.11[d bccbtained from piston engines. cock-pit 'WIIS located us [;1[ forward as All indicat ions were that it would possible- and. in such a rnauaer as to be Ile("essary to double a_p_proxi.mItPeI y f'to"icie excepticnal downward vlsi(jn. dlC llirp.lan~'~ power with no appredTIlt' COCkpit tnntains additiondl ,stri:ngt:h ~ble increase in the airplane weight to inrrease its- resistance to crash loans. This was a pretty big order and 0111 An upward jettisoning seat WllS chosen known methods. of propulsion were, for- high·-speed escape itS the pn:srul!2(l li1t'lefare. methodiC'aily Shldir-d. of the eng.ine \H1Jer (be pilot did not Turbojets appeased pr<rmisillg, but peImit use of the bottomside bailout with available turbojets it -W~ im1'05· chute as in the I'l!) which, otherwise, sible to meet t:l.kbQtt _"nC! C:!lHlufltnCe wou1d have peen preferable. requirements, These and simi1.ar studies While the< cockpit !;'anQry does no.t coaducred by .8UAI!.R judicaled tlm! the have the lI.csthdic apf;eaJ that the blQwn hest solution to the problem would be bubbll;' type canopies have, its Jines

is ('.qujpped ~".tlh (olding wings and hill hook for carrier opt'w· 110ns but hll.\o enol.lsh power to rake off
It

The ....lD'S rockets, bombs, mines or torpedoes rould be used to support amphibious troops as welJ as at!:ark targets

turboprop enpine-, preferablr one With t:IISine arrangement [0 permll smgle cngin..- operahon fit low aliirodes fOJ greater endurance and I.:quil_~red willi Jl counrer-roraring propeller to dill1inn.tc proptO!()Cle. The Navy Allison T··ICl enginellnd Aeroproducts pt!lkr met these ret, dual "jui rements the ,AJD a 1M

rro

were, Illl"!e( ore, chosen

a_s the: most suitable

54),Jh"rk.

pow'1'

_pl:U1t for

were .determined by tbe use of sing!e urvatu re laminated pla Ie glass. Glass ra ther than l'u!strr [1'lInels were co nsidered ntlCeSsnry to meet hot day, sea level, full ~b10ttlc ~pee,d requirements, Douhle curvature glass was not available at the time. Cdbm presS11re and cooling are pro· vided by an AiResearch expaosioo turbine·type systein.
t

was a J.iIfiruJ lOne. It was rurther com pliOlted by the requirement that Ihe airplane be u'r:thle gf s~rbng its own
engines, engines without the ussistance of
au

TIH! t.'uginft starting AztJ, as with ~il jet-type

problem

or

t111:

external ground supply. Electrical batteries fot this 11Ljr~oscprovt',i to be toe bC""dvy and an alJ:bornc self-staning unit, COnullGoJy referred to as an APU unir (Ilm:ili-ary power unit ) Willi there-

fore deSign and developed.

This uni; i:. u combination small ,g.1S turbine and air turbine starter. It pro" vides the pilor with a push button ;1\1 tOl'll:rtic start in,g ~yst(;1U> greatly redU(,I'ngt!flgulc stal'tmg time so important in combat. WhIle security re~tlJ.atj()ns do not permit dIvulging pertcrmance details, the bomb load pe,!' mile per hour of the X"":D is almost 'W percenl greater than thill' of the AD. while fuel censumprien ('IO[ pound 01 bomb per mile IS s'Ubstiln_tl<l:U the same as tbat oJ the y AD piston engine airplane, ThIS cnrnparison . L~ ronsidered of signili~1Ulce inasmuch as it indicate>. a great im-

sunilar

provement indicates

in .perrormam'e compariscn will,

eflicien

ty. A jet engines

jet engines

that c~ntempor-.ary

consume four laues tile amount of fuel in acmm.plishing 11 typical AZO mission,

mel),t here,

w.itb three pl:anes. flew

235

hours _during .March, believed

re('ord for a winter Ar~entia weather

to be a

aerolo,gist's bu,g.:tboo. Ucing it consistent bad weather Mea, it is a sinkhole! [or

[ow pn,-,(;ufe ce115 and
of the worst
:1

month :at Argenua. :11\'{a)'~has been <In

center

North

development AtlantiC

storms, In sddjrion to thi ... (og roll. in at a , {,a-knot clip from th("southwe~t and air mass SIlOW storms: vary the fidd condilion.~ from CAVe to zero-zero
qulcker tban you ran say GCA, LCdr. E. H. AU$tjf.l., Ir" WI1S in cbllge uf the dctaehment here. witb 1 2 officers I\I1J if! enlisted men under him.

NEPTUNE- FROM vp.a MAK;ES JATO

TAKEOH

AT MCCAllA

FIeLD, GUANtANAMO,

DURING

CARIBEX

VP-8CliaimsP·at~r,ol
Nrep!,unes.
Fly 1 076- HOl,lr~,ln

Mar,k
March

VP-8, QlIONsr>T-BJck {room Pm·lrl/x. and C,I,jbl!;x exercises in the Caribbean,

Vf'-gCJfl

poln.l with

pride

to

Ii

ret oed

records show Ute ['lll1n",s at Gu<!ntanamo rrrsde 12 JATO t'!Lkeoffs b}' p(O~pective PPC's, gUlllitieJ 18 rilQl6 in GCA. rTvt: pIlots 1.1\lUlifiN fot st(ll1d~rd instrument ('!I rd s , two qualified a~ I'PIP'S. Lind 2'> combil,l
Sill

Ma rlb , the: squadren

Pilot Wins Cake Two Times

farnsworth 'C0 p S lr<o p hy Twi ce

Lighl11lng_ may 110l strikt' the same place lwice, but Lt. (jg)
Willhtm D. Farnsworth of
Vl'·,'ll

USS Dmn,J,l -

of 1,Q76 flighl hOUfS JUcillg March. beheved 11 new penceurne temrd for a patrcl ~qlmt!ron. While six rlre squdd[on·.~ P2V'S wert' l1yjn~ (rom GuaIltatl.illl10, Cuba, three ",'crc opernting in (old weather

il.in..rc-,vmlOo 'IV(;:ce qualified.

Tb" NePltl!iltJ' lit GU;l.nl:ll.rt~mo got in 207 hours of gunnery trarnmg, 110 hours uistrument Aying and 13 bou rs at might, (or a total of 841 hours. Up

is

or

or

Newfoundland, 'I'he mud!! nu ~ffor.t to set uny HylOS tc(Qrd~ bIll ~cbit'vt<J the roark .myw~y The :Argentin JHJehment got in
ilt I\R(;FNllA,

NAS squadron
23'i

io the rrigiti north, Ihe, three rsv's were equally busy gr:tting in their 234. hQurs~ iucludinj; I ~u Instrumeat ,md 30 or
o[ the s4u~dron

flll;lh! Hyin.g. Skirref Cdr. H, 1-. Lloyd. V P-li,

ARGIi.1'ftli\

is

zero wallie! and fQS.

hours

despite

bad weather,

sub-

Newtoundlanu

weatber busy month

Pointmg_ up

VP-{5'5

of

Aleutians rugJ;\e::<:lncss but this squadron's

tll(.'

rivals

for

detuch-

il.:>
CDR" I'OW~U.CAG.19, WITH LT. FAJlNSWOIHIi

probably the oaly Navy pilot to win ;I Lllous!wdth-l:Hlding cakl,; tWICe aboard tJl<:e same arrier. He- rarne i!l for the .~'i,ooOth Iltndmg

on the Boxer on

Buy, P. L Previously he h,HJ made UJe 33,000[h luuding en route to Japan.

1,

April

off Subic

Fires 4.5.3%-Nof
Candidate

Counted J.
Pilot

For Most Frustrated

is on,1.! of [LIe most f ru,!t.tLctl ~gl~~N \1ilots ro peek Ulfou,gh 11 ~Ked sight, \VI hIlc rnak j r1,~ tQI1:l1K-titivi'! overhead runs in b rSF8l', (rocket rau u1' ;l f~'spClctablC' S(O~t' of 11 hits O\.lt oi J 'HI rounds, He felt, however, th,u this ,\ \1$ ill the: (at~.gor)' o r the legen d~ r)' plumber'S ability 'Lllll so ashll [or urul received permission to go oul .lo; iI ~p<lre 11iltlt 011 the next Hi~ltt La get more pradice.
When Ai, Croup Fvm', 1/3-.1::> .rjlf:m si» dtlJJ ,uhQtr o» Ih~ j.lIIl1lllJ h..!tll!-'~"~v1 it}JJ/ld o] ,1J!J!I.I. Opera/illg (tt! HI/1m fi~lJ, Ilk Jtj"r;t!f{J" ¥t',11 I':! AD.l'_r asber« to JI) i!""'''r_f 1",Jrlh". A,~ II ,<'.111/1 .ill !dlem """J'h~d 1/1 fhe GVB Alldl''''~
U/,t1
II;

vr~64. An/l-Nnc:-Lt,

A. Ctol,l;:er

Int

1\l,ed,lttrrZlll<f<l11,

tbe 'tuft-dill/!.

LJ, lP. P. tu) W'.l·.

'T.

In Ib~ i,bDi(l Ibf) 'If~, /f(JlIII,,,,J, Et.!J. J. ,tiL Tlarrel}, Llld~m,J/I, Cd,., L, I', S.l>!wJrm, CO.. LCd". F. C. Khf4. IJ;X,'(; HlIlld)Jeh, J3,u. 11". L, R.1'-,rr-dJ. Lt. r f~1 11'.• F. Sa/11m ji'j;hJ p'i'J;,l'fm: Silr(J/la rou; LJ. W' ]I", TJlgl;m~ll. P.,I.I. If. M. P"riml , cln. I· L't Bfr)Z"TU..!, IlII]. J. B• ./dl!1rill, u. fig) KaJtlk. LJ. (IC) lr-', R AI,,/ben'.1, En«, It C B(!)II. fiJi) S. W\ C.~!I<W'4J, Ens, J~, J{:.OIItlES. £1/1. A. D. ]J11.,JJ-e;If, "'id B,H. I¥. L. 1\11,11/1/111.
flim,!1uilil'lI

S. M'''mw. LI, E.

s,

n-e"";,,,"

u.

u.

banner with 613 hit$ for 4S.3%- as cornpared with the original I! .30/;<. A,l. Lh,ough near a record, Ie fftHetl to count because he was the .spate pilot. As of last report, CrQdier DOW bumps his h~ll:d ~811insI the bulkhead only occasionally, so he i~called "Hat Tor" and "Desk-Type Head" less o.[-I:en.

Sql.lllllilJg

GIl refu

IIy he I'dastered

the

10

Lon~as you have plenty of.t. But OMi" you oj iscover lhJl you are a Iitt Ie short. the needle on the Inel g1l:,ge seems to
11)0ve towards UtO at au Ullllsudly fast rate, The C!lSC histori{;s printed below

I· money.
N ONJ:'

rt:5lie(~, gasolme

C' OSS COUNTRY BUSTS

-

It rsn

t ,,0

very unpenant as

IS

just like

have one error in remmca. The pilots diJn't start wllrryfn,g about fuel suppl)' t'IIrl y enOllgh to :lvoiu an an:idenl. Case #1 Two pilots dltra1'red on .( (fO~S cuuntry flight r.rQlTI NA .AN DU'.(.(I 10 NAS OJ.An!!:. Kansas in o\D-J·.'i, Ellth nhme \\'<15 catrymg one external fud tank which should have pr(lvick~ an endUfll1mt of ~f1proxjmatcly seven hours il! best cruise power scltiog$ The flight' departtd San Diego .tt 1)821 local time. Evidently the fli,g.ht II::J.Jer was intent Oil seHIIlS some .O.rl or speed record for AD's all this fligLl1 half "">if jI(.fO~S the United t.:IttS. The tW(I planes passed ovee Wichita. KRI1' ~RS_ just .f hours 3 fter take~o!f, having mMl!." goo.l ,1 grOl1l1cl 11\ excess of
,0(1 s-t:lluh miles At this pcinlthe

NOW

DIL8ERT WON'T HAVE

TO PLAN HIS FLiGHlS chart

jlt"r hour.

~re~u

wingmm

noted thar

his fuel sU[1ply was down to 400 lbs. The distance remillning to O[gt11e' was 1 '),6 (lJ.utical miles, The J:'ilot states tlut hI;."1M.! been w.dcb m.g Ins f1JcI surrly (lnd hlld been burn lf1saonutlltl lfdJJ ons per hour (6% Ihs h r). He decided [Iiat. lie could JlI~t make it without
\(opring

1\~

cot that he wus not gomg (0 have tlIough !:las·to set to NAS OUll'nll•. 1l,J he turned towa-rd"un a.irport at Ortawa, KJ.fE\llS" 3D miles closer Uw.o Ol4thl.'. Four hours .tnd tWl:nty seven rninutes ,l.ftl:I hlkt'-QJ'f lti~ fuel was (ompictcly ndiJ.ustcd wlule 1'l)·intJ; tit an altitude of 110(J (ccl over Ievel terrJi n, As he lLlmuJ into .t tidJ rur an ernergtncy landrng, he de{:idl,;d :.1.t tHe 11St minute

enty rninure-

rer g.[l'\! at Wj"hild. LIter il was

:il'rar-

fli,ght leader, who was also very low Oil gas, zoomed the wreckage long enough to aUr'ad the attentioll Q( oJ highway workrnnn who came- over and dug the pilot {Jut. A few minutes later the 11lght [eader made J SU(t'e1>5ruJ fOfced I,audlllg on U.S. Hi£hway 51), As :l result oj tb is acciden t hoth pilots received letters 0,[ reprimand (rom Comfl1.andtr Air Force. Pll(ilic Fleet, The Io.(lQwing order was issued by the squadron (Omlilulclc:rlo .I'n:verit :1 recurrenee or 1I1 is type of acciden t: "Any future cross-country trlLiHit"g !lIght will be- approved only when a s:dhJ'I(tory preRigl1l plannin,E: chart, (."o\rcrlllg routes. \)OW~f ;;elLll'I~. f Ij 1'1 l::JIl"SlilUptioll. fuel ing stops, and ,tll'!;'rnute lit."hls in ~UI h a manner l1> to pro· dd{· for landing arrd rdudi!iJ.; with ai' least 25 ';'1}, of Lobi take-off fud remaining. has been submitted am.! .JrrHWtJ." Case ;#2 Point to au Diceo 1LlI a single (erry pilot after hav'rng maue IW\) trans-continental trips ~IS .1 {oUo\\, pilot. The firsl leg o(rhe Hi~ht was. uneventful. ThO' phne was
Q[lOTJ~et ft·r~dt:J at Anarostia ,UlP
.1

~edi(lJul

and

FU'~ it In Ole knee

pocket of hrs Aight su.It. (This chart was SUDllcCjueotl1 found orr the steps ot the operations office). Mrer take-off and dirrJb to ~"jOO Feet, the pilot slufted to (mist' S'ettin~~. reached tor his- map. amI found it 1'0 be missing. Thinkin,£ that he should be able to finJ Sprn<lltDt.lrg without ~I eh art, be proseeded 011 a head ing of 27() • elfPet:6ng to in tt;:n:ept the .NE Ir;:g of the ~rartanburg range. Visibil· it)? to the we t was restrreted by haze ullll.ble to, locate Spartanburg, he called Sp!lrtanburg Ra.dio and reported tlml he ""'.IS without ,I mar, low on Iuel, and 1110ugur 11(;" was north the town, He described 11 small to\V.11 rh;;t he \\'a~ flYing (WCf nnd was givt:n :t headmg of 1 50 degrees, 'this heading Jid no! seem rij:hl to him, and he deddeJ that his beS! be! wouhl be to return 10 Charlotte where he was more f..lmJlia,r wit11 lnndrnarks, Vislbll ily 10 the east was excellent and the pitOL soon saw Charlotte about 15 miles ahead. Un [ertuuutely, by thi~ time; his fuel g,lge was ret!Jin_g Ze!O. Rather than risk mnnlng 0tlt completely on the Iast [I:;W miles to tbe field, lw derided to make- d power aj'/l£O:l('h. wheels-down, end land On a big 1way. He WIlS unable .to keep one wheel from rllDl1jn,B: orr the edge or the highway ,mrl the FH ended up in a four (oot cli_tdl, suffcrlrt.g~lrik{' d,lffi<l.ge,
,10J

mil posiliol'I.

Wh~n the pilot 'Was

or

Pilot 1'4 -fN

was rram

assigned

to

ferry

an

secured for the ~("(oml: leg (0, ""OIU dJU't!:II:!t' to the pI.10.t, Spartanburg, s. C. After a £:round roll of about .;j'j;O Passing over Charlotte, N. c., the (eel I:/lt.: whC)d~ dug 10 Jl ipping the pilot noticed an SN] lamlillg At DuusAD'.! over en rts back, as shown in the I<I~ Airport. He drded tho:' fil'"1d and rict!l r.. ar tlw bottom of the page. 1111~ oI.lSl:fj,·::cl tlut a NationnL Gtmrd Unit Wf{S- established (here. and derided to fOe: Atlanta before dark, ~At Dongles Airport he f!)!lnd that 1 1 'j;I 45 octane /fuel was not tlv'liLable. ILIlJ he Was unce rtaill as to tht· Il,d\'i~ab;J. it)' of tt!fut:l.i:nf; with 100 150 (uel. SiuI<e Spartanburg was only thirty minutes away, he requested a clearance SUiting that he had suHicietll Cud fOr I hOUI and J j mil1u,t:es. After getting his clearance, he folded hiS Charlotte
!.Ul\] there and refue~ ll,l!:url.l'1gon rnak-

to

Pllt

bi~

wheels

dowrr, hoping

to

ante

vrR

clear-

circumstances such lIS shis, and W,IS of the further t!lPlllioll that the pilot should hlIV(' [e:tuIIled 10 Chilrl ottCl mmeJ lately

The pilot W!J.l; uninjured, The Accideru Board noted ['hilt current illstruttioTis permit the [)lixing or 115 and 100/130 octane fuel in

J~,.

after J.i5t'Qvering that he had lost his chart, The Board fel( that the damage (0

rhe plane would have been far less had the pilot hlilcled wheels up in an open: field. Ma.y he MC have roche,-~ this!

'11

Re~trilJted

AIR MEMENTOS GO TO MUSEUM

.8.. colLedion ofaewnau6ca-l rnementos ccveriag 3J yetl.n; of I1i.ght was turned over [0 the NaljonalA if Museum of the Srnithscnian Institution recently. It W;IS the pricele.ss accumulation of Mrs, C. A. "Mother" Tusch of Berkeley. nlif., whose "bsngar' had been visited by many famous- airtnea, 'Mother" Tusch, who LS recovering f rem 11 partied p,1 r.Il y~~ ~q_ff ere d 1.1st is October, st.ll'ted her ,oUertion because

Jet Noises

Licked By p·&W

Workers A:nd LOCCII Residents 8·enefi:t A jet engine in itself emits enougb 110 I S(7' to be highly initating. Add an afterbwner. and the result is ellHpliUing. Activities testing these Nll."Y engines have .1 COI1titlUO\1s problem in llbilting this nuisance, Oneof ,he t'omm~IT;al outfits roncernea with this problem is Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. divtsion of United Alrcr:.lfL Corporation. To muffle [he ui1rleas<ll1t sounds (Oming [tom its test stands, P&W' bas in' stalled 2,0(10 tons of soundproo:6ng C'CI uiprnen l. . m~t only the workers but the residents til ndghboriHg c.ommunitu$, In sO.me in "ranees when there an, low·h~ng!l1g douds, the sounds bounce all nod are br,;Md vJJI:b greaL force in roo(cntric circles around the te:st location. The company has 70 t:tlgine rcst cells, 011("-L11ird of wh ich are rn U5C at- ;lny >Ii vcn firne, This proJllt'cs in vol urne I"> ~! f 1L IJIilI se ~RluaJ to a SCJUlla ron 0 s-ss .s or several squadrons of jet Ji,gh~e rs llSI~8
Ccnrplainrs r1:,r;;uding noise concern

she was "tnterested in the idea of lIyiag." Tilrough the yea(5 she assembled items from flyefs of her IlcquaIntance and their fdenJs. A rOut bladed, haived together wooden pIOptllcr bub of rhe lyrte- used

on lht NC-4, rictLHe~. rnodels, flighl ,(,lear, 100Jt:I~ .ulll jMr(~ usc,J 111 World \1(1;H~ f nnd U are to be f oun d there. There are m,:my HlltO.!,';Cllphl.'d photo. gi.lph:;. Amon~ the Navy men who conrributed to the fllIN.:'UJH are Adms. C W. Nimitz.R. E. Byrd J.ncl " :E, Moses. One problc:m in movin,!; the collecJ Ion wns the t-X! rome ell re needed to remove nul'ogmpus (rom the walls, A pft'C<lutiofl in the event of Jamase was taken by hll'l'IIJg Lt, E. o. SIU:ldcrS, Plroto Officer at NAS ALAMJWh, rake JerJ.iled photographs wh ieh could be [t'_prQdun:d. Nillt'ty shots were made m t;wo ibys,

N~vy

howl cesurs at a Irequeacy of middle C 01.1 the musical scale, and that Ire"lueJlCY .ll~o travels farthest. Most .~OUI1~proofing d'forts concerurate on thIS M test stands. pre-cast concrete blocks made of sccnd-absorbem maIt'riill and metal rontainers filled with rock- WQol Or gJas9 wool are used for construrticn. Wit'h iet stands ece type of silencer 'was designed by tbe .Maxim Silencer Co .. using the principle made famous ill connection with gUllS. A more recent develcprnent wou Jd uti] izc a 1aby rin th pri nci ple, In the Andrew Willgoos Turbine: Laboratory on the west bank of the Conuectirnt river. noise-filled gases. bounce their sounds off .Lbsorbcnl Willis- and fioally wind up in (In {.->}1panSIOIlchamber where the velocily I.:. redured.

l-4S

Tm·bQ--lfrolJPJ.

1 be ~ojse

Satean Joins fleet

.Again

CVL Out of Re~erve; for ASW Work Survivors of the BUtlti\D • 'death rnureh ,- aod men who. ~I::rved aboard the CVl B{Jld{l1l during the war helped eecernmissioa the flattop J_5 an antisubmarine carrier .tt Philadelphia Naval . hlpyard on 13 May. . After .._ shakedcwn J,erlml on the east roast, the Bah/an will join th~ Pac· ific Heet as pact oC <;:arrier Di"ision 1:> "l.n.1will bnse at San Diego. Her .k1pper Js Capr, Hdgilf T. Neale, former CO of the Naval Air Reserve ~t.llion at A ilan (!I. Cdr Rt'gin.nld Rutherford is. exeeu tive offi~er of the carrier, The RIJoUfl was put in the Reserve fleet al Philadelphia In February 1947. During the war. as part of T,l!lk Foree ')S, the GHTier partidp)J.'ttd in the Mariarias conquest and il'liti.d raids on lwo Jimll wjth the fast carrier task forcC. Its planes also raIded K.yushu to l1-CUtralize air power before tile Okinawa campaign. It was on this raid the V lir.<lilhlill was gnevously hit. The Bataan'r airgroup made vfs strikes a·_g-ainst the JJ.!,s, shooting d:own 13R and destroying ('Z1 pLanes on the grounJ.

Beror<~ bdi18 reccmrnissloned, the vn.~ converted for ASW, receiving n:in (orn:u flighl and htulgar decks, larger portside catapult, revised' magsBrJli1:j}IJ

211J1::~

and flew raJar.

to acecmrnodare ASW munitiens,

Da.ughters

Give

Watch

High Grades. WIn Ensign HOlnor V 1"-6, \X"/HJDrtrr'r l~I"i\Nl)~A shiny new precrsien pilot'~ watdl gli~tem; on the wrist of Ens, Robert A. Greenkorn WdaJ,' but it took it lot of searching on
the
Plil"(

of the Daughters

of American

Colonists and some naval rommunds to rlJl it there, GrlOenKOJ)1 ,gtadu:tted with the highest o( the 1949 .pil.fll l1ighl tr:.lll'lill_g d)ts-s us Pensacola, which won him the righl to tilt' watch, However, he disappear" ..l into lhe whirlpocl of Navy U::rul~[ers before it (Quid be presented to him, Nearly flint months jui!;:.!' the DAC, Wllll the aid of Com AirPa{". found Greenkom fltl<l'dH:d to this squadron !l,.DJ I1vJe the ~Wil!'J. Mrs, M. T. Da-lh:m of SeaUk, srotc reg~nr of the women's naLion:J;l sOCit1y. made the presenrurien 8.14:t ~url.ingerncnts with Cdr. E. \'(/. Bridewell, squadron skipper,

MAlUM

.SllENCE.RS A.T rolSINE

LAB Kill

NOISE

12

·009 Tags'and
Reservels When

Dungarees

Give 'Ern to 'South PadRe' the road company of "South

READERS IDENTIFY NAVY

two

FIELDS
and sinking two

Pacific" roUr:dintQ Kansas City. Reservists at NAS 01. ...HI E almost got into the- act. Ap.d their dungerees did! On the prowl to fil1d salty, well-worn
and Jaded dungarees

level a.ttuks. on the Japanese installations in which vs- ses was so successful, During th<!Gi1bert and Mtusha11 islands c:ampiligns, his plane destroyed a. BetJ)'. ships off Jalujt and damaging two ethers and bombing oil storage tanks on jaluit, He suffered a minor wound, a. [ap .50
cal. machine on the last bullet through mid and died his foot, five days

Zeke.r.

bombing

for

the

pl$.y·s
a

"Seabees,'

the shgl!: diredor

raid

visit to the naval air station. Seein~ just what he wanted 011 one or two of the men, he offered 1·0Lraee brand-new dungarees for tile worn a,tide.

But he was tot;tUy unprepared for the avalanche of ripe old dungarees that were offered by all hands. In fact, he had. 10 liUlil the trade LO one set from each mall. Even at that be collected about a rruck-load or toughly. speaking about .1 tefl-montbs ~upply of the desirable (?) items, . 'While the sta~e manager was workEl\UWUOI( FliE.lD NAMED FOR JOHN H. SfIt::KEU

later. In signing a commendation (or him, ..Adm_ John H. Hoover declared "I coosider him the outstandIng aviator in this area during the Gilbert and Marshall operations." Adm, Hoover named the field. on Eniwetok after StlekelL Old
squadron mates and oU1.ers who supplied Informarien on. StickeU jncluded Capt, T. Haywant LCdr. D. IHt of

F.ASRoN·S, LCdi'. Fredetick T..Pi:erson

J.

J.

BI>N

NAVAL

AVli\1'fDN

ran ~. list of N~l\'Y In d MB ri ne CO.rPSilLr s[:atiol1 names anelrhc .heroes lor whom Lhey were named, it was un.tble· to givt: any history on Sti(kell field I'In EniWelok b:lanJ. When the article ~pre,tn;,d in rrint, It
number

Nu""s

Steele,

and LOk A. Smyer, LCdr.Thtloclore and Horace S_ BOWIll!Ul, me vn.·JI_ Ar1rn. John H. Towers, who alse reported on data regll.rdillg Stickell, -rupplied information on W;fLdIon Corplls QIIJ!>li. which WM omitted held,

Irorn

the N£wf origina1 T erpedo

gallanr c~rieI

MIS5£S

WYAn

ANti

HEATH

.s..

OU.Tlif

RESlRVE5

ing h J$ 01.1 work-clothes routine, floc!.:fli~eWYiltl and DoJy Heath, who plat Nal'} nurses in the pOl,u];n: musicornedy, were bl.l:ly getLi.og a few pojal~.rs about the island locale of the play from Re· servists ..vbu h:!d been there, The}' also collected J. SC~ of 'dog t<.lgs," whi'lh were pwst!uted by Murine Glptain John Henderson, "to make their fQJ6 more aurhen til."

ohn Ha rlan Stickel! ef VII· lOI:l. He Hew 48 mission., over Europe witlttl\(, Royal ClI..nadi\!J'l Air Force, ;ndur1 iog 1:5 as \I "Pathfinder" dropping iI1,endiurie:; to.
light up t<lfgcJs. Lle won the- DSO and
DSNl for his exploits. He then ioihnl the Navy as a Lieutenant llJid wss MSlgncd .10 fly L!b~ra· tnt: at Kaneohe. He was largely respcnsible for the iOllllgufl\tic!Jl of low-

details on it. Tlwy also supplied inforrnation on three other ai r helm not intl uded ill the Iist. Stkkell field was named for Lt.

or

l'eJden

wrote

in to

~upply

J. c.

The Texas Held W!UI named for Lcd!. WaJdron, famous ~kjprer of

listing.

SgUll.dro'n Eight., killed

ill n

torpedo attack on II; Japanese olf Midway on .j June 1942. H_ J. Lewis of West Newton, ]l..f.nsL. .11~o furnIshed data OIl Waldron field, Two other fields named for heroes also were reported ~o the N [iW";. They
lUI.'

Bordelon

Sgt. William

8ordrlon. Marine kilIed in the ip"'il~ion or Tarawa, and Pershins Geld, Lincoln; Nebr. Naval Reserve
pilots named

J.

field, Rilo, named for

fly

Army to Sha,re in Program

Will Get Device.s from Navy Center Tile de-am!' economy program gets anutln-r shot in the arm from tll" new ~gweml'nl under whkll the Arm, will participate with thl! .Navy in the ,lctivl' tit's. of the Navy Special, Devices Ceurer. Sands Point,. I.ong Island. The training aids developed for the Army at the center will be simililr to such devices nOW in use as the remere electronic scoring del in: u$b'd 00 rift\: rlOj!C:Ii to score autematioall yellen shol Iift'd into J istan t hLrgets, (I r the rad~ t del in: Ttt:onling h its and misses 0[1 1'1Mt"s by 1UltiaiicrJ[( gl,lnfjeJ~ whhen: iny missiles actually beTnC fired. These devices have proved highl}' effective

from the Iarter mun1t1'pal, field, for General John J, Pershing,

NeW' Reserve

Competition

CNATro Trophy S,pur.s Improvement Th .. 27 stations and units under the Naval Air Reserve Tminiug Command ure . now in competition (or a new

trophy.

This

"alief oi Naval Air

Training Trophy" will be awarded annml!y to the stalion or NARTU whkh

has shown the greatest improvement in annual competitive uaining during the past }'tar. Rules gOH:ruing the awarding of the
CNATm Trophy parallel the (lilway Ttl1phy, which

training ;1I{,!S. Not only is d\JpH,~{tiQ[1 eliminated by the Joint partit ipatiun pr{)gtllJ'll, but unified development :In,l rssue "ystem for .1.11types of training aids is iasured.

WA~I)R.QN

WAS HEADO,f

fAM~D

Vt., AT MIDWA''(

lion, except that emphasis will, be pri. tlurily pliicccl upon Improvement shown. The basis foi cemputing the CNATra trophy point score i~ the proficiency of the \'a:rioul> departmeurs ;md the safety records at t"ll.dt statlon or 1111 ir.

e~d'l year to the outstand.ing

those foc is awarded

Reserve sra-

13

memorable

III

the

cultural

history

London,

H 18 father

appeared

of in many

London preseetatioas before the Waf, and hi:s uncle was rnanagN of the Prince of W;dtls Theater. For d time he W,\S director of :t reper· torr company tha, played throughout west .EoglruH.r and for awhile managed J concert troupe that toured AUSlnt~~. After [Ollllns to the U,S. and 011a VUlt to New Y ork he was (e;tl ured in the

shops R[ rhe various Naval air ;,tacimlS, Much of the reduction was taken care o ( by not Ii[I ing vncancses wh Jell arose ,l1'ld by releasing temporary emp!oyees. Tln- following list shows the (.utb.fiJ;
~he total dvililtJl of 1 Ap[il: San Diego. 3UO and 5441; Nodal};:, 300 and 56S~; AlaOJroa.. 200 and 53:34. Ja~k~ollvjJ le, 100 and 27!;:!1; Quonset Point. !Un and 2027: Fcnsanltt:, I UO and 337n: Airmft Fartorj, 100 and 1650, at each st'ation
011

and

emJ,Joyees

board

;]lS

prcductien, Sters «ud SHipes. • Last November Ln:o apreafcd

III

the

RN Offker
US-Brifish
It, Raymond

FHes Ba.nshees
Pilot
Is Ador D, lygo,

NAS Jax stllge show /{(Ulgo the show with his Cockney

and sto~e accent 1f1

Navy

Flies Serum

to

Sea

Exchange

ReYIll Navy" is ,[ B.n'IJ/Uft pilot. I le' Hymg them rn Fighting S,y uad tan 17.:1 sorner irnes a t sea of the pilots and Hilt officers picked to serve for It p~Iio.d of one year on e.x~haflg.~duty between the [1. . and Royal Navies. tygo's uuties follow those of any regn.Lrr officer in it squadron, He takes his place in the tactical organization in the air. On the grounu he holds- down the Jon 0 f structures officer as collntf'ml JUly. DUl" inB the recent rombined 0 ",era. tifl,lf Pmt~I!.,>;. Ly,!!.o operated with the
squadron Jntlt.h", rest o~ Gur!~r ~ir Group One from the carrier PIJ1!,ppme '11M furnishing air support to invasion forces and surface Imit5. LYRO's second pro-fc;ss·j_on is Raing, which he has been doin,g since his early and sometimes He is one at NAS
JAaWNVfLU.

the role of IPIJiPPJ. He eatered the Royul Navy ill 1 t)42 efrer being employed bv the London TiW&J. He recdv-ed his flight tn:1:ining bOI h in Unglan..1 anil CaJ]lli,la: •. His- COIll' bat record includes the AtlantIC,. Burma and PacUk s-htrs. Shortly .,[tet hisumval i~l Jackson. ville, Lt. Lygo met and matned Pepper Van Osten, [llrthe:r slrenguwnrng thl:' ties between the u.s. and Britain.

VR-24 Help$ Seve EnsUshmcFrI's Life In « mce piea: of international coope r.ll.tJ 11 , the' Navy {;il!Ille to the rescue: 0

of <In injured British merchant shir r:l1ptaill who needed te1;_anu~ antitoxin plosion of a :'itar shell, Shortly after the accident
.dl'~r being burned in an accidentalex-

he

vtlll;

Navy Cuts 1200 O&R Jobs

She Air StaJiot1s.,. Fadol'Y
Gel SI-ash

R-eduction of I. ,..20.0. dviliurl billets .111 six naval air staeions and the Naval Aircraft Frn:tory, Philadelphia, has .been pu~ into effect to Imag ernploymene levels in lint: with 1l,t51 fi~(aL yt:ar budg!!1 ligures. Operational n1tba:(~s 1~ the n~mber of squadrons and C.trJ;lt:J'>~ In Lite avrabOrr Navy aLready have been announced.

offices

tr~nsferreJ to the USNS Gem!I'al RON wbere his hand was ampul'lteJ. Since the ROJe lacked .antitoxin, an emergency caU was sent fo the I\la"y's air opt::rations office in London. Ten minutes after the serum was delivered to VR'2..j'S
jt

was t'aken aboard

a JRD head.

ing 00 miles to sea to deliver it. When the JRB. flown by It. P. P. Byrd, reached the ship, a stou] lint" Was Hed around 13. O. Johnso:n. AD}, at the door of the JRB, Byrd Iowered wheels and flaps to cut airspeed to 90 koots. Three- runs were made and three direct hits were secured with the serum,

sehoo I days. His graodfg_thef was :L~' ~OC'i"tcJ with Ute Drury Lane 'Theater,

This

reduction

eltmin(llii)nof

has made the civilian

jobs in O&R

possible

the

tl1 re€ being

damafled.

dropped in case one was in the crew were Lt. John Dilk lind R. S. McCII.lC!f, ALAN.
Others

Viking Sets A New Record

Rocket ReQ!(hes 106 Miles from Sh.ip Fctlsibilityof fir.ing long>IRnge rockcb from sh il,boltrd wss established When the Navy Vik-iu-j( ascended 106.1 miles from tlre deck of the USS NOt/orr Simiut ill mid-Pacific, seHil1g " new altitude record for an American-built,

singJe·st:I-ge rocket. TJlt; Vikmg is the lar,ge~t rocket fired from the ?\IM'tfm So/nul, wl1id1 pIEVi. ousl Y b,ld ~elrt an "r e-ttJlui'<' rocket tJ P 78 miles. A V·J rocker was launrhez] from the ranier MitlIlM)' our did not reach g_r'~J_tal titude, . A v 2 ro,ket reached an altitude or It miles when fired at White ~.Uld~. New Mexico. With ano;.bcr wcktt. :I IFar C"I{IQI'tI/, riding on its nose and firing after the V'2 WIlS bigh in the ulr, un altitude 2~O mites wns ruched. The Viklllg is m.anufactLl1'ed ror. the Navy by Glenn t. MJiltLfI AIrcraft Co .• and is powered by II- rocket motor

or

VIKIN·G :ROCKEl SOAR. FROM DIQ'I( Qf N.OUON

SOUNP

"-1 EQUA.TOII.50UTH

Of HAWAII,

GOES 1116 M

built by Reaction Motors. burning Iiquid oxygrttl and nkohol. The rockd is 50 feet long and in diameter.

2V/

14

RI: tricte8

CDR, YOUNG.

PATUXENT ALCOR,

flU~

II CARGO

REQUEST

WITH

TRYBALA

LCOR

AUMAN

AND

CHlfF

COLEMAN LOG

SPECIAL

PLIGHTS

AT PATUXENt

AIR WING
D.
Iike
URJNG

RAIN
parts or supplie: needed to

the war and postbdl.um

days

essential

scheduled [light· of the big 11'110spOrl J.nd seaplanes co ercd the United Stares and. the two oceans

oI

AT.

wore decreased,
by Pled

r rime

.1

spiderweb. .the (Utb~1Ck.S ;tnd We chedules

NAT

was replaced

maintain II propcr Me of readiness, Or it nU,l;;ht be the- transfer or hospual p1-ltients whos very lives depend 00 swift lind immediate air b'JD:iportulion. By telephone. dispatch or letter. the lift requirement is directed to ALCOR Pax River
IS

'penJll night 'hortly be ore the special flight AL· COR issues .1 flight advi~Qry to the operating squadron, spe ifl'ing the type plane to be used and the times of arrival and (!c:parlu.re for all stops on the
Right. The

Air Logistic Surt>0rt Wings. Altlil'lcs complained 01' duplications and still fureher cuts WNe made. until
toll.!l)' the new Fleet Logist-ie Air Wing flit only a few minor scheduled hop', Nav" traneports still C:lif}' men iand t.lrgoe to IIU \ er the fleet' ~ need . but few persons know just when and where a Ai.l'bt in the [uture will be made. 1111: Job of &etling logetl1er the people who want to make Hight, the ',H~O that is urgently needed somewhere and the transport planes to carrj them fit dun e by it new 0QvJ.!] ization Wilhill FLAW. Two Air Lo~jstir Co-

or ALCOR

Molft'~t.

whichever

appropriate,

Requests sub-

mined via respective fleet or ty'pe commanders, bureau chiefs, Or di.';trlct 0.:000· mandant recewe precedence over re'Illest!> direct (rom an rndividual unit.

I"is.ory makes [lossibJe rbegreatest combinatlon or lift requests Wi[,l1 the lease
change

timely release

of

the-

ad-

ALCOR or rhe nearest

InJi\oiuuals m. y request space through

The advisory terves as an operational order und 011 it receipt the oper tfng

, cusromcrs'tsre informed of ll11y .space it ailable on the t1igllL

in the i\,dvisory,

All

potential

FltlogAtrWmg unit, paee on non-sdreduled transccntinenial flights should be requested from B P_ER' "l;IZ or Air Traffic Control Center, 12th Naval District, Sam Francisco, Dependents may travel on over-

squadron 'chcduks !In aircraft and crew La make the I]jgllt. Once again
A L OR has Jane its part to maintain

seas fli;ghts when autliorized by 13uPIills.. Passengers, like (lUgO, are carried on ordination Cenrcrs were set up Ie sf a strict prioriw basi ami Jl "no show" winter, 0111' lit Paruxenr River, beaded often results in wa te or valuable air b}, dr. J. '. Young and lilt· other ~Il lift space, .a.iwralt throughout the Pacific. VR·5, Moff-ett field, and VR-!, PatuxMoffetl Field under Cdr. W, H. WesIf an arr lift .re<Juest mpll S with the poUc)' oncerning aircraft u e (oneat River. are concerned with We.~t ton, wh W.-I!> replaced In June by Cdr R. L BJridge, 11iJned in C 0 letter. serial 53P.1,l, 01 2fl and Ell t COlt t operauons nil ontinental flights, VR.-,U. London and its deALC Rs as they art railed, were Janua.iJT 19511, AL OR first endeavors set up to g L the -mll_,ilnulIl economy to meet the re';Jues~ on on e of Ihe- r('\;, lilUJmor";i providca.ir logi.~t!C servi es (or naval forces il! the Eastern Allantic: ill equipment and personnel when the; scheduled Bigbt still operated by the Wing. n d srhe:dqled thgbt is not and Mediterranean. ~hift was m!lde from scheduled fiighb VR·l. operator of the Iamcus JRM sU,itable, A L OR must otixio!l.te ~ LO spt<Cia[ p"5~m~tr ami ~)jtgo hops, sr~da.l Right, and It is in this (;:ltegorr Mrr".f, has been providing scheduled Centrnlized d""I..!Ln,!l houses were needed th:~t the centers are so effective, 11ft between AlJ,1Iledu and Honolulu. to reI lace l'he m.Hl), [0(,,1 terminal pace Oil the first of Mal' these huge tea(tN~"oJ m'tiVlbc;9 maintained by the two Wh~ . (I litt ~~ucSt pro~'es I'did planes began opernuous on a DOO· predecessors. NATS and FAL W. and within capahiliries of \'{fln.g 0rer· 9.ting squadrons, it is confirmed D}' schedule basis to meet ail' lift needs This I how thl'Y tlper.Lte: A naval activity finds that it requires ALCOR. Then it IS combined with of the fleets and naval establishment, he procedures Followed by the Air air logi.stk uppOft to maintuin its romother fl'C)lIC .sts, if necessary, to brinli Logr);tic Coordination renters i servbat readiness and operating elJ1ueoly. about the m;uimum usc of all lI' "itlbk ing as clearing Iiouses (or air lift reThis nlr lift requirement might be atr Ijft space. F'r(.'qmmtly it is neces nry ro work Guests is pt'rmittlng the maximum USe moviuj; ;1; whole squadron, where inof air trar'lS]'lort operated by tIle' wing out a rempromise berween scvem! valuable time- llI,d man-hours would he and at the same time increasing fleet desired departure times and dates. to lost I{ slower tran sporting was utll ized. combat readiness and mobilily. It migl t be d.O mgt'nt retjuirclTIt'l1l for satisfy two or more requests With one

efficiency of the Navy. A.LCOR's work it often world-wide LIT scope, for -unrts of the Wing extend from the Philippines to Europe. VJt·ll withheadquarters of Barber's POint and detachment at Clark field, Guam; and Kwajalein operates !lSD, PUM and rqD

the oper,ltil'S

15

RtD/ridcr:!

Is Soilor on A'irman?
Unification
A Oeep ilit Heart

Sure!
of Texas has hi~
Firs!

ailor on duty with the Air Force

deep
trouble.

in the heart

of

e21:,L,

the headquarters of the Continental ~ivl. ion, Military Air Tr,ln port ervICe. located at Kellv Ai! Force Base
an Antonio. Texas, •

Class James A. \X1jUiums~ assigned to

all due to unlficalion, The sailor is Personnel Man If

airrnnn.

the base. But hilt wasn't the end of the trouble. The routine was repeated with a civilian guJ.td at the gate of Kelly field, A sailor In whites Just didn't look like all Everybocly'l>

cop waS soon (on insed t.hat the sailor legally displayed an airman's ta.g from

his class "A"

pas

from Kelly,

The

New High Speed Drone Out

KDM~ T Replaces Old Drone First models of 1\ I1t'W pilotless target drone, the K'!)M-l manufactured by Glenn L, Martin company, have been delivered to NADC JOHNS.V[LLE' for will mrry them aloft for launc:iling, The new rlrone is a modification of the Go/glm IV "bird" with longer range and better performance. It has II 10' wing,~pafli and is carried aloft on .1 'peci)ll pylon near a wing tip. Power is furnished by a Marquardt
ramjet engine upended under the fusdage, A the: engine tends to build up speed, the bird is provided WIth drag brakes to maintain subsonk speeds 6lting on the' mother" airplane whirh

Martin

publldty did tht trkk, and. unification is it proved accomplishment way down deep in the heart Texas.

happy

now.

little

Wi lllarus' problem has been to onvinee the authorities that be: is not an automobile {hie! and that it is perfertly
prop(;r for a sailor lo be driving
Ii

or

Constitutions

May Lie Idle

car ,with an "airman" identification \a.g on j]. A dimlx brewed recently when WHliurns W!I,S drivmg hls car in Sail An.
tome. An alert policeman
ill 3

tar observed the: Suilor Ifl whiles and dended to follow him. It just w n't ac:-cordlng to Hoyle for rbe sailor to he driving an airman's car. - \XTjJljams notked !::he "tail" and thou ht it best to stop and see Wh,lt the 5.(O~t: was. .H e. w<J~n't 5 peed in}!:, he hadn t been Jnnking: In fact, he had ju~t made a donation to the blood bank. ~ur"f-enough, the policeman was tondnced it was 11 stolen vehicle, "Wh,lt Me. you doing drivin,li! that COf, sailor I" he ..sked, "very bit or identiliclltiQn he 1'0-,0;('5'>' ed was produ[cd by Williams. including

parrol

Airlin~s Fail to Bid on Ledsing R60's The two Rf\(1 C ons: ifllIi9t1J, largest IJlJHI ane transports ill the services pi tad.!!)'. will (emilio in the N,lVY, hUL study is being,givcn to the question of operating them or scoring the big planes. The avy asked {or bids from private airlines to lease the two Constitntions. but none was received, 10
view
0

tests. A Her la unch ing it is contmUed hy radio while beiog wlllcbed on a radar screen. Controls can be preset befor-e launching, but these may be overridden by radio ;it the will of th~ control officer. during nru'l:g
from the plane.

curtailed

the impending 0 erhaul needs 00 the planes . and ether onsiderations, the Navy mflY not be able to ~fforcl to continue operating them.

>ivy

budget

funds.

'* * * *

GCA BOX SCOR.E

* .."* *

lqll"iI J nstrumoul A UllCn,,"ll",' ••. _, '" ,. , 618 April Toba1 A"IH(),,"h,,~, .•• , •• , .• ,. 1 t;3~S '!'''UoJ ,In..Itrull''''tt .\DDrfm.h~~. _. _., t 1,278 rlIml '1""'''1 ~1'1>""Il'lh~1J, •• " ••• ,." •• 3.w,06~

Assistclnt Sff"I!I;J.J"" tbe Nat'Y For Air ,,,bn F. Flohwg fle... " Ji!1"",J Inlt<JJ .11 "111<1' J(Mf 111<1/1" uil/; I.Cd,.. O. J, DQ1l hoe a of VC·Z4 dJltltll, Po arex, ll1cludwg oJ ,"JtM the ',OIiUI/) I,l1ldJII?, o» t/;e PalaN, H~Jpml!. hm' cu« 1/;,> c<lke her .•, are C;J!H. T, O. Dr/hi of th.. P,,/<lli. Cdr, n. S, fadm.'11 oj ve-er, i)orltlbQ", ). L. '1'orklrwich. AOJ. c. D, StOU'/1 1'11.J. Il, C. p",jg~J/, .\])1, 4ml IW, S:
IlYil.J, AN. AS]}'"
<brti~ ,I/Ilil

Jl.lj/ighl

h(>/, IIMJ

7rMr~I:J

Safe Fliers Given Pennants

Dive Bomhing
NAS
'AN

h'l~e been awarded safety pennants

b.e1Dg the safest
III..:

Champs Win Honors Dr GO___' we Beet air 'Units

Search and '-e1.-J11! i!tlfllijJ1li<fJlI ("(jill Bures» 01 .A'·ron~lIli-> lht! Ai, Furc«, ,wd "i,lhlrJ is f~"'tm.d ~) ,Ill ",'I:/)i"if ,l/ FIt,),l IJ~ml~" CotUt G'llltfd Air SI!1I'''''' The' exbibi, &11 bee'" ilUti, HI 1"'fJ~Jjt 51111'11'''/ tMmllig /0 Ill!:Jd, 1,000 pilon .md ,,jNI1f'1I of Ih~ 11,'.11')', Cfll'M GIJ"rd, JI'furrlU:l. Air Pl)fn; d:l~ J(;nld~;; ttll," {urlll?,'" ;;t;r!i/ll' pi/ofr, Pr,'p'lNrI iT} elm GUllrd lJ~d'I<lJI' 0'''11, lilt i'X/Jlbl,1 II hemg f1t<,u'6d by Iftllmhrl of Ihl! Nlwal AI~ Reserre ;vh'(} tlj frt1m PfI))'Il Bdll1ltll. Ikfllill "u-e) "tit/]" Me 1!bedlll«d 1/1 I" h~M tI'iJ JUtltnll!~.

marine: ltU!l.Uron by lCdr. J, G. Wil· Iiams. The pennant is swarded (,l~,l['ter· Iy to the type squadrons flying the most arcidenc-free hours. VA'115 flew 2,000 hours without in ident. Irs safety officer 15 It. <ig ,G. Gorsline. The squadron hold' the 1949 annual carrier-type safety Lrophy and the CotnAirPa Jive bombing champion hip, the quarter to boost its string or accident free hours to more thAll <>,000, Lt. (jg) J\. C. Le Pevre is il~safety officer. R I'Stl'irts(l
VS·2.'l

llttW;:k squadron is cernrnanded by L cdr, R. \VI. Fleck and the antisub-

The

fh:d-

VA'115

for squadrons in the Paeand VS-2S.

flew nearly 3,000 hours dluring.

16

};lpancse dUring the n..''Cc:utly ended melee ... bur it is Joubr-ful Ii' ,jUly of these veteran "6':;'

Hl·lIr,I/J G of damage to the

I\UMAN Fi>F·~

F6F CO'MMITS HA
did a

_lot

KARl

ever dreamed

that they would rome

same type: of gun wrth which so much mi,e.ry was dealt the Jilr5. BL!t that is prtKi:sely what some 0 those valiam "war-wearies" irre doing in Air DevelopITWnt Squadron TwCl (Y.X-2') at the ~<1~J.! Air radlity, Chificotc-agUt, Virlj:lnill.

back to the Stille'S .. be rojuvt:nated ~i' an overhaul and rep .. ir .u:tivily into an (.'r.F·,K target drone, ruld proceed to try to commit suicide by means of the

AirpcvB.on. Two, cO,ml1l:mded by Capt:IJJl A,S, Heyward, jr., is 11 unit of the Operational Development Forcelind is. IOnS;tged in testing una evalulitil'lg va rio LIS types of aircruft e9ui-pment assifo!ocd tQ{ itl\'Ciilfgatio:l1 by the COm· mander.' O~~Mi()_naJ De veloprncn l Forte, induding <ill project tests requiril1;l( the use of pHlJtk.~ dTOrl.I!S. I~ is with!I' the lairer category of tests tha.l the heroic Helkalr have been required to altcomp! "hari-kari." P-roject HI)twlfIg, as the project ishllmefo",s.ly referred to locally, requires thscan F6F'5K drone be I10W11 NOl.O "No live Opcrstor ) at altitudes above ')0,000 [tel where II ,I,'un installed in

:EVfR SEE A -COCKE'l'ED .511 OAt. POINTeD nus

WAY1 CHINCOIEAGU~

.DRONIESHOOtS ITS OWN WJI\IG

the codcpit of the drone is remotely ('ha:r~t:d an J. fifeJ into f 1:1 el con bll ners located in the lVillg of the drone, When thot 5(;9uencc of events" has b~m cOmplsfetl, ~tI1ylhing cart happen , •< and etten dees, '<lccording to the pilots en~,\l;ed in (ontroilinJ!: the- drone during rhe tests. The only thin8, thal Ius not" happened to date is the SigJ-lt. 1111: of a "flying saucer" by the rom-raj pilots: and that cccurrence is expected
LnoLllt'uhLrlly us each

event

progress~.

Although the oremHan of F6i"'-,K target drones in t-he NOLO (olldJtion at alritude IS not a new experienre for
\'X-J,

It-

i~ the first time sioce the 1946

atom bomb test at Bikini tlv( the squadany substantial numher of the operations. At the earlier atomic bomb tests, VX-j launched the F"F-tyre drones from an .Urcrilft- order, and HeW them through rheutornic cloud and landed them on .1 ne1lrb}' isbl'1Q, Twenty-seven of the HtJill ir7g flights have already been conducted Ieorn the Chincottr.lgl.le base me! tests are .srhedtiled to con tIll ue, As durin!, the war, the cle:penJ,a5le H"lIr,,/ Glnnot always be (ol<nted down and out, even after considerable damage {rom gunfire :It dose range rendered some of (he mere conventional Froperties of the aircraft. such as the landron has oonducted
t

ing :gt:':Ir and l'\lorling .Hapsi inoperative. Many is the carrier V[l pilot who dlU attest 10 (hat fa (.1, Th is ll.hiljty of the F~E to [<Ike punishmcnt JS well as dish it ouL~rol11bineu witbtb.e skill of the ground control operator in lllildin.lit the damaged airrrafr by remote control, allowed ant' of .the li.uiLid;tl ~rone.s to fly ~ix Bights before finally gn'ing up and _going1tl a warerygr<L:ve. Nor rheleuSl of rhe factors allowing slI{;h .L _perfOl:m'J.nce WJ1.S rhe skill of clecrrun ie and rnainrenance person ne I i0 repairing j ruernal ,g:tmfire d:-1.rn~gtm allow dele rudio con [1'01 eq ui p. rneru and the airct;]h IU fly again, As i,~the usu.!l e;<rl;-~icm:e when operating fad io-controlled p i1 0 L less drones, several incidenjs oul~taJ,.djng lnteresr or humor present thernsel ves. One. such event involved the phoro~r~rhic pram' a,.,.s.igneli to liholo,gr,lph the drone durioE its death throes, On. this particu lar occasron. the l:0Cl trot pilot lost s.ight the drone duri rlj; it turn at- high altitude, . , thereby cifcctiw:tiy lesi nA ("on:trol af his .1i.rbotL1t' d l.u,ge. Bu! the photographic plane maint<Llned ,ight- or t-he drene, By means of VHF communications with the cootrol plane. it directed the control ri10t to send such maoeuvedng signals- 10 the drone as were necessarv to allow 11 subsequent rendezvous of the drone and rhe control plant', Although the pilot of the pholographlc_ plane has not rcrnotel_}, coolcoHed airborne drones on the "buttons," he is 00'1\' (Qn-~id('n"d fully

Another such event, although humor. ous, was of such potential danger that

all hands shudder when trw occur-rence is mentioned. As is (he normal sequence o~ events on the east coast du.ring- the Winter months, Old Man WeatilC.r rnovcdjnto the .1irfield one da), while the I'r,F drone. the control ·11 irr raft . .J.nd the photographic plane were engaged
in
j!_

te,stat

altitude.

or

Upon I'ettl~n to the field undeccendiuons (If low Visibility. the control pilots made (J. normal <1p~roach to the fielJ and told the- ground conrrol opera(or to "take control." The Wotl:nd canITOI operator abstained with the: remark, "I can't see the: thing!" Whereupon the control pilots answered, "Neither can we!" and aJI hands headed for the double benoms,

But all turned

st3,ggcrt-d merrily

out well. The .drone over the ai r station

or

building-Ii, mdudil'l.gtl\c bangars, a-l II low a.llitude. low speed, and low power senings . . under the control of no· bl;)dy . • , and subsequently crashed into the ojsler beds of Chincoteague BdY. causing only bivalve damage.
• r-..AS KllVWEST-The tired old wooden brid_gl: t<mne~ling Ii;~ n(ll'lIl :J ir statil.m and tho:' lJC1uth';)u~e hnO! II)' fd t Jnwn, rnHking the the seaplane
S;UTlf

,~eGu

~t;J.ii,," .r RF pu Iled ;'. 1;",J.u.tl f u It)'. d(jubl~ ''"<t~f loop. Fa, I"H' '-'~ theshear pin on the i;l.l1dillg 8~iJ,rl;\'tw;ed the wheels 10 drop In the wate;r.

p~i;.\;ing of the ')fll~ <;<mBectlng lmk h«twt'cn base ~nJ Fleming Key, The

day rhe

roo

checked

out

for

air

control

of

·f(,l'

• NMS

WfUTLN\>

fmw-A

m'lcle.!

r,1iJ.

targtt drones,

road hns been built in the station bobby shop '" mplete wi th grw e cross f <ISS .1-0 J overpasses,

17

~
TORPEDO 9lLQr FonCED DOWN

AT SEA IS RUCUeO

..

"'ANO RHURNED :BY DO

TORPEDO S·Q ADRO

TWENTY EIGHT, successor to Es.:ort Scouting S{juldron 28 which had perfcrrned valiant Ser'i'ire at Gu;tdalcanal in 19112. Was orrginilll} commissioned 'IS a romposire squadron ~o September 1943, By january 1944, VT -lfI: beeame its permanent designa.tiel1 U rOll complet ion of _ Ib tra inillg, VT·,?g arrived in the Pacific- in tirnc for some of tll(; blgge.st sea and .. ir o!'fl,;nsives of \World War H. Based on the carrier USS i\lfc)1}t. ...rey. vr-zs's f1rst st-rikes In the Mari:muli oper.ltI01'!S were made against Tiuian on J 5 June I <)4..;J. There 'vas plenty to<io, and V1-.z8 plun;ged into the Pacili.c fray With gUSt!). From the dar of lht:ir first ccmbnt te 21 July, tI,e 5'1 uadrnn maJ e L7 strikes invol ...il1fl I);' sorties ;igalnSI- gWlmd t.l~Eet~ on Saipun, Tiniun, Guam, Pagan. am! ROt,]. They were there 1-0 opernre on japs, arul' tber did. VT-?," SImek hl'"ll,'ilY' and '5t,,,,,,lily ul service install.uinn«, buIldings. <ti~I\05..J l1rfi'B .md runways, porI to the Iraol's on Saipiln, .l.1Ia,kmg ',llllLhine gun PQsit·rOIJSwhich were hole],
lilt-: lip the advance .. Oil 16

O~f>l't>o

Bombing

S'lu1I:cirou

out a full day of strikes against Wlke, firstsileneing tilt'" roastul def ense guns to 'allow bombardment by till.' lnJ[$efS,
and to the 1\11)111""'",.1', hut tnt' (ovrl/i ]"IilOl Bu filet t. run short of gll:S and pl:mn.l:cl
tCl

28
t<\fget5 50

then

hitting

available

countered.
uJ
cui
.;t

land on the Ii fS! Ia.ryc earner heluHe

was waved off

Wi1..5

deck crasb and proceeded

be thought
mIL,

three passes before:: his motor auJ in the d j ITI J ight, be laJllil'd 11 ear the "Girder" wh kh tu rned

made

what

because toward a carrier. HI.:

thdl Wakr: would nc lon.llcr be il rlrasan!" island strtmghold (Of the J'lpS.From Wake, the .iH:Qll!erY), went to Eniwetok far a week. and th e n to it
j)oiJll

off Palau where tltl.! t..:sf;

with which it- """S tb orarat{' WM (ondueti'll.[!. strikes and flyillg patrols above the bailie force. The .iUomtft1j with
the W',H!J. I l ornet, and COfCpt
IIJ

group

J IJn!;.'.

vi -.:!I l!'IVI; di r...ct

SLIp'

In [he Battle oflh"" Phillppitlf;' 'ea 20 June. Lt. Ronald P. Grit, leer_din;g a JiVISIOIl or four VT·~!! pl.tnes, ;\C('OI11' pJnI(Jd !lIT gf{;lUl~S.' fl! rhe USB BAII/kIH Hili and C~bf}t in an artark an a Jap task hi/ceo \'T·8a. ,(tm:.d a number of hits on a 12,Oul)·rtl!l CV of the Ryuho l_111$. When last observed, the entire .aiter end or the CIHflt'f was burning, and it was listed as "probahly sunk" Th ree of the pilots (."':t(TIC: b1!ck s1,I.fel y

J,lP [aniiC'r. u. GiFI) LL (j&) Palll G. Lt. (jg) Haberl W. Burnett <tll.j Lt. (jg) 11l011.1!l~G. Drei~ earb rt'U:ivnl ('he N:\\y CrQ~~. Tilde rrew111~11, Ken neth H. M nse, R reba nl ? Goot"ih-.:, Allen J. Rog<:.vs. Willit.m E. Trego. Dorrald A. Raulston, David r. Rdey. James I~. ilchell ,mJ john C. M Cason,w~e eaclr awarded the DFC
P.eJ1Oj'{·[,

th tee survivors I'd 111e;( horne ship. for Lheir .'iuWo·s$fuJ attack on the

out to be a destroyer, Th~ pilot and his two crewmen [H;ted so 91.lickly and tJflci en lJ y that th lOy hurd j y got we l ns they boardi!dtheir tubber raft. The)' were quickly resQJcd by tilt' destroyer. Meantime. the Mont(;fe~' believed it JJ~td lost one rrew. 1':ivl! days lnter, without notke, the l)D pullod alongside rlre iW'rmleJ'el nrnJ lron;>:[erred till:

con-

sriruted Task Group 3tt I_ On 21-22 Sept(;:.mbcr. tlre I)rst rurrier n ir slrike~ agai nst the Ph iJ j pp lilt'S were launrhed. Tfll6 opl'oing ucrial onslaught wa~ later to be recorded in "Tbe Navy's Air \Xl."r" <1S follows: "The fi rst strike by Group 3H.l arrived OVer Manila Hay at 0930 and roum.l at least fifly worthwlulc '$11i1' laIgt:::., bUl
the Jap warships were nor present. One nOl<lb!1: f t:~Llre <) f t bi~ strike W:.'_,'j tnt: t11ecu veness of om 10 rp("d I) :11t::, ks, seven out ofc:ight torpedoes runlllflg liO,l, stmight ;!nJ normal."

HI, JAP$

lo::;t.lhat day

I t'i

rn·(Jdl.1trSc.

one !arg_'t' oiler :H'l(J two destroyers 10 T. G. ;'H.1 alone. And the Iosses

Inflicted by Task Group

38'.2 and 38.3

on this

r..tl.l.iA1liR part August th, Mf)me(,.), was at Pear! Harber for repairs and its crew for respue, HI!

or

wert" cernpurable.

Th(;C aUu(l

Then the i'1G>1"/h·"'t'1' was rend), to de barrie ll.galn. an~ 50 WaS its A it Group . On .3 September, in company with ;1 (tuber division, Ai! Group 28 cnrried

strO{lg !!o~my basewas worth LJl e risk r One oj the fir~l obj:c;;tJvcs III ~It~ Philippines upemnons was the- Nauset Shoto, il chain of islands wbkb were strongly defended by the J.l.pltrlCiit ,md could be used by them N') bring ~tp reinforcernenjs. V":l-:Jj was part of the Iiest ric IIl(.j

18

Vt.28

FliGHT

OF'F'ICE.R

POSTS

OIU

Of

utEBl1>

Diln

ON

THE 80 ..... 'D

atclal Ill'Il'I.at1a wl1idl,~ftacked Okinawa ll1 October at the~arne nme lesser

strike s were being made agai{Vjt Arnarni

Shima, Dairo Jim:!. Kurne Shima aad nearby points, On Okinawa, YT.~ made the h!).J1gar and blJildilig area ,at: IIu: airfield bike the brunt of it& atta.;K. It also 'put,cipate,j in rh~a,ttack 01l Nuhil CIty and strafed Shlpp1l1g, No longer ccuh] the Japanese dlectivdy USe Okinawa as a stagjng buse. Three dajs later the first carrier air stri,kc a~illnsL formosa took place, Adrntnistrnrion buildings and installations at the Reigaryo airfield in the Takao area Were se.ri(lu~ly damaged by \IT.:?l!'. Throughout November. UU! squadron struck the Japane51: agail] and again. On <; Novembc.r, in support oJ the Philippine 111'1"asion.'Strikes were made

Bay .tnel off Bataan Peninsul .... The clima» the crulse aboard the Alrwler9' carne lR December when t;'l'e broke out III the midst of II hurricane

or

J isaster. Had it

whid1

was the immediate cause of the not. been for the hero-

crewmen, ;.1.11 in combat, Two planes raiJed to rendezvous fot the retum to

commission Japanese llircr::tft. In all its 0remtions, the sqmldu!m suf· feted the- Joss of four piJots and eight

tions,

The squadron also

1,

pUt

out

of

ism and (ot'n"crtE'd action of the damage controL crews, the ship might have been lost. Many .officers hel ped to jettison the (ontent~ of the magazine'S near the fl ight dt('k and manned the ~re hoses, The t;o1,trnge and cool th inking of Li. NOITl'13.rI E. Berg meant that several men. trapped below were able to. reach the flight deck. The Mr-!,lt..-rey WJS so ballly dllmng~d that it cow d not ton t [nue in further operahons and so returned to Hawaii.

on Luzon where grounded

Tarlae airfield
OVliMBllH were

lHri.:raft

he.u'ily

bombed,
,I

on

T·
.

VT-~ made nine sorties Ilg:Un,~t shippinC In Manila Harbor. One plane fail~d [0 return. The next d~'l' another five-plane strike \Va5 m..,ue IIgrumt the l same harbor, OIl November llJ. VT-~ n;ltlci!: an attack on shippitlf!, in Sub«

13th maeked

day. when

dama,.ge inflicted by arrro'Ximittely 18,.000 rons of shjl"ping sunk. 40,000 tons probably sunk, and 34.(lflO tons dam.lgen. Esrimared dc.';tru(tioll fa groUl'ld i".~ta11allol'l.$ included 'i7 buiil.lil'lg_.'l desItm.ycd or seriouslyd.a:m:a,!(etl, four fuel '>tom~c areas demolisheJ, 10 runways dl11l14geti. 5 A A batrerles destroyed and
HE KNOWN VT'2$; wll,S

31

put

out

of commission,

und tre-

rnendeus Jan'lIge to CQLlSL defense pO!li-

within s:ight of the <lLt;\cking grOllP, one as the result of anti-aircraft tire, and the othtlf as II result of an explosion believed to have been cau~'ed by an armed bomb colliding with another in mid-air. The squadron's accident rate was. low. r n 8161 and in.gs aboard. tht: farrier, only o((('a.Siona! and minor da.mage resulted, '11l1, excellent RI)d careful training of pilots paid off in aoexcellent record, On 15 January 194) with Its Air Group 11 board, the Mn'nt"I:"j' left Hawaii for the United States, Six days later. land was sighted and the carrier droppccia.w:hQr off the Bremerton Navy Yard for the nigbt. On the 2 ~ rd. a dance with the gi rls from tOe Urriversity of Washington .relebrated VT-2g'S return, Guily the), Jal1li\'ed HIe hours :nv>l}'. There Wlh no plaCe" like home.

the carrier and two srasbed into the sea

VT.28 OffiCERS

AND' M'EN WHO P·OiE IN THe III HAPPIEst

1>10.01;1HAD

.A GRIM: LOOI{ING

SI(Ull

AND SINKING

SHIP A5 PART Of THEIR I,NSI:GNIA.

19

LOST?

THEN

FilL

THESE
FORM: THREe
TW<).i

OU'T'!
r~",.
••••

Marines Return from China

CommUnIsts Free Pair Aft.er 2 Years

VC~lI, SAN DWGO-When two Sk.yfaid.eT pilots ran out oI gas, with no field ill sight. whil e (ross-country flying {rom San D ieso to OJ<lth~> Ka:n5a..~, squadron wags bad II field day. , Otle pilot landed sarely all a llighway,. the other endc:d up on his back- ttl II wheatfield. Immediately .after the incident the 10c3,1 Bed'llf!r patrol met and dreamed up lhe (ollowing forms for inclusion 1:0 the squadron (ross-country patkel. They an: _PJ.illlish!!dherewith for the use or any squadron desiring (and unlucky enough)' to I'Itilize them.
FORM
(N~ (If\II'I''I;,' t!l' for

{TI"" ;., ·a,L Utl't>lI'1'VI:•• o ~"ll'"''Ill'

1{~1': !.f}, alrm ..ll I'mit<:AI'O "~l"/U",~
~t ••

"".~.~~.,I ..•
SEND

~t

'1.•...
I'

j •••

"r .••

"~~.1

1'1.EASE GM,L

"h~,;k .,

<I,,,,I,..,tl 1!1lm.<1'

_, .• 011. •.

ROi\.J.) MAI', •••. , .••••. SOH.02'"1'

CHANGE

OF: i'lKIVVtES

........ 1l0W TO k:JXI'l' BOOK, ..•.• ...... AAR RbANK ...... PL.OW.,." mrlD'E -ro v 1']'I"F.RJl.N'S SEn VI CES ,. EfNT .••.••• O'l'REIt •••••••
i:lIGNI!lIJ •.•••••••.••••.•••

Blldt' in the U.S.A. afler m0l11h/i of imp~i.soDrneflt in communist-held China, Marioe MSgt. Elmer C, Bender kissed his wife and child, whom he had not seen for almost two years, wd admitted it was good to be home. HI'! an,d Ntwy 01lef William C. Smith, aM, had been captured by the Chinese Reds near Tslngtac in ()yrober 1948. They first reached US . .at NAS Los ALAMlTO$, where Sm,tn's wife ,\fled children greeted
him.

On hand at NAS

GLENVIew

[;0 greet

ONE FORM FOUR

(T''''''''),/h'''(11
'(·0': 'Fho pito!'" '''l.:lH 'tiP"}

~JIi&""_~o;,r..)

ifl:,fDrl!lU~tUu a~ 'to f~tJ.t}'·o!Ii

ACI-lANGe

Of ADDR.ESS CARD

"'~~k,Jjl

I
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v.in Navy pJJMI: besides. his family wen: BGen. Will iam O. Brice, Commander Mario!," Air Reserve Train jog, and a group of milila.ry dJsnrbrie~ IlS well as a. swarm of p-ress and radio rorrespondenrs, Afrer interviews, Bender was rushed to downtown Chicago to' lead the Armed Forces Day parade and to have JIJJ1ch with Secretary or the Navy Fr'ln[i.> .Mal hews. looking none rhe worse ror hil' gruding eKperi~n(,e. Bendlt:f said that the treatment accord ed him and Cb ief Smith by the communists was "good-

him on his arrival from the west coast

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It IS b!:l u,v!.;:" lhat by usc of the enclosed forms, squadron personnel may better keep the squadron informed of their fll.tmmg activities. An inddeillaJ ,jdelight is the inspection made !iy Kansas pol iLe to assure rbernselves tbJr

.;.

Fn lh" ",,)'11 ne

the :u.tplanas !lctu:dly were aut or F;.\S. Ther~ !~.l $'1(10 ti [If:' ror pilots 0 f air. planes who land OJ) highways in other than dire emcrgency. Knn5JS pi lots note,

Sill Il'fII S FAM It Y GREETS

HIM AJ

to S

A LAM 110S

by their standards" but poor by ours. Their dler consisted almost entire!} of stnrc.. es ,HId rand}' Included my W};:('h tables. For exercise they d it! (;I! isthenks-lifting Chinese stones. Exterl for wlll3hing their ()\Vt1 clolhes. llwy performed no labor. Besides lhe::ir me<Lgre qld, Bender and Smith were fed .J regular rarion of prop>lFltnd.J to tb" dre;:1 Hut nn economic crisi:. WaS irrunincnr if) the Urutcd
S.tatt'~. As \0 hh luture plans, Bender plans to $I.ip over ill the Ml1rilU' Corp:. For another tour or duly. In the Jl:compllDyil1,t! photo, ':itaf)dil1&

A Clilnfcrence IQ Jht:I!JJ Jlw COIlIlUlU tJi d """Il/;I,ed N /fV r11!R hi1nJ·/;QiJk~lIIi/l~d "PJ~U"t·". tiou o] 1f.11i,m.dII'J Airf1?JI Fag/lift;" W:JJ fjgW ...·nflil') ,1/ N liS Norlli'lk. Fortj-Ji_>; Nf'''~Je,.I· Ni}" u ,;f lb.' r-.,'n), omd, ;!:Ie flt.#lUf,[fJlfflffr :ltlmtded [be "'13"""8. 4ild 1!u' hmlll!)I)(J~ 11'1WrJ
will b~ rtJJIIJIJ.
IJ~I tho )'lr.UI ~t>'U1 • (:n~twl~~thrkJ mini r.p·"'Jf,.l..dl~'L il1'rtiir~,~(HVJ C;,l/,r. T. B. Ii.Jl.),. USN, u·OI). t,ll1d lb. fIUreli'i€, ir til th. ill'

behind BwJer, is CllPt. MidueJ H. Kernndle, commanding officer of NAS 1.0. ALAMnO~, and to hi.> right Cdr. E. C. Ingraham, st.~tiOll PLO. Th" pair were met at that Califcrnla statiun by sjx; newsreel camtramen, three wi reo
photo ph:Qro~mpl""r ....""d ~b", ... t
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I,f'i,;l ..·~/lilt.J;. t.-Itl$it(~

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extrern»

fig_bt, f~t}'iJ

Will,

and press reprcsentatlecs

oJ the area.

m.dio

:20

TEAMWORK
R
1i.1WE units of the Na.vy, Army aud Air Furre ure setting new H\ords for interservire cooperauou and loinl uliliztlliO!1 of fa.!:"tlities, wblr,:h are ra.yir'8 dividends in money-s ....vloJ! and mutual understanding,
j~

PAYS OFF
[AS
OLATM)'.,

chain to adapt utiljzatien is

J

Latest naval aj~ station ill the Reserve it fa('il Illes fCII" joint

City,

fadlities. owned by rnilita.ry Jq1<II'lrnenrs, states, [eJera[ ilgem:'!(Os or private concerns, wert: b~i[]g joint!' u~Qd by f rom rwo to six J.i1ttref1 t Reserve components of the three set,·, C~, And the drive to ~tled maximum joint utiliz.r[1O.n of I'acllltict> ancl eqLlipment. wherever uc:b Jomt u age will allow tJ e il1d ividual units to earn' out [heir srecific missions is suu gOIng stIoug. The Navnl A.ir Reserve, (oInllutteJ to the pol icy 01 get! ing the most f [om e\'1M)' dcf ense dollar, IS ('00pc.ratiog W()% in these joint service acriviries.

In December

19-19.110 less than 754

For the exclusive use or the A if Forte ReSCH!', t11(, Na\'}' i~ tuming over ,Iir· craft parkin,g. area fa iliut: • one ho1Jl'A,lt, " b,lI'ra.d,~ 'UH.i One assembly hall. Btl e eperaricn f:ICilitics, [J,ot!; lind 011 storage, enl hitacd and ollicers' messes, fi re station, dispen saty ~ad 'LII recrcationel facilities will be us d jointly with both services sharing the oq;i..nses of upkeep and maintenance.
The naval
J

otero located at Fairfax Field, Kans s KIlIlSl\..,> is now in the p.oceS!i of moving to the NA',

72nd Air Force Reserve Training

The

al a Ir station facilities at Flovd B(!fm crt Fidd. They ate the Mario'(; A if RI:erve, a Naval Reserve Consrrucrion Battalion, the Air Force Reserve, a east lU!l.rd Ai.r t<111ol1, tilt; Air National Guard, -a National Guard Avilll~tJn Engineering Unit and 11 ew York iLy Pol ice Department UnH. There Is
Ii~tlt: space to ~pare,

IOtJtecl the- AIr Ferce Training Center. ornplete with operational <lI1J person-

On the southwest side of the base is

air sluffoD

at New

York

top example of ) Qin_t utiliZation of Fitcilities, even olher units new share the nay-

presents

nel ~-p(1!Ce, ·as well as the hangars and .idrnfrustrative buildingS utilized br )j different un Its of tEe Air .aliotul Guanl. a V';! I and Marine Air Reserve Iacilitie" fire lotaied 0)1 the east side of the station, where rublic works, supply, medical, fire prO!edlOil ;llh! bast' adrninistration

runcnons

are concentrared.

21

'TEm!.!)

I QR D!ruSE

,JoI",t

11l"IlI!U~el1i a] NAS Nt-"Ill YOH:t:.-LCuL Halle" USAI' P,);IIt~ (.ut tl.~ ungH to N''-'l' and A F' rHm~ Mllrr~r. Burgi uml Sn~t'k-r\J!1

'Do.:II,' A.lrfm Hbi~ of the: NlJ"~-Air Foree medical ucpartmelll

BIRMINGHAM mensures the blood pressure of SSgt.

J.

lit

NAS

H_ Greenmyer

AL-SO on the east side

are th>!~Lruc-

Il.._ tures assi.!!ned to the Coast Gllard.

stlttiO.ll, includlng the officers' and enlisted mens' dubs, the movies andplayA recent sur-vey {If NAS NEW YORK mndu-cted hy Civilit1Jl Compo,!1erlls Policy Board in the Department or Defense, concluded that "ali, (Components were eooperating and living to'gcthe_r at the station in an extremely harmonious a[ld efficient manner, and it was the romensus of all prestont Umt the informal local plafll1ing group of local commarldt'rs, coupled with the complete cqoperation of all hands, was respensihle to a great clegn.-e for the outstandIng success of joint util iZ:lt;on which has been acll1eve-d here."
ing fields.

which provides search and rescue for all Jcth.jtics. Spm .. is also :l[I!.K1t;.tedhere e f,lr a, C0a5r Guard Reserve unit whenever some sssistanee [rom the Air Po,fcc-.opcrates the fOotrol tower

it is m:tivaled. The- N,wy, with

.ul~

area, '-!J1d. on each or the four weekends, uccem plished,

returned home with
_J_

W'ith. the NllVy top ower w(_'a~lng back and forth over the transports. the formation made its run on the dropping
successful

mission

at FJoyd Bennett Field. The NAS disptl1sary, jointly manned by the Navy
lind Air

Forre.[Jrovid,es

med iral

serv-

iu' for all handll.Strudlwi.l and (rashfi re [lfotcct iall are also [oint i~tjvities. Tiley ,Ire 11[1&"r the supervision of the NAS CO with tile AF furnisbing cert-ain items of equipment, The Navyope rates the san it.ny dis p.osal plan t and prov kks ~istation bus for all l)t rsounel durinp mess hours, Cost of maintenance and operation of the jointl)··u:;ed operating area is berne on ;l. 'Hl/50 basis by tile: Navy iJ;[1J Air Force. N~vy public works personnel perform maintenance for all units On a

NAS DAf_I.i\s all.,d NAS DIlNVE-a Me two other ~t!LtiO[lS 011 the Reserve cirCLI'il til!!!: share the! r facil ities. Dallas is jointly used by the Air Force ReS~J"\l(:. the Texas A ir National Guard and the Naval Industrial Reserve. Deavet pla.y' host to the Colorado Air National Guru:d.

by Navy, Air Force and Marim: Reservists lit fiol,d Bennett. known as "Operation Uni-For ce:" Tbe ReS~Ivi5't"5· job in this problem reimbursable basis, wa,~ to "recapture" Gardiner's h.L,mtl, Members oL ull services gi ve the r1.Jl1 off theead of Long Island, which had JOI:ntl-!-$llglJ treatment to ,,11 the outdoor been "captured" by pllrlJ(raOpe~s rrom a .md indoor reereational f !leiJIit ies at the !ar~t "enemy" task force rangmg the AtlantIC, tlrtd ' deny it Iutther use to the '"enemy_" To give lr:lining to themaximum number of Reservists, the operatiau W,!.li curned out 01'1 rour consecnnve weekends,

T undersenrcd b}' a rerent trajnill~ problem, uudeJ'tdken

JlE COMMITTEE'S

conclusj~n~ joint

=:
arr

IlE

NAVAL

Air

Reser-ves are

alsu

for gif\g a pattern of cooperai Ion at municipal -a.i rports, whe re va rious service units have rnajcr installations, The story of NAS BIRMINGHAM, !l Il11VU! air station set down at the rnunirII1:t! airport almost on the doorstep 0.[ a.rl. established Air Force Base, shows how I:\VO- Reserve un its pui Id up sue,eR~(uL working relationships. By 'ltn arrangement between the Cit)' or Birmingham. the Navy and the Air Force, the NAS was a.lIoc.tedspace m

Naval Air Re.s,ecvlsts furnished flgh.(-[Of the 6}rd Troop Carrier \X1illg-, which had been gil·r.:n the rnissicn of t.lllllsportJng airborne infuBlty arrd fer;lpttlring the islanrL Nuvy Jet fighters wen' also used as enemy inter'el'lor~ to "altack" the 1Jfgc- f0rD1.1bon enroure to the- tlH.£jer. Ofii,CfS .. nirrnen, saitors bl.nJ M il:rin,e~ OlrrieJ out their assignments lIS if lhey were actually going into combat. Intdligeno,: otl-lu~r~ of the Nnvy I'ellm()d
~'rWVr.1r

with those of the i\F at the bricfi.t~g and

Coming dbulI.rd f'j[ dr:i1J~Rvwi"li,t" gd JOIn! rheck-rn :01 !he FIIry-d l3ef1l1ett gare

[,Hots of both services 'Sat to,t\t:the r as tb~ situation was ollLHned ,u,d night condrelons were described in de-till).

At Coast

Gwrd

KIrk

dlrt'US

Ed,r H",J\< ,l!ltr<Jll, WIl.\"tI phm~'" (rom NAR'ni SMTrl1'.

22

B i:l8 Iria ted

Another
Karrh,

unified ~ct,Yitv '!t BirmtOSJHlfTi IS the h:l,e JjbrQl1'~JL".r" Dnly. Hall and tmk give Jt the jnint ll:~"ge routine
D·.!'i

the airport, il portion of which wasorfurred by (he 251'!7(h Ai:r Ferre Reserve Tra.ining Cen!ecr.lml;l1l::clia.tcl.y the CO's
oi both units got to,w:tbl:r ruld started ,[ process of rutting JupJicalion and roollng their resources that i~ paYlIlg
off {o,r both groups,

the

rormer

Mouil1rat ion Con ter J.L

chief ,wfogr:1plur who 11M been qualilied tI) ISSue J FR d~)_rall(';es. tbey soon Litke it right in the] ~ stride, AnQt.her example of the "gjve mil take' is the (act that the Air For(e has adopted Nsry weather bulletin

Ai r Porte

form,

N,WAIt(1

,M7,

'IS

the standiolrd

bt'gioning . .all wcathee briefing wes handled 01'1::( till: fljgbt service interphoues from M.!xwell Air Force Baseat Montgomery. This was unssnshe-tory in that jl not only tied up tiw interphone ror long per iotis, bUl pilots did not have aeress to weather maps unci tcletype weather st:c;jUral(es. All· aerofog1cul unit was badly neeLk·J, but neither unit could staff it alone, First joinl· enterprise, tbe_refor"" \II,{£ ltl!:: ~'e.ttjl1-!I up of an Air FOfCf;Nl1;I'},
NTin;

use in rheir own o!'eratious. The cr j tical lSI]orhl.ge of ,AF' fhghl tiutgeonli and dental offirc.r!i, whirl; preci IJ del! those billets even beifli\· assigne.d to the local AF command,
fOJ:

in5tn:wrion in Navy !,.Ink trainers, sinre the Navy's equipment is more modern

personnel stationed in tile Bi·rminghalll U.rea and evc'.t'yone is sutisfied. 11\e gas storage rarm and mess !lre operated by I::he Ah Force for the bene~t of both services, AF pilots receive

Toduy. the joint Nuvy-Air forte ,Jis.r~1S3ry serves j\rmy, Navy. Marine and

than U1ut assilloed to tbe local AP baSt'.

brouglIL (lbou:t the nl:xt joint projett,

Just a", soon 0;,5 and dental

the Navy
officer
WtIS

flight

s4~eolJ

aboard,
the AF

(he AF CO
medical

advised tlla! if

reported

serolog ical U oi t, Perscn TJ eJ 110 d equi p' ment Me S\lT'pJicd by both services and

ment were comhin~d with the Navy'~ In the Navy Jjspen'lary, lh_t:services or the N\'l\']' doctor and dentist would be made avail ..ble to l\ P personnel Oil .tn equul basis Ivith naval personnel.
Thi~·

personnel

and equip-

-crnet imes startled, wheo they receive their weather brlefiing from the Navy's

the UIJ it is under the direrrien of an AF 0fficer. Now. although Visiting AI' pilots Mil'

trffer

W~L~

accepred

since the AF systl:!rtl hiring .~ dvijian doctor and denusr je pC'[for:.m rout.ne
tn:atmtlnl mg neil

or

with

alacriff

Now, when. the "A rrned Forces," the public .gets ::tn lrnmediare lrnpressicn ot unifical'ion according to r:h'e fjirm rllgbarn r;tlt~m. Rco.hd installed e~uirmeat is shll red by til e Iwo services. Shortly !L[~el" lhe Navy arnved au the ~~I]e. a Joint operaricns oJIice was set up whirb eflected ~ 5n% :i:wiI\,I! TO the rirne required Ior .,ep<lrdte opere-

IHl

~INCLf

er:tt('u

operato'ra,nswNs

and civilian personnel.

td~pbone service b orby tho: N:l\'Y with NJvy, .AF

or

only rosily
well.

Tor their perscnnel was but generally

pto vuri-

A~Lhotlgh thi5 enterprise W[lS re[(,:ntly discontinued because of Jistance tiolls.

sat.ls fllCfQry' •..,

factOrs, it WI,lS etherwise

Muisfactory,

,Cllpt.

W_ L ~arer. whu heads Bin~in8ham's medical dCp(\~t!llent. ~.xamlMs5$1. 0, GibbMS 'NIth the :usG;[l!!lC~ of ). Faircloth HM.1

An>dot
Ludwig

mealS

Ute regu Ijl r

fL'& the same stnry---Wood, GrLrrison, Hliyes P!ld ello'" hounds' lit the 2 ~S7th Air Force mess

2.3

NAS Los ALAMl'fOS crdnuncemen .h"Jp Ill~n from the Air Force Reserve ~52nd bomber wjllg load their plane for rocker GunJ! drill

Preparing fur Armed toddard (lin wing)

Forces Da.y.-AF's Owens -and Los A1arnito~' brief Whitt, MtMiJldfl, McKee Mid Barr}

N with Reserve 'ompone:nts of other ship.\

""VAL
IIJ!{

veloped

Reservists have also de'lose working relatioaairports

services Linroln,

at five other municipal Niagn.ra Falls,

where naval air tation

Louis, they reoperate with member .. of the Nebraska Air National uard, til", ew York Air aeional Gunrd, the

'pokil!le

are 10 ated. At
and St.

In addinon, some 2'i As ociared Voluureer Units, such as ,.,VUA-2 M!1w!lok-ee and AVUA-Z Baltimorc. are located at municipal ficlds. which are ;llso used b)' Air National Guard and Air Force Tampa, and
Reserve units. Two AVUA'~
111 AVUA·J

rondurr services personnel.

for borh Navy and AF

out. Denver Reservists, who have Dot rocket fnciJjtie' at their station, sharpen their firing at Kirtland AF base facilIties. ontrariwise, Reserve AF pilots from Long Beach utilize the NAS Los
ALA_MITOS

firing ranges,

Wil~hinftlOl1

the Missouri spectively. Gunrd

A lr National Air National

Guard and
Guard

re-

Frorn NAS LINCOLN scene, brinsing along

fighting equipment.

Wben fbrnl::s swept the Air National hangar at Lincoln, Reservists

With volunteers

from McDill Air' For e BaS{: and Or101~~o Air, F?f(e Base re~~ctj\,cly and by the Air force. Recently 27 members of A\rUA-1 Louisville, who panicipat'cd In a cross-countcy trn ining fLight with Vll-()\li of A C I.UMBO:'!, remained evemight at MI.DilI field. The [oint-utiheation business on a part-time Or o rasional basis is also booming. The weekend ardors from "NA COlUMI'IUs', for example, us!; the
Army's Camp herman rifle range al Chillicothe and th~ AF facilities at Lockbourne Ior bounce drill asd homb· utilize Jacilnles made- available to them

Orlando

Florida,

AV.tJi\-'

opet.ue

bring along their Own ground persofll'lel 11& well as their control tower

They

Station at Ediz Hook off Port Angc]es,

Out on U1C West oast, NAR11J SEA1'TI.I! Reservists conduct advanced base operations at, the Coast Guard AI r

rushed to tbe the Navy fire

und station fire fightErs working as il tell£ll., the; Na vy men mllJJ.a~~d to d rat!!, six.tuoflJI Guard planes [rom rhe
hangar and [m:vcf1t the raging flre
011

operators for this tr.ti n 10..&. Inter-service cooperaricn also how'> itsel f in many other -ways-to the mutnal beo.efit of all Reservists. Take this tory Irom the ordnance dIVi~[on of the aircraft maintenance department
at

NA

B)I'MINrlHAM

for example.

the field.
NA'

from spre:1lllill8 to other

MINNEAI'ULIS.

srructu res
I

at \Vold-CbalDber[aio the 2465to Air Perce Training .enter, has built up the same record of coo perution, [n fnet, when' the !irst (0 of

lor;-_:tted FicJd Kross From

which

hesitated
help
Force

the NAS, apt. Cameron Briggs. left for his present assignment, he received a letter 01 remmendaricn from the Air r: rce, This letter stared that Capt. Bri,l(g5 had "consistently offered the reo sources of his station .. , .lncl hel ped U~ work out matters o( joiot mterest ['llldJ llpen our request never
10

in/?, prartire. Dalla: Re servist utilize the Port ill bombing area and Lin(OUl ~(juadrons util ize rhe imfact area at Fort Riley. Kan II •
N AF'$ extra their A RTU
ANACOSTIA

"borrowed"

AlIidrew~ Field one aftemoon (or field caWw- Ianding practice when
pre-cattier cruise drill was rained

the early days of the. tation in 1949. the ordnaace dl' ion found itself with aircraft arrname11 I to maintain. but \ [thout the necessary tool> equipment or supplres on hand te ;1(xornpli~h the work. When the Navy ordnance crew called On tilt" Abb~m:l Air Natiooul Guard ordnance section for lwlp, the response was -an immediate ::&S_iSL "000.: cby. while un J. 'requisirloning tour', the Nnv)' ordnancemcn noticed
URING

D vi

that the Ai (

7UMd

ord (lance crew was

give us

SOLJod

advice and
tbt:: Air

havin~ trouble with the gunnery tow gear used with the F·Sj'5. 'l'he ~e.tJ" was In.id out along fhe tiJJ!lWlly ,U1J pulled fully trcumedi:llto the air on take-off.

~n

m.Lttets

peClJliar

to

"TIle)'

then

to the Navy ;;idc IQ in$pect tilt

invited the Guardsrnen

Ft.l, lOW

Latest Iinks in Ull' irrter -serv ice cooperation chain at Mlnn lI;polis are the plans for [(Hming a cernhined Air Force-Navy nash crew .InJ theatrllngcmeats whereby the new Af chaplain.

sway braces, lion of the

:llJd

who now

found himself without a chapel, bas the use the NAS welfare tt; reation bur1~iifl8 in which to

or

The outcome wa the sdop.ivy arrangement modified for use on the r-st with Navy tow equipment hdng utilized 011 a. 10:1n

.m:a.ngemen t, wh ich util izr.-J the 1\111. I Mod. 3 tow can, nylon line and shackle

basis.

·When

the Air National

Guard

went

24

Restfid~d

Restriated

Stlldying hard flIT "ff.Jut)' (O'lIrSl;' RI NARTC Ai':ACOST1A an; lCdl-. Lauke Ir~TR.. Capl. l:\:lI'lard U AP Jod Sgt. Hub ... ires U M ,It

Vollinteer Navel Ai.!' Reservlsrs In VAl' IHl pi"l' hll>t to members 01 the !)3H.rd AF VOIUl1l~e! squadron Ole the'lr regulae meeting

on maneuvers

last

summer,

the com-

manding gen;:ml was so pleased with the Alabama Air National Guard tow arrangement that be had pJctures and

Sl. Louis. GCA works for

Out
Oil

everyone.

the 'We.,<;t CoaSI. NAS

Los

orps,

Army

and

AIr National

Guard

sbged last year In Memphis.

Tmiruog Center

diagrams

made

and

insrruerions

wntrrearn-

Navy method - of carrying and

in~ tow."
An

ten up so that other Na ional Guard quadr n misht benefit bv use of lilt'

everywhere. At Denver, when the naval air $t-,1tion's flight ,o;uJ;seon was transferred, were rn ide available to Naval Reservisrs. And when 20 airaaIt from NA Nn-.:' DiU.BANS were Hown hi Craig AF Base to escape an approachuig hurriWl<'".

the

'tory is tilt: same

A I.AM r r05 anel the Air 1:orre Reserve in Loop; Beach do a bri'ik business exchanging in orrnaiiun and instruction, Air force pilot's, who have no rGt'kc:1 facilities available, utilize the Nail}":> firing r,1I1ge", wh ile HYV pilots are ~Iway - welcome at the AF ~ase for a check-out in the U-JII,

versi l}'
given

HEN

1,}rE Air

Force needed

ad.

ditional under

classroom spllce for Uniof Matybnd extension courses.

the auspices
<it

tional (enter
ANAco 'l'LA

offered its. hangar classroom

some 20tl Air

Bolling Field. NAR'l'U

of the educa-

the fa.dlitil:~ ,It nearby Lowry

Ar

AF pilot$ from the 1.ong Beach base regul.irly make practice runs util izing
GCA, while pilots from

ATmy and
LTA
HURST

a y personnel attend tbe classes held <It the ARTU.

Reservist. III NARTU LAKEL-

facilities.

Now

Force.

Bd,SC'

Los AIJmito:;'

Match Field A F base arc sehed u leu for pr&etlce In the ncar future, One AF
fil'ing a 8-26 W:lS recently bJou~hl in safely under instrument conditions by Lo Alamitos GCA. , hen he had lnsuffi~ lent gas to reach the nearest contact lidJ. Another eXrIlTlp[t' of Reserve cocpera:i"bl.tor

recently

rlliOIsllt'd

~Qmewhat

AP per onnel

aided the NaY,

crew in ecuring and se.ni(i11g the air· (raft: chow and qoarters were rrQ~

vided at thebase

GaO\'1l recently Y.'ley hi' Navy-acquired know-how to help the 95!1jth Photographic Group of the o A, Wlu.nw
AF Reserve solve their problems. AmI Naval Air Reserve units often serve us

O.

for all hands.

other side of the ledger. Chid Pllotosmphtt S. Kelly

,,'UI

J.

non Itt the local level was the joint 01"" erati n which VE"C;<H and VF'('?, ar AS OU)MElIJ:-.. scheduled with the hio Air National Guard Unit ~t Lockbeurne A F bast'. Or for a [oin] Reserve mil' neU"'CT, undertaken 011 ,t large scale, consider tlie combat problem whrch
units of the Air Force, Navy. Marine

unusual example of inter-service cooperation. They look offin:r~ fram the l)O(iti.l P IOV()St M:lISh"rs Se C't ion (Army Organized Reserve Corps) on a regular t1irship training !light so that lhe latter could make lHI air traffi' control urvey of the crowded high· ways of ew Jersey. Till> e, oi cour e, are only a few exarnples of what Reserve unit in the

hnscs
Wily.

to

\ isiling

firemen

Frorn vorher

icc are pull! ng together to effect economies nnd to ussure l:.nily of defense.

~dd are Jomg today in the WII}' or poollf1.~ their resources, ]jut [bey defin itel y show that Rr:sc~J'Y hL~a F all serv-

services "\vho want to observe the N '1

At AS A l.A ,'A, for· example, 26 members of the j~'il Air Patrol Glint
'aboard Doe evening to learn about the vartous phases of Reserve tethnic~t1 training and [0 get g fi&st-haoJ look at the

wide V<lriGty of tlainilJg eq4ipment and devices utilized by Naval Reservists. imilarl"y. HGC!L E. A.Mollllan. commsruiing the 512Ul T. roop Caulcr Wing, a Reserve outfit al Reading, look hi ,~atf to NA Wruo\,\' GIl.OV to watch the regular Sunday training aetivitie 01 the weekend warriors. At NA S rr. Loi lIS, AF officers nttending ervice schools at Scott AF Base, now visit the naval air ststiou GCA unit for brieJing and ope-rational demonstrations. And in a typic:H montb, 1.26 Air Force and J3 Missouri Air National

?,.

3J4.",

Gu ud planes made GCA approaches

ar

CC"B .represenilltlves line up witll. NAS .r-,'Yuffi{er~-rrorn [ I'll r are Lynch, Wla.rd. Lanigan, Mt:QltinOt}, Thompson, W111'ttiogton. Barcus, mith, WllcO!(, Bllieu, Copsey. Pnllousas, Curtiss, churz, Stonemetz, Levy, HCltzy, DeJoy. Kraft, 'Zane, LCII·t1. !l.nd Niche)!)

Bt·

tricted

25

60'0 MPH. W TH PROPS?

JET aircraLt, 6~5t began 'pwting a .ros Ole ·ky. forwardlQoke.rs began prcdLn.mg Lite 8fuveya.ro lor :mpl:me pro~e1J~rs, Today, fl._l'e years J.ncr the "<It, the pror~l1er is 'ltd I in there pitdl1l1g, and the 4SrJ-tnjlh limit [or prqp.drivell airer,lft soon mar be increased [0 600 miles :In hour. Authority for that pledi lion J!I lbe Harnilton SlauuarJ ~h\'isIOU or United Aircraft Corp" where pmp en~Ineers SS,)' new slluar<:·lip propeller designs fan opcr,lte dlicJenLly ns high HI',N
.lS

bydromstic propeller wa gained on two

curly
XF.!R-l.

Background of research for the supersu.s.turbmc powered American

fi ghh;1rs, thl:

CorlVlll r "··Ill and

Ry~Jn

specific fuel ronsurnpnon in this speed range. A rutther ,ldVll.l1tah'1!of the turboprop IS reahzed in naval aircrl1H for carrier operations where short ta"ktOff run and Lolli 'power 011' sl,Lll speeds Me required and not readily obtainable in turbojet planes."

6D() mph.

In their cffor s to COme up with new LIeslgns which (Quid drive planes faster than World War Il limits, engineers trIed out II number of weird lih, pes some at' which ure pictured at the bot: tom of tln page. None worked out 0 :"dl as the ~luarc.ri!lrI;:J one illustrated J1r~t. TIm bade ("all be fouud on toand other modern aircraft. It boasts au efficiency of 80%, . weep-back in the design of the propeller d iJ not seem to inc rease its tID· nellcy. although sw~pt win,us boost the ,pl'ed of airrraf]. The answer was found ill tile hollow steel, squarC'·tip blude with txlrcn'\dy thin Itading edges tlMt could almos] be used [or havirur. o the propeller h itched to th turbop:op !jD~ioe nm}' somt'tby be ttl'lving ,Jlrn.ut .Il sl eed~ lIl' I ,1nJ b~Yl'ltld the speed 0 sound. say Hamilton tandard el~gin.cl:rsin the ,ompanf~ bO~lsc orgJl.J1 ] he Bl'E'h;l'I!. se of propellers on hlgb speed air(rfi It, would make po~t.iblt· shorter takeolI and Junding runs, and glye the aircrafllonger fungI: or higher ra)'IOllU5. As auexample uf this, tile XP5Y-1 Convair seaplane gO! olt the water in Its malden run in less than 20 seconds with its turboprop e'ngines ,ItlJ cOIJnter'fotatfng propellers,

The, c.ompany has put more than 2,000 hours oJ testing on lurbjrie en,gincs with Hamillon tandard turbine propeller designs, with an additional -l:~O hours ou piston engines. In the hl.l;h-sl eed tests in (he wind tunnel, It urhieved .Ii rstream speed up 10 Milch .91, eO:luivahmt Or 700 mph lil sea. Je'I'I01. The high speed work was conducted \V 1th four- f pot scale models. d riven by .1 specially-developed dyuarnometer. Ful! scale power- loadings. tip speeds and forward reeds are duplicated in an c:oiglll-foOI diameter section of the wind tunnel. Since models are precisely built. test results tan b applied directly to
full-scale performance,

Engine Trouble Hits VP-34

Same Crew Forced Down Two Times VP-34, 1 OIU·(.JLK-lt 0": ver rains

but it pour, in the opinion of one PBM rew in this squadron. Wh.ile lJllrticipatlng in A 'W Illirois in OpefJlio" Panre» the r1nne losr an engine while 00 miles out at sea. The. J' ilot ref! tht'rl:cl the r top and broadcast their ern .... rgency ondition, This broadrast was acknowledged by J. carrier plant: from the P;;t/JJI and all un its

wert: alerted to the PlH\{"s condition,

i1.1 ti1'1.1 de on

Jay's

1'2V, N~J,

A)-I,

AM-I. R~Q-1. XP5Y-1

In recent speech ,t the lnstirute of Aeronautical S..:iel1ces, RAdl'n. . M. bolster, assists nt chief of research in B AER, de 1aroo' '<Even :11 MA(h I, the turboprop could compete with the turbojet if the propul$i\'l!tilitiency of Ihe f'wp ller ill equal to or ,greater than
•ibout

He said the in 11 re rtt I iCDfL,t ions of e jets can I t: arcepred only 10 a certain point. High fuel ccnsampticn is onl baLm\.:ed by the Iighler weight of the jet I!I'gil'le up ~o the point where range requirements make it oec('S's,\fY to (arry SI') much fuel tIM! the weight advantage is lost. "Our solurinn to this problem IS rhe turbo-propeller eugine.. . The same UUt! t horsepower and specific Iue] consumption can be cbtained from it turboI'fo.[\ engine JS from a Illrb{)je;1. When cruising .It lower speeds. the '.d1irlcrlcy of the i-urpojel decreases, while lhal of the turbc-peopeller inc rC!I5(.<S. so thnt the two cnFine "how a wide divergence- in

'i ~ ('-'

The M"rm e r wa-s unable to maintain one- engine and was successfully ditched even though it W3S n ight and in h e4 vy seas, The plane ~ t16 damaged and Soon sank. but aJI crew members escaped into life rafts, A P:l,J1 American Airways pl.lllt' ~jl::htcd the fllues of the survivors and directed Navy umts to the, eerie. Foul' hours later tbe H(}biOlft pkked them up. On their way home ro Norfolk, the amc plane crew ran into more trouble . They Illd to make a forced bnwJllg in Prunlko ound after going on 'iogle engine operation. A Coast .u.a.rd boat rowed the plane wlt.h some difficulty owin.g to high winds to EUzabet11 C.ity where an engine W;!$ dnn_teJ. and the plane returned to ~ orfolk. TLe squad ron,incidentally, i l1:toud it record in ;tntisubmarioe training Junnjl Part» ~'X. Umpires credited it with 12 submarine "kills" Ilild one "probable", MJ1l1}'" f these subs, were o the modern sch norkel ty

or

reo

• NA5 WJLLOW' GRoVY-Tu get men ,K<jull-intj,'.! with vurinus (ypl".' ,If nava l air< ('.Ife, the lrnc mairnenanre deparrroenr
ttiUlS{M'~

them fn\)n

lInt'

lint; to

lI.!luther,

26

After T e Cash Bell-What?

THROUGH

TOUGH.

S'WAMPTElI.RAIN,

RESCUE

WOlli(El!5

PURSUE.D

THE lA5K

NA.A WHITING FJEL(.i)-The crash bell rings, Fire ttngine and crash trucks

rush down the

CUflW.ly~

to put out lite

hal's the way it works when a p] De t:ets into trouble on -a la.ndlllg field. but n i -n'l the ':l.y it works when ne
cernes to erief in one of Florida's numerous and broad swa.mp5 a long 'V<LJ from the .rir station. Alter J Pi-month period of good accident records. Whiting experienced three mishaps in One d ..y. TIle story of what happens after a plane wreck IS reported is typical and intere 'tin~. This w,~s A bad cla)" for within two heurs At I 020 several punes reported an NJ hud disintegrated In mld:li'r two nl,le from 010(t:1", tidd.. Thar Was lilt: fir<>t crash. The B1'U-]A ready r1wl:'. two search and rescue PBY's and a helj('opter were sen ~ to Se'J rch the area.

fire and res-cut the crew,

three accidents

QCCurI

d.

At 11 'l'\ LL J. F. Crider, _pil9ting theSNJ ready plane, proceeded to Choctaw fadJ to ,get more dope on tilt: t rash location. FoUowing standard procedure. he rei:. rued his throttle as he lowered

operations as the Utter bearers completed slithering and hackiug their tortuous way half .t mile back to thr: boats, l1owe\'er. knew his [JBY-SA'S for he "I\vO The flex!" morning; portable hand bl coked" o is rb rot des and pulled the tools and tn(,k1c were 1egged ave r the" plane into the air. But he caused J great widening, deepening trail to the €Casb dt-al of (on ~e.rnaliOI1 on tile part of 1111 scene. Al I clay men. d~g at the stubborn others involved and became #3 on the t. ngled toots and heaved on the tackle a cident parade. to pull shauered bits of pJane from The- :;carehing planes finally found the clingin_g muck. Bni! Lng would not scattered bib; of broken wreckage in an g<l.in On the ooze of the swamp water inaccessible. \y, mp aJon.g Weaver rjll'er, into the hole :tnd it berame evident three mile northwest of Choctaw. The that it pump must be brought in to planes and hclicoJiter I ailed to find any drain the hole. At quitting Lime. seill no trace of the stuueM ill the front trace of the rnain p!m of thef.lane. Recreauon department sent al olv:til. ble ~~ had been found. ..t 5ma11 boats with river-wise sailors Dnyl!ght hou [S were nol long enough. abonrd to search the myriad waterways so equipmCLl\" wa . assembled arnl prepJ.11'1 the area. Sundown hllltl'J operations rat Lon'. made to haul it to the scene at with no tr .. o:: of till: 0(0.1' nts or main night. The 'Lghtest pump capable of rash being found, handJing the job wcigbed more than The all search wa Iaunched a_g,un ~00 pounds, 10 the wee hours of the bright art,1 early the' next morning, ant! morning. l~ Wll, loaded into II skiff and ,1 Ieor rsearch pat!ty wa sent to the towed up rbe river. From there it was

could

Choctaw to lind out IYhat assistance it gJ\Fe had its nose wheel collapse Whl:'11 it hit the runway. 1111: forward mull sustained minor d-amage. The pilot,

down halted

Mt'a in smul] boats, The party on foot helicopter.

~lo\\'Iled

wa l1ir-ecteJ to likely ;.,ea..~ by message drops and voice instrncriens (fom the
'nil' +loing on Icor was tough. TIle ~wall1(1 was a jungle-like tan_gle of

h;ruleJ. skiif iloJ all, into the

(1.[(

5W.

I i sweating sailors chanrinj; Train". Trees wert' felled, brush

Inl by "Mule

leared,

the landmg gt:1lr to usc the wJ.l'Oing hern us all addiuonal check On h] gear beirtg down locked. On adding throtde agam he could get- but 20" of rnunifcld Pl'tSSULW; he Was unable to rt'"ducc t In ease the settin from th il>

,mu

~rLI5~

point. Crider, unuble to maintain alliLudl.: to reach the field under thCJ;1:rcndirion«, made <ill ~llergcn,)' i:lOd'ing in a ,dear inf!; south of Glom . He made a ~ood fuH flap. wheel-5 up. hmdmg amaas the <{cr,ll" tree, that resulted in major darnage to the plane but no injury to himself, It was found lnrer II broken rhrottic ..rm caused crash .# 2. One of the the trouble.
'-:llll!

muck and W:1teJ\' 5\1 ked and ,gur leu .md snakes- were an l:... er-presenr hazard, Progress was measured in yard .• in hour. 'bartly afternoon, the £r$1 break (arne. Aft' s IUilfe. piece of shattered rh:xigl.1$ was found and the search was COnft'nt-rall'd ill thllt vicinity, A half hour and scant 100 yards later.
boll! ,lnJ shattered bit" of metal below. evenry fee! own}' Illy the body of the utstru tor, hr. chute unopened. un

and

irnber,
the

lih·_

briars,

Under

ines,

fC!o~, the

w!tmp

out of lhe, [Jail. The tnll WIl.'l churned hip deep, but sunrise saw the pump in llosillon, and logs
After became the water level was lowered, It upparent U1llt the plane had
al.tIl angle under a It was burred 12' In under J hlllglecL renacieus

burrowed its wa J 2" cypress tree,

the gronnd mass of roots. The tree was pulled over with oJ' chain fall, and the ~Jtt:-r section

by piece, Roots were

of the plane torn £rom the ~wumr pir:(1::

tap let small sunlight through

IIIIt

crash

Wit.S

located.

A broken
{0

a ~'t.'('l

tre-e

was
:l.t

search paY's landing

_purled out 0[\" b}' one, the smaller by hand. the larger by block and tadde, A bucket brigade kept Ih.: muck that was too tl rck for the pumr to handle, bailed out. EighthoLL!S later

tile

J}' of the tuJent

W~

recovered,

27

R 68' l'icted

BIG BOATS

STILL

LY FOR

NAVY

CAMP

PEIIID~E'ON

MurillO

80ARD

PBM

FOR A RAID

ON

SAN

NICHOLAS

U~IN.G

JATO. MARINER

RISES

fROM TH.

BAV

WITH SAN

DIEGO

BEHIND

NA SAN DIE(..Q.. \'{fhcm the war in the Pin, WQ OVe:!" .1I1d the jet air age
dawned, aviators began to wonder what the future was [or the big ~yjn}! boats that iUtd patrolled the wide 0 ean, bombed the enemy and rescued person-

t~rrllory before defenses cen trate I.L

An operation of this

('ouM be (on-

oel. Now. five )'ears aCtc" ard. the Navy IS still flying its Lmllbl!r/llg LlI/fIJ and
their
(Ire

stock

in the antisubmarine

W.11-

picturt'

is

rj'l1l1g.

JtJst as-

I~

that

of

the blimp.

The

Navy's

number

ne

mission loch}' is to seekcu; and de'troy Cf\t'my ubmurrnes .11'1.J 111. the e iilow, long-rang, combat planes it ~Iill finds pltnly of use, GUr. Robert L Mastin, skipper 'of VI'·4(i al Orth Island, indl !lted thb when he ("xpiained that NtlV)' /lying b ars h ve lh delinlt!: place itt Future Na 'f operations and tliat full develop
ment and exploitation

tively demonstrated reccnliy when pill'rQI plsues of VP- I'i landed a comrany oi Mannes olf San Nicholas island in an utempt La bolster a:, group of Marines which had mytJlicaJly landed earlier by helicort(~r. rt riot ooly demonstrated fe',,~ibilily (.If landing trtlo'ps ashore in ny p.art of the globe hilt . ubstantiated the cial\'ll by J1 10 boar men thut this
operaticn lOU I,J be VI"f) cITer..'th,c w'_etber il bt! tor occupanoe, reinforre-

type

L
He

T. )()HN

A. Dingle, squadron operations uRi er, Wi!,S a Russian internee

was effec-

during

the war, bemg forced dawn In territory after 1'1 ill 110m/liM bomber had been crippled by Jap,lfleSC lighters while on it ~out.;ng.bombltlb

Russian

m!5sioll in

tilt" lime,

Ilotth.crn Japanese waters. was flyLog QUI of the All:'uti"l) at member with inis I\, (jg) John

Ana her squadron ternal ional experience

ty!,e of

ment or supporting !'urposes. To trail] for their jobs, patrol plane squad tOilS twice it y€ar h,l\t: or~r;ltlon;:11
readiness inspecnous,
\;0

iug the
Of inlet

tin."

squad ron to .a remote [[toII

This entails may-

],otenlialili(;J> other ette,'tiyc

fllre,

\\IjJI

prove it to be anWCIlPOIl In glob, 1 war-

ut the se.. plane's

where a seadrorne i laid dOIWn for tile planes. Then the squadron conducts, gIlMt"ry.lacrk$,. pambir~ and

A W search.

Dlmng these operatiens

the planes

The prllLticabiJit), of J11all,t.lining seaq\.i,\d ron not Oil IY for A vr.;r operations but for recnrtnuissauce. ~cn.r,11

r lane

well I.- te been ,1c~'dopt'd to {ull caplbillti'e's.

and

rescue

tmnsportll1g troops as ognizeti, he, said, but it hasn't

and

.are supplied by an aviation seaplune tender w11i(1l Serves a an operating base and supplies fuel. spare parls and maintenance work [Dr life rJ.1lle~, r need be, [he seaplanes can he hoisted

switched 10 11,e V. . Navy e.alisting 10 London. VP-46 also hss an Ajr Ferre captain serv ing ill the squadron whe W3S ,IS'i18rlcd under Ii'll! joint Navy-Air For e ofncer i!Xchaoge rrogrlLU1. He ~s Orr, Ma..rdl L. Pel,gue. who was attached to the A Air Sea Rescue command at McCho(d FidJ. W"shinE:tbn, He is

H -. Hens 11. squadron ground traming and A._WI officer. He .spent lV2 ),l:'l.L{S in the RGAP as d sergc:urt pih.lt and did 26 D1L<;SIOllS 111 l17"tIJll,¢i(}/1 bombers, After the U. ,enttred the ",""U-, he

r.

aboard

the lender

for IURlor repairs.

Ierided, seaplanes mar 6e ~'mplo}'ed to land forces if! rsclated b.ty:; aml harbors or even Ulland lakes or rivers. 1 roops so landed could he used either ill ..corumando r.1.id~" r ii' a
IDC;J.n5

Another Bll; Bo.u Ian, L dr. .Maurire Weisner. ,qtl,IJron executive othcer, fcds tbere are milny Iypes ofol'er.llit)[15 which a large seaplane is ideally 'uitt:\l for. For example, where l'ML'mr .1iJfields or porI Lid lities are hcavJJr de-

:;tudying the N((\'y s methods of doing search and rescue work. and holds down 1111 oBic!:> bind as StlU tl.dron tra.in· ing offi,er for VP·4(., Although he is Ilot followin~ In the footsteps of lJis lamous father, Milia, Rd}, 'r. Mantz Just gtill's and bears II when his Hight schoo] buddies who tl'
)et~ at

Paul Mantz, is the internatlonally known speed flier who hold.s the !ranscontifUtJlt::f.

clying the big boats.

North

Island

His

kid

him

about

ni rcraft,
•

nental speed record for j1mpdJer-Jtiven

[1f:lJRQN 1, CIlElU1Y POIN'r-Tb("

ph!lt,)

of srarrmg

an offensive,

at

to
MIDN. MANTZ, Yf-46'5 SkIPPE'R, CDR, MA.STIN

gtt considerable

force

ashore iu enemy

.mil ilull :J husv dAY rt'Ct{n(i '. One d tV It> record rend <15 r"IJIf"w~: S ilighh, "i rnJi~ ~'f aerial filrnJl!v~k.ped. 2 ,j!, drops, 1~1 r do· liH:r}'. ~,G45 ptinfo; mo.cle Irorn the aeguuvcs,
Resi,l'i()ted

28

Res tl'kl

ea
(rom the slipstream by a hal f -inch "lead line. The birds had made their home of straw, medical gauze, Lrcraf.t
safety wire. cord and

VF-24 CLAIMS GUNNERY MARK

Marine dungarees. The nest wa caref ully removed and placed under }lil eave of the headquartcrs buiJding, where the anxieus parents ("Quid FalSe their wam:lNiJlg future. lledJ;:ling in comparative peace, ln ,electing the Orighl111 homesite, tile birds had shrewdly picked a plane whiLh was grounded for two day.>; for

small

pieces

of

Vf-2.4'S

fl\lE

HOTSHOTS

POSE

BEFOIIE

BANNEll:

I,...TO WHICH

THEY

pepp~R.£O

2.32 ,50 CAt.

BJJLLEH

ollicinJ fixed gunnery record,

l.ty:> clairn

\117-1 'J,

(0

No IlfIOL K-Th is squadron what mlly well be all un-

Bird
EI lora

Flies Before Hat1ching

Marines
~C1te

an

AS'sisl

Using.5(j cal Mk 2 .srt.lIls. Mk 8 Mo!"l 6I.(un~il'('hl!;, reclaimed I!.ITIrTIlIll il i011, .1I1d l~l. h~l ((;ff:unlY' not least, shglltly fatib'1.ll:'d·· FILH aircraft, Jive pilat!> ired '16>' roUDCJs .tt a standard 6x:.O' banner, 're5ultlng in 252 hits for an
;c\'erlgt: of 2'Vo. Flving hom ceana, the five pilots were' b1 by l.Cdr, E, R. (SLim) Coffman, CO. They were Lt. W. J. 1-\1:11l!nd., Ell.". n. T. Kirc:bbolI, D, G. Thomas, and K. R, Knott. Ens. H_ RdJ:tk"t: 10wl:<1 the AfiA banner .It 15,000 (eel mdieated, and 1}5 knots indt <ired

Can il pi rd fly btl ore it i~ hatched? El Ton) Ml\ril1r.;~ 10~'l1tI,;J one that h•• d-in ;J little blue egv. reSlJn[! mu~lr
ill

J wel]- ecured

Ilt'Sl alop

U1J t'JJ}.I,iIIC EGG IN NEST MOP ENGINE

plane just In rom a rourul nil' Right to San Diego. The net was drscovercd a.fter he plane had taxied! to it position in l'ront of MA(;-J.; headquarters building
,!m:! rewmen ndticco a ~J1arrow !,crcilC(j

of a trauspcrt

J.

immediately W'h lit. ther

lhey

WCTe

were WiltchiuA the bi.rJ. startled to see another fly

on

the

propdlt:t

blade.

miner repairs. While the Marines worked 00 Oil engme, the birds had worked on tnt- other. ountl fiB 111 the test !light. it iassumed lhat the nest. complete with egg. made <It least three

IHghts.
MILO}!

aviators

have boasted that they

fUM were used exclusively the exel'(lse. SW istic el ewhere might reduce this perf orrn .. '1IlCC to ;1 ·'.O·SO" category. but the quadron still ha an ace in tht: holt' in its bill for" fleet rCCQ[d. Lt. W. J. Hendrick.

Overhead

lhrou~hout

the cowling. Upon closer iu pectfon. they lomleJ the nest ill a slight depressicn on top the :# l4 cylinder, partially protected

from

beneath

set :t plane down on a ILJ1lWay witboL/t breaking IHl egg. but Col. W. 11. Miller, pilot of the nest-bearing plane, is one who can really PfOV(; It. could

J.

former

~la~ waver

and

attack

pilot.

tile target 0 f ;j S:'i %. ~(cttinp 91 b its out of 200 rourrds fin,"tl. Pilots. were not pre-selected for the A Igb~. with a gunnel)' record in mind, but Were <IS, igned It random for a routine: h'\fIlncry Higbt. I ot (l single" stoppage or 1ll,1I functioning .of gLLOs or ,lir~ cr,.ft occurred. A totill of 96j rounds W,'l fired fllther than th e 1,OO() nvailable becau '(' two rilot~ f.dled to expend Ulelr f ull allowance on the 10 runs authorized.
<;

mercilessly tin] imbered. on fo.r an mdi vidual avera~e

~~'Il'. All)' utho'lr ,,<! u~dr~"~ "" [jill Lh.1r 1!oor.? • VR-3-M,t.y l';ghe, Ani, a flighlordt,tly, i~ rhe fir$t Navy Wavtc 10 51:'1 mol tin AdJ.k

r.',jil."r·~ \'~I.~; B,'"( iod.;..lrlnul tpenl1i NANo,w> h",. ~IU"\VN,>l1 ".,,'" • .,L I n I ~~II ~y [.1. IU"" Ad rn,,'till C. R. Hrcwn wh'" ~\t l1iJ\ Mt~ ou~ .ot J~IJ ".,Uutll'l fill" l(.iH~ with bi~ h~il1 130'~ h1 no FilB.. Ilt'ff\ f-(!i)t)J'a Inn.le .rf!.,flfttmy W:rt* Lt.. I Hnrtun Lt. ChllllYl'ont or F.~A. who 17 ~ hits rnrt C'li ~t) rf.n.l.ll ..t::! nu nn J\ 6.A ha.JHI~T (UI' nn ~7~~ 1'.(!'flrE!. 'ro p-rI}Yt"" It ~u...s no 11uku~ Oil 'UVTPHl ~I"'I 93'4. luts .,.IL of I Q~I' ''<>lln<1l. eol • 47.:;'~ en 10 .1I1f.· .. III h ....>>I. tL f V4, ',. B~ l "'Ilu\flr.on [Melt r'i!"or,,,,l !, the Nuw We V r.',1!J\. airW:1 hr ObL'l1vr rmt, "",odn~ tl.~~ b iia 1>01 of ~.:!7" l'Qund" r<>r Ill!";' r 1'1 AN"w w, J.\J!l" I'on I. ,,, !I 11'11[."1>" where I O'/~ W.... i. lj:DI1'l. YF.~oj rlll r"lt'~ 'I.!,pl:.u"u few lIN r~lH ~J~

j",

,,,,t

".""Ijt"

If,""

Bureau of A"'''It(l)Jlin hill an olfrdal /I,:;;. ("day. Ihe last Imrl:f.Il 111 the N,Hlj Dtp,'111IMJ1/1 10 .rtqlliu one. DuJ&Il(:J b, C"rJ'm p, Angle "I fbI! electrouro dil'l) 1011. t/,/: /l<Jf, [euinre) .1 ",e~f! MII~ ii",l1, <JIUH lvbiu ring, illlll'l' .•~J lillE ~lId 8rJ/d lJI,fah>rr' !l'lJIgJ, 1" tbe plJ"l() E1IJlrce Ch,m"ill Imld1 Ihe ,MW !liZ!!. 1If! lor .:J beuer otc«: the 111IJf, W;t; al'lmJIIl?d (.oj /1.. S, ~•• ,."'J ,}j Nil!) 0,/ .5 A-f.I,)' ,mil d~Jit-dJNl 'III Armed l'Q~(r. D.II'. 11I11i(h //loll 10 M,'j

Restricted.

29

CORPUS CHR,ISTI ~COP'T'E,R,S

KU.BICK.,

MONTGOME"R'(,SMITH,

SCHMU(:KfR

S·.MIHAl!;

St.:ING

Re(:I)£

.1 yeJ! since the r~t hd icopter arrived 'It NAS CORPUS Cl'LllIS'n f(rr dury with rescue

I,· Ii

,,'5 JUS1 .L I itt Ie over

fo£(t!'s tlil!rt,

It

W11S Oil

MardI 2'). 1'949,

pil[Jl at the

\HtS delivered, .:lll.d the two craft .supplemcnted the' regular plane and crash bc'\at5 of the uir-sea rescue unit 111lJ~r

('ont rols made its approach to ma inside with a 1J'l1~~ioD ;ilreaJy in the making, Whi\l: he was ffiltkillj,t his npprcach, 11 drama was b<:il1{{ enacted over Padre lslsud, the sand :;pit wbic:b encloses Corpus Christi bl'y. ' ~tudcnt
ill!!

that

an H03S with a ferry

the operations department CORPUS CnRrSTf.

01

NAS

for a l r<1$1i!.'~1Nat ional ,uud Later this same hc!icolJlcr ]'f04 to Palacios to search for [.he hody of II drowned lisherm,)1J1, search plane. u"cJeJ
ilt Palacios, landed to refuel there and JhCQv('ced tll,lt, 'Owing to excessive
/I.

An lO'ltructof
011

Wll.s

~lidymess, lomrlt::teiy Ob;\t~u(ltil1g his \ i)ioD.Wirh careful c<,;mching, he made :l w:hl:'th.up Ltnding which Lh.e insrructot promptl}' reported by radio.

Mil' hed

had developed nil oil leak wlm:h

coverer! hi~ windshield with the

Ili iaror to thl! beach,

"tlllking down' a
LmdCar-

dO\~"'lJed a"[lltor~, r!;.;wv~Ted six bodies [rom fatal crss h (''S , rescued .a IIsherman. ;l.
woman and a dog. The \'e't~:tliHlY

followed tire acnvities of these two rotafY wing .ti~Cf1lJt were typical of lbelr type rescue work,

11 fTER
tJH'

N mil

yeElr lhal

[)_

pJ10t

r.rolongt:d search

Tn II i'l thq

cffedtd 15

rt'5CU~~ 0 f

510ft

hovt:rillg operations, the main Irunsmisgrea!i.t' wns dangerously low. The

an emergency

Tbc student's

of 'a crashed l,4W;e. Tl1!,; scene was il1l\<:(e.:>~lble- r b J'a:nJ or water. Hy silutljjng bl:!t\vt:O!I1 the plane and a truck nearby arid nsin,g ligbtg,as loads, the plane was brought
nut piece

proved

in the sal,v~ing

or

Lht'

helicopters

\V))$

pilot, havill8 lle.rfomleci rnany missions of merry roc others, found himself in ;10 i ron ical position. Be was stranded with an lln1lynpJe helicepter with II hurricane I:rrellthiog down his neck The crown 111g blow was lhat h is home field was closed to Aight operatlons. No En:a.:>t was available. It wa's im-

n timing more il.prropti:llc to ~, Hollywood production lhall advanced

Witli rescue mission, minutes, tht:

by

piece.

Scptember

1949

",ItS

till"

busiest

/::eOluty took

the- fu ry

perative to ge~ mil of there to avoid

01

the hu rrirane.
C'Me

flj~ht tmin irtg. the F~rry pilot was bUCK in the air io ~O minutes, takfng the

H03S Oil iL,' first

had been pkkcd up by a lle.fithat had n' t yet been del ivered when the lil'Ud'c:nthad started his training,flight That demanstreticn was a preview o{ the year of operations to. come, A few weeks Iater a second nelicopter I'ktim ropter

In another

20

crash

mbnliJ ror the 'copters. When 3.. hurricane approached the area, they were C,lUCJ 1.11 to evacuate: 10 rraval per. 00 sonn el f rom I'lld re isl and when the

IranSln~~sioll was

On the same day a fisherman. hts wife anti dog were picked off iI mud iiln if'! Laguna Madre after their boat bad been washed agrOIlOQ. Immediately after Ibis pickup,ooe the rraf] was disflatcned to Matagorda peninsula 10

seas b~illJlt by boat.

too rougll for evacuation

of

gill.e oil, The pilot took uff in lowering l~il" il'lgs and proceeded to San Arnonre through Iwavy rains and bucking winds
}5-40 knots. AltItude for Fanged from 1. 0 40 fed.

of the situation. filled with heavy

A Iittl e in.
The
1:'.11-

or

Pilots of the helicopters are,' Lt. Edward Kubicki, Lt. (jg) M. D. MontgQmf.lry. and U. Og) S. K. Schumacker, Lt. Kubicki operated at Atftanti(u and d\l~in8 we Bikini A-bomb~est. Reutl'ictea

the Bight

30

34 NROTC'ers Visit Capital

P~nn Stota Group Sees D.C. from Air l'ryin!( the Nl\1' on [or'izc.:. ill tho.: air and on the sea, 31 prospective co~il!as from the NROTC Detachment of Penn Stare College spent (U'I actionpacked weekend ill Wushington, D. C. iktomra.nied by LCdr. llaroldW. JaMll non, Oin of the detachment. the grmtp was hrought to tbto apil;t1 oy special NlJ.vy bus Ior 11 tour lhflt in-

CORRY CENTIER FOR AIR SEARCH

one i
han!.
M

ARB,

a regular air fe, rue

FREQUENT

D.RlklS

~EE·P RESCIJE

TEAM

ON J

AlERT

NAAS
~Ol!~

COltR)-

FII~w-';{rhtcn

pl.irre

LCDR

JOHNSTON

Bil:IHS NR.OTC'E.U

B~fORE

HOP

eluded an unotli
N;.n.d Gun

i,u inspe
and the

tion

of t Itt
aval Air
ANA' .1}

Lido!}'

Reserve

jT'ljn.jn~ LCJ Uk TJ le~' Wert

Unit ut NA' b i llelcd at trw

t.uion lIiphlj~bt1l1.g the tnp was a i)-min' ute t1igJu over the. olpital ~rea, arrllllgc.d by the AJ{T, nlHi .r visit aboard the- Ol'f/IlJ, 11 NOH'}' submarine dot:kell in the Al1al.o~tia River
RI:'-I:I\'U1g

Jaw.f1 in the Gulf of MexftO or cra..~n·lanJ.,~ 111 tilt: Elortda sWlimps, the fi rst place 1"0 do something about it is Ihe newly-established cnnrdinarion (entL'J' Or search and re: ene operations, located in Corry's lield operations OffiCl<, The searchan rescue unu here plays It bIg parr in t-he operations of lhi .. arca \\IHlr its two PDY\ and two helicopters. Three boats belollging to NA PIlN6A(,OL\ are also held In readiness .Ii a.11 times for exclusive use or Lorry's r(llSCUE unit. Two ere 63 -fcot crash boars ,tnt!

The rescue unit 1S not restricted to Pensacola atl:lI alene but can be culled to any part of the area wh rch cover .. that Stction of the Gulf of Me"ltico north of Tampa, F1a.. westward to: Port Arthur. Texas and triangularly southward for 10 mile into the gulf. l;3ol,..termg the Navy ill:' four -oa, Guard stations at Mobile, Gulfport, Ne Orlean,'; .and Panama City. All of these have cutters and patrol boats in opchlt ion at all times. Por searches and rescues inland, Corry's wnit is aided by two Air force rescue L1I1 its. one at Tampa, the ether llt Maxwell A FB, Montgolllery. Ala. April 5 marked (he 1i rst cH1I1rver sa ry of the helicopter In the loal unit'. Ct. W. H. S);.IW(fOSS, R. C, lamilron, ALe (NAP), and J. M. Lieske, ALe (r J\P), the three rnal" have flo 11
11 rc cue missions and 26 searches
JOt

men and planes lost in the area of the Trulning Cornmaud dunng rhe year. f the rescues made, three were directly
over w ..ler ,

FLIER CUTBACK
ZP-'. Wfll!i( \'1l.LE -l"htce Qflicen. of ilii<; :lIr~hjl' 3.lJU:luron, whose aeronautical careers totalled o ye:tr of il!l\J.I ,en Ie have dosed their fl}'illg ~ervice aud been tran ferre to submarines anti communications. 11,ey are Us. P. M. J.l"1...~ n. J. F TodJ lU1J C R. Roof. Between 1<)21> and 19.);). Roof W~lS a lH:W member o{ the uir;;lups La. AIIge};'1 :InU Akmt/ ,ll1d was an eye witness of the burning 01 rhe ic:prdin Hr>'';,lIt'f1jl, at Lakehurst. He followed t.his lip With heavicr-rhan-air duty. He was u member of Lbl" In.ll board to develo] and rest the 1n'}'s irst four-engine patrol bomber, he PIlJY-I He W'l" .'l crew member of
Ihis plane from

HITS VETERANS
many others. In 19·jfl Ul(:Y flew Adrniral Greenslade and Ins party along the entire Atl;U1til seaboard from Argentia t • ulh Amezica, inspecting
bases to be used

Middies

Tour Air Stations

Second Anllual Cruise Circles Nation FUll I 1 (,.Ja.y CTlJJ~(.'!i around ttl ..· Un (ted };Lt~ to inJoctrinatc midshiprnl..'l1 in nnvnl avurion have been an110Ulh ed Ier this summer by the N<tvill ArilJemr, The hr~t ,1;fOllr of IOU m 'n kIt JtHlC'! '> 10 tOUt the nation, !lying in iH.1,1 and IISP I'Lll1t'<;. Till'} \ j~!ted Patuxent Olathe. Hamilton AFB. .tid.: Los A Lunlto)' orpus Chrislj, .UlU J.l kson"Ilk. A1wlhl:f ~rOtll' leaving at !"lIt' same date: Ylsltt:q Pil!UXCI,t, Miami, Pt:rl'Kol.~, .Eglin A ra Fluri.J.1., ()Iru", hristi, March AFB. edit; and Glel'l-

by

rhe

U.S . In con-

nection with the Ilistt'lri

Pact." ln 1~41, flC}' man On .1 lend-lease rnissio«

"50 I estroycr Hew Averill 1 lnrrito RU5Sia.

During. this time', by sredill

193'

to 192.

re<Jucst,

'.

\ It'W

I bees listed above. ThiS year' U1doctrmalion tours mark 111(' second year that tbis SYl.tem of o;.l'ljj' .es by air have been held, tlu J:l'Ognllll be IUg tumld ll·tI in 199 or tht lirst time.
• M A. fu. 'rolt -'rhe enure staff ,ltlel student b. dy of we Army Commurrd and Gen.tr.1i t~IT olles:e.;lt Fl. Leavenworth, Krnsas, O('W to III 1'01'0 ill 11 Ir.Jlupurt~ from ~ M "·1 .... and nn:·J5.<. \'V'b i le here ll1e)' w~rru~d the jlllOi Nll~y-M.Irilll' Corp. m~~lr:!I\w kn'\WIl M. Delli""

JulJ

to ,1l;rllrt

Additional air t1L.Li,~· were .,,·ht.'u.r!.I;J from AIlI1.IpOUS 011 June: 21,
R and July 26. \-i,iling the same

lhl:'}' often flew such dis.! iTll'!llil>bcd pel" sQnJg<'$ .IS Frankl ill D, Rcosevell, \):till$ton Churchrll, Prank Knox and

In 1 94:! lhey evacuated Franris 11. :lyre, then commissioner of the Philip. p i nes, h is family aml st"Jff, to $.1fely in Honolulu, The $JJ'Ik yQlr they made an open .~ea lanclin~ Y) miles of( J.t\'[~ and rescue 27 survivors (rom the sunken illfrraft carrier L:mgley and ;LJ· drrionul survivors From thl: sunken Reel tanker P ((J 1 I" i9·:l_) tht'}' flew urn" ncr '\ elles and other cll~njtarie5 to the slgnrng of the Atlarltn .. P.Kt. Lt Todd WJ.S it crew member of the Jlmiur AluM11 ·when she Cfil.'lbed in 193'1, Durin,; the W;H he W;lS with V<;"-1-2 on lhe r&lI g~1 and then returned to :Ilrshlps. Jackson also wa~ a new member of tlw ,\of.u·(m J.IlU served .It LT A bases H\ lh U. ,. Carnbbean and If] South Amenca duriru; the war,
• NAAS
rrjlirung
!iALJrtVY

planes
CI

I,;uldle hc.,.'}'

mmunirutluns trafli whlle

"r

1'lrLD~Fort}'
11<1\\

gllllnety

U'l'lH

have VHF

to

m.

JACI(SON,

TODD, ROOf

AGVISE TOUI){G

PILOTS

gunMry hops. e -AA$ WHI'l'lN« FIf:LD-Twl1 fire rnuks ft'lml thi~ srauon helped firemen [[.1Brewton, A II'" Ji,!lbl :J $ 1QO,noobJ,lltll. rJl(l·] Ih rearened th~ ttr""n-Ihe rhud. tJllW In two yea!''!; station !irem~1l hd\'~ fte 1 I'e<! (ivi1in.ll 6ghtc[s.

Restrioted

Plane Hook Gets Rugged Test

HIGH

SPrED

'!DECK'

fEn

HOOK:

CHECKER80ARD

AIDS

MOVIE

ANALYS;IS

RL·AST Of SPRAY

,RISES AS 110 MPH eM' h"isting_

SQ/llld,

S.TQl'S AFTER

tUnl NG HOOl( the S,,/i,b/lI'Y

WOIS

carrier-based r1.mt''l arIS lJlld"rgoi n,g a rigor(IUS .it Ch:tfKt: Vought Am:r.lft company's Dallns, Tex.rs, plant. Landin}.; hooks of various manufachirers are bcing jested, ill a un ique research program lJ1lder contract with the ~:I'VY; to Iindoui more about hook bounce, lmpcrtarrre o,f lU're5!ing hook research
fll:
NAV\'

T restlllg

"-8ainst the black

(hci'kerhojH~.

show)

the

plallr

nhllarQ

hook examination

the hel!;ht ef the bounce. Tho: lcst stand is c(jl!ippt:u wtub wires

it

became

apparenr

to eT1siner:r~ in 19'15.

when a surv<l:')' showed t-hilt about 'iO',}" of lXlrriU'J" crashes rquld be blamed on the 1:andin8 hook. Eithl:f it, bounced (Wf.:( lhc ,lfreS!'in~ csbles, or it broke Qn conraet with tile deck or [he (ltbte. Hooks huve been known to bounce over not' Ofl_e but five wires. How higll does a hook bounr,('? How lonp ltocs it Sltl.)' ill the "ir} What Me rhe uiliqll loads encountered when It h its the deck? These are tJ It' question s Cbanrc VOlI}:ht (In,gi1trer~ Mit st';t!king to answer in the test". The tool of the research progr;lJ1"1 i" an lu.qen ieus (;l tap lJ-1 r de5lFl)tci by CVAC aru] buill hy thlt Navy, Instead or hurl inc; the hook at the deck, VOblgbt'~ C"al.l.pull lllrow'S 'tlti: detk .tl the hbOk. Propelled down 60' of rail by u cornprcssor, the 4Qu-poundc;lr! ....Tlidl ,[("!;.j; .1:- the "derk" reaches 5I'Ct'([$ more than 1 ()U mph at the Lest stnnd where the hook hmgs. It (OIIIes. to a

connected to all oscillograph to rec-ord stresses an the hook, and the speed of the (lIrt i-s lJollble·th.eckcd by wifing in the tucks and by a photocell atrachrnenr; The J.;ey to hook- bounce j, tht" dashpot, a: hydraulic damper Similar to the J ev ice wh ich kee ps II - screen door r rom ,,[.ullming. Allowing rhe book rr-tt $W.ly cOllling JOWtl. the darnper Lh~(._k.. it~ upward rnctrcn. Goal of the research program is to d(._'"!;~:n ,1 d8:shpor which witl permit 11 hook to rise to eXlIply the riJ!ht hel~bt
.ill-er

,mmpleteJy During

fJ'~~of vp~r',

\1'1l5

fourul

tly~t lhe bp!t"111

marine growth. ~t;l}' lit Ht>(I1l, KW1!,g, Ut<!-

tender heisted planes .1iJo;lTJ dunng rhe.ir 'Illy t heee, ~'!1cl.i"_g; lht sult 1'·>1Wr c'l"trt(:lsjllll ,111.1 harnuiIe prohlern Hr.illsli in Hung Kons I.~pvt: 11lt']f Smldrdl,,,J flying- boars rn the w .. ter iUI" lUrlg :I'~'ciLl~ wjdl. IlW ~prMrent
harmful dk~I~.

AD

hitllng

Ibe

zontal ilnd vertical speeds, The Vought !.at,LpU!t l]tO\Cide~ hcrizcn llli ~pn:t.l by acceleranon of rhe "deck" down the IraLb, and it can coatrol vertiral ~pct~h by ~-h::m.gecl;u1.gle Qf the .,Jed" " F urther, the engineers hope to assist other menu(<It Iurers, evo! \"iug ,j 5ta.I.'I~"l;I:diZ:td desiSI1 or a b(~ok 01 the proper weIght.. shape. ~dd.iti"n:. :\0' of 'A" t<!:rsiit (11('0.1rs illsltilbJ II::JIgth, sizeof dashpot and hold-down [0 take up 1 c s Iiock 0 r re lease. 1'0 ... 1rom are h 1 spr ing to insu re I hat tht' iI rrest irtg book p"ssibil.ity M the t.. ,W ,Iine fl:;,I181 oS III' IlII the is 110 longer a haz<HJ (Jeter in carrier
l;Uldin~s,

deck

111 'lluiOtJ.S hori-

A:nAN'tlC- Tu ~iIl\F'1ih' ,tfr-I,,·a if 8ul'lIlH)" IIlW operations, to cut down tillk 0'" Ill)' ut tow plane <lrdving at ehe gunnery Melt, ~I1Q t, r U$e t,'w lll~ncs f"r merethen on~ operunun, th:is sqlwdron HlrrY~J"I~cl •• 1I>tk 1 M!ld II tow can for banner release IlISI.J( \'('irl1 the I~n, J> Mk ~ I Mwd 1.2 burnh tad:, 1 .... \It <:i1l.5tll hJrd tor J-,,, nou ~1iJ)@, (,: of ~I rip run 1" hy 3/1!\~, ,I n 111 e01;001 iuruper [eud :n" Inng 'Ind t\w, man hours till. tow tlln b~ converted [I'r bennet release In (light. AJrt'rAt can be ci/o:t;"r1 fnr t"wIng III 1~~5 rhnn l() llcin:Lit(~. Till' tl!W rnn L~ p.u.h.J tilL s.unc. hut in

v A- 15.

Carries Gunnery Banner

1"

Paint
VP·4--r,
",hId, the
holllN~(jlllt

Balks
N<l1I:V
([Ul[II'ai

Barnacle
U1 II :1'

CrtJ5t
I ~ 5.
no
tbUlI

renter bomb rack of the A D, a tow IJ nt gu ide "'"IS was eleveluped, ur1ll2]ng the swav brae ... h'll,,~ ill the \lIlder~id(.' (If the fuwl,~e_ J',11' bl<.t rC'''-u.l~ n mnxirnurn 'p,-,lld of '<;1) kl1tlti;
!l:t

PH U I f'I'1 N Es-I~

p_rob<lbly

r,J]s

'Jill{.

''''11'1'

"f

rdC!,~e of banner

l~

IV,'/ltmT\t-nded

~nl'llly, P,II[g~l~ Lbt ,1';'j~,

dead

in 41//, The sudden stop is s_d,ie~ed by addhalt the

after the deck hits

air wii:Jl a burst of

Log to the carr ,1 water·filled CJllil,der which ill penetrated by a pi~tol Iusr

spray.

hook. filling the

Marks in il c/Ji!ling of IlmeOll the "derk" show where the hook hit, how long it ~tayed on the Jeck.al,d any laler contact it made With the deck. A movie camera, shooting the hook

as well '1~ shjr~. When "PlIfatiog w'tb the (ttl,let S"II!P",,'iJ. S'Hlwi 3,1 S:angh.'y Point, PBM', II{'1llir",llhjd~ ~rnwth) <if ba,rtl",des ron the huJ ls, Wb ik the (!.>nd(:r W.aS !.Ipet<l!in~ in SIMlghni '1Ice'.!. one rtn:l:IL W~~ ~cting ~~ 5AR fe-lUI pltt_rw f('r t\\'O WI:'{"k, uad W;L1\ In clle w;lter ror that p~fiod w[iholJl flYing. :lCqllitll1g n Iw,I'I' 1il1d "I harnacles. T~~ best means of prevennng the- ~n:lwtb rs p,::d(,d,t ilJ,pLl~tl.Linn8\If chromate (" (h e bot1Il)l1 (li ill<' huIt A pian.. Ir t"J.[~,(J tlla, "'-'IS exposed 10 rhe water for rwo weeks. Upon

Ii(~n N;tll

GIJI'IN~RY BANNER

ATTACHES ToORACK AN'D CAN

32

ll~E

MJ\;JNTEN .... CE REQUIRES CARJifUl N

AOJUS1MENr

Of

HOUSING

Nun

KE PING
scienli.fic achievement. Yes, takeit. but aft~r tltal you will have!' samething more than a rnerhanicnl toy. no matter how simple .! jd may 1001- :1:; you sec Its power released ill a £lighl of 11,}!h(ea in .111 i)lr parade. H mar be gLuTlof'OLlS lU lhe a.r, but on the ground are the maiutenance Olton who arc hnding u somethinl!

JETS
will be substantially reduced.

ROARING
bration of lhe tern] erature recording ,}'~t{'m after repair, aLbers may net. 011 the: b.ll..'>IS of prdimin ry field expenence, some such differences may he eliminated, or 1I.gain. there may be 'till nther with which to deal. There is no {Tystnl gazer
who
ULll

"KIl

'J'HE Jet

as

an

example

01

n,tlUrdlJr directs i raain dFort5 to keep"il11' this hot section at peak effirlen cy. Ii line rnainrenanre is tttectiyc at this point, the rate 0 overhaul rn in(eniU1-C"t: The hot SC' lion is nonmill_) out of tolerance Iirnits first Fortunatel)', it", Jo alton in be .ul"ltaft provides u fair degree of acre sibility, In thb section, where: up 10 10,OnD sh,iCl horsepower is developed and velocit is little wonder that maintenance of a hiBh .irul thorough order IS required. By n:j.(uJo'rly Jne! frequtntly inspe'tiu8 this hal ~ec ion. not nly Iailures Within it can. be determined, hut rnalfunrtiouing of the other S-cclions m.il)' .LL.,o hr,qetected. How" ever, today U1<'[(: IS .ery Iittle, other than line /1laiott::nanc;ein. pections, whi 11 '-.ttl be performed. l3ut Btl AIlR Mili ntenance bas not been rontent 1"0 Icl it' rest III that, The-re mustbe a way t~ expedite line main enance of
rernperatures, the 1101 serticn. Obviou 1)" iF some

foretell

the trend.

work and Cuss, fiJJ1~ lind 611:thi~ wouder tl1!,rioc: 0f today. TIU! minute .1 jd engine: It:J,v~' the ,.ontractor's. plarrr, iL I~ the p!opt'rtyand the problem-of the Nay)'_ How to operate il \ ith maximum e[u:iency and safety. how to extend b, Ii e and usefulness, how to insure that i1 does
Jl1 that
11 WIl;l

ks~ than

romantic

to

ities appw;,,,h sonic

values

at extreme

A[ present, perhaps fhl'; bl&f;cst problem in the field is replacin turbine rotor blades, Unless the blades are nght. the whnle enfline am be out of

balance,

railed, It

blade: f "II)' inspected

n't enough just to replace the the: whole t:l1ginc must be (arc1

ln <lJdiHon.

If

,I

blade has
that the

to make

sure

originally

desigoc.d

~o do

is. in the last analysi , a problem maintenance.

let llnc maintenance jtt' ,t:;clf. fartuoately.

is us new as the

rht de.:sif!1l of the jet lends itself fl:adily to rhis type of marnrenun e, because it is essentially an open-type engine with only one rotaLll1g assemblj-, aud U1t engine rt;;d r is an tl.lsily dianaeable unit. Ju -C anulyze a let It h<15three sernons: an accessories section, n cold eclion, and .1 bot section, In general. all accessories run be n:placed <IS UI1 itseven when the engine is in tailed in an air(r;ifl. The old section, as its Dame sUJ,;gesfs. operates at relntively low average temperatures which mean II long Jj Ie and :l 10'" rate of deteeioratien, But tbtc hot. eetion rs- rlilferrot. It I~ the joker in jet d~ign' bert' ate the partl> wh ich lill11t jet USdlU life, Here
rnerals are

of

l!lileJ blade has not damaged other rttrts. For example, it h;~~been fund that limited operation wltb 11 broken turbine blade has caused vibration arid resultant l<rackillg of the accessory moon hug brackets On the forward part
the:

engrne.

F a definiteof limit must the blades

11t:ld. Once
turbine

un,n tests have further. indicated that be placed on number replaced ill the-

lute: llmits, the life expectancy of the ~Brt~ is low, and the rate of deterioration i:-; hi~h. Jet line maintenance quit
R

stres

ed

dose-

extents, disM8embl)\ _parts replacement and reassembly of thl.: )c:t t"ll.p;iue hot section by Class C artivitit:S-f'ASRc;ms an d Marine Sen'lee
,glne

tended ·C Line low, to varying

method cQuld be devise'el by which Jj,;lJ ,Ktivlties could safely replace hot secrion component .. he life Qf the jet engine between overhauls could then be extended to those limitations imposed by the cold sffti~'In_ Th!tt program 1$ now being de doped by BuAf.1t in onjunction with jel engine manufacturers. Basically this peogram, called "ExMaintenance,' will al-

this limit

is n<acbed, the

to their

abso-

quadrons, Of nece sity. I111S to be consldered

each type separately require

enbe-

cause of its difierenre.s in design. While

One series of engines

related to administration and supply. TIle entire progf~m will increase the a ailability of engines in operating activities, and will, by making line maiotenance highly effccth'·e, .reduce the number and cost of engines teguild Lo uppert the jet pro~mm. For the next few years, jet Iinc maintmance. prograr115 will in itil prnbabi I_ity. be rapidly expanded. But the pnm· ary goal of £light safety, effe'tive opera· rioo, eccnomical maintenance and absolute readiness, wlll rontinue to be the
major coaceru of BuAER Maintenance.

rotor assembly must be replaced. In J.Jd trion to techn ical problems, there are, of course. the usual ones

may

cali-

'''tel

33

Re.rtrictetI

AVY, AF EXCHANGE O&R IDEAS

und Air Pure luwt' exchangeel 2~ I"Jlut> with eaeh UfhlOf. t(1 ~(:'f'V~ 3 !,em With ~(t!\ t 5q,tadf{JIJ~ I)f tho »ther 't'l\' In. Hull, ~en"c.;es· h"JO" til g..i11 new id('il'~ ~) tlli> "IIILJI- ••lid (" ('l.I'tlwr un11£ i'-Jl."Y
UKlIt

Blue Angels'

Hydro Test Unit

T
the

Nt!!

'U 11,

Iii

w.'

lIul!:Il/nr,

NAS SA~

DU;(ifJ

and

NAA', WHITING--A ,'.m,bm"li\ltl J11<1brll" hvdraul.( tesr unu nnd power SI.! PI' II' I", s!Lutiug wa'!. .1 Clyini; need of the rumnten ance un If lJIki.ng ~art: fiE [he BIlle AI/fIJI I ~,,:tllbilwn ream w1lid, Ill!!> 1'9p'·,. Answer IOJ tJII.!S l'mh!tTTl WlIS [uurul. l'l' modifvmg fI type A·I mublle power urut til pruvhle (II!;; IlydmlLli~ I es I r>lLilili~,~ ~ I~(), II
\\'<15

Sacmmerrto Au M"[I:r"d :\r~1 lit ,\1,C!uJilin AFB g,11 tnBt'thc'r ~nd d~(idt'd fh. Id .... would w •• rl,. ttiw rn the repair lick!. So 1', rw" Hnil Iii!' •. seru lllli'Cf.5 to 'im II.

d""'lgl't:d

b~' [ll.'[~"nncl

ance unrt.

Ii'

tlu-

mnintun-

The

tTloti[ljc;lli!m
IIA-JO,lJ41'

Vi kl:tIO

used generatru
CAPT. BAIRD EXPLAINS JET WORK TO

cunslsted <If uttar hing •• hydrauhc pump (01 the UHm"uuL.I1,g pad by m":lfb Ii .I

MEN

lielll in ",bldl the, evinced Ir'I· teres] """ the rellln,,:J! rot io". fl' HII,1 11,,,,11) ~knrt'J. Illd:11 conuuners w rthout I U I II,<:'J <1:1 en .1":1: h" lhe conr.iincr Till. i-, .H.,pll1prbl:~d hy <l1H; ng h.d {·tn, Illfl~ on ~I"p,,~jte Oil rer ~d,g;es \I! lil" iU~l rt , 13y III rumg Un.. III.WI! ..mil Illl ~I.","'H P!1ft'lIll 1-; III ,t f1gur!1~nl 'I; illl rhe Jl'nt. the Inserr cnn Ix rcrru .. 'ed (,~,liJy lIml tbe nmt.,u·'el III 11 rCI'UlI'''.I. \'>;Iilltllut the h.,If-m'I"n, Iii" '1I1lI.llnt·r "'rotll..!
lAIIGl RAMJET ENGINE INSTAllED FOR rESTING 1M' e

An"tllcr

l('ut~,

tu be tum "part It' rernuve tlK (<;rI. Iltll~ Jc:,;r,..,ving Iii (0101;1in.-r ,'UI· fl,·

other s plnots (0 learn wh.11 til.", ,<luILl .ibout \\.IY' lo 'iJ\'~' mWll:l' ,1l1i.l IIl1r>n'\'~ muintennnce ,If planes and engines. " at QII l~ Jid thli' <lVcrilitl.ll bt a.lrtrll t and "Q!:1i(1t ... [1i't>vlde ~ (I>01J'lI'1n mcerij:lJ; ground, ~ bur rile respective Navy t'O·1 ancl AF P'8t1 air[rdE, prollrall')~ bmuShr the kio.lhip lorO sharper IO{U~, The expenenre was valuable. nl Iwlll orjl:lIn icu 1<111• Am"'I' urher • rlung, il WUlI ,lIst vere... !h,u- .Jifkr~JIl .... nls l o wen; U~1,'J to P,,,IJCtl1(' ba.s-I(sjlv the surne operauon of procedure, When rhe avy VISHO~~ letr {hey took ",ith them written mater ial of value C\' them, including (tetlllli(Jon. of wrrninpJ<1.g1' to esrab-

rurc use

In lh, adnurustranve litld. the vj,il(,r< were impressed h1 Ihr IIl1lke'\r1" ~nd ~'Cirm "F
jJ,(, O&.R Jtp:U-Lrm~m
S

';n1pfl.t Inel>l'lmi\l

pUllIl' ,,!hl'ter
I~

ulld

drive

rnannnls,

Ljckin,l(

shaft Ih" pump rpm sU'Jb~d ilrnih b~ thl::

,t;tn"l"UUlr_

kept within prepUWl'r unit engine

lish
(i::['I

tt.!Ll

urufication oj expr~oo The AF ]I.e· Iht' Navy'. invJl1l1ion f\l rerum the

like rraiure, th\:y rellli~ed lh~ \"h'l· i:>f " '''nsoliLlll~ed ,1n,t 1,'''11''1>1: u1t'lhnd of g.h IllS SLrp..rVI,,}1)' leve Is Ihe lal(+$l in II"r1l1.1l111n "Ii urgtltlrZiltil in, j.1l,Iky, I't"r&lllr':;, Mlrl 1\ ,,:thnJ ... The rnut uu I ~J(i>o:rH'n~(" (;'xcr"tOgt te'.;ulllflg frum rhe ,j"t "'( !ilia D;~gO) n&H f"t'I",<Innei tu SAMA and the '<turn Visit or AJ~ pcs·, M'nnd In S.lIl Dit;gll ltl1~ r!lU41t t" oren Ihe dltvr It) thr JI~Hldr~" (l( ,Jhl.- Jf"' <,h.ped III each sc rvrce. In the .n, "ll1p.,nymjl pili,h" ell'l A, L

~u),thing

,,(

The pUIJIP
tl~<IlcJ 1<, Uw

iawt 11l1d !iu!l ..1 p"rt~ are conIJfU>lfl grJlt.lud test ")nlt~[lil'I)'

,)f f1~li.ihle 11;Jru~ I it: h,~,1.' The 3-'fuaf1 hydrau IIC reserv olr. filter :mJ fin",· sure 8"l:I,gc prllvitll:' 3 fluid ";HUJ'''<'. fi!ll'ring medium lind pressure- mdiUJtlll~ ,I!'p'irlltl.l~.
1Ile:t11'

hy

u,m~

paul a qtll on rhe O&R department n[ S,!n Diegn, where Liley foutal much to
I'til[ ~IlJ

consuler, Df purucu I~ I inretest

IllIId
lhl !If ll~if!g
f>r/l(·LJ. ...

w~ s the

0.'1> me I~"

ILlS assistant, Cur J, 1\, Arnul.l, txp!.'n the N.;vy jet P\'Utl"tW y~lefl\ til e,,1 1\ 0 Huder. am! Cap!. It H, !lllld: nf 11 kCI el!.'1l AfJj.
,In.]

l1~ir-d. O&U

OIlitilr at

Nutth

lsland,

(rigbt)

mrc LII( PlI:Wllf t",(1 ,,_ ompatl't~ ilre 61th' AI/gel, to "II trf"", H~ lise .15 .1 hI· "',luli te>[ uuu as W II ~ ;1 sou rc e of """, ct for ~ti1rlil1g inU'l.:n~t'~ ib ~L· .jl~lilih'. s Tho: 011iruenaore umr bdleVl;'~' thaL lhl, ( 'rlVt[SI(111 \ "\lId be especml I), ~\.likcl r, 'I' n ~t til !l'ilIe~ \l.'eJ,t(;og lrom .... rrierv, .. Bw-llt:'r Qwmefl/-Al! type A-l power pl"l'\l.~ filar b~ 5" adapted. A-Z's have au AC gee ernror mourned on the Ilppe~ pad, rh reby prevetl1.ing such adaptution. It i.~ n,ct)fmfllmded rh~( filter:;. b, provid!ldi..r ill{nke and ourput pons of !he ptnnp. Meruls LO ohservl" inralel" p"el16(U'l!olire "I$~' desir"bl~ ill order rJ" •• c;n:JtauQn of th .. pump dollS no! occur, It is further desirable for I'h.., A· t oper<1!or (I) know th" I)urput ~'r""· .m!'e of lhe p'urup.

hUf1 IIIg'

i,lr

uLigh

,i~,

TIll'

'hun

I1lutlng PMh 1,,;<' mdilu.I

Axman
iI.

Helps se",

Repair
pays to

Plane
"hIe to dll

"l1ll"llhl" IU" In,ubIL~IfIIW PIIIPlt'lf1 ,II ,dl:ndl~1I1 ,llnl ruU!IUJ.: "lIlt' tin nugb I"lr'. H'S,1I)~ ,I, ",.,11 '" ,umt!vitlg lilIUnnGlllJn ,1' I', ,dl,1 w,~< .1"[1': 1'1'\" [<111'11', (N/\Nrws. Al'II L nf' "q)

grCJtly

Vl'··L 1'.'\C)'l(.,,-ll

Ii

IS

illl.:Xr 'rl"'~

I"

lJ<c

I'U1LIII c.1 ~~ th~ bl' lTIuch.ne Wid,

,,,dill '>,dl"
J.

,"'c
ftll!

(\

\V,iIJ~,I:

I'

~" ,\OnH,\,~J_
1\

H~-,I I" ,he

11

th~ c"J~d ~afL; heeal.l.e

'1<;-

11(l·~tMl'lpcJ Inj,ul11~dnn hl

lll~ tjlg~
.Iitlnll!:~d

~ft

l'<lrlimcl

hI

litlle tlunkil1,g; , lieU ,tn lllt~r.tWtlcv "ri.~C!$ Ih'll r nOL(O\crcd b ~l1j'dlil\$ in "hc Book. Wilen the \I:IS "Hsed llhet a nQmlaJ luulh·unJ .. . t,onell-os. ~'" ,I <'l1l~d"1I1 "l.,ne. g o J"ud ,n.\f'lling nui.sc h~Md !rhp~cti\ln showed thaI the htt'ilg <In J,(: t"rw,(]'J d1d .t! th~ Iln,t whrtl «x!~lnd frrfo! ~t(ltt W,h' hr"k~n SII. alrhm1lJh the on,,!! ",h~el '\'a~ dllvm. i,

",,$

,Ir.ilnll'g d,ern,llCl I,. llnnul)h Ill.. '-l>t' of difJ~lf-nr ,1t'~ll!n~ ,lnJ ."lIL..,. " l'''''up IIi Ihtst 'hllrr ta.g~ 'I~. part will in.lk,llt till. lyre: Ilf WPI k. nwdtJ <if T'li.11lt' 1111wl]H,.h it IS Lt.,nIL tile fn"ntll It W:I,

l'O

lllJ a,'l be' l!'xtend,,-oJ to 'tW,' rd b" t hie hydru N~gat,VI1

Ii

'r~tJ!rn ia r

II·

G',

"!wlllo\h
IHW

til

.Ll'rL1ed

lu"k.

tn

,)OJ

~1~1I.t

imJudlcci. til ",~lTtbl}' I11W \Yhu.h 11 \\,111 ht' ;n,hill"d, the inldthaJ1gt'lli1ilitV o)f Ut~ p~rr. wlrel'h r lill UIll.lsu"ll"'''ct"S~ 15 Iml'h~d, 11". "'U t'" au.:! prinJ'it~ or the p.ut .111<.1 tu \, how it ~ludl h(' wnt n,d, I\'h.l1 the)' hllu III

J"

In Il,

TI1~ Air Fornt men "xprb,t~J " hdkf th'l "'l[b S(}j1'l~ a.,! u~tme!l_l t hi. mellllJd LT1 il:ht f~1l 'o;! IJl1e nt 111t'll: rn,!.t \'ex, ns rruh l~m>. m

Tlw plant' Ol.j1t:liin, G~"rge C. Del1IIJtl, ADC wen .:11>'1'0 tn Ilw II>nrw) .nml"artmcol i11 lilt no><=St;dJurL_ dltlppCJ II 6" holt III the \)'111;, fWlld, r .I..nud IhwJJgh Mid pirkf'J up th<: d<)rlgli(Jj: !!1<;ltllding ,SlrUI 'Ht- Ile!cJl It:! I,b(\;· '111 the nose SC!llr \ 1,;1 til lirst tI1edl Oltu""I<'d tbe "mu"g(:nq nl'~c gtHr ext'l1,jlm s)"· tt'rrl To insnre the In.k. Denwn (h,jpf'~J .1 nntlwr hl,lt· hel ow j he ~1l1u.1 th 'ck '" i(j.ltlw I 11f1d I'll I lilt, sliff.kno:c !n plll(e By .tHin,!; I.his, !u; madtc the suhsequ(.'nl 11Indlng ~~1r~
ii,mlOtl'l ~nd Unl;!\'Crlti:ul. HERE ARE PUMP ADAPTER AND UN IT DRIVE SMA FT

34

station reE!n:'lful'y diminishing uverhaul require!I1('n~ tor !f1e Chatltc V<)!.Ig~)l Cori.ur, FI,r rnore than three years, UI;S plane has heel] th; "guinc.l Pis" {or eJlrt'riftl(mt~l p_r!)~e55in,g n\t'thu.d~ .md .weorl1-'1l11 procedures hac. rijlll1l1 11Y I he pwJ u ni on Ii!i~ l,,{[uti q (!t uun In Iht hOlllh bav rhe ail'<T"J! fl I' "iI..' hdd i mpra cri c:d fiOr .lirt1"ltft ()vcrJulul tel r th;lt til j~ repea led IlJII1{JIj ns material I} I>"C'HI~t ,)[ the cliltwen!'f' ill work rctJ uire ddjt'i(~l" the sl'n~iti\lity uf thl unn, Lh£r~'b}' rnenrs between g(OIlp' (II p!;U)t·_'_ The pr1kn. limJlins ib PPNill'lt>rl.ll ff"cti\ eness, 11.11 ~lnins" hn\~"vt:'r, wcr \,)u large ttl 1'0 11\er '''fl1I: ihrs undesirable coruhtusn, _ I>:nonc h" Id"'if without II tnal. 'r'be Corss» .lInut'ouOl> d"IIV "'.1> J<;, d J,('J h\ r J Fll!". was ~d('nl!d [or- the ",l(pt'nn_I~I]l.III Lh~l II re ll, AOl fO be used nbourd slup In ruturc (11'" itlr:J. tht' gr"".t"~t range uf v.lri"bles cx",iu.~, It \~.L-' lUn~t1'Il<t"d <If light "(tight with ndequarr- qunnuty i. r experience, tubtd\ff ,t~td nHJunll"tl on pneumaric tile. AJ!>prin.'l the, tcillniquc lrrst to the \jllick tI. ,.hs,)j"h lilt! shod" llf U():iSin~ AI.':lu deck bllgiCle eh,trlgl' assembly, it r"f"~ SIt (OffO:lrt'rnhinr'l phi ,w, 4) lIT~ that in ., shurr time the plao W1J.S exA rubber cusluuu, lu("lad un ,he plutloTl,1 t~nJt!J In i [f,lu<il;' thl.; .11~cll1bli' the 1,IJ!le. nn which ttll;" ~'JIl()hu.,v rests wi!! ahll ,II\,· MOe(: lind rnure iruprtrvcmenrs were mad~ surh "ddj t i"rm I "lweI; - - \onpbu"y, Me lud.[ u r~ t l U n~ bctitntt' bette r 5)' nalt~\'j]Jl;C d u ntil 111 ~~fl'rd" 111 1,I"ll' hI blH"f\~<: -~tMp'_ The IIIJ.fl.Y. wH.h II.e ~xpcri('n(rI1LJI1dtcJ" ,Ii ..ll,n) '011,11 'l{lUm!l"'~4tc" 12 hu"y,~ LInJ .Ml planes behind us, the asscmhlv wSI IS onebe h;lIIdf~d by one 'If I",,, men. 'llll6 car hllif 11k 1\).17 fi,!(llre_ til.". lIe1p, ~llrcgu~nl tile bl.l"I'~ n"J saves rh i" \lw..l will. Iho; h)lll~" in produr11IIIl' lind lll~nt>I'W(" tion tcchruqne. changes 10 ')Q;.Ln)Zat' in 110.1 ,.dmrni'lr,lIi<l11 h<lCUUC nC(c:'~sa:ry. Attunltc' ... n,uleT o III IfHtnl-Tlu.' use of a 000" quem il\o; , If "~'~'''"I''n h"'Larnc mandatory, buuy dolly "pp~-"'" to have consideeable "'hi,h In turn requm,s the prutotying 1)( all merit. H.D\)·ever, aeriviries who may " :11U 1)1'('''' "I' ail'o"l""ft pm" lU q~b'ntj:t~' ~cl,~, IQ conseruce SImilar devices shoulel bear in dlilinF' mind that Oil'" SOllobu(IYS wifl b_e 'Illighd ' IL ,,,on fJ..-"um .1 ppurcnt that the sho I' J at _!I;er in eli arne fer ( 4 "il ") "~Lh....-. overa II ii(',nlrnl ,,( 1'''''- '''''i'lL! spe LU l·izil18 in (Jnl: ." lcngdl ut 36 i!'lchl!~ kJlll'r C')rt;rd,,, aboard ~I]IP. th .. n 'd fp r .m '''It'tiivl' IUl'J n., tmJ1~t"OI:lir,g -;'J!lulllH'\' from II It' I",'k_" trl th .. !light del'll Ii oJ frmn I.lllt: plane. In another became apparerrt. On tilt ;i\N(lg.·. " '1ll1uhlJoy W:l, hunclled 11 IJIl1t"' berore It re:ld,,,d it. lin" I destlna-

T r u c k Pro t e ct 5 Son 0 b U 0 Y s ., v .2'). P./I ll·J -In pll~1\qUlIdr'J'il hunter-

LIN E' SYSTEM SAVES DOLLARS

NA"
-AN DJEG(l-TlW

or

"'Jt,Ji~"

th~

t ..vo [YP~ 01' work. r.e. hyumu:lic> .. ngglng »r fuel i,n>'hdLltiun, wn~ rather orrubersornc

,lnd dit!icu!t
supervisors I'J,,!,t
me'nl

ro ~url.'rYi-St·. Pc-r""I1I1!:1 of ~1I

were dlsuibuted throughour the "\\'11 p;1rtieuLl' surnetsrnes tjJ 'tbl detrrl(lnlUr:i~H.',
<If
.l(t,

;I;>~crnbl}" line, 'nt'llm un 111m1'

"e

or

llllO wnrk,

<.If

nwt~ iIllpon~nt lobs.

urronae Uti ...
one

'f"

l) ...

-stllli()o., w~re

~et up. wfllpnsirlg

,">emhly line. These

indicued

more spots

h,

"r

rhe

~d~~

ts~,\.

rg

ur

"r

dull; t quirernents, urnt I)f work Flt'[ ~P(,t, and opcrationul sequence sheer, I'('c, onnel .mel supervision were -igneJ elld, stutiun to iluIlrnpli>h fir the various type~ of w"r~ ru;slgnt"d I rrrpruvernentv re',ull ing in k~) rt-work, few"r disrrepancies :Ind It'Wi:C personnel rcquirements, TI1lPr<.l\'t·J ,',wtr'll "I sequencing .1,n.1 ,.;tllfi',tIL"J dll!~ ""un "'tr~ -[J.f'PlIr\---nl. PM' ter development of personnel with ~ wider, JlI"r~ t(Jmpl't.'hcnsi,t' r.mge vf t'xpefi~n't- .d,u wa~ made J'lll~,iblt:. 1{t.,;ultin,'I mnrale lind ,doprabdi.ry geve 10 ~,s"1T1~lf opemtiolls the ""(n"'l[T~ At'Xihillty needed I') meet LOn~lanJ Iy ..hanging requirements of present schedules. Aftftr the CI)f1>lir pH "ed irs worth, proo.lllcri,)O line I11l.'tnl d~ ",en- expanded St, Ih~: ("dHY's 1'll,\I'S. "Il~ ,van'-'lo, TO lind large ,""lTlp"Il~I~t '\'Sl,tnbli"" It..v« ,[dJt'd i'r()of tlmt it h th" h tter, 111"." ~(xlOLll1lkJI $y~a,m oi "vt'riJ)llolmg ~u"t:taIL It u lso has ~1' l."j'IPI·

.,[J

;1"

~J

hI

(hI;'

ili~'i iblv xsen

()t

,I

ircrn h,

turrets

.,ntl th~ fJ~" Wlll.gt;L!; fying I~"uIt5

BuAcr is de"eltlping a coll"p"ibr",

ba5kGi

orlt<1,jnel' or -no.lapler for nQndl ing SOM!)hun)" 'rhb equipment will be transporfed un Ihe Mk 4 Mod 0 bomb lJnd torpedo truck.. The o,:Qntiljner hold .. 36 AN/SSQ.l

son(lhu.o ~ and' six AN /SSQ·l

~on bu()y~.

of this type 01 container is lh.lt it hmdll it~U to rlllJdy service suppJy "",d when not iI1 us il.l1d in its tlap~ed ~tntll it oe~...pjes th minimum of 'p,'ce ~_nd om bl! slao:ked. Tile adv1Intage

w"'..[~
I' It(l"

tJil'lliilrili

tJUI "f4 ~

,~m'itJ!,1!; '~'i t:-ur+. ~

!tt;·.lIl¥IItJl.

~H 1"11'1" ~OJ,' . m'I'o~lIO' r~~." ~~ (,I,"D£Ol ..... ~o Ptil:l

€II
~ I-I.~, ~ ~ t

'11."
'rO-.l

::,,\t""~u

;:;.~ ,j"~~Lfi

Ri,g By Pendulum

Protractor

MCA', lil. T(lIW~A pemlwlLlIO prmTU,rf)r it>( Iolse 1tI ugging ,I'lr.;_t~ft whidl I11mt !l,nn Lut" Ih~ lUn l'Cllllll'~d In half 11.15 h~n dc;v(doped by R. • l-LSJli.n,. and L A. ,[V>1 "I tile M,l,rir1(c C'JI-P& Au ~lllli(lfI. EI T.",u. 1'h In('thl)(l ,md ,J1.'\'lt~ were dt'y 11Ipe..-1 under !he N~,,~ s lIen.:llcllll ~"!!igc~'lJon Pr()gum MnSI l"WIln1\ltl lTil:tfll,d hM m,\J" u,,, 01 a
bubble prlJtract",. wh,(h requlred twu ll1"-n for two hplm,. or fllur trHln-l,ours. W[lh tnt" !>"ridllJtrn1 pr<lrmtttlr •. tI1~ riggmg ('an h~·,,(.

co.rllplj~k'<i

1[1

lJ~Im,it

('H<l11;'-'1I) I)rl J8 M<1J /0 te!'· AS [JlllIllI II, pell/li! tilt' 1\",/11,', lie" I1JL' IfJ1 J(J lake fill, Ih~) J10/ hold (lj " tnIJ'YM~-"ld Turid.,1J <1lllo1,r /(J r4ficiullj' (tlf I/~ riMlIll, S/'ml'" /;IfIJdilljJ it f_,H~ jj 1I1.1rib.41 '-hrll'p, 01 (I' AC, II"!); •• Cutl"." ill Ihe /;uJc1;;wtulII. AJ 16, r<t-l!NlI1I'~ Ii-,I", Iff'l'(~ fI(J/i1~l<'J.inr-Irui/nt, VAd"1 j, D. I'fit'." thl~',1 "' N.:II'ol Air TN;;I· liN, C,,1IWl<Ir:t/.'l C"{II. A., C. (){'In, BII1L1l V (lU~ht; C../,t M .. ii, NnJilm, CO I.;f P,tlhu, LC"I, W'l{li,llu S. H<!m/q, ,I leJ II'/.{)/( f,'lhl'!' lbe Fdd ""'I 'liI/fIi!d, Ilil(/: Drill", AI..t~f/f 11' S.II'ifPIf.

When the ,"i,u'J ••"d Ch"jlC< I, (JlIl,hl illrrttlii CQ .. Jw-d " !"hTt
"fl1lt'

f'I'

1/1118

~f

Ihe '1<'1.1'

7.5{)O-!»ul

fllllU'tI)

1/.

"Rigging" II" IIPf'licd LU prt"5~i'1'l <J.l)1' Jl it· crah "Pl'lies III a-lillstmmll nf mnvllhle (Ontrwl ,urh1'f, ;10("" Wtrll;;S anJ t:mpenrl'lgE> 'lIt" nI]l aJJlhli1blc. T" In~I.IFc the I"rul,,,r !lrllount of tru-vd tor all (I)rrt_wl £urfa~ splfll It'rd&, -prOl-nl-dofS, ,igs '\11.1 lun!l!art:!~ can he u~t'd. 1'he p~od_(Jluf11 !1r"t_mct'" hll~ b<:~n in u~" n t)&R departments nnd Air Furee d"po£$ for sonlt tinlt;,lts ndvantllge~ ;11"" light IVt'lsht. h.rldling 1t,1,t'. fit,l r",<>ding- ;LUJ 'l'er5ULi it)· in I t~p~"'iof ~lane~ __ At E I Tun' it wn ~ eSlini;l t~oJ the devilc

wnllJd -sa¥", \l(llIl:rm-holJts a present ovuhv ul schedu les.

),!;:;If

h~~~...J (111

35

{he thrcrrl e of the other ellglllf! rntu the start detent. A> ~()1In as- II e starling -\, de M the engine being ~tarted rs rornpletcd, 1)( if the cy ~I(' IS interrupted, the starter on the other c:dgine will begin Its cranking cyd_~ if fh~ rn~$tfr ~wit'h is on, However, if lilt' first et'I~Jrle '(firt~. the Q(JtSt; m~y cause tbe ril t to overlook the fact Ihat the second

INTERIM
1'hl>l dig""t
tIt
fUlt

REPORT DIDEST
gUlng moJoIi<,;a(il)l'I 1I engrue mounts and 1'0. wrp(}(It.tivn of ..ur: t.miljng ("dory 'hanst'c'

starter Is rydrng. ince there is 11.iJ dmo!'r in the sl;vling lIy~Ic:1.ll uf the ,na-J, tll!;: Harter will conti nul' tr> run ;,n,1 "1.'l5~ib!1' bu en out if the ('!lAme falls t., start. Ir~MmmWJdjll;r!111 ·lI<1J1J.iJl' the fJlgint> power qU:ldrttllt assembh tl] prevent accsdenral eng.lg~rn(1l1 vi the Utters.

~'~I'"!'\" IJ\...-..,(.

""vel' ..

rlcC(~._"L'(.trjJy

ruJh.·,!t

!he ,;. MN' Intoelm IlIJ]n'~ N \..TC f"A'JlU"'X:I'lX'f" • .an!1 il(.~ Bu.\EfI: j:uj.H(: •

IHRP-l
pm I eel

hut tfw In" rrrve hl!C:1Use (,f tlie hi lure ,,[ I.l!~ {lirwnrJ 1 owr mUl~ll1lSmjlj vi! plIml ihis hd I ure nrcn m·d I" I huur» .tftcr in
J<

1110 Hours) Tt'~t wn ~ resumed ,·in 21 Al'ril.

nuw

ar (he Glenn

T.. Martin

Fllt1nrv

I'he :ur·

~raft is sche Iuled fm l'tUJI n IU 1l1e 5tlvkc T ..~t di\"i~inn ,11{lttly £seape Ha1eh Coaming, Tile
(PIlITIJOg

Ceflter Wing Fuel Cell. During u I'HU(,nt; insp (tilln o( the ,Iin:rafl Iud edls, it Wli ftT\lnd thar the wuoden ~tifl:tIllr UJ the nght hund center wing fuel n:J1 had llileu. R," rOi""'tilddJi"'I, PIli' ;dt' '''It;>{j~tlll1 ,f.fft:h. "r~ t[lr WU1,j:: ruel eel 1 m~t.dllltJ(m" Turbine Nonie Blode~. Im'1,,~di"lll nt the PMt engine recea I(lJ that Ih·c lir~l stn,ge tur-

,U·p\.I.IiJ !II" c5~J.j:'Ie b~LLh

In the

~at!.u

coun-

~tllll.ltj"l1,

l'll<~~ ~~ihltc ,~ under il'l,,~stlg,JIJ<J1l {41

F2H-1
,Engine

tcr rTWOl" re run Ij'>nrtInt:'JII illl~ ~C~!) ~hI11"lscd u SI(W~ tL,ig II~I(l,is the nnll' "t(e~s to lb.(' tor'

him; nnzzle

hhuk<

were

cracked

(In

the

HQurs}
1'111.porr
ellFlnt' lms "~r· the uarl'luan.l en-

Repari,

ijtt:l.l
~illc.

II

ruml .,l ;11 hnurs:

,HI) huur,.

Blade. A '"1Itillro ID l'~'(Li(ln d tter 258~:' It,Hu> uf purl engine operation rc'cult.! .1 II I r.~ ~J;1ck on rhe Inner half III th" tmitirlg ~dse "f ~ Jirsl ~tllg turhine ..

TurbIne

"I tl,,, \\ .Iog from in,;de tl1l' nll'a .. ft, il j, used (rC(l"<'TJ I,II' b)' personnel in ,(;.r\)unS tl11; airrruf], It I~ ltdfJUllt {"r personnel tl> nvord 5lt:pping on the '''Jrnillg, Tr~,I'.III1J1t~ll. dutro»: tklO((Jr~1:;' r provide r(otc('til!n lor 11.l' '<laming no rbe escape h.ltl.h in the. .\(jllJ' Eouott'Pllt;.t,ute «lrlll'<1l'lmt'nt.

traihng edit" .ibout ~{j of tile. length 01 the hlilJt from Lh~ \luter end RUf)1I1'/I~I{d.lli{)"1 Cpntrad;ur ~hnlJJd ,n\'t,~ti8Ilte.ind u:rrn:[t the

cause

I)!

these

(tlll~r{~

[,I.u.J!!.

AIl,Jthel

blude

tmlure

ncr Imll ,.~ Ih~ blade. Rt'rfll/IlIlt!'/IJ..!li'Ni. Refum tl", bludes tll the C:l)ntr~rt'" f()T investigati,lO IInJ lrrt'ruOI1 An'l!stlng Gear Valve. The l1r.rC$ting honk W"U ld nm cerruti< ufter :HI urrested landing

niter ~~() JII.<I<> I'±' fJrt'nlI i,lII; J /1 Cl~ 'ruck un liu,- nading edS" ~IiJ .1 Hl(k Ill1 the k"JH'l~ edge, both on the

Iound II:! 're w.~~ J

WlU

AJ-l
D.-liHT)' A.O-4
nlt

[,f the' a,(cmft

i:; nwnite.].
h~illg prl'r.'fl.!d.

Discrepanc:ies. TII<! a.llil'uJ" low limit indi, t,l~m liglll i" C t.;.'vd)' Inight. The b-Jkdlt~ rctar ntD~ (DctUfC 0 the g~' o r horizun w~miMB I,ght ore"lb wll(lJ till" instrument panel is removed,

h·
In'

AM-I
Shrfus,

1253

HOUI'!id

linrd

t~"t rC('1(,rt

1$

F2H-2

(84 Hoursl

~,a, made, Investigattun revealed that the ~~It'noirl \ar~l 'I'll" Ie.,king infernally, Tlli~ valve had been np(;,..oti.:'<l .'prr(lxinl:ttdy ~(J trrnes. The valve \VIIS wFia./t'd, but lftC new valve .. 10" leaked, II was f,w nd rl1.ltl thl!' new vnlve had II dllrrl"'l'~-d plnsuc sear under unc <;If the hnll tlle.._k. \'Jh'e~, flf coni me'1IJ" I/fcfl'" Pc", JIl~ ., 'ilL!, sfl1\~u'1' I' rt<"liring s<:ar ulhmt. ing ~"lMt"d \lUlvc. Turbine Rotor. Dunog iJ]~pectivrl "f tl,e ['o,·t ettllin' tLttCJ' 21i!) ll<,ur~ !:.f upc'ration. Il W~ f(l~nd tl1:1t fht' radinl l!>'lLr;l.nlt: ,If UK hr l st:lgc turhme rMor W:lS below Ihe aHn;r,hll" limil ( ,I)(U ") AltbouSh thE t-J.il.ll cle-.I(ancl"o;w' bell1w tl,e limib. th~ I >h'1 r,'WUI 111' the bJtl.d~> I\nd In; In Ihe Ilr~~ ~lil8e w~,~ "I'll H30', whkh j<. WI:JI h~Ifl\' {he ,05U" "pecifi."(!us tht= (dlow:lhl" li.nm III ll;rnwlh, Re(fi1JUrl<//ttmiQI:, D"nell~, the 'I(: pl'l\(~' HJ'l'lit fm the Ji.r$t ~1J:tge111rbint" t~<li'll
dt;Lr,llllc W.I1~lJ Ill.dl~

19111+1(1nS,,~tem. A ~datill u. low voltage. I!i~h el1C[!.'1' ig_l'Iltion wstem has been installed on the starboard eagine pf this air. l'lair. and an air start evelustion is beiIll! 'o<1II<'t"'] ,luring nmtln prnjcd flighh. 'A modified R.46 Holle\' fuel control. which gi,C:-" more PQ~itiv'" ~cmt~"1 vL stilrLin)l' Eut I GI-W. hn~ .\ls\I heen J[l:tt;JJI(j~ tin the 51~r' h!"'fd engir ue.

'fl,t! j:*'leCl. 1~ romplered, and the ~na I re P~(' h 6 ein ,II preps red. rt Brgke AS$emblv. Dunng a itnlUllI1 rhE(k lit tlus aircrnfl, the srarhoarcl Iuake ll~' scrnbly wa flluncl In I,. If:'lkins hrdtn~lilIlU.lJ. Investig.uion revealed that <he s ntheri C;I P Se;J I hnd Cli led Cowl FIlip Control Unit. Operation

automatic

cowl Ihtl' control \lrJil: 113$ been unssnsfactory. E1'fj)(J( opereriun /MS neC("'ISILJled repented inspertinn
IJ[

IIf

the

,,( the rnrrtrul

unit

h,))!, rernnval
lIdJ\l~rmt:frt
pI'rM!IllI!nt

Canopy Mechanism., During Jh,ght, 1!1 I'n efiort I" .-Ietl:l'mrnr whl!t:ha tlr nm tlw ctlnop" WJS rul!)' dosed, the pilr>t moved 1111."riln<:>lw ,artt", I SWltJI to Uw "cl~'se" plb~~tJ(JO •. When the wild1 wa~ itctUJltcd, til<" elmn;:;\, blew off ;Ind dar'Oagt>d tb!" hornontal ffllm tile canopy actun-ting me<:hafu>m as· ",,,rnhly and tmvtled <l?PfLJxinMt!'ly ftlur ,n(h,,~ forward and around I.he OIllOpV 1lt\'Jali,r fnfl'o'lud sptucla:t. II i. hdielOeJ tbaf t h i~. (JU ~ed. by f'li loUTe or \ he CU;<!'I!'Y WI!.> dnsC'd J i(11' t $Wit~h fo Dpe rl1 t!' pmper Iy. Rt,p' Il!CJ,::l!lt'I' ~ 11f th t' err no I'y t'111tl:g<;'O '1' t,~ck .1$S(;mbl)' ""9 LLlses repJo",mC'llt of the trlliro up'po:r fU!it'lage door unrl aU"1PY ~tl'e~· ~enl'Y coulml lht' lir1lt' rnluired (or r p l ..U'lIlen t ()f these parts is e¥Cl'1>SJ\'(' b<;!tu%(,
0(1

I'll OpCI.I.tiMJ1 lw'i heen noted liiocc tl,e lncoJ'pOI'1H1nn "r the wt:lith~, rrnlll'ing dt :1f1_gc reel' m nn;,nti~d in (~~~~ FCR 196, Be·
"nI5~' vi the mau~"b.lblllt}l uf th~ "mltt<JI UDJt box, tx(e.~jve tlIne IS ~~ql!JJ'ed to ,en" f.;l' till unit. Ri!«wuilt<tl#. 1;"',: Pt'(lvld~ n

tJr

dirt ,mel oil, lIml frequeru

the *,,~itfvitr pMnt~~ 1\u rrn-

~t'l.hll;2et Itlvestig1ltion r \'eill~d that Ill; mnopv ~;u;tUi1tnr dl~ til pin l1u<1hn)h'o 1111lS.C

-$ntisf:J,dl>ry .[nd rdillbl<: uut.orm\l;' <owl fltlr (~'ntrol flit. UF~1 053 Hours1
Project. A 511pplemcnwry prnie<r, I oy(,h rog , !T,mpar .. r,,,e ev~ lIUlU' 'n ,If ~J nsilln fel>i~klnt qUJ I aies ~Ir Hilmi] ton S!al1lJ"rd mud i lied (Illdld p.fl1teJ) "-rid 0011· modi~ed propeller b!acles. h,u; becn e.~!l\h· lished Tbt' tLJodifim:l prnpcllcr hlades wili he lrt~hlHed b\, tbe m~nllfa("Hu:er at tin l"'Mly 5upplementQrv ,btE~
cllUUI'

F9F-2

(490

Hours)

E09!oes. r IN"'~ engine !iNial +[>-l~'!;,ll ~ r tI1ovt<d alte. pi hou.r of op~r"t ion because £If t'xce-;si,e t~orh'fiI: ." ..Lld temP\'r~!ur("', At .1llrtud(!5 over ';S,OO(l [ITt at IO(l% .rprn. the tl!l11pen.lurc ";Hied b,-",Ween !lor} . [" 1\21) C Tbt, t:llglnl: i~;eing relu.rMd r. b [hI." munuI,(,II.(ICi lor I.nvcstigalion, Wldl the m~tltlllltiflf'l "r .11'11 ther ,lfN>'3 engine. t~'SIS wen rc;suwed

De.'ce,
(Ill

bOllfs

have been imtalled.

hol~ ior tht' b"ld down ~(to-W~ .m .. doliI'd rn dOQrs fllrnished jl.~ spares RU,/IIlIllLlltiUlimll: (I> Deierminc lilt rll~5" of thi~ failute and {qke stt:p~ to H:medl' 1(, (]) j\f(o,diIy Ihe caoljPY l"llWrg(1hC' !tJ... .1~~f'mhTy In p<,rmit t [(,IlI (l\'aI llfld repl'acement. Quadro,n' Ass.em,b.J.,. When sturti.ng. On" englrte. it h pO~$ible t" m()ye llllldverteotl)'

Exhaust

Stack

li,t (llJtho:Jrd

Clomps"

~t:I(k. OI1J the pnrf tngtn or th~ olbel' uaee sets of CXhlltlSl stJ(k (1:lmps disdus",1 slighl dHlJing hut Ill' (:.'r~. Tutal

gruup (It ellJuJu,t ... f'ld .... lnsrect,,,o J,

Ao ex:h a Ultl

tack

.P4M-l, (42 Hounl

Mo dlfieQti on_ The Ie$! ~i,etJ ft

npt:'rtl.ling ri,n,,__S;'f, h"ur~. R~t)}ffd,io.l )1 ('Iitul. An e;"I1<lOJ st stn<:k darn p 1;\'.15 con tnr ted 101:"<l.li), ~nd iJ'L~l.d 1&.1. j\ r.
e1(hau~t -'tack damp, mo,1... d k ijlwr the FH-Iexhilu~t ~t3!clt dllnlp. is being con·

J~ ~Jnder-

36

tlll,lew h(lII]'<1

,iJ~ Ilf

and

1\'111

11<' 1I1~l.dlul
!:flgrnc
fill

WI

till

lh'

,"1'-

1'011

tVllhJ,1(lun

Turbo-Cyclone

Engine

Flies

Londlng Gear Indlcato.... The 1\ ,"dow. .. 111(1,.llImn Ill e- pl1(Jf to check I.Slullly 111 ... n('s ... IJnJing ,J;.t:ar (rldilJ.[klr. W;IS turn frtlfl1 hntli)fn "~ Inl' wll~ro. II ulLli-\lll LIn til ... Indk,,· tor phil" moved /",m II,t nnw·duw" indica111'11I., 11o~ !lOW-llf' illtii,'1lI;un. There ,1ft' 1111
,1'llr

fll~l~n~'f':\j rm p

ide'!.! in the

bptWI11 (I[

,""e(1"1: llJillcenl
In<i
!i ~IH

tn, Ih ... windeiw

The" were

pla".'_

w-.. ~ tcpaifl'\1 prnvithe ("Venn,!:: rn Jitl'f)/ifl'U'l/d.III'm, lo~tttll;ln ,Iddl'

InJ,,"

arul ond

t'h~ ruver-

111<,do.: t" hnld

f,"

11 ....,.11 IlIIf' fa,tOc'nn .'[ tll(: h"t(nln "f the I: In~ ad,RcG'IlL [0 each "Ide lit !l1f: n,)s~ I.w,IIllS 'c., t III~Iit~ H'f phn" "I ndnw

P2V

row

Il"R'tDLE"

WitH

NOSE

WHEel

TOW BAR

fIL'[ 11',ghl .. f •• plum, powered hy a mil. hi,"'1 ilOll II l'bIlW",mlun t'llgint~tbe I'~\'" WlLh tlu \'I;IQI!Jlt '1IrI->L>·~vdone 18 C('Il1i'0un,J \,hginl'--J'b h,;:Jl ,11111IHlnu:.l by Ill, l\ ..vv, TWII ,I)f1lp"lmd ClfTgi.l1e~. ",,·~hdO'l'eJupinl' .3.2'\0 lmr~'j1o" cr on t.Lh~I,.Jt. w~rr rn tilJI~d lin. l'v~JWIIIl gil'iIlg flldr.. rIJIlo'l'r fur I~,kt;lff. wrl h It-S.., ""'gine nruse, The '-'XU:I puwer " ,,,..IU(·"t,lI bl' ~lll"dlLn_p, Ihre<' .n].,11 lurlJiliu tIL tlu l'llgin" _g:;1.,< .... .lnJ ~,ing lhis cNhll(l~t I" Jl"leJ.'r IIIlin' P'\Wl'T Lhl'dllgh

1,.,

Heavy
Tu
lowli1"_:

Towing
P.!V ~ljrC'n1f~
111

Gear Devised
'.-in w lJf ••

Propellers. Wlltt'r Ilve-nil '''Il' I'I!" I c?X:('('.~5jq, HtI~il'n on fill' H,I.-k'!. ol1d !lnIHCIIlj! d~II~t'm" "f tb, Hurmltuu lanJ. urd Ih.,cr~ing HyJJWI1,lli, Propellers MIl,Iel. lIydrClmatlc:

()VQrcUl11L

rht' ,jdhlUlt.t'5

"111."

·5i1~'. ,,( 11,,-propeller r«Jius. ,,'11ith has h&'11 l'l:'rl;~m ined til I'ot till 11,uxim U In .Ii ill,,,,~'I'oIt' in order tr> roo HI tai 1'1 ~;nisl ~ct, Lrl' snn-ro ilK per-

,lllli.

iarlS: ~ ements

I"~I'C

"I

buck

UI

hl'~I} tmvjl1J! ('0 10dili,)o.'>. d<.,,'dll,p!;ti ;( 11\; It(; 'Ill t,lbk menr 11,,11' IhL I '''lVt'lltinhul
JOg

Iurmunw.

'X'.Ill'r

!lpo,:r;IUIJrI' the

cttnunllc,1, IWllding pelle r bra~k"

rc(~'rt ,,(

!l'ln, h~<lfI di~new

rr,'·

R<I'tIt/'·llIflld.~lhull ( I) lh:rl.ll· rhl fire'~nt Iloti ,('IIl,!; "kml'n15 wrih un ,lntJ']Unjl svxtem Ihat tIn", m't t~'qtllrc till,' u.s\' of an ~l(R;rnllr hl,lnk("1 ,'11 1111IttlJfll15 ",1gt" lOr 111" f'fnpellrr hhhk~, (2) Prnvule 111(1['" dumh!t 1'>lll'eller blu,I(;',.

nd,lprabillty, parnruinrly I,' wlJ weather or he.W)· [,(wing. It i~ Ih~J ill l(llliLlllrdtill with the IlI)~~ ,,",,\,1 ",I" h"r ~Ild "Limimm.:l' the need "I I ersonncl t .. u sreer ing the :lIn'rar • IIlUl\! h e- .i"n<' when h tht- (.lllVt'l1liwlllJ lyre

'1'1:1" new b>ridl,· :g,..,,,, ""l IIi r'l:umt-llt< nmJLh'l<:d With VJ'-~ .irul V~<h. The P!\ tltwiJlg hrulle h'IS I"lnvcd brJdk.

enLwJn'l:rul in t4fUll"'rI~tru:r FA ·lloN.1I1 J]", ttlW ill!,: .1r rIlll£t· I1lO~ lin", t{,W

:1"

1.')<-

If>

LOCKHEIED

T~ST

PILOT

BELTS

VIEWS

TURBINIt

mani"l
'[11<.'

lin<: h",dk

P2V-4 183 Hours} Bra~e Debo·fj4terC·vllllder. A hYllnlull< It-Kk 'n tbe ~r'Ik<' ddwlll'lCI' q'l.nd~r w .. s ,b· covered J urln,l:( tile .1CCCrtllnt:t:l JJltd:. ui the
,lInr,II't. Di1>,I~itcmhl) "f the 1,)'lil1Jcr ren·~I~d that th~ '0" w:l~ p:u:bnll was d.1.Il1<If(td It is b ·J".-\·td that this. t1,'lll,'Sl ",1'1~Jtt:>,,<1 1-»' imp[ .. f"t:r t~(hniquL "I .jrd~.... .• 'nt in ''''~(!lHbIJOg Ifl. piston wuhm the h"r.r~1 ni
Ih!! IInU,

bridle h .lrpru~i"'Hldy ~o to right "lId:!o tl' 10ft. 1'1. i~ mu v Iw 1n <1'(·,1 sed hy 1l'l1j:!Ihem n~ I[, l ,'l'rt"J,t hll Til, hJid 10: (, '11~J'ts II F" srru bber m1ltl~. imll1
III'niflA h •.I111i uf
tip

I,

uxed

~(,,!lrJng 1<1 111[; cr..nlcthid~ . Tht, 11 t ~\<Nlltl< wltl, IIIL

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in.

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by

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klwle.j

'lIld

\ILllllltlty

lulel' vcr slun .. " ~1.ln£1~d. Tlu l"X~rcl. I''''n:r i.':l!l be I" .....J It I gi ~c tht> .d n.:;tJy-llInWI tj;;o':"d /I,'''PI1l fl. sn! ~
furtlwF wnj.l~ "' lin .lln(j'Il"FO,'f1I]C

,rullati"ll~

"' Hiller PlV·,'S lind

n survcved I"", l-n r, .1 'I"r~"Ik-1' hlJ.f ~'lIt" J"JJ;g. ~I;iv"" ('i" ,,"J pI" "(.e I-I~/I(,"). ,I

"'r,dar~'

1"11111", T[]l'

sprcuJJcr har, .m 11'/(,(''' WII't c;lbll F' Iring, .' turnhu .~·Iej('1 rcg!JI'lcllI,Il j"ad h. muln !,lUll, 2-1/12" :J;
I I V 1(.~ lu

hoil .rn.hb~r

I'~V holt.!- !I'll. II "rld\ di"I,J(ll~· r~·!.I.nl 1 !• .HI> mrlos. Till l'..1Vv ),,,,, I \U P." " III "WI"l"It Irnd 1111,

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mm.k more
01

tll,10 IU11 t:.(kt.~,fb

tHIiJI

.tlrtmft

(j·J!·1"

ad"prL'r'.

lind srzc 2," adapter

pins.
"

1'1,<" "'!II ""!fig hridlt i, 1111.' Ilt1'11 I~LlmLre.l plillml:. lj~h!t'r than rhe ('10","011(111.11
111IInilli lin" towmg I('~ new hwJI'
"I; '-lIl't:I".;;:.i,tn

rrrf.<rS wilh the hu~(" planes. One '"'' 101. l;>wL'cl by u OIJn.~'t'l" Hight "f 11L"irl~ ~.IlIl'1 miles.

Brakln!) Svstem. The ~t"rlwllrJ hrJk I1M.J .lrp,lrtl'ltll lucked I,rior ." I' lilnlting. Dill" IfIg Ibe flr'oc p:,,! (lr til(" lan.linl! Hill. {-(:n IIf tJL~ lO rli,'''' "I ule lin. wer< .tllptll.tt'U, PJ'il.r I" tlw land·ill/:, the l"111c-rgl.!l1<.), bmkt" oy'· tun W'IS CI'd td [.w ICe j n ILn eff Dr! Iv bill lJ III' ~'1I1~'fg~t)' "y~1\"111 I't'tl~url..' \\dmh 1\'1t~ i()v.! (71)11 p.>i) (J'l:rUllt·n III the htak", h lflt' !'tlilln l'Yom"llt "y~t~m IV." .115<> tl:sted prior III lunJing. Th,· cau,'e' III' tlli~ l"iJurl: i. IJnJ~tltrllljll('d, (("CI''''l/t~nJ'II;''I/, I'lil' (1)11'
tmLtllf fJllhlfL' ... tn inl"'1Ijl.lle

I.t ,;flirN, ~;"i~IL·d flv ]') E Peg It·r. ADC. R. .1. L"qk, AI] .10<1 D LJ. We~'It'l. A1>1<:. M,. I~"N H;dlli~, L\)ckhct'd .rcl'rel)~nt.I!ln ... ab.u
,lSsist~<l.

bridlc. W." dn .1qpt,1 undo, lilt Ii ttlfg~cn, m,unHtI'tIlt1<'t

Seattle

Secures

Its Air Clocks

!ill'

«HI'"

oj

thi'

We-Id

Aue-mbly. cngint'

'I'll< exTli' Ul\t "".-1.J .l';~cll1·

'1' I, ntfer) fI pnd g on rhL 'In r-

hi),
bl,arJ

(llnllt'crlllg

.A. BuA~r Comm€ul-Th" p,npo:>ecllo'Ving bridle n",.."ngernCI1[ "pp at 10 be an "x~eJ· Il.'nlll1tlan$ f... towinj.l: P2 aircrafl in heavy towing ~,"diti\,ns. HowclI"r. eXlreme care must be ~crcised. when rigging this arr. ngell'c.oj by carefully de{(!l'fninl1lf! [he !engtb of CI1Ihl" un the bridle ill order 10 "ssL.tre tha~ ti,e {ull fu,ld will I>e clICl'ted on (be bddlc 'I",d no! on the nos .. gea~, Brush
NA$

f'lih:J.

(\l~nrl ]n

tilo: weld 138 Hoursl

I\. <t!ll;I,1r lullt.rl' il~~"",h'ly tin tilt'

IV"'
)'Illt

) At{TI'!:.rIl'llI.IL-T" ,nMJll ,'irnall duck ,c,'I,lmlj'. Ihls lUlil h,,, rn,IJI!lul " ",II;(~ "'",Ier( hr,] tk ... II[) r he i IlMfulr'''11 r~~ 1 nt'! u"<'r rhe t'll)l.k Jmll til r~n'''<1 -tlw "h,d: ,,;,,1'1' dll .. k~ .rr~ kq::'1 In II 1>."1: pll('''. J:l..d"n; A Iph Qi. (h~' ;11" i ~Ufd t!. ['Iii "ts. ,,'11<) then ,"~ re,poMih!l flO' tl"om umil ill~11"'lum !l1l't11 f"r ,~fek(;l·l1mg. TWI' bT1l(h'l~ Itl'e rcgulrt:d (,I tht· ilHt,d IJt,,'n -nl~ !>tad,tll 111 j i~ ~<'Illrt'll j .. ~jll U1,ITill1,l'ur pand ., a tr.1l Pll('{' wltll ,I t...tnll.t~1 ~J~~ '"I ,lllJ I' JtlL, hllil _In.! '1'~II~gHeM II, ... J,,,itIlITI Ti.t> Illner hr,\.;ker is fl 'lmp!" ;nve>rtl'lJ h"x

(I"

lmglilc.

Wear
l'",'1I'X1iN'f

indicator
[{IVE".

Line
~n.

1\11 el~!rj~~J

AF-25

grn,...:r, T. It M(K~l". of thl r-:JL:'tnrnk~ 1.1:'l

DI~hlon. has ,(,bm,llred " ~ugg("!ll '''ll under Ihe Nil")' liml'h)ycl'~' 'uEgc~tipn Prll/:....-,uli. wludl b II \i]ll(1k J1warl~ fwr InJiCHtlnj< thcc pOint "I wt.~1i at \vl,,<l1 bnLslJc:;. ~l",u ILl hl' r('I'I,I"'~1. 11"'111 "lirnio,lt lh( ~"f'l'n~ oj f ... !~ing hrll~h~ ""fun: r I is. .lc11.1~llIr ncul~' "lIy· I( "'ill II". prccw/ll tilt: II'" Ilf bru,hL" wlllLh w"tn I.. Ib,· I'''HI1 when' rWI1T1i!nwI J.unage 1.1,1\' b~ J.lne II.. "CJlJlpnwnI • IIIU~h,,", I "I ~j,·.rllull l'{juipllI~1I1 1\" II 11. ~PL,tj'C.J. ~\ ill, "'1'11<'1 I" I ,'I'r~~m til" ''i ';' poml )!1 Ilw l'h "I' die hrll~I,. nfl''! insl"'(_'

wit h " In dte 'n tllto frun! I IK ~~11l~ .. i~.,·liS 'I dock Iront. It II". " fl,IOB" pn r,"" ,111.1 hOI I um. 'fhe I'll I' 11 ..n~ lil~ Inll' d I" he".;: I'bl~ ".ern. Th; 11. 11('111 II" ngl: 11~S " II in;!! .
d~u" hutllirn msl:dk.l lit '~"'-'llfe til (he spnl'l~ th!: h;(,e plilk. ThL, unTi h,l~ IIl11LI<- .111<1 1I1,.tidll,d btl]ckl't~ ffir I G-W :lJrtr,dl Ulltl I'Ll"", ,.. H15WII br;.· dUel, til I!tlwr IYllt, '1'" .,,1,.,,1 th~' ;n;,PiIiIl' linn fill' IHhc:t "ir~·nlf,. t',~ bHX plates n'Uly huve tll hnvt· tIll.! lUI' {(Jrner" ,ul "If dill!,!'" Ilull~ ,It Iv liit It.~ !Logic- nl' Ijl~ in.,;ttlJl\lem piJJle I ' Au 'hl~.IHI1Igt· 'II !I'llii 'y.tl:'l11 " rl ••11 Ii II. b.w,' I'I~t., i, ~I'.url·d I" th", III"ttllfll~1l1 1':1111:'1 hI' 1.1 •." orl~III~·1 duck J''''Ul1lmg JlIl)t''; ,Iud "t'I1'~ J..~., IlUl ,I II~r III .1,IUlij.tI~ till' pun,'1,

Unde-r InvestigatiCln. Th .. foll""';I],I'; eli'" II LI"Unlit's Mt' ul1tl~r Hlvl'~ri,llJlli()n: dl,llinlt f>.twt<en lilt' rlnl' ""wi re:~r ',prOt! ring !lnci th~ IUIIO'"'' of tit ... Nil. 14 ,IUt.! N... J (, texl1.lu." ~I,\cli~; til pill'l. mltr .. "htln" ",,'IN.''

I"

~ha[l' ~s.,lJnlit Ihe! rhflluJc

(11I,,~J"101Ir.UI<lI}

lUnU "I !-oll)t. • N.AA. WfciM'INI" FlhIU-lITI·1 ,~i lUI J 11·unk r('turd for Hl'l[lg flour'< In Mlt~ JJI'. (:)[J April IY, 1111.'lInit 11<-'1".1 tlli<' I "f "(,·1-1 h"lin, ""bll:h I" I" t mure !11.1 n 1/1" ~ ",r"b~
lint ~~Lmoll""1 i11(;S HI :1 OlMltll

r"""

lalll>

will hI;

,('I

(I.rl'i~i)

<of

pl'l,lSll

life.

37

D/l/"hl'lillll'

lnninl

Jeliv,el!".'

nf deClIiL

primtd

pmrtite

nrmnurution

for tl~t of Air·

LUll L'nits 'It QUtJnst'i I'IJ)n! huve been made. ()WUltl, tl' N"J"oic\l1 ;jiffinJh;e~ and IB'1 nn mute design rhanges, Jdiv"fle::;' "f fllumli: .IJ j ;10<1 lIP types will be 1Il'lJlcJ. lnfurrnarinn will he illmi~h<;tl when these-type, be'ti'rn~ Jl~H;lahle far 8.cnrr;li distnbutinn.

Oversize

Bombs Jam

Rack

BUOB!' has te,'c,,,ed !1U""I!,Fc\U~ ,'I)~Llns rrorn /idd sctivities indiC\lrm~ Ih~~ some III (h{," AN·NK .?l 1'>'1,,(1 0 "wi A!'-,\IK ,J_, ,11 tIll I 1!i,IIP;li"~ Pnl;;Jirt' B',mln ~11) no! n.\fllt>rm !'Q proper measurements. rhi5 Il,~ re.5"UIIl-d ill uvcrsize bClll1bs i~mr\lin~ rhe
bomb
rllC\.: u plln

V/JI"'~lIj()'" Oi';I'u.<I~"'n ,,' unservrreablc .llIJul.J b., '''q 11~,t",l fl'llru the nu:e~ v "I ( trdnanre

)'"mh.,

148A Annual
1

Report is Due!

til, N,,, ~ I G1ll], l'ac!<)[')1 hn ve .Jt'''I,~d

New 'Contad Extractin·g Tool 1'1,,' t-;llv.ll [In', illS Gruund, l)l\hlgren .uul
iI v<;:!)'

Att~ntLt)n, r~llnwg' TJ,e 14sA snnual re[,r'rl n! Aviali,m Ordnance Equipment i~ .. ... h Ul [{uO}lU. If )'n\:l h~ vcn 't subm itttd Y"lJt U nr.ur!l st,,(k St"'W~ report, 8-('t itq> on n . I n ca~(" }".Ilt\'(' 10llhd It ~'1'1l1 W,)fl..!CI

release.

1\1. r

orher

tirn~>

were lurred l!leu the bomb cnnrainer A~o • ..1. Ihe gu:nd~ pl,llC' were ddnrmed <1.1 thur bomhs "f corrert mea
suremenr

when ,werlilzr...l bombs

d 'U i

ncr

iii

pr"perly

nn,[

aj~tl

IflIlUflCd. h was ll't)teJ that so.rtie bombs ba_d $ha"p ~.iJ:,1l~ or heavy e3Hin" b"u& which were a sou rce of possible hlln~.[]p~ OM l-IfJ,-'H (;11 j!i ~[lurh 195,11 '(',oflllun, rnimm.altOll for the:' ~Icuipn or berrrhs und fut rhe relll'nrk"tnl,l <Jf rcillc!tW. bomh~ as soon as l'N~!I,~i;,IThis OMI h ,jl'pH(~bl~ to "II e, AN Mk J~ M,,<I 0 a.l':ld AN Mk :!'5 Mud r Mjni'lIurt:' Pr,l{liu, ntlmh~ IhM Jil> ,l,tr~;.lter than ~.l5" in l~ngrh.2.1(l" ,n di(l;n~<!r ~a, 111~ r()ucil I1f m,lXIl1IlHOI J j<lm! rer}, ", thn t IF"'C- hcavv •. ,,!ing hnrrs.,

shor] and without [he tuol .IiIii ct Ill. !<ohlin WI1" r1<!C- pc;T' sonnel I1lHI~ llv resorted n' Ih", (,$<; of p liers .. IL' ~"j r.Il"f_ tlu <'''nl~<'[ frnm tlw h...Jt b<)J)\ .rnd ~t'rj' !tcqut:ll!I). Ihi~ rb!liwJ in hrt'akllJ;C!~

LL~d,li'''liI tor ,."m"I'inA rllt· hJ"!!lgrlf! ~i\n. t"ll i'nun Lh~ hid! h,."I\, uf 1Iw ~lll1l1n ;,\,[I'i'" nJ"t" COtll] 11111. The WI,'!. om POSII il'" !... r ~i(1r "d <ng llo" «PI" t.1<"t I n>l1l I h~ 1-,1\1-1. i'~ shuwn In Ihe ~,'!lml'.mying, r/ll1tl'gr"lph

r l"0l'

Crml~lt hll
••'~ I

..... Jl~

.lI'\d 3(\. The reports of Jll[, ~'·bsel.<; ~ASIWII:S•. ~ nd M ~ririe Service Squudrr i' due irl [1! O~I) LD ,Tu 1\' 'I bE annua] repI1rt "f (\I" ~111 A i.r Huse C..:nJl1lrhHlcl" i> due 2.5 Jul}'. R"'I'(Jrt'i ate tll Jndw!e equipmen l j'iS I ,eo! vn ttl mplJ ":I ry eus t nel,r end .-. t~lvhng

r~~"~ 2Y

"hm', due, refer tn rIP l~,O, " uppl1 of AYiu,(.;')n O,JnRDC .. i'.qlllp!l!<'II!, Cb:<.~ J9Q"

""~!

"'.1

tUrfrdr.

M8 Link Will Be Improved

TJII" preseru M~ Link i~ hbng impw.vcJ 1<1 1'"' ,,",cit' rne greuter Ill-x i bi lily in 1"[1,1<=<1ammunltio" hdt" fnr turret Jnstallauons, 1!I["d iiiCJ rio Mill, Iiules a cha Ilg~ in .<11" P.l' 111 the ~lfIg1e lnnr nt [he link plu,'; rertam <l HI og.:'> i" Illn n u h,t1 U Hl'1g P r!J)u!d ur e to d;· l11imu~ brinleness \!f the "ears." lJ~j[lg Ih~ ~1~ Link, r he Single loop nf the IUlk III IIIiI~d nuuuunirinn r~ usually in~l':ft"J in!. .. rho: tC'~Jl:r. I.imftl't! rests ,,,,H(,,,,, II.I:" I'OS"I' bill!)' tlH.t t.11(" .Juuh It lnop ,;of rile l>'I~jq L "'~ ~h(",IJ he f~'{1iru" Ilw S ~111 rat her II.", n lilt srngle Inni"' The' impw"tIt! !ink~. "'>w(, milJifild H~ iu11,(.lIeJ nh,w(" will n,,1 be a,'~II<lnk fl>r ,11 1""SI "x months.

n!

111" -w II'!:: ()nJutU)T

,~J.lil""'I<lII,,· Ouri ng nllllil1~ nuu nwnlm<t. ['"Jl"~ ~h"llld h. cx~n;;"l"J in III.; di.s"Ml"rnbly 'Ind '1~I!r\lbl~ pi the hr~f'dlbl[Jd!. assernblv fn rl,,,,~~nl ,hlll1,\g~'to! Ihl. ~'k~.!rl(.dl'(In.lf'''J1~lIb, ! rrpIN[,'PI!'~!llmt.r -'
t '

I', be

Tl'u:

H1""IiI!£(llI"ns f'q,dUl"fIlC,1

t<>

r"(l'd~,,",

h-)

,"'lI11.;rJlt:(!

lIw n rti "11 Y aLl.JIIlp.llsh 'ng

bombs ,tr" rt'r">Iln~1 ,.r

til>

",Wji:

I he m , lIiSIt, 1(' " I he w!"k, In! 11,,(',.

fl1r

/. i\ ,!mplf ';"'!l.,"',~1! .1' ,h!l\l''Il in 'I.\" <' ""p.HWUlI! liI;urc rna,' f-,.. mJd<. ,"I' 1;(11J\ !h, m~"'rlld ,I";,II"bl,,_ .!. Pri,lr '" IWld'ng h(llllh~ t" hnmlJ rlllk" ~..ch b"'!lb sh, ."I.j I", pl~"<Xl ,n lP the Gp· g.!lIS" In ."".J.,.I m"nflcl" Lh~' .1 1'1111 "f 111-

roln.c.UI~I,.eT[l~
T'Q()1

\SI,Uf 7001

' fROM. BOlt

RfAD·Y TO eXTR,toCTCOI'ITACT

lim. ,511>1!1hI: ,crtl<:ld .1 rid ,11,,11 ~1'1';'~/;:" Ihepu~jLj"l'lt,v-:, ,Jilt. .:1. Il"l11h~ ,u.cct>.>I!.IlIf r"!>'n~ lIi~' .ihll~1;' ~Il,ill l'll':(Jtt,\",d ~o gil Ihar lin a.ljlJL"IU fill ,.. (·"eNl<·d In ,rlU' ,hll. ,J, On!v hamil, th>!( p~~> lin. p:~ u.,!:", ,~nd I tnt
Vi~11111

Special

Wrench
flt

Devised

i~~t~lIl!1,1: ,he:' "'~II 'n IJ1I' (td.:lvt'r, lh., t. j~d rlL firm)! ·svt<tCIl'l ,1w,rlJ be. che~kf;'d il < "!Jurllt'd ;11 P'JI1'flfilph I), 'I'~l '!·t.!!. Ikph:ct'-.
111<:Otrl.l~l~ ,Ite

Udurc

1""1"lin:

:Spll'"

M lI'uded iO'lt{J 1I'le b,,;nb r~fh. ), lht torWDni I ml~e I end "f
~i<lm. :15 1 wH h

I,dg,,'

"r I\<;",,}'

"'';j'ctti

... "

{PI (1'~<·d"ll1 II 11m <J\..>W7i< h.ur~, ~Il"l.ld

~hllrp Il1l1n

Gun

M~t.

Sw,k -N",

<"ntuin(lC1 ,n Ihe l.llIe" 1I.f.1in· f>~flS $C(, 2{\r.nm AIJ.l<'m<t.fil.:

.IVH·~'Jj,~~·!H. Gmillft

'

EllJr~(~'" T""I~ .'re Tv"l ::'~l. SIQ~k No.

Il\!(lr5;Z<"

re"pec~ [ole nph S~l,)ul J he Ilrol1l)d <1m" 11 rm lIn abra,ivl' wileol unriJ rhe bomb .I@!'~ pa.~ rhe Gfl.gal1~e fflr length. N", Mldl11,r lihr'1IJ1~ bl: ro:.d~ W 1,:filul Ihe bl)mbs [0 reliu,n, I:he di,~J!l,eter ar til!' pu;n~ of I\fClaWllr (1 illmtllCr, l3<)Lflhsfa; r J n;l! III p'lS' rht: MRuge lor "\lI:.f~;lie '[_;'UJle[~r ,houl.1 he-*C .M Ide ~!l~ d I~posa! as u rucrv Keitb Ie bom b_" AllY, ,Ill! ~r ~"rnl:r, r~~u.1uns [r<1[1l grinding should h(J" rnllnd~d nff, ;l,~ 'Nt'll "-~ >lI'l!' Illltr.,

fi1rni~lj{>J In th~ (iBn 1~·1I·1,.!I"~l·7111. Refer fo ..... ''''''ORt' l.i~1 21416. 'glcV I' Jated J N"\:~"l' ber 1'>149. ,'4 ",h(t.(,,/JoJl: B(,lt.. "'~t'n1b.lcJ [ll e.u'ty 1''' "i-l,CI ;"'1 Hun" .~t;,11 (lumher 127(1 rH '13 L' inchr,in', were nor muchinttL.l hjl Ilw manlrl.l(\Ult1" t<, "" (Ill Ito, [11,; tl" d jr.~ 1l1".i i ~l',ltit!n i" sim "I.. and <un~i,~ ,,1 drltllnl' a \-:. oncb huk IhwlIgll Ihl' bill! body h, th I' (,rln.Ut'\ rl)(;'I), >. An OrJn. Itl< r AI'.lu,,1,tf L. ''<'I nl1ll1rung d..,tll'b ot thl! m!.!dil;<;tli!.n

!lr J n.lldlsng the €tan k.hll ft [11I\1Il,!: g~'.lr "". m Ir,i 11£ nut. The tk~ign, '\~I hi,; ""r"nul W11, ~ub~,jnI!J lH1.der the N!r~Y l!r!1pluYJ:~~ .sug· ,l,'l:~ti,in Pf()gr;4:m, The nld prllu:dute was 10 U'~ .j ,1J1!1Il' tn, .th 'p,motlf wffn~h.. J~ reC<J~1ml'n.J('d bv

NAS C~,t"'S,,lf:I, Lllwrentt: J. DUlIgile.r!y Hnd OW! "\V/, Lnog, Im"l': tlevi-ed II ~p~,,~I" wr~IKh fnr rt'ln('viIlg

Two ,,,rcraft m"tll3'nics

Ihe:' Overl1au I M~n,,~ I, tvhirh Il~~ 'In I} nne pujn! fur holrlifiS tile nut. SliTlP~gl" re:;ultl'd.
<"u~.iIlS Bftl.,ves. dJth~geDew

b)

111 ..

nul

rtml

wrt·n<.:b

Ii""

"",,,J~

will

'("11'1

be !%,-,~d,

[:nlll 1. .~ h 'tir f'<Hot s Ii~ II:C n r mad .. c;ped"Uy f'll lh.::: O'l;,[]bh.,fl hming ~lf'a.r fEllilnio,ll nul "od .-cdu((·s J:m~tr \It !ilippng" nnd pfl,sihi lily o( Jama!!'t- III tb< nllt. 11ll': bll!1 i"~ ell~il'ynlafiufl,cl"I~d fl'1ln1 SC!'liJ' meta L wrcll<.h

,. he

"r l'dB,("

(~1U

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