Naval Aviation News - Feb 1950

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S L E E K A N D F A S TJ E T S R U L E A IRI RECOGNITION I

The jet fighters above should be fam iliar torecognition tyros since they buzz the skiesover the United S tates, but how many knowwhat nation the twin-jet below Ries for andwhat fype it is. Check answers on last page.


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NAvAl AV IAT IO N NEW SFebruary 1950 No. 302

I N THJ2 OLD bAY a figbting ship's skipper was h isown Officer-of-the-Deck, navigator and gunneryofficer. Today he ha s help in making decisions.Through au evolutionary process the skipper has

come to place more and more confidenceo_n thesewho work for him. Technological warfare haschanged the pisture,From a sail iag ship to today's mass of steel con-taicing complex maEhillery and electronic apparatusis a b ig jump. Today- 's skipper makes his decisionsonly after ha ing consulted one or more departmentsunder his command. It is even conceivable thar the

C aptain could fight hi s ship without setting fO Ot onthe..pri~ge.What makes such a situation more than a p


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c a c I s L ia i s o n B e tw e e n M o d e r n S c ie n c eA n d T a c t i c a l A c t i v i t y o f F i g h t i n g S h ip sWHEN 'rHIi operational heart of a :ihip had its name(hanged last fall from Combat Infcrrnation Center toCommand Oremtions Center i t leJt a nostalic memory f(;lr allronllcctecl with it."Co~ba(' had been the familiar answer over the intercom.o is a p reduc ' of modern science. It serves as thernrerpreter of $cientific information and applies il to tactical

activi\y. It is the coord inator. It I! > also the ideal spot fora career officer t o absorb ;L solid foundation ll'l what makesnaval operations rick, Once he is qualified for cae hehas been informed in tactiC'S. nltviglttion, ommunieationsgunnery Iiuison an d electronics,In som e measure a n o ffic eJ r i s tra in ed ill these subje cts ina norm al career, bu t eoe offer.s 1 1 in concentrated formam! 1 0 the manner that a gunnery officer, op'el'11_tjons officer,exec or skipper would encounter it in line of duty,The u c of radar and the empha 1~ on air warfare re. u l red in the development of co as we know It today, Animmediate need not onLy or- the Navy bu~ the other armedfo rc es a well f~ a cere ~f officers eapli liJe of manning cac's.As time goes On every naval oInct! ' will have an Inrroducrionto the subjeCt and -practical training outside of specificsc:hoo4.I_ t is this. immediate Heed the coe (O fficers) school atGlenl'iew is fi.lIing.H offers 16 weeks of intensive train,in g tQ n a va l o ffic ers -an~ 14 weeks to A ir Force pfficc[s.

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RestrictedFrom 40 to 4'5 Navy officers and six to 10 .A F officer-s coo-sritute eaeh dass.NATrU. Glenview , isn 't iust :1J1 ';lviatLJ(s scheol, If [1 \evenly divided between surface aud air officers. They arethere to learn the place of co . ill ;, Bhir:. org,IJ'I iZ(Lt ion,what IL does ill relation t anyone shif' how it fits into theoperations of a [ask force, where combat information cernesfromand the control of aerlal .l1ghting fortes ..

S C H O O L IS W ELL E Q U IP P E DIt has been n,Q sm all job e.stablishillg 1 1 coc school. Ifc1 . ' lS5rOOm were (ill that w ere n ec essary it would he simple.

Since the move to Glenview in )947 there has peen a steady!, '1owta. Erorn one . s m a l l building the school has grown tojndude the oversize lean-to of a large hangar rontaining oneof the most complex clr:ctronieS inslallatiens in ~he Navy.Captain '\II, B. Mechling, the ornmanding Officer, al-

though located on a naval air station, bas a separate corn'maud. Under him Me some 50 o{ficoerjnstTu tors and over200 men. from this complement must come [lot only thepeople to run the school b-u~ those who perform bouse-keeping duties as well. "Number, two UDder Capt. Mechling IS, Cdr., W. G. Logan,the executive officer. Cdr. W . G . Wnght L S th e uperin-teadent of t'raiuin,g.Although the organization Is one m a i n L } 1 devoted to train-.iIlS! the nature of operarions tt;quil'cS a siitabJe maj~tel1.1nceforce. A busy electronics-crew under Lt , R 1 3_ Hams keepsmore radio and f:ldar gear- in operation than at.1y bJp everdreamed of.In the 1 6 weeks spent at th e school the course offersa c onc en tr at io n 'O f suhjects in cornmurticaticns, electronics,navi8:ttion and piloting, ail' control, surfa.ce control. tactic~and CDC [unrtiorrs, The last four subjects tome UDderthe heading of operations. We


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[eat of being shl"ll'ed int0 1 1 dark corner is un founded. forcae is II. vital pan ofthe Navy, and is intimately connectedwith air operations.TIle Navy's u:rgent need now is (or young COColTIcers.D uring the war these jobs were ~ Ued by top 9uality A V-S

officers who were UlQSt1y la.wycr,'i er school te,,~er:& withfacile tongues. Now that these ofI:ict~rs' hlnte rerumed t@civil ian jobs their p laces must be ~nken b y regul.tr o f f i c e ! s .There are mandatory fleet quolas to b e filled . In most

cases officers attend the school wUUngly , but nervously.Their uwnkenil '1{; is a pleasant one as they dive into tlrei nf ri cac ies o r technical warfare and reallze that this is truly

tho!; r ight path fq r quu lil i: ra .tio !l in command later in theircareers.Those entering the drool represent a variety of back-,grounds. To determine those but2kgrollods several testsare given. These are not intelligence tests but were designedby 1\ professor - a t a nearby IJn.ivcrslty to See just what tinindividual needs, To a certrul1 extent Lhey prOJdict lrnw \VeUan officer (."d.Il aud will do, but their star accernplisbrnectis spotling those WJ10 will prob,ably need extra help , Bythis means estraatrention may be given to these studentsearly in the course and thu s insure maximum benefit frOIDth e g reat v ar ie ry o f l ns rrueri on g iven .Now w e'll take a look at what the school offers.

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S tu d e n t s G e t B ig D o s e o f C o m m u n i c a ti o n s ,N a v ig a ti o n , E l e c tr o n i c s , A n ti A i r , I n t e r c e p t sC OMM fATIONS, electronics and navigation, the fir tthree phases of the COtW;c. are all tied together in thefinill phase, 0pef~.liohs_ They are th e husk . subj er ts ,Sim:~ commun i~tjons ties a J J operatinns together, it isnaturally put into the number one position. Publications andsecurity a ft' !> tu die l.l, w hile the p ec uJ u( li ti es ( ') 1 naval mes-sages ge t their share at scrutiny . Many tudenrs at theschool never had. much of a chance to use voic e- cieouils.ince practice makes perfect. they are given voice work 00ound-powered phones and m ock radio circuIts.Af.ter finding the cap1tbHities and limitations of radiof requencies and swaying the construction of shipboard andairborne equipment. fnan}, hours are st'


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thi phase the hangar is the student", workshop, ScatteredthrougJJ this fascinating building are CO setups for almostevery kind of ship. Along with studyinf: CO doctrine, airoperations and antisubmarlne warfare, actual w ork is donein CDC's identicul with those in cvss. : V's, AGC,~, sn's,DO's, an d DDR's. Tilde are four destroyer COC's an dtwo or the picket destroyer type. While these inst:tllation,a re n ot e xa ct d up lic ate s of ac tua l sh ipboard installations theyarc so nearly identl~ a1 that transition from mockups. to ship-boarJ CO 's is smooth.Wllene, 'er weather c on dition s p erm it. air initrcflptionsare conducted, emp,loyiqg the aircraft of NATT11. 111 isystem provides. the student o ffic er w ieh much practice Inair. intercept control work During period 6f inclernenfwel~the.c air to tercep! practice is conducted uslDg ingenioussynthetic radar target producing equipment, These trrtgctgC11e(alOIS put synthetic plnnl:s in the air. with rourses,iil~ttldes a nd sp ee d c on tro lle d by Of1etatotli actillg as pilOts,Vario IlS tation.ing areas or orbit pOints are located

throughout an operating area between the true bearings of220(> add 010" from Glemjew to a distance of 50 miles.Air J nter ep t control is not the Qnly function of COthat is practiced in CDC mockups, Air and surface prob-lems are conducted in order to . sllcw student officers l'heopportunity 'O f working 10 all the positions in COe. Theseexercises are designed t o demonstrate all functions of coin both surface and air control, with the end ill view o rgiving the trainee practice In ondacting: 0 '5 of varioustj'Pes of ships under various conditions of re.adiness and inall siteafions dealing evea remotely with 'OC.Tn,an llncla~si6.ecl description sut;h as thiS., method: an dspecific operations cannot be mentioned. More detatl timbe fOMl'l(1 by rt:uling the CO magazine and USF publica-lions, or i f Y0lj. arc In Cl'OSS, ,olJnt~y reach of Glenview avisit would be educational.The road to command is a tong one. In today's Navytb' l5e IS no belter traifl in:g fo r t he yo Lln g officet aL ong thalpath than that offered at OC Officers school, Glenview.

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H ow Would Y ou D o?The p-Uot of 0 helicopter climbed OlJtof the wre(kage foilowing a take-(!jlfaccident at an isolated recrearlon cen-ter in Alaska to find that the rotorblades had :lO lp utaLed beth legs all tlj.01of two spl:!ctators who were observingt h e t a k e - o f f . The third observer W:L~less serioLlsly inJured. The passengerwho had. g;otten out ahead of the pilotwss manning a nreextinguisher as the-helicopter was mnu!tencin:g t9 . bumnear the exhaust, There were 110 other

per:)Uns nearby ~nd the nearest townw : a . . s 11 miles away,The piX ot slwuled to hIs passengert'o t. I rQ P tile fire- Extil. '[gulshu l1,n~'1le:l I'him -~~U/~regive ol.('tjc}I1. The pilot brought thestick nil the war buck against the I I t O : Pand J;J.ve it full pOWeJ1, but crashed be-fate he was able to re ga in e on rro l.'_G'ulmpa:w PelliblJde 5


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Dear Grampaw Pettibon.e:Whel ' l J f ir st j oi ned the fleet ba k inthi: ~~ys when l n,(.'uttn uir ranked liex!to C ,cd) r never did gel mmt than 100

feet tn lhe (I.Ir for day~ on end. F inflllyafter som et-hin g lik e- 9 00 h ou rs us p r;lY l;r_ f t 1 1 t ! ) t iLl,tf :l~is~!lnt rofee maker, theyler me take a plaM ou t a l o n eJ ! : I f to see what it WaS like, I tookI t up to .I rhl.l~lsallJ red. It )!JIc:: W.!S .1_ gmn d fe elin g acting like the boss 01creaticrr. A fl e r ,Iwhile, however. the.lack o r ox)' 'eJ~ go t Info' and [ went ond wn t ru r rn. i] alutude. N rurally,Irom m. tny hour' o f th is type 0 \ A y l ll ~ ,1 W(lS i IH . i od l' JIHT tCJ m ru {'eWIU1 ) '1nr-tern of comlud. such t 1 , ' 1 bow to treatall cflginl: l yOur b i : s t need, \\ 1 1 'npo siblec to lund so ftly . an d lhitl~~ liket ! - l t t ! there,After various touts of Jut} ', m!), ll)'strJpped 10 a desk, I ;![rived at In).'p C t ' ! t : 1 1 1 station where ~ lor o r A y l n g c t!1 It'll 0 I d iffon.'ItL typic'S (;){ p i aile] ISdOne. uite ,I few o r Ibt bo) 's .u te ' ex -NATS flliol and 1 am consrandy m-broiled in argum ents with th~m overhow to A y . F rankly. snme of the thjn~1Ithey tl and a dv oc ate .hake my ('hildishf : ' l I l h 1 1 1 my old Instructors. The otherevenin$' over 1 1 small. g.lhget beer, weagreed 0 1 1 what WI ' " d lS< lg rced on, uuddecided (0 , l r p C l U to y a u for I:nll,gnI'ef1ment.T h e y claim: (I) U.e f u . 1 I power onal! take-offs, regard.less of load. Thty'lllot~ as J1;Ithor.ity tilt p&W Complluyand various engineering decrees.1 s a y : (I ) Use the 1 0 w e $ 1 ; - rower C O D -sistent IV ith safe take.n!f. You neverknow when that old P&W will haveto givt' ou everythiu it's got orned;lrk IlIght .Ind thoy only build som~uly u sa ble hou rs; of horsepower intoan engine. If jou ha ve 20 miles ofgo d calm bay ahl':ld of you, and ;1li~hl load, why usc . 1 1 1 the power?B C l . b y ( h e lffiJ;ille a h i t . .They claim: (2) Up your flaj1~ .lSsoon as you t tIde This will brenk ou rJi!r, drop the t;dl and give you 1 1 Iittl!"better ~ ir I 'O : ;> S i st Jl lC C f o r iow in g Jt)w n hyincreasing the an.gle of attack oj thewing llipeciaUy in tin !lAO .J .;t}: (2 ) 1 .e!tve tile d,unn ihll) aloneunln you have tut[].ed off tlw r.u!lw-ay.. at .I~ J safety mea1u.re-which it i5-but bc raw .e you will :;10.,.,> c : !O W I T (a~letlea jog them down !.blln you will byl l' yi J' l, 1; LO u~ e lhl.: mai ll p l; LlllO ;1 5 .m > . I , i fbrake.Th y bjm : (;) D on't IJ~ yOltrfluQrCS((lO[ lights .in the t:o(kpit whenn i};lht Ayin,g, s (" the whit~ Ones. Ifyou u~ e the OUIJ(-eSCCClr, 10.1 will de~tr{,l}'your derth erceptiol1 an d dot bet upyoW ' [u I 1J ing ,

I ~a 1 . (3) It has Dever OCCI,rreu torot 1 - 0 blame .1 I O I . l 1 \ Y h H 1 d i n g o n t h e -

Huoresrent lights. T usually say It wasit crosswind or too much bounce bu-iltinto th e lire, And as (Of \ h ite lig ht;>iJ, the eeckplr. how can yQu Set: whati~ t(ojn~ on outside it you use them?Y our visunl ,Iluity i. just a little bitshot. Besld " somewhere .along the linth e m edic al dl:rar~mtnt must ha e ajJ-proved' f luo rescen t l igh ti ll g.Tlley ~ay' ) . Th e best I.wdlng in,111 R. .JD is a ull $1 .1 11 . H it rhc tailwhe- el f ir ~ t, It m . 1 y startle the p l l . S S c n g e : r l oII bit. but it pllt~ t i l t ! ' 1 " , 1 1 1 1 1 ( ' on th e grouuJntore afelv,

J say: t~) I [en't know much aboutthe RW, 1 will admit II makes :1 nieefuji , : i t - I l l landing. but that airfr!Hl1I;!u e'i/i't h ok ,IS if If wu buill [O( thatsort of strain. If 1 01 .1 ever missed. llfl!:!~[rorptd ill rlOnl about 1 1 l cct. it stemsro me us i f that ru~eLige would develop.1 fe w w rin kle s.

Now we Oint.' to a fl mr that l be-I~ve aft...! the:' don' t.

I say: ('.) rri n yOur ap_[l:roacb for ~Ian ling. yo u do not exceed I! ratelic.'Kl'llt of 1- 0 f et rniaute, the pla(1ewill F l o t bounce wIH!" 1 1 lands, A planetOUt.h In!! do~ 1 '1 at l'j ( ) fed 1 '1 r less, isequw ulent to drop ping the w hole p l a J l < Jverncally a distance o f a bo ut o ne -h alf ' ailinch, ltfld the tires and oleos nre de-signed to absorb thal hark.The 5ay: r Th e don't ! la y any -thing, ther just laugh.So , lhere is my problem. Mr, Petti-bone. r wou ld ap prec ia te it i f Y O L L

W (I \1Jc . I iinJ time to answer and I couldsay to the e ignoramuses. "1 toll! YOll.';0." Of course. if r am wrong, whichI c ou ld n '( possibly be , i!.lSi ~ er).d m e a.note to thlll effect mucked "personal".md t will drop the whcle subject.

YOU.f truly,LCDR, D. NAVY.

GriJl1Ip(JJIf Pettibone sars,:"';.:) I talked to " bm:lch of exp=in o'Ulefforl t ~ gee tneung'3.l'bled word on thesequesrions which seem to pop up whenevera buJI'e-s~ion gets under way. And hett'sl.he best info.r:rllCation 1hat _l could geu(1) You-'I 'e .aU wet en the !ow powerra e.ojf idea. The engine manuia tuJ'ersrind th!! Bnr.eJlIJ of Aeronaluics h3"~ hectl

'l",cl ~te waging " campaim 1.0 eliminate,the idea tbm you'1:e "$Iv-{ng d.e "gin,,"by nsing low pow~ all Ulkeoff. They gl'l eme some tong description!!" of {h~ test ~owhich "IlW filode.l ung~nes and productionmodel" aw subjected. For e:.;ample, mOStengines are run 'I[ Hlke'QfF p()wer for 30minutWl (i n SIX f iv l1 t '.mi ou re p e -r ci c: d) o n melivHlollr r;.ioJyy acceptanCE> tel'. ow llIodelengines "'-"I' rested For bouts -o!fpower for less th-an INe minutes, and ~QUhave the advantage of J',eoc:hing sn.fe single-Ilngine ~~ed more quickl and of getting

10 .an altitude where I.'IU hav "little. roomto tuaueuvee in case. of an I!fIlercne ,(2) The people J talked eo on ~he

R,4D desk agree with )'OU 011 the qtJe~iilJn(If leaving we ~ps aloue. un!il you h~...etum d . oj{ lil runwav, Although \here islinle chance of confusing 1I,ips u,d glOar onthe R4lJ, J hey $I)' rhar ti" plafje willslow down fll'!et with rhe Haps down ..(3) A reemendousamourn of expeeirnen-

tll,trOll Is underway 10 develop better "ys,emof ckptl lighllng. ,luQl"esCenr Jj;;hm areknowll 10 produce certain uudc>.-ir-ahledfl!cts on the eye. II ellQugll ~ellU!er ..dulcl'l1.vinl"l radi.lluon t " r o e s - 'Ile pil;"1,,ey' "fter nfiect.ion from the 1>lil't-:lce ,fthl> instrument pa" I, eertaiu .,ub.m:nceswi.lhin lDL' , ~ } 'eb l,H becomes tlllore&cent an dcause the lnterioe of the eyeball to glow.his gives the pil I th subjective sensa-

liuD ~)feing surNJunded by a luminoushrrze, " " h ; - < ! I l ls sllfI.itMr I ( ) . ,h " appearanceohl"injid ",b.m sitting in II room filled wfthtobacco -smoke. Tl:ri~ f1uol'..scence is "nny-ing and it ~l~u interferes with 1110'. pilot'snight visj(>o whun he looks outside the"irm,,11,'The 1Dedico~ h,1I Ole- the red :floQdligltt-ing or indirect red Hghtinl.: is the tOomingIbing as far 35 cockpit ill umination _goes.but w..bti! ),011 have an improved .Y$tcminstalled in the plane you happen 1:0 00th'i"g. }'un h


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NAVY HONORS SHAH OF IRANNAS SAN Dmoo-Wh~n, Hi:; [rn-

perin.i _ M i l r e s r y Moham~~ Reza ShuhPahl,av~, ruler of Iran, visited the W('stCoast recently, the N~vy played anac t! ve P (lI't ii se e ig that he wen t pl 1I0': !Sand saw things.While i1t S:j.n Diego he",j_~ited theCV Valley fl a, .t e and attended a m i l i t a r yluncheon. He was met by V Adm, GF . B0 ga n, VAclm. T. L Sptague. RAdm.Wilder Baker and Capt. L. K. " R i c l . ' .n.e Sba.ll wore the heavilybm itlcd uniform of a full admiraL since his respen-sibil.i.tic s in clu de b eim g hea d of l:Jie Iran-ian Navy,

"The 30.yeur .oLJ monarch was. pipeJa .boo .r d and given a 2L-gun salute b y the0l~it.J:, FIe 1nspected the Marine honergunrd and rnet fln~ and genef'.J.i officersof S!ifI Diego t4f'4 commands. A I.. aIUll~ e01 l1 in tht! wardroom be waspresented with n model of the V;t}/ey~(Irg(f by Capr, H. B. Temple, CO ofthe carrier, ( S r ; 1 f pbOIi! , iTuide b t l r 1 i irtmu.)her touring I-hcr cstri~ r. he ma,dethe-nexfr leg of hi. journey itl the g ian t

CilP l_ tEM PlEESC!!U ITS SHAH ON CARRIER rou~transpurt plane. the COI1.I'!lfllti(m. Ana ccomp l i sh ed rnulti-engi M e pi lo t h i r n-.self, lhe Shal, had the wheel b y J~im~self (or 20 minutes of the half-hourflihi l from Sa n Diego to Burbank. !lyeiag without rhe assistance of aso Skip-p e r , C d r . \W . M. L o . I J i n s _"bollrd the C{)ilJtif.{lti(j,!~ bes:ides 1 1itown r!lUnue. WIl.Il a group of U.S. state'depa. rt :rne rH ofTrc ia .l s an d staff ad vi~O1'$,.The plane made a jt,TO takeoE andwhen it landed at Burbank t.he Shahroured Ltickheed Aircraft . orp., whichbuilt it.

Canadians See J,ATO UsageCold Weather C : : r u 1 i s e , Visits HalifaxVP-3>J, NORFOLK-During five- daysof 0perM ing out of Halifax, NovaS,cotia, during the winter cold weather

exercises, this squadron made headlinesby beln,g the first te m"k c: : a pl:ro take-{ \ I f f [rQID Lllehllrbor of Halifas.111e exercise ';as par,t of th e insp ec -t iO I lO J " tli~ seap lane ;cendr.'t D)fXvuryB ay by Lt. Gov. McCurdj' of NovaS co tia, A dm ir.al Mc!lirtguy. commanderof Canadian Naval Force's, A:rlahlic, andU.S. Consul General Benlliu,!;hotT. tCdr.J . F. Schref~, VJ>-3;t skipper, and hi~(opilot Lt. Charles J. Kesner, made aJ....[O later with the above notablesaboilId. in com p:m y with Capt. E. M ,B lock, C O oi tIle DIIJliqm'y Bit),Th e JA1"Oex.erti5e was especi.r.lly in-teresting t o Li, Gov. M.cCurdy. r n ad-dition to beil"tg one of two Canadi{ luengineers w h C l l deSigned an aircreft forGlenn 1. Curtiss in 1907. the Honor-able Me. M c Curdy holds a number of" firsts' in aviarion,

Adm. ,B,olster Wins AWardJet Work W'ins BuAer Man HonolrsRAdm . C M . Bolster, aSSistant d,i(:!.f[or research and development of theBU'~em?:of A.erol 1 ll .l I~kshas been awardedth e G O d & l L F d M emorial Lecture award

(or outstanding work in the field of jetpropulsion."be il:wa~dwas made 2, December at

the ann ual (QO\l~m10n of th e Am eric .1 n"Rocket Socte ty in CO tljundion w ith theAmerican Society or Mechanical Engi-neers. He was cited to r (")\'cep6Qllatvisio1"1 i lnd lea..d t. rs h i p ill su pporl 0[ re -scarrh and developrnenr throughout thel'iehl of cod-:.d propulslen, 'J i)1cluuingthe develep rnear of JA1'D. J i C [ l J ' l d rocketengine development and hi~h speed re-se ar ch a ir cra ft progrsms.

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Navy Buys New LinkDeviceFaD , SN J Trainers Wil l Assist Pilots

N a v y pilot who are familiar with thehuge Alan/l i '1' opersnonal flight trainersused to check out "Pl3M crews on theground during the WaL' will be interestedin ewo new trainers bei[lg procured bySpecial De i es Center of the O f f i C e ofNaval Research.Contracts have been signed with LinkAv~LtiOIl Inc., to produce 2 7 "SN J o pera-tiona] flight trainers and foU! FolD train-ers, the latter the first jet trainers procured by the Navy. Deliveries arescheduled in the spting and imrner o r1950.The FJO trainers will mack the firstlime the N a . v y has procured trainerscolncident with delivery nf the produr.-tion model of the p lane, In ontrastto wartime Links powered by pneumatic.lnd mechanical systems, the new oneswill be largely electronic.As with the big MariflftT' OFT's, thenew ones will permit the instructor tointroduce fire, engine failure, combatd uniLgeor any operatin,g emergen y intothe f l1Sht SI) that pilots will get a chanceto practice emergency procedures with-out oE ing in acttml danger.TBM Pilo t Turns F,igh terDowns 'Enemy' Bomber Over FleetV ,15. PACll1l(-lt is not often thnt

J Ta,,'i j : A~lfIlgdf pilot gets. it chance toturn Jight~r .wd "splash' a bomber.but Ens. Harold Nemer of this quadranh~d the chance dur.ulg Oper41;oli Mikiand took it.The t a . : ; k . of N em ~r and hi s crewman,R. L Swain, ATAN, was t o protectthe task- gnaup from attack b y agg~essorsubmarines during the exercises. AfterInitial coctact with the target 1 5 y radar,wain guided hi pilot through thedarkness to tl quarter.rnile range fromthe large patr.ol plane.Employing the best night Jj.gbtectactiC's,Turkey Pilot Nemer made threea tta cks , a fte r which the bomber r'J.dioedhe had been .. hot down." Ordioarily,

!he job of fending off fitt;u:killg planesIS left- to fighters, bu t Ens. Nemerturned fighter pilot for the moment.

A IR T R A N S P O R T R E ' O R G A N I Z E DA~JOR re org ll~ iz ati( :m o f th e Navy :sair transport IS taking place. It ISdesigned to consolidate the a ir transportretained, b y the Navy and to effecteconomies within budgetary allocations.The whole plan is based 00 t11Cprinciple that the Navy is entitled bylaw to maintain air tr:msPQ1:t necessaryfor naval operations. To. t ime of war itrnu - t be capable of expended activity.To that end the .Me\\! orgMi2at-ion isaimed.All VR squadron and utility squad-rons 22, 13 nnd 14 have been groupedunder om: Fleet Logistic Air Wingoperaling under the Chief of Naval01 erations. The new command IS un-der Capt. WHIi:lffi H, Ashford whoflies his Aag .It NA P,'\T XEN1' R . J : v E R .quadrous will operate where there isno MATS service.Rather than follow [he movementsand breakups of squadrons. here is thenew Iineup, The Wing Staff wiH be atPatuxent. Lo ated there also is Air-Transllon One, whi 'h is a consolidationof V~-I and Vn-2J. Its sphere of activitywill be the eastern U.S. and AtlanticA detachment wia be at Norfolk.AirTraosRoll Two will operare Qutof Alameda, It will norrnally provide

AD pilot Gets Some SleepFellow Bomber Hits Rear of FuselageV A_- ' )5_ -A p i l o t of this squadron had

an u nu su al a.:l""rien!':1."n pull-out froma dive bombing run.He pulled aheul ix G's snd blackedout. When he regained consciousnesshe was at 1,500 fee~ on hili back oyeran adjacent target with the dive brakesopen_ He had a dreaming sensationtbat be WllS in II plane and as this be-came a {('a'lity he saw nothing buts k - y Over the nose.So, believing be wali in a steep climb,

seaplane logistic support to the navalestabl] shment in any area where suchS U p p O L t is required and p C . 1 c t l c a b l e . Adetachment will be maintained at Pa-tnxenr, Permanently established at SanDiego wiU b e A iiT r: .m sRol1 F iv e whosebailiwick will be western U.S. andAlaska. Detachment wiJ I be at MQffettand eaule.At Barber' Point. Oahu. AirTtansRon Twenty-One will take care of thePaclfic with detachments a J : Kwajillein,Guam and Manila. Air'Tran: Ron Twen-ty-Four will be at Lendon, Englandpermanently and will operate in EasternAtlanHc lind M cdittrtllnetlft areas, with'a detachmen t at Port Lyautey.Acceptance, Transfer and Tra.iningnit, composed of former VR'~4, is lHCorpus C11risti . It will provide for ac-ceptance, test and transfer of all air-c ra ft 1 I,> e Uin Fleet Logistic A ir Wingand all four-engined airGriJ.ft used b ytilt: naval component of MATS. It willoperate a school for pilots -and copilotu nd er C om F lA itW 1Qg.Ferry C u n c t i o n i S will be taken careof by VIt-l and VRS.Overall numbers of squad rcn pel's!)n'ne l will b e re du ce d -W ld su rp lu s a irc .ro .ftwill be placed In interim storage,he attempted to nose over. When herealized thts mistake he was climbingalmost vertically, He rolled out ofthis and leveled off tf ) be surprised by' : I . little insult added to injury as a planediving on this target dropped a minia-ture on the: after part of the fuselage.The pilot returned to base not the leastbrt relaxcdafte.r hi s short sleep and1 1 . J ittle _perturbed that the A D i s . not[igged for using G-suits.. (E dito .l'fJ Tlyte: A B!,Aer Ch4N{ti? nou:111t/Je mtll Witt 'flak I! II p(t!fibte t o ' ! ' ADill? d A M pi/(ln to IU G-J'IIitr,)

Who says [et P14~1f '. j mtt' l . :carf 'l tfll of 1Iffl1.41fU'IJi? 0/ course it ,-pllldlt'l fly frtrll.'(O!IIi1,e1lla/I J~PJ ~'iJb fbi! IO dd , b llj th e P -84 - fl/(.(wwi ab1)t '1l it .. prel ly r e i } } , ; l c loseI ,ut' ,fupport U't!ap~Wi th IIJ 3~ flfAR ff;ltIlBIJ. 'Bpfh 10Cj,U wdigh.1 134 POlb idl so Ib e fJt.me bu to goel off, h ft g rO ' U~ d. w i lh 4.288 extra. pOIHldJ, ,fUJI /0 mentio Ih" wl1!ght of the ! < r ; m o h e , " Of) Ih eIlIi#g. 7'1>~T-tllillide.-jill is i:h~ l1i, F't1mh fim ;i/ (ighJer.bombn and hllJ six ,30 cal gims.

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Radar Planes 'Pound' FleetAn~Weather Unit Fools DefendersFAW1'U. Pray OJ1the windwnrd sjJe oCKaohikaipu ehe leewa-rd was chosen forLJ1e f i rst b.nWu .Turbulent AlI made llw. area. danger-ous to opemto:- [rOIl1 and II level an'll"va.s fQ tllJd for l u H c l i n : B 1 > en tht wind-ward SIde, F b,u l.lgkts were made toevacuate the party, They ware landedneur the hiSh"'liy OD Mukapuu point,where ambulances were st:mding by .They were not needed, however, a s thepadyappeared IligoroUJiind well fed onrhe Hawaiian hsh they had ought_

''Night .Eye ' Planes ActiveSearchlight Flying Takes PrecisionVP-1:S, lb.RIlE ll' ~ Pouc T - .reak.remphasis has been r 1m .. ': J n antisub -marine warl.m:. pr,imllf}' missiot1 f lhis'guaJron, since H received two search-Ilgh[.e"luil'pe(l PI\"!Y-i's.Use of sea rc h I ight" according to theeensensus of opinion, grt'utly Improveshanres oJ iurressful ;ltt;u;:k lI.g;tinsl II'ubmat.ine .u . n i g - h t . However, it re -

quires gtea~ exactness on [art ,of thep i lot, the m,da.r o pera to r a n Ie ~e :L ITh light milll.T he pilot in parfirulxr must be higb-J y com petent in instrum III tllghl ,Uij hese npcrarions arc ccnducted (I( lowa .l tt fu de :s a t night. A small error On hisl~att could mean an unsuccessful attack,or worse, a tragedy, It is apparent thatinsrrumcnt Ai~ht t 'I Jm re te Il cy i s bccem-ing more anti more a prerequisite 10many Q r the new tl.:t:hnique. beiog_evolved. This squadron is of the opinionthat the p~e${fnt a ll-w ea th er ffi,sh t I'ro -t-!ram o f naval ~1I!.alion is the smartestmove that 11:l , 'l been made ill recentyear.A ret:.c.nt. tntgeuy i1 1 this rea ,d 0brought tp the (ore a possible alternateU S e f O ,f :L s e : l . rdUight-equippe .two-weeks cruise with II !'Iighl to Gunman-am n Bill'. Cuba. Pilllu J ve ra ge d ( ,( ).~ lio um ;and n',* rcquilWie.d tn water landings,

Whotiuif? ':[,Im II1IfNIMI ,fhOJ VI Ihe II u r - :JI/ ,hiS 11(1.11411.1 r, J II /lid It'h I' LCd,. 8..1


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ReSUictm!

Navy To Lease ConstitutionsB ig P la ne s Too Exper iS~\ I "e f.or Se,i 'v ic:eFOR RENT-Two R~O Com~imdQil air-

cdl t. Will .my lip tu ISO persons. .APl'lyU.. N1fV)'.Som e such ,ld :IS that could be runin th e newspaper" as a result o r th eNa\;y' derlsjoo to lease its two hugeLockheed C01wiJIllI01U to anyone- w hocan afford to operate them. Th e Navycan't, in its pm bed tinanci 1 I . ituatjon,lf th ey C l1UJ1o tbe leased, the two giantswill De stored il\: Litchfield Park, Adz.BuAER has asked for bids to lease thepi!l'ne's foJ; five-year periods. everal air-tines have expressed interest irr theplanes. In i1.ny lease deal, the lesseewould have to get CA A to certify themfor c ivi Ji :! l1 passenger use. The planeswere built toCAA spcrillcatiorrs forl'os:;tble lise il.t a lnter date,Glider Target Will Hit 450

I i U r i : : l L l 01 .J\ero)Il;llltia announced thnt it sQ~" w1nsed ailcmfl 'ul'llwgd has been~1I,~~fu.ll)' flight Ir$llj ill ,m ,dti hld" nf'more tllIliI 35.000 feet and < It speeds In ('X.es); Cl .15(} .miles au huur.The t~fgt:t glider. designed with tho: (011'

figuration of a G 01 1V ent!om lJ airplane, will heused f.lr tlUge! prsctice by bUlh d~y andoiSJlI Ilglucr planes and {or anti",; r(rafti'~(tl(;e. It has ,I wlng ~plm of 24 re~1

Developed '1J~~ three years ()f elC'p-eriinl(;!m.;(1 designs and tests, the winged target isoMttuct~d of metal to aid radar .r~BL..;r;"n.with aluminum bein!; I1xlen,jvtlly used tomeet the w{'illbt requirements, Its dl ' ign has

I1 :t:en nrnlngeJ' ~() f;,cilil.Me rn'lotlf


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WAGING a war i s : not simply antstter of sh00n o s down t' h eenemy's aircraft; it's a guesliol1 of riotshooiing down your own, aswell.During the Sici1 j' campaign, ou rwouod forces' AA batteries blasted alarge number of om transport planesleaded wi h troops. In the 'pacific manya Navy fighter er bomber was hot !'lutof the skie because ou r s~ip gunneIdid I'Hilt recognise his plane as a friendlytype.Y o u ran'r learn re co glllJio il o f planesin a couple of days-i't"s much easier tokeep abreast as you go along, so NAV",,!.AV1ATIU NEWS presents herewith aampliation of current U .. Air Force: f ighter aircraft. Take a gOQU dose lookat al l of them.All but one are jets. You don't , g e tlong to decide whether a jet tighter,01 ing at you is IJ1iend Or foe, so rec-ognition has te be faster and more ac-curate than ever before.A uniquecclncidenec was noted incompiling this list of fighters-those12

which hll"d received odd numbers forsome time failed to make the gradewhile the even, numbered pl;mes ap -peared to stick. n goes back as far as .the Xf-7S 01' the Be]! """77, a smallblunt-Dosed propeH.ered. lighter, or theNorthrop Xl'-7g, u.Ayin:g-wing fighter.The next' odd numbered t i .ghter wasth e XN,ll, a propellered plane by Vulteewith turbojet and turboprop engines.like the N avy's ra-r, it never '1uite made-the grade. ext in the odd-number linewas the XF-S3, a BeD twin-jet, then tilt.XF~E 5 . McOoJ,1neU' s little flying beetlethat hooked Qnto th e 8-",)9 bomb b",y. fol-lowed by Curtis' fout-jet xr-sr.

In the rueantirne; the -& 0 , E -- s~ -84.r-M, an d p-ss all got out of the 'X"stage and are firinS today. 'There aresome 1i '- l


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F 86 Swept wi.n~, and tail, hu/t.nvw airsceop feature Subre;- holds world ollirbl speed record of 670 nl11c~ an hOIJrF~80. Shooting Sla,

America's ' best known and mosr IhIlTI'erous jet ligl,ter. firsr .S. Je t t- o boperational in war. M ore than 1 40-0have been built for the- Air Force, .someof thembeln-g turned Over to the 'Navyanti the Marines for us e as a jet traineruntil FH's an d F9F',s became available.It long drOQping sacut, thumb-likeLockheed tall am] low w j n _ g are goodct 'cogn rtio n fe 1 !tu re s.The 1'-80 has an Allison )-33-;\23 je tengitle. Jt c an de liver 5,20'0 I bs , th ru stat 11.7'5 (:)rpm. Gross weigb~ load ed i~15,300 pounds, Th e [I-g() has Howoover so c mph ami crui at 450. Com-bl1 t radius is over 500 mphF.82, Twin Musrang

Anyofle who can not recQgnjz~ tbiplane ill the air should start at the be-ginning again. 1wo P-51'S joined withJ wing and elevator surface make thisrwo-tnan fighter. No other plane in theair today resembles It It weighs 26,nO()pounds, has tw o A Llison 2_o0-hp eng~ines and C(Ul do well over 400 mph.Wing span is s 1 feet. Now practicallyobsolere, as are all propellered .6ghtli::Tsi_ D the Air F orce, there- are still a few.

X.~91 \Vin;g~ tluuner at roct than at tip and Icur rocket Je t sr- in tail (see photo lower left) make t.hL~ one uniqueF-84, Thunc;ler;etNext to the SbtJfl l i t18 tar, Ihis is theAir Force's most popular jet in pointof numbers, In the bc :Ue f.Lba c 60Q mphclass, the-l'hlmdl!liet has the same speed

HS the 1"-1;0. Irs cigar- haped' fuselage an drnid-wiag, with no e air scqoP make Itf < t i d y essy te recognize. Minus its wingtip tanks, the F- 8 4 has been loaded with32 HVAR rockets on underwing launch-ers. Power is fumi.~hed b y Alli~on J.J5-turbo jet.One version of the ThlmJl!fjel beingtest liO'wo has the nose scoop filled inwith radar and, cheek scoops- on (he sideof the fu selag e. A no ther version Jesig.

natedf-84B is powered by [he )-35-17,giviqg it more lower and speed forfa:ster climb, Republic started out to puta jet cllg~e in the f-47 1'hU'fult:rbo/t butwound up clc'igning an entirely new air-plane in (he F-84, (t sleek, fa st fig bte r_*

XF 91 ~no(her vie~: 0 .1 .R~public [er shows side , , : i n S ~l- tlps and f 0.ur let 0n fices u n QVe and bel ow rurbo] er I!lillRestricted

F-86, SabreThe Air Force's fi[stweptwing pro-dlJction fighter- and holder of the oficialworld 's spee-d recor-d at $70 mph, theSlIbi'e has been flown b y Leal MarionCarl of ~heMarine COIl'S at better than700 mph. It s hog-nose airscocp, sweptwings and stabilizers make it f air ly e as yto recognize in the air. A singh: J '-47AleneraJ Electric jet- delivers 5,200pounds- thrust at sea level.A small plane, the Y'86 weighs 16,000pounds loaded. Itha~ the same range asth e F-80 an d F-B" with their wingtiptanks, being in the neigbborhood of 500m ile s- c om b!lt ra diu s, At Ih e C le ve la ndAir Races the past fall, the S a b , ' @ did

TIO mph and :>7,000 feet altitude- infljght tests.Another version 0 the Sahreis alsoin the mill, the Xf'-93. This plane is es-s errtia lly a u fSQ with Bush air intakes

F-88 Cousin to Navy's Bansbe is lh[$ McDOfI-Dcllpenil_tmtioniigjJter with its ~wept winss and upswept t.ail structure13


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nation fighter-bomber with eon-iderable range.It weighs 30,000p oun- ds lo ad ed . Itsrh a rp I y taperedwI rig an d wing-root intakes aregeed recogniti0nfeatures, plus thehigh taiL It ha slong range.F-89, S(otpiOl1Au all weather[]ight Egh.ter. theNorth rop tW In -Jetis easy to r c r o g .nile with it s tw oengines meuatedbelow the fuse-lage. The XF-S


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F-94 Take the " 'cll,kn


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* 'fRiS IS Uw tweJll.j'-four.f,h < I, ~ .sor;.". I'f..h01rl -~"teb"" ') [ ~


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of success. That Was the cash; let thecredit go.A few days later, 00 November 20rh.o devastating was U . Penfold 's attack

on a 10,oOO-ton freighter-transport thatbe established beyond question its fieryend, O n a single run, Lt. Penfoldscored two d ir ec t h its , one forw ard andone l l i l . , with a possible third hit amid-ships. The fires observed were visible30 miles Away.Toward the last of November, VP-]lwas transferred to Port .Moresby fromwhere the squadron engaged in convoyduty day and ojght, rendered assistance10 the Army In the Cape GloucesterstOke performed rescue and food up-ply missions, and evacuated the Austra-Hans' Sepik River post near Wewak inNew Guinea. Of all the odd job Ii thesquadron was called upon tQ performthe epik River evacuation was the. mostspectacular. On 16 December, the pro-jec t w as begun te take out :n < ) A u tra-lian officers and mea and 25,000pounds equipment.

WTH THE- Japanese only a fewmiles away. tJ1C first C,tllllillalanded on the winding dver~0l11y twow in ~ span -wille-wifh a stron g currentfUllning. - ince fog uSllaUy c l o s - e d theriver opwn to 50 feet. onLy Btack Calmagic-the art of han,illin.g a lreavypatrol plane 011 water just en oug h toA O a . t it~made no.vigi ' l : t ion an d 4ndingpossible. It required seventeen trip inf ive-days to comp le te the. job. Not oolydi d the C latinaJ have to 1 nd deep inencmy territory, but tiler had to f lyacross high mQunt~~n .ra,nge5-withoutoxygen equipment er supcrchargers-e-and deep jl.loglcs. That vs-n com-pleted tJle mission without mish-ap isa lribule to human skill, daring ii.tJUthe fine performance of Lt. W. S. VanBensch oren , maintenanee g~n,g, Lt. T.H. ~da1e, later lost in action witll uR 68 tffil te d

A G~~AT CATALINA NEGOTIATES A NARROW RIVER TO ....AKE A RESCUEcrew of 1 0, evacuated the IllSl 01 thepersonnel as the japs dosed In .On 28 December, VP'I [ was directedto proceed to P a l m . Island where forthe month o f J an ua ry , 1944, they par-ticipated ill trainin_g an d administrative

Aight. From February through the,first pa.rt of July, VP-Il a _ g ' l i l 1 l operatedout of Perth, making operational, test,training an d u tiljty flights which, whilethey were not a" exciting {IS actual corn-hat, were just ItS essential.In the middle of J L 1 l y the .squadrenWi'IS transferred to S. rnacai, New Gu.i.nea, to begin an intensive round ofonvoy- duty, night an d antisubmarinestrikes. and rescue missions. Accurateand- tim ely Information was alwaysavailable from Lt. W. F. F ox whoferreted di palciles with the .same can-dor with which he served tlwse Phils-delphia clients.

8 :y August, the squadron had m o v t : ! dto Maols Wocndi. near the island ofBiak in Lhe Schouten Islands, to renewBlade Gil ac tivities a nd continue -anti-submarine patrols. Outing tillS month ,P-II fie\v -Il B tark Ca t mission, 20AS parrols and made tw o air-sea res-cues. .Ad eance base was establishedneal 1 ew Am terdam Island on thetip of New Guinea. 'This enabled theCsts to prowl in the Philippines.Go the [lighe of 3 " September, Lt.

Cdr. Thernas . White, cornmundiegofficer of VP-I L and Lt. T. L. Hinestruck the Japanese hard. H. Cdr.~b[tc found 12 ships, SO to 1 3 _ 0 feeIn length, north of Tanarnon ~n theCelebes. B y strafing and b0fllbing, hedestroyed tw o others, Lt. H ine p atrolsLing Davao Gulf, a tta ck ed . s ev er al bat-s= with unoQ etved results and sank a6,000 ton Fox Tare Baker on the eastside of M alalag Bay,A the: campaign gathered momentumin the Pacific , advance bases were es -tflblished in M orari -and later in Levte.Itwas here t ha t VP-Il was relieved- by

FHM'S in Octcber 1944.Patrol quadron Bleven, veteran of

battles from Guadalcanal to byte wasgoing home, and so was the old Pll,handy work-horse and gallant 1 ightltcin nearlyevery major campaign rn th esouthwest Pacific. Displaced by thefaster, heavier bombers, the PBY wasnow retiring to the corrals of trainingcommaa ds and - a i r-sea rescue un its. Theairplane that had slugged it out wasassigned to rra.ining and sp read itssturdy w1nss over .fledglings.VP-ll was on e of the first patrolsquadrons in n av al histQ ry to receivethe Presidential Unit Citation. awarded[or their search missions and anti-ship-ping attacks in the Japanese controlledtHea of the Bismark Sea {10m September

L5, 1943 to February 1. 1944. The rita-bon poiotcd out that the Squadron hadrendered "pioneer service in dlaltgmgthe Iassive defensive .sea.rch into a boldand powerful ol1ensiv~,,. and had"utilized the. full potenrlalities of thepay plane and its eq uip ment, to catin genemy task force units and strikingdangerously by night In devastating,rrusthead, glide bombing attacks to in -sure vital hits en the target." Slx yearshave psssed, but the Navy has notforgotten its stil'fing battle record.

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Yorktown Reunion April 14Shlpmo'tes 10 Meet .AgClin in N, Y.The l"or J ; 1o t r u ( V-H!) , rb e

Nl1 vy ' 5 Fig/JIll//!. '-Mil)'. will hold iI~~hi.rd annual reunion In N~\\' York ('ityon friday, April I-I,TIle reunion mny be extended to .,two.day tffai:r in ~he event there I~e no ug la in te re st far a second day. F or-mer member - of the 'York/fIU/N who arenot ;llrciu3y member , of the newly-f rmed YO'l'ktrJl( lU IJ IIor;n/WII shouldsend their name and address and 'Idues to the s~(rctar'y or fht- aS~GicinJlon,F tn ll6 ~ P . l:;rllVV a- ll,.r . iO Wall treet,ew York 5, N ,Y. s o they mil)' he puton the m:liling list F9f' till: corning re-union.Pilots See (o[nhol CenterStudents Visit CAA Setup for TrQffk

NAS CO-RP l1usn-Since fewaviators have even seen the- in ide of aCOfl trcl tower th e training departm cn (of ~Ii weather flight sehcol took its~tudcnts in roups of SIX to San An-tonio 1 0 see how CAA air ttaffi (00-trol center works.These cen te rs have the direct responsi-bilIty F or movement of all alrcraft, r u m -tary a .nd c ivl li an , tha,t arc filing IF R intheir zone, The students were shownho San Antonio control works andhow adjacent control centers coordinateon inbound arid outbound 'A igbts. P ro-cedl,lrcs for keeping departure reports,arrivals, pOsition reports and the intri-cate com munl ca tlon network istho roughJ y explained. The pilo~ isshown how important the flight. plllnis , ami the necessity fo r its contaiflingact 'Utale clara.It is believed the information gathered from their familiarity with contLo[centers will make them better instru-men t p _ ilo ts .

1'~ey may 'lOi I,.ii, f( bl ~',IiII/1 c.JlIUJ. Im'dhll II/ Il-lgh 'il/lt. !1I0"'/ ~/II IIJ fi_ ~o bml1I,/i"1i b e m'fll'ld ,lCcldt;nt~ were one propeller Lip ni k :e-dam! QOe barrier crash "'hidl ~'


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'Kigmy' Insigne for VMF-l22Jet 'Boil-Oul' Grads Gef Apt MascotMAW-z, MAS, 1-lImRY PO!Nl'-AI Capp' latest rFC'1l. tion, the littlefellow who gets booted around by the!'c harac ters in ale Li'l tUmet comic strip,is now a boot in M arine F ighter 9uad.ro n 122.The fam iliar Kiglll has donned al e t pilot's craslr helm et and will a[)-peat on the membership card" to be i s -sued to VMF'I;t2 pilots. who n.ve corn-p leted the sear-ejecticn lndoctcinaricnc ou rse, (S ee NANEWS fo r September,Technical pain. of the seat-ejectionmechsal m are eX plained during the

course and the fin ~l e xamin atio n in vo lv esfUlng the pilots nigIl into the ai r by

'KIGMY' AND VMF'-122 .1l0lS BOTH GEl BOOTE!)

th- ex plosive rh rge. of a 37mm cart-ridge. Besides t:eadti.l18 the p ilots theproper technique to use when "bailingout" of je t airc raft, the COUIS!!' alsogivc$ them 'onl1 ,Jeoc{ ' in the equipmentby ac.ulilily allow ins them to make-apraetlre run,To date only a . few M arine A icrs havecompleted the seat-ejection course, hencetheofs,anizatiorJ of th e exclusive "Kig-my K 1llJ1 " b y members of V~-I32.Marine Captain John lingedand,olleof the charter members, explains that aKlgtnJI was selec ted fot the ma~CQ( be -cause "Marine pilots going through thes~atejeCtion '"hoQ ! and Ki(!,foieJ haveplenty in cornmon. Nothing to reallyklCk .J:.OLlt, you understand, but we dopr


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MAN -MAD M OON? M AYBE !C OJ,U STR rps and pulp magazmes with their Fanta ncstories are ~training to kCl:p up with the times. Theycan't be content w ith m ere interp lanetary trave], onl} ' dreamstuff.nH!Y hit ve good reason , too. T he sc ie h. tiets. ha ve beengiving them a chase, Recent research has uncovered IIwealth of information about our atmospheric 'umbrella andwhat Lies beyond it. It w o u l d take full time!' reading- andwide technical know ledge to keep up with .it a ll, h ow ev er .M o l o y recent d iscoveries were put up HI on e package toinform us who can't do all that reading, It was 3 reporton The B artl) s Atmosphere b y Howard . . E . Roberts, anaero-therrnodynamies engineer of the Douglas Corporation.released in Octcber. He revealed i! world of Jli~h nuclearra dia ti on , v ertio il velocities o f h urr iru ne FOlce a nd b om bard -rnent of quintillions of s!:ray partic les from outer regionevery sec ond, He tells a . s t C I I : Y of the fo rm id a,ble h arrie rex:isting between u s e arth bo un d mortals and other w orldsand whar Wt have accomplished in penetrating that barrier.H(. speaks csndldly of satellite vehicles and rockets to themoon. The old idea that here is a sh arp d i,,iid in g linebetween interstellar space and ocr atmo:.pbete 1 1 < 1 5 been disproved-so fat it has been ldenrified as such to 10,000miles. O ne man s - a y s 4 3.0 0(.) m ile . M e te oro lo gists . a " tro-p h y s i \; .i . t s, < l l6 f o d y p . l. lO ! li c is t . an d rhy ic is ts h av e a U contributedto this knowledge,Pilot arc familiar with the flow of air over an airfoila.nd the law s' a ; p p i y i t 1 ; g La its behavior. This is; tile re -a lm o fg as d Y ll.amic s. tt extends up to about 1 00 m iles. Between1 00 and 375 m ileli lies a transition or "slip flow" region,behavior of the air depending on speed. Above that isfound what is called "free molecular flow."Up to SO miles molecular nitrogen Dud mole cu lar o xy ge nexisr in the 80-20 ratio found at the surface. Above 80 miles

M ARliN V IK ING II ROCKET SHOWS ON~ WAY fO nOBE UPPfl! A IR

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oxygen breaks down tom ()~ to OI-the a ornic form.Above 3 00 m iles nitrogen also changes into the atom ic form .Jltotn300 to 7,000 miles oxygen decreases ill proportionto .nitroget1lln.d complettl_y disappears, Pro;n 7,000 to LO,OOOmiles byruogen an d helium are p resent 1 1 1 a tougb BO :1Oratio.

Roberts states that it IS theoretically. possible to buildan earth-escape rocket w ith presently available fuels, but th eexpcndhuee would be exorbitant. A return :flight must . 1 1 -ways be borne in mind. To escape the earth's gravitationalForce would require an e eape veloc ity of 2~ ,OOO mph: fromd1C moon 5,300 mph. A elocity of 17,400 mph wouldestablish a little rnan-rnade moon in an orbit of its own,A I;LAt)'cE" a . t the big (:bart reveals lhal ternperature riseto 4,OOOQ F. at 400 miles and above. What, then,would happen to a vehicle? The answer is th~lt particlesare so widely scatrercd that whatever heat lhcy transmit toit veh ic le - woul d be lost In radiation. Corniag down wouJdbe dlln~ erous.. however, because of beating from air 'ric -tion.A greater hazard is meteors. One of these bits ofmaterial, averaging the ize of n pe,t and traveling up to]70,000 mph. could abruptly terminate a f1lgbt. Ab VI . '35-50 miles, their vlIporiz:m' altitude, they are bigh speedbulletsW eather JisturbancIl origlo1 1 'te primarily in the trope--p h ere. but ~ eC iJnda[y causes are found in the outer armos-phere.W ith t1 i~ hts going ever 11igher0o an .",crage.mete 0 rologist5 ll.re $h ow in giD cre asillg in te rest .in the IJppc rregions.One thing r h e r are ure {If-the stratesphere is far fromthe calm region once thought. Noctilucenr clouds, firstobserved by the on egian at altitudes from 50 to 60

HIGH AUITUO Ii'BAUO olil.5 lIK E THIS 'LA5TICONE AJ:~ UUD TOORCSt1', ic tcd


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P II .ENOM 'EN.e . Q .F THE TROPOSPHERE , S TRATOS PHEI IE ,I ONOSPHER' E ANI ) . EXOSPHERE AR E SHOWN IN THIS cH AR T P RE .P AR ~O g,y DO.llGlAS A IR CR AF T C OR P.mile', sometimes have l terl/1'111 velocities of 250 mph, wllJ,his as bad. as t h e : most violent thundersrorrn.G arnering in fOl'mAti0D about the atm osp here u tiliz es ev erytyp e of observ atio n from ac tual analysis to theoretical studies.tudies are made b y means of radiosondes (ba.l1oons). rocket-'om il'S an d aircraft. Reflection of abnormal. sound andspectroscopic studies of auroras and night sk y light haverevealed the temperature distribution and composition ofthe tippet a~ospherc.WHEN ~dcors -appear, leave a .p~th and dis ,nppe.1~ , theyestabhsl1 tempera tvres, denSities aud winds 10 th eupper r.e;gions. Radio 'Wa ve reflections have uacevered thevarious levels at which ionization occurs. The ear h's tcr-rtsrrial magnetism has been found to vary with the time ofdu)' lind season. JL lnfluenees conductivity of the ieuesphereand probably has something to do with upper winds.l1H~sun and moen have < J . L l e1tect no; only on the 0 eansand the earth's crust but on the -rr= atmosphere, too,Anal)' is of b irernetric f1uctu~tions revealed tides [ising andftlliing in our arn'lospberic- blanket.rudies of the escape of helium and other ga,sf:s Jtomth e atmosphere indita.(e that their a toms b~avegre-cygen pres-sure is well known. .At Ii pres~u,e altitude o r 55,000 feetthe dissolved gases in tJ1C body and water vapcr vexpandan d cause the bo~ y to swell up Iike.a balloon. Di&teg'


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Flight nal'J.gattlr in b ow ,g ui de .s Vl',6! L,Jber'ltf.!r on n traIning misslon01'


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D. Crate~. MJ,. (ClI1IIC,ls Ventura tube tocamera: malfunction would make flIgbt fan

6in h cameras, 2. Flying the pboeo-8mphk Liberators and Beechcrafts 011constant true betldjn:f!;5 p-ara,llel to ad-jacellt Aight lines and witl, a minimumof crllbhjng, tilting and variation in alti-tude necessary to record undistorted andam isrent ~~hologr:ll'hs. 3. Use of bomblilg~ltS and drift sights at high altitudeto keep the pJ.a.ne ort tI true heading.4. CoordillatiOfl of the airborne aerials urv ey t( ;' 1IJ n to ge t Oil the proper photo-graph Ie station and. start aerial Gamer-asin II minimum of time, 'as well as makenecessary adjustments of the cameras~ light and. weather dictate.Equally as important as the pilot andnavi ga to r, t he aerial p ho to gra ph er m ustbe trained to C1IIT}' out a precise job. InvP'~J'S oper-ational training, aerial pho-to grap he rs m u st demonstrate 8: numberof skills before qlJ,aJifyitlg as membersof an aerial survey J 1 i g 1 1 t team. They aretrained to master the maintenance, in -stallation and operation of the Fair-child C'artogntpbic camera (C.As) theK-11, 6-indi Focal length camera and the](:'[8, 2,f.jnlth oal knt;th cameIa.It I~ essential to know bow and whento make all adju trnents ef the auro-mati cameras to obtain p-rQl'er forward

overlap; to se lec t' and ad j LIst rdlers- (o rrroper density and contrast 0 negi~-rives: and to properly load and unloadthe IllQje 20Q' iOQ,f( IIJ'Id 9" wid : rollsto prevent stktcilil),g and marring theemulsions, In gefleral, rhe aeria] phe.Logtl lp lu: 'r operut '"s the main bat~ery ofthe photographic reconnarssanoc andaerial survey plane. His failure wlllabort. the ~ I'tic of liB': eetire team. r e o(juiring, lit the ase of an aerial mappingproject. 1 \ reflight,TIle precision work of VP,r.I' sixrnulti-engiucd I"ltW-IP'S lw d four Beech-craft ~NB.21" : ; Jtl1end~ on the -kill of~roL!nd photogrepluc and phote inter-preb:!tion personoel to deljl'et' all ac-

L.ul,for,d lind Hml5!OnprePdF(l a ,W()ioolwll of sonne fiILn (01 dt-yl.ll& in Hig Delta labreptable final product to the federalgovernm-ent for mapping. After th eBight operations are r rnpleted duringan aerial survey, thou' ands of aerialnegatives and print must lie proc~ssed,In VPC,I. rated photographers andstrikers are trained on the job to ad-here to methods which will guaranteeproper laboratory processing of the vol-uminous roverage of It large aeri11 sur-vey objective. F or example, VP,61 pr.o.

hyi1)g l I!oscllic o C C J . I l ' i e s 'T. Calhoun, Bns.D. Laae ~nd R. Brunk at Miramnr laboratory

c:.ootOIJ.r.drawin9' with~tfLN,\l\lr 'lra_grn!,his molt rvr M. ''i lliam s, \ I I -


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Crash DrillsON Il.I!'l'URNINC [rom an FeLP hop the pilot of an F'Sf'made a normal lauding slightly letit of the center ofthe tLl1lWay, As he touched down, his Left t ire blew out cau -lng the plane to swerve to the left. Full tight brake wasapplied immediately with sufficient force to skid the righltire, Qul the plane swerved off the runway iuto toe softsand, The wheels dug in and the " F ' 8 : F lllpped ever en it~back.The pilot had his safe~ belt and shoulder harries tightand was not seiliously iAjused. However, he was ill a mostuncomfortable position, 1 1 . the canopy had smashed aroundhim :lod he haii bitten hi s toogue, He was h.1uging on his

belt with hi s head pressed into a mixsure of broken glas~and sand, wben the tower operator called au the radioto llk i f he Was to any trouble. Hi reply is one that thetower operator will long remember, "Hell no, J land liketh Is all the time I"About this time the crash crew arrived and found thatthey were not .going to be able to ,get him out withoutlifting the plane. This neces itnted iI wire rope .! iUng whirllthey hadn't brought along. After about 15 minute and alittle looprovisjtlg they lifted the plane ..nd extracted thepilot. The accident board reccmrnended that every ~j;$t~ttion from which l"SF-j planes operate be prepared to hftthe tail gllickly in the event of overturn and tha.t the crashcrews hold more frequent drills.In another o ve rtu rn a cc id en t the pilot run off the runwayI1 d fliE ped over on his back in about four feet of water. Th e

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crash crew arrived promptly but did nOl have ,1 sllilkielltlylong cable to reach the tail of the plan~ and still allow thetruck to remain on rile runway where I_ t could ret enoughtraction to lift th e plane, Th(! pilot _drowned before theplane could be righted.These R n c i other q J . S ( : S illustrate the n e c e s s i t y for anticipar-in s the types of accident that Jllay occur at any given freid,Crash rews should be drilled rehzuJarlyand the- drill' shouldbe varied to encompas 1 ) . " 8 many different types of erner-g en cie s a s _ p os sib le .The operations offiu::r ,LlOI1I'" air sm t i0 11 fro m . which heli-copten; were ope~ating devised til. interesting and reaUsli,cmethod of dril1i~8 his crash crews. He w,?uld send .t !1~~['copter oul with iastru non to land InWl'IOuS spot WIt-ill"11 mile or two of the station and set off a smoke bomb. Thehelicopter pilot wouJd send a distress call, "MayJay. Thisis a Test, Mayday, This is II Test" just before- setting off thesmoke bornb, The crash crews .sonn learned where theycould go and where they rouldn't and the quickest rootesto reach "3t'101l5 areas near the landing pattern. The valueof th e d r.ill w as demonstrated iii :lcouple of ear ly dri ll Whenthe fire truck bogged down and had to be pulled Old due(,0: atternping to take il route that was i:mpassable.Stlltions which have a $\?ndby earch and Rescue planeshould have frequent mspeceions an d drill ... to ascertainwhethen or not tbe & R p! I1C has all the recommendedequipment 00 board and whether or not the persoru:'leJ ~eIarniliar with its \,ISt" The standby rrew S110uJd be delHg.nated daily by name and should be avai lable to man theplane 01 '1 five minute norice.Remembe r lh tU a n y eme rg en cy is e asie r to cope with if youhave planned for it ahead of time ~J ead1 oft! er andman k~10WSwhat he is expected to do when the siren blows.

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A avalTl",m alRn-~ of a Nava] Air StationIS t! grun expenence and NASUNCOL1..r" was 110 cX'Cept-iotl.Wben Commander L. S. Mehorn.the CO , ttrl_d three offit'crs arrived inthe! ra id st 'o f a s ub -z er o Neb ra sk a SI1_OW$torOl. to statr the operation at Lincoln'sMun ic ip .a l F i eld , thtty fOLind It bleakscelle, Aside horn diet~ging weather,the NAS buildings. long abandoned bythe Army, were in a stale Of maKin:tun~disJlepllir and the egll ip ru en t W;1 :Sat aminfrnlJm" in fad at 0.0.That was O n 26 November 1945-the eve o r Nebrask~'s four-month snowstorm-the worst winter in 62 years.Now little more ! - h I m a ye'Ar later,NAS LINCOLN s ta !' l- d.s a; s a pro ud -:-I,dc litio n to the Naval Air Res erv e rh ainof 1 .7 51;Miol \s 3 .1 1 J un its. Re) u v.etll1leU,oea'(Jtilieu. medernlzed, it is operatingin h 1gh ge:u' and still growing. But ittook p!cnLy of back-breaking labor andthe combined efforts 9f Hfficers andmen , a cth l{ " tillty and Organized Reserv-ists , . J j b l ' e - . to bring tlle swa t' ll' ! to itspresent state.Back in 1948, -With all signs pointingto a rugged future,Commander Mel-som and his ori.ginal handful of officerskept their overcoats on and immediatelywent to work. First they had to regmlh.~11J.St:tting u p headquarters in theNavy Recruiting Qffice in downtownLincoln, ther hired civilians and onS December .act-unlly hegan enlistingstatlQ nk eep ~f.' p erso nne l. .Doring. thefil'st tw o d\lys the omce w as open, theyhad 400 applicants.Ne){t came the matter o{ emergency,stopwap repairs on the main NAS build-ing. B roken windows were teplS'ced;doors were hung; holes were patched;a n d a eoal stove to keep the temperatu rejust a little above f r e e z l f i - S was ins ta ll ed .O n n December 19'48, NAS UN,

COLN was formilly commlssioned andthe CO lQ rs were two-blocked atop theadrn] 11 istratioll building for thefi.tsttime. Now rhe Reserv-es were ready togp. to work on (;_ons~ru


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-O PfllA:TIVN PAINr~ RusH' GO T PRIO RITY W ITH AU HANDS TURNING TO lIKfS AND WIUiiED WORKED ON ICE SKATES' DURING THE BIG FREEZELcmt. JA/I!.ES A, S1'.YtlliRT of Ottum-\v > Iowa, who holds three A irM edals fur downjng six Jap planes,an d a P re sl dent ia ] Un it it.a.ti.on, wasappointed 0 of CVllG&S. it. W, D,MeDowcU, who v as awarded the NavyCross for sinking a Jap cruiser and whoholds three Air M eda1 s and a UnitCitation, was named CO of v A8:.'Il,while Lt. James R. Roady . who holdseight- Air Medals, two OF 's and aPJ 'e si cienrial Gnjt Gbtion, W as givencom mand of Vl~-SS-E.U nder the leadership of these men,the Organized Res.ervists were weldedinto a tombat- r e A d y team.During it's two weeks cnnse inAugust, the organization and training(If -CVEG-SS reached a new high. ortiesW-ere 1Iown on bombing an d strafingru ns , F ig hte r5 I'ra ctise d~ ir.to -:U r g un -nery with target sleeves. P ilots flew anave.ra:ge of 60' hO~5 and some evenachieved 77 hours. Enlisted personnelptcvided outstanding support.Since then, the air group has parti-cipated in ei.sht air show over variousNebraska towns as part of regular pilot

training. Reservists 1 1 1 0 6ew "cover"for the elm li/tltion, when it was flown(t) L inc oln for th e s ta tio n. o p en Ir ou seceremon i5.ToqllY, NAS LINCOLN is busystreamlining Organized Reserve train-in s oJ>era.tions und'er: the new et-up,whereby its ;,ir stoup has been con-verted into 1 1 n air w.iog and componentsquadroos. The Station is driving to.wards filling the almost 100% increasei n O rS -! ln i~ ed Reserve billets it receivedin the reotganizaHon.Flymg Leat /JemeckJ shared in thegrowth of NA L1 N OlN. On I June1949,R Marine Air Detachment wasc omm issio ne d a t Lincoln with Lt. Col.E. V. Finn a Detachment Commander.Ina month and a half, the 38memberunit was filled.On 1 July. VMF-j13, f amed wartimeMarine- fighting squadron. Wll re-eom-mis iened at Lincoln. Now there are30 pilot, 1 ground 9fficer and ltO en-listed Organized Marine BI%ervisfs at-ladled t? The JfYhiJtlin$ Deolls .outfit.C a p t ; ; U l l Taylor N. WithrOW, directerof Nebraska airports with the "bateDe-

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Lh, Olson. R()gi!r,l, G : r : , j_ f ' a .n d I.Cdr. Spurginwere the first Or&ani~~d offi ,ers ttl report O. n 22 April 1'949, til'.. first Or,ganized Reserve m1,1Slerw:lS held nt 'NhS Lrl ' i 'CO~N-~hesepi tots: ground Qffi((~rs nl1d aviation specie Iists were Ott hand to gt:t the progrnm undecway

L I N C O L N I T E S L I ' C K E D S N O W A N D IC E T O B U IL D N A S

were going in full swing anti A ir ~*J"\'is~sh ere w ert' w ork ing tl)ge tlie r '[S u re al te am

MeanWhile VMF-IlJ W~~ commissioned-CO'\Xfi!MrOWwa. . ccngrahllatoo by LL Col. F lnnRe.st:r ic; ' ted

And pHds Like M(:CllJT~ GIt


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Reserve Build's VetsmobileDesigned to, A id D isa ble d VefefQnsThousand of mile aero the country[rom NA OAKLiI u in J. Veterans'Ho&p itn J a t rmm iu gh arn . Mass., RobertF. Driscoll, 23-year-old Navy veteran,I;; waitrtl,8 [or a dream to reme true,And in Oakland, Call/am in. EdwardT. Ad kin , AD , ate hnicran WIth th eOrg.mized Reserve is ready ll O fulfill th3.\dream, Chief Adkins i leaving soon todrive across the country and present to~bcrt F . D riscoll a ellr especially d~ .signed to male him independenr,1"bis "vetsmoblle" was planned tothe- hlst detAil 0 give a Jj nbled veteran,like Driscoll self-sufficieacy. '0nstru(t'c-dalmost entirely fro.m obsolete llitplunc:pares, th e versmobile has two motorsone [or locomotive power and the otherto operate :l lathe and buffer. 1l has akey~ma.kiI18 machine, equipment tomanufacture leather Ilod (opper soodsas \Y c1 1 a s i'I best of o ther acoesseries

to supplement u little newstand business,which- the veteran can operate from lhecar.A two-way radio and hydraulic jackson the wheels, to enable Driscell toraise them without getting Out of thecar, complete th~~etup.Adkins states that the vetsmobile willtravel 30 miles per how: on its gasolinetn ;o to r O r 10 miles pe r hour O n its elec-rue .motor. He ,hopes eventually tofurnish the machine at rosr 10 othernwqttll P [let! veterans.Driscol], who 'en'cd for 3S monthsin. lilt: Navy, was discharged in 1947wlbh the rate of electrician's mate, sec-on ~ class. eon an!;r he wa taken to!he C ushing Veteran's Administratiol1Ho~


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A IR R ES ER VE ID EA S PA Y O F F

AN OTHER NM O AK LAND ID EA THAT W ORK ED -F OR RECiItUITIN.G. THAl IS

Dividend CornerNAS OA KLAND-PrCld-l .Ict ion linemethod have stream lined the check-inprocedure [or O rg an iz ed R es erv is ts whoare reporting aboard for [heir annual~tail1jn,g Juty.Nflw 20 stati nkeepers from the per-sonnet, medical , d i~but '- si ng . te chn ica l.t yp e t ra in in g. MAA. BOQ a nd a ir cra ftmaintenance office set up departmentaltable: in one wing of thewNpensary.Squadrons are then srheduled to reporttIt 2aminute intervals fo r c he c: k: tn g- Lnthrough the various departmental tables.

A :; a result, each squadron is nowprocessed 1 . 1 1 .iliout L S " m ir H lt e which is;tgreat morale factor in addition e ebeing a time-saver.Prior to the u 'C of the. productionline m ethod, a . R eserv ist, rep ortin gaboard For his annual training dutyperiod. consumed an average of fourhours, The new system permits o J . sev-ing of 2,ti2"i man-hours, when an aver-!lgc: cruisl:" group of 3 : 5 r 1 o fficQrs andmen report nboard, an d uses only 120hOLLr~ of starionkeeper t ime .WheR lhe cruise j t omp le red, Re se rv -ists check out via the same route andare free to leave the station. u sin g: th eirpay cheek as liberty cards.NARTU MEM1}H1S~A n ew av ia tio n~ :lf ety b oa rd has been camplered andplaced In the N:ARTU operatiens of-fice. This board j, bordered b y a whiteneon lobe and in the center of theboard is "D ilbert" \ ith hi s bee _flash-jng red. Ehret! 00 theboard for allto read are B ight safety orders, GI" tU! lpnwPrnibon r latest remarks, the lessonfor th e month und give-away copies o rRigllt safety lea'Bets.On the tralnjng front, the aviationte ch nic al tru in in $ department has com elip witb what It considers tI . feasible

R est iet. ed

pl'lan to solve the old centliet wieh th esquadrons r,eg!U 'dlng the am ount of lim etheir enlisted men should spend In therlassrocrn.Now it is taking the classroom tothe men, via a trailer, on which has

been m ounted aO J ins,tructor's p latform .mockups, training aids, and a sectionof bleachers for ~ he students to sit on.During the cold weather the mobileL a room can be rolled cighl into th e

I I I rrra f t : rna inteaan c e hangar. This typeof training is designed to supplement.not supplant. regularly scheduled class-room work.Unification NoteNAS BIRMTNHAM-MlLrine Reserve

SguadrOl1. VMV-S41 , has COme :up withaJ typiml Leatherneck slant on unifiration-"Make 'em al l Marines."

Among UI C members of VMF' -5 -11 are:5/SgL J . It Mcrrison, ex-Navy. whoserved on the carrier Copabcf! In thePacific and who is now w ith the B ir-miIl,gham Police Department; PVl. tan-ley Davey J r . , Birmingham, hIgh schoolstudent and the '0[1 o r "o-year ,brine,s. G. Davey; Sgt. Joe Bosrtfield, ex-A ir F erre, who W " I l :S a I H 7 engineer inthe European theatre; and Cpl. ROj' H.BlU1n, ex-Army, who .erved with at ran port outfit in t he- Phil ippmes.

As crvilian Marines now. they workshoulder to shoulder .and are shown inthe picture reaJying a He/led.1 for Hight.People Who Po Things.NAS M I. NEIlf'OJ.1 '-In order tocompile accurate information for the-new aircraft availability report requiredby CNAResTI'a, W, R. Rasmussen Avebas devised 1 1 daily form that is placed

0 1 1 the aircraft w hen it is out of cetn-ralssion. The form is re ad ily ac ce ssib leto all hand work ing on the particlIluaircraft and saves time in recordingpertinent information regardiog the air-cnlft.NAS GLENVruW-Thc; Executive of-ficer's Trophy. awarded at the end ofeach fisoti year to an enlisted manchosen l l ; > the outstanding member ofthe Or,gat'Ji2ed Reserve unitsat this sts-tien, was uwarded In 1949 to MichaelPisano ADE:a of VF-alh".NAS DALLAS-E. C. Peatson Afil,uv ration technics] training instrudnr,bas converted lhe PV-2 electrical systememonstraror panel into a self-poweredpanel by the use of an: electric mo~otto drive two 2CMKOB4 geaeraters, With1I1~ panel new operating under its ownpower, it i possible to demonstrate heoperation u F the generator:;. reversecurrent relays and volta.ge regulators.It is also possible to give p ilots 11 morecomplete workout with the moterizedp a n e LNAS S.,.. LOUls--J. W. ThompsenAf>'ll ha s fabricated a. device tlrat isproving to be a real time sa cr. Bestdescrlbed as a bungee dnd stretcher,the rig helps in the manufacture of!iNI:! la(]ditlg gear bnngee cord.NAS GRO ' E fU-ll's merethan itwild shot in the dark when th e pistolteam tllkesa bead on the ta:rget. Todate th e members have WOIl 123 indi-

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CO HARRI.S AWARJ)S HIGM 5~HQOL CER1' lf lCATES AT NAS NEW ORLEANs

vid L 1 l l J awards, four team troph ies and:2 0 team medals, T h e - y took top honorsfor high inuividol'!-l and high team stor-ing in the '4 'B .'49 N inth Naval Districtcham] ionship meet and second in theall-Navy meet. On the team ,11::" O. E ,Burnie T/ gt.; G. E. Salhaney BM1:J. C. Forman AO~; and W. D, Root "'~.ARTU SEATrI.E~CaptalJl J. E.Parrott. the new wing 'ratt commanderand tlie salesmanager for the PacificTelephone and Telegraph .ompany incivilian life, was assoc iated with th eold Nava I Reserve A_ i_ r Base at Seattle~ the time of its original commis iOI1-mg. A~ D 'vER-MeritoriOUS mas! wusheld for L. F, Riel AMC. for the ~ffici-ency, cooperation and assistance he gavethe Hathaway Instrum ent C om pany inDenver in making installation and m odi-fi arion of a ~pccially Iigged ,.NJ fromN:AS P),NSACOLA, which _;5used 1 1 1 1.'00-junction with :wiafioo medical researchnow being conducted.Reserves and the CommunityNARTU ANACOSl1A---TO cement rel-aticnslnps w ith 1 '01 ;1 1 .1igh schools snd.vocatioa III institution;;. this unit is lin-ing up Ii P'O ram d.esignecl for avia-tion stud mts, Group rom all enior

hjgh scbools in th_(' vicinity are beinginvited to visit the station fIQ rone after-noon. In add rtion to thl: con ven t ion (l ltour o r rhe N ARTU , dem onstr-ationIeetu res on such sub jeers J:S survi val, je ten8in(:'~, carrier tyre air~taft are beingscheduled, These gh'e U1e students amare comprehensive picrure- 'of navala"illt"iotl .and point tIP [he excellentvQOUt to Hus -St}ltIOO III December to re-

OAKtAND RES6RVi5 Q,"K. l .: j.MINUn: CHECK-IN

c~ivc the Ilr,~ Lof Jive r(:'~jod.~ of instrue-non on aircraft engines,NAS OL(lTHE-Well over- 6() tire'

lighters hom nearby cernrnunitles wereOn band to watch the dernonstratien puton b y th e mobile- C f : ; J . S h lire nghtingtraining unit assi ted by ten men fromt h e - station. Chief W. 1, Lindsay, chiefof the NA lire department. reportedthat the local :firechieh were very im-JI~e. ';sed with the Navy techniques andwith the elliciency of the men w110 pulout the Burnesnod rescued the imaginaryoccupant in the (o~kpit of the burningplane.NAS ST. Lour - Througl1 arrange-rnents betw een the com manding officeran d officials of the M cD onnell Aircrnft'Corporation, the operations departmenthas organjz.ed a ramp plane handlingand crash fire lig hL in g sc ho ol for 646viJi;rn employees at McD0nne1L Thecourse will rU 1-1 fo r si--x weeks with twotwo-hour periods pe;r week.NAS GrwssE lL-1'o assist ill ra is -ins funds for the United F ou nda tio nTorch Drive. a Navy Carnival was heldaboard this. station irn November, Atotal of 21.200. was raised and. as aresult the statlon was awarded the"0', ar", .a rniruature torch, for out-standing contribution to the campaignwill h w as an all.( 'o mm l1 n;~ y affair.The Detror: Free Pn:JJ' commentededitoriaJty in part: "We think the

G i ' l J : ll ) l f : lie i'1ir I a t i o n i s sbow;n~ an-excellcnt example of ulJification-uni-fication with the: civil ian cornrnun it)'[OUO c l sbeu t . _ The . itvy is deserv i,gof l large share of appreciation forhal,jng, 01 1 it's own inttiativ". p i unged~ hole-heartedly in to a ta~k strictly onbehalf of a civilian philaalhtopy."Up .he Ladder

N AS NEW OR.L . ANs----Sin e the.USAH j.,ro'ram has been 'ttml~rw"y fo ractive duty Reservists at this s ta t io n, Il'istal:ionkccpers have been awsrded cer-' titic atf 's o f e "] I.L i;1 !e nc y i n Ileu o r high


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!KhooJ t!irlomtl~. In th e p ic tu re : C up t..a inlrarns is sbown presentIng .iwards toS. T. Laruso AU.!: A :_ M. 'M;lhner )10.1;A. J. LIKhtley EN~; C. W. !-l~lyW;lr~1RMHlus----,A tecbniml classhas been sl\lrteu (or ~(J men interestedi n ob ta in ing ~l CAA Jiceose (A and E).Most of the rnarerial, including the cu r-ric ulum and sample examinutinn ques-lio ns , w ere o bta in ed r r o m the CA A rep -resenlative who rnaiIlta:ill~ his oHire onth is f ie ld .NA ST, Loms.-Jet classes olfercdto the advanced aviation machinist mate

cla-sses o r the Organized R ese rve sq uad -ron are being well received. Leading~hief L H. McGuire DC, who recentlycompleted the course nt the- Allisonplanr at lndianapolis, i:; th~ instructor.A Bfl ~'r:1 GH"'~I- B. . Bibb CIreceived an .wcrap,:e pernmtage ;:,r:udeof 97 on U1 e G,ED col1e};:C' level test\hkh he rC('ent1y took and h r ~ recordh:i b.:cn'red;ttd with one ye,.\r o f rel-lege fot in-servl e purposes.Like Father Like Son

A


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CarrierPlmBABU' the most unusual aircraftcarrier in the world, and certainlythe busiest. is the USS No"~"Wand, theminiature flattop named after the sire ofthe Navy's biggest naval air station atS~U lDiego.Back in 19tf7, the need for a gooL!float to rc?rcscnt the 1: w - y at the num-

erous celebrations, rodeos arrd paradesheld in outhetn Californiaarea becameappaeent, NAS SAN l)1l:.GQ constructedthe- carrier on a I-to-20 scale, c~pyil'lgitafter the Er.rex-das, fleet carrier.From the time it fired its tiny gunsin 'llhlte of Gtlifornia' -overnor EarlWarten and Fleet Admiral Chester W.Nicnltl: in 1>947 Navy Day ceremonies.before 40,000 persons in Balboa Eta-diurn, the baby Aattop has really goth:naround.A chief and three sailors handle the12 ,OOO-po IJ r ld f loa t It tanus l3 ' 9 "high, i~ :;(? long ~nd 10' 6" wide. Afive-kilowatt genetal'Oris installed toprovide electri power, aJong witl, nVQ

f 9F ' S ANUB ii AR CATS ON NORTH IStANO 'S DECKair (QmfHe~O IS to f urn h compressedair to (urn the props of the tiny [181'BIf i((I .rckam i rIlHUe" hl!lirf)f'lfl' [rom N AAS CorfY F idd < ib o JI I topl d J J i m f i J I hi.! hme/ 1 perch. The- p i l a l rna.!'seoed wi/hom ill/ftr, O F e1Jl!/1l;Ieliirlf; w e t [eet,


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GROUND HANDLING E Q U 1 P M E N TTHJl ADVE"!T of turbojet airplanesand turboprop attack planes amI ea-plane ?~ dic~ated th e de~e10rment ofan eJilJtrdy thffe.rent tyjDe 0 groundhandling equipment, To keep !'";u;:


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P A T U X E N T REPAIRS 5

TIKll II baby, ,I jat errgille needs Ire-Lquoot ,change;; of accessories. At theNava1 Air Test Center at Patuxent manyof thc.se, new babies make their Jirsr appearance. That means there must befadItt'lt"S for putting 'ern through lliewash,

Cr it ic !! l parts o f Jet engine s need re -p_1!l1:~cnt because of I:he higb temper-atures encQullte.red III operation. It'sbeen found that complete evcrhaul isn't- a l w a Y l i necessary, Simple rt!f1air i s sur.n,den t ,w he n j~b; first: c arn e in to tile pictureBuA 1 ' 1 \ ' began to se t l j - J 1 overhaul shops,H the meantime, however, thl" SC[.vift'Test clil'l{lfQn of NATe tlSt"blisheQ aturbolet cflB iM Shop ftii' repair ~\Ildmodification of engines, Since regularoverhau! act,j,l1ities 'W eren't in positionto h and le the nll'w engines yet, the shopof Service Test $UPPO!l'CCQ all artiv(tie5at NATC iLnd d'l other N,l"Y Iutfits1 . I 3 i n , g . 1 - . 1 (1 , and ) 'J~ illrho jet eogi nes,

S in u' th er !:' Was a b~ckiog of en.gjut!SawaWng o,~crhaul bU l rttibouy ready t o :handle them, Patuxent u id the nextbest thil.tg and replaced parts ill Sl'ctrons:lffettin~1.m,~jl1e lih .. The pIl'ljt:d sll,l'edtime .Lrid mO\H.7ana lCjll 'em f lying.A~ QV(frh:lUl $hoJlS ,gOt underway & . . < !

jel ~hop '~ . ;; cOll edimini she o uatll nowit suppcrts the Test Contel: only. Initstifl1e it pro'.'eci that field rep air ~alp css ib le a nd ddefm i n 1 2 _ d just how fa r itcould go. As d result I"M;ltOfl.' andservice squadrons now do. the same34

lyre 0 , work on the spot, reducing thedemand (or overhauled engines.In November of 1 .9 ,49 the mainten-an ce div ision of BuArm esta.blished atu rbo .jet en.g i 11(; mi nor repai r I ' a ; ; a iyunder tltc sup ervi.siQ rl I f the directorof Serl'ic.C' Test. Its fUflctjon~ were tobe:I. G;H1~I"!,ljdali(,Jlof minnr rtp1l


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AD's Use New :Sight SystemDmtglas Skyrcude. J \ 1 , . . . , it lrc ro ft n ow being

delivered (or Ilee! ~I.s( are. being equippe(lwith the newest ~N:.ilJh u f the Aliuaft Sightysrern Mk IMqd. 3. Tills ind'lde~ the sisht

unf. Mit 1 Mud ~. th e eonl ru l btl'"' ~'lk L8Ml: 1d 2, nod the rehlj' Mk 4 MQd I.

UI._A,Y SIGHT UNITMK 4 MOtl. Mit I MOD , cclllTlI.a_L a o o xM" 18 MOD 2T his s i"gh t- sy stem is w;t 'L l in arrmng :Buns ,rockets, and bombs. 1 .t P''''M'[J~ 11 rc:ilidI 'attern on lilt iLit mi li nt ~ l1 l inC e ( If fhe ftedme,~.IIIll:;m. very dos!' inspectiun ol tht: f e > : dn i - o u t h f" , r l ' l ( > 1 . filAture' ~h_(lllia b m a d ! : ' ,'fhest' fHilwe.1 :trc dijflCUIt tl) d~r",t . off.E ngine Changed In 3 HoursVF,')l-When om: of the squadron p lots,pur his FQF Pan/be,- d 1)w! I o n all nud~i[lg

i'iel.J bb : auMO of engine vibration, i1 e ~t:t jotv itWlinn ~ ch'~'J" hE events w ludr .showed,...hal .. weJJ.t1"a.incd ~ngin(;(.lring departmentrun dd in an emergenry.Inspection 1 1 0 (he i{'lIJt revealed the .ir-

craft had severely damaged 1 ( ' < . jet turbi lleJ.hd \VaS incPp!lhfe of dev'doping l tu. f f icieMpower [0( ukc.,,/f nr even nurrnal f1 1 ght.It WII-, d"oded Ih~ t "- new engrne must b e-in~t" IleJ tu 15\'1 the pl_Llll" blIl..k ttl rts fieJd,,11 w(lrcli WU5 ::;eIU b l l C k lu the sqll-acirl)o. IWdIhe (ll;l'ginO;'errng del""tlmcnt sWI'n~ mlu hl~hgtM,Wi th 0 ., f af ll ,t l{ z s aVa tla ht ~ ...t rht: 'HaltingJield for .ijll tl'l.gm~ I1h1l1$, ;L)l tl)ot~ JnQt qu i l" l' r1 c ll t hUl l II I h l' t~t.;cn hy truck 1~ mdesIII the di""hl!;d p13ne. Tilt: p-J~Lle \Venl dllWJ\JI 14(H); nf ' )Vs . llil r.equired change rCllthudt'TISirwcring at 14~Oi the new under Lt. O.f. Gibson left ~t I'; I" ;Irnv"d at fh~ li.dd,It 161m, M l< l ~ ;I 1 9U O the cngine-WI~ lnst,oIItrd,Jl:fotr.nd ~ be ~k ed ' !l Jd ~ct to f I ' . . to hom e bas.e.

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ThJ:. 'lI :g~od. tl1jv;ioJ'" the 1~ j_1,QuIu"!l>'~ ' t t t " f , . t Il!~I>O'it "r ~1'~ '1'~".-NA'J'O "II"II'1\I:l'I1. a-"~do.. nt "~.,"'''n r!l~' ( o t d l O~I B ~ IA ~ " 1 1all. y.F2H~ 1 1248 Hours)Pre-s$ .....e Ten, A~5em,bly. rnudcquillt brak-ing r~sp llr\~ e during- tilK iing arul r'lpid of1 en.Ing " b la ,;! tu b" shu tters a!"wr r :nd ,AJght,lIdj .....1I . ' d ui hlMI1ge- in cmnpu.'~eJ ai r sys -tern, lnvesrigarion showed tha] 411-(;-.J1)() tanki l-sst:mbly. located in fuselage under wekplltkmr .\1 fu.sd!lge 5mJi'~11 9(i.OD was Te~ki-",gIlf 't~flk rnid-seetion.Di:ill5sembIy of hUlk -shuwed that the: tW,J"0" rlilgS w e r e deeply gn!.(ge.] , Tank j~deslgo e- d so that ..0" ~ Irs;. cannut be s" leId-ed during =(!~b!y or d i 5 n S , s c 1 n b l y . R~r;Jm-",Nul ~at sij:tjsmctory pressure tank assemblyb e p ro vid ed .Fllel Conil"ol. During opero.till~ of engineNQ Wlilo.AG \~ ith fuel l'Ofltro.1 serlel NQ .H)@, numeroes "hrrt starts" W(1re esperi-enced, ~ml [be engine idled at oNcs~~velyhigh RPM at altitudes above ; '1l.( )ClIl feel,

11 l ""-t(l'm-pt to obtai!l ati sf act".y cflgi \1 eoperntion. fO 'el control wns replauld with[WII new fud "'nltnJs that m:llf"nEtium:des rl'lh)w~:Serlal No. Ul62-----1~ud k' i lkI r - 1 I1 hW"ner~. TIl is ~ n'lf ne h ltd ~ tttn op(:m ted50 ~ hours on ANI'-lS fuel and -7.5' houriSall ,,'H'C5B (Jp'J)' rud. _f{i'Fomlfltllll in~~ti~8 1 1 0 1 . ' 1 1 1 ; 1m1 :co .r rec t ion Q f Qu~e o r f o L . i l U f e - ofc0mbmtiQ[J rilam.ber 11lll1f .F9F-2 (281~ HourslOnly Four Bights were mad~ auxing this

J'lerimj, O il I S N tl~ em ber. E ng.ine W!l~ tu.rned

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up nfter n m\l'! ')r ( 'hwdeof ilS.{j(1Q fl. Pi]nJ smelled Ql,lmiflg insula-lion and ebserved that vnltrnetee ~lIIw",dmaximum "olt:t'ge (30 V>:'Ilts or over) Post-flight iru.pl.>ction revealed tile fo [tow ing: Allradio (1[(1-1 it bre a ke rs , ~ I - J(C flight istru rn emCltcujt hreak er, a nd the fuel t;!lm;r~t circuitbfl '"Jl0-r had he.n actu~ned: gun heMet citcurt breaker (:~O -amp) had burned out andfuj!.ed to actuate; all radio equiprnen t W:1:;,~e,?t!I 'fl)' dllm~ged: COckpit elm a ir valve 3ndternperature controls wec~ inopemtjve; hut-Itllf'. dive brakoe!;nl~()id vulve, W illS flapselecfor solermid valve, Gi! ccrnpass amrli-ii.::r, and G2 compass inverter h a < " i M he'ep[nced.InVl'litigatlnn is underw uv to detorm tn( ;cause of these hilun:s.Fliel NouleS,et Assembly. T nspertlnn offuel nozzles !If J~HH engine N{I, P'40Q:i1lduring. nO-hour check showed exce,~ivecarbon deposits .on nanles No, 21illd No.4.Engine l1;ld b~en ~peraled 0)1 grade LlQ/L4~gasolirn: r " c 4L~ hours- ..n,~rh~n '0)111ANF5~{!le,1 fu.r S1.6 bOllfS.E&M Md!'llla'i. No intm;m"'1:ttlfl on tbe J~~()n!!,ine or access(Idcs h ind\ldcd in theEl'crti 00 lln,~ M'li Iiel1! lore lY[llh~1L Them anuali\lso is infottJl"!i:te ill ofl1J:!r I'ha5ei;~f 1'~F'2 ffiitlntetlll.nl:e_ R

wpefch~rger re:lr housing ; ll ld imj: lc ll e. r io-jett:ion .win n'"-r dkcha:rge y(lLve hO ,l,T.5Jng be-rnu~~: ( - < I ) The "0" ring seiJl arouod thefu el p ;\ !j~ ag " b etw ee n the supm'fl1lt_get r eMIwusi,ng Mil h ;npe_ l lc r ' In j ec tj (I :1 spinner d i . s - -d1argl' valve hiusinS was nOl seated P . f O p e u : J yin the' "0" l"inggroov:e-. (b) The ~upetdlll.rgq r u hOlJSmg ! 1 J l . d the im pc olter in,ie ct ioD s pi nn er ,liscilarge va I ve hO il ;s in g ,,>eremisaligfled.4 . Im peU er i...e c t i o . 1 I .s_pinner dl;!Kh:u:-tle

valve w a s (loc].:.ea i n its heusing, whicbEe8t.T1:cted


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m\lS~ i m c 1 1 ' l ' l i t (. f l ' l t malflln.ruoning of i l i e1 ' 1 1 1 \ ' . " . 1llpei le r WlIS no t p ro p er ly b li la n ce cl .E ngj ne rear seeti on was remo ved and de -li~ercd In the. Wright Aerorumti;ca! Cerpor-,LtiOt! tor Investigation and e or re ct le e a dj o.o .G ,t ihUI ll tu r w a s r em ov ed and fi(JW tii;ml.ctllr;.;iks Gi laAged to Jail Vi' jthin limits Iisted intarbllN!tor flow sl1eet. A new .AMC unuw~~ j!'lsta 1 1 : < ' 1 .RlicofflJlte/ltl: t . Insure Ihal earburetors

In~taUed en engines a~UYete.d to t ,h !!' service~!,ve 1 1 < ) 0 / characrcrlstlcs within tile s p ~ i f i e dJl.1.l \'. limits.: :. I nve st ig a te necessitY fo,r lubncation Q1the AM e needle dlJ.rirtg l\.~ .~ 'embly I " l f ~heA MC unit.J. Opl!-utlng acti.vities l)'iake lhe fnlili",;ngpte-B ight dwd: for indidlruon < )f i ll el . le !t k.llgtl io. im peller in)miM fllel disdJar,ge'pass~gt ..n , d :l.t U t e irlje,ti'On ~pinner dis-(h,u.g.., ".at vt':(a) W itll fuel ~elector v,~!ve on an d rsix-

l im : r11 , 11rieh. l l im 0nth e auxi I j~r.y fuelP I J 1 T l p .{b) A fte r p rr ;s 5' lit e J ta ~ built up. turn fuel~~ I e~ t !l r v a lv e [HId 9!:1'.j;ili'llry p u m l? o ff,(cl If no l~Jtbs:e is tII,king place in fuel~1.I~Mg~ or ~t dlscharge V l t i l 'C -, . t he : f ue l ,Press-

un will holJ at appruxill)a:~cly '6 lb;. psi.(do) 0 . ' \ 0 ullowable 1 lb. drop in fuel pressure C1 Ich lw(,l minutes is eensidered ~ati5Eactory.

DQnulged Gaskets. Illyestign.lion of oUltl:lknge in "idni.ty of rear oil .su.rop andpump showed lel 'lWge at both re-tx o'iJsum p a 11d I'U m I! ( ) " i i outlet co nnec t i. o 11 fbage.!oJ at nil d,YJiIMcI1Ii lttJ prIJvlng qW llity n f l.lb !;e rcove.ring on highrensibn ig,njliori lell'ds: re-placi l1g o(ln'UlsbIPned suppGrt clam ps llsed0 1 1 high tern;j 00 lead a sse rn b I )' with .;ru..ni{ln~lIl"port clumpli-: re.vising parts OltaJog formod'Gls .llJ3'O,GW :md Z!iW A engines, .,A N 0211 ,)~}G4,U1 j J"wvfde par t nurnbjlts (0' tbe hi.!:llrfI \~l l11l dt~trlfm t ' J f Jl:l);rl~,md fo r the. ~p~rkpl~!leads.AM~1 n 41 Hours)Wheel .A.s:sembjy. Mtn 42 houn, Gu lwheel was fuund 1 0 heave tw o hmkell tublllarmi .l 'e t! ;.G l .- no L Marlm Cu.p1 9posed tb ie.?j)l.ce Grh'dy tail wh~el witb a wheel, PiNtc!l;2l\lo. 1I1!lnnillrt.urcd b y Lb e Aero I Co.. butIh!~ ll lr tmft ! , V a ! ; dl'liv~red with tl1c Grrz:dy(J.1 1 whl'l:linSlallcd. A5 reme.:lJnl "cd,)".I~il wheel W.tS r ep la ce d w it li l. ,n hewl tail" ,h e e l i L L r r r i ~ h { 'a b ,y c o n t i ' l l ,'1(l r. R/!'r"'mll~llIjthai ~ i .t li~ fu( t: [ try [1 1 iI w heel be provided.Tut,1I and Bank IndltGtot. Ah~'r 116 hou.rs .l:u rn n~ e ht'cune i no pe fl i~ i\ le . lM tf l)me) ltWllS removed : t O O he....:h chroed. hut .it "'a;;

("!Jlet~1

shield with 23 feer of xoaxlal cable. The:qble is stIung ;dollg th~ insIde (If t h e - bombbu y 's and II s h i ! ' t t o e i,t l: ie ~ aDlet)na (lUI 6 emade "hal" i~ HIg~Lt \l1'rthio 21} miles, ilappears there Me .~[) blind 5p" . ts because orthe- Joc',IliQn fl t the RCM antenna,Past this distance, a few bllld.muts were!1( \ led ' doe tb b l o . . : k . i q g by th e fuselage. Littledifferen ce w ~s 'lot!;') in - the rnUltimUID r.Ml,!le

between the use of the regular VHF antennaand the RCM :stub antenna, To help preventice team ~OJ'mj , g around the base ,oF theRCM ~,nt!'rUl;! and &wuw Jin.,g th e tmtl;'nha I,Cithe fH,ehige~ II lImnll .a lUl11lnum baffle fI~'~p h t J ) C ' l wa;; insu.iied hen""lh tbefQrward'edl,'l! (I f the- antenna t() the:- hold 116wn pl"t~.Th i,hJj!le defhts olrl!sttlte Of It;e.... B .uA r:r C(mm:u1Tl1- The invcruion of lhl!diversity "r an[enn~s p[us the ice..defleccingsbield wl,ieh ha~ been m()th!!t~d by I.h(>nece:lSiry in tMB. i05tllnce ce.rt


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FEELER GAGE MADE OF TWO IDEN11C4LP ,A lUSFeefer Gage Checks BrakesVM:F3'j2' , FAcmc-The problem of rapid

Al uf several me,birllC:~ under the: Ie:\tl'o:r',hi,11 o r M/Sgt. J. A. [Idling, leading ,hidof VMFJ12.The gage 'Prni~1:.S of :twQ idt'ntiotl seg-

ments IUlI,ic of .04'5 ~bjnless steel, The cut-side di< lm",~~[" of the $emfdr(lll:lr segmentis tJ 1n "' 1\ ;:$ , T he in-side clirimell)r is 11inches, Handles :,r'e Mj nLegrfll p, ,' rt of 'thesegmt'nts, These 5~gment5 M e inserted inbr'th ~ !d", < I f th e b~lI~ iU~nlbll' , betw.eecnthe (,d lar retaini!l~ nur nnd the first disc.1 31 1., retaining nut thenffl tf8hr"n~ up snllBwith Lim sa&! .~ll'ilmrl1rS inserted, The Sl'g"menrs are then removed -f.rom the assembly,It w~~ d1~w~,ered I'hllt .afrer repblt{iog this

(}p~.tll!_inIJ~l!Vl'fit! ume~ J:!,!' dMhUlrc ~"dt'ilhtl "I'd'~,uLn ve

~!W h ('Jly 'ide 0.,0

r . ; , : r W I L l " ! i l,,!'> ~""rln1i .,C ~he tr;"ilel.~Mh ."",.Lil ,;n ln :", 100 t e e " t of ho~o, v:l 'I"~'~nd ntI:izlo.'l'h~ e~'l l" tn!mt wat ;. r rOJOrl lrai t "" , , ,U"'I'B:I. \VI14tru~k nnd je",lh4. ~h'wt:r for the ',l.....rrh lighjs, !>top ,il"ldtail liSh, is supplied from vehicle used tiltow tr~ lIer through 1 1 standard trailer typec a b l e R n d receptacle,nIt' gross l"eighl tS~f'lnoxi/Jultdy "2,,-00

lbs . and f~ balanced well when the equill'-rnenl is mounted, as shown in th e picture.. . . 1 3 , I < '1 . . r Comment - This developmerrrshould be of interest to many activities .However, ",hile the traHer has many ad"vanrages, 'catboc dioxide e,,,tinguishcrs oc rtim il:ed capnci ty '1re best resteicred to useon -smaU !ires whiib, ,invofve JlumJmIbleliquids 3:S rlie gal} provides 1)1 '1 protectienagainst reflash. Transfers of gasolin.c maycasLlr .t~ult- in ;J large' spil] and ther~l'lresome llnduring extinguishing agent, sud)as foam, should be ava:ll",ble, - in largerqll3.l1titiU, 'rna-n a~ provided by die :n~"galton hand uni~ 01) m e t1:ajler. .

Alting,.si:-ed ')\',11'> C '0. .1 "",hi">,, ."id!} t' j"b.fII4"iH~ .'" rl'.IrJ,~d f iJ!IIIM'b !/',U t " ' IUPINd II >['r fiJi} K. (,. C1NI~J ' 1 ) 1 r 'p 8 f~r "r j n , f i i l J j ! "l'IIJi' mf;"I,(fl!I,~J itl N"",b At}"""fh Wiliru.PI:!1J'or li r th l l/l(;J,G'i; ,mrli"d if R,;Idm. It f,FtirkIJ),. (lIlJIm.md


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LETTERS,SIllS:Y nur -;l.rti de i1 f J 1 th~ ternptatiun nf n i l val .lyil1-1 1 1 > 1 1 while s t l U under , (l hl J" g; r. te d N il iStnWJ11....l~hrhc Ajr Feme.1.. o N . WuJie, PRe, who proctored lh!l

survival d ispl(l.-Y. ~tead fastly insists thatSl'l!!n official sanction. the a5;~"Juance ( . o r II!Jo~pjti!.I c orp sm an , an d th e loan 'M :I Grole-,.he could easily have intetviewed, examined,and sworn io lit least 5()!! futl-blooded Indiancow bands, "- --

CDR. F_ 1'. GJ ULNAF LrTCHEIKlfl PAR", All17.',Sll'&~III the D0,ember issue I noticed that thepeoj"lte iit ""1"1[-12 ar e "keeping a sharp .1('(Jk

nut for W"SPI> ill the static ~ir irrlers O il +hel'1I.Y2 P r i 1 / 1 1 1 E . f ! ; " c / . "

Wh~n that squlld.l'ol) was here i!J F1tJtldi:tHitty h~d 11111>illllelrcruhle IIDd 1 tried ton,neel it then bill I guess the~' didn't s e tthe word. I'Il try It' ' t!,1! them hpw we got.vid vf !: t t ' wasps In t j1.(c static fti r veats !l.lWhltllJ~ F"JcJd -and III the squadrnn (VJ'.HL.?) on Gun!1~,Jf the line chief will draw some %" bolts

3" lung, ti~ I ,mg r"tl 5~!",nme{bW tHe Pill!:.nnd issue rw 1 1 bn trs h! " " Il :h ' p ltU le ca p l l r i : ~ ~a~. Il!t the em! of endl d"y h:t.v"e tJ1~ plane {ll,.F -tH',,, insert \hi! p , , ! ts in the : s t . L t . k J1()Je, . I'm"iUC;- tiley win Ii~d thaL tile W.aSp8 wJII autbe. :lobte t~; gel j11 the ..-(;1 tk Jines,

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Naval Aviation News - Feb 1950