Naval Aviation News - May 1948

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C I R C L E S A N D A N G L E S The d uble runw :.!y" 11 1 tho: 10 l ' pi~ure shoulJ m ake rdentification 0 thi~ West Coa lstation I:a~}': the cu clcs in the lower have speciaJ ~iBnificaLlce. .Am. lj// L . e t . ! 1 I h l / ( I (


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NAVAL AVIATION NEWSMAY 1948 NO. 282

eTE INNovember , 1947, a squat, sqllare je t fightertook off from a field on Long Island, GrummanAircraft Engineering Corporation had producecl another new Navy fighter, this time the xF9F2 Pa t t. th e 1 . .The Pdf1. tJut 'is the ninth fighter type that Grummanhas desiglled and manufactured for the Navy.Asked about the latest Grumman airplane, theNavy project officer, dose.cropped, Major Mickey,Marine combat veteran, stated: "The xF9F is a typicalGrumman product-a dam ned good Navy aircraft."And that statem ent [ S , typical, .LOO uf [he Nilvy'Ssen tim en t ab ou t G rumrrrau's products. For the. fight-er pilct, tbe G rumman (rademm'k 15 one: of th e bestsingle pieces oi equipment any fighter plane can carry,This attitude was not eastly won. The first itemGrumman produced for the Navy was almost notaccepted at all. It was, an amphibious, float and theNavy declared, "It's too light to be safe." But RoyG rumman, a naval !lvi'!ttor in WOl. ' IdWar 1 , climbedinto the back seat of < 1 plane equipped Witb his floatand said, "Send it alI ... Both thefljght and the floatwere successfu l. G rumm an Aircratt was in businesswith the U. S. Navy.The three men responsible for Grumman and stil Ithe guiding Ugb~ of the company are L e r Q Y R , (Roy)Res met e il

Grumman, Leon A. (/(Ike) Swirhul and WiWam T.(Bil l ) Schwendler, Roy, Jake and Bill were younghard-working engineers for Loenlng Aircrafr \virenthat com pany was merged with Keystone in 1929~lyea r of many such m,ergings a nd sub rner ging s. Key.stone bad jebs for the boys, bllt they would have tom ove to Bristol, Pa,Bristol turned out to be a busy little town, manu-fad:uring such down-to-earth .goods as whis ke y, p ain t,chem icals and soap . Located on the Delaware river,

just 20 m i J es from Ph ila d e l p h ia, B ristn Is Iept LI nderthe same blanket of smoke and stench thar (Coveredher big sister to the south, To the b0YS, the windappeared to be a prevailing southerly.It was a short conference, The lads from LongIsland said , "Let's go back to the Sound." A fewdays later the three went down to see CommanderJohn Towers, then assistant Chief of BU.AIlR, Theyhad an ambitious amphlbious float in mind; "was th eN;rvy interested r: The now Admiral Towers, USN(Ret.). would Dot commit the Navy. However, headmitted that anyone who could build a good am -phibious float could! probably do business with BuA ER .The boys returned to Lon.g Island and a new cor-poration was born, Grumman Aircraft Engineering.1


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F l o a t s T o F i g h t e r s -G r u m m a n W o r k e d U pTHl> NEW ccrporancn W::II; not dep1:nJlllg cntirdy LlrOllN,lI'Y business to _~l,l)' in OI\t.!fIItiOI1. n _primary rneunsof income ,ll first wss J(;tlveJ Irorn repair work on theL 0 f . : n i n _ g "Air Yachrx", s t i l l Ryillg. The rOtpOrlltiOtl's lir.s[horne was 11 ~;J_ra8c 011 Long Island, It w r u . touch and $0fort- ,I r jrne, The Navy W,lsn'[ immediately llnpre's_t:ll withthe G rurnmnn flo;i{ . Tllt:y considered it teo liJ;hL.BLLl:In the end, the Hoat proved it$t!! r and small ordersb~_g an t o tarot' In . The occa~iomd repair job on sorne beaten-up , A ir Y ncht" helped. But -rumman had to -tray afieldlrom it... 'aircraft" concept now ;lJlJ then to keep ,goin~.DUlltlF 1l):lO I t built some 2'jf'ruck trailer bedics, Thena new model float was produced .1llJ I LrgN orders cam e 111trorn lhe Navy. 11 1 1911 Grumman WlL:; ready to tr y itswings and showed II fig ,beer proposal to thI:'UI1". Bu A I'flliked iland G rumman received its f irs t a irc ra ft c on tr ac t.EVI\N ntis Iirst plane thai G.rumm~D produced for theNavy showed th e prog rC '5s1 vt' S pirit th.1 t ba s .t1way;:;marked the rornpany's hi~tory. U p to that Lime, no rnili-lary irp lane had been pre.lured with retrnctuble L m d i o , gg.c


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WILDCAT WAS A FAMIliAR SIGHT ON fl!ENOf .AND 8RITISH SHIPS TOO

The U"i l r l tlvi.llion ,'"de" fighter tactics dllrJI1~ '-",I.r

riu g to ge th er l,icn,:, 0.1 Pearl 1 Iarbor and fighting ,I WM.Ne 'w d em an ds wert phlceJ at (he G rumman deorstep . H owthey came til rough i " shown b y on e jlroduction ..ory.Arter 11 task force operation that resulted 111heal}' ilvya irc ra ft lo ss es , additional Grumman planes were l . l fgt!ntJyneeded, The factory w as already stm ining under :1 to ug h p ro -d urtio n sc he du le , when, on a Friday afternoon, Jake Sw i rb ulspoke 10 the m en ill the shop, _H .. explained the rircumsrenres:lI1U asked tl1c men for 25 planes over the chedulcd amountby that S unday m orning . The da y shin w orked throug h thalnight and the following night, and 011 t he . !lp l' oi at ed morn-mg there were 30 additional lFJ/dr.UI ready [or delivery.In early 1941 J;lke S wirbul rook a ttl!' out to Hawaii an d5p~nt ,1 few < l a y s talking ro return_ing bgbter pllot~. Theseb u y s ~ l I i d what t h e y needed d O W I ! south was "a fighter allthe order of the 1 1 ' " /I(/.r\'I. only more so , and rrrore of them:'J.iKe could LeU the bop that their plant: was already inthe work. it haJ been begun in 19-11 and It W~!S rapidlyL~lkin~ shape, ;1~ the r"F'. But when Jake went hack toB cthpa;;:1 : on the ourul, there were it reI changes "Justfor the boys." And for those pilots on the small carriers,who were Aying lheW'Hdcal . the F 11 '- ', p r o r o t yp c to r th eF1>H began takIng shape.

I n July o f ttJ42, t h e . b r , t XFI,I' 1 - 1 rtl!u./f f l e w , It 1 1 . 1 . 1 beenone of the fastest design and eng inct!ring jobs on record.B y year's end, the fir:t . ill')' squadron had been equippedwith Hel lcat , TIll. WU) the plane the pi)ut,~ wnntcJ.

ONe OF the reasons why the H,41I ' JI Was goud, and whyIt got to (btl fleet in time. exemplifies tilt' thinkingbehind Grumman. A new eng ine was in the works andwould be 11.lvai.1abk[or the H "/{(,I/. II W Q u J d givr.:tbe planeit Iiule add itiona] power and spec-d. But no matter howgornd a nev eng lnc llppc:.trR 00 paj".:r 1 rier LO productiun,il could gi e .l lot of trouble during its hrsl' crurse.There would be wrinkles; it mi 'ht hold up plme de-liv ery to U1C fleet. It migbl d\_1I'>~ added pilot Joss. "No,"said R oy G rum rnsn, "Wt;'U install that 1l0gillC Inter, artl:'renough of the planes have h e - e n produced to meet the needs,a .f tt :r t he cf!gi . rlC ha s p ro ved itself, Right now we ca p gll'ethe boys a better pl,me rhan they have. Later we can irn-prove their situation even more-right nos , lee" be sureof improving their situatlon-right now l"The record of . the " 6 ' " in the PacifIC speaks for itself.I l o w the b o y s fell ;Llbout the rugged rJ" lh .rl speaks well forit wo o 'Tht' VhF was a wide-wheeled fighter rhat Grand-m other could fly, nd It had a teputntion for gcttin,!! h me,,(flit gettiug l I l C 1 Job done.

F 4F Prod I,lced' In I9 :;1 ,the ''Ilm.,d n " I l


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I n P e a c e t i m e G r u m m a nI s S t i l l G o i n g S t r o n gS I-I. [tTL)" after the War b C , I o ! a n . II need was felt f o r ~ . nighti\I.:JJttcr. Tv meet this need, ,, 'rumman returned to thetw rn-eng med concept, Begun in tat" ly42 und flown 111J 9.43. H w ['7[' '/ ;;;e"I,rf prnv ided some more firsts for G rum-man, Though;1 lie er .gOt into ,'ombat, the: F7F W,IS- thefirst rwin-cruuned operational carrier plane and the firsttri{yde-~l~~r~.J rlal1e to o[1(::fate stl~TeSsflJily a bo ard c ar riers .It ..till remain, OD


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AND tH I; tA il C OM ES O fF MAKING ENG INE CHANGE OR . RfPAIRSIMPLEan d hlke-Qff the w ing deflects down and [oins forc es w ith!he regular Raps to give the high speed Wil18 a Large cambermrrease, Results to date have been l'ety good, althoughinsufficient data have been gathered 0 far (0 establi h howmuch o r th e good low speed characteristics are due to the"dro noot" and .hew much to the conventional flap. At; , Joy rate. the Pall! b'l!i r ta ke-o ff L \ D Q l;trld illg per fa rrnanc~rproxim ates that of the r iger fJJJ. Fo r it jet, that is goodcnough to do some: bragging about,A 'r ~LOW speeds there l~ less ram effect into the hub ine,filf more power is suddenly required [or Wd. veolI er~'mel'S~Jlcy,and the throttle is opened at low speeds, thereis in suJndent ail coming in the regulae inlet air scoop tom:llnrnin an efficient fuel-air ratio, The J'~F-2 takes care ofthis problem b y :t pair of spring-loaded inlet doors on topf the ail {usclage. Tbese doors opcn by air .suction demandand work


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R.ea l .l y "Feu lee l " Up FlightThe pilot of :l.nl'r,/i requested andwas - 8 .f _ kU l te da V F R clearance from N A S

DALLAS to NAS ATLANTA Oil aroutiaeferry f1it:ht. He ga ve h is estimated Hmeenroule as ~ hours, T.A.S. 180 knots,an d estimated time of l a J " e oJ! us 1330.The distance from Dallas to Athorn isapprm:imate1y 610 nautical miles, butthe pilot was (ounting 011 a J!ood tailw lnJ at his p ropesed altitude of [O ,OO( )feet.Shortly after Leaving Dallas th e p ilo td e . ' i t c : : r k h i d to stay u n d e r heavy preripita-tion. PJyin.g aHena.tely on Instrumentsand by visual reference to the terr:!in,he p assed S hrev ep ort an d Jllckson With-out being able to see either city. NearM etidim , -M ississippi he climbed to hi"proposE 'd . l! ti (ude after receiving a s0n:'t-what garbled weather sequence, whichhe b elie ve d in dic ate d that contact con-ditions prevailed on the airways ahead,Aner 1600 tlre pilot w as unable toget an accurate check point because bewas .flying above 8. layer of low brokenclouds, H e did not kl1CW how m uchtime - to add to his ETA as a result ofthe low flyintl which he had done dur-in.g the Ii_ rst r wo hones of his flight,When he intercepted the SOulh~Westleg 0( the Allaom range be started ulet-down in :L O effort to establish. hisposition along th e beam. By this tirnejt was g.el;ting dark and he WaS unableto get IIpositive lix. Turning to a head-iqg which he believ lO d w ould take himacross the NW leg o r the beam near UlCrang e starion. he- commented c-ulling,Atlanta. F,.ldIO on 310S kcs, an d also onVHF. When be could not establishcommunications with A tLmta. R ad io .. h eshifted to Channel 9 on VHF - a n d triedto contad Atlanta N a . v y . He could hearother plQOCS t puin! in your flight.

did yo Ii both IJ'riVe in tbe AWOl", area uutil ;tfter duk.Byyoul' own admission you .violatedGA.Aregul.ltionll, and Navy instl'Uctionll for fer ..rying -airaak by continuing on iDSU'l!mern~1with "iI VFR cleaeance.But die mistllkes !1l3lcame elese to

killing you occurred d!ln~gy

and his C heck-pilot In furmed him Ulllthe was safe for solo.On his first solo !;I.n.drng he mrs-

[udged hi.,ait;itude. above the runwayand fail C Q to break his &1ide: at thepWpe-I height. The SN] hit wheelsfirst tit rather slow speed and bouncedback into the air. 'rile pilo~ applied-power but .:videntlf it was "too littleund toO late:' The airt;rdt 'Wellt autI'lf ('ontrol and strurk rhe runway withthe starboard wing .

~G r.a m p aIt V P e tt lb on _j,,>,~:

J Qot\c:I.ll' 100% with the com-n:1C.' I' If~ 01 th" CommandIng Offi~'r whichfoHow:"This is


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Test That Pistol, Son!Cese 10. 1, n SIl..lC pilol was om-in g in for a landing in o ig )1 t F C LT P.The runway I.uty officer, who ,wa.!l sta-tioned about 200 yards down wind fromthe L 0, noticed that the approach W11 ,being made with tbe wheels up. He11.1dn Very l)i'S to[ in his left hand an dthe A ldis t R O O P in his r i J 1 l ' H hand, He

immediately attempted. to He a red ,star,but had to pull W e rnggtll three trm esbefore the Vl'I}' r.isto~ wo~Jd rue. 1 1 1 1 : 'plJot hft thedeclc w Ith his wl:ecl upjust. the flnr fired, Tn peetion drs-closed that the ristol had a [ J . u t e ytrrgger,Cut! No.2. An F(,F pilot rnakmgfield artier lundiM gs at night forgot lalower his wheels as he Came around Co!'hI S six th ]'las... The. nm way dury officerobserved that the wheels were noe downan d attem pted (I lire bi3. Very pistol.The! ptstol was no t ycoperly breeched

and h ould not pu l the lriggerIT t' droPIJed the m irroph ne : h r c hhe held in lis other band, and tried topull the [Tig rer with both hands. A tthe same lime .10 ordnaaceman who wasnssistiC1g the duty ofhcer tr ied to ~te~flothcr Very pistol, but due to derecti VI;!shell the pistol did not fire until theI'hihl nrne the trIgger "vas pIIUed,. Thep il C I t h y th i time h a d recei ved a "cut"and landed wheels up.

. . I XI .' No, 3 All Ft - pilot was rnak-In g I1 lg 1J t roucb and g o landmgs. Onh~ f urth O1rpIOll h he .. alled rhe towernd reported wheels down ;tnJ locked.He' M~ leared for a l:1Cnding a nd made

1 1 normal ~ \P t, ro ad l, p as ~[ 1 18 over the e~~of the run way at 11 0 altitude of about. 'feet. The :U;, fstW( NHl:Wll}' w u t } ' oilicerwho was harrd l lng th e AlJis lampnoticed that the wheels were up, 110J therunway JU ly o fficer fired h is Very pi~tol.The star, however, did not blossomwith normal brilliance. 'rhcn the run-way signalman, 1100 feel' furtber. downtbtrip, triel his pistol, but ag:uo thestars IIIpeered only as thin pink ,streaks.B y the time a satlshctory w.uOlng was

fired the plane was about three or fourfeet off th e ru nw ay . T11elower operator,who had noticed the defective flares.also gpve the pilot a wave-off ,ott thistime b~tt it was too late. Just as thepilot a dded th rottle. the F i 4 hit thedeck, The plane slid 12:00 feet fartherdewn the runway, The unatisfllctoryrarrridges, turned out to be f t , r ),earsold.~ Gramp,;, Petlib,me say,:, ~;J: You could fire. a Veey pistolrOI'll no until ctmsana~ E or Less thanit cost~ to reprul' ODe of tlJese plan.es. Nevl!rtab h for gra.nted tha~ Ibe. p.istol is ingood shape, Qr Ihal you know bow 10 'useit, or thaI your c:=tridges ...IILfin) I)ropedy.

Guardian Angel At WorkThe C o r . r a i r pictured above ha s justcompleted an ou t ide . 1 0 p free crash-ing on take-oK H yOlJ look closely you

can see the pilot's seal in the right fore-'found,Tbeen~ine Iailure occurred Whell theplane reached an altitude of about 75feet . 1 U d the pilot conllinued stIllig heahead and made cects t with the groundin a three point attitude. The plane'rn .sbl'~ l Ihmugh the field boun do l r yfence, hit an embankment. nd made acomplete outs ide loop. It carne to restwith the l'ngine and pari 0 the fuse-1a . g < ; > Ut1 the orig inal rou rse,The seat containina the piiO l W aS onth e grollnd under the larg es; portion ofth e fusebge., Upon arrival of fescuesquads tile pilot was Ioun d in the seat,well strapped in, bltl III a dazed c'ondi-ticn, The shoulder' harness and safetybelt were r el ea.s e d ;Joe the p ilot wa sru bed to the dispensary. An examina-tion b y the Medi ill Officer r vexled afit V sm all lacerati n~ and brurscs an d 1 1small flesh wound on his head. Thenext day the piLot found tl1il h rs . shoul -ders were pretty sore. Aside from theseminor nicks he was un ln ju reel .. a ~ Grampa ....P.cllibo"e $(1 ) ' :1 :" ' ' v , ; t Evan ",jrh hi .hllrnl'!:i$ an cl "" retybelt snug, this pilot ceetainly had ca"Iight)'cl05{!. ",,,U. I agnee with (he opinion oftb.@ nccidenr board that he would veryprobably haye been kill d eseept for the!net thllt he was us.ing these " e e t ) ' devIcesproperly, Even SO I guess it wouldn't bea bad idea for him to ge riglu on sayinghis prayers regulnrly.Navy Relief Call~ Grampe P"tlii>I.lIIe (I)'S;~,~ Tne NilV)' Rciicf Society h~"


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N . A V A L A V I A ' T I O N ' S M I S S I O N

CLOSE AIR SUPPORT FOR LANDOP~RAT iONS IS USTaJ AS COUATliU.L DUTV fOA'NAVY AVIATIONmarine warfare, while the Air Forcehas been assign.ed I:lut dutr as a 0;:01-lateral. ."The Navy would not build ;1 i~Ige~ :Irtier on the h{\~isoJ its contributionto litriltegk air warfare, O n the otherhand, it might not be able to j~lstify the(Imler sOldy on the basis of its nil\'tUfunction, but II consideration of itsp urely n av 4i fu nctio n, p lus th e contcibu-nc n which it could make jo straLegic

air missions, might be ~nough to war-I , l O t ies const ruc tion. if s o d ec id ed b ythe Joint Chiefs oI StalL"The functions of the Marine COff'Swere dariJ;.ed also, ln addition to thefuarrions provided b la~, i.e., to pro-vide . for service with the Reel in seizure:or defense of advanced naval bases andfor thlf CO!1&~Kt o f su.ch b ind o pc[;ttiQ [)siI~ may be e ss en tia l to the prosecusionof a naval campaign, ' the Marine Corpshas been assigned primary interest indr:ve :lop-menl of th o s e la n din g force me-I ICS, technigues And amp hib io us equip-merit which ,UI::. of ctrmmon in'tereS! tothe Army and the- M arine C orps."

SJ'l E the Navy! Mm)' ,a~d ~ir Pot~ewere merged Into one fightmg 1.11]1(,m,1i~y qlldtions ha,\te been asked aboutwhat Junction each would have in theevent of '(lI1other war,

General policies cH ing down the:flJ.nCti0l15 of the three were adopted at:1 cen fercnee of the [oiat Q~iefs o f Staffa_lKey West, Mau:h U-14, wilh Secre-tuy of Defense james Forrestal.,\ std paper outlining these func-tions was -drafted and forwarded toPresident Truman w ith the- recomrnenda-rion tbat it replace Executive Order 9877dated 26 July 1947. "If he approv:esm y rerommendatlen, I shall prolTIulg.a,cetot: new 'functions' paper to the Servoices for their gui.dam;e:' Secretary for-restal stated.Each service was a~sign",d 5pe!Iiiicjobs in which it ha d clear-cut responsi-hi ! ity. In ad ditio n, each w as given col-lateral functions in which it would 115sist and supplcm cn.tthe otb.cr set'lke .wh,{ !n 'ever such participation will resultin inrreased elfedivenes5.Stralegic air warfare WM assigned tothe- Air force as II primary function.The N n _ v y was a-S $icn cd "as It p r i . m l l r yfunrtion the conduct afair opentkll1$nec es sa ry Em the - an :ompHshmen t of ob-jective;. in a navalcampalgn. :Provisi,onh.lJ; been made- for naval aviation tort1.rli(ipa~t: ill the over-all air e fo 'rt' a sJiretted by Ihc Joint Chiefs I , ; I f Still,"the paper stated."Morco\'cJ, an understand in~ wasr , > t , b e l l l whsd, does not appear in theFonctions' p:l.per, that the Navy \(i11no t be rrohibited from 31tackillg any'huget:;', Inland 0( otherwise, which arcil ,G(eSS'Jl!l1' fo r the acwmp-lislunent of i t smission."Similarly. the Na ... . bas been ns-!1i,!!ned the primary (undion of anti-sub-8

A specifi(' statement appears in thepape!' i : h a ' t the Marine Corps will notbuild up a second l-and army.

PRJMARY functions assigned to theNavy were:I.To u r g a r l l z \ , . [min andeq 1 . 1 1 . 1 'N~v.~~..JMati 0(' r O r c e ~ fOcti,e conduct o r prompt nndsu_stilm!/d combllt opeffitions at sea, includingOp~l'lI.tjl'illlS o f .s eabasee l a i rc r af t arrd th eir la nd -based navru aIr components. Sp.ecirK.~lb' ;a, To seek out and destroy enem y navalfor(es Lmd to s up pre ss e nemy s e a (Qm\Utrleb . To gain snd mml1!llm gena.. I seasupremar;y _e . Tu ("m\ruJ vital S~"1dr~U!tlarul 1(, prntecrvib I seal ines a ( CI J rnrnu IIenf ion,d Ttl t"$ (aj,.Jish a nd rru unta in IQ c';ll su-

peIlority. lnllllding uir, in t n . . "rca (.f r J ; l V , doperations,t. To seize and llefl!nd nd vanced n,l\1 \1 !

bases lind to conduct ouC h luad o~"rJ!ionsas rnav be essenrial ro Ill" prnsecutiun (1(' anaQ."-1 w(npnign .LT( ) WlldUl't ni r t lf \ l! ra lJl1115 ,~.\ n~w'~;Hy

f , " the ~rcnmpli$hnl"'!lt ul ubject ives il'I il.nnva I "loInp.1;grl.:j.Tn "rgani~ nnd equip, in conrdinutionwith the t1IJ1~r services, and to pruvide na ....1forces, in r !ojd ig uu "1\J close a if SU PPer tforres, fITr the conduct of joint amphibiousnpanltiOM,4. 1'0 b e re"p(ll1sibJc for nn'l'a] recon-

nnlssance, anti-suhmarlne ' 1 ' , , - . 1 : l re, prol,"ctionor shipping, und . F ll r mine Ia.ying. including11l~ Jj r '1$j .' icctS thereof. 'j-To p r o v i d e air rra nsport essentia I fn rnaval nperatinns,6. To provide sea-based air defense and

the ~l'l'l-ha~ed means fM roor-dinadng omtroJfor d " , r e ( 1 s e against ai r attack, Cfmr.rlin~[i!l.gwith d,e other services in mstrers .(If I"inttoo cern.7. To previde naval. mcludmg naval al'f.furce~ as requir,ed for the defense of theUnited States against air attack.S, To rurnish aeriat pholOgrnpby us neces-

s:.r) ' for nil-VIiiand Mar1 .t le 'Cor ps Operntions.Colla tern I functions of the Navy iil,lud~

t1 1 t's e s pe d l ie illS!!> nces :J. To interdict enemy lund a!ld uir power

.0114 unrnu n k; lt in n~ t hr (umi_'h ao :o ria J p r .t,to gr ap hl' ro r c arr o-_g,apb;~ pU-'1)q~.

FORRES1Al PAPER ASSIGNS Arm~5U 'D WARFAR.E AS PR IMARY 1ASK fOR NAVY A'ND rrs A IRC RAFT


11/44

Cigar-shape~ FlirJ' t,llxis off m id sh ip s e le va to r on Boxer pre-patarory to takeoff follow ing hang ar deck check o n la nd in g

F U R Y O N U V B O X E RFLRST operational squadron to land jets aboard a urierwas VF-S-!l, which performed the hi.l;totic feat by bring-ing tw o FJ-l'S down OIl th e Boxer 75 Iniles alf the S outhernCalifornia coast 01 1 Mardi 10. Nidmamed the Fl/fY, therj-i's landed and took off again to demonstrate thcis ndapta-b i I ity to e l l r r it r operation .C dr. E . P . Aurand, skipper of Vf~:A. brought the firston e aboard, follow ed by Lt. C dr. R , M . E lder. exec. EightFur ies tool 0ff from NAS SA~ Draco an d re nd ez vo use dwith th e Boxer at sea. A fter tw ice bL1Z2ing th e carrier Info rmauon , two carne in or landing s at 1 LO mph. A urand.fi r t man on, caught the I O. 1 w ire and Elder the N o.2 ,111Cother plane did not land, E lder made the f ir st c a ta pu lttake-off. Between them, the two officers made 24 landingsand take-offs. The FH- l Pl.un;tf)fIf operated O n the Rooseve l ton 21 )uJy 1946. Later, U "p. 0 also operated off the ship .

lSO and his assistants peer to see the flfny cateh secondw ire d lu in g its qualification la.nding_s. aboard the CV BoxerResl ricta

Flighl deck crews om he BfI.ic4r p rep are the F J-1 for catepult-ing test; Lt. Cdr. Elder made the first catapulted takeoff

RAdm Harrill, VAdm Murray, Aurand, Elder, RAdm Greer~M Gen Barcus amlllpt. .Rin,g, skipper of Boxer , pose

These two men, Lt. C dl. R . M . E lder, exec, sad C dr. E . P .AuranJ, skipper of VF-SA. made nf:st FJ landiug5, takeoffs9


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fHEsEHYDR'OGEN BA~LQON5 A"AINED AN ALTITUDE 'Of 107,000 FEEl

C smic I;N51:DI: OF I-U S HO WING EQ UJPM ~NT U SE D 'IN COSMIC RAY RESEARCHA5TrtiPPEU down Ail' Force B-l". drones over Inyokern at i n ,000Feet. In the C aribb ean . jl pV searchpbl1e repcrts it ta.r~don T11d.u----bcar-in;g 16~ degrees, alritude 80,000 feet.High on Mr. CI,imllx in Colorado, ~tyoung scient 1 S t warrhes j I ig h'1 g low ona J.ltriced screen, A man .sit;; before auda"r scope in the middle of the desertan d rep orts a mcke tll S (t 'n r, "Now at300,,000 ftlet and still going up." Aprofessor in New York develcps :tpho t( lg fill ,h ic : s li de 1 1 J 1 J is 0Xuhllnt overIt series oJ white ,spider.like cascadesall 1 1lS film.T hese seem in gly unu:lll:tc:d in(identsare nil pMt 'O f cosmic ray res!;,~lrdl.Forthe. PJSt couple of yeilrs the Office ofNa)laJ Research has been sponsoring, itnumber o r cosmic f . a y Inv(:'stisa.tions.TII\: 'se studies nr c btil'l~ raffie .j Q ut a!'seme 1 2 (!'Illege, and universi t ies, byfaculty members. find students-c-experrsin the J1d.J.W itlloulr becomil1g lao involved. theinn:sl-igations are concerned with deter-minin,g the W/;,Il and hou : of (oSt'iji!!'"raJill.tiOJl. Tremendous fortes, as atom.forces ,go, are involved in ( 'o sr ni ce x:plosiom . which, if they could be iso-lated und uti! ized, would provide it bigstep fO J'W ard in atomic and nuclear re osearrh. In speaking of cosmic energie ,one I'nust keep in m lrld that th e to l':tlI tn er gy b rough t to the earth b y cosmicrays is about the same as P y starlight.So when One talks of I relll''In/.()fi I' cas-mit explosions? remember, the powerinvolved wouldn'r be notioed by an UIl-healthy gnat, but it knotlci an atomcockeyed.The earth is coostantly under born'bardmenr by II shower of nuclear par-ticles arr.ivin.g rr:om outer ~plliCe. Theseparrides enter th... earth' 5 ~tmosphere10

rYfICIIL P.ARJ;lClE SHOW~RS 'IN CLOUD CHAMaeRa t te rr ifi c velodties, a(HI when they hitprimary atmospheric particles, u typeu f e xp lo sio n or c osm ic ra dia tio n results.With these explosions, e r l~ r ,l !' ie s il l therealm of One million M ev, l.e . mill io nrnlllion electron voltll,are involved,That's 1). lot of electron \'.oks] Thelargest cyclotron man has ever buill (.10only produce 250 Mev. The largestmachine mun ll!i~ d~igned isesperted10 PUl ou t some 1000 M ev. CO sm icrad ialioll then, produces :I thousandtimes mo re e lec tro n v olts 11140 any rna-thine man has even conceived ill his

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mind, let a lo ne p ro du ce d. The ultimategOJl of cosrnk ~ay research would bethe util ization of this g lu,g .nntLifLi l CO ,-mic tool foc inve.~lig


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NATS S tudies S afety IdeasEHQ"pe lines, Outside Door HandleTwo safety measures for use onN aval A ir T ransport planes are underctm sideril.tion., aim ed lo provine ell$ ieraccess to the interior in case of an accl-dentandto provide itway to gee out.NA TS ayiatior1saf~ty council taskcommittee has recommended to BuAERthat external handles De installed on allR 5 D cabin doors. designed to permitthem to be opened Feom the exterior. Rt:-ports of a commercial ai rline t c , a s n lndi-c alc f cwe .c per sons mi llb t have been lostba d 1 t been possibl t! t o r persons arrivingat the scene to dpen the door irnmedi-atdy.

An .R5D cabin door lock bas beenm odified and the inside doer ssfetJtlock removed. A medLlmkal device h~"been added permittinl~ disengagementof the inside lock handle after the doorhas been dosed. A lock perrnit~ lockingof the door from tbe outside with "key.The second feature, being tried byVl!.4, is in~tallationor two emergencyescape line> at botb doors of the asn ,These lines will tend to reduce prob-Ilbility of injuries sustained by passenger.:;; iu the event th~ aircraft must beabandoned in a g,roll11d emergency.Wher,e [oaclillg rampS are (jot available.passengers risk sprained ankles, h y [urnp-ing (rom the aircraft.Navy Leaves M anus Isl!andNATS EVQcuates Pacific Ahba.se UnHN ATS , ASIA-'MalJuS island. oncethe largest u.S. naval base in (< heWestern Pacific, was servited ll@lir1b y NATSon 20 Jlnu:u),. A special flight was

sent there to remove all of the remain-iu g Navy persocnelexcept on e man.10 add ition to eight mi I ita ry personnell. 22 civilians, who had b~en l oa din gsteel, aboard naval vessels the past threeweeks, made this, evacuation b y air.Delayed Cluistmas mail was sent JOW,l1to these civ ilians conJa.ining dJ;udie,fruit cakes, and nuts, All passengersan d Clew were treated constantly withthis Christmas joy, yet 27 of the 30passengers requested the Musco mealand praised it highly.Fruit c ak es were s lic ed with an eight-inch M~ .ori kniIe, find it was 'an end-lent dessert for the meal. The ManusIsland Commander came out via thislast tdp without tears in his eyes,12

Recogn.it.ion II.":-pel'ts bm spo t tbess tII'() nesa USA [I jfm [a r w/JaJlht!,y are, bIll bowmd t l y gante1l'1Jar i e ty (ilIWttJI'S (m d Tbe IO ' l l ler sU1l !p ,back whIg f ight er lIJ ith Ih .ehog-JU)Se" (li'l' rroo/ , ; J .1 s is te If) Jh e tJ,q vy 's F /- 1. The N O ft/) AU 1f'r ;(4n 1 '-86 isc/ {UJed 1 1 / 1 1 1 01' (:t han 6tlQ 1!1P/}. S o gred l (J tbr t JUliel , batE o j its fa il ! l I r j .arcJ l h a tt il e s t iJ l 'b ( ) (: ! I' J (!/;.'jtd~Oiappea/'J III b. . ifll;;U;'tg ill ;'/;;j piC/ufe, T " tb bark,8ttllbui i;f thet01l1pdilirllt p l( J 1 le , t l 1 < 1 8-4 ~ Jom-jat b o m b " , flying !Ol'l1mtlOll t l . ' h b If at M!II'I'lf.U ghtni.ng H its NATS P laneR5D Takes a BoU Flying 10 HawaiiVR-8, aA\'{IAH-lf there is anything

('0 the old proverb "L~gbtl1ing neverstrikes twk 10 the same place," then.an R ID in th is - NATS squadron shouldbe a safe aircraft to r i r l' e Q l 1 t an dec"trical srorm, It suffered a direct hit bylightning on 7 February while flyingth ro u.g h a front 150 miles northwest ofKauai 011 II return trip f rom Midway.Flying at 9,000 ltd througb moder-ate turbulence with some rime lee form-iug on the wiogs, the plane was experi-encing considetableuifficlllty with rad ioc(lmmllniicat,ions. Suddenl)' an explo-sion was heard near No.2 engine, anda distinct jar was r elt throughout therlane.Subsequent il1Ycsfig,atioll disclosedth.'lt Lightning had struck the aircraft,probably on ot- around N o. 2eobtine-and had discharged from the bp of theport elevator, burning t.h e fab ric an d th~metd frame almost completely through.N o , :2 engine cylinder head tempera-t-ure gauge wa,s knocked 'out but the

en,gincotberwisewas undamaged an dran without a hitch.Signals couldbe received on the com-pass r:ltce:lvcr only, an d two-way radiocontact was not established until VHFbecame effective through straight linetransm issions. P lane C aptain was Lt.-Cd.r. O . Malone no d copilot Lt. Cdr.D. M. L Hager,Ru l.e son S 'q uad.ron,ln sig n .eDesig.Ms ShoJJld Displa.y Orig'ina,lity01ief of Naval OpeL~tlorlSbas issued

1 1 circular letter outlining precedents f - O Tcreation of squadron in~lgrull......CL 848 states that "while eo NilVyDepartment directive covets subjeetmatter OJ coloring of in.,ignia, precedt"iltclldated that:L, 'l'h e S(juad


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NOW HEARTHIS!W 1 1 1 > . . . , r do some-fhing for the Na-v~1 Heserv~ ,u,J the N.tvyof till' future?When you get t~Lrou~hreading your Reserve ~Ii-tinn of N~I'AL AvrIlTlOl'{NIlWS, pIL>S til" (Opy 011HI some ,,( Ill' r fo rrnerN,, , ,y Ulan so he am keep up on what'snew in r .n'), fl y j n!;.Or P , I l > ! > it 01 1 to the high s c h o o !library in YnlH COln111unity. Lot (1hig h sch ool b o} 's 'H E"'WI" on .rvi,Ltfl>flan d they're the men the BY lng N , , , , , y)f the future will be made up flf.Reserve Units I nkiog or.'L " S c od

tum" til brighten th"ir da!,' s recordftlight S\Jb~cribc to tl.e NEWS in tilIJ:ljme of thelt local I ihmry


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N A V Y G C A S C O R E S N E W ' S A V E S ' H E R E A N D A 1 B R O A DC TTING a l:o ath i:hrough ro~.rain andSf~UW." GCA continues to pile LIpnew victorie in "helping tu bring 'emin ulive."Most spectacular 'save' of the currentcrO f was registered at NAS A'fLI\l ' . '1 rcCr Y with the crew of O J crippledPEl~Y'IP sharing honors with the f a . ' > t .a ting GCA unit.Lt. Cdr. . R. Eaton of VPP-;i was enroute in the Libera to ! ' from Norfolk toA,tlantic. ity 00 1FR flight plan with u,(Ig) J. H. Roche, E. C. Sa-xe ACMM,C. D. Skillingten ACRM and J . E,ampbell ACOM aboard,Jll~t prior to, arrival lilt Atlantil: ity.O1~ l tJ pl e e ie c tr lCa J . f !ul u res developed

With ~he Vii!", radio compass, intercomaD d hg h t going out. hiet killington"'US able 10 fix the ligbt bul the onlyradio gear usable was the 3t0"5 trans-rnitter lI.nJ _ 75 receiver.Over omen, P01nt, Navy Athmtic :Tower WILS contacted, Tower udvi eelthat Ihe f ielJ W.lS closed ~J1d the planeW as to proceed to alternate.At that instant the light and radioraile~ again. . Smoke w ith it typical in-uiation burning odor filled the cockpit.B), cutting off I 'h e ba tter ie s and wrorkingon tb'e generators. commcniration were;reestablished on L05-27", and penni$-sion to COrne into Mlantlc City WJ.'l re-quested. This reJ..lue. t wns granted.Meanwhile Lt. F. F. Norris officer-in-charge f the GCA ua it, '~ho hadbeen in the tower. had driven out to theGCA un it which was being manned b ythe rew. The ground fog was so denseat that time that he would never havebeen able to find the uni ir he had Dotpreviously mernoeized the general I;t)'-?ot of the runways ,'oscb"" ., '. 1.~OilAo)i\)R! 'rtSt"u.ment . ,'... M1'l';lbtl "pp,uach"" , .. , \.0,1190AuLu n,1 In.trument .... ,.. I.ml

Urnt#2 at Kiangwan within 20 min-utes of each other. Ceiling was 2(10 feetand visibility a mile. No alternate land-ing spot were open.La er that ~ft.ernoQI1 u.rlain Leongo the arne :tulloe landed after hav ingbeen given si x wave-oils, He had notpmcticed GCA before but made excel-lent approaches to within hal r a mile ofthe runway, tit which time his azimuthcontrol became erratic, nece sitatlng awave-off. Unforninatelj, the w eatherwas practically zero-zero and he had notyet become contact' at the half-milepoint.On the seventh run he reported 10gallons of fuel left while on the down-wind leg, so a an emergency measurethe new started art immediate apprQ:1c:bwi,th a two-mile hila! leg.Thi approach wassucressful and theair~(~ft landed. A natural feeling ofrelief wa experienced by all handspresent. Lr, Jarman, Ole of [be GCAunit, received a letter of profuse thanksfrom C . Y. LIU, m;.maglrlg director ofthe airline, for saving the three planes.T a .GCA unit at N AS GRO SE lLErecently "showed Ute wa .. to J.couple of Reserve pilots who wereCJ.ughl out in orne ticky weather ia an.NJ and an SB"C. Neither pllot hadmade even a practice GCA run. To add~o the hazards. the s~J radio operatedimperfectly, Both planes were brougl1tIII b)' means of Hying formation andu iag th e B2C radio l last as rhe SN JWltS t


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lecture ""hi h was ,g ivelJ to them that\'fi;ry after.:110011. Nov. Lhey a re all r rn( -tieing CA landings.

orne weeks later. und perh ps withthese landing s in m ind. a rosse I IOrg;JOizc J R eservist, ~ ho, < 1 & J civrhan,was CAA control tower o f ", er a{o r. r e c-ornrncmlcd Ihal 1 1 . F1.ling 'l 19PI 'S LIUt :pilot use Grosse Il~'~ GCA, when hewas unable to land his plane at WiUoRun due to Il, [ailure, The sub. t:q.lenllanding was uccessful, although thisptlo], too, who was formerly with AAF.h,ld never before made a GCA a.rpro;1cbunder in strumen t c cnditie us ,

DOWN A'I NA A n.AN'rA. rCC:eJ1r ly ,wo l1 l1 ldmgs were eJfectc:d al -though wearher was under e...~-sri11gG A weather miuimums, In the firstmstance , an ~N"was aver til' htld withinsulficient f!.!L


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't'HfS 1S the .Mlb o r 8 ];e)-ill}! of sbort"ktlwhof .q1'>n ; their mus Itsin the cold New Jerse dawns and ledthem Lhrougb months of intensive drillin the air. and 00 the ground was a

rr , CA.n DOWNED S JA rs. IN "tU RKEY SM OO T"

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IIISE. FIVI! IIF-l S PIlOIS ACCOUI'ITEO fOR ~l OF iKE (oS PLAN E: S WHICH THEIR G RO ltP D OW NE Dcommander to 'be proud of. Bur thut heshoulcJ wr ite across t he Pac if ic s k r s sucha record as was later his. these airbornewarriors, unaccustomed to ((pial gazing, could not know.On 15 February 1944 when Lt. Cdr,

McCampbell was ordered ('0 the rom-rnand o r Air Group J 5. the leader-hipof the lighter squad ron was vested inLL Cdr. Glades W. Brewer who, untilhis death during itn air battle overGuam 19 June 1944, led the fightingHellcat] in their initial victories stagedfrom the Essex.When VF-H engaged in its first (Om-ba t operation. against Marcu Island On

19-20 May and. gainst \"Wake Island onthe 2}rd, these carrier ralJ.s were tuned"practice strikes under fire." There wasJIlothing in the name, fo r these strikeswere made, a(('ording to the squadron_hi-storilln, "aga,inst as tOl.'l,g'hand accurateanti-aircraft fire as we eft ountered an yplace ie the "P acific." O n o n e attack,two-th irds of the fighter planes wereb ad ly h ol ed b y AA . Nonetheless, thesquadron pressed its attack home lindinflictE'd. s damage the enemy could norafford ill defen e in tallations,.Although the cogged initial. ilssiJjn-

rnent against the enemy had been suc-cessfully accomplished~ there was stillth e price to b e : paid for victory. E ns.W, T. Burnam was hit b y AA during, dive and WI hed at ea. Three otherpilots were wounded In action,The squadron had 1 1 brief respite at

Majuro before it rejoined Task FOrce58 to undertake operations which wereto last two months and take the Essexand its Air Group from Saipan 10Pagan, include the first carrier strike'Son the Bonins, the Battle of the Philip-

pine Sea and strikes to su.pport of theoccupation of Saipau, Tiniar; and Guam.

THE SQUADRON drew its first enemyblood in the air on the first hgbtersweep 1t1tO . ~plm the ahernoon of 11june, It is not known who downed thefirst pL tne, bu] the ~weep destroyed 5Z ( } k e J ' . 1 Abl,jJ, l Em/fy and I Tato', allairbome. A~ 1 1 start, it was pcopheticof the tremendous total cores Vf'-15 wasdestined to chalk op.The next tttys were ecrupied withstrikes ;.tgu.inst Two jimn, which dealt

heavy de trucrion to enemy aircraft onthe ground. On 17 June, the "llqullcln)l.headed for S Aipan. E nroute I t flattenedwith methodiral aerial bombardmentenemy l l . l g g e r : s . , trawlers and ,seagoingslImpa.ll in the bay and coves of Pagan,

WORD spread througJl the TaskForte that the real enemy fleetwas out, heading toward Task Force 58from the Philippine Sea area. A searchw as m ade on the tS tl,_ _ a nd before dswnof the 19th, contact with the enemy'snaval air force snoopers was made. Fiveenemy planes were kllocbd out with noloss to VF.l:).As more word of the Japanese Fleet

came in, ~JI available :lighters were keptrotatin above the 'Task Force as CAP.At 0910, eleven nghters led by Cdr,Brewer took off, an d at 1013 the firstlarge raid \ as picked up on the screen11 miles away. Cdr. Brewer and sevenof his flight wen:" ordered to climb to24,000 feet, and the other fighters wereready to scramble. At l03'j, 40 enemyplanes came in at 18..000 feet-and theMarienas Turkey Shoot was on! Twenty

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enem y aircraft p lung ed seaw ard, and therem ain der fled in the face of this caras-tropbe. VP15 came through intact.U. Og) G, R. Carr bad shot down fivc,lind Cdr , Brewer an d Ens . R ichard E .Fowler. Jr had scored four each,Meantime I :? fighters led by dr, Me-Campbell scrambled to intercept Raid#2 Hio miles away. Ten of the planeswere able to get to 2'3.000 feet whenthe interception was made j milesfrom the 'Ship. In this ef1gagemenl.VF-IS ,!o;ot 20!,h planes of the 50-phiaeraid, The rest dispersed.

The squadron h i toriao describ~s therest of the m ortling as "fairly quiet,"probably just "the p:luse that refreshes."Early in the afternoon. the lighters wereordered to attack the enemy at Guamwhere it was eeperred that the Japaneseh ad g a l1 'l er ed their surviv ing airm en torefuel and prepare them for futureraids. C dr. M cC am pbell led 12 fighterssn .'\ sweep on thal Island and inter-cepted 40 b,mdiu attempting to land OilOrote Field. Fifeen japs downed!A little later Cdr. Brewer led sevenfi hters in the last action 'of the day ina sweep ov er Guam to in te rc ep t Raid#8. Mo re th an 20 Zekes were CIlg.tged,of wh ie h 7 were d estro ye d p lu s 1 J tid)"In thi~ .lction, Cdr. Brewer and Ens.Thomas Tarr were losr. Lt. c. WO v erto n ren dez vo used th e rem ain der ofthe sweep and led it back to bsse; Lt.Cdr. James P . Rigg becam e the skip per.The destru lioil of 671/2 (.nemy au-craft and the probable destruction of J 2others, all uirborne, at a cost of threepilots Was VF-l.'iS contribution to thetotal score of 85 planes destroyed thatday. Air ombat in which the Helle-all

destroyed the Japanese on a 13 to 1ratio was chru:adcrized b y skill, da.rin,gand devotion. From thiH tim e on, theJapanese must have known that therewas only one COUf" open to them , re-treat; only the inevitable end. defeat.From 10 June to 24 June, that isfrom D~l to D+ 10 Day lIt Saipan,VF15 destroyed 100 V a ellemy planes

In the air, 99 on the ground, sank aboutt5 snips, damaged 45 other vessels, ex-ploded a b.rge o il tan k and two fueldumps, and' did ex tensive damage toairfields, buildings, guo emplacements,radio and radar equipment. VF-J5 wasmore than a cloud againt the sk y teharas: the Rising Sun. It was th e "Di-vine Winds" in reverse.THE MID'DJ_'F- of July after a restperiod at Bniwetok, VIi-IS pnrtki.pated in the neutrahzarioo 0 air andg round defenses of G uam and follow edit up with ai r sLlppor of the orcupationand defense- of that j land.On 29 All,gust, \l'1'~15became part ofthe Thild Fleet. A red-letter day intheir I O I ! was 9 epternber wh n theybegan to work Over Mindanao. 011their W l lY back to th e Enex th e H e J l c i 1 I Jsaw their pr-ey-42 ships off the eastcoast of M indanao. Down the figh terswent to sink 18 hips, leave ') burningfiercely an d another 9 dead in the water,hit 7 others and damage 3 underway.CL's and DD's of the Task For e camein to slnk the remaining ships. VF-l:idid more than Its share that d;IY.

A IL d uring September. VF-IS struckthe Philippines=-Mindsnao, Cebu, Mac-tu, Negrcs, and the Manila area-andOn 6 O ctober headed northw ard to carry

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ADM. MITSCHER CONGRAT1JLATES McCAMPBELLtheir battle against the enemy to OkI-nawa and Foemcsa, At dawn 12 Octo-ber, they destroyed 20 Zeke. f an d To j osj n a flaming battle in the air.B y TJ-] E t 5 th, they were enroute tothe P hilippines once again, auivingo fT th e Vlsil}'a5 th e morning of the 2 Lsi.The morning of th e 24th st-arted simplyenou >h. but eben enemy raids startedcoming in, o r . McCampbe l l l e u th efirst scrambled AP of seven .fig hters tointercept ,\ raid of 60 assorted b . : . I 1 J r 1 i ucorning from Luzon and personally de-stroyed 9 in the ai r and :2 probables.ALI ill all, these seven Hdf(aU destroyed25 enemy lighters as well a s i nf li ct in gJamage on many others, The sllrviv[D_g/Nlt/diu fled . The second CAP shotdown ten planes more.Im mediately all available planes w erelaun led to locale an d a tta ck the enemyforce which was reported to be entering(b e ibyno S ea. Just off the SE tip ofM indoro Island the)' found it. a total of26 ships including the Yama t o and theMaIaJhJ. TIle .fig hters provided escortfor 10 VB's and 1 VT's. While thattask force was not stopped, ir wash e av il y d .a .r na g ed .The night of I:he 24th, th e ThudFreet headed north full sp eed. Nightfighters picked up a large Lanier taskforce 01 17 . ship' 20{) mites east ofLuzon. The dawn attack took the enemyb y urprise. O f the 10 to 2:0 Z e ! l t r Jlaunched, 9 were shot down by YF-1Spilots, 4 of them b y Lt. J. R..tmne.On November 14 after spreadingdeath and destruction through the Visa-yas and 'trikjng (anita for "auld langsyne" during the first days of the month.the HelhlltJ headed for home 'Via Ulithi,A great JightinS squadron, VF~15 haddestroyed 31 5 aircraft ;n the air andaccounted for an equal number on theg round or wa ren , an d dam ag ed or sunkm ore than 500,000 tons of enemy ship-ping. Once aboard. the Esse, the enemywas theirs!

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T r nsferVARIOUS inquiries have been re-ce ived from naval av intors, botbregulllI and R eserve , re la tiv e to tran sfe rto th e U. ,Air Force, For !:,(;neI;U in -formation. the follo\i.,jng letter to 0(Will the Departreeat of the Air ForceH eadquarters, U S-A F, dated 3 March1948, j~ l[uoeed ."L, omrmssroncd I,t'lkers uf the .> \avvwith henomble lU1J redltable service f~fjigjbJ~ fur a pp oin tm en t in the United States

Ait' Force Reserve, and subsequent w appuint-rnent thetein, can apply or extended ;1(1..f\ ('d~l(Y W II I I th e Air Poree, H owever. 1 ,10~.s5"1U.IO~{'.In b given tJY-lt such Offi!(L will b,I I ltd (11 , ,(l;"1 ' Ju ly in ol.stn ud l as U:e

o SAF?rer, il aprlle' equ.llly to nav al offiu:rsof al l ca tegones, P re sent Jaw does, notallow a commission ttl be held on ur-rc:olly in more than one branch of theerv ice , Therefore, resignation of thep re se ntly h eld c omm issio n is a require-ment before the individual (an be cum -rnissioned in the other service. If thela tter action thc!) is not confirm ed forany reason, there Is J10 provrsion [orrein staternen t in the onginal cornmis-ie ne d sta tu s."L i 'C in at'l}' o( the armed ,Cl'VI eshas invariably had its share of uncer-tuinties," lie ordin).: to a veteran n. valofficer. "Dlstnnt pastures always lookg re< :ncr. T he oncertalnties of (Inc ser-vice Mt' no rn re predic table lhan thoseIn J ~i)jb:f service, Llfe:t O J. civilian isno t free of co rrespo ru ling uncertainties.

"W1ldt i,most < ldv~n tl lg eoLL !i f or enejodi\ iJulll may nor necessar J y be mo tadvantageous for a second individual inthe "MDt: ur another branch. II will re-(JUlIE a olorns n in all h r s wisdom tortedkt in f a llibly the best course for anindividua] Lo !'U rsue,'I t is a Jc:dsion tha~ mu t b e r es ol ve db y each nne. after ierious evalualion ofxll t h e - known (acts tQge the r with theobvious uncer ta innes of the Iuture,Howeve r , it will be wiset be mindfulo r PIJ.5t e xp erie nc es - that temporaryadvantages and disad anlages withinon e of the Annt:d Service as comparedto an oth er ('fVII:O' balance out over alifetim career,"

NAVY GETS 50To )1AC.1LIT'AJ'[ illte,l'il11 f~miliariz~-tt n Cf J, lin lL lR ;of fig hte.r p dO l.5 un til,Navy ) < : : t , p\.Ul~S ?erotne aval,~able illi.!ullntity lilt: Navy IS procuring )0 Lockheed P-1!O'S from the . . Air Force.The N avv w JJI designate these p lantsro-t's ~inc; the will be used to trainpilots and maintenance personnel inoperation of [ets U lU will not he:c:~u ip ped w ill1 u rrestin g h oo ks Of cata-pull fittings. They will be die P-M-,mode l . e~[ttii'(1,eu with the Allison J < 1 3 -A-J.l engine, an d will be mainramed inAlf Force conJigllraliofl.To simr'llify problems D r maintenanceand 10 istic support, allot the TO ' eir les since se ve ra l h av eIn rhe P l!.st been used in projects a tN ATC Pt\'j"UxltN1' RIVER. nnd anotherP-S6 ha been U5t:J by th e Naval AirMissile Test Center, Point MuJ:,'U, totrack ! -" U id e c: lm i ss il es a nd p il ot le ss air-Win in test fir ings,Marines Sink Jap DestroyerBig Destroyer Used for Target ShootVMF21 1, JIINA ~ This squadrcc

has S f tired s me excel lent gUllnery andb ombin g p ractice 011 Irve ex-japane Cships turned over to he Navy ~ft'('r U1Cwar fOf use ',- tram I l1g t


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#tI I I2TIIERE I ( ( lA S . . .i#" ";:=:_j~

(~ '\ ,~'!_ low thut their t:tlfsu(1udly scraped the

..\ "/', groun. d, and a,;; tbe)' treaked across the lieldj I bru$liing the' deek, they would $briek whl/ f l~ .d i ff ie , u "h i ff tp d i /f l" ,"Well. it was- bound to happen, Ute birds

begun "mulating era flfJr lind rapidly becameextinct. But before the last few bad djs.appeared, a youog man from Yale came !lo . ....n~nd wrote u book on the 'Life And Times OfThe W hiffle-Diffie. ' And one of lhe thingshe established wa wh~t wll l / f lNii f f le meantLn w h i p l e - < t $ i l J l e Jangu!lge. .Ruugh) y bOS-luted inti) coltoquial English, Jt means ,'KR TIlE I What \1 sen HclI'\t' ..

Bon MotA NEl\VQU ou.1l:l W;1S romiag in for theh n!ll lan din g tlf II. rheck ride, H .srhe k pilot was Lieut., now Commander. J.SkMCI . who had a reputntiun fur letling

3 cadot know how he was ,gt:tling Ul'IIJg-bof, ,10m!. The Nl S sne3ked d 1'\"1] Deh l'en itpair or smokestacks with " . 1 1 1 inch to spare,lilt the runway hard, leaped bock into the.ur I lk '\ : ~ ~tJJ1.1ed (,Ill and finall)' landed afterthree I 1'W ;m ~b unce s,As [he G 1 d t taxied h!'k to the line It".....rred, cringing. tor Lieut, korcz ' c UlILlWH.NfLOf' t. me. The J:1 'If wheels comiog out t1[ U l ! " w heel-w ells > lnclbcing laboriouslr cranked /IP (0 [he "downan d Iocked" p os 1tio n,How to Lose Fr iendsIW..S II. black night, and plJIDcS wereeverywhere in the sky.As th e time .drew near IE > return to theb a se . one of th e flric.ish pilot'S tr;U nin g w ith~IS, entered the traffic circle for an approach.The dut officer called .him, but withoutresponse. He sigaaJed him with a red llght-

stil) no unswer, On th e plane came, in anall roo low apPHHI.Ch.III vai . 1 l , the voice earne over theair, "PuH

up. pul] trp I" , But on he carne, As. theplane sheared < . I f f its landtng gear on thetree tops, tbe crash cars were on therr WlI'y.arid the duty Offi{CL aU but took off as heraced hi jeep across the field.The plane hit resoundingly 00 its beUy ,

,1 0 d hurst into 0ames, as t ru cks.cars antijeeps careened alongside,

ndaunted and unaffected, the "Limey'sauntered out and with lillie regard for th emess, said, "A hea.stly iob, wasn't it sir?"

PF.NCElt M. SCH1lCicrI111.LT. (JG). OSNRSTArn COUIiGE. PA .

Thrice Told TaleTHI ONI> has to be tol.1 ever' 0 often:An ~N laadplune instructor WIl.5 tern-pl'I( Il:t.l. tr,,05 f~red ro 11 pzimury seaplanesqusdrun, which was operoling MIN'S on/lnllt'>. The instruetor's (wt period went,If line until he returned tn. base, He madenice approach on the Innd field.The cadet. unable to spe-ak to tbe Iostruc-

tor, "hook the stirk anti pointed down, Theinstructor "'"nt 9(001)1.1, could find nothingwrong am1 started in again. Once )"l1lJre thecadet stopped him un aonl-then (lime theIighl_

The m$tructor returned to the bay area,made ci t normal landing, tied Lip to lhe bu yand hopped Qut on the w inS. "Boy , thatMIS dose," he shouted [0 the cader, as heblithel)' stepped of[ the plan,.,'s wing jntnthree f1LthortlS of water,

NAR ). .... KSoNVlLL"E-Reserv;sts pertl-cipated in tWII searches dwinS February, onef ol' t he EAL CQI7J/eJlflliOl'l. with Dkk .MerrJIIabeard ( w h ich was larer reported safe atBunnell) nnd th.;: other fer per.;onoei mis~tng, from ;J b un iln g sh rim p btl'lt off the Cc. ' )~5t .

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I N L A N D E M P I R E F L I E R S G E T N E W N A R A A T S P O K A N E

A t N AR TU Ana, ostia, Ca pta in F un ke greets p la ye rs f rom al] over the co un try w howere- in Washington al guest of AMYET fo r national teen-age basketball game!

A NIiW link in the Naval Air Reservechain i. beiog forged up in S po-kane, Wa hiogton. Here a Naval AirReserve Auxiliary IS being establishedto erve tile many Volunteer Air Re-servists ill that section of the PacificNorthwest, knowa as the Inland Empire,who want to f ly.In setting up this NARA. which isilttac:hGd to NARTU EATTLE, th eNaval .Air Reserve had to meet the chal-lenge 0, t~rtlin and weather. Betweeneartle and pokane 100m the mightyascade mountains often shrouded in\ eaiher that varies only from bad toworse, 0 er u41 a course it would beunpessible to maintain .regular schedulesfo r Bying training -typ e p lanes( usuallynet equipped or in srrurnent f1yinS)over to the NARA at specified timesJuring th e month, 0 a new pattern'or operating the NARA had to bedevi ed .In view of the large number of Re-ervists in tile area, it w as. decided ~hlltit - would be prarricable to base a smallnumber of training planes at the NARAand La aSStlln a small detachmen of atttvrt duty Reservlsbi to administer theprogram locally. N AR TU SJ.iATTLE, Q fcour e, would continue to have theoverall re ponslbWty for administration.m d logistic support,B e r o ! " ! ! a paper plan. however, couldbe translated into action, many prob-20

lem s had to be ironed out. H ere thecooperation provided by city authoritiesproved invaluable, M ' a y o t Arthur R.Meehan and public utilities commission-er Willard "Duke" Taft, in particular.were most- helpful in removing obsta-cles from the llVY'S path. The waywas smoothed for the Air ResE" rv l' : t ou e the operating facilities at GeigerField, a former Am1y f ield which theWar Assets AdOlinistrabon i turningOVeI to the city as II municipallidd. Arrangements were also made to all \\. theunit to usc u small hangar and tw osmall building' for o ff ic es a nd s upp li es ,10 order to avoid d.uplicaHon and un-necessary expense, a plan wa s alsoworked ou t w ith th e A ir National Guardof the St, te of W;u;hington, which ismoving from nc:-arb.y j:clts Field toeiger FickL Under this plan, bothunits will cooperate in the joint use ofcertain facilit!el> and equipment such asthat for Iire and crash,MeanWhile interest ,In)ong VolunteerAir Reservists in tlre area bas been attop pitch, More th:m 1O(j II iators inthe vicinity have expressed 11 definite-

desire to join in the acti ities of theAssociated Volunteer Utlil, which theNAR-A is designed to serve. For help-ing to build up th i interest much c ~e dils!:tould go to Volunteer Reservist, It.Robert J. Andersen, II naval aviator inWorld War IT who .is now wifh radio

sta tio n KHQ in Spokane .Two officers and ~4 _ enl: ted peron-nel from NARTU {lA17LE are beinglssi.gn-c ..j Jor active duty at the NARA.while B SN'r's and two SNB'S arc slatedfm balting' there. Minor repairs andperio ic checks (through 120 hours )will be made by NARA personnel, butmajor overhauls and repairs will be uri-dertaken at th NARTU.The training pregram for personnelw ill be 'based on c urren t train in g syllabi,ot only Volunteer aviators bu t Volun-teer g round office.rs and enlisted per-so n n el will take part in UJ1It ; leU viuesand training.Ta.rget dute for beginning oper.uionat NARA SPOKANE was 1 May.H igh School TrQ iI BlazersON TH' higb school front, ill terestill naval aviatien seems to be- run-nlng high. The Naval Ail' St.1tion atGlenview, fo r : example, reports th~l IIg reat n um ber o f h ig l:.i~,hQQI students ar eenlisting each month in the V"1' i Reserve.To tncourage th i interest, aval AirReserve units throughout the tountry are.trranging to have group. of h ig n schoolstudents come out to their tationsandget a first-hand view of day-to-day ac-tivities and the tedmicaJ training thq'offer. During Pebruary, for example,sum sttltions as NARTU MACO'1'I ..(visited by a g.r


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He got the bird! Lr. Westmoreland andme c,;;:-gulltbat sma hed his windshieldeducation as long:l, pos ible i1l1d tocooperate dosely with high school au-thorities, these tours, of (OUF e, MC un-dertaken only with the full cooperationo f sch oo l o ffici a l s oA~ member of the Volunteer Re-serve, high school sttldeUlS arc 110treqUited lO parti ipate in Ie-guli\! Irain-mg, However, since the OrganizdReserve trains only on weekends, ,u 1in I'e:c;illg number of ,tudenls are join-illS that branch of the Air Reserve,where the} ' can p;e t usefu I training on api ! -Ior-drill basis.ue such group of Organlzed Re-ser iL~ .tt A S GLENVIEW, who aresealers lit il local high school, have reoc en tly fo rm ed (I school dub which bidsf.iiI to be a tra il b lazer for sim ilar highschool dubs tl roughout the country.Open only to sealers who arc also O. R'sat Ienview , the "Naval A ir ReserveClub" (as it is called) ha its owncharter, its own officer and dues arepaid from. its members' Navy drill P I , > , .At hle tic J .. cb viL ie s a nd competitions ~ithother groups :tIC beJng arranged at theair tation,

N;ll.UL"\lly the Naval Air Reserve isglad t o see ~ IJ this interest i n D P v rr laviation :tnloog today's high schoolstudents, fO'r these young men are (hevcry ones who will be needed to takeOver \fnrOl'rf:ant Reserve billets in th efuture.New SAD Course for Reserves

T HI, rm st da .s,~in the N~vll i AirReserve's new pedal Artificer'sDevices training oursc at NA ArL'lN-T gO t off to '3. g ruelling st:J.rt on 19A pri], J"rueJling is the correct term , f erinto tbe eighl-weeks term is crammedtr;linrng in all phases of operation an dmaintenance of the mnny spe(iru d iceswhich hll"l'' been al!signeJ hi) Reservestu.tions .lI1d units, Srsrionkeepers, whogr:tdu,lte from t h e : course, Will return tothei r bases with that extra savvy"whlch will enable them to gel the fullestutilizalionout of the devices in COI"Inecnon with the training of OrganizedReservists.About 2.2 staeionkeepcrs from Re-serve units throughout the t"ouotry ure

berng specially selected 01' each classon the basis of their Gualifi tions ridability to take over SAD ratings, M e-chanical or elcctrlUtl !:raining is a t pre-requisite for rated men, while non-ratedpersonnel must how mechanical orelectrical aptitude.In a dd itio n, s ele cte d personae I mustsu rcessfu lly comp lete a preparatory "re-fresher" 'C OU I se , g iv en under the direc-tion of the training officer ;It their regu-la r sta tion. in order to q ua lify for the.cheer, TJ l is course provides a reviewof mathematics. physics. hand tool , ele-m en tu ry le ctrlcity ,1I1d electronics.Three sepa.rate courses are set up' atthe sehoul ODe for chiefs and 1 st class,another for 2nd and ,.rd clas personneland one for seamen. All V ' a r y in cope.with the m ost- adv an ced C O UIse o venngsix basic phases-review of electricityand electronics. electronics. devices, pro-je ctio n e ~lu irm en l,n !L vig atio na l d ev ice s,gunnery training, and glluai.rcstructor_The training, jhcugh more (Oi1dctl,sedin nature, f'at 'allds thaI giVtJl at theschool under Technical Trainjl1~ atATTC MJ:;'~p.I:Hs. 'IDe sthaol at At-

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 is . also under the cogn izance 0 fTechnical Training. Personnel fromthe Special Devices Center in Slllld.Point, L. L provide overall supervision,with most of the actual instructicn beinggiven. by SAD p erso nn el a ssig ne d La th exhool.ln a dd it Ion a short course (about twoweeks) in opera tionatld maintenanceof the ultrasonic trainer. is being givenReserve tationkeepers at NA Non-FOLK. FAETULanr facilities haw; beenmade available for this course,Station Round-Up

NAS 0 .1 1) ,.'1 .'"'1 'DWE "d;r' os WiilR"" to)thll .fallon f Q~ ~Htlllil f i(mill.J; tiFF (A)-J

, / . 1 . Presno fI/i 15 l;( '(;,rl1l1"';, U_ Cdr, GeorgeH. M'Rhette is 0 of the new unil andLt, Frank E, Turpie 15 the exec,NAS Ml]oJNl 0 jn It l< :/c~1lathe Chamber f Commerce and OlatheT.egion Post No, !3. at this 'tllticm (com 3(0 7 1'.11811.


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N A V Y R A T I N G S T R U C T U RON .! APRiL th new enlisted ratingtructure of the Navy went intoeffect. Under this stru~[re, 198 rati118sw ere o nso lid are d into 71 general serv-; e rating Including 40 aviation [atin.!{ 'whi('" were absorbed (in all or in ~art)by 1!lg cnernl serv ice rating s,. At th esnrne lim~ ' ~ p.l.calld list of new emer-gency ser ice ratings, Into which theg eo eral ie rv iee ratin gs w ou ld be brokenliown in wartime, W.iS established.l'ourlef;lleX(-) ~Isi ve emergency service~lring w llleh w ould be activated only,in C it e of national em erg el1 ly . W e re ;11'0se t ~IpWith rhe adoption of thenew stru -ture, the ratings of RegulJJ' Navy en-listed m en an d of Reser ve s ta ri onkeepce su.ml shipkeepers Were changed to thoseo r g en era l s erv ic e mt~gs which haJ a b oorbed the Iua Ions of their previouratings. 10 some ell es, sucn as that ofaviation machmist's mate, no change: innom enclature w as Involved. I n otherc as es , h owe ve r. ,>urn us Iha.l of aviationmachinist's male instrurnen; w hi hw as ab so rb ed b y th e aviation eleetrl-Ci;ll' mute gen'cral s erv ic e r atin g, thenomen (attire is entu:cly different.rganlzed Reservists have also hadrhei r ralings rhaaged tg lIpp c op .r ia te r ut -Ing s in the emergency service talil18l(rOlip. inasmuch a therr' training ofneces ity is along p eliu liz ed lin es .The ratings of VohlAtccr Reservistshaw been changed to appropriate rat-ings not only in the t!m erg en y ratingg r up bu r also in the exclusive emer-

gen('Y service rati1 1J.: g roup for ,.,hid; [1 0lrujllill' is provided in p ea etim e.The broadening of dutie:.. under thene w general setvJcerating seruetu re isdesigned to g ive Regula:r r -avy and Re-

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A I R B O R N ETHF NAVY i expected to lake deli -cry this summer on j ts largest land-plane- the Lockheed, MO CO!1J1iflllhm.SInce its Iirst 11ight ') 'November 19 6.the plane ha - made 70 test Ai.gh ts andlogged t 40 hours in the air.four 3"()O"bp. engines, Iike lhe pairpiLtured above, drive the big ship, tak-in,g it off in le: s than 2,000 Feet runwith 184,000 gm5s weight-_ It willcarry L80 passengers and hils a range of6,1,00 miles. Four-bladed, 19-1oot pro-ellers pull the 92-tol1 'behemoth.These interior photographs, fi rt reoleased on the plane, show the' rc\l' 10 , -

I N E Rsrruments the pilot And co-pilot have tohandle. The f ight engineer handles illengine controls excepl On hlkeoffs an dlandings. I-Ie adjusts throttles, mixturecontrols, and superchar ers, T he assist-anr JIigl:lt engineer handles eleClricillcontrols. cabin pressurization, beatifr_g,cooling and ventilation. Regulationsrequire test crews to wear pa rachu t es ona ll A i b ts .So big are the wings 11m mechan It'Scan go ow: to all engines during Bightto work on them . By crawling . he canp , t L - beyond the outboard enuines ifne t e ss ar y_ Seatsare blue. carpeting rose,

LUX URIOUS A IRLINERcTTl'E SEATS TO I"5 ID ; 7 6 ~UCKeT $E 'ATS BELOW

PULLING IN HER LANDING G~AR , THE CONSTI.TUTION SOARS O FF W ITH FLAPS STILL DOW N

CR~WMAN CRAWLS INTO INNER-WING TUNNelTO WORK ON CONSTITUTION ENG IN~S IN fliGHT

SPAC IO 'US COCKPIT OF CON.STITOTlON;FUGHT ENGINEER ON RIG IiT

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CAPT , &ERNU. CO OF W RIGHT. PO SES W ITfI EOUCATORS WHO W~NT ON THE CARR IER D t1 IUNG FEBRUARY CRU ISE 10 STUOY A IR O PERATIONS UNDERWAYEducators Visit Pensacola aad folding the rolor blades to the tailCone.

A hatch in the Boor of the plane per-mits installatioe; of rul aerial camera oroperarion of an interior .hoist for cargoloading or ea rescue pick-ups, Landinggear was strengthened to withstand deckia n d illg in rough seas, The- planecarries II complete set of instru men ts foroight and instrument fly ing , U nder de-sign i lin amphibiou landing gear tobe used interchangea!>] with wheels.XHJ 1 bas II 500hp engin~ whichgives jt \I ! 4 were hot, straight andnormal llU1.S. All exercises employedthe use of a lJ"aight course target. TheAir Group is aboard the V aL le y F or ge ,fla.g ship of R ear A cIm . H. M.Mllitin,Commander T.F 38.NAT , AL"SK"~ o r n e people sure talkloud, A NA1'S pilot flying between Kodiakand Adak tried to -CODtaCt Adak tower. Tokyorrl.dio ...nswered loud and clear, as did atqATS plane over Newhall. OtliQ.mia.


27/44

S. - :rrsVISITS~'f~.~. N ~ . " NAS~ ST.LOU IS

R E S E R V E S U SB U S Y A I R P O R TA T S T . O U I SSt. Louis pilots Prater, Mathews and SnllY (standing), and Scberting, Maddo andRoberts of v.. and VA-75 do orne ready room flying; three are still college studentsTwo OR. AIRS with yellow-orenge belly bands carne infor a laIldiug all the snow-covered runway, lt was diffi-

cult to tell where the concrete strip be an and the gra5!o1'f ie ld e nd ed . Flying clouds- of pow der-dry snow obscuredthem as they touched down and taxiisd off.A TWA ComuMp,ion floated in. now spurted, from theskidding tires w hen it la nd ed , in ste ad Q 1 the usual wisp ofsmoke from' rubber 1 1 itting con crete, Between ru n w ay s twolittle r e ! J ow P~per C 1 1 b r , ~pparentl}' too ?:lshful to get ia thetraffi circle WIth the big lobs, were rnakJ[]g humpy take-offs.Out of the bJlle sh. came two l 'J3M'S (Qr a landing. ABeechcraft taxi jed up 10 wait for permission to tllh alI lindbehind it a~ ftSD .commercial plan,e lined. up,_ They waitedfor three A u : Naticnal Guard P-51 s to swish i n and land.Behind them a screaming 'I; ail arose as a Bamhee P2Hturned on its jet engines and taxiied OJ.l~ to join the waitingH oe, Its hot breath m elted the now like Il blowtorch,Wht; ' fCis all this nappenLogt NOlle other than LambertField, St. Louis, home of the Naval Ai.r Reserve 5~ation,which also serves as that big city's commeroa] airport. NavyPBY'S, F4U'S, He l lr .. .i s, B e e c h e s and ~4'D'S have to walt theirturn to Lise the runways. stuuing Iacilitie w i l l : 1 commercialliner, private p 1 1 l 1 ] C 5 , and Air Force aircraft.

Probably no Reserve unit nics from a field on whkh moretY res of planes (lin be seen in a Few minutes time.At one time the city of t, LOlli thought its airport wastOQ crowded to permit" ' avy planes to be based there an)_'longer. Last winter the word went out that the Navy hadto leave, The controversy swept over city and state officials:md ~M ally saw d{'\egatiol"lsfi ll l. '!g into lhe \Vb itt Houseitself to present both sides o r the picture, 1 11C Navy tookno offi -iill part in the situation,But NAS ST. Loins is there to stay fo r t I C iL S ftw o a nda half more years, under a oew agreement signed betweenthe Navy and St. Louis. Under the linal agreement, theNavy furnishes crash fire trucks to protect all private andcerornercial flying 01 1 the field, as well as for rts own planes.It furnishes ambulance service, medical and first aid, groundcontrolled approach Cor all planes in distress, no matter wbothe owner, snow remn val and J i re trucks to light an y blaz es.Reserves IJSe. the station on the south side ef the field,while McDonnell Aircraft Corp., maker of Navy l'~fighters. the Pben tom aodBat.t.rbe e , is located across the fie d.Reservists see the [ets. being g lv 'e n th eir first run-ups 00 the

ramps outside Millonndl and wonder when the da y willcome when they will be able to fly jets them elves.

~O NG LINE O f ST. routs USERVE CO IISAIRSFAC~ O PEltA nO NS TO WER : RESERiY ES SHAlE LAM JlE ItT FIELD WITH A RM Y A ND C OMME RC IA l PLANES

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Capt. Kauffma!) ( 2ncl from left) receives Britigh plaquetram Captain W oolen, C omdr. Evan" and \ " X l , H . G uJhri~

Lt, Simon Reznikoff. VMFY, En".VI'.l1lL.llS--Lt, Cdr, m.h;"ro P. F'el(l, 00; Lt. Cdr. H. G. Palmef. E:..,.,.VR./il\--l ..t. Cdr. Tho,""", C, .iB"I!!l>~Y, CD: LL Rnl,~,.tF. Wal'll'. Exec."rV'(;71i-AI.rG.roup C"rrnnlj"d!Jt--L~. cdr. Earl -B. L!


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5gh. Kenneth E. Gronemeyer and Paul L Reed of St. Lours'Marine detachment prove elbow grease still is latest stylevisibility bad. Take th e case of one airline pilot who con-tncted the tower, The control tower operator asked, "Wharis YOti! pQ~ition?" To which the pilot wryly replied: "Tellrue, w hat is ' low' position rLambert- field just retentlJ opened up a new 5 ,OOO-foo trunwa.y, but it took a month to build and the Reservists hadto let their planes sit for four weeks because it was impos-.ib le fo r Ihern to take off or land, This curtailed their totalBYUlg time. Eventually. this runw;lf will be lengthened to9,000 f-eeh llndi the other four to 7,000 feet, making Lambert6d ~ one of the best in th e country.Many of St. Louis' Reserve pilots come from neighboringcolleges where l b : e y ilre ~oisbiDg their college educations.Some come from as fur away as University of Missouri atColumbia , 12'i m iles aw ay, or from Ufliv~rsity of Illinois ;t'tU rb an a. S hurtliff College, St. Louis University. WashingtonUniversity, illld M issouri S chool of M ines all send a quotaof R ItS NV ish; out to m an the station's squadrons.COMMANDING officer of NASST. LOI"II$ is Capt. RolandP . Kauf fman , w I to took ov er that post in August, 1946.D uring the w ar he w as _ cx c;:utiv l::officer of the: CV /I l frepidwhen it was rammed b y rive Japanese Kamik .aze ' J , twowithin 30 seconds of each o ther . .A nother 'One of the station~taff, Lt. Cdr. 8 1 1 r t J , Slattery, Pio abo hadexperienre wlth[ups at dose hand, He was on the air group commander'sstill on the CV Ptdl{klin when it was almost b!~ste'd andburned out of tile water,GpL Kaaflmanwss in th e Reserve program back in 1939when he was skipper of the unit nt Floyd Bennett field inNew York. He abo commanded air stations: io PanarnaaadO ),lthe and was CO of the eVE Tangier Bay . . H is ex plo itson lhe 11ltrepid woo for him the Silver Star.Executive o r the statinn is Cdr. Norman O. Auder.son.who has been in the R eserve prog rtlm for 20 yea r. ;, s ta rt in _gO ut as: I I seam an second. He was skipper of oee of theNavy's ltlrg


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W I L L B A R R E l l NMoral: Close in Slowly on Join-Ups andAlways Keep the Other Planes in Sight.COLL[SIONS d~I.Hin join-upsrontin ue to t-akean uuaeces-(Irily Jligh toll of Navy airplanes.Fortunately some of the recentarcidenrs Q f this type have notbeen too violent and the pilotshave survived to gi,rc accurateaccounts of the mistakes whirhJed to their mid-air COlliSlQI1 Mo t common error is clo ing -in too fast in rhe rendezvous.This. coupled with an attemp; tosfow the plane down b y l:trtm g a w mg , creates il v ery dan-gerO]JS situation which has caused several crashes. AnOthClfrequent error is oncentralio.g attention on a . single planeand not u. iog the .. wivel-neck" techniqu to keep track ofwhat the other planes are doing. JoIning ur in the rangdirection, misunderstood or unclear signals, as well 3.S abruptchaages in the course and speed of the lead plane are otherim p orttln t c au se s of co ll is ions d urin g re nd ez ve us.Never Join-up O n another plane without pte-arrangementand don't assume that, just because the pIMe ahead i therigllt type, it is necessarily the on e you are looking for, IIma~ turn out to be a stranger. If the pilor is not awaretJ1at you ate joip_ing up, he is likely to surprise you witb anabrupt turn or a sudden change of speed. In dosjng.iIl28

alway allow plenty of time to decelerate. Move ill gradually.If yo u are clo~ing [-00 fast . . don't try to slow your plane uov.'ilby Uirowmg a wing up and prndng the lead plane in a blindSp0L Plenty of tlViatoI are u nd er tnt: sod as. a result of thismaneuver,The: cases listed below illuserat some of th '(,' errors:Cue # I

Two stu de nt pilots in S:N]'S WCJ;e joining-up ,ll l::!00 feet,Before the pilot who \VM joining had settled down in posi-tion, he looked Into the cockpit. Doring that moment hisplane 'Lid to th e left an d up, so tllilt hi s left w in g slruclt_the- under side of rh other plane's tight wing. Before hecould break away this w i f l J , . : ,pierced the Fuselage of bis ~NJj ust :lbove the left wing root _ Fortunately both pilots wereable to tum their planes aw ay from one another ,mel breakfree, Instructors joined-up on each plant; an d stayed w iththe students while they climbed to 500n feet and tested theirplanes for adequate control ar iw oding speeds. They Wer tthen escorted back (0 tlre field and both landed safely.C.UII' # 2

T1K pilot of an S.Jl,!C-~ wa s acting as the section leader( um ber" position) in !I. Jour p lane division. he djvisionhad just completed strafing ru n an d W;1 joining up 1 :0the left. The section leader had overtaken the divisionleader's w i n g m d _ l 1 and ) \ 1 : 1 1 . $ to his left and di,ghtLy below.At tillS point both planes were in a sl ight JJl b a n k an dapproximately 150 Yllrds. behind the division leader. Tne#2 man then in rea ed his left bank and dropped ills nose.The #3 m an sta rte d (0 slide under and ahead, bu t iu doingso hit the wing of the other plane with bis vertical stabilizeran d rudder. 1111"pilot flight tested h is p la ne !It a lL itu de a adthen returned to the carder for a . 'safe ial 'lding aboa.rd . .

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HANDLE WTu THE pilot of present-day, highly-com plex , serv ice aircraft, the successof earh flight depends J a.rg ely o n th e


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Instruments no t properly pad,a_sed artcroverhaul or test, O r not r~a{cdin shcck-absorbing conrainers print to removaltrom. the instrument bop., ilt .drno lcertJrnl} , be ,damttg ecl LO subsequenthandlrng. Even wJl\! l ] properly pack-a;E!.ed, instrumenrs may sustain internaltlamage 01' rC9U '' fC r e c f lE b ru ti uD unlesshandled carefully at all rimes. M a n : yother pack ag ed upply ite ms w -ill ~tanJmugb handl iug. such as dropping Orjarring. without injury, but NOT A IR~C'RAFT IN TRUMENTS. These arcIn the 'FRAGII.E' classification. Theycannot stand even the mild" t ~rt ofmistreatment, A ll personnel .,bouldr emember that J. box marked "Deltcat11I,fll'fllfIl?tll-H.II,dl(' lI'itl, Care" meansju st that, 'lOJ should he han l1 ( 'tl witheven l'!(eate:r care t!t;L11 II n.,l(e o f c l.Q : !.~ 'C on tin uing research 15 directed to-wurd evolving ~rearer pucbgm~ pro-Il:ction. E):pl:r!ence has demonstra tedIllar p te cnt I 'lKbgU1g is adequate towithstand normal bandllng withoutJ.tJnllge to the mstruments, Excert under unusual n C C l J . m , SD1J1("es packaged 111. .strument receivecl should never beremoved From th e p nck ng eu nti1 im medi-IL L iy pri~lr to installation.I!I.-nIUM I"N'TS should be stored ,l[ aUtime in II place wh i . .h w m prt'vt'[Hcx[1osure to unf'avor ble dimatic condi-tions. Units [rom sto~k should besdet,_tc:d Or i ssue J .ccotdl ll ,t l to rein l'\er.non dates. Instruments on the 5 1 1 lveslonge '\' should be ISSlleJ h rsr . 'ud, aprocedure will gIeaLJy reduct- the nurn-bee of instruments becoming ti\'l'ra~.To reduce f unber th number of r n s r r u -merits b ecom ing overag e, stock of in -strurnents kept in s r o r 1 l ; f l ! O o y e a c h Uilitin the 'uppl) ' System 'bould be limitedto those necessary to meet normal re-'Ill ircments. An Jeti"il y in the PncifArea recently found it necessary toreject all directional gyro~ wbllh weIesurposedly ready for issue. Upon in-spection all un its were fuund to beC 'orroJed to 5uch .10 exl"ent !JIllI th e(ag ing me hll.nism s w ere frozen. 'fbi:>w as clL use d by im pro pe r p ac ka gro g :Iod~t'01ilgl'.Opl:rating a lWltles indiate U l ~ ICr o lU ly over.t.ge II1strurneftb tece.ived fo rillstallation rail to p as s p re -in stiU l< llio nfunctional check. In .addition. m:ti'yo ve ra ge in :, tr um t! l1 t.s whidl do p!l~SprelI Hta lL ttib n c hec k fail cluril1~ serviceof't"rarioll ill a very snort time. Ttsbhaw sllOwn Ul; l r ;1l~trumenI5 whi hfc.'guire periodic lubrir:a~ion eUlnO! beexpected to ft' IDll in operative W}len jll'stalled after beiJlg held in storagebeyond Lb e "II U~v .la bI E f im e limit. ActiviLi6 hould mitlimjze the installatIonot ove:ragc m strum entl) and should re--fu ,\oe to ucce.pt overa~e instrumentsfo r w hich tclubri IHlon is necessary.30

Supp ly officers and squadron con"In nder ran assist in improving th eiI\a.ilability Q instrurnents= an d obtnmrnaxunurn use of earh unit b y insuringthat al] bands connected with the over-haul , mamtenance, and supply of air-t raft instruments personal1} ' derreaseIh" drnin OJ] the critically short insrru-ment upply b y correcting conditionsnoted in this ~rtide.W hen Instrum ent f ilures J occur ,submit lUI RUDM. Procedurex set forth;1 1 '/'(l(/JI!il'.f1 ! \ T f i l f ' r l-P and Al'j~ljrmem'll/m' Lettrr (i().:J.7 have been dc,$ ig ned to prov ide information by whichJ 3 U A J!R I 1 1 " Y determine t h o : cause of[il'cb ~a. HH~, I"~ I s, Hlu.s,:tb-.qltll'.9t~tr~ P\llt*!oio f" ill"thu 1\h.'l-Ilh~ tu "Iun" I I ' l t H ' l o ' I-,h~"k 'I'hl"ll.ll~"" II, 1', 1/'1,k~ and K 'V,"h_1i'Hl!'~ d..j,tfQ~iOn lV,E"k, lilt.tell i!!! )I i~ ~~... .!J,

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-LIKE A DRAGON ON TH~ MARINES AT TSING1AO ANDI CI-!,/TCHEDPlANa PARKED ON TS' ~NQ K'QU AlllflELD IN AN ICY GRIP

C H I N A M A R I N E S C O N Q U E R H A R D W I N T E RVMF.~II. Wt-A-JUng Winter arrived inhln;.L wrth ;1 vengeance, Dt.u-ing une snow~l(lrll1 !l,~t 1 Juring liltp _ : I ~ t winter,L:se or preheaters was mandnturv. An)' ittaceumutution were nlC~ltc e

essentra] 10 sucresstul r)pU"lti.un~. On sev-eral ,llr.:rll.fl i1 1 wl u h ni l diluuun ha d Mtb.:~1l insta II ed . ! ;' _'Ut 'r na l heat IVILS used, al-tb


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P l a n e s t o C a r r y C r a s h M e t e r she av)' hopes to secure v al ua ble s cie n-

t Ilit cifltrL from i.pstalilng !(lad-record irig dyna-mnrneters on 800 HI' airt-mft, 'Ie) measureIn:uls sustained by pilots in th e event of acrush.Two of the dvnatnometers will be instilll~din [be Iunctinn '(If the 10p .sa ety belt t1I thep ;e -a t . t rm'1!U. te Md JJ third between the: shou l -de c harness cake-up mechanism and h()old.arharness Sln11'.. These ~m ll ll p ie ce (If equip-meru each have (WlI ro un d ! >t et'l ri.n~ whichwill be bent 10 an OVId shape bv crash furceson the belt >lt1dlllll ' scientific men were sent to FleerArrbcrue Electrcnics Training nit at ReamF\~'ld for JI l2week basic eeursc, These in-c luded b ,) th g~nerol Jilt)' men W i th I.b ~ IH:U~~-~ilry aputudes and J 150 th e airborne radarinlem. 'rl OpentlQf.T'he men were sent in. ~mllll & 1 1 > 1 . 1 1 ' to~.Icb IllS , thcrehy assuringa small hut st,,~d)'110.... ,f personnel to rfie squadron to whf 11th an; returned upon compleuon 1\ ehe'muw, ....ter filll~hjng the tundamental andSIIld uf ertsln JiriwrITe CIt'C[fflPLCS "quip-merit, the men ;Ire assigned to the combinedraJ!"'Cltd'lr ~hnp nf this s q ua d r o n undl'l.l'(N)-5IJ ;'nd VMR1'l where th!;')' &;1.;0p r :L < : ti U J J e x p e r i en r e workmg with C q [ I I I ' 1 I 1 i ; 1 l l t(Ut1~r1tiy in use hy th e S'(]lladnlO.The rnen nre rutnted unti] t J i . e y are qualified

In 111leqrlipl'IH:nt On rornpleuon ~,f th,& on-Ih{"'10h training, lilt')' are recornmendcd fnran ntlPwp.rllltc . Thus filr nine men hnveq ll '1 lL fi cd as rrull"nu1tr repairmen (SS1 'l 87~)and one us r;l(lH}rad~r technician (M mil).Two new plllkiC;' l announced by the Manne

Corps have illded the pmgum. One I s thatmen return to their squadrons after IinLhingth ~(J1(Ilil. Th econd is a wai ver of thete'gular minimum time requirement (or pro-mnucns tor Inen cernpleting certain phases ofe le et ron ic t rn in ir lg .'" BuAer COliHilenl-A good solution refne ttajning of squadron personnel ~i1d onethat might be f\lll\.'l~d by other COs.Ga s Bla st R ips: NATS M a r sVR..2. ALf.M1lJJA- A,vmuon maintenance

acuvuies may get S(lITIC good advice out a[he experience thi:; 'l\"ATS squadHln had whena vacuum Ut:lflDU urRloJ.~t'l 11 P ..~,u,u ..lf dl'"y t~nk. 3. J;l"wllre J'i~t.ti~U1"tly o t '~a}\" w h ellt hum" Ill)' rS 1)1; 'ot llearJ l)0 '){,. I. N.,~ \1J;c U; lUlU c t l Q ~r.",l ellutpm.ellt.no 111a1I", h~\V 11I1l""""l It I,>",n

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N E W F U E L F O R J E T E N G I N E SEV}J_IJA'~ION af a new fuel {Of us eill all aircraft gas turbine enginesis now underway as - a result of the issueof AImy-Nn.vy 6etOmtut ica! Specifica-tlon AN-F-58. Thisspecifiration presentsthe requirements for an aircraft' turbineand jet eJlgipe {~e1 fo r e xp erim en ta land development purposes only. It jstl1e basis o f a comprehensive test prorg,l ' I lm .IlQW in process, which ultimat 11will y i e l d a specifica tion for t he pro-cu ttm entr of a fuel for a ll m ilitary tu rbo-je t or lw:bop!op powered nircraft.Since gas turbine engines ran, withJlP;opriate d ign, operate on any ruto r petroleum, th e tendency has been toempbasize the use o r heavy fuels forre lSO J:l o f e conomy and safety. ThereIS need to m odify llii$ tendency, how -ever, b ec au se o f the effects of such fuelsOn .availability, tank explo ion hazard,. l r Id engine opel'a~lon under extrem era ng es o f te mp era tu re .AvaJlnbi l ity is 'he principal factor inselecting ,1 fuel for 11 1 ili tlU)' US'C. In d e-t~minillg the availability or a fuel wo"Iufables must be considered: freezingpoin t an d 'i'oJutilHy (R eid Vapor Pres-sure). On the basis of these two vari-ables the National Advisory Committeefo r A ero na utic s comrj!ed preJiminaryfig u,res on the potential production ofgas turbine ngine fuels based on a unitqUIIHtity o f c ru de p etJio ]a urn . T he se dataw ere used b y tile Air Force and avyill, determining requirement of Spe ifi-(arion AN-F-SS a nd I nd ic ate the approxi-mate two-to-one availability advantageof light wide bailing range fuels overth e h ea vy , n arrow boiling t ~J 1 g e f ue ls .G unfire tests have definrte ly dem on-strated the inherent military disadvant-a .g es of the heavier fuels Irom the stand-p oin t o J tank explosion hazard when theairQ'llft is subjected to enemy action.With kerosene (AN>F'J2, gradt: JP-I).

the most commonly used of the heavyfuels, engine starting at temperaturesbelow appmximatcly --40 F. is ex-t remely d if fi cu lt. Light. or gasoline-t pe, ~uc"ls can be operated at tempera-ruses as Iow a.'> _ 760 F" but they lun'eiI lower heat content Fcr unit volumewhirh results in II loss of rnnge [orvolurne-l irnited aircraf].TI1 reJal,J\'e!y wide latitude in thesp ec ifiC ,llto n fo r th e e xp erim en ta l fuelwill u[Jow censlderable variance in thepro,lu L .. presented fo r te ~'tin g .. T he

work of evalUttting the fuels is beIngconducted cooperatively at the Ail' Ma-teriel Commaud ,i~ the Aircraft En-Ineering labOrlltOty, N aval A i!' fuperi-rnent Station, nnd at various petroleumlab rat ries now working IJn USA f and

B ATIlt jet engine fuel coneracts,Batches cf fuels sup pi ied by variousrelinet.s in accordance- w ith the newsp eci fica tion, an d ~pecial hlen U S . ar e

bcin~ te ted in representative gas tut-bine engines and el1gint> components ofbath Services t ( ; ) determine the operAtin g qualities of the fuels. any pcssibleengine modifications required, and pas,sible revisions to the specification to in-c re as e a va il ab ilit y OI (0 meet eng ineoperating requirements.A t the same ti.rne,enginc manufac-turers are anticipating any rGssjple rnodi-fications needed in their present pro-ducts by conducting experiments witbv rying fuels, and performance guaran-tees of engines under development lin,'being. predicated on ulilizfttiQn of thenew fuel, It is expected, that reweng ine modifications w ill be needed.Probably two years will be needed tocomplete the entire fuel evaluation pro-gram although valuable pertinent in-formation Is being collec ted from dayto day in the course of the resli:ng.The final results will be a pecifira-tion for a "referee" fuel-s-bedrock m ini-mum qualifioaticns-s-to provide a fuelfor demonstration of engine operation,:I "p ro cu reme nt" sp ec if1 rlllti0 l1 to whichfud may be purchased to su port ser-vice aircraft operations, and th e incor-poration of the "proru remeni" fuel spe-cification in engine specifications,

IM PRO VED C:OI'INE CTO R CU TS lEC 11IICAL H AZ AR D

Squeeze -Type Joint HandyNAS N O:R FO CK-A n A& R employee ha.

dt:veJIJI,~J un improved ~queeze tYr~ cnnnec,ro r fot ~~(Ll.rjl)g e1ec tr fcaJ ex teMio ll cables , r


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C o m b a t P l a n e sP-liL-2, UI'lM - The task ofpatrolling Pa ille typhoons fell OnHeavy Landplane q\l. dron 2 followingdecomm issiorung of W e-ather R econ-n ais a nc e S qu !ld ro n 1, W ithin II month,it had reported on three typhoons, de-spite the Iacr that the _eason 9.'3& IIp-po ed [0 have little storm activ ity, _FI\'e- for-lllf'! VPM- I pilots helpedcheck out pilots of this 'Iu dron 10w eather tlying . O pe-tating instructronscall for rile n.ittmft to cirru mn "igatethe storm on the U kt. circle, But askany pilot _ wlro has Rown II tropicalstorm if this can be accomplished. O urpIlots report tbat everything Is fine at~oo ft . with the ~O kt, wind on theI.lil and slightly on the starboard quu-ter when sud denly th e douds and rainclose III and the :dCOllf t 51'urts down,Almost full power 1$ .1dded IInt.mtl}'

T r a c k T y p h o o n sbut the aircraft renrinues downward.finally. ll-fter the air raft has .ill butbroken in the middle, the downwardmovement stops an d starts back up inthe same vicious manner, 1 11 t: aerolo-gist reports 70 kts.The pilot imm ediately turns the star-board wing inlo the wind hopIng to g~t[lil'ck out to the 40 kt. arc 1 1 . S soon aspo ible, Usually after a few minutesof evere turbulence they arc :1gaill .~tthe 40 kt. art and they continue theirmission, S quadron aircraft which f lytyphoons art: easy to - r = the paint onU1C leading edg e 0,( the w ing s and ern-p en n ag e 1 1 . 1 1 i been w orn off,Pilots feel that Pritkllee1'J carl tracktyphoons sun:~ru!ly, even though tilelocation of the eye will not be ,l!i .lVcurate as when tracked b} the :.pecialweather-rouligu tilted aircraft.

IN STRUMENT SHOPA AN Dll' ,0-'\'(.1)",1 I l > c l u : \ i : : u II he

llfW I,f the I1IOSt modern in;ITU(!]Cl1t r't'tMir~h(lll plll~S 111 lh~ fljl\ ',d t'-'tolhlld unent hasrecently been lrlll1tlll. 'tinJ Mid pill into opera-tion II fLus stillion Hmho dyiclg m any recentcJ. .: v( '11 Ip,mmts in hghung , iur cundLtil)lJing.and 11',"11 lnrl~tru'tJ\ln. til" alterntinns were; 1 ( ' < . " " 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , , 1 1 0 0 (11"1 .t limited huditt S resu liing ftOM 1 goodlilll1t!08 ami cnndititllll'd air is retlected inthe ~bility l 111(.>wockc In IIn'otnplish ItIwavy wurkload with ;L minimum "f flltJ,S.llC,A .BuAtI. CI)",.,.l Shll'-Me'lTumGalib'r Ammuniilol1Q,,"rntlAJUtud" FlyingMalte No Little PJI1li~FUIfL lit.rad .... in ~y",ry NII"111 J);strlct, at " < 1 - ' "" . .. air $tnl.ii>1l8 an d .enter', nrnd at 1xj ing. r :J .: .i ng o ff Ilnd l .u1~lmg .11' ,!IlVtime it becomes neees :fry to have th e f.lIIoryoren.Tbe bracket holding r l w m ie r o r II' themelding " ' U ' mad.: Ilf ,()4" II!JIJ hard aJUI l1"nurn :I I first but excessive vihr,lti!ln causedth mirror to btl ineffective Then ,04" 51-aluminum wa s tried with the same results,;w d I'! WlLS f {)L ln d th e nHl~t pr~td "I lll'eHIJ W~~2( ) gau.ge gn[vani2eci steelThe: minor till has rhe sam venicJl d-jusrmenr as before, However, a h.l~ ~een

1t1W 'f'{~ about 1 V I". r:(IU ,io .!;" sllzht dlll(;O!rl-fort to tal] p il l 1 1> 0." BilAtr Comment-: 0 permit the pilotto .C>( astern without turning his head, 1h~cbnnge .should Dl"te.riaIJy assist in reducing11,0. number of , ,~cfjdCl'l~"hat occur whileItillding, raxiing and ruIDing up, Abo re-duce the possibility of injuty 10 pilot ifcanopy inadvertently closes. Howevee, theproblem of visibility reS1ri,;;oon would beconsidered.M arine s Spo t Che c k Tool sVMS-; El. TOR -Mllttti;lJ secuun of

this service sqt4adrun set up ,I running 111Vl'11-tllrJI SysleJ'll which (.>ther s q un d to n 1111'munders may lind valuable in keeping trackor whereabouts. condition and use of .IllmaterialAn inventory team Jn~j~'tiflg f i r ,I ~~" T ~crgeanr lind on!' pfr, goes into a sllnl' ,I .Inytime and tskes inventory, When the) have('()Il1j.'1Jetedthi~ they go II I another ut rnuJl11n.JlI[any nmes in il 3od


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/HOOKS, CORD HOLD TO Af!!; INT"'K~

C anva s Sh ie fd C urbs D ustV_M F(N )-513 . E i, TORO-Tt~ keep thedust out (If til!! air inlak.e.~ of P~I'-~N. th eparachute department ronsrructed fOT the en-gineering section a goud air intake JU~l t~~IU clef m ade uf can vas.Om' ..half low scrap dural lub'Il,lj: \!i'll'f(lfmed to fi t inside tile nsse -()\\ling Cin":!!;dotll WJ~ sewed In this tub~ andcur rn shapi.tn li t nver all nir intake opeh;qg~. T

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Naval Aviation News - May 1948