Naval Aviation News - Nov 1950

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Lavocnkin single-jet interceptor

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* Lovochkin twin-jet fighter* j---~~@--Lovochkin twin-jet night fighter

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A C C E o A IRA QUIET REVO,*UTION has taken place in navalaviation. There were formerly two kinds of n-avalaviarors-e-airslup and heavier-than-air. They remainedstrange birds to each other.Two years ago, however, i f was apparent that tomaintain A well balanced team. c o wage battle againstany furore threat of submarines, it would be a goodidea [0have all crewmen in the air side of the barrleunderstand what their teammates were up co.Consequently, pilots an_d crewmen io Iighrer-than-air and heavier-chan-air st~rted changing places. Offi-cers and men long in airships moved co pilot trainingat Pensacola. and aviation rate schools of the NavalAir Technical Training Command. Experienced avia-tors traipsed toLakehurst to learn pilotage of airships.Aviarioa rated men attended non-pilot school, therete learn ab ou t rig gin g blimps and the principles ofairmansbip, They acquired new ideas and Dew skills.

Advantages accruing from this exchange are alreadyapparent. M any


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G~OUND HANPLING OfF IOER IS LIKE CARRIER FLIGHT IlEeK OFFICER

Bli ps New Se,.satiol .EiorH~:4Pia,.' JocA@ysEVmtYBODY\~J : iO flies renlizes,nat air is a Aujatuld be-haves in known partet]l~. The h ea vie r- ch ao -a ir pilotknows ir as 11 flowing medium, while the ligbrer-thsn-airman eoosiders i( as resembling water in which a lighterbody call iloat.

"80tl1 HT A and LTA lequire certain types of plloriJlgskllls , In this story on iTA training IIp-to,dll1e for both{lUOCS and crewmen only one side of the picture will bepcesenred=-wbst the HTA officers and men tbi:ok of theairship, the way it flit'S, WIYdt keeps i r flying, and h w ~lcan fight. A I! the seudents now in training have come fromBTA.

P ilo t- wis e tb ere is a terrlfic $hLfr in speed 01 reaction;but there is increased emphasis on accurate navigation anddie handling of electronics geal'. The blimp approaches thesurface hip 10 crew u:awing an d coordinarion,As in prtuoJ planes, crew members learn s pecializ ed )G b sEach man bas his fljght station. There is lirtle fuss U1BighT. T he usual all-day jaunt necessita tes II relaxed ~UllOSphere, aud every crew bas one good cook.The blimp is an importnnr member of ~be sea-air ann-subrnanne ream. Likewise, there is teamwork within (heseructure of each blimp squadron. The air crews are tacticalreams, wjth the sk ippers calling tile signals; while the

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MASTING AND UNMASnNG PROCEDUJ!:E$ ARE EMPHASIZED IN TRA IN ING

ground crews keep tLe gas tilled bags In rrim , nurse { hemin and out of the hangars, launch anti retrieve them.The naval air station at Lakehurst, ew ]0.rsey h it jongbeen well known in naval aviation. 1[ is rh e trild ition :1 ihome base fOJ: ligluer-ehan-air a,dviti~ . A r present, as itba s been fOI mAny years . ir is the home of the commandwith a moueh filling name-the Naval Airship Trainingand mperimeucal Command.Lakehurst is ideally suited fo r airship operarion, Ir is OIlflat land 15 m iles in land. far enough to escape m any daysof bay,engendered fogs, yet close enough IO the ocean rosave time In ovenvater eperarions.As new smdenrs approach Lakehurst their first impressinai! o one of massiveness, for there are four huge hangars whichhouse the airships, O ne was o rig ina lly b uilt lange COOLIShto take care of rigid airships whose izes ranged up [ over7 00 feet. O r1 1 e1 "5w ere b uite d urin g the war.

C HllCK-IN at : the training command is a quickly accorn-plished chore. Glasses ar both the pilot and non-pilotseho Is are small enough to make individual attentionpossible.1 0 te r (1St In chis ita ining program is so great that there isa b ig b ac klo g of IlppllclUUsf0r, the pilar and non-piloc schoolsar Lakehurst. This has resulted in high qualiry graduRtes.The shift to training pilots a lr ea dy qual if ie d in HT Acaused the biggest change in (he pilot school Instead ofa coucse l:asdng eigbt room bs or longer, it now h s beenshortened to three monrhs,Reviews only are necessary fm such ubjects a s e le ct ro n ic s


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Olll' erial ,Iod nperarion, aerodynamlcs. pow er p!JlJ1 tS an d ill-strumenrs, Plenty of emphasis III placed on navigation,however, because o f the steurer drift tingles encouoreredin air. h ips.ubjecrs devoted [0 the LTA medum are given the fu llrrearmenc, of course, A ll ground boo! and prim ary andadvanced flight training is done at Lakehurst. O n cornple-rioo of that course the p ilo t receives his LA designarionand .goes to a fleer squadron where be receives h is opera-cional trainmg, much in U1t~ same fashion as in HT AGround. courses in both the pilot and non-p ilot schoolsis bound (0 go into the history of LTA. It is the mediumbv which man 6rst im itated tile b irds . The idea was thattl f Roger Bacon and many others, bur it remnined for theM ncgoUier brothers o f Emnce to make rhe lu-st acrual1Hgbts with ho t air balloons ,lt is 00 wonder rhar iTA rem ained an entity In lrsel]

for a 1008 period of time. lr predated the airplane b y acentury and a quarter, Its background makes -h tsciruniogread lng, and lr's in this lore iliac the sailors and pilots of[he LT A schools are steeped , T he reaction runol1g the pres~enr srudents is a pleasant one and each Doe feels rharhi s avlaeion, background ha s been widened immeasurably,FO r t he s tu de nts , hiswry of the ait'sbj p al1 d free baU(1(JI'Iscovers modern developments. thoroughly. It goes inro rhec on tr ov er si- al s ub je ct of rig id airsh ips (d irig ib les l in 0s rm ig ht- fn rw ard mann er.Each week 01 the course IS div ided into , twO .days of

fly ing and three cla,ys of ground school unci I ihe groundSdlOOI IS complefed. A lter rhac, it is all flying, U sual prn r-rice is to get the flying done the I i f S l (WO good Jays ofrh e week .A vital tntm sub ject to understand befo re going intoLTA is the general one of aerostatics. Thi is the study ofgIft i eacion and the way ir affects the equilibrium of a bodywhich 15 suspended freely in the atmosphere.P la in ly s ta te -d , it is the study 0( v ertic al fo rce s 00 an y1 T A ship as influenced by irs w eight, rhe rempersrure 'andpressure of the air, [h e r yP Il I I1 ld quantity o r rhe lifring gt1 s.IN .Pll.ESIlJ'{T day LTA operations only [be free balloonand the b limp are srud il::d in relation to aerosrarlcs, Athorough ~wd)' must be made of the earth's i ltIDosphere, itscomposition and the way it acts . Ie is che weighr of rheblanket of air above the surf-ace of the earth which infiuenresrhe ships which rhe 1T}\ crew operate.This iubjetr 01 aeroseulcs c n become involved, mathe-marically speaking, and [he smdenrs have co do a little-brain cudgeling rc figure the properties of gases, ffs anecessary evil. howevet, because it Is Lh0segases and rheway they act that will allow them to B oat through the air.Perhaps the mosr imporrane one property of gases tharan u irsliip piloc n'jUSt understand is dim of superheat. Anyrime a gas expands. h becomes lighrer per unit of volume.

W henever a balloon or b limp is heated by the sun , th isbus iness o f superheat is ODe to reckon w irh The hearrncreases the lift.

EU\tA"TOJlJ IS OPERATED BY LT. iJG) PowiLL

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Ftoati.'g TI.ro.f,gh iIirP..ti~ Tea"",worl. FirstA FTER LEARNING whllt ,keeps him in the air, the LTA, student progresses to nirship hulls and relared sub-j e e r s . One intresting d lI fe r, ei :u :: e b e ,twe~ (C 'iO \' ef l[ i( J .n al HT A" ir cr a( [ ;m J . ~ ir sh ip s is in th e realm of trim . Tabs Q[). con-trol surfaces do [he jo;, in an airplane, In the airship, how-ever, this is done by shifting purr of rhe lifring g:1.S withinthe envelope. This is accomplished by baving b:!lloonsw ith in a balloon, s o to speak. T hey ate called ballonecs.These ballonet~ wiihie eheenvelope eonmin olltside air,By conerolling their size relative ro each ocher b y meansof valves, die lifting gas is shifted. Also. as '!lltj rude is in-creased, the helium, is expanded so the balleners decreasein size b y fo.rdo,'!.,Ollt rheair rh,ey COrlm.in. 'T o ge l air backin . :1 , bulloner; either slipstream air is USl>q or !l blow ~r doesthe job,Pilotage i~ itsllll !I Job of teamwork. One pilot oper~resthe elevator, At his- posiclcn on the port side of the (On-trolc~binJ he nlso cpntro_ls [he rrim valves, On rhe StUI-boarc] side, the other pilot operates the rudder. l-ITi\ pilots.at hnme in the air, still have IIIany adjusrments to make.Fitn of all, thece is ehe slow speed, then there i: s dle onlyr el at rv el y s t ll ig hl cou rs e, Steered b y hanr l, " s reer ing small"is quJ te a job. A ll R e ( ' " , illrships h a v e aurornaric pilots.Anomer fearure crewmen like is the ahsenee of safery

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belts , V errical acceierntiens are of itSIJ ff ici em fo r- ce re caus eem b a t r J. lS smenr,TIle ship Nprai.n, II methanic, s,les at II position abouthalf way aft in the car. ( S ee p ic t" 'l i1 'e , p a ge 3 .) In rlie rrain-iO B comm an d, rbe n on -pilo r sruderns go alofr with otherenlisted .inseructors, The medi searrs [he engines, concrolsmixrur("s, and makes fine adjusrmears of the rhtotrle andprop controls. Radio and radar operators h;nte separate posi-tiorrs, 01)1" junill'r crew mem ber has s chore to perform twicea fuoghr or more. That i ! j , raising and lowering the singlewheel landing gear by hand. (S ee p ia H tfe ", p ag e 5 .)Training flights sran out \V idl famllisrizarien. One ofthe most d iilicul~ rraasi lions' for HT A pllots ro make isro approach for a landing slow el1o lJgh. 'filere',!} always dl:1[feeling rhar there is -a stll111ng speed. and rhere shouldbe a little more speed for ~afe,ry'ssake.AppfOacl:iCS are made at 23 mph. 1 L h e y lUI" made anyfaster, the landing will have ro b e done over again> Jasrruc-tors have a s tan dard erearm enr for new students. , A l l :lp'pr0aeh is made, he;lt.!ing for rh e I arrd in g area nose down.The throttles are C 1 J t and th e a i. rs pe ed drQP s off, Abomrhar ti me, rhe HT A boys aSsume;l wi ld look and holdti~ht co the first th ing rhey can g rab, Helicopter Instructorslike C Q do rhe same thi I 1 g ,Pra{;:dc;e landings are made on a sand-covered circularfield about a mile from the main station, Navigadon ftigbrsMe m ade uver WaH'! . I[ IS ellis phase where HT A crewmenhave l'\) pll): dose srrenrion became at the slow Gfllisi.nS


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GEAR IS AA ISEO &V HA"'O BY E .. e, JAMES, AO!l CARRIER LA ,.,O INGS ARE NOW STANDA .ltP ; T H I S WA S MADE ABOARD THE US5 I ! M I L I P P I N E SE Aspeeds o f blimps, W ind bas < I m uch greater effect. A llow -ance m ust be made fo r beating back home if the flightstarts ou r downwind. Crosswind courses have grear driftangles-c-sornetimes 4) degrees.Mo st fa sc in atin g phase of m e fliklhr course by th e- u n an i-mous opinion of the studears is [he free baJloont' llghr.Every pilot gets at Ieasr one of these, It is g1ven becausea blimp without power is a free balloon,BALLOON FLIGHTS stare about two hours be ore sunset;

At ch1'lt t ime of day. the nil' is relatively calm. For Lake-hursr the wind must have all e as re r~ y c ompon en t to rakeihe crafr inland. The exhilrulJ.cing effett comes from thecompleee ubseare of sound. Plights sray just above [betr ee s. A l ci ru de is . controlled by either valving gas to descendor throwing over a handfu] of sand to ri e . F arm ers w ithin30 miles of Lakehurst nre arcuscem ed to having stray con-versarions come lrum the aic,Under the naval air station is the LTA training depart-ment headed by Cdr. C A. Bolam. Um1L recendy rhe non-pilor school of this department was headed b y an oldtimer,Lt. D. F . P at:2ig . H e has now reured alter ~O years service:Cluef o f the entire 1.TA command is Opt. G. F. WiltsOn,while Capt. B . May Is CO . of the sradon,C rew responsibilleies in relation to teamwork iOlD .abig p:trt of LT A training. F rom the Lime d1C crew entersthe ship in rhe hanga-r, this teamwork is 1\ must. The airshipccrnmsnder takes his directions from the sround handlingofficer, who in some respects resembles the hlll1g;tr andf J l g l ' I C deck offlcecs. of an aircraft carrier. A ll pilors areindoctricated in rhe duties of rhe GHO. Musring and un-ftla.soug require [he same degree of coordination.Students Sum in the Lave and G eorge hips. 125 and 150feer I01l,g respectively, which are of relatively ancienc vin-rage. M ost of the training arne is sperrr in the fleet-type Kship, however, They M e 250 feet loog !tod lllwc- a m axim umenvelope width o r 70 feet. Also seen at Lakehurst. out OOt.in training are several "M" ships. Sooo tU be lIying will bethe biB;gesc of all, the 'N" ship. illustrated on pages s ixand reV'en "Oldtimers in LTA are pleased with the resuks obtainedin training HTA pilots . T he reaction is that they have amore professional approach and hove more basic ,knowledgeof elecrronics and 1'lllvi~lIcion. There is practically no at

rririon in the pilot school.T he C lass C con-pilot school s ylla bu s in clu de s in do ctr in a-don, g ro un d h an dlin g (keeps the men In condicionl }, nom-enelarure free ballooning, airship bulls, engineeriag insral-lations, aerosratics, aerodynamics, airmanship, navigation,eommumcaclons, and warcnsranding,Here are some typical pilot students: Lt. (jg) A. .E .Powell, a fo rmer pilm of VC-\l in San D lego, Ilew TUM-JW'Sand ADJW'S; Lr, (jg) V. R .Krick. new rzv's in VP6. chinksbe: Cl.Q learn more about ASW in blimps; Lt. (jg) R. G .Baker, was an. instructor in BTU-2 at Corry fieJd, Pensacola;ledr. f. H ew itt. A ew PRY ' s an d E'B4Y'S, likes the idea ofmore A SW knowledge; Lr, (jg) W . H urst. flew plYIY~s an dserved aboard [he U Ley;e . By no w these pilots have joined[h e fle et squadrons, A new squadron ZP-3, Was commissionedar Lakehurst 18 Sept. by RAdm . R . F . Wllltelw_ad, Comfair-WingsL,nr.Inregradon of LT A IS now an accompllshed fact. C rew s,after jo ining squadron, operate: w ith to e fleet A ll pilotshave re check OUt Of! carrier landings now , C rew s ate r e oIieved and fuel replenished at sea. As an airlift for modemahrisubmarine deeecrion gear, ehe airship takes. its placewith the rest of we team, operated b y personnel who lireno srrangers to rhe ocher. air com ponenrs.

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T H I S IS tHE L A T E S T 'HOTO Of T H E NAVY'S N E W ' NAN' T Y P E N ON .IJ.IG ID A IR SH IP B eiN G IlU ILT B Y

NEW 'NAN' A I,RSANEW B8lW is about to be born. Ie is the "N," nc "Nan"rype noruigid airship being built by the GoodyearA i- rc ro ft C orp oratio n 'ar A lc ro f1 , Oh~o, It is destined c o takeits place alongside the welt known >OK"ype whlch saw wideservice In World War n L a the allied drive against sub-marines.Tt is expected to fl y soon.

C AV & 1 N L IK E is !.be iQte~io: of m e pl lCth t 111 air ruled N an- type air-dUp as workmen make i 'ini5hin8 rouches, Car hangs from e u C l 1 l l n .6

P READIEDViral sratisrics for the big baby are: 324 feet long. com-pared 'vld~ [he 25.3 feer 0f the. "K' cype; 92 feet high;71 feer wide' car length 87 feet~ bag gas capacity, 875,000cubic feet. It will carry the iatest submarine detection gear.Emphasis on cnmferr wiJI allow crews to stay with [he shipfor long periods of orne and travel great distances.

F!tA NI( C RO NIN . Chid Rifllit:! lor the GOQdYf ' l { r Airnafr-Co,poratlon.is almos; lost In the sea cf fabric thai makes up 'the "N" airship.


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Jet Safety RecordFrom Vj1.J1 comes word thl.U thissquadron {lew J 024 hours in B I 1 1 l 1 b e e Iduring AUgUSI 1 950 :vhbout R.D acci-demo 'Ibis IS the best lUontbty recordreported to dille- for- a jet squadronAi rc ra ft " acc iden r Cates OV quir;: plausiblo and y!!.t was nolmetnioned by the Accidet11 BORrd.Tne. pilDt repcrted that the C02 line

burst in the cockpit ",hen he. tried IQ \l51!his !l-ITIe-rg""cy systl!lJl. He bad IDS, canopvclosed _d was nflt aD Oxygen. Im't it pes-~ibI., rhat h" wujncap"dtale~ by the highco ncen tra don ol COi! in the c""k:pit?'Years I1g", CO~ in conc(!JllTatiooJ; of 9%WaS used expel'imenr-ally as all anestheticin surgical operations .In 1948 a mnjoe -airtine crash oc"u~rcd

when the pilot ;md c,,'pllot of a transportwere rendered unconscious after r'5ing theC02 lire mnil'lgt'lillhing s)'st1!m in. a fQ'"warli baggage compamnant,The "fleeTS of II; . rugb coocenn:arion ofC02 Ilre mJ;iC!ious. It takes lime. belore il

incapacitates dle victim. In lhis cas . .. since


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COz if beaviu thAn air. the highest (on-centearien of COl was probably in thelower area of the cockpit until the paotuied th nap rolls.The pilot W O L d d normnllr have hadsome warning in that: he would havenotioe.d that he "'/10 bTeathing much merenlpldl)1 than U8Uru. he:..."ver, in his cir-cwnEitances he may nave felt tbat this wasdue U) nervousness o~ l\>I'cilen'll'J:ll over theimpending wheals- .. p I"nding.T'his is an isloated case and il lnaY bea long time b.erore lI_nother aviator is

confronted witb the same ser of circum-'IIUUlCi'-l. Bile if you, ever have reason tosuspect that a COz line bu broken in thecockpit. get th- Canopy open qukkly, anduse 1000/0 olfygen if you have II.Dear Gram paw Pettibone:Tbe ''Navy Pilots' Iafcrmatlon Pile"in the section discussing V i s t 1 . . , I F llg hrRu le s, s ta te s, -'\VheD dead ng on VFR ,you must remain a, tease 500 feet: belowthe cloud base and 500 Ieee above theground ar all times exec r when takingoff or landing."However the CAA "Flight informa-tion Manual" States in m e chapter onAir Traffic Conrrol Procedures, SectionI, VFR Procedures, .'Aircraft may beoperated in accordance-with VFR abovea well- de fin ed c lo ud or oeher formationprovided, clim b to and des


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tH IS LIGHT JET 1I0MBE'A OF T H E . SOV 'IE t .A IR FORCE IS THE RUSSIAN COUNHRfARJ OF TH f U , s. AUt FO RCE'S &.45 011 ENG USH CAN BEllAA

SOVIET AR POWERL rnu'tENAN'I General Vassili Stalin.son of the Mittshal llnJ cmrnanderof the A ir Force . of the Moscow militarydisericr, recently stated rhar none of theworld's air forces has 1~")1pedenceduch.L glorious history" as rhar of the SSlLwhich IS both the morher and rhe cradleo f T be airplane an d [he rocker.To the S evier cirtzeu xhis sumnnemwas ao u~dcflhLble face , f u r wha t more

proof was needed than the exhibitionheld earlier in M05eoV!. , w lt kl l creditedAlexnnder Mozhaisky wirh no r only de-s lgo.. iJ .ig n :;[t 'l lmci.riven air r(lf[ but ~ Ithtly ing it on :m Jul y, 1882 som e 21 yearsbefore the Wright 'brothers E tsr flig h~ilt Kill De il Hill, N. C,Among ether firsr urvenuons selfcredited by the U SR arc ihe locket air-craft, nviarico engines, the muhi-enginedoircmft, the helicopter; the ,jutogiro. thehydroplane. [he all-merul dirigible, thepa rachute and num erous others rha r ar ef,Lbric:~ced for p ropagnnd e p ur po se s,T hese cla im and -srarem enes ,LIe char-ucrerisdc of Soviet releases emphasizingehe superiuriry and bi.gne~s of every-riling. To paraphrase a statement ofralln's: "m e Soviets fI y the fltsre5t, thefastest, rile highest ; the hrrrheresr an dehe longest," We oil the other Ide fl fthe iron curtain are som etim es am usedan d decei ved by these revelarlons, masterminded by the leader of the ovietparadise.

But ()U~ of all rh lS ou e th in g prev ailsfo r a crtainty and rhnr is the bigness10

of rbe Suvle t m lli( ttT Y au: force. Whilei! is bur a relatively modern cu r force,L( Is one whirb the' Soviet leaders con-sraruly are rr);i.ng to improve. Their JUorce includes a number of men wlrohave disringuished rhernrelves fr'ir daring,lad ima,gi nnrion 1 1 1 rh e o pera tio n anddesign of- airceafr, whom . it is afe [0assume lIre 110 less ralenreel rhan rhepilors lind engineers I lf Russian birthwho disringulshed rhemsel es in USA .Orgo 1 1 iza t i onClouded by c en so rs hip , p .w pa ga tli.k llind frequent reorgauizntions, the Sovietconcepr of a ir power has seemed con-rra ilic to ry . T Ile f,lC~ re ma in s. h ow ev er,that the USSR is .:;1 land power. and ir

is likely rblll th e prim. ry purpose- e)ftheir air power will be. to back-up thenrm y in a eacrica l capacity.

Under (he reorglHlialitlOn of the o-viet; armed orces, announced in Peb-ruary 1950, the air fl)tcc- after fo ur y ea rsof relative autonomy, apparent ly hasreverted ro the position it occupiedunder the oviee 9!lllY during WorldWar .Il, This recenr ch~nge places theArmy and .


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TWIN ....eN GIN 1!D I'E -2, O NE O F WORLD WA it I1 'S BE llE R SUPPOltf PLANa

l!acb a l r division is composed of threeair regiments. All air r e:~ im ef] [ is madeup tlf th ree squad rons wi tit apprnxi-m arely 30 to 50 l li rr ra fr d ep en d in g upontilt! r~gi Jl l( ! ru s rn le ,The air ('omp!:lIlenc of the SovietNavy is orgllniz.ed inro fleer au forces,which r 5 or 6gl],~ trni ners(U\-7; ,,"UG-'1; VAK;.15 erc ) while even

nurn ber s :tp ply to all at her 11 'pes ~l'-8,b( ' l I11ber : ILU, transport; e tc 1A few SovieI nircraft have, from rime

C O rim e, been g i ve n nam es, ehe widelypubHcized StO, .mcN'tk an d AluXflII Gm'lnare instances. Others are the helicnprerOmega . an d t h e rail r u s t : UIk , i1 or Dllek.The fullowing li.sr shows the moreItnporraar .dcsigners, abbrevi-lted byname iJl ~[pbabeckflj order..'1. N ' r .Anli.' ' - '" ' ' .Ni~kWo:ie\ r \~_h 'l'",p"j.;.KL _ll"."",lJ"k ""~a&Gl:i


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LA -V PROPELLERED fiGHTER INFERjOR IN PERfORMANCE 10 U . S. Fo.Sl

operaring 011 the Spviec from.These plywood fabric C:OYfreJ low-

win~ monoplanes are the I ig hre st fig ht-ers ill me world.; the YAK-l weighing5,800 pounds norm al gross and the YAK-9weiglung 6,300 pounds normal gross.Powered by inllne engines of a Ilrtlemore than 1,000 h.p. the later YAKmodels ale capable of speeds up to 320knots, Although technically inferior tQthe FW-J90 or Mg..1(l!JJ fhe vast numberwhich were available conn-ibured largelyco rhe USSR vinory inWorld War U.Still operational are the YAK-1's and 4swhich have been seen of lure bearingNorm Korean colors.

Lr. G en. Semyoo A . Lavochkur de-sis.ner of ~Lseries of prop fighter 'Planes,mushed the war wirh the l.A~ model,This radial engine .fighrer, of mixedronstruction, has a maximum speed ofover ~OO knots, Although obsolescent,the LA-7 is still operational in the Sovietand sntellire air forces. Post-war varianrssimilar in llppellI.lllCe to !'hIS model arethe speedier LA-


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TU04 BOMBER IS A coPy ,OF B-29 INTERNED BY SOVIET IN W:AR, TRANSfORT VEIMION FLYING

Pedyakov studied under Tupolev andl at er d es ig ne d tne all-m eral Iighr bom b-er , P.E-~, his mos t n .o ra ble contributionto Sovj~( aviation. UlJ,forrunate1y for theSoviets Petlyakov 's career was ,;m'sh0!twhen be met an _untimely dead, in anair aecideru in 1944. His Pl!-2 design,fined with tw o fix ed nosegucs and threeorher l1exible guns ,ibour rhe fuselage,b',we' the Germans eonsiderahle tfClubll1'dutlng [hI;'War. 1111; tWO in-line 'engiRese lf the !'E-2 give rhe twin taU bomberIIm axim um speed of around 190 kno.s,One of rhe older lighc bomber.>~ rheI L -~ , _ p re - v io L l S ly T h e llIIh~,w a s designedb y Sergei Ilyusbin and was f i r - s r put inroserv ice in 1 9 4 1 1 L S R b ombe r - an d - to rp ed oCl1' r icr , Its msximurn speed of around250 knots makes it relatively slow b yto dn y'$ S IllilC ard s. N ev erth ele ss , th e lL-Iis sci 11 ;t. ;'Sighed to Soviet mili auy an dn a- ya l o peratio nal s qu ad ro ns .A ndrt'i T upolev wss nor s o o fig lJ "tJw irh his m edium b o m b e _ f , rh e 'r'U-


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NVA Lan d .M arj~ e C orp s ~Yiati011.is playing a big part .in h elp in g th e groundtroops win their war against o rrn K o re an Communists. NAVAL AVlATI0NNEWS cannot give a blow-by-blow word picture of the 6ghting, but it tan presentbehind-the-scenes sidelights of t h e ; aerial combat, gleaned from communiques,news correspondents' tories and sq uadron newsletters, wirh latest new s photos.Hell i)pH!rS are m..king more aviato~friends every day in K orean waters.E ns, Jllm e5 B r'O gan, a COfJatr pilot, had

LO ditch after rake-off in [he Inchonclose air S1.lpport operation when hisengine quit. His external gas rank ex-ploded on bHting rhe water, The pLlneg J,U l.r dh ef c op re r p il ot ed by Lr. C. D .

Haines ha d 1 1 i L I j our of the w ater in threeminutes,Helicopter pilot Lt. Gustlve [0 . Lued-deke has picked three pilots QUI of thePaa]c io recent weeks. Firsr pilar ro besaved was Capt. Vivian M. Moses, whoseCorJaif ' was' hir I:>yenerny gtOlmd lireand had to ditch in the water.

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H is second "save ' :Wll! 2nd. it. Do) 'JeH. Cute who ditched when enemy A 1 \knecked cur his oil system. After being"pul le d i nt o the hov,eri.l'Ig helicopter. Colslapped a helpful "sergeant" on the baa.saywg, "Thanks, Mac." only (Q discover~J1(lt it w as BG en. E dw ard A _ C raig , com-man din g g en eral 0 tb e E in sr. .Ma rin e-Brigade. who had hauled hlrn in.Third member of rile "Lueddeke fan

dub" IS Capt. James K. Johnson pickedlip b y the helicopter 1)" minutes afterhis enginea failed soon after rnkebltfrom an aircraft carrier T O miles a~ sea.


17/36

A ii. Q th er ln sra nc e o f nervy f ly ing byO J hd1cop t_ er p il ot was reponed root thelnnd front, A C o - r r a i r was shot downsouth of Pyt. l1)gY!l l lg and the pi-Int. Ens.C. E. Derris, made a belly~hUlding, Hewas rescued by a Morine hehospree [h:nzipped (for a belkoprex. itsfnsr ) in atB ? mph J_ t low a lr le ud e, l an ded in enemyterrain afld picked up rhe pilor, who WitSIn good condlrien, The pinwheel pilotwns Lr William B. Evans.Canyon Caper.sThrowing bombs imn caves lH iheend of a box canyun aad then zcomingup over a cliff at the canyon's end W


18/36

S f( YR A ID ER S A R E r{lNyi?lg " fM / lOdif of bl.NI~bJ to tll/alh ,Red Korean pmitiom. here W. R ..Brandette, G. E. Spa ughr a m i [on 1 1 1 . R


19/36

PANTHER JET Ken bell ( } J 20 1'1l11}aJlmjU~l;#(JIJ luaded b} Lean."."11. D II/rem tllld G il/ii! .1. R1/JJ(111 abollr 'd p T as l P c>& ! n (111"l 'JetTeeter TofferOne of (he serious drawbacks aboutusing carrier jets off Korea bas beenlight surface winds encounrered in rhearea. C atapults can pm our only so muchb oo st. a nd B igbts often had to be can-celled, O ne jet squadron W1IS able to flyonly 60% of its scheduled hops.Marginal CQodiu9OS under wQitb- t h e ywere launched also influeace (he load-ing, and there were few eights on whichit w as p oss ib le to ca rry rockets. Between

VF-J11 an d VP~H2t j et s qu ad ro n s aboardone carrier, mere were three iastancesof catapult bridles breaking at the stanof a shot.

Ln each elise rhe pilot stopped [he F9Fbefore i t went over the bow-but ill 0118Clue flot be fore th$ 'WU: UJbee! IU d Glf 'erfb e f tJl1tPl U C K , A l l BadWho wouldn't be bitter about nj~

1rIJl811lg luck, Ii II was l IKe t.hat of.ct.Marion It. Gallaghet,a kYfdtder pilot.~ ...~ ~t) 1,.1s "U"oiI L"fT!~-""~ :bt J_-lt\,. "'{-,JJ..,.,., ...sea w hen th e rnoror of a h elic op te r inwhich he was riding failed, The nextday he brought his S k Y M i d fJ o l ' back with14 bullet holes in it an d had [0 Sil OU!rh e n ex t day's strike.Operations demanding (he utmosrsp ee d fo un d G ill1 .1 gh et's plan e boxed in

00 the Bigbl deck b y grounded aHcrak

S IG NA L C OR 'S phr;tognzpber aboara a Nal1f catfier tllllfM tl'~F4Ucatapulted from f ; ,"~i~r (,0 suppor t grourl l ! f . roopJ w it h r o.,I.e tsBy the tim e he w a s c le are d f ot ta ke o:ff :,the opera dons officer of the carrier or-dered his plane to 51'.IY aboard ratherrhan delay the ilighLPackhorse of Flee tAnother fim was set by the DouglasSkyraidn In the Korean war when threeo f c he rn l e w from (\ C!lccier agai ns r Seou lwith t .hree 2,OOO'pound bombs plus 11full load 0120 mm Cannon nmrnunirion.It w as. rhe firS t tim e the workhorse planehad been Iaunched with three block-

busters.After dropping their bombs, the weeAD's piloted by LCdr. Winston Chick.Lt. OS) Robert N. Krause and Ens,William C. Bailey strafed their target nrspeeds berrer (han ,50 knors, which isomewhar faster than the old TBMTlirkeyl used by N It"V Y p ilots in W orldWar 11 wou Idg0,L . i n e - Up For M e d a l s[ljlrry-rbur puors and ' aU -crewmenfrom Fast Carrier T;\Sk F orc e 71 t(l Ko-" " '' '\ o '~ ~ ~ ~ " " ~-VS~ 1


20/36

RIPPERS K E E P J E T S HOTVf-Ll, Al'l.A TIC~The / \. f! d R ; 'P P Il T:1

squadron, one ofcbe N avy's m ost fam ousnam es rn aviation, claim s I new recordor ur il iz a rion 0 je t planes, flying 1Q24 .5accident-free hours 11'1 24 working daysJ~lI'ing August.This figure is . 21 ~f., of umt)_irlant'sdesired ucilizarion. 10 make rhe record

even more remarks ble, three of the work-rog days wen: used for hurricane evacua-[ion.During the short time vr-u hcs hadjets, uiilizsriou has improved steadily.Four planes flew 55 hours In May, Junesaw l' planes fly 620 hour , the stand-ard was raised to 70 1 In July nnd r ppedb y Augusr, During r h is pe riod the squad-ron W~$ til a transitional training Stll!;U and checked out 51 pilots Jl] the Banshee,With only 16 planes on hand andnone of ehe F2H(s capable of carryingu p tanks. some improvlsed methodw ere used (0 In cre ase o pe ratin g effic ie n-cy , u ett id ea included II porteble linesback, a quadron lnrercom system andready ro om radio. a1 1 c on sr ru cre d fr oma lv age ma te ri al . The read y ro om rad iocan be used co talk down jets ill emer-gencies !lod 11llS saved planes from dam-nge in three cccasiuns, Whh the R i d ofsuch irnprovisarions, the squadron pulled~(i A and B c:hetks plus l' enginechanges 10 August ,Fig,hring Eleven has a bu !.;groundfull of fam ous ni\v a.l 11\iali0n names, in -cluding O . B . Hardison, W. wiezer andA. K Morehouse. n w all rear adrnrrals,C1pt:t.inS James FbLIy. D. D~y. Jo e

Clil1oll. . T, Bocrl an d CommandersH . p, Vo ss ell er, D a vi d McCampbe ll \'(1.I- Widhdm and 0, Smith.The squadWllcanecl out in F() ..1 '$as VB-I. Duwn through the yC:lrs; itell, nged irs plane and its squadron des-ignnrions but it always remaloed TheR ed R ipp~f< Flying 1f,/ilitc(iJ!' In theA frican invasion, irs pilots won threeNavy Crosses, 10 Silver Star and oneDistinguished 111}!ingCross.Ir grew to 72 planes and 95 pilotsduring che Pac if ic campa ign an d fought

at JWQ lima, Tinian, Saipan, LeyreandOkinawa, winning the Presidential UnitCirarion, At various times in its career,ru e R ed RiPPiiT squadron wa s VE'~,VF41,fH A und lill..'illy Y F-. r, bur alway: theboar's head IlfIQ b oll of ligh t.o 1~ insig neh erald ed its p ilo ts as th e Rippers .Airsic.k Student Is CheckedWhiling Keeps. Records OnPiiol Woes.NAAS WHITING FlELD-- A ne wpolicy for srudenrs who become airsick

white on "A" stage bops has been in-sri ruted by BTU-1 here. so that acenrarerecord pf his flight capabiliries call bekept.All}' student becoming sick picks upa ch h from the unir duty officer andreports ro sick bay. TIle srudent returnsthe chi, [0 the Jury officer, who sendsit r the unit training officer for JiIing_The llYStem was inaugurared '0 morecomplete record of srudenrs' f Ugh ruoubJeS\\'uwd 01 .' avai la ble ir bO.Lrdaction s hou Id re ulr,

Swimming ; , 0 . . / w a . y s II mltcb-l(n!eJ 1St)J. i f t lPQrr"mt rec,J'(f/di01/t1L [JM,if/ ' lC 101' Jll iJltrs. ill /J!!.Mear 1)1.7'. Itilli the 071., .p;~JlIfetl dl)l)I'I' IOOh.tulrmflll l)/f o] tIM "nto/til (till" ll,hfln 'heir I))ip.Ibl! big ~irl:rlll ' ctluirlT USS. !\1ld'Ja~' wa.!"'I{hrmui off C,:lmICJ, Franc ret;fl-#dy. Their011&fJ{7;-el/IIut:mlllitlg b{)/q iJ t he s aIl). ufiJrm !iffiJi/effallel11J, U hffl! Jhe M idu a, -is operJri/lg.

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Thev $"'1 IIl"t all you. smell claw sell atrodor or a hulldozer is ro put a pretrygirl ill ;I. ba~h:i(1gsuit 0(1. them, Tbi Dal-las miss J~n'[ in swimming "nice. but$be dees lend II lirde glamor to' a slii[lrnew F n.5 rughr fighter !U{ Chance Voughr,Caroline Mars .Engine FireBig Seaplan,eto Overhaul Aftef BlazeGremlins aboard the big Caf'Qli:111!-

M4rJ seaplane continue (0 tlet in. theirgood licks. A fcer he H ew 400 m iles in[Q San Francisco ou rwe engines, theCi/r/Jl idte tho lU$ht she bad had her shareof trouble b\lt on 21 August, anothermishap struck.While [axiil]g OUt uf the sea kineafter a two-hour teSt llighr, the plane'sNo. 1 engine quit. On restnning a loudexplosion occurred in the wing, thenfire broke 0LlC around the nacelle--Methyl bromide was dl-eharged andthe fire died (jUt after b l.W lio g a h ole inrIle ll)~ er side of (he wing and parnallv

burning the landlng aap. The plane Wt~\rowed ro [he "U" dock'and later .rampedLc. Earl Turner was plane C'otnJl1andet1 1 : 1 1 & L 'dr, R. ., Fulwider copilot,T11C Ai r( ;r af c AccJdent Board foundrhe probable cause of the fire was fail-ure of rhe packin_ _g gland in t he a cc ele r-~uil1gplHIlp on the carburetor. I r is an-titipated mat rhe Ctlr(Jl jne will undergo< 1 m ajor overhaul instead of m aier r e opairs to the pon wing. This blgges[ ofthe " '1 m . " seaplanes 'has been fiyillg regu-la rly for rhe N avy since 1 94 7 . NAS PIiNSAf:iol~~-Show'llfh who like10 flat-hat or do unaurhorlzed Rip.1 maneu-vers molt .' be'lti.ng the past year, Pifry l1aval


21/36

GODFREY WEARSNVER 1'-1AD Pensncota seen such IIdisplay of eeergy. From the Chief01 Naval Air Training on down, tongueswere hanging Otlt..The whirlwind or aaivi(,y which ll.wings.' D. c.. ~"tUtrn Slab/, hm~f,.tl" "Y;"ld ir) whnlV A den. C assa'dy lind patty returned a ll (Ji.!liU W()IJM fib M se e thei, IVi)IIWR I(Jenr.

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lI~(AUS" OF THE W"l"Jp're4d !mM,~Jr III 'he 'lJM' IIrfi~lnf B'fIiteQu ,oJ ABIi/)1MUtiliJ p"gwh/~bNq;v.


22/36

JETS OVER GOT'HAMTIi REsERVES- 'IU NAS Nl!W YORK. have [aken ro jCS like fIi(lrs (0hooCi!}' (blondes) . In me time that (,heyhave had their t!rghr Plum/offu, morethan 275 Reserve pilors have flown thesp 'eedy "fireeaas,"So f~_mrlia.rhas rhe "swish" of th e jetsbec-ome, rhar srnrionkeepers no 10ngerlook up when rhe planes zoom by . But,when rhe fust fR-1 landed tlC Fi0yd Ben-nett Field on 6 A\lgllSC 1949 , everybody but the station band was OIl handto gtecr ir=--and the only renson thehand wasn'r there was that ir hsdn'rbeen formed at that rime.The commandJog officer of rhe NASaccepted delive'1' before it crowd ofjebilaru Reservists while a b:mery 01relevi$iODClmera:s recorded m e eventfo:iOthe ptlhLil!;, New Y ork: was [he firstof the :fivesraeions in the Naeal AirReserve Trai.nil;l8 C O m I D l l l: n : l slated v ogets jets acruaJly ro receive one.The sta.oon h,ld already gear.ed itself(Qc;ll.,tzy !JUt O ii'A RT 's . V F j et fam ilia ri-zation syllabus. pass room s. had beenequipped with ) -J.IJ turbo-jet enginecutaw''II-ys,expIQcled views of accessories,and schematic diagram s of the fuel andoil syS~eil]s. And ke y personnel had beenCWOlJ :D .e dw irh j et k ne w- bow,Chiefs lake Schmuger, Charlie Amaro,20

"Flnps" Flaherty and frack Kudja ha dJUSt returned ffortl TAD at: the West-inghQ1.I.se _ pla nt, w illin g and able rettackle problems pI je t malnrennnce,Cilld Pat Peccrina, Joe Von Brocltel

ADl and Frank Bocchiaro ADZ has beenfully indoctrloared on jet l in e operar ianand servicingducing their recenr TADAt MCAS CWlRRY POINT.Lr, (j .g) John P. Murray, jet rrll.j[lingofficer ar rhe station, wbe pi!ot-ed thisfirst PhallUJ1!t [0 irs new home, was fresh

from jecBight training with vx-s 11.[NAS ATLANtIC crrr,

I!!;SfRVE JET FIGHtERS Si(IM OVER THE HARiilOR

The plane's engine had hardly cooledofJ, when (be first


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24/36

Oakland's VPP-876

lCd,. C;olweU ct VPI'-S1~ ar NAS O ....KLA"I) talks with sq.) lid ron pilors about the need tormaking several practice Uigbc runs III rheir plane, h:lr 1'I.J:,iul m"rpi_ug prJO! LO [he 'live' runIyOU WANT to see a S LJllH dron tharreally clicks, dmp over to 17PP-il76 atNAS OAKLAND, T his unir hascbalkedup II posinve recordof accomplishmentin a negative- way-film oe,glUhe- rhar is .One of rwo Organized Reserve photo5quadrollS In th e entire courury=-cbeother is at NA S WIllOW GROVE-it iscarving OU l a stre!lm lined parrern forReserve phom-training. Sparked by anoursrandlog group of phorography ex-ren-s, who cur their cumbac-reech in [heP ~cifrc , A frican aod E uropean theatres,i[s agenda is acnea .packed.Theory p I L l S p ra cr ie e LS th l;! ' o ne -two

order fo r weekend drills. Personal in-genuiLY gels lull pL a,' w hen ir COUles tocarrying OUt the syllabus which is rail-ored after that fo r F le et s qu ad ro ns .

L ectures. nn bask phr1tl:igIJl.phy, math-emarics in aerial missions, photo- Hyingrechniques anJ pro jeer p lanning arconly rhe warm-up for regular .a e r i a lphoco-missions,M er! are brieferl before ( " , 1 m trainin-grHghr b r squadron insrrnceors and hltverhei ee rrors pointed om to diem b y thesame insrrucrors minutes after prinrsof rhe photos tbey have raken leave thedarkroom= sure-fire w ay to improve.

In FocusN ew m ethods o r mkir,g photos; un-revered durrng fI ight runs, are 'Soonperfected iJnd pur to squadron use.Main ~yllnbus focus is 0 1 ' 1 m,~kingoblique. coast-line strips, and _pin-poil][

verrical and vertical strip maps.But Reservists get in plenty of extra-eurriculer activity by special request ofgovernmenr agencies in rhe area.SEVERAL [ar_g-eCal ifo~ 1l ill cities weremapped from the au for the Army.M apping Service. The Naval MttridmeShipyards in the Bay area were photo-grupbJ;:d nr the requesc of eND. TheU. S. forest Service requested aerialcoverage ot II b urned 1 O ,O O O acre aresfor m ore acrurare assessm enr of dam age,A complere aerial lIlap of OaklaLld was'"flown" as [he basis fo r a m lllic survey.

five non-combarsnr ttil'crafl, th eS~ BiP J ty_ pe, a re u se d by the squad ronf or I 't f' ri lll W u ri.;, A recannaisance labora-lOry und Incerprecsdon . roo rn , s e t up in 9.Quonse t hut, provide excellent Iacillriesfor both this squadron and the Or-t;M ized R eserve E ghrer-{ ype phorn-re-connaisance squadron at Oakland. Sta-tion personnel ,give gUPp


25/36

'HQre'~ how you define shore [ines and tIm] reefs' ~al'$ ph! toin~erFreler Kelll Bradshaw (r) !O Lt . (fgj Mason and L(. Tbonlll~ Rely. Bo,be,a At>" (1nJ from r. j shows Trigss., Ma.har and Austenhow In J t l ' l : d v z e aerral n

VPP r87t . reads like a 'Who's Who" ofp ro fe ss io n al p h cr og ra ph er s.S lUPl'ER is LC dr. D avid H. Cf( l s se , l!gradllilte of [h e NA TTr. . ; P]!NSA-("OLA photOgraphy school and larer i'lm em ber of w artim e Ph r graph} Squ"d-ron Two.Dr. Robert elwell, assistant professorI f o r e s t r y and p h O ( t l g C 3 l I 1 D 1 f . ' C r y at theU nlverslry of C aliforni-a, heads (he pho -tographic inrerprerarion unit in the OUl-fir. During rhe Wilt, LCdr. Colwell servedas pbom-intclligence officer with theManne Corps, Navy and Ann)'.His number one assistant IS Lr. Ken.B1 ,) dsh (lw , who IS also at [he U rnversiryo f aliforn hi as foresrer (or the elli-Iernin forest and R ange Experimentnulon.Then there ~ Lr Eugene Thumns, 11IO l'ID er phoro.1 nrerp.l'e ter on rhe staffof Cam oPac nod late. an insrrucror 01I1ll1p-rea~in.1l and phoro-inrerpretariunV i ho is w ith the Soil Conservarron Ser-e-ic;e of rhe Depsrrmenr llf Agncutrure.During the WIl,(, these three officer~utilized their wide know ledge of phorog-mph)' to help in rhe drive 10 victory;now they are using some '0 / theie war-acquired techniques in the perennialfighr for soli and forest .conser arion.t\emu phomg raphy in the rur-esuyservice, of course, i s i nd i sp ens abl e. TIleearner eye (hat once picked ClUf Cj1ll101lf1 ag ed en em )' aufJt!lili: now tra e theprogress ofsoil erosion and pOl11l5 llJl'lrtlttegic places tel plant new oresc belt.In winrer-time, foresrry service pborog-l"tphcrs help pre\ 'enr Hoods b y S iY i1 l8ulvance w arning of rhe arnount o r melt-Ing snow and the direction III which J[will n o v , ' .Phorography also gets th e G tU in civil

ian life fiorn three other phcrograpbrrr .; if ic l: !r s in the squadron. LCdL GlennN ew house. vccarieoal counselor am I in-

du m a l educato r for the: an F ranciscoschool dlstrirt, is < I free lance phorng-rspher on the side. I.r. II Pasqualerti ishead of she San Francisco College ofPho mgIa ph} ' and Lt. G eorge B ishO poperates his own portrait studio.R ay mond B arbern A 1 '2 . a photographyinstructor in ivililln lIfe, 'hid Robertre ne , fo rm er v n- s' er who SIIW acrion InOkinawa, and Chief Arthur Mclller,F le e t Clltllb! am an and s.taB p) Joro gr:t ph erIO r1 Lh omS erv R.t1 n d llril1 g the WM, are

To ge' recruits Stone (now CPO) and Chiefellier use beauty and ph


26/36

VP-34 Ready for Atom BombsVP-34 . NORFOl.K - A radio lo gica l

S : U f O t y defense bill for rh e squadron ha sbeen drawn [ J P , W S O into operation inthe evenr of an Mom bomb H!niCk-_The hiJ1 has four parts. The firsr Ol1!-lines duties o r all personnel. A rndic-logical defense officer wns appointed EOmain-aln a plot f "full ur," to de ig-nate (be personnel deconrnmination cen-rer, ro distribute derecrion equipment,IlDU to advise the commanding officer00 the radiearriviry level.The firs( Iieurenanr will supervlse al lf ir e f ig hr in g and material decentnmina-

r i r , ' I 1 . He will be responsible for muningand e:qUlpping four deconraminationreams IO consillt . . . , four men each. TIlemainreoance officer w i l l provide for (heevacuation of a oy e ss en cia l Sh0P equip-ment [Q an assigned area,The elecrrunics officer will providerwo electronics rechnlciuns Fo r mainte-

nance of Radiac equipment. The opera-rions officer will be responsible for te-deployment of squadeoa aircrafr. Thesquadron dury off icer will accomplishth e fo llowin g s ho uld warning rim e per-rnir: T . Degassing of all planes in 2 Jnon-flyaway status, 2. Removal of :tUpyre from non-flyable planes, 3. Muster:til squadron personnel and march thewto designated shelter.Second part of the b ill s ers up ilwarn-iD,g system and esrablisbes rh re e a tom icconditiops, with Atomic Condition Jdesignated when lin anack is imminent .The rhird parr oJ (he bill provides forevacuarion of personnel and materialdlowin:,g an atomic blast, while thefcurth part provides an organizarien eharwill keep It check en rbe radiation level

for purposes of command divi. ion.In cornpllance wiih th e b ill, the FirstLreurenanr has de ignared four 4 -mruJ.1 euns from m e beachi O S crew co re -ceive train] 08 il l deconmmination.Since[10 Radinc equi pment is IIvailable, rbeonly rnenns of insrruction is b y fnmili-nrizarlon lectures.VR-8 Sets Pacific RecordBedi:rt Leoder M ttrks U p Another F irstThe Navy' VR-fj squadron, t1s~iglled

to MATS Pacific division. has done itagain. This squadron, which establishedenviable tonnage and uulizarion recordsand "las inJiG r place much of the time:lmong Berlin Airlift squadrons, is nowdoing the same in the Pacific Airlift,Figures released on the Airlift lit

Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, revealrhar an RID of VR-8 sec the base high wid'!(1 rocal of 274 _9 hours in th e Ilir d urin gi\llGusr,U nder comm and of R A.:l.nL W illiamG. Tomlinson, Navy and Air Forceplanes in MATS. have played au rm-PQrtllnl role in viral air suppon ofUnited Narions Forces in Korea. Four-engine MATS rranspcrrs rrralruain anaround-the-clock shuttle, J'lUihi.ng criticalcargo and personnel to rhe Far Thtst andreturning G I w ounded [0U. . hospi-rals,S quadron commander of vn~s is Cape,Joseph Gifmn.

GCA 80X SCOR ETill"] AU~Il.t AJ>llr


27/36

Middies See Corrie r P lanes800 Visit Oceano, See Aerial DisplayNAAS OcnANA-Eight hundred mid-hipmen, based at little Creek, Va, forCamid V, learned II little about carrieraviarlon w hile- spending a day ar thiss rs rion r ecent ly .M1581on3 of Ojrrier air groups weredescribed by .dr. H. S. Bortomly, CAG-n,those of arrack squadrons by Cdr. A. M.E rsh ler, sk ipp er of "'1\-25, an d o r fightersquadrens by Cdr. J. G o Smith of VF-61,Following an inspection of survivalgear and planes, the midshipmen saw asimulared gronp arrack by CVGG, fol-lowed b y 3: carrier breakup .and Inndingon paddles,

,-U MIDDlE EYES fOCUS ON BAj ' l 5He flGI1TEIIV F -172 N ig h t O w ls In F 2H .. , ;2 'sFirsl To Catapult With Full Tip Tan~H onor of being, the first to be cata-pulred aboard ship in r.31-(2 .RmlJbee!

with full wing tip ranks went to pilotsof Figbting quadron OM Seventy Two.The Iandings were made daring, car-rier qualification exercises aboard theUS~ Cora! ea .The squadron now has a complementof IB o f r .h is I ate sr v er si on of [be Ba n 'sbee .Another "first" was: esrablished onthe cruise. Eleven pilots qUlIli1ied inm e planes in nighr carrier landings \\'hhrwo apiece.Operaeions have been aimed IH pre~paring [he squadron for a cruise ill th eMediterranean

1 5LANO STRUCTURE. RADIO MAST ON, ORISKANY A S SHE .


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Reserves Get 145 M oreF8F 's

Wlru J 4 '3 add it io na l Bl!lJrCllfr beingrnrned over to . r , J 1 C NII",al A ir R e-serve Training Command, Reservef ig h re r p ilo ts J.U six m ore srariens w illnow get to fly these srurdy Fleer-typeairceah.Reports from NAS OLATHE an dN AS GLI~.NVlI!\V. which 1un'e_ had 1 1 .local of 1 00 l'SF 's aboard for more ebanII year. indicare rhllr Reserves Considerth e Bearcau: tOp perfonness,SUltions mId units in the Reservechain receiving the l'~F's are NAATU

AN ACOSllA, 35; NAS BrltMINGliAM,17, NAS D_B'NV~R. 30; NARTU NOR-FOU.: :" 21 ; NA S ST . LOUIS , 30;aod NASSPOKANE, 12.S ev eral p ilo ts from A n ac os ria 's v r - ~, sflil\'e .already bearen Th e g un by com-p lerin g th eir F8r check-ours during thei rcruise lH NAS QUONSET POINT.OaklQ!nd Reserves Train 01 San Diego.

R ece iv in g o rd ers to eccive duty im -m e d i ' l\ c e l y afrer it s JuJy n nn ua l tta in ln gcruise tit NAAS J. CENTRO , VFll'+. anN AS OAKI;AND conti IJgem of weekendwareiors, is nnw iu t,Ulil'log as J'*lJ't ofrWj-!1I2 III NAS SANDLIlGO.Composed almese enrirely of former1'(,1' pilotS, tile squadron is "S1("adi lyad .t 1p ting i rs c lf ttl as new baby, the1'.J1'--! Crmair . A ll pilots are now checkedout, bur Lrs, (is) V. H Hider and W,lDavis, who were transferred Into 874to fill It s ccrnplemenr, are srill consid .

ered tire squadron's CrJr.irri/ experts be-cause of their lon.griroe experience iothat a i:cra.ft.VF~874 is now gettiog its quota ofplanes and is teI Jd yin g irs el] o.r [be ex -rensive ordnance syllabus. They wereslated ttl return to NAAS EJ, ~TROon l October to polish up their air-to-, { i r gunnery, rocket Gring, bombing an dstrafing.The squadron, together fot~eralyeats at Oakland. has been under thecommand of Lew. Don L. Watts withLCdr. F rlI II k B e rmee r as exec,VR-891 Aids Mobilization Aiflif~D uring its rwo weeks cruise, NAR TOS 'EATILE'S VR-S'fl p a . c k E d in some a : s t

rnobiliaaricn-asslst work along with itsplai.n-gardrm.-variery sy ll abu s . fly ing ,Tbe .Reservl~ts planned and executeda mass briefing and dearing of thecrews of 12 heavi l y loaded RJD'S slaeedttl depart en rnasse for San Diego,Individual dip beards fOJ; each ai r-crafv were prepared, pnwiding eachpilot with a, weather eross-seceion andforecast, apoinr-w-pointlhght plan,several completed passenger manifests,several completed weigh: and balancesheets !lod a cemplered H ig h t c le a ra n ceform. The 1FR clearance, as r'Utnishedby A irway T rt lf fi c: C on tro l d ie preced-to g day, was llJ5Q ,disrributed


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First Marine Air Resel'Ve In KoreaCapt. G us Lan CRSte r, 36 . o r Di ll l as ,T6xaS, bas [he distinction of being thef ir st M a li n e A i" R es erv e o f f i c : . e r t o enter

KOf('3.F . l \ ' a u l y one moneh ro the day ntter he~ l1$ called to u ctive do ey. Capt. Iancsseerntr.rved !O Korel l an d joined a MlulneO b~ rvIltiO fi squn dron as an engineeringofficer_ His pnrricular squadron useshelicopters for artillery ObsCCVllHQ[I. in-relligence observation and evacuaringwoW' l .ded personnelD uring. W orld War n . Capt . Len-C:LSl tr served 16 months overseas withthe M arirres an d WM in the Marine Ail 'Reserve fat rwo years prier ro his re -G"I11on l Aug~lsr.In civIlian life Capr, Lancaster was nperrolenm engineer w ith rhe Sun OilC om pa ny. H e is m ari"jl ' ld an d h;l;S tw ochildren.Station RQl:md~Up NAS MIAMI, - Orgjlnt~ Reservists,James C. Hay and his three 0


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A S STOR M CLO UD S BLO W A WAY, C,,,IlIA N I'LI\I\IE DEI'~rn:5 NA 5 I


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Who Says There's N o Suction?

Then"s .. til , 7 , . . d, Jfoc lio,.I," ; .sid eMit! B(mdl:arii,"T I,,!,)! nI")' pull .. lilrle, bUI' "01 "cry "(17';/ 'HIl MeppllrJdig/ulr closer ami heM 0'" .wa", ..As lh()!lgh d


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5 ' ARS OVER HE ATLANTIC

CHIi;F fHllS,Y. N4V I.N SfIlU CIO R, C HE CK S OUT DEGENNARO AN D LINCOLNVR(' Wm; 'OVER-This squadronregula.dy perates a t ran s-A r lan ri c fIlghta day, which plates considerable em-phasis on n.wigatiQn, Wilen II. D ewp ilo t re po rts to VB-r" he can 1 ,1O k 01:-ward to refreshing his navigation rech-niques and to p uu ing in his fair shareof time at ' the n av ig ario n ta ble ,Even in this bright new world ofeleceronics and reehnclogy, c ele stia l n sv -rgauon is still the number one methodof getting across the ocelln-ju,st as inthe d:ly~ of yore snd Columbus . So,

navigation schoc I takes up the firSl [w eweek of line 's tour In VR-6.The firsrweek ISdevoted m refresh-ing one on rhe niceries of the sexmnr,plo t ter . rhronomerer, 81lB an d II. varietyo f c ha re s, A few M AT S reguladons ar ein jecred and one learns a Uttle aboutMATS fug:ht plans. F uel analysi. charts,PO I'O :\r. l ogs and na igarioaal aids alsoaft' introduced during the fusr week,The lase week is devoted (0 acmalroute problem s, and th e fina l exam ina -rion involves navigating a typical rrlpfrom Wes[Qve.r m Rheln-Mam. Thisd es k [ rip will in du cte sending UUt hour-Iy Pomars, taking half-hourly pressurereadings and w orklng our a drift, w ork-ing OUt hourly three-star fixes aad hil-ing out the hourly hal f.d,02cn Ionns,charts nod graphs.Later, , ben [he ne navigator geeson his firs t trip, be will find rhar rilele g from Westover to S ce ph en viU e coTurbay, N ewfoundlnnd is duck soup,prim [[1)' radio range navigation. Thele g from Torbay to Lagens-1100 milesof over water navigation to :l v ery s mallisland in Azores=-is apt to be justsoup. T wo things rhe new anvigarcr w illlearn to love; one, the weaeher shiphalfway UCfUSS. which gives passingplanes radar and radio fixes as rhey go30

BLNGHAM reus HARR ING TO~, MCLAUGHLIN ABOUT VR-6 ,AS rRO. -COMPASSby ; Cwo , the RW 's secter weapon, rwoaurom aric direction finders, T he plane'slWO "bird-dogs" are about the firresrpieces of equiprnenr to be: found 00 ndark rainy night an hour out of Lngens.Loran is fairly g oo d a ro un d (he New-foundland Mea anywhere along the easecoast Q I the U .s. These electronic linesbecome long and rhin before one gersinto L ge n J rid are of little v alu e d ur-ing the latrer hali of this trip, MC Xirtrips are flown during darkness and alow -revel cloud layer alm ost inv~cil1blycovers the ur.rn .ce, so drift readings ar cseldom possible. The an sw er c un be read0uIJI rhrdugb 11 sextanr, in an A ir AIrnaasc and an HO 218 or 219, It'samazing hm prof ient one can becomewith rhis equipment when he realizesprofic iency means ' the differenc:e be-tween a wid swim and an ETA right-on-the-nose.O n ehe rIil? from Lagens to Orly(P aris}, everyone feels .u bit more se-cure-it would be difficult (0 1'D1SSEurope. O n the other. hand, not roofa r to the righr of COU1]!e lies a nicemounrain-cbain and not roo far [0 theLeft. ~)f course. is plenty o f epen wnrerrigh_ on up coward the A rcti_ c circ le.Loran and Consol stations in Englandp ro vi de o n- co urs e ln fo rm adnn .WeaA her on the N orth A tlantic routeoffers plenty of Insrm menr flying. Ne v -ertheless, even in the worst wearher ano cc as io na l c el es ti al s110r is usually pes-sible. There are tim es of course whenchis is not true. and then ehe weathership" the "bi rd-dogs" and pressure PlIl-tern nre often rhennly way to Stay oncourse,

Pressure partern is a relatively recentinnovation and roll}' nor be f!ltniLi~r rorhe older generation. This "pattern" isobtained by charting [he barometric

c han ges o cc urin g a s th e flight progresses.B aro rn erric ch an ges are measured by tak-ing regular pressure alm ude readingsan d true ra da r a ltitu de r ea din gs an d not-.ing the variarion between the two.Since direcrion of roration around apressure area is "known, by charung therapidity with which an airerafr is enter-ing or Leaving a high or low pressurearea, 3 sim ple fo rm ula will show th eamount of eight or left drift being en-countered,The trip p n E " k i!()IU R h e i n - M a i o sofa /." as Oftvrgarion is cencerned re qu i re sm ore exact n av ig ar io n goi ng from ortyto Lsgens, and m e trip from Lagens toStephenville remains about he same,However, WI3:11 g in g in to N ewfo un d-land is usually good, and of course thelarge land mass is easier .to hit Weather over NewfoundJand is likely to bebad and gas grows critical. so it is bard10 rcl1iX before (h e needle swings overTorbsy and picks up Stephenville deadahead.Occasionally {he norrhem route if1uwo, via Iceland and Greenland. ilodthough th e fli!;h tS are s ho rre r, th e w eath -er is apt to be bnd. In rne exu~mtlyhigh variation areas a wrong applica.rion of th is factor can mean headingfor Chile instead of Massachusetts. Andthe W ater is reputed ro be mighty rongb,A direcr Alghc from L sgens t West-over usually offers excellent Loran Io rETA and course en m ute, but exaCt pusi.rion a 'pc! precise gas analysis m ust bemaintained due to the greater distanceand m ore erieical gas load. Vj\-75-FIy'ing 1464.6 llQ,ltS ilwillg N t i l y19 '50, VA-75 commanded by LCdr, J. E . K en-f1f~dy, smashed by a wide margin their oldrecord of 1000.! hours established in July19'43. During rhj~ rerord-breakifilg month,VA-i made t 2 Ji l an di ng s Oil the C"cr


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Needn' t Be, Ashamed O f Specs

S DME:l'IM IN HIS C 'i tt ee r. a-ve ry navalavisror will become chairborne, In-such 3 job he will have to do il. t rernea-dous ernounr o f ten din g.As he approaches 40, he finds: it in-creasiogJy dIffiC ult to read with his book

dose 10 his flKe. He holds ir FarUUlI:l.'iVa)' Ilnd hils. to concerxeare bnrder ,His tendency is : (Q blame "tOO muchclose work" His pride in a good pail.o f eyes makes hjm keep quier about .ehecnudirien longer rban he should, Close

WQ(k > LS such, however, does no d\I.O 'lage.The Navy Jenows what will happen midmakes no penulry fo r it,ACtually, fat-sightedoeas is as lnevlr-able as death and taxes.:Every naval aviator ha s eyesight~bove- averag.e. The origin!!l e*arnioa.~on is so tbolQugh that lll}'0pia (nenrsightedo.es5), 2srigmntts.m and ceherdefeCts are sparred and ehe mall neverbecllmer. a naval avinrcr,BtI[ even wirh ape-dec! p:ur of eyes,age srsrts to rake its roll. Ir nil stemsfrom th e ciJ [- ary m us cle which controls[he- iris of the eye.In reading, the Iris has [0 stop down

just" as Ir does for a: bright light, As 11 -O-llID grows older. the rouseie which does{he SHlppi n s elown grows increasinglysdff in irs action, As a reside, the pain!er - fo cus grow s farther frcm the eye.Remember the rest in which :1 ruler I~h~ 'd stra igh t om from the nose and 1 1litcle Q'lrd is pulled aW\lY from tlfC ey eunr.il a Jloe e:tn b e r l" ll rl ? That's the restIvhkh mows how well that muscle doesits job, It is nn infallible irtdlcation of


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Naval Aviation News - Nov 1950