naval aviation news - jul 1948

8/4/2019 Naval Aviation News - Jul 1948

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N A V A A I R P O W E RT wo OF tbe fir:-;I f ighter S!.I.IHldJ0J:1E to Le equipped'with jet a iJ'('I';j ft are pictured above flying fOTITlIl-tiuu ill their newsteeds, 011 the leftare ir)UJ' FH- lPhantf)rn.s flying over wOOtleu terrain at Cherry PointThey are lroru VMF-] 22, .ommsuded by It. Col.

iVlal 'IQJl E. C a r], hl'lJder 0r world's speed t(lG() rd. O ilthe eight are lour FJ-l's, th;espeedy North Americancarr- ier f ighterSi,. being Hnwu a t Sau Diego by VF-5 -A.The FH wa t h . e first je t to land aboard a V_S.. car-rier in 1946; the FJ landed on the Boxer lhis ,;pring ..


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N VAl AVIATION NEWSJULY 1948 No. 283

o ONE July the Nava l Air Reserve celebrates thesecond a nn iversary o f it s p o stw a r r ea ctiv a ti on .No paper force, the Naval Air Reserve is a goingco ncern tod ay . In tw o sho rt years it bas bu ilt u p whatmany impart ial observers b av e ca lled th e f in es t R es er veoutfit in the wor.ld. It has forged a training programwhich is setting tbe pattern for irnilar Reserve ptO-grams throughout the country.The Naval Air Reserve's Organized comba t airgroups and squadrons eonstitute a ready reservoir of

striking power. In case of emergency these forcesco u ld im med ia tely be pu t in to the field . Twenty-fourair grou ps , read y to go aboard H,rJex-type carders, and'23 patrol squadrons, set to Fercet out enemy sub-marin es , a re only part o f irs strength.This is the Navy's answer to the question now beingasked by many prominent civilians as to what thea rmed fo rtes are d o ing to d ay to keep up th e i nte re stand proficiency of the millions of Reservists who didan outstanding jnb on all f ronts during the last war .

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A I R R E S , E R V E . P R O G R A MI S N O W I N H I G H G E A RG1''l'-rlNG die Nuval Ai r Reserve pro-gr~m undc-rw"y after the war wa~II tremendous ul1dl'rt:,king. On I Nu-vernber L01 ~ the N,Wrd Air ReserveT' C lI in rn,g,Commi!il d . was est. I b I j shed :!tGlcr.rvi"w. and, In double 'q llick time,a w e ek -e nd trainmg; progm rn fo r O rgan -ized Rc~o.:n'l'$ wa:. worked out. Nava l..if ,t.H i on s w er e tr:tr1sferrtd to this com-m:U1d and a'llthoflzation J ,!iv en to set uptr,linin,t: till I t , . ; ill ~lttrion5 qpetlJid byth e R eg u la J.' Navy .Today ~mooth-nlnniIlg- op em;ti O'[l0;h a- v (' b ee n - e s t 1 I b J i s ' h e c i " 'N IT$

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MAP S,H OWS W It E l O CA TI O !> ! OF 23 ' ! !ESUtVe STATIONS" AND UNITS, PlUS AUTH ORIZED N 'ARA"SAt th\: same time, 1,"i)fI ,As.s6datc'l.iVohmt .t :e r o f li rC :J 'sllfl.d 392 enlisted rrwn

f l .i : leoJ ~e ;ub r ' dull w ith O rga nized AirReserve squllclrons. t\q d to tliif,. theU,731 naval 1 l. IIWMar ine Vo lu u t l! ! ! -f AirReserve 01CCI::; and the 3-,6J I enlistedVol,uritee:rs. who ei ther drill O t a S i O n i t l l yor take two-weeks cruises, M,d you geti.I good idea of the scope . 0 1 ' !(1'Jnln_gat R es t tv e _~at iUr1,S.Station p their v icin ity IV h er e ,h ug egr01.!pS of Volu nteer A ir Rese.rv i~ tswish to come ou t for r.egular drill.W here ad .eq lJate llighl faciliries arcJ .\ 'f li ii lh le , H ight trainiJl_g is also providedfor ~he I1vi~tors in these un its, wh ii :hare then d~:j,j,gnated as AVU{ A)'s Theplace- where these AVU(A)'s art: 10-'cated, otten a municipaJf ield, is railed HNava l Air R es er ve A u :x jl ia ry (NARA).Di..;tri(t commandants, with the as-sistant director of Naval Reserve (hir}~pearbcadillg the drive, are in ~harge of

the secopd front to Integrate VoluatecrAir 'Reservists into the pr(Jgr~m. Al,th([lUgh this dr ive j40l u nd erw ay on lyl:t~t November. Volunteer AviationUnits (as the 0I1CI>, under the com-rnandants are ulll'J) ha .... been mush-rooming allover the coun t ry . [Il theSiXth Navar District, fw example. nineVAUs art: going concerrrs . .These u n it s dif fer from A VO 's inthat th('i t ' Icheclules lIf'e mort:' O e x i b l e{lfJ.d theit training is more i n f o rma l .

A~sJslarH direcrors of Naval R e s e r v l ' . '(Air). who maintain contact with aJIVolunteer Ai r Reservists in tbeir dis-tricts not a : 5 s o e : : i a t c o with Orglln~td Re-serve -attjy.jJjes, also encocrsge Re-


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servists wbo In' to o bu sy to jo in VAU 'sto organ izt' 1 0 ( 1 1 1 illfnrrnul g r ou ps I 1 h the A viatio n CClmmand ery o f ,ht- N~\ ' i I .1Ord~r of the United States Th('$(:group"i meet occasional! y [or lectu resand to ren 1 : - ' 1 1 1 wartime f t it :r td s ll ip~.All this I'rog[cs~ could nolluvt' [wenmade ill such record time, were it no tfor the "know-how" or LIl lO'men whop l a n an d adrn in i s t e r t h e N ,l . - v o L ] Ai r R I : -serve progrl'lm. as wcl] i~ for tile team-wad, shown b y oflicer~ 'lO~ enlisted rc-r-sonne l allalong th e li'1l1:.In this connection the Naval Ail' Re-se r ve has been pa rticu 1a .d y ro rruna te i1havins a large I'ILIc!CL!}; of Reserveoffi.cetS, who have iven outstandinjrservice to the pl'ognLm over alongperiod of years.T op -r an kin /! lea der .amo l'ig fb i~ gr ou pis Reilf A dm ] ral TI'\'inl{ M. McQui s tn n ,Ad ~r iso r to DeNO (Air) (o r NavalAir Reserve. w ho started his eareer il lthe Reserve in 19 J 7. Since Li1:ll rime.except {Ocr H . brier period after \X/oddWu r I an d JUdngWorlu W;tf l'I, whenhe served as Chief o f the AvilltJon Prog .r es s D iv is io n in the Navy Department.he bas d evo ted hb Q.pat[~}' for plan.n .i ng a nd ergamzarinn (0 deve lop Ing theNaval Air Reserve prog.ram.Other Reservists, whu th roughou t therem have helped to fprge the W ho leA ir 'R es erv e in to 1 1 smooth-running or -g \ \ 1 1 I z ; n . t i O I 1 , incl u d e su ch w ell-know no f fi ceEs as Commodo ec Joseph " 6 ; Lynch,Captain Charles D. Williams, jr., Car'ra in Kenneth B. Salisbu ry , CaptltinFrederic W. Priestrnau, Colonel BenReillew'epel '". USr.tCR. CommanderHa r ry - M .. Sartcris . Capta in F ran r is N .M ar :y . U SMCR. 11$ wellas man}' o f theoffittrs .It R eserve s ta t io n sand i11 thedistrict offi['e~.Ma ny of th eo u l$ ta nd cin g group of"Rc.gu1ar N ~vy o fficers who ,rumlli;sterthe Naval Atr Reserve htUnlllg progl;,.uTt IIl50. have It badq ::cou ru J o f 1'~lltLa b l e mntrib1..ltio!l tlil Na:vnl A , i r ReseTYe

Rea .r Admira l 1. M . MrQl,l i s tol1 (cel'ltt'f) d is cu s ses p la ns fo r th e Nava l A ir Rese:rv.cwith (1. 1'0 ' r . ) omrno , LYI1 t: b, CU r_ Sartorls , Capt. Salisbu ry, and CapL Willi;1m5;ICh\,l l lC.~_ Rear Admiflll Richard F.Whitehead, Chief of Naval Air ReserveTnt '1 1 ing, way hack in I9 29 . s er ved as. 0 o f the o ld Nsval Reserve A"iationBuse in New York. Others in this_gro up in clu de Captain H orace Bu tter-f ie ld a nd Captain H en ry F . M arC om se),.SE'CNAVSoys-

Two ~CT1' r y~ .~, (I f 11wgressl\ (! ex ]11111 -siun since th ....W'Jr Imve l"'e~lItkcl sn tb~post-war Nn"ll! Air Reserve tmlnin_g: pmgram hecorning au .t");lnm~ly irnpnrtant part. ' J [ u u r N ati()n ;d D ef< :tls l' J.!~tabli:shmc(nl.All Am..rk.lm. al 1110k. Will i IIIHi~[lbl e p.rid~an d e4mf,den(!."" HI the mernhcrs of th~ AirReserve who l'J.Vtt cPll1inul:Il [(I h e /L ~lwl('tlll1p()fll'nt ttl" rhe N~vr : . (lJ\lrdin~wd lundsea-alr IC :lITI !send' my sincere eon-g.ratll,la.rI"tr1~ In the men .o f tlit N~..v~1 AirReserve !til..! W ish I hi:111 IThtny yt':l1'5 nf cun-IIn ued C )n t$ t.1nlij rig perfnrrrranre. Organized Reserve "fIot); nf VI'-;J-A~ltColumbus f 1 r F('F H ~IlM/J II ) format io n

Columbus., Ga., VAU o f f i c e r s Meeks , J t l . U l e s . Caban iss andGlover 111eBight clearances while on two-weeks active dutj- Aerial I'iew of N As .N IiWYonxshcwing !ine-up of Reservep l a n e s , Y o u on b . . - t ; it c l o e . : ; o ' t look like Fhis o n weekends


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fO r Most Reservists, lhis m om ent w hen the Chief o f N avalAir Reserve Training passes by is eli-max o f annual inspeoion B u t ther e's m or e to I 1 1 U itary inspertien tha n finn] rev iew -Ren_ t 4.d .m . -W hitehead w at9 le& Gru bb and . H olland lIt workA D M I R A L ' S I N ~ S P E C T I O N A T N A S W I L i O W G R O V E

Adm. 'Whitehead questions J. CrO l i; s o nGCA; Lt. Williams, un it head, looks on Then he in s pec:ts th e galley; checks lJ t'O n the "chow" techn iq ue o f E. Howard TCliidlil9 t ime !;)ut, he visit, the fine en-listed men's du b , to "shoot rhe breeze"

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R E S E R V I S T S C H A L KU P F I N E R E C O R D SN'1 i.sr's 10 k ill the rec rd for fhtI\J5t year.From 1 July 1947 to I April ! 948 ,nJ;vtll and M ar ine Re erve ,llViltton piledup 6" ' i ,2B"1.6pi lot hours as contresredwith 18.9.189.2 hnurs during the S;llJTI1:period in the first year. in June 19A7.duriILg the heavy annual cruise period.R es erv e pilo ts chalked up an ou t s tand-ing total of 122,075 .3 pilot hourscCon-rrast this figure with the 274,380 hoursBown b y all Regular Navy pilots in thearne month and you can see the poten-tial striking power of the Air Reservists ,There's been a remarkable decreaseU1 in fr actio n o f Right regulations dudogthe past year. For example althoughllight hours increased" 55% fewer in-forma.l boards were convened to handle"flathsttiag" this year.On the facilities side, municipal fieldleases were squared away (or such sta-lion s as Co lumbu s nnd St. LO llis .The number of place where Re-. ervists could get in their ;.shooting"and bombing was Increased. Minneapo-I is, for cx nm ple, b 'U t p er mis sio n to u setilt' Red lake area in Northern Min-nesota's Paul Bunyan cOlmtry " l i s . a. tar-gel area. while t, louis Reservists pracptice bombing and strafillg at the Army'sFort Leonard Wood impa t area,Recreation fadl itle$ (or enlisted men

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Marine pilots McDermott and Wilson,Cole. Brandon, Sumner at Cherry Pointheve been on the upgrade, with finedubs nt Dallas, WilJow Grove and Min-neapolis,Most striking development in the

facility line is that the wholeestablish-meat at NAS AKRON-hangar, offices,shops and so on-is un de r one roof, inwha t w as Fo rmerly 11 large w ar plant.THE Fl1l.ST AVU(A) was ommis -sioned at Charleston, . C. on 29May 19 47 . Now one year Later. ztAVU ( A ) .s h a \1(' b een a nth or ized fO Iinclusion on the NARA network at keylo calities , To provid e flight tra in ing fo runit pilots, the home station usually. e n o s over three or fo\ .lc ~ j' 6 to theNARA during designated [lcrioJs each

SeJa.ttle's 1 - 1 . J. DowoCf gives last minute pointers to O. R'son post-mount camera gunbefcre free-gunnery drill in PB Y

mouth. At Spokane and Birrrungbarn,however. a smu ll number o f pLll\e. ndactive duty personnel are assigned on 11permsnent basis .Ul5 Alamitos, Dnllas and NeW YorkLave also commissioned. AVU(A)'s,formed around specific mission . whichtrain at the ~ta.til)n,Last count snows that 5tatTons andunits also suppoct- 12 AVUs. Th(!jil:

include WAVE units ae Mlnneapolis,Deaver, Oakland, and Grosse lie, whosework has been pr-aised.A gUild total o f 2,0")1 a ircraft hasnow been assigned to Re 't >e rw s ta ti o nsand u nits fo r ~ u se b l' Reserve av iato rs .These include 412 Fr,F'5'S, 400 FG'!O'S,136 F4 .+'5, 105 l:i.B2CSs, ;06 'rEM 31,(5,76 pv-h, 60 PSY'SA'S, 36 MD'S 45

JRs's,2 J2F'S, 151 SNll'S, 2l'l2 5Nfs. and2 ZPK'S. Greatr:st number of theseplanes \V"S assigned to Los, Alamitos,t he 111rges~s t at io n .Organized Reserve training is 0'0,on a . s


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S f. L ou is' Vl"75'A and VNi;';' enlisted men arrive at VichyAuxiliary Field f8r a day's ualning in carrier operationsM A R I N E M A N E U V E R SH I G H L I G H T T R A I N I N GTHE!: MJt'RINF Air Reserve shlged the-owt~tand'ing training Feature of theyeRt las t A ugu st an d Septem ber, wlien,tbey held the first nationwide aerialmaneuvers aL Cherry Point an d at ElToro. Designed {:o lest the speed withwhich Mariae Reserve squadrons couldbemobinized, it was found that theeastern group' of squadrons got to Cher-J;Y Po in t in one day , an d it toek threedays, due to weather and distal1ce, .forthe western group to mri"c at illTaro.Special emphii~L~ is placed to day onere tmin ing. At eight -bu ion ' " theMarines have MGO s'Iu,adronswhicbset u p similar exercises for Marine Re-servrs ts . With GCA un115 based onmost Reserve lIir statious, Reserve pilots.alse get plenty o f chance to pr3 ,c_ ticeGCA !a n dings .Ttal11ing fOI enlisted Re~e[vists hitstightened up with a . gbod balanc.t be-tween classroom instruction and prac

AI l . C I - $ . Alamitos Cdr . Briant , AmV ets " P , Smith, J. H all, F .Langford and men load plane with food for Hopi Indians

r i ~ - :; tl exper i _ence gained en thejob.During the past year, stress has been

l~id on obtaining the rnaximura IJ~C ofthe 30 rnlllion dollars worth of equip-ment- and training devke$ a~signt'd toReserve uni ts from war surplus pooh.Special training courses for SAD sta-tlonkeepees w e r e so t up at Atlart ts ;lIlQNorfo lk .The " j l > t phil:;C" of naval aviationwas the f o C 1 J ~ of much inrerc,


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Dallos E. M. Club 'Jlxers'-Campbell, Matthews, Gilbert,artist Henderson; Moregan . Hamilrorr, Wibon, Parks, 'Turner Berm u d a is Iaverite destina tion fo r VI > tL'LlOlflg flights---here a .group from Anacestia get set to take a bicycle tourair shows as part of regular rralnll'lg,Enlisted men have dt'voted their ownjime: to building fiollts for civic I arades,pen houses and anniversary celebra-ti on .. wen: held at Reserve' station~. pe cial receptions Wert given to big~chool students. Boy Scouts und AIr ow ls held l'flCampmmts a nd . r ec eiv edinstrur ion at Reserve stations, Mode l

,(jrplane meets were held.In lora! emergencies, Reservists pro-vided orLThtand;n,g assistance, Duringthe Texas City disaster, th e Septemberand October hurricanes, the Ohio andM iss iss ippi floo d s . and the New Eng-land orest 6rt's, for example, the Re-crvcs rendered real service, Bying insupplies and medical personnel, and of-(ering shelter to the homeless. om-rnonicarion personnel helped keep thetines open. "Merry fljgnts" are a regu-lar Ieatuee of such community .service.Searches fOJ lost or downed planesare almost rcurine. Medica l perscnnelhave saved lTh'IDy civilian lives after .aircrashes or in other emergencies.T he-re a re only ,1 fe w o f the many

At Bemidji, A. Pau lson , R. Juhansonlo ad ~ TBM w ith wl\rerllll.~d bomb s

exam ples o f 'as s is tance that is regu la rlygi en by Reservists. They account forthe saying thilt is often heard amongivjlians-"the N:lV(l1Air Reserve is notonly bur second line of defense in raseof national emergen y, il is our ruslline of help in Iocal emergencie .'

****'*Air Reserve Leaders

N AS ,-Ik-ro>:l C i > - I ' t . E. In n . W 1 0 1 : 7 . . " l i " ' ".J VUI it) P"""-~vj" Ll. 0 < 1 1 . ' . A.. w. \.1 nd-""p, coA.VU ~ll"",a"otT"~I.f., 0([,'. W. E. t'l."gan.CO~V.'ls N,'m n"k--(:apt. II. N. l(iv,.!te. 1)(11 C(!r,V. W, UtlwJ,.elc, ,' l' . I ':"."c,

.11'11( I) N'!H r'ml"-Lt, C.11, R. N . .Dllbhln .., flA \7(](AI rsur(ul-l.t. cr-, V. A. Zu",."lIll

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A "Ufclj N"no- Ir. W. ll. 1,n\llJI. 00AVUI ) f'T,.>l1I Lt. Cdr. G, Jr. Mn1-..hel l". 00.A VU(A I MQIII,,,


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Don't K ill Your Friend!sTh~ pilot or nn !ill( checked hi~ instru-

,M ilt .1f.W !W > before !iI-o.ff and th~)' pres en red n or mu l Jn d i i'l ;l tj,)n ~ . D u rl ngrhe eu u -IJp prior to r"I"tld I h 3 J C b )l lp le tt .' < :/" tw o "w 't'l :, k ira in in g I: r o is e j\~ NAS St.t.ems, un 31 M arst lJu!ur 8 ! l umbou~rlimu"h ln di .a o.a :p oJi s iln d (10 to St, tm1i"ll,

TJw weatlt.er Wa..\ relatively som d ...1 1 ,t i!,nglfie IOUE.I"until we got .1 ust ea~t of Effingll :ln~1HI" wherc l d"c!gcil 0010 qr !'Wn r : w n sql.l:t.lIs.A i l " , WI; plI:m:-d E ffingh~ ro . I $tnted " 1 " 0 flyb y m r m'~p ~nd $tared nQrth of lh, h,gbw~)1'.We "5lill h t! d p len ty of reilfllg. hu t 1111.'vrsT-b i l ily '..ms del~ f lying a (1]l1!~C of245 d~ gree, at a ,,U 1.1 pn,;bab Iy b l." ~{Ift J u ~ t;(J h~


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I.hilI I ~1t" " hs tnU I inn (ha l I, wa ~ W.I rned'lgams! C(llls1~tcd nr It 4011 n r"d,() !,IWereast o r tIll' hehl, When the plJn~ wa s Sitss~tIIhe nbaJay. it W(I rern a H llng In I e i G ' l t11I,r1k The rillh! t. .nk W;1.! l"m.pt)'

Here is my qllestion' \Xlhlll did I < I t !wrung IhM fil.U"S?d rue tH b e 1 1Y I'I 'I j,\ overSpringfJd d, 111.. ,:I( alsht wir h ~lbuUt 10rn jn "I" ~. o f t;~ l" Ildl) W,'~ I wiling in leav-mg C .d Ulllh u s L '~ late o s' .1 Lt,d! Should I1 I '1 o ~ 1 ll ;I .I " un (o,llltngt~~y [ ' ' I 1 1 < i i n , g ' b~C\in-- ilt :IJI d" rk~ .Re'f'edJull~ )'51...Leuis thai lase in (he day wilb l ;nlu:gma.1",'calhe,. en route. Also, ..,~ you rna)' hay ..noticed, Lhe.dea:rlu:t~e "'.,. ' mad", OUf on, rhebl'l'i~ 0'( (h" 1"50(1 Weathel:' sequence so ti'l!;niQI'1TI:>tion thnt was given )'OU w,",uld beclose to fOil)' hoUl'~ 01d ,b y dicri(mce man,/, ) ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' " ago jm1 how scared.1 fellow clIn get when b~ watches the g~50.Iine indimtor 'OIpproncb the zero mark and0:."10 '1 lind a place to II1"d at night. I'msure ) ,(lU WOJl'~ get caught l ike this again'1"d .lei'8 hope that ),OLLr .stocy deters a [ew!>th~,", from D1~king lhi~ mistake,Heads Up, Please.A 8 1 ' . ; [ " ' 1 ' (,f VHF IH II 'ls WN" t~'nifigt iT re ., F I )P '~ in du,~ {Ql1nMi'!lI. " ,11< ;' (1he [ ,d

I.-rwlng nccideru occurre J!'I 'll!: It'.ld I ,H ut hnd ,:xl'"denceJ eomplered~t'tr:i. ,1.1f'lflun: und h~d i!l~r turned thek_1d """0:1 LV th o; : p il L.t III the nu mber tw"p l l l l l < : - it- I h~ f '>rm~r )e:i:tl"r C:II~~J 'int'; p o s i -t i'l n 1m til ~ star boa rd ~dl.' he UI:lliC(V ~d rhatbu Ilt ti le ill',," I!!'Jdl,t " ,n il the pilu t u f thelliird ,'61- wu~ J,uuking J,lwn .in the cockpits o( their planes wlueh w~re c{).ov~rgillg:It lin IllIg!!: or IW!l (Ii' l !t ru e t k, g: tt !e s .Thel-' appellted tu bi! ,tudyjlll{ (hHt!; "fm:cu pled in ,~COJllC woy WIth 50mellllng ins ide-Lh...ir rL1.neS. Srnn : 'his Nd i" w a~ de~d 11!:bltd nil w~y nf wHTfll i lg tbem. The wUj~iunllITurred a f~w ,'''~ jlot vil ,l~nl bu t th~ prup ";!,It thwul lhthe lea.! pl,[ne afL d! t iw, cnd('~h, 5he~Ill)goflthe tall s c ; > C H o n .O ne pilllt V Ia!> killed sn u [,he (1IJIeJ: haJ!edout iLnd 'was ~edoll~ly lnil,lred when be "1Mhlnwn fuee first i.nto IItree "" he approachedthe jtiX Iu nd in h;~ parn ch.u te.a~,~.. Gl',(J.ttlpaw Pe.ttibOlle $a:yJ: d~l An un1t1l1u"a~e. C3&~ "n onewhieh ~hould tt>ll""r haY1 lin the runway, spun nrounc] , andstopped i~h{jUi aou (1q:ret" ,'" Irs iniU,rIh~d ing:. M ,ORAL; DoN 'T G.El' TOOCLO SE TO run PLAN" LA~INGAHEAD.A W,o:rd To The WiseA eherk LO( lnCUlUIDg Alrrnlft Accldenr

l{~pods in~i,~il'S thilt 11).111Y tlu"j,ks' areIII X in wbn :'! iu ing:th< ls l." reports w ithin thepf\lP~t (111"1e! rmw,. The AAR :;:ho~ ld he lmi t .> w a y tu rhe Nn ...y Dl:'ponrtmt'nl within IIIcia) ', \lIter tlw a~cjdel'll. If tile . f m " t . ' 5 r i g < l . 1 innrequi rc~- R ,gft"J (,t't" I'n8t1, llf tim!.'.. Il prl:-Jimim,ry Af,R w \ . " , . r l l ! : . ,ttl kD15Wrt d~ilii,lsmmt he sllhmiued wltbin 10 day;. hl~kuc[jnns ~JntRiIJeJ i[] A.CL'" 1194':;'- 11346 w:ld36-48 J em ltn .\ J )r Dr ]'l ot "tnnlian.It 1s ~n tile 'n,d,,~,;ltage of the (,Ilti r~ [tern

mwLic",I / l rgHni .~: ""thm l!lal rj;O!J;c [t'pnrJ:l; b"~~,bmiut 'd t'I1)[1lptl), .ond :l('Cutnteir. If th,si~a CCI)mp1is!wd' . th~ CO'golYal' lt nffio;:ers in (bEOffice (li N av al O pl:r.:lfi(ln . !m .J B llreau . , fAerr)M);ltia; 0\11, t~k.. op~kpjt ~llW th~t ;I crew.man hijd his hand OeaI Ibe wing stull and

~b'i!Jgh! Ilhl! it W~I" ([I lbrngt'r r-f hl'"i'!f:au shed ,[ t.he ".igs were spread lust then,H e r cu d llli .! ~Iut o f til" ~[llJ..),il with hisle.ft I",,,d 't" ,~igTi.d (lOr an " lllrrJW r1l} Slot! "> .Jus t ~t r h u t t 1 1 1 1e, Il w w ing was u n locked.rrul swung duwn, 'rile ,.t!gr: , . o r rll~ fhp,jO ! ru (k the palm o f the l'i.llll s J,1~n,1. dr[vl.lJgh i.. e lb ow h~(k 'lsaif[~1 Iire c(ldtpil enclosureaDd h i& wri~t sns [ ' ) " \ e d ,~ ,G rarrrpafl' Pnlibof!t, $ " ' 1 ' 1 ,~;;,j: Ou.eh! Sol'I'Y you got dippedwnile you ..'ere trying ~kecp scmeone, else,from g{'tting hurt. '(QUt injw)' should.serve ns Olll'nrilillg 10 other P6F pilots 10follow the directions in tbe Hnndbeek i'IJlQkeep their flippers i nS ld ll " I he ceckph whenlb." ....jng;'! are b~jng unfolded.They Won." Run Sans GasThe pihJt o f at'] S8JC~~ took of f froJTlAberdeen. South Dakota for NASMINNFAPOL15 with enough fuel in hi splane for an estimated 1V 1 hours ofBight. The distance to lie covered wasabout 26< j miles. Arter fifty rrunutes inthe air the pi lot d i liC Qller ed th at b e hll.ddrifted 50U:th of Lis intended course,.. nd attempted to rheek his position onthe Minneapolis r.ange. He was sul Iquite some distance from the stat ionand all he could pitk up was ~tnlic. Hehad been flying at 8000 feet fwd 185knots, bu~ at this time ,h e deciJed to getdown low tn the hopes of ~otting thename tit :I town or edt)' o n ;1 water-tower, o r some similar ma.rklnej.j.Becau se he w as at su rb a low altitu dehe flltled to ' lice anyone of Four airfieldswithin a radius or 10 miles o r his posi-t ion. An hou r and twenty minutes afle(

ta k;e~ off, his fu el was I !Xh: l. l .Is~.d and hemad( ! a wheels "up landiL1g on a smoothplowed field.~ GT


12/44

F I R S T J E T S Q U A D R O N O N T H E e V l S A I P A NT 1'l E NAVY end ed a ll dQu b t thatsq u ad ro ns o f jet planes couldoperate off aircraft carriers by stagihl!.J demonstratrcu aboard the CVL S l 1 i P t 1 / 1an 0 May. On that day 16 [ers fromVF-li-A. the N'IVy'S first jet squadron.became the nrst such unit to opeIat'e of{;l llalwp.When jets joined the Navy, somedoubters said they would require tooIQng :t deck run. Others predicted theiery jet exhau st wou ld burn crewmennnd damage planes parked ncar them.Udale several d ozen of the nation'slead mg av iatio n w riters and cam eram en ,the (I;P.1tJ and \tV"17-iI gave jets a thor-o ugh tesl and they passed without ,.black mark,The Nav}' knew jets had rome ro stayhen the first PHl Phantom landed andfkw o f f the S FUl1lelhl D. Roose-1 ' 1 : 1 1 ill August 1946. Som aviationexperts weren't so sure they were pr;t .tical for r nr ri er s, c sp cc ia H y smaller ones.Las t At,61 tw o T o )-1Flml!J la nd ed llb oa rdthe Boxer On theWest Coast and oneof them made thef ir~ t jet ca tapu lt take-off from acarrier.It remained forthe: .U/),lll demon-srranon to d ispel anydoubts that j e t S . not only could operateh :l quanlily Jrom a fligbt d erek b ut co uldd o it ju s t" ea s ily a s anypropelleredplane. Following are same o f the pre-dictions made by SOme Navy and civ il-i~n aviution leaders about jet operations.and w hat the N~ vy es ta bJis hed b y theV1'-17'.A tests:

SPeCTACULAR PHOTO SHOWS PHANTOM LEAVING DECK AFT5Jt CATAPULTING; HELICOPTER ON LU Texpected to be a d'11lgeruu! maneuver, butit wasn't. A number ",f 'I'Iov'C,-()lh W'-'I(: ,glvl'll~nd rile jets ck~red [he .o J InP with as muchl ecw) 'l f s s the "to-peekers" an d {flf/k.lri thatla nd ed a bo ard lilt S"it'd}1 niter U ,e- il:t~ hn dl < ! f t .Acti.lIlII),. fewer wave-n were given theic~ (hUll HIlt others, possibly becaus \'i~i

bIli!}' from the pilot's cockpit is better.2 lit; ll'ill hili e Iv la!1d filit Uflt! Tn"POdl bff'.:i/W oj r;;,[idI1


13/44

I~I lrmn. Ih, "1J't','rtifl~ uar , ~y \Isins :< ! SOrt'If gaff Slit", S . ' I / J / { / 1 deek IULfl Ll~arj!J the[ets just


14/44

TWO PHOtO H(I!.TCHE5 AND eSCAPE HATCH ON Bn~Y OF Vi'-Ml-4 P~V USED FOR !'lcTUIIE TAKING

N a v y C a m e r a s O v e r A la s k aS IX NAV)" NepM1 1 t! aircraft frOlll VP-ML-I arc making " I I . summer-Iongaerial mapping sruNey o f 3 0,0 00 sq u:'.trcmiles 0 southeastern Alaska in coopem-tion with the Department of Interiorand other ~overnment llgendes. r t willbe the fi rst cemprehensive photog raph ICsurvey of the area since two Navy-In-terior expeditions. flying Loeniog am-phibians , m apped 13,000 s

tion of Cuba's coastline. They wereHewn b y it. (jg) Herbert W. Taylorand C. H. Schlldhauer. now retired.


15/44

NAVAl.A ir Trl1Mporl Service, t h . : - :dr.. IlRl' with the b e! il ~ : lf et y n:rord o rU I l Y commercial or military air :J(jj\ i l , } , .r.se .. in to hi.~I~)I)on 1 J u ne w hen 40pem:''11l of ][.~pcr~onnd and planes werehl[li~ over La rontrol of the Air Force.Under tht' merger ?IJn I1dorred [ort he s er v ic es , the new Milita ry Air Trans .pnrt Serv ice utilires these men an dptlal1es, still in Navy u nifo rms and Navyplanes, to serve routes formed,' flown by

NATS. The Navy rdllill$ 60 rt:'rt:enl o flh.t' men M1d rJune~of NATS bu t o j)'crates them as the Flees L0t:i~ti, SupportWinp. Wt'eks of indecision and rumnriu the N avy str.lmporl ;til ' a rm fo llo w edthf'offidal nnnocncerncnt that the divi -sit'll' o f N A 1"5 was goi I1g LInaugh.The transfer of men and planes W3"made after the Congressional A if PolicyB lJllcd and other~asscrteJ the movewould save' money and bring about bet-le r servi ..e to U1i1itary travelers. MATSIS headed by Ma]. Gen. Laurence S.Kuter and operatt 'S under the Air Force,witb Rear Adrn, John P. Whililey .Klingas V ice Commander, Tw o depu Jy co rn-rnanders, both major .geoeral~~ dlrejt!1 lieadqcarters atHickam Field, Honolulu.WIth the derrnse of Naval Air Trans-

port Service, ~'!~Te IS tn(:' W;LY its 1])(:,11.j')lanes ,Iud routes have been red is-l ributecl:I. JRM M.w, s~lI.plune!i (unt'ITUCC tu ht-

[1(I\\"[I t" ! -1. lwn;; b y rh e- N iL W '~ F JtO C Lt.('gi~fiet\ve duty c:;'Jl be . 1cce l~ t edwithout taldng th e Indortrination HightI ra in lng co urse. w hile 11111'..11 aviators nn

inactive duty C 1 ! f \ come back by p a s s i l l , ! ' :II refreshercourse.In. tbe cotkge program, each officerappointed wilJ attend 1 1 1 1 lndoctri rmrioncou r se o r one to fou r m cn tb s , then takeHIght training. He muse agree to servetwo years alter completion . The firs tgro up o f a ppcinrees will go to Pensa-cola about 1 July. After two years t O I . .1service they can request retention in

USN.Any R es er ve officer a p pom te d , r eg a rd -1('.% of previous rank or daf t of rank,will be an Ensi!;ln with ': I new date ofrank. 1 - : 1 is prev ious service will ceuruonly for pay and longevity henefits, Ap-plicants must be between 19 aoJ l~years o r l i l . g e _N RO TC stu den ts Su bm it :lrrlimtiGn~vi a their professors o r Naval Snt:Jll:.e.Reserves on : u : r ive ,'Juty through theirCO's, AU Other5 apply La n ea res t O tiic eo f Na 1'0.1Offi re r Procu Iemen{.nava j airstation or reserve naval lilt _~tation.Private Airplane,s Vis it N .ASWhid'by Ente,tains 200 MembersNAS WHIDBYbLANn-This station,home of $l.Idl big naval aircraft usp:.lV-is. pa4~-2'S aad h l ( ; l ' i l l C i ' r . r , saws or ne ~ tr lln ge Sight:; recently when 58

PW!~S beJ.onging (0 the Ail',tra{t 01\10-ers and Pilots A~so~iadQo made theirannual breakf1l.st .Bi8ht for a visit.The - p ri va te planes r4.ogcd from Ctt/"Ito Spake ! ! .J , T hey b l'o u.,g)Jt 200 pilots. lOd pissengers Fo ; lu nch and afternoon

U NU O F P.RIV IIT E ! 'lAN ES ON WHIDBY 'S MAQH

demonstrat ions llihich im lu u .ed a mocknash an d find i_ ghtin g d rill. lo st planedriJl. al1d 11 GCA Il.ppro[tcb duringwhich a ll 'o ra .n sm is si on sc between planeMd GC""..Awt're r(toJ:0apCll$t over tho:station ~1ubJit a dd re s: s s ys tem,NAS SI'A1']"Lil coopenl.Hld in t~ki[]gHF bearing.s on the lost t'llIn~, ena-blrng the tower su! 'erv isor to 6 )( thet'0~i!ionof the aircraft b y plotting inb e . . ' 1 . . t i n g l ' surpJ i , c J b y b o t h st.iliQI1~,D u rin~ the v is it, shop and aIl l"( \Fwere m:tdc: available by PASRnN-l1.!fo r in spectio n und the $[;l.tio.n madeavailable th e operational Ai _g li t r ra i n erand Links . Amol\_g the v is ito rs w erea number of Canlldil!!l planes whtchcleared C1JstQl1lS at .Hdli:n~hJl.m,


19/44

, ( / ; / I I2TIfFRE I WAS...,. ;:::.-__h~~,~ r~, \\ " ! . . . . . . And the1l he had the n.ctvc .tu ghe MIT 11I \'.{.duwn"! rfTER SflllM\\'.AV. LT. CD"!!.: . BAGR, BJlgain. Sflmeh!,)w ii J th~

!wCllty ~ec"nds that lu!;J passed berween themessages, the h~l1.t bad. deubted: nor a dl)'S;p(,t could be ("!lod on rhe swt"atillg. excitede l } . !l i n . .I . ! e t J . , Bdge l' . Ofl~ mile, dosi I1S" I BOo:, E.u::h

of the' mel] below tbQuglI1 of fll"king it mad,lasb ror the ladd"e:r: .then thought better of ,1bdt,rt any\lflt moved - a muscle. N't;I'nin_g b.do but. wr~aclt he d .! l'l n dope,'"B()gey Three 11'11IL\W,L b id over ill Peat! H .arb~,.rf" r CO l!r JnllntJ~s for rtprurs in 19 '< 1-4. r" ad d ~cllJcd tD n ! tell d Com "lUlU ell rJlln' c il o o IfIn rWI' ''I'ce!c; :It W.,iF'.iu B:1.'~. A $ . t i l ! : ' f ! . 'wns l1n ly W i" otller "ffi~~l'in IT!}' dlUl>, wegot t , . IIIIkilll; .hout tll~ ,:l.oPanllc [healer., " ' n e t e ! h!,d nor h!,~n,

We 5nnlll' ,go!;n;und {n t:lJ.kfn~ ~bH mr.td io re(e~Llon ou t there !1nd J \ ( ! ' nJ'4lt.UJn~dtn.oll S'itl _FrM~i.~t" c" l1ld he r e > : i C i v l ' O pretry~ll:'llr. in in.r In ' ~t1Lkd thaL he lw u listenedtil d te l '~.!;t worM ""ri,e~ u n lli.1t ft""J\l~ncylin Ib~ ' waf rock t(1 p (''a ll H , ,! '! w r,

H ~ w~m nTl to ~ny ihey hC:l! rd ~ r;u r n f ine

1.1\'t' game~, I asked him how be i1apptnt'dto miss one, He puu s ed and thought fur" \Vb.ilt, :l. bi l fLll~tt~Itt!, then replied:'"Oil, tJr - : t . t was the da y w" were (:f,',;~ IIlg

the i(lcecn~tioD!l1 dateline-e-we It),';! " day."It to ok m~ a who le dn y tv 1\')111,(, ~IP u nd

real tze how he ha d pulled my !~g:.Lt. (!g} D. a, BoeuoR:l~Div \F2.1., ]olj~t. III

The Last Word11'HAPl'HlllU ,~tNAS CO[{l'l.l~.CHJllS1"I, o n e~,r:uiQll l 1a d lind J.Il epnlcrnu flf Pll~l ~Hk-ingl t:lght inside tnt: breakwuter b ~ tI IU ~ !.' ( ,[im pro -ptl d ea wn(


20/44

MAR l

ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT QUANTICO AIR TECHNICAL SCHOOL 00 T~OUBLE $HOOTINc; ON f7f

THE MARINES are operating It tech-nical trainmg school at Quanticothat i a little different f rom the a erngel U l l .ln the firs t- place, m os t aviation tech-nitll] tramucLg sdroo l s have C l u l y enlistedmen. 111 is on e is at least ha l f off icers.It d oes no t try to m ake specia lis ts o utof its s tu dents : it tries to do lu st theoPl'ositf'----'givt; them a broad course,Its students aren't sent to school, theyask to go . Sinn' it' a "post _,graduate"type of chool whose students ha eplenty 0 experience in the field, it hasto make it:; own textbooks on the spot.f ou r c ou r se sa re offered in the MarineCorps Aviat ioll T ec bn ic al S c: h0 6 ~ i ts o f fi -cial name. They co ver engineering, ord-nance, naval supp ly and -accounting, nndparaclmte rigging. TI1(:school occupiesthe [-o r rncr A& R -shop a. t the so u th endof the platter-shaped aIrf ield. Its s tu -dents make good USt' of the excellent.equipment and rnaohinery left whenthey (Iuit repairing airplanes On < 'I larges ale.In keeping With its "post graduate"type of lTaining, the school give' itsstudents practical work on operasiona!airplanes-c-not o ld dunks that are war-wearies, but, planes from AES'12 acrossthe field. Squadron pilo ts b rea the d ow nthe engineering students' necks :is theytear d own and r ea ss em ble o r r epa ir theirplanes. Tomorrow the squad [on will beflying tho e same planes and that factdoes wonders in impressing on tudentsthe importance of dOlrlg their jobs right.They work on F4t,l-4' , Ftf'S and lat twill ~et FH'l jets.Let' luke a look at the courses Ma-ntle' officers and enlisted men in [he firstthree plly g Nld e.~ can vol unteer forProbably the moSt: unusual is the naval18

supply and accounting course, headed by.apr, 1'. StepllnuK. Prospective squad.ron commanders and material officerst:spec-iallyare interested in this one be-ause it prepares them for tJ1C knottyproblems they will m eet W hen they takeover squadron duties. Eight, Marinea vi;lto rs ar e among the s md eats in the-presen ! clas s , tra in ing to be materielofficers. The 22weck course teaches-them the paper work of running ,squadron, bow to order $upplies andkeep books, They learn to typewrite 30words a minute, how to prepare requisi-tions. They have to know how the av ysupr.ly . :. )' s tem f un c ti o n s , ItS well as theM:umcs.The syllabus of the school includesthese s u b je cts : organization an d ad -min islrution of naval $upply, materia lldenti fieation, classi f icat ion and allow-ance' material procu remen t . purch.as-ing,material re eipt and expenditure, t0ck

records and inventory control. custody,stowage and .hipments, at e ~lll an dreports, and c;amp construction ancmaintenance,E nlr sted ,g ra du ate s o r th e ceurse 4tCqualified for squadron material chief or&'10Up supp ly duties, The- p re s en t schoolhas 10 offieers "lind frye enlisted men,Courses are stiff, bu t the stLtd(;llt~ comeout o r th em re ady to hand le the impo r-tant job of keeping paperwork moving.THE OR.DN.ANc:E (OUISe u nd er M aj,H. R. Jordan has among its students12 officer-pilots wbo have h"-~ son~eexpcrimce as ordnance offi .ers 11 1 theirS


21/44

W IN TE R G IV f,S L ASSE S E )tP EIlI EN CSdo all their work in the open, whetherthe weather be fair or foul.The 001y course in which off icers donot volunteer as students is that forparndlUte riggers. Eighteen enlistedmen are taking the IS-week course atpresent, They learn to take care o f servoice chutes, cargo drop chutes. me rafts,and Mae Wests. They even learn aboutweight and balance in aircraft and whyIt is so important togr:t the transportplane cargo, stowed correctly so it canbe dropped yia mute ro ground forces,The rigger may someday be helpingload the plane and drop the supplies.The men also are taught how to instructpilots and s q u a d ro n personnel in careand use of chutes.Just to keep their train1ng pcadica1.tht: riggers have to make two Jumps inchutes wllid, they themselves packed,one taric line and one free fall, Theyhave to help pack 100 chutes. palik 100under supervi ion and 10 without beforethey graduate. Sectjon officer of thiscourse i. Lt. J . M. Sleghr,

PVT. SWIfT. SGT. BUSS 0 0 F IEiD WiltiNG JOBTJ\RGEST of the four courses InL MeATS I the engineering branch.Instead. of specializing in propellers,hyd rau lics o r carburetor, the 18 officers :and 24 enlisted men get :I. 735houxcourse that covers everything in thebook. Because it is above the level ofother training they have had, MeATS'training facilities department und e rCapt. John C. Curd has the job of mak-ing u p texbooks for tbe class f rom allavailable publications an hard. Theyrepresent a composite of the best ma-terial from many SOUrces in the school'slibrary, to make the information easierto ' get.During their six-months course, stu-dents get everything from structures andaerodynamic 'S to o;xygen systems, with70 hours of field problems thrown injust to keep things practical, Jet enginesas well a s Iccipr>Otal are covered. In-structors go to F acto ry schools to getthe latest word to pass O tt to students.Officer in charge of MCATS I S ItCol. John W. Sapp. J r . a veteran of the

. .CAPT. CURD, MEN CHANGE AN ENGINE IN FIELDSolomons and Bougainville air cam -paigns. He was CO of VMT('IH.t in1942, th e first quadran to drop aerialmines in the South Pacific, Bis assistantis U. Col. John F. Kinney, engineeringofficer of the famed Marine fightersquadron 00Wake island when the japscaptured it. He ....1lS a prisoner of waxuntil 1945 when he escaped in China,Training officer is Major 1'. G. Bran-Ieewe.The schoo l started after I:hewar withthe closure of the A&R shop. butwa dosed for six months in 1947while course were revamped. The firstclass to graduate after that was lastSeptember.Instruction in the school is intendedto provide key personneJ with broad,practical Rod tecbnicaj knowledge withinthe fields. The Level of mstruction ishigh, and entrance requirements areexacting. Oolf non-commissioned offi-cers in the first three pa y grades who ar especially recommended and of outstand-ing ability are elected as students,

SG t. JA 1i.P II G RA "E F EXPt"'INS ! fIRE CO NTRO L SY STEM S TO O RO ,NANCEMEN MARINE C" lERPILl'AR CLUB PH OTOS 'LOO I( D OWN ON PARACHUTE RIGG'US

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22/44

Ditching a Neptune

Rescued and rescuer pose fo r a picture: f ron l row, Delli-Gatti, Thur ton; seaad-lltg, Dahl, Dudley. Rouzer, pilot of P~V-2; Morrison, vx-, rescue pilot, an d Fagan

SUltvJVAL and aitching techniquesused to save lives o f Eve membersf VP-ML-7 when their P2\'-2 lost itspower at 12,0 0 feet over the Atlanticocean should prove valuable to othermulei-engine pilots. None of the menwas in ju red w ben the plane wa-s ditchedat sea- 'utferlng only slightly fromexposure to th e it y w arer , they wererescued in three and a half hou rs b ythe rommerrial liner ltI:.'d,rhmg/fJlI. Theyput in 1 1 co u ple o f bad hours, however .after a small ship near wh ich Uwyditched sailed on without seeing themil l the da rk .With Lt. Harvey I - - L Rou zer al thecontrols, the' I l !plmlf i ' was returning toQu onset Po in t o n 23 April from 1\found trip navigatien tlight to Bermuda ,t\r 1825 and 10(:)miles from Quonset,the s tarboa rd engine mani fold pressu redropped and enpine oil pressure wentgradually to zero. The fuel Ilowmeteralso Jropped 2110 p0und, A minutelatN the po rt engine went thro u gh thesame sequence ofevenfs.6:dreme' vibrnlinn occurred m bothengines and ~ gFll ) 1 Lt. Ctir. Dahl.About lIOD the- red masthead li,ght> ofu ship, the 1 I " / l 1 1 b i l l g / [ l 1 1 . were seen0 0 . the ho rizon . A re d ha n I ignal f larew as ign ited btU the sll ip d id no\ see it.On arrival of the search planes anotherf lare was Ii red and seen by bo th plan ess ir nu l n n co u s ly .m ake I ight~ and flares w ere d toppedby the plane. and the ship was directed10 the scene by Morr i son . At 220U. thehip d .rop_ red a jacob 's ladder over theside and all survivors were taken aboardThe sq u ad ron recommended after"ward' that P2V ditchhlg bills be revi edto place everyone fo rwar< l of he wl01 c".rl-t:ie'!!'I!h li;ml R~"mI"~()at Handll ng;MG.illll~ Sl{{n


23/44

G O L D E N G A T E R SF L Y A T O A K L A N DS ~NY California nev r looked. sun-n~erban when the


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Captdin Ma cC oms cy c on gr atu la te s 'dI. Randa l l at Renocommissioning. Gen. Merrick and Unit members look onTHE STATtON at O akland i no"Jo lmny ,Co lDc: - I : a te ly " to the NavalAi .r ;: R e se rv e netw o rk. W ay back in1927 , it was commiss ioned S5 a Nava lAir Reserve Base . Except fo r a fo u r-year period during the war (1942.1946) when NATS operated the baseas a term ina l, it has remained ill the:NAR chain,It i notable that many o f the per-sonnel aboard today were among thosewho beJpedbu i ld u p the tatl{ l1,'1 anddevelop the Reserve progmm in theu rea . TIle execu tiv e o fficer, C dr. G eo rs t'V. Walker, for example, began hj5career there a s a Reserve s tu den t "O ff icerin 1929 and retu rned in 1940 to pu tin a fo u r year per io d , en d ing as execu-tive off icer.Five of the presenl station officers , Lt.dr, E. w .. Smith. Lt. Joseph Telchera,Lt. (jg) Andrew Berrotti, Lt. (jg) Wal-lace Griffin and Lt. Frank Lopez wereenlisted men at the o ld NARB.Lt. Lopez, in fact, then a seamanseco nd class , w as one o f the three en-listed men a nd tw o .o ff icers a bo ard Whenthe s tatio n w as firs t commiss io ned . H etells the fo llow Ing s to ry , w n i c : h wel lillustrates the firm (ollndation uponwhich the present strucrure rest: ..In1 9 3 2 two en li: ted m en w ere m ain ta in -ing all 18 alrcraft assigned to the sta-tion. B y 1939, when the administra-

tion hanga r was bui lt , the 6 5 station-keepers then aboard donated their d a . y soffand' worked after dl.l~yhours to bui ldu - p th e s ta ti o n :'Under the fine lead ership o f the com-m an din g o fficer, C apta in Henry F . :M ilc-Cornsey, Naval Academy graduate ofthe class of '22 and formerly skipperof the Leyte, today's station personnel,comprising 3., officer and 421. enlistedmen and w om en , are still puttiug forththeir bes t effQ rts to m ake a ru s t -clas sp rogram.Stationkeepers, J. C. Gibson, AMC;Alithw Leslie, A D : 2 ttn),i A. jehnson,AM;?, (o r example, recently invented atire b elled .b rea kin g m achin e that does intwo minutes wo rk tha t u sed to take 20minutes tQ complete. Similady FredCline, ADl, is dev i s ing -a section on jetengines to give that "extra omethiag"to the- routine AD course.During Capt. M;1 {Co r n. ~ ey 's p r e-w a rt ou r 01 duty as CO of tile Naval ReserveAvjationBast at Chicago , that unit wasawarded the. Conway twpny roJ' mO$tefficient operations,MR 1 1 ' < ' " E ' S are co o tribu ring much toth e R es er ve program. The MarineAir Detachment, headed b y Lr. Col.M ilo G . H aines , with Capt. D an O .Jones as exec, boasts that Marine Or-ganiZG8 Reserve s t juadron., VMF-l4-l, has

Bool chss....-C. D. Grubbs 1>01 teaches seamanship fo'SR's R.E. West. W. J. Andrade, J. B. Hayes, G. S. Horwirt, S. Gmy

VA~61-A pi lots . . E : . Conne r , E. Belllzio, R. GlllLmot:e , J .Monaghan, F. Brunner relax in ready room befo re flights10Q% complement , Furthermore .itoperates as a self -suf f icient u nit w itho uta pp re .ci ab le h elp on drill d ay s from the35 Marine s ta tio nk ee pe r p er so nn el.In addition to the 57 omcees and UJ4men in the Organized Reserve, theMarines are justly proud of the factthat they have t47 officers in the Volun-teer Reserve.

OAKLAND la im s m any outstanding"firsts" among Reserve units. JIlFebruary 1947, 175 officers and menreported aboard for the Brst active duty"cruise" to be held at any station with-in the Naval Air Reserve Trainingornmand,In J u l y , VR-M and VR-6S chalked u p as im ilar reco rd as the first two Reservetransport squadrons to hold a regular

erui e in cooperation with NATS, oper.aring as a c om plete ly s elf -s u sta ln in gunit. Reporting to Moffett Field forthis duty, they su ccessfu lly m ain ta in eda M oH ett Field-Los AJami to s -San Diegoschedule ror two weeks.O akland a lso has the o n ly O rgan izedR es er ve p ho to gr ap hi c unit to be au tho r -ized o n the West Coast. In fact VPP'Slis one of th e two pho tographic u nits inthe Ai r Reserve.THIS station also claims the only Or-ganized Re ervist to hold the rank

Oakland O. .R.'s study gun installation in F4-U-W. ReegerAOU] , E . Kliegl 0 '10.11. J . Howe l l AOU2 , J . Williams AOU J


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E,ns ,. R. \W oo d flies- his own plane fromhis farm so miles a.wa.y to attend drillo f captain, H e. is Capt, Albert .Boles,flight surgeon, attached to CVG-97, with31 yea.rs of naval Service behind him.A special feature at Oakland is theWHl:;l1l1.1 "boot" classroom which ha sbeen set up in the aviarion technicaltrainiog build.ing, Complete with ship'sb ell, d ocks and rope designs, th is . r oomhas II definitely nautical tone. It was"rigged up" b y G, A. Lavoie, Wol!,andC. D. Grubbs, ADJ, boot ins ln Jctors.St,alion personnel are proud of theirweekly jta[?er, the G o I . r 1 u l I Gater. 11 1ispublication has been meeting deadlinesfor 17 years and has appeared in everyfo rm . from a slick magazine to a r nir neo -graphed sheet.A great dea,lof interest in the ]uo+gram is being shown by W,WES. Rightnow they are in the process 0 f takingover certain billets as assodared volun-teers in a pay status.,Tw o separate urnts ais :o. operate atNAS OaKL.AND. GCA unit #19, withtwo ol'lke rs und 14 men, all USN, hashandJea over 5,000 $lltisfactP.ry ap-proaches. This unit f'Ieqllently assists illbringillg i n commerc ia l a ir li o (; 'I ;s ,< I .swell

: J ; S every type 01 lnodand seaplane iQ -clud!ng the giant Mat;, A small groupof N ATS personnel are also based atOakland ttl assist Jn lo ad lo g and UfI,-lo~din.g the NATS hospital planes.Reser'i'ists at Oakland, as at all sta-

Training cruise rwescme-s-husband W,F. Beatty ADl and wife D. Bqatty Ab2NA5 Oakland Rese:rve SquadronsFASRon-66 Cdr, c. F'efguaotl, co; !.t.OOr. J(,. T. GoMilon, Bxee,FAS!lan-166 Cd . G~ M, Dixon. CO; Lt. J.R. Mno1.1n, EJte~.

Cd", O. O. C"lhoUjl, CO: Lt.Cd,.. S'_Qna. Eh,';c,Lt. Car. f 1 : . C. l',tig:e., 00: L I;,Cro"'i~,Rl


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Carrier Plane Batt e Score

NA\O:Al. Carrief;1.. ,,;ation's supremllcyo v er ja pa ne se la nd -b as ed fighters,J mU 8 o ut o f 10 :,,1S!3h'lmhrng ~nrti~~. Hr nne plane J \ l . < _ ( ttl Im~ntyintereepters I'~f ~,731 Wft ies, Na ~y andJ\(ia r in" . bu rn ber!; l1u l'i ~g-Il t "" ~OJ"t ttl 11 ear Iyevery ta4\""'t.9 of 9 ..24: ') J'~ rl()D~." .hol q'\WI1 b } NI\~Y. ll'tld M:trJ!l(.' !lLJ.n~,. '),9:(;2 or '6.1 percentwer(" &mgl , , ' l I . . . GIIL ,,t. .Aimlnl'l l

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P E T U L A N T P O R P O I S E T O T E S T N E W H U L L D E S I G N S

NO t II; NEW TYPE II,MPJ-lISIAN 5UtJUST A MOD ifiED WIDGEON WITH ' TH ii PSM HULL INSTALLEDTc NAVY':) last operational J F-2.th e Pl' ll Il t1J1t Po f/lOi,J1? , is bu~y these. jays madding the seaplane h " t t I J f,tih-ions of tomorrow. pecially modified totest h ~ 1 J ' designs (l\A' 131I'J , Norember1947). the PQrjlOiJe (an "zir"off and"zip" 011 bottoms in ji g time.The first hull to be tested by theanrphibian is :I d esign d evelo ped b yMartin AIrcraft and tevens Institute.This bu ll has alread y lmdergonc lionhoun s ofhlnk tcstins U S l l ' \ g :1 to ta l o f')0 ilifferen t s mall-s cale m od els . T ho ughmodel in formatiOJl is good , pilo t reac-tio n canno t be b.runcd I ro rn a model.A hu ll \


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SECO ND TOUR PORTRAIT INCLUDES, 'COLONNA' AND H IS FULO W PILOTS UNDER TH E TREES AT PALAWAN WITH SKIPPER AND MASCOT, " 'll AT ~SE

T W O -O C E A N R A I D E R S , V P B 1 2 8PILOT of Bombing they co vered . the cr itica lly important wounds in the water. but the ofher twoSq u ad ro o O N s convo y lanes In an d D o t o f New Y o rk w ere rescu ed by It PBM.H UND tu ;o TW ENTY harbor with day an d night patrols. Upon rereivrng word at the base thatEIG}H, who pahclled Routine t J 1 I ! ~ patrols, were but essen- Lt. Cross had been shol down, the exe-the sell lanes of the tI{11,and the knowledge that our defense cutive officer of the squadron. U.North A tlan tic in w as su re and effectivc> -fo rced the en erny Jo eph M . GC "O E ge ,to ok oJt No word1943 ,U1d two yeilfS to limit the activities of woJfPa'l28 and squad rons like it rested : t !ady the morning of 7 Al1gust 1945.the responsibility of keeping enemy sub- word was received that an enemy su]marines at b a y , and if. a s tim e marched m ar ine had been sported 3 0 ' 0 miles easton to an Allied victory, the sea lanes of Norfolk. Lt. (jg) Frederick C,of the world were dominated by ou.r CW$S and his crew were alerted andfo rces , a fa ir hare o f the credit r n u s t took oft ut 0430. Picking the enem y-'0 to the steady d{t),-hy"day pauoUing u l : ) b y rad ar a t a distance of 12 miles.of bomber pilots. LI Cro s s turned to horne ill on the tar-Cemmissicned nn 1'5 Eeb ruR!C}' 1943ul Deland, Florida, under the command get. Coming out of a cloud, the VQn-of Lt. Cdr. (later Cdr.) Charles L. lt~r,.was bit by an AA shell fired byW e~ tho fen> U SN YP1H~ spen t its 6 .rs t the submarine. O ne engin e w as .weeks in mastering rhe new 4.oao-hp knocked out, and the cockpjt w o . , S filledPV'lV cvl'Ul'd. On 26 April, the squad- wi th smoke.co n moved to Boca Chica, Elorida, f 1 ) [ Morta:Hy wounded though he was,its shakedown cruise and final training Lr, 00$5 made the .attack, dropped p,isin AHanl i c Fleet antisubmarine w ar- d epth charges, all near -m iss es . H e thofare doctrine. was forcod to make a water landing,VPB12S was t h e - first PY'I squadron abandoJ1ing the plane w ith his copilot,fly-ing operat ionally . On 14 May 19 43 , Lt. (jg) T l1o rn:ts J . Aylward, Jr. i \ . l " I . t iII detachment of ~I;:Vf.'O planes took off radioman James A. Welch. The hlrre_~for Gusntanarnc Bay. uba, fa!' round- gunner was unable to get out beforethe-clock. coverage of co nv oy la nes . By th e plane sank, Lt. C ro ss d ied o f pisthe midd le of May. the other five planeso r the s q u a d ro n were assigned to anti- *submariae patrol duty out o r FloydBennett Field where. for four months, THis is th.6 uv .. t 1 J , of Q, .~r"'3 < > $ .. lI01't~~.rt~hi)8 of .QlwMot .. in World WI''' /l.It ;;,{,ao".d u n I 'I ( j1Q r h, fi ! ed . w/tJ , AvmUb>fllf.t


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F0f thj~ kill, Skipper We thofen reoceived WI:' D FC_ i j y Det" mb e r 11)43, the U -boals tJ: ll{ C8 Yh old c ha ng ed s o tll.lt th eir la nes~ er e routed ou t Q f L1ngt: o r th e V eu -tmvs. so willr ,I "Wdl Done " from theoas ra l Command in ItS. po sses s io n,

\'l>R-[- moved 10 jl~ new base at PuertoRico via .EnghnJ, [:rcnch Morocco ,enegAl, Liberra, As ension Island, Bra-; , : i t , and British Guiana, ,1 wartimeB aed ecker to ur or Lhe A t lan ti c kyways.Lt. Thomas WlImugaris chalked up arecord in his t1ight from Liberia toAscension Island. One-third 0 the wayout, he lost :JJ1 ffi;gloe.WiLh bad\ e ther behind him, he decided to relyon the heavy tail wind to cover thef inal 6'iO miles to A seen 'ion. He madeit and, by 0 doing, prob~bJy brokethe record for distance flight In II PV-lwith a rinsle engine.

FOR n{~ first Jive month~, the squad-remained at Puerto Rico and thenheaded fol' Norfolk {or reassignment.Squadron p ilo ts w ere ordered to F loydBennett u nde r lil' command of Lt. Cdr.Jay B. YakeIey, J r . , where they weretrained in Pa6lic "Fleetdoctr Iaes of anti.su bmarine w arfare, f i , g h t ( , ! f afFi l i at ion,night and day torpedo and formationta:cti(s. radar, and low Level bombing.By 13 October, VI?Sj2!8 was based atH aw ari w itb ha lf the squsdronorderedto du ty I t Midway . It was here thatL t. S ta nl ey Miller d id w hat engineerssaid was impossible in a PV3. Tak.ingo ff ;:\1 Midway , om' ~f his t:n ~in es f ailedcompletely. In the excitement of keep-ing the a irplane right-s id e-u p and mthe : l , . L r , Millcr and his copilot neglected1'0 jettison bombs, dro] tanks, or loose8tar. Design studies indicated that aPV~I ceuldn't By On one engine withsuch 1 1 load, bu t Mlller circled the strip,II it \" l: 'f1 lo w acltitu de' and settled backon the runv ay ~ it h no damage to .tny-thing but the nerves oJ m e crew .From 29 December 1944 to 27Februa ty 1945 , these VmJ" '1J pilot.were stationed at Owi Island, Nether"lands East Indies. OperatiV'I'S which VPIH28 had rotransfer to another squadron. It was

SIAM .IIANGI 1N ONE DOOR, O UT TH f O TH EII

NAPALM 110MB HITS MARK r .N SERIA , BO NE-Qnot until l March 1-945when they ar-rived at Samar tb,lL they could devorethemselve to antisubmarine searches. l j 1 d convoy coverages.On J 8 Mardi, it. Joseph P. Dorring-ton, U. Freder-ick W. Snyder and It.Hen ry 'T. James s ,P0 tted rw o em ;:mymidget s ubmar i ne s In D avao Gu lf andarta ke d them, thereby achlevJng onekrll and a probllble-. Three day~ later,another 3 -pJane division attacked an-other midget s u bm arine tied u p to awhllrf a Cebu Ity. Rocket rue onlydamaged the sub, so the next day f ivemore planes were o rd ered to fin ish thejob. Load.iDg them was Lt. Cdr. WiJ-liam Tepu ni Who made ;J successfulb om bin g n rta ck, but was shot d ow n byAA gnn ernpltlcemclJts. H is planecrashed, exploded and burned .. Therewere no survivors, It. George A. H . a Umade a second bombIng ru n a fe w sec-o riels la ter to complete th e d es tr u cti ono f. the su bmarine w ith three d irect hits ..00 29 March. th~ scuadron departedfo r T aclo ba n, Leyte, P. 1. to By thesame type of search missions until itdeparted for P ala VJilll :; April. Thenext dny , \'PB-128 opened operationsthere. Once again tfie missions wereprimar.ily searches, but this time thetargets were enemy ships - Japanesef re ig hte rs . sm all transports and co as ta lvessels. On J 6 Apri l . Lt. Paul T. Cyprettook off 011 II routine search from whichhe and hI S crew railed to r etu rn . la~etreports confirmed that the plane hadbeen sho r down OVer Borneo, Therew ere n o su rv ivo rs ,FrOIn 28 Apri l on, the s q uad ronbegan eying O I ' 1 l y offens ive strikemis-sions ngainst enemy land targets, prin-cipally in North Ber ne o , w o r ki nj; llncle!::the operational control of the Thi~-teenth Figbt"c Cornrnand, Army AirForces. The VeutJJf-aJ usually carriedfive bow guns, two 1,OOo-Ib. Napalmf ir e b ombs , three 2so-Jb. G. P. bombs.eigh~ fa k ets an d 1 1 fu l l load o f arnrnu-ni t ian. With tha armament, PV-1proved itbelf one o f the most effectiveand deadly medium b mbers in aceien,The Ioad was var ied in accordance withthe targets which were chosen with aicw to cutting enemy su pply lines anddestroying depots which would have

,'lUrpOft't:d. tJn; JupaDtst forces ,I t Tarakun,lnJ Brune i Bll)"I\ Cq o l .M FNI l)NC" VJ.lB1~8 urrd ils .skip.pt:r. t l r . Yakdc},. Brtg. eo. E. W.O.HIlI:S, command ing o rncer o f theJ~ighler Commund, wrote, "During thepenod in q uesrron [rl Apu ] to JuneL94S1. \lPnus W;l:>Ollled upon to per.term . o ff ns ive combat mis ion s o fa type with which its personnel hadno t h.JJ I r ev io u s I .'x pc :r ic l~ ! ;C '. hesemissions mvol ved the combined use ofNapalm lire bombs , d em olitio n bo mb s,(0kets md machine gu n o n the same"trike. "1111S IS the rust tim e. to myknowledge, that this combination hasbeen sutcessf u lly emp lo ye d. YO u andyour personnel exhlbited t h e - _ utmosteagerness to learn, master . an d adoptnew 'teci'lfliclues. the re'Su lhn g t llcllCaisuccess of which IS already a matter ofo licin l reco rd . The splril and pC'rf(m~-a nce d is pla yed b y you and yo u r u n it,merit special credit to yo~. an d themembers of your rnrnmand. The ex-pres io n of such appreciation on the parto{ the Army Air Force was verygratifying.Tow ard the end o r Ju ne, w hen U . S.and Australian forces had liberated mostof North Borneo. VPB-1211 W3,S orderedto Tinian, Officers of Heel Air WingTEN as well a s squadrons rent1.iningOil Palaw an bou gb t o u t the bar a t theOfficers' Qub on 22 June to sive 128a bang- up farewell party. The follow.in g day the hrs t grou p o f planes leftfor the Mari.anas where until the closeo f the war, they flew negative . 'w hite-cap" patro ls .. ....With the cessatien ef hostilities, thesquadron assisted in the surrenders ofthe minor islands of the Mariana. AtRota, just .south of Tinian, planes ofthe sq uad ro n carried trike armament[o r the fir s t tim e s in ce leav in g B ern ee,The landings were uneven tful , and theammnition was returned to Tinian,From the shores of 1~e1and andGreenland to the Philippines and Hot-nco, VPIH2S had proved its w ill 0 vic-lory. su stained lo ng m on oto no us hourso patro l an d d e li v er .c d l ttta c~ . w.ithpower. It takes that kind of dl8clplme:tnd daring to win a war. and VI>>> ' l23bad what it took.

'AND TH ERE I WAS! ' PilO T TELLS twO CREWS

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.S RO IL E R H A S J U S T f l N I S I i ED ~ O M E R E P A i R S O N T HE S T AN ~ W E ' s r j P i B . T HE .AD MIRAlIS C LEAREO FOR TAV tE"OFf ANDPOUFtS ON"TH E COALSHE'S AU. REAPYFO R TH E AD MIRAL

e U T A F T E R T A E F I R S T 5 0 0 fE E T T H E W H E E L S C O L l A P S E ,

M A I N T E . N A N C E B O : N E RS POlLER a hv :ty ~ h ated to . look any thing u p in the be"-ti'(}ll a n d Ma;,/I;>JJ'rm,,, 1 1 ' 1 < 1 # " , 1 . It was su ch It b ig, fatbook. and since he Jidn't u se it mu ch, he had tro u ble find ing-the right page_ Bes id es , m aybe the Chlef w (lIJld comt':around pretty 1>0011 and see J f he ha d gotten the wires on theright termij]_ttLs.U nfo rtu n ately n o o ne in sp ected S p t . J 1 1 f ' I ' j ha nd iw erk , a ndthe result was in.;re,llled work fo r the A&R Shop---....another]RS in [or ilmajo r overhaul.Maintenance errors do no t J:('CQ1,l11t for ;)"very la rg_ e per-le nt a;> .:!: o f all airC-r:l;ft ardde~t'h .bul they arecausing 1I . lev.!i(."Iious arcidents ~lI{h month . E vi dr ;'f ol"C t' th at S I ) ( 1 I 1 i ! , ' has ,,-few o f his relatives scattered around the sersiee can befo un .d in the OlSC. h ilitorie~ below:

C . 1 U !. JRB- comHHoD . the wheels wou ld retractw i~ h the swi td l in th,e "wheels -down" pa,i lion as so on asthe weight of the plane was taken off the oleo struts, Thep el's oJ1 fltl w ho a .cc~m plis bed th e- a bo ve work d id not reques tan inspec.tion and none, W{!~ made. The landin,g gear foldedat the start o f the take-o f f ru n and the JR B went back intoAaR for [epJlic'switiuJut ever _getting [II the air,CdU 2. An f4U',f pilot ~"ta.rtedhi.-;,eI' !8ine and gave the"pull cheeks" sign-allo I l i s plane captain. As the plane Deganits fo rw ~fd motion, the statboard landing gea,! rdu.cted:.The plane settled to the- .runway with serious damage to the

propeller and sudden stoppage to the engine. lnspecnonimmedrately afler the ~rcid~nt disclosed that [he hydraulicIines to the land iflg gear actuat i rig cylhlcler had been n:verseJwhen the cyl inder was installed j u s t prior to the flight. Thework had been done by Jl dependable andexperienced pettyo fficer, b ut he was 1?!lt'-ryill)J to gel the plaoe re4!Jy fo r aWO JI P b op .

edJe 3. Pilot lQok off in an SNJ on j.! routine trainingRight. After avis-iog at about: i2M fte( for 1 'i minutes,he nol'iceJ that the oil ternperarune Watt bqs :Lnn ing to riseabove the no rmal read ing o f flPo u t 6 ')Q . A :lmo s t imm ed iatelyafterwards ;1 grelIt amou n t o J smoke began to pou r ou t o ftilt en gio e co wrin~ , pa rticu la rly On the s tarbo ard s id e. A111m of o il O bS{ 'UIi'd the ce,kph CullOpy. "By t-hl; t ime thepilot had reversed his course to return re the field, the oi l-in-ternpernrurc .W;l-S near 90".The arnou ru o f smoke and o il berame ~G b:l.d tbat hedec i.r :h ;, d t o make an erncr~C 'ncy land tng w h iic be still hlltlpower . a . good w heels- up lan din g was made in a lray fieldclo se to the rnam highw ay . and the pilo t escaped wlfJ'lOlltin ] u ry. The plane rr:q u ired a f\L'W engine, 'propeller, Il:H-scoo p, and repalr~ to th e ,Jhps and center s ec ri o.q o f the Wing.D u ri.n g s alv ag e 0pcmtioos it w as discovered tlrst th e plugto the oil drain hole on the number two cyl ind.er W:lS rniss-irtg. Some OrlC h~ d failed to ch~ck this plug for slllf id.ent! ightness p-riorto the flight.Gm! 4. FsF pilot made [l 1l0rm,ti carrier taJ,:e.off. but In a

minute later tb(! 'cOC_~p,! t ca l' l'Op~ blew off {rom the two-thirdso.pen posirion, The (aDOpy struck the pilot, causing cuts andbruises, A nd a ls 0. di.l.mAged the ho rizn nt.a l s tab ilizer . P orru n-< 1 t c J y the pilo t m ad e a su ccessfu l cao cier Lm dlng. It wasdiscovered that the plane captain had failed to secu re thecanopy emergency release pin 01 1 the P0 ..J:t s ide when hereplsced the canopy after cleaning. the cairctllfL


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D lI:Y llOC I( ltA ISEb TO FUll H EIGH T PRO VID ES FACllIllES" FOR MAINTENANC WOAK O N SEAH AN1:

F L O A T I N G S E A P L A N E D R Y D O C KCHr4J. .LPlO S o of the eaplane over thelandplane, in th constant ly recur-f ing 1lIg,t.lment~ ove r the respect ivemerits oJ each. type cralt. welcome thenew s t'ha t BuDoCKS, at the req u est o f8UAEIt, is making pro gres s in thed evelo pm en t o f flo a ting seaplane d ry -d o " k - s , The firs t- e~ perlm er1ta 1 d ry do ckhas been tesred siJ.cCesi;fulJr OIj th eWest Coast,This d r y d ( ; ) c _ k is capable of handling

seaplanes a s large as the JRM, ami pre"lill1iDl:uy eva lu atio n w ith a PBM indic-ates that time required compares favor-a bly w ith hoisting operations, Althougbmany improvements will be necessaryb e [ore this type o f d rydock w ill be-suitable for set ice, improved ve rs i ons:;ho uld a llev ia te the d iff icu lti~ s Q r ea -p lane m ain ten;tr l~ e o n the w ater.D evelo pmenrs su ch a s this, tendingto im pro ve the o vera ll eff ic iency 0 thet-l!plum:, willi help pu t it On a P~l[ withthe [andplane oi comparab le s ize. Tak-ing in t-o ro ns id era tion the pro b lem s o fa i r po r t COngestion. runway co s ts and$trength~, and the inevi table t rend to -w u rd la rger a ircra ft. the fu tu re o f t - h eseaplane l ooks re lat ively bright, Theru nw ay problem In its ,elf Is an import=an! pro-seaplane -a rgu men t, Ru nw aysFo r large Iandplanes 4J'e not laid d ow novern ight; w hereas natu re fu rn ishesthe seaplane" ru nw ay im perv io u s toen em y b om bs .Adm itted ly , there are a number o f

R Iricted

objections to the seaplane, Qlltst. 'lndingamong them being:1. High weight and cir-ag inherent 1 1 1 ~ ,

seaplane becau e of con figuration_2, EX_1M training required I)f crew memob er s (() a cc om pli sh "rater handling.J. Beaching crews and beaching equip

rneru required.4. Tirne required fur peaching 11m] 1 : 1 1 (i)Ur

ing upe.ratlons.J, Diffi_(I_Jll'y (If perfo rmi IIg r n u i n t en a f le e

work 'IIi the WMC[.The firs t o f these ob jectio ns j~, ODm any co unts , the most- formidable, ' ina;the eff ic iency of large seaplanes andl.nd r lanc$ can be: tho u ght o f in terursof speedsml payJollu, and these factorsvary directly with weIght and d rag.F o r seaplanes o f sm all Of m od era te s ize

he a dd itio na l drag caused by tcps ,chines, w ing tip flo a ts and bulky hullonf i s umt i i on j. cons i de rab le .As the seaplan e sets Jarg~r. its{;ffidency in term of speed and payloadapproaches that of a Jandplane o f ~h:e

Slime grOS$ w eight. T he len gtb b rea dthr a tJO i nc re as es , thus redllclllg the dragproblem. The new hull des igns . suchas the MACA plan ing ta il hu ll, a lsocentr ihu te mu ch to red u ctio n o r drag .As the comparable l anupbne becomeslarger, however, its alightil1g gearcreates it t remendous w-ejght prob lem.It is , therefore,


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BAR MAKES H IGH PROP EASY TO PU ll TH ROUGH

Bor Aid s Prop Pull-ThrouqhMeA:) C~HillR" PqINT-M/Sgt. C R.Andersu n n f "'IlS'~' . ("[PW (!lie-f PI:l 1I ).Rf. lUIS.:It' igntod and b\lilt n prOp putl-through bu rs llllw n in the IK wm pao yin g pfw to grllph.

TI1e b~ r '" m~lrE' nf th " "AJ~ I U2~ steelIt~~ h l d l i.' .1{)" lung, its hundlc t l . S U S C up ' 1 . 0 "IIUlI'~ ill tht; b,u jlod t htl S-Sh..1I'l,.j lip lIutldu'r()'" ! lo th the tIP ~nd hnnd le have welds .:ti,e $ and al l "'elll are r3j)ed lu preveursct:I!ChJ!1g the pr!1J1C'IJ"I. The e'lll~l'lI1~nt ha.worked in an extrcrnelv-sarls .I(T"'1' m"nl'l~for t Ill' f'u~t ( 'w" IUOllt hs,Canopy Jettisoning TestsVMF'-3B EL 1'(lltO- 10 insure thal pjJ"t~

elm easily i c ; : t tb on the lM U rannpy in ease IfII crush t~odillg or bai l -out , the squadron"SOlI ty o fficer has m ad e airangenwnts t Ihavethe can .. f1)' ilf each .1irtI rtf gr imm I ~ t1 ,," ,,1 'l it

~e"Jnd. ~i 1j''rln~l[lOn:ll syllahu~, in lud(-. 20hours (If H ight and 1 ~ add muna] hou rs o fgruund ~dlUQI.The instremcnt phase not only refreshesthe p.iJl>t'~Inst rument. !lyi.ng abjlities hut ..bl>l l lTlil i~r- j:t '$ him \ It h ~lJ]gle en gine an d con-r rnl Slick flying. 1t grves hu n an idea o f LhgepernJ flight d,ara(teristit5 o f a s itlgk en-ginl' :linrafj '\11~ at the ~.'JlnetiJlW acquaiorshim With the se n 'ItlVJt~' o f rhe rontrlJh.On


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S U P P L Y S U P P O R T S M A N E U V E R SSI'H~'r~oN~}3. MAG:t~-tl,i,; ~ q l u H J r " h

~!lPI'1ic~ ~ml "' U Lilt.' in\'~ ,1 l(Ifllf>lt'k -M;Lrin~AH UlIf t G rO LJ]? .d uling, rr :rcn ( maneuvers atCmlp J",,,pl, Pendletun, ,e"n~;.:Jl', CllifIn" liu",I. (0 j~~11' lhl~ ,T"PIlrr",-ont by r. 'fni" [ ,,, ,U lt'lh ,d ..,; ,'' 'y in,~ " , - " l I ~n~i~,~n1~'1."f~tr-" C~~1fOtl( Il'llr.~ nle~~I n-tJ jl ub l lt : '. a t jQns ,

~4 M~n'1ilt' C'Oj~u/j' ett}",d!irjl,.......]jlru~ktld 1.J) ' ~dtefEndhll'tn in \\1nUU',ljf'oof hu~~ 1.J'l_J,jJ t1I{/" oS : 30HAl l b",,~ ,,,,,,."",.,n~hlJ~",,'1 with ""nlU~t (, .'I~rt')frr""_'llt-Ue" ""el'~ ~(!'Il1'D~11 h I' , vQ ll d ., n, "~'hll""to lllLllebi.1'he ~'" lxon dimddc ~nd ' o :tri. hal .! aU nl!l!! ' , ! i: O .~ 2 . {A ~ Il o, l! o n C!ul~L~,"d"iflil i1 l l:!~8,""')

N(!\'I Rules ~ot for. &i1',I:I'.(I ~t Procurumeru, _'\ rl(u-Ii"" I!'et"'. \'Ila~' ~. Ij)l~. 1'1). )1, 1\1, 'Y"~~i'''.D1~-"t rmrulll~iu n," to o I!":k.~tlw " l ll u . ." " (IUt I,l~,,"-1 1 ! t 1 . \ F f l . , . ! ! t l . r , , , , ~mil'~'fh.1.l uf, 1l l . .. . I . . . . '']iC'I!",i [n O,,1-,joo~ I'll. A "ill t 'l l . .l t~""t~h;. :M:I i)~ ; :: ' .uM,ij~ p, IH. I (_j. N. nhtl~lJ1,.R * " X " _nej-imcntal dIlt:. 'In j~l. ''''\''''(')'llI'I II~J'hrn.1V i J f , I , " t 'rl..wbor~J'tJop 1 ' 1 1 U 1 / 1 tH' Npn.s C(lnlltlml~jn411 '!alq'I> IY.~I,,.Mny~, BI~~. " D . :H-~'l. lIt1J~.~Br!l~ifll~ th.l.~l!c'-plfi.(''! _~.t~t l !, e _ 'I r , u . \Navy E>!Jlnndm,jl I 'hl11-" Rtr ! .' le ~ . 1 r., liSA I'. 1 " 1 / 1 1 > " 1 , . ,J une- 1IIo~~, J'I")8 7'1),rl .H \ 1 / " " ()~m~ :,r~,,\ W",'k, rllj"'". , /Y"" !V48.1m. I" ', 1~ . M. ,,~. 1l1w.. I EVlLhl!IJT! '>H of I). [:l.mUlmi'Y .. l r p"w'h.~'Russlu S1;""!~ llht" S'I''P",j"rL It,)1 'C Rnnd, F!jJ'~lJ.J une 11'~9.f'n, ~8, ~B. 7,1-111, m i l o .'1'h~ Last l}ayg or lhe r",,,,MQ. 1l"'Ulh ~" '''! lf !,e - > o f " F ill the l'!~elt" '\yL'Ck,wCk,)mJ48 1[1, 'i I JO ~ i5!lol 'S- ilh(lIL~~1 in o r, .. d u , y

f(, 5 C l ' t 1 " , e n'''J1 .\ir(t~1'l a .m ] d .i~ pl~ )'s l i eegll tjJlllent fwm I'lU'JI).u~ d"p~1 U1'l~nt;s ,I( til"-.!l:iUon,Tile " sh"w " rnclu uC 'J p t'liu dk pnrlJdm(tdrnps . , f . ! F gI ' . P fe ;) rr ' J1JgC'd "",h i b jt ionn , igh ( "(, I 1')-) Jel" by YF+'" " A d _ : i . di5pl",y (I f lr,d jfferent l"I~v:\1 alrcrnft, T ll L, C f () w d di


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~MECHANIC GILBeRT PERMANN AOJUSTS ENGINE HOWARO PAVIS WORKS IN OVERHAUL PIVISION VITO VIOLA. Does PRECISION. ~08 A1 AlAMEbA

A L A M E D A S E T S R E C O R D I N H R I N I G D I S A B L E D V E T SS ETTj.NG a record for m ili liL ry e sta -blishmenu as well 3S fo r manypriv ate in dL !$ 1cia l plan ts , N AS ALA.MCPAis currently employing ' lOO veterans whowere disabled in the service of theircountry. This 1 1 1 ~]jghtly more than sixper eat o f the 79()2 civ ilian ra tio nemployees, of whom 4 157 men and 71women a re v etera ns .Many of these disabled veterans areblind. snme \ V I I J k on artificial legs o rl ise hooks to r !llllldb, and some su fferfrom recurrent malaria. Yet With properplacement lIod u nd ers ta nd in l;: on th eparr o f military and civilian foremen,these veterans are doing a fine job all. . t h : ! l ! l g : t h e line,Take, for example. Howard DavIS.who is . employed In the overhaul divi-sion. A member of CoL Carlson'sfamed Raider Marine Battallou, DavisWl1$ il'll,.hing along past the bodies ofhis dead companions a( Tarawa, bu.rlinghand grc.nild~5 at the enemy's se a wall,when "somethll'lg )0 tied him" andknocked him Rat. H e. regaci.Mdhi feet,confused because the sun no longerhone. A bullet had rashed throughhis temples, n . e n t J y dipping off the opucnerves, Yet d (;s pi te h is b lin d nes s, Davishas recently been it arded a prize fordc\'clopiflg a th rottle valve machiningtool fO r carburetors .Then there is Gilberl R. Permann,one of the best automotive mechanics atAlameda. A Zt'J"O dropped it~ dead Iyeggs on the Sabine way back in 19 3.Flaming chunks of steel hurtled in ~lJdirections. One struck, Perlrnann belowthe k ne-e. G


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"0""'156EAIIOSLY$aTT:SORINKWATEI \OU. . " SF R O ' ' I ' O 'VAf!l'1I"GIIH!iSGOSSf~r...ej\SM~~H1RS'HSERGHOLLOWA' IJ0I1t01S0NKII.E-I-IOII~t.KO'PLEI!ISWILAA,5ENLtlLE5ANDr.~kCA:EAR'1MOORENANCe.NE'.AI.EF l !O& \ I I I 5 . l J N

I. i I t I "IHIGH. LOW, l IUE~-POINT OR A W~V'E"On, IIF '-10 .A CA RRIE R [A ND IN G nCI1N IQ U:~ S SHOW UP HEII~TIl.llD o f the p~ rpetu i1J verba l b las tsf ro m th land ing s igna l o fficer d ayatcl' day ceneerniog repeated mistakesmade by pilo ts o f VF-10-A, th e a ss is ta nttra in ing o fficer o f th is s qu ad ro n, Ens,J , T. Gibbs , d ev ised the ta.n .d lng ap 'preach chart shown abo ve. This chartm erciles sly b ares the erro rs mad e b yearh pilcton .eachcarrier ilflptoadl.Po sted on the mo st con~pItu ou s bu lle-fin bou .rd in the squadrori ready reorn,tht chart, laid Ot;lt on 23 x 27 inchgrnpM paper. divulges cmbsrrasslng i n -f or mn tlo n g ): .l ar an te eci t o h l: ) .1 Jlb le themos t l.";lprit:i014~ pilo t w ho d ares 6y arsreless or wantoncarrier pass.As noreda t the top o f the chart, the wave-cffsan : in reo . while th e landings nrc a , ou-trastin ~ j:!fecn.T o j\.Jtthcr t,~ I.L in the chart, the re-co rd o f Bns . G ibbs m ay be u ,sed a 's anexample. all his first pas~. he was highbu t go t ftboard. H is seco nd w as :t" Ro ge r" p a.'> .: ;,b UI it was pu t in re d be-34

cau se he was waved off fo r a f o u l cleck.'Th ird pass-a wav.e-(}fl for h~ng to oslow. Fourth, he got aboard but wastu rn ing bad ly at the ramp. Fif tb. 11Cgot ~bii)araoQ a d.angerous pMS; he wass:e_ttlin.g bad ly . at ~ ,.e m ":lp_ -an d the L ~Ohad to cut bim 10, Sixth w,a~ ~ b~~hwave-off. From then on he w as in tileg roqve .The ehaet is v ery a dv an ta geo u s f ro ml in e du c iti on ;L 1 s ta nd p oin t. 1 1 'l M m u e o h asit shew s a dd .i!1-ite trend of pilot tedl'riique, which a -pilot way observe andrhen, i f n ece SS ar y, cecceatratc e m cor-recting. For example. Ens. Kile has atend ency La be high and s low , Lt. Lar-sen rends to be sLow and U. (ig)Robinson 's pa.s .scs tend to be agreeablyrnon Q tO nu us,Pilo ts in the squadron feel that tilisrenstmrtive c.n'tidsJ:n IS tactfully yetsternly ! 'J 1.a ce d b e fo re th em f O E their ow nben errt, The record is lIfJ Io r all to see. J ! ) J r nu eh b -e Jle5 1 llt'fTU"; [ 'rom the idea,

F6UGets J'ef AugmentationSolClr AflerbUlfner Gives ExtrC l ThrustBack ill the ho rse' anJ~u ggy days 11b a . l : l r y steed was sometimes moved b ybuildi l1g a ru e in tbl: vicinity of hi s tail.The system ha s seen some improvement.To gain ad c l . i tio na ! speed from theChance V o u gb L Pirate-a fi[c is bu il t inthe tail, Technically known as n il " - nI te r-

b l.\rn ,eJ'," the ex tra fire in the ta u o f theFf>U glves- tiTe plane some 3 0 10 50 pet-ten t ad d itio na l thru st depending u p o n-spetd and altitude.In simplest terms, rhe afterburner is)Il!it lin ex ten sio n of the ta ilpipe in towhich fu el is io iected and ignited(NANliWS,; SlOP'!'. 1947). EflOllgh urr-burned oxygen gets through the iel lur-blne and m ixes w ith the exhaust .gassesto permit combustion ttl the extendedta ilpipe. This bU~l1ing rakes rh~ce be-I \ ILHJ the critical turbine bl(ldes wherehigh tempera tu res can exis t w itho u td~lotging moving p!lrt&. The after-bu rner is no t part iru la r ly efficien t andwill J1t1t be u s ,eJexcept a t tim es w henI:!_rge L hn .r sl m cr er nen ts a re d es irab le.\W h en D eed ed . POW('f is m uch more im-portant" than economy.D es igned and , built by the So la r A ir-cra.ft Company of San Diego, toe! F - e ; Uafterburner will be a perrnenent addition on all prod u ction models - o f thePl'fate, Addiog ,q om eei,ght feet to th etailpipe radical ly changes t h e : app(~aranl'eof the airrra ft.T he firs t flight made with afterburneroptratins " " (1S made in early Arri l onthe x J1't.!JI. The 1I fterb wflcr s tar ted

F6U .A T "T OP HA S fA) LPIPE AFTElf llUOINER MIDEDt; 'u sily and o pera ted sa tis fad o r i I}(l.l12,000 fed ,it 345 mph.

/ l . t 1 a ,Q U O fed with th e 2-IC opc.riLtint!at [0 , '500 rpm - ,1p prG -x im ate-ly 45%PQwet--a1l d no aJterbu 1 T l .i,g ind i C ' ; l t e dairspeed was 34"'1mph. At same altitudean d power co nd itio ns . a fterbu rner w asturned on andoperated at Iucl .fIOIY o r4 ,000 :# Ij1(, IA:'i i ;lfter 3Y2 minute'S oi3fterhurnln~ w . < ; 44() mph.


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P u m b L o c o' I'he fuJI(\wi lllC "OIJlmll" ,,, .t it in t ri llI l F'll{nH"lfSuU!I(lI' tm 1'1", . .. Hilker n 'C(t 'I l1l' lcnd, "It Qui,,)t 11"fo~ nttltull IfYT\)S, !.l'b..wglr~tlon of lhj~ in-.een"iou:&..-&imf,Ie. n,nlf h"eXlj.e'h 'Ive device, sub...

mi~loJ loy E"", IDr!w,. ,. ,1 (>j, 1'1)1 ter, .r r" mayh,,[";',," the mn~nlc of per-sonnel eXllerlc,,,,lng ,IIi-Ht'' liJU~ with s. t~IJLr,1 oplt.ll:..dlcm~

VF-3B. NORfOLK-I., view o r theu nrelia bility o f the present: attitude ! .1 ' ro,' -Ol l r le~l with the occasion"I ~~i~kiu~ fthe tu rn and bank- indicator, the In-t rurnent 1~1ght Board has been milkillt:\extensive tests on a q .. ick f ix in lieu o freceivIng the product in talled in 1"100.After much thought and experiment-a-tion, th. s board has ev lveJ a relativelys imple fi bo th [rom the operaHng an dmaintenance standpoint The materialslite ecencrnical , 1 I l d ff.'w: ( < 1 ) bolt (1)~(h ) tw in e, co tto n ( L - Ioor length ; ( r )tap~. mask- i ng (3 -in h length}.In operation the. bolt i atbc-hcd toone end of the twine and the maskingt ,L P . to th e other. The taped t'nJ o f theline is then aR ixecl [0 th e ~'Insighl crashpad, suspendiug the bolt in the middleof the cockpit.Interpretation of t11(: attitu de of theaircraft with this lnstrumeot is simpleI r lhe principic of the plumb bob iskep t inmind:(~) U!I bdilk-l3l1Jt in Itil side of cockpit(h) Rixhr b,IIIk-----Bo lt in r ight s id e o f

c"ckpit(r) D i/,e- -- -B p! t f lir w~ H I ' lgILins'l ins t ru -m enr panel.(d) Clilllt--Bnh hn"k in piltl\'~ I".!,( . ) 1 1 1 } / t hWlftlilJl. fl[ill"llId- You are on

lOU!, oot 'k !The Ins t rumerrt Flight Bard is now('onJuctJn,~ .night tests of the sub jertlix. O ne rrobLcm enqmntered is thev ib ra tion o f L i l t ; > aircrah ~od re.liultantswayjn~" of the instrument. It .can,llo ..vt:\'er, b~ caged eIl5ily by holding theinstromcnt stelluy with th e hllnd. Thisgizmo W i ll -;>Ivethe Navy t1w usands ofdQlJa rs .

Good Results from Exercise~rS:I~ E I 1 0 J;-W~JIJ".'Baf Squadron Garners HitsVPHl.-l), P IIC ! F Ie . - During Ap ,.1, th i , . ;sq uad ro n ~ Jo ng per io d Il f wuit:ing tu h~ ~ il nl"an oper:llUog B'II squadron came tu ~.n end,

and our tr_al.ning In thenr)' and maintenanceof the gui 1 0 0 missil(' h ( . g : m \0 bear fruitW~1t'n_ Ihe execur ive , , ! t i , er ,lropped the IirsriJid,Hi tal'g!!i was II jXI/H'lun barge Wilh 20'

(orner r el 1e ClQr m o u n te d {I[1 I I [o r the: missileII I bo rne u n The d rop w ou ld have been aJUen hit on f1ny target f 51dl1cientsize tohe of milibry cnnsequeace. Two nrher dropswere mad", later with equ~II\' guo " results01 1 the last drcp, Ibl'" rurner fefit'ctM i tsel fw as in need (It extensive repni rs ,

NAS San Diego /a)'J drulll fa luillg 'heIII/if fMVnJ 11II1al/(11I < 1 r t : i l ' l i Y ha,lling (It l1 'lg r apabh ' o j h O l U l t i l 1 g ';-(1 R5D. MlJdeby A&R. it i s b a s e : d o r } t J 1 m J J b .y bOl lglaJAirr.l 'l1Jt


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Aircraft Provisioning DataTIl", AJd"w'~~ Pml1i~itH'lll1g Team j,u~" Jo ~ ,t e. .l ~ flt''' ("rill I" be w ; t : t l ~t pN'''',~i~,I')..ing nl~etin8'" It i~believed that tlns new

form uW1!;d!T.lbl) j'l:l:i''''''''S" the work .11 tilt:team, :;j0~t tI!t f)f(JV i~h!ll f I1g m~eting i5 th I.'besr MS(lITI b I )' of kn 0 W ledge t DJ: ~I ne w Itif-"11ft. It W,I~ .k:,;iJeU rhut us ,t...ns were" " < 1 , , . . 1 , .1 Ibti ll8 of \II .) "P" nod "1'1" i tems"mllid be mude, A,n ItelTl would be brokenJlIW (J liS liJ wh~tllI:t ~t wn s l lI u in l{ !l \l I: nr i;I tVIe 'h l l I I I . O r b , ' l ] " "Ie,,:t, d . t 4 e rM 1 J n l l 't i u l :1wtluJ, j b~ Ul"d:r , L , t(. th e i(-.,sihilit)r uf .induJ.i n s tll~ item '~11Se.ti!lr. IJ ullowanee tOJ;;;:the,rwi th tentative quantities allowed, The nextstep would be 10 dtdl.i~ .j t the Item were~~Iv>l,!:{'abla or nun ..s~lv:t!lo'bl~."h~ info rmauon outlined above h!:! lpsl.,ln5iwerably in determiaing t h t "l'u!lntity < ) 1 r t.b~ D Iist, It i~b e l i~I'~dthat Ihruugh the use (l f thl' {orn\ the air.f r . un lOS [.'1'0 v i s i o n itg ha s been a CC~H npihe dmort'. completely, and the infonnation de-,srr"d has been obtained in IImuee Il[]ij'",:u,manner, I;urth errn urI:, tbt' da III are rf1()T.t!rClldjly transcribed by .a ~yplst.

PR E- P ROV.ISIONINGA~ s< )(m a, II letter ~)r intem CIr eontraet; s pl '3 ,< , 'cdwi th tnt' mntracfor; II ske!eWn teami~ sen! w the plant to :~t:le.et the larger, mure

"q>c:nl've :1~I.'mbLies. (If!,"n bef()re Ibe 1),11.giDt'1!cil1g drnvi l lg s Me l1.lrnplct\:~. L(/DS(t.q~ently. 50me o r tile items mnnQt be I.lly; d eo .! tl 'i o o b y Ci}mplct~ dtawipl' nu mbers. n ,H~lI1l tIVe r h; ! u I hit.' o ln d p iel.~ b e ~ tJelt~ d ;, ttIm time.This I're'pr(l\l-j

rield teprestml1ttlvt;$,. an d MiO represema11'VCs.ASO pruvulcs three type>. ,,( representu-uon: technical, statistical, and (lp".mlOlltl.l.TI,l: {ed~nlcal r ep r es en ta ti o n ' (1 l! ,, -hO t; J. t! :! ~withHI'AEIl roprcSl'';!nliv("l; o.nJ de~ t' rm i [' lt o tl ( .I ;o : o ;. i.

~nll'.,.!! i l n' J , den t il l< ' 1 I1 ,i o n rnatrers.The stllli 'lt ior I [ ~ pI t' ~t rr .r rr fr Jl l 1 rt te mb in ,;

~'H1SItIt'~nt ((lp~.dly I I , ) interpret an d explainth e e il 'c ct 0 u s age J(I~ll 011 t r , c rnnterial bell'll ':selected, A bY'FlIOJJHtl r"",ult~ ill Ihe e't,tT1-IL~I1rtl"nt of ~ r l T \ l J , J I : 'l C ' , l i l t ! ,!(nlt.iI~'Llluw>lI' ILf: 'I'in dahl.The ...p~""ti.()na! or ~t t n n Iy w h e cp c !e ir p nr t i ( \) l u r t'llIIlgQ,~of rnaterin I is Llfldcr discussion. Thus atASO. where the- pertinent d~t '" ere gatheredi;l:nd the experienced pt'rH>onel are .IVi\ i lehle,lIw nrnuunt uf .."r.h ,[",n teq u irl'd In - c 1 ele-'" r ed thut tilL '3.1)l~e - s rou p n lund ,,:n'n III~I.!Iing sr. Ihat experrence !f"-~noo ,U pn'~"ILI~m~utj%."m~y b ,: i I1 H i~ ~ d.Eledric Relay Spare PartsII1U.,j:liIline mninteoance tt~WS "'a~ iade Ilfpi I trucks, Instead of trucks. earh squadrnnflad been IS~'l1ed 1""0 hlUld f~lel lr a n s fe r p um ps,lnCl IWU g_[I ,. '~olio( ' tr ans fer pumps . B"Ll l weremounted oJ/I f iH d r u m ~ und ~r ied , bu t nci thcrwas 5 1 lf fi .c i! '1 lt ly 1 1 .< ; < O v y to pump the heavy 0ildemanded by aircraft.The Q O . l y "ppa"rent ,Clluti()n wa~ T O pll'llrthe 1.111from tile dru m'5 til b"d;_"f.~ an.d thenfUlm the hl.lcke(s in \!) lhe ainrllfl. Thiswou l d , of f(JU-fSe, h.we been " ! ('I '" , ltd irJll SJo b, w nu .ld h a\ ''e meant spill[l.g~, It 1 0 ' \ uf eXtraWJ;)!!c kc. 't ."ping H.., p!Qn~s dean lIml wtmltlhave gotten du~t Olnd diJI i[l'ln tht- oil duritlj;1-]'lIa~fcr.The (few soll 'eJ (he prublcn1 I)y a ql. l. :ultc.(u n j& ep trn.iler. witb It ~U" t , "11l0n drum ol

(IiI. ! if i tQJl.ed :in al emi lt> It" n~fc r p l imp.mode l (1;722 nup it. A :llj.foot iStction < Ifg ar Je.n h 'i-ccaiatair strut, Mother nin: ie!ltlt(e o f {he rig.


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:5traflng from High AltitudeTh e :~leli,cry of an attack fmm tht highesta ltitu d e con~ i~ten! w ith max imum tlirget

darn [Lg~ i~t! re;. d)' d bas ic l'i'need ure il .(I j r-craft squndron Illctks. With tIle increasedtiffict~nG o r ;).ntiU;rcruftlire. it behi)I" 'eS nr-t n .. ~ki n8 : p lnne s . ~ , j d eliver I I,cit o lf,.n ,i" ,,,puoch f rum the :MI fe~t I 'IJS;t.o!1 a'~ajhbl'(j (tntnll'lns from h i g _ h .dtitmk.The .6Ufl'"tlU of Ordnance hll~ r.'wlbli5he4a prniea 'UU]C Na.m I Avia!.ix)n Ordnntl l l . l l . e t m : JJ 'k s 1 1 1

th e Sll.nJ, No Jim,'ul~y 1 1 :1 5 b G t 'F 1 rllullJ inhit tillg the ~ar,g,eLonce I"m!l~t ; tlluwnot(' ,f llrII' ind. : s esta bJ isl i c e d . . T he dis persi un in de.ficdion ~,ppl'""J.rs W vruy ualy " negllgibl"' ~ IWlunt W ilh increased ah itude,1 .( \ViII be interesting co see wlml wil lhappen wMn the gun~ aft' burl:Siglrred stan-dacd, There is .sorne evldenre ~hut ct... dbperslen It! d ef le~ >tilJll " ,1 1I lIP F'm ~h ,\ r nu xi-mum - . ) . J l < J mrrease nu more- in ~pl[e M,ncrease m ~ril1,g artitud~, WhdlJer or nOI thi,will be fAte ;u!d wbether liT nut rhis maxi-murn will be "mill! ,en'tIllgh FJ be ! lb,ept;1bJ~r " 'm ;U l1 ~ t o he :seen. At ,lIJY f'll~. the- hight,. 01.[1, Nf!"OrdSK . 147fl43_" I t IS of plOl$tic ronstruetionwill , 0 C tl ll' tT llI db, w~m b shows thr~JU;gbnpl"'npri-ak windows the mark (l:ml modilknfinn "f rhe fuees , the :lrming dj&tnnc.c , 1 1 1 ( >kind jlOd Itrtlrlunt of dcllly iMorpmlll~'t\, ~mltlw $er" j~e bQmb~ ",itJl ",Ind, rhe ghcn ("~et 1 " l I l y be used.Tbe fLlZ'f!;' and b(Jmbs ~buwn Oi l this imlJ

aU"r 'tr~ granda"d .s('r\,r~... kenl>- t'JFl'iNJ (11~ t o c k b y - t h o > [1,!:III. 'IlU (If Ordal1.nn' [ o r NllVYuse. Th~ rl'lformacirln given npr:"ucs to liltlealmical felltllr!'~.of thl' m1tteti: lI sl,i~'" ~ w


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'1'hh dig"", , "V I f ' " !h!, it. ""fill' InI,"'h!l m'n", ' lIIf S~rvh~c Te:~t, NATe l~.ti_'I(~-l.n, utLtl .If}~n tn~e~,sn-ril$ ,.ellecl lw A.fln pplioy.FJ-l f9'8 Ho u r s lCeltllpldt Tests, Thirteen ,hu\.S were rTmJ"from the H I i ta pu I I WI h J u el L .)s cls r un g-ing [rom fut~ internal t(,O full tip tank an dinternal Cfip~Clly, C:ltil.~'UJt uccu mulnf\!, pbu rc- s~ llings were Jrom J~Il() til ; 'SQU1'1u n d s, providing end .peed;; (If M.l to S C ikn,jts Sl!bscqll~rlt plune inspection lwwl;d~bf: ' fnlluwing dis repnncies:I,H eld -back release s(rik .es the ,g'tllt xec-tron u f ho ld back thtirJl': c . mpa rt rnen t, n;Catapult R~trad Mechanism. . tapulthouk is rerr.u'too by to O lbl " '~~ l'lUbly wn~ueded 10 nllse wheeL r,~tra(tin!l IiI1K' , hlr which clra,inage i. A(it pro-vided. 1?er:(}li{m~IJlJ tllael non-imlurnmublehydr.Ullir Jlujd be used,Fuel ShlltOfl' Valve. A ter 2 hours ;ur.cr:dt ume, the electrical mo tor thut a


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ensine co ntraeto r o ;< on dm :t 10;OJ in ve5l'igo.clIJ]l(If v:O:,h~.S! ~ystern fail u res.Aqtomo,tie Power Control. E,x'lIlrlini1tilll1u F tm 1 1 0 0 e n ll j n e Su rge ~ n d [arnmed tl iJ:ntf;letel'!ri ; . The fix i~ as f,)[lows : (Jill! se t ' [If b ushings w as mallufcture.cl:wi!h shank length o r .311". An A.NQ~lo51(',,",whe! W aS ;n6hll e tl on e:l:-c h s ide u f q 'Und~r!11) r to provide b C ; 1 r i l l g - surf dee f(l~ b\,sh jngshank and prevent shuttlihg o r I rnk supportI."n ger ~hn nk b u shi'18eLimrrl!!lt's 0 d Jj .tj un uf,1 ~peci,!l' b oll .. nt're$)"IIr'j' ~himJlling_ :m d prr.-v id es l ld ,u ~ tl Tl e! lt Ior "'\: .1(". Positive indi rn-lion fb'll (he plu tlor rn ,H , se In b Ii c sateclnmped aguinSI th e- {" yl ln dr r e ~r \'l in b e m ad i.'-hI "h~"'rling; c!ear;tfla' between outer sur-f,lte of su ppr01 1 link tine Jn a ht~Jg(l!l shduldet o f hll.4illS" R.er

Pic. Fronk Cd/l,il1 f) } NAS CfII 'PIIJChrm; place"! lo rea l/) U N !ewit_, of Un.gIW/U!1 S o : i d z r J t ill U " I " , ; I J ' i ; i ll g 10II, D . C " t"b e i J " l ! o f c iM l i t : ll l C 'm / r /r ! J 'Y " J 'o f CCI',lll1.Catv/ I t N'C(J/'J 2 1\(1")1), O' , jl JJes, P l I I' fl lc 'Hl l J t am} P V C [ ; /(Ir / : 1 . 1 , 1 fI(1114tif!,1 d ? l r h l / ?th & ufur !I.'bile . re :H 'i '1 lg , it1 { h I! P< lc i fk .1Yi!u.

LETTERS

Sl~,~:The C " p m . ro , 5 Cup ,,( An,jck SqtllldNr!One A ble I, ~ tr(Jph~ 1 1 \Y~rdeltc!1' two Iect h!i'h, toppedWith " ,j;HJ.len t' l lgJ",. Lmil ~f'pro~r ((llei), '~1graved with the 5"qWLdrLJI i InsignLa, 1l1~ wel l-K:11 !'WL1I " I) H i lt .To lin' personne] 'If Attac!': $q lwdr ! ' l n OneA6.I,,-, th e winning "f Il,i" ; lW .a . r - d representsth e lIIpS in ad'l,e\icm~nL 1'.2 :(,0 m on ti, the( lf l. ir er ~ :m d !.hI: 111tn pick from their rmdstrile "ffi fe!: sn d the eo hstecl H llln w ho haveshul'" !' the In(jsl '/tilstal"!ding work, initiative.nud morale in k~!liog with Ibe hrghl,'st. vilI~v,1i ~"tdjti"n. Tilt ~eli ! ' rmm huq;tL J I f i Sll e II s ,. a m l lind"" r K t l l a j , ( ,! m b : J. t o;:uf!di.dons, ~tLblcl~t 1'(' hellvy .~maJI arms .n .nd am orm,ti, Ih-~ &UI1.1 the" enemy (In 111(' g r o lm .d ,D. H. 5,,1'1'

CC/M.jI,IIINDLNG Ol'flCERVM .F .2 11 l, P N J.(> U :: . . r . " U r " r j I~ ' '' '( . , "W h.o~hur ,(Ie \.he ",,~1n,.W , ! r 'l I - w,h{~.h w , w < i!'- HI/o"214s ..."lgi,,'l,1 J < I . ~ L Y '

GCA BO'X sCOtEr ." l1 ,1 1n g" . A t,,11 ,.,.. . 8.SSSI mrtJ""nli!nl i u n . < l I :n I l W , A hrll , 22410.",.,,] !


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LETTE,RSIRS'Your !!xuHel1l Gcumrnan article rn theMit is u e- o f ]: ,\VAL AVINnuN - EW f, wusread with ;oteJeSl~T he Air F{lr~'{' pi Iot referre ,1 ttl in t o e1 "uurth j1lI.ral![3ph un pa;l:e four. J (eel YIlUknow , -i .a brurher ~,fU . W illitJm Burreli,

who holds tilt: !(PQ~"Shl lin page _8 "\X'ed on 'r take Iff w ith flaps 1 I ; n n in .1 P-51.Wirb reference 10 the p-st, we believe ifto he the hes t, o r ntur~y Ihe h,,~ t PTIII!c. I!"r.!Jrit'ri' light~r In existence, It is assemed ~\JLIknow th e F~'r is nol Il re fastes t 10 1lI,IJIJllf uet if lIlher U 'I l! l N a v ";[(,1'lli[ u rc IndllueJ.The same 1 '51, , ...hi.:h had tW(1 passes rnudeon It d u illS takelIfT. CUl beat it III IlI ,O!)11icd;.NAV.JIL AVlIATION NEWS IS quite wl.l~ll'

read in the Air Force. It is appreciutcd andudmired.

MAJOR R. L JOIIN8()NFLltTBT TfST DIVISIO~

WltTC;IIT FU!l,J), DAYTON, (1411)1j 11~~II k sou (')I' W~ l" roll" MajGI' N" ~ , '1':UI1I,'\"ot! M .. B,,'''~O,',. hr"l-h"I' whn tlll< ~ ~ n IT I"hhn1111~ down, On bnsis or I.n,tu..t n'Vn.Unlllv p~~r-fUTT.tl'aH

Bill Will j~ms. Harry Hul], P~ppyG 1.


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O N L A N D A N D S E A C.O MING H _EAD on in the picture above is '3. jet aircraft,\'(lould you open (Ire if you saw it ? The seaplane belowwe tossed In for the old-timers. Aiu'U 'e I'.f o n ( t J c i f 7 e , / It/KI!.


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CLEVER and colorful squadron inlli~nill are- Iea-rured in this mouth's army. vF-3-n. fl>'illg "Ifrhe Roosevelt, cm-icarures the famous PDR smile andcig1trel holder with ignal ffag, spelling squadroninitials. V/"\-l'l-A features a well-armed pelican irhrock"I !> . torpedo. m achi ne gU]]S and oOIr'tbs, pIUS aw iJ hook for the lJi~d. Th~ insl:gnu of VF-20-A hasn (Ival aviation s 1501d w i n o W '. the "word o f ltI.iJ;t::uymisSil>l'I IIndl.lw n nure. en:rph

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