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Lavocnkin single-jet interceptor

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Mikoyon jet fighter

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Lovochkin
twin-jet night fighter

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Lovochkin twin-jet

fighter

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AIR
Advantages accruing from this exchange are already apparent. Many <crews already wise rc the ways of mwigarion and radar are now in the blimp squadrons, while former LT A crews are operating in an exciting new medium where they have found that their skills [0 A W can be pur co use in carrier aod patrol squadrons whose primacy mission is submarine bunting. LTA men now have a wider field endeavor. LTA men admit that for many years they were a group apart. Because their activities were Dot underSToodthey were 'he burt of many jokes of a low order. Uncomplimentary names were long standard fare for rhe LTA people, and as a result there was a tendency [0 draw further away. Now the effects of an integrated training program are being felt. The unfunny names have gone to the discard pile along with "Black Shoe," "Airedale:' "G'Irene," and "Dogface," In cause of military unity.

QUIET REVO,*UTION has taken place in naval aviation. There were formerly two kinds of n-aval aviarors-e-airslup and heavier-than-air. They remained strange birds to each other. Two years ago, however, if was apparent that to maintain A well balanced team. co wage battle against any furore threat of submarines, it would be a good idea [0 have all crewmen in the air side of the barrle understand what their teammates were up co. Consequently, pilots an_d crewmen io Iighrer-thanair and heavier-chan-air st~rted changing places. Officers and men long in airships moved co pilot training at Pensacola. and aviation rate schools of the Naval Air Technical Training Command. Experienced aviators traipsed to Lakehurst to learn pilotage of airships. Aviarioa rated men attended non-pilot school, there te learn about rigging blimps and the principles of airmansbip, They acquired new ideas and Dew skills.

or

me

G~OUND

HANPLING

OfFIOER

IS

LIKE

CARRIER

FLIGHT

IlEeK

OFFICER

MASTING

AND

UNMASnNG

PROCEDUJ!:E$

ARE

EMPHASIZED

IN

TRAINING

Bli ••• New Se, •. atiol •. ps s


Eior H~:4 Pia,.£' JocA@ys
flies renlizes,nat air is a Aujatuld bein known partet]l~. The heavier-chao-air pilot knows ir as 11 flowing medium, while the ligbrer-thsn-air man eoosiders i( as resembling water in which a lighter body call iloat. "80tl1 HT A and LTA lequire certain types of plloriJlg skllls, In this story on iTA training IIp-to,dll1e for both {lUOCS and crewmen only one side of the picture will be pcesenred=-wbst the HTA officers and men tbi:ok of the airship, the way it flit'S, WIYdt keeps ir flying, and h w ~l can fight. AI! the seudents now in training have come from BTA. Pilot-wise tbere is a terrlfic $hLfr in speed 01 reaction; but there is increased emphasis on accurate navigation and die handling of electronics geal'. The blimp approaches the surface hip 10 crew u:awing and coordinarion, As in prtuoJ planes, crew members learn specialized )Gbs Each man bas his fljght station. There is lirtle fuss U1 BighT. The usual all-day jaunt necessitates II relaxed ~UllOS· phere, aud every crew bas one good cook. The blimp is an importnnr member of ~be sea-air annsubrnanne ream. Likewise, there is teamwork within (he seructure of each blimp squadron. The air crews are tactical

E haves

VmtYBODY\~J:iO

ground crews keep tLe gas tilled bags In rrim, nurse {hem in and out of the hangars, launch anti retrieve them. The naval air station at Lakehurst, ew ]0.rsey hit jong been well known in naval aviation. 1[ is rhe trildition:1i home base fOJ: ligluer-ehan-air a,dviti~. Ar present, as it bas been fOI mAny years. ir is the home of the command with a moueh filling name-the Naval Airship Training and mperimeucal Command. Lakehurst is ideally suited for airship operarion, Ir is OIl flat land 15 miles inland. far enough to escape many days of bay,engendered fogs, yet close enough IO the ocean ro save time In ovenvater eperarions. As new smdenrs approach Lakehurst their first impressina i!o one of massiveness, for there are four huge hangars which house the airships, One was originally built lange COOLISh to take care of rigid airships whose izes ranged up [ over 700 feet. Or11e1"5were buite during the war. at: the training command is a quickly accornchore. Glasses ar both the pilot and non-pilot seho Is are small enough to make individual attention possible. 10 ter(1St In chis ita ining program is so great that there is a big backlog of IlppllclUUsf0r, the pilar and non-piloc schools ar Lakehurst. This has resulted in high qualiry graduRtes. The shift to training pilots already qualified in HT A caused the biggest change in (he pilot school Instead of a coucse l:asdng eigbt roombs or longer, it now h s been shortened to three monrhs, Reviews only are necessary fm such ubjects as electronics
HllCK-IN

C plished

reams,

wjth

the skippers calling tile signals; while

the

Olll' erial ,Iod nperarion, aerodynamlcs. power p!JlJ1tS and illstrumenrs, Plenty of emphasis III placed on navigation, however, because of the steurer drift tingles encouorered in air. hips. ubjecrs devoted [0 the LTA medum are given the full rrearmenc, of course, All ground boo! and primary and advanced flight training is done at Lakehurst. On cornplerioo of that course the pilot receives his LA designarion and .goes to a fleer squadron where be receives his operacional trainmg, much in U1t~ same fashion as in HT A

Ground. courses in both the pilot and non-pilot schools is bound (0 go into the history of LTA. It is the medium bv which man 6rst imitated tile birds. The idea was that tlf Roger Bacon and many others, bur it remnined for the M ncgoUier brothers of Emnce to make rhe lu-st acrual 1Hgbts with hot air balloons, lt is 00 wonder rhar iTA remained an entity In lrsel] for a 1008 period of time. lr predated the airplane by a century and a quarter, Its background makes -htsciruniog read lng, and lr's in this lore iliac the sailors and pilots of [he LT A schools are steeped, The reaction runol1g the pres~ enr srudents is a pleasant one and each Doe feels rhar his avlaeion, background has been widened immeasurably, FOr the students, hiswry of the ait'sbj p al1d free baU(1(JI'Is covers modern developments. thoroughly. It goes inro rhe controversi-al subject of rigid airships (dirigibles l in 0

flying and three cla,ys of ground school unci I ihe ground SdlOOI IS complefed. Alter rhac, it is all flying, Usual prnrrice is to get the flying done the IifSl (WO good Jays of rhe week. A vital tntm subject to understand before going into LT A is the general one of aerostatics. Thi is the study of gIft ieacion and the way ir affects the equilibrium of a body which 15 suspended freely in the atmosphere. Plainly state-d, it is the study 0( vertical forces 00 any 1 TA ship as influenced by irs weight, rhe rempersrure 'and pressure of the air, [he ryPIl II1ld quantity rhe lifring gt1s.

or

srmight-fnrward

manner.
IS

Each week 01 the course

divided

into,

twO

.days of

day LTA operations only [be free balloon the blimp are srudil::d in relation to aerosrarlcs, A thorough ~wd)' must be made of the earth's iltIDosphere, its composition and the way it acts. Ie is che weighr of rhe blanket of air above the surf-ace of the earth which infiuenres rhe ships which rhe 1T}\ crew operate. This iubjetr 01 aeroseulcs c n become involved, mathemarically speaking, and [he smdenrs have co do a littlebrain cudgeling rc figure the properties of gases, ffs a necessary evil. howevet, because it Is Lh0segases and rhe way they act that will allow them to Boat through the air. Perhaps the mosr imporrane one property of gases thar an uirsliip piloc n'jUSt understand is dim of superheat. Any rime a gas expands. h becomes lighrer per unit of volume. Whenever a balloon or blimp is heated by the sun, this business of superheat is ODe to reckon wirh The hear rncreases the lift.
:N .Pll.ESIlJ'{T

I and

EU\tA"TOJlJ IS

OPERATED BY

LT. iJG)

PowiLL

Ftoati.'g TI.ro.f,gh iI ir P.. ti~ Tea"",worl. First


FTER LEARNING whllt ,keeps him in the air, the LTA , student progresses to nirship hulls and relared subjeers. One int«resting dlIfer,ei:u::e be,twe~(C'iO\'efl[i(J.nal HT A "ircra([ ;mJ. ~irships is in the realm of trim. Tabs Q[). control surfaces do [he jo;, in an airplane, In the airship, however, this is done by shifting purr of rhe lifring g:1.S within the envelope. This is accomplished by baving b:!lloons

belts, Verrical acceierntiens


em b at rJ.lSsm enr,

are of irtSIJ ffici em for-ce re cause

TIle ship Nprai.n, II methanic, s,les at II position about half way aft in the car. (See pict"'li1'e, page 3.) In rlie rrainiOB command, rbe non-pilor sruderns go alofr with other enlisted .inseructors, The medi searrs [he engines, concrols mixrur("s, and makes fine adjusrmears of the rhtotrle and prop controls. Radio and radar operators h;nte separate posia fuoghr or more. That i!j, raising and lowering the single wheel landing gear by hand. (See piaHtfe", page 5.) Training flights sran out \Vidl famllisrizarien. One of the most diilicul~ rraasi lions' for HT A pllots ro make is ro approach for a landing slow el1olJgh. 'filere',!} always dl:1[ feeling rhar there is -a stll111ng speed. and rhere should be a little more speed for ~afe,ry'ssake. AppfOacl:iCS are made at 23 mph. 1£ Lhey lUI" made any faster, the landing will have ro be done over again> JasrrucThe throttles are C1Jt and the ai.rspeeddrQPs off, Abom rhar ti me, rhe HT A boys aSsume;l wi ld look and hold ti~ht co the first thing rhey can grab, Helicopter Instructors like CQ do rhe same thi I1g, Pra{;:dc;e landings are made on a sand-covered circular field about a mile from the main station, Navigadon ftigbrs Me made uver WaH'!. I[ IS ellis phase where HT A crewmen have l'\) pll): dose srrenrion became at the slow Gfllisi.nS

tiorrs,

01)1"

junill'r crew member has s chore to perform twice

These ballonet~ wiihie eheenvelope eonmin olltside air, By conerolling their size relative ro each ocher by means of valves, die lifting gas is shifted. Also. as '!lltj rude is increased, the helium, is expanded so the balleners decrease in size by fo.rdo,'!.,Ollt rheair rh,ey COrlm.in. 'To gel air back in. :1, bulloner; either slipstream air is USl>q or !l blow~r does

within a balloon,

so

to speak. They ate called ballonecs.

the job,

Pilotage i~ itsllll !I Job of teamwork. One pilot oper~res the elevator, At his- posiclcn on the port side of the (Ontrolc~binJ he nlso cpntro_ls [he rrim valves, On rhe StUIboarc] side, the other pilot operates the rudder. l-IT i\ pilots. at hnme in the air, still have III any adjusrments to make. Fitn of all, thece is ehe slow speed, then there i:s dle only relatrvely st£llighl course, Steered by hanrl, "sreering small" is quJ te a job. All Re('", ill rships ha ve aurornaric pilots. Anomer fearure crewmen like is the ahsenee of safery

tors have a standard erearmenr for new students. ,All :lp' pr0aeh is made, he;lt.!ing for rhe Iarrding area nose down.

GEAR

IS AAISEO

&V HA"'O

BY E..

e,

JAMES,

AO!l

CARRIER

LA,.,OINGS

ARE

NOW

STANDA.ltP;

THIS

WAS

MADE

ABOARD

THE

US5

I!MILIPPINE

SEA

speeds of blimps, Wind bas <I much greater effect. Allowance must be made for beating back home if the flight starts our downwind. Crosswind courses have grear drift angles-c-sornetimes 4) degrees. Most fascinating phase of me fliklhr course by the- unanimous opinion of the studears is [he free baJloont'llghr.
Every pilot gets at Ieasr one of these,

in the pilot school. The Class C con-pilot school syllabus includes indoctrinadon, ground handling (keeps the men In condicionl }, nomenelarure free ballooning, airship bulls, engineeriag insrallations, aerosratics, aerodynamics, airmanship, navigation,
rririon eommumcaclons, and warcnsranding,

It

is g1ven because

a blimp without power is a free balloon,


BALLOON FLIGHTS stare about two hours be ore sunset; At ch1'lt time of day. the nil' is relatively calm. For Lakehursr the wind must have all easrer~y component to rake ihe crafr inland. The exhilrulJ.cing effett comes from the compleee ubseare of sound. Plights sray just above [be

trees. Alcirude is. controlled by either valving gas to descend or throwing over a handfu] of sand to ri e. Farmers within 30 miles of Lakehurst nre arcuscemed to having stray conversarions come lrum the aic, Under the naval air station is the LTA training department headed by Cdr. C A. Bolam. Um1L recendy rhe nonpilor school of this department was headed by an oldtimer, Lt. D. F. Pat:2ig. He has now reured alter ~O years service: Cluef of the entire 1.TA command is Opt. G. F. WiltsOn, while Capt. B. May Is CO. of the sradon, Crew responsibilleies in relation to teamwork iO£lD .a big p:trt of LT A training. From the Lime d1C crew enters the ship in rhe hanga-r, this teamwork is 1\ must. The airship ccrnmsnder takes his directions from the sround handling officer, who in some respects resembles the hlll1g;tr and fJlgl'IC deck offlcecs. of an aircraft carrier. All pilors are
indoctricated in rhe duties of rhe GHO. Musring and unftla.soug require [he same degree of coordination. Students Sum in the Lave and George hips. 125 and 150 feer I01l,g respectively, which are of relatively ancienc vin-

Here are some typical pilot students: Lt. (jg) A. .E. Powell, a former pilm of VC-\l in San Dlego, Ilew TUM-JW'S and AD·JW'S; Lr, (jg) V. R .Krick. new rzv's in VP·6. chinks be: 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. Hewitt. Aew PRY's and E'B4Y'S, likes the idea of more ASW knowledge; Lr, (jg) W. Hurst. flew plYIY~s and served aboard [he U Ley;e. By now these pilots have joined [he fleet squadrons, A new squadron ZP-3, Was commissioned ar Lakehurst 18 Sept. by RAdm. R. F. Wllltelw_ad, ComfairWingsL,nr. Inregradon of LTA IS now an accompllshed fact. Crews, after joining squadron, operate: with toe fleet All pilots have re check OUt Of! carrier landings now, Crews ate reo Iieved and fuel replenished at sea. As an airlift for modem ahrisubmarine deeecrion gear, ehe airship takes. its place with the rest of we team, operated by personnel who lire
no srrangers
to

rhe ocher. air com ponenrs.

rage. Most of the training arne is sperrr in the fleet-type K ship, however, They Me 250 feet loog !tod lllwc- a maximum envelope width or 70 feet. Also seen at Lakehurst. out OOt .in training are several "M" ships. Sooo tU be lIying will be the biB;gesc of all, the 'N" ship. illustrated on pages six
and reV'en " Oldtimers in LTA

in training

HTA

are pleased with the resuks obtained pilots. The reaction is that they have a

of elecrronics and

more professional

approach and hove more basic ,knowledge 1'lllvi~lIcion. There is practically no at·

THIS IS tHE LATEST 'HOTO

Of THE NAVY'S NEW

'NAN'

TYPE NON.IJ.IGID AIRSHIP BeiNG

IlUILT BY

NEW 'NAN' AI,RS P READIED


A
rype noruigid airship being built by the Goodyear Ai-rcroft Corporation 'ar Alcrof1, Oh~o, It is destined co take
service In World War La the allied drive against marines.Tt is expected to fly soon.
NEW B8lW

is about

to

be born. Ie is the "N," nc "Nan"

its place alongside the welt known >OK" type whlch saw wide

sub-

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

CAV &1 N·L IKE is !.be iQte~io: of me pllCtht 111 air ruled N an- type airdUp as workmen make i'ini5hin8 rouches, Car hangs from euCl1lln.

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

me
ways. 11'1 the foreground.

if' looks almost like a boar In construction Is the nose (Q11t' for the hug.e nO-IH igid.

ERECTING find rigging an airship is a tremendous job. Here crewmen ar NAS LAlCEHOIlST, spread rhe fahrj~ bag fur rigging II- K-type ship,

PROPELLER lin.! fllI{cile for 'he Nan shIp ate rested 00 stand at Goodyear engine test shop,

.fittings in the gloom imide the gas bas.

HARRY WEIGAND and Claude Weigand install

O. KARKERand L W. Beck cbeck installadon ,of control .surface artached to one of fins,

IiERE workmen
Irt

released. M:a"j,(iog lnsrallaiionure

nppll'

b",w line hatches

Myrl Leidy

from which

handlio!; and R. C,

Reed.

line,

DR. KARL ARNsmN, Goodvear finglfleering VP, LCd!.. V. E. Teig, SuA ~R repfesentlitille, 'lind T A. Knowles, VP Genera] Manager,

Jet Safety Record


during
From Vj1.J1 comes word thl.Uthis squadron {lew J 024 hours in BI11l1beeI
AUgUSI

co:
R.D

Knockout?

1950 :vhbout
Cates

acci-

demo 'Ibis IS the best lUontbty record reported to dille- for- a jet squadron

2{l years indicare that accideurs occur with greater frequency in squadrons equipped wirh me newest type planes, as high
ers,
~l!i those

Aircraft" accidenr

OV<':[

the lASt
'M.-

For example, in hBL'it! 1950 the acddetH rates for ,ees were sppl'oximlltely tWice
for con-ventional fight.

a. wave-olt If the LSD dQesJl't gIve II prompt wa.·..·06. then crab his rrouse r leg, and repent warning.

Rerurning from 11 tactical bop in an f"4 -4, lin ensign discovered rbar his plane had a hydraulic frtilure and he was 11MbJe to get his wheels down. Accoml'iwied by his wingman he climbed to 6000 feer where he- arrempred [Q pomp them down manually. When this failed, he decided to use rhe emergency CO!! sysrem, He lowed d ,WD to 85 knots

and acruated the


At this time

Mlfrgenq'

system, only
notified the

tI,,,

As pilots become more f.unilill~ with jet eperations, and as some of the "bogs" rJw_ show IIp in nny new model are ellminsted, mere should be a marked
improvement IA the jer accident to es during the corning menrhs, Perhaps by the time r11is issue of N.A. News is distributed. vr-tr's record wiIJ be betrered ... we hope so. In ~l[1y event, congrmuIalions to W·lI.

S u~in:g binDculMs a smat"t nook spotrer can oFten datect the fact that a plarre ·,5 ntl1king a 1'11> hook approueb while the aircraft is till ,.;tV OUI on the tluwn .vind

co have rhe Line lending from the CO:,. bo~le burst in rhe c kpie, tower or his prediramenr lJ,DJ stared that he would rry to get his wheels down with dives and pull-outs. He was rhen
II

the

pilot

leg.

No Time To Whisper
making refre her carrier landings in an FllF·1D. On his down wind JeS he went over the check-off jiSt but neglected to lower his hook. The hook sponer tit rhe LSO platform was nor using binoculars and called our "no hook" JUSt as [he plane reached rhe cur position. The L 0 did noc hear
W3S

111 ,last ye .... we have had 10 of ThnS unnecessary accidents. Bach (lne puts a pl11ne out of eemmission a nd! some iusrances Ihl> il,..m''-ge ba.s bee.n very ~evere. Three of lhese planes nipped 0""" 00 lheir backs .. ftc~ engaging tke barri","" and suffered strike damage; anuther required 3 mlljof overhaul, Th other .si.x all bad mao jot' damage,

we

rn

Case #1
Pilpt

Let's follow can't eliminate

d~ese ..ules and see if,", tJl is type Clf accidllot,

1. Explain 10 the book spotters tbe imporlno;:e of!:beir a~ignmilu,r.. Tell them the ~C"t terminology that is 10 be tl5OO. Explain that the LSO is (00 busy to watch for Lhe book.

touched down in a rhree point areirude near rhe #3 deck pendant, continued up the center of the deck. and crashed into che barrier PUot was making hLS second carrier 11nding in 1\ TBM-J5. On this approach, he neglected to lower hi landing hook. The hook spotter did not call Que-"No hook" until rhe plane was in the groove aed then ~poke SQ softly that the 1.50 did not hear the warning. A cur was given and the TBM crashed into number 2. 3-, and <1 barriers. and rhen nosed up.
Petdbo,le S4'YS: Maybee our book spetters ought 11:> im_ltan Demcsrhenes, the Athenian 01'01.lor, who practiced tnIkiJlg with. pebble! in •~
his mouth
to

this warning and gave a cut; The plane

2. Require rhe USe of binoculnl$ by hook •.-potler . !I. Require ~he LSD ~ acknowledge encb ligna! given by the hoole spotter bYL<l!peaJ· ing it hack 4. ll'I ilie event the w... rning is not heal'd a by the LSD, instruct the hQD,," s_pottu 10 grab !.he LSD around [he ankle (0 get his
attention.

lmd. come [0 the rower to try it nap roll. At 8,000 feet he performed a snap roll ro the righr but was unsucre ful In lOW1"'riog the gear. He c-aJled h is wingman [0 say rhar he would try anoeher snap Toll in a minute. A second snap roll Was arrempred at 8,000 feel and this was Followed by n spin [Q the right. The . ireraft continued to spin until striking me ground. In tbe opinion of the wingman and other witnesses, the pifce made 00 app~lrCJlt effort either to recover from rhe spin or (0 bail·our. He was wearing a protective bel met which ma.kes it appear unlikely [hilt he was accidendy knocked our by striking his head during the SOIlP roll. The canopy remained dosed durirlg his effons ro lOWEr the gear.
Gtnmpa.w Pettitu"." Say.: The causes 01 this accident wiU Ileve.r be solved to ev~~)'bodY'1 sarisfnetion, but here's -a theery which
~ probably
$~ClllI>

advised by

Incrory representative who

Case #2

quir;:

plausiblo

and

y!!.t

was

nol

·metnioned 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, canopv closed _d was nflt aD Oxygen. Im't it pes~ibI., rhat h" wujncap"dtale~ by the high co 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 anesthetic in surgical operations . In 1948 a mnjoe -airtine crash oc"u~rcd when the pilot ;md c,,'pllot of a transport were rendered unconscious after r'5ing the C02 lire mnil'lgt'lillhing s)'st1!m in. a fQ'" warli baggage compamnant, The "fleeTS of II; .rugb coocenn:arion of C02 Ilre mJ;iC!ious. It takes lime. belore il incapacitates dle victim. In lhis cas ... since

<:J. Grempo»

develop

his "aioe.

Whm II hook spotler !e~ a plane comlog in ""ieh the book up~ that'$ certaiuIy no tlme to whiBper. He .110uld shout loud enough to be heard dear up al the wand and then tm:'n lo ee tha~ the LSO is atving

COz if beaviu centearien of lower area of uied th nap The pilot

thAn air. the highest (onCOl was probably in the


the cockpit until the paot

Drop In For Lunch


scops ate pretry well cantrnlled byregu !arion no.\V, but in tile earJier qa.y:t-a COLI ph: Q~ years "l\go--tho;
HEll OPTHIl

Too Proud For a Wave-off


An ensign with 217 hours of flight 6 me was returning to .00:ry Held after completing his firsr FeLF hop At an outlying field. He started his approach to orr}' Field trom a po:idau very dose aheam and in a nose higli arritnde. In the rmal Slagt'.S of .his <\ pproach, he condnued to righren the HlTfI' in :J n.
effOIt to align himself with r11(' run-

rolls. WOLdd

normnllr

have

had

some warning in that: he would have notioe.d that he "'/10 bTeathing much mere nlpldl)1 than U8Uru. he: ..."ver, in his cir-

boys

who

flew

l111'

eggbeaters

were
UI'lWU

flQ(

tOO

IL1$.~l'about

where
operator

[hey

$lll

for

cwnEitances he may nave felt tbat this was


due U) nervousness o~ l\>I'cilen'll'J:ll over the impending wheals- .. p I"nding. T'his is an isloated case and il lnaY be

th~night._ One egg~ater

Set off (toss COUIJ-

a long
confronted

time

b.erore lI_nother aviator

is

witb the same ser of circum'IIUUlCi'-l. Bile if you, ever have reason to suspect that a COz line bu broken in the cockpit. get th- Canopy open qukkly, and use 1000/0 olfygen if you have II.

Dear Gram paw Pettibone:


Rules, states, -'\VheD dead ng on VFR, you must remain a, tease 500 feet: below the cloud base and 500 Ieee above the ground ar all times exec r when taking
Tbe ''Navy Pilots' Iafcrmatlon Pile" in the section discussing Vi s t1.., I Fllghr

trY with a crewmen from L.1kenmst. As Ihey proceeded south in New Jersey, the weather became soup)' 1I0d rain was beavy. SOOIl rhere was only srrnighr down vi51blIiry so. he landed near an old barn standing by [fSell in It Jiedd. The twO waited out rhe downpQur there, 'They were on rheir wlIy again when the min 01l0!- more threatened an inrerruption in the Journey. Thi~ time the pilor Ieeked more closely and SOOn sporeeda larjre home
with two «';tlverr:ible~ aad if. limousine sittillS ourside, A., he abl-J'lton(J;ed tbe spacious f_ront lawn in the- rain, two g!rl5 came dash.

way. Witnesses state drat he rur The COffair into a nearly verriCRl bank JUS! before he crashed on his lefr wing tip and landing gear some fifty feet sho« of the runway.

off or landing." However the CAA "Flight information Manual" States in me chapter on Air Traffic Conrrol Procedures, Section I, VFR Procedures, .'Aircraft may be operated in accordance-with VFR above a well-defined cloud or oeher formation provided, climb to and des<;eot from such 'Oil tOp' flight ean also be made in

jg:noring the dampness, wlIvioy for- him 10 land, which he did pronfo, Soon the two Navy adventurers were enioyi~ a '\~ann gfow inside and our lIS they sat before a [oaring lire. Without looking. they knew tbat the wenthe:r WIl5- tOO bad for them to continue before the next morning,
OtH,

ing

madly

accordance

with

VFR

weather

mini-

mums:' Is "on top" flight perrnisslble on a VFR clearance? At rhis Station we contend thaI -a VPR flight must have enronre rninimums of a lOOO-fool ceiling and three miles visibility on Airways or IOOO-foot ceiling and one mile visi"iUry off airways. This inrerprerarion leads to considerable dissension between pilers Md clearing. auehorlries, Which definition is correct?
Gramp,",,' Pllllib<mt! S4)'1I There ~ iI deli",te conllict bet'We~1I the Inserucrions in lltese two -publiea-

~J.
tionA

afu.

LCDR. USN.

else's propeller Chewing up the rail and fuselage of his airplane. The pilot of the' 1'61" pictured here came mjgbry close to getting a free ned: trim from rhe prop of another F6F which was tuming u.p right behind him. Both planes were parked in rake-off position and the pilol in [he a_ft plane was concerned because his engine was somewhat rough during the mag check, He decided to give hi plane a full power tutn-tlp and was watching [he inserumenes closely, He sLlddenly peaum .. aware o-f the faa that hls pInne was moving forward and to port, bur not in time to avoid hitting the plane ahead,

gray hair than "the sound of somebody

Don't Kill Your Friends Ncthlag is mate likely to gi ve a pllor

rhe inirisl impact sheared off his lefr landing gear and righe whee-l:. The r~-ght landing genr srrur rhea dug inro the runway and Hipped the F4U-4 over on its back. On [his impact the canopy was smashed and the engine torn from the plane. The -P'I -4 then bounced back in the air and landed in an upright position. The final impact broke the fuselage JUSt aft of the cockpit. The piloc suffered a compound fraccure of the skull, compound Iracrures of borh legs, lind multiple lacerations abonr the Iaee. He died shordy afrerwalds,
SII"": ltagic thing abou.t thil aei3 that it ceuld have been prevented so ('asiLr. As 500n as the pilot discovered that he was gbing to overshoot th_~ gr ove, all he had to do 'Wa~ I vel his wing'! a.nd go around again. ~ gidenl The

Grarnp¢1I' Pettibon«

and your "[;II";on is by no means unique in its inr!!rpreraUQll which requires VFR condltions over rh .... ntir~ eoute, At the pr"".>n[ tlme rhe two Au-cralt

A Bas;c Training Command directive spcdncs tbat all apprnaches except FCLP and actual cart"ie~ approaches will be planned -10 as [0 have a minimum straightaway of 800 feet, In this ilUtance the pilol wa~ still in a rurn when.... ithin GIr)' reet of the runway. He had no tso 10 wave hitll off woen he gQ~ into 11 danRemember stalling speed incre"se. grear~ I'd like [0 have a dollar for ever), Iy ina steep ttlrn. Don', be to proud accident pf rhi.- lYP diltt 11"3 " urred to take n wII.v".olf. The Iii :If sta~ke i. during I_he last ten year$. I could! reti!",_, YOltr own. and lei scmeene else spend hi" tim e read. iLJ.g accldanr reports. D"!l;~ kill you~ friends I Whene er )'ou giv'l! a plan" a fuJi pOWer turn-up, aim FAMOUS LAST WORDS Qn.e eye outside the ccckpu, In rime this "Let's go down and see where may make. you a little cress-eyed, bur thUI'E -we are!" a 1!H betlu thau car~"u\G up a friend.

Clr.cular Le~r~ w~k1t deal witb Navy Plight O_perJttjon~ Ulldef VPR .md IFR eondi tiODS a re being revi,ed. I be.i~ve that
the Dew letters will dear up l1,j, Mlbiguiry and that "on top' fl,g'lits w(l1 be allowed on VFR pla.ns, pro\·jd"d that climb co and ile.cent from .,ucb "on top" Right can be

Gn~mp"w

Pettibone

S<I')'I:

gerous abitude.

made VFR. G,atllpa",'1 Pome Il"d,.


""j

Tb f htoh!!<l me her.

W, ...
I Il"ve

l-o-<>!Q,n

A!lQ~ g_"t:liqJt .1>

• ••

to,

til" ,f.ek,

tHIS

LIGHT

JET 1I0MBE'A OF

THE. SOV'IEt

.AIR FORCE

IS THE

RUSSIAN

COUNHRfARJ

OF

THf

U,

s.

AUt

FORCE'S

&.45

011 ENGUSH

CANBEllAA

SOVIET AR
General Vassili Stalin. son of the Mittshal llnJ cmrnander of the Air Force. of the Moscow military disericr, recently stated rhar none of the world's air forces has 1~")1pedenced such .L glorious history" as rhar of the SSlL which IS both the morher and rhe cradle o f T be airplane and [he rocker. To the Sevier cirtzeu xhis sumnnem was ao u~dcflhLble face, fur what more proof was needed than the exhibition held earlier in M05eoV!., wltkll credited Alexnnder Mozhaisky wirh nor only deslgo..iJ.ig n :;[t'llm·ci.riven air r(lf[ but ~ Ith tlying it on :m July, 1882 some 21 years before the Wright 'brothers Etsr fligh~ ilt Kill De il Hill, N. C, Among ether firsr urvenuons self credited by the U SR arc ihe locket aircraft, nviarico engines, the muhi-engined oircmft, the helicopter; the ,jutogiro. the hydroplane. [he all-merul dirigible, the parachute and numerous others rhar are rnu'tENAN'I

POWER
Under (he reorglHlialitlOn of the oviet; armed orces, announced in Pebruary 1950, the air fl)tcc- after four years of relative autonomy, apparently has reverted ro the position it occupied under the oviee 9!lllY during World War .Il, This recenr ch~nge places the
Army and . <Ivy on [he: 'arne plane,

of rbe Suvlet mlli(ttTY au: force. While i! is bur a relatively modern cur force, L( Is one whirb the' Soviet leaders consraruly are rr);i.ng to improve. Their JU orce includes a number of men wlro have disringuished rhernrelves fr'ir daring ,lad ima,gi nnrion 111 rhe operation and design of- airceafr, whom .it is afe [0 assume lIre 110 less ralenreel rhan rhe pilors lind engineers Ilf Russian birth who disringulshed rhemsel es in USA.

Orgo 11 iza ti on
p.wpagatli.kl lind frequent reorgauizntions, the Soviet concepr of air power has seemed conrrailictory. TIle f,lC~ remains. however, that the USSR is .:;1 land power. and ir is likely rblll the prim. ry purpose- e)f their air power will be. to back-up the nrmy in a eacrical capacity.

somewhar similar to the U defense ~-e· s-up prior [Q uniticanon. Wiililn chelr Ministry of War, ovier military IlVl<I· eion includes the army air fOl'ice (for
cooperarion wirh grOlwd rrocps

r.

rhe

Clouded by censorship,

fighrer arm of the air defense system and the long flmgc Lir cumponenr. There is also n Civil I}.ir Fleer wluch provides me atr rransp@rt requirements of [he USSR. These milirary comjJonellrS are urganlzed into au armies, each composed usually of three corps, further subdiv ided iUtO ~~1feeJj visi ons per corps.

f,Lbric:~ced for propagnnde

purposes,

These claim and -sraremenes ,LIe charucrerisdc of Soviet releases emphasizing ehe superiuriry and bi.gne~s of everyriling. To paraphrase a statement of ralln's: "me Soviets fIy the fltsre5t, the fastest, rile highest; the hrrrheresr and ehe longest," We oil the other Ide flf the iron curtain are sometimes amused and decei ved by these revelarlons, master minded by the leader of the oviet paradise. But ()U~ of all rhlS oue thing prevails for a crtainty and rhnr is the bigness

JL~12 TRANSPORT

LOOKS

lIKf

CONVAIR

LINER.

SHOWS

JRfiND

TOWARD

TRICYCU'

LANDING

10

TWIN....eNGIN1!D I'E-2, ONE OF WORLD WAit I1'S BEllER

SUPPOltf PLANa

number which is nor always in rile -correa order of seqnence, The lao: that an aircraft IS ehe most recenr design of a Soviet deSigner _does 0.0{ :>lgni fy thor [he nexr hignelit lIluubef will be assigned; certain earlier numbers of experimeneal or preliminary desigt1~ have been adopted for a larer desi_gn. An obvious example is. the Y AK·J. which was developed from rhe YAK-9. Aircraft Designations beth -dcs~gned by A l!OOtf](jer S. Y akovlev. Airera1~ £acrories ill rhe Soviet Union A more recent ex;un_ple is the TU-~ and its .satellite countries Ate stare CClD(USSR 6,_"9); 11 1"U~ design, not simi lar (foIled and all aircraft produrtion is to rhe pre5enf aircraft of that designsIlndertLlk~1l in Stare iac[flries. The des~gn rion, WM under way durIng World Wilt of aj_rcraft is t"a~i'ied oue in these Stare II bur W'!l5 never placed in prod\luipn, faclOries by a small group of experts Neverrheless, it has been observed tl1~t who have their own design srafls, It is the Soviets are adhedng ro a generu) no'\ uu IlsUIlI f{:.!t successful. designers CO applicarion of odd ,lnd eveu numbers be uwsrded hi$h rank in the Engineering ro specific c'ategodes. Odd numbers are Service of the Soviet ml[_jrM'Yair force gl"nerally 1i,gbt:f>r5 or ·6gl],~ trni ners which accoanrs for che military :l'llrlk ( U\ -7; ,,"UG-'1; VAK;.15 erc ) while even

l!acb al r division is composed of three air regiments. All air re:~imef][ is made up tlf th ree squad rons wi tit apprnximarely 30 to 50 llirrrafr depending upon tilt! r~giJll(!rus rnle, The air ('omp!:lIlenc of the Soviet Navy is orgllniz.ed inro fleer au forces, which <In! similar rn ofg~ni,2l1i6iJu ro the air armies, N:l'\'aJ aVHltioq. is an integral elernear of rhe Sovie, Navy and lS administered !lepBrahdy lrorn [he cornponenrs of mWc.lry aviarion. The Soviet Union coday is smd to hare un air for,ce of upwards of 14,000 operarional aircraft indlJJin8 some )cr fighters, and 1'U-4 (Th-.1l~ type:j medium bomber,s. Its srrategic bombjng force is reklively small, alrhoush rhisarm appears [0 have been stressed in the Soviet m)Sr-"'~r program, Naval tlv~atiQn is [and based having DO aircrafr carriers frotn which ro oper;lce.

Iiberaung tbe- convicted one. SOViet aircraft and engines are clesignuted by rhe i uirials Of an abbrevituion of the desigaee or ute I.Ie-sign team names, followed by 11. hyphen nne! n
rntLl;

somerimes added to H designer's name. On rhe orhe r hand unsuccessful deSigns have Jed re prison terms which IS by no -meuns the end, for the SQ\'ie_ts have H prrlCEicaJ oudook and have been kn,ov. f] io allow (he convicted dtslgotr 10 cennnue Ius, work in pnson, This h,ls Jc,d to some prize-winning designs,

nurn ber s :tp ply to all at her 11' es ~ l'£-8, p b('lI11ber: IL·U, transport; etc 1 A few SovieI nircraft have, from rime CO rime, been gi ven names, ehe widely pubHcized StO,.mcN'tk and AluXflII Gm'ln are instances. Others are the helicnprer Omega. and the rail rust: UIk,i1 or Dllek. The fullowing li.sr shows the more Itnporraar .dcsigners, abbrevi-lted by name iJl ~[pbabeckflj order.
.'1.N'r .
"'F.lt""~_

KL

.Anli.''-'"'' .Ni~kWo:ie\· r\~_h 'l'",p"j.;. _ll"."",lJ"k ""~ la&Gl:i<w


__ Elfmulw!\I

H, ._l1yusbl .. Ln., _-_..,L,a'\i?oC"bk.ill ;l.kGC:-_ L"""ebkjn,

Li ~ _
~lIG

MI

SI:£G1HL_ SlJ.

Shebecbakcv Stikh"l T",- _.. Tupnlev 'l'l'-k .. __Yako"I""

p"'---_ . __ ~,I~'~l-:Q~ Pu _ _ _ _p" n k !l"UO"

lid i""""'hoJ;>,,v Mfko,vm •. arid

W"i.t~h'

(;~~jll!lO" aD~

GlIdlr.w

Gure'vldl

Fighters
Om:' of the- Soviets leading fighter lltliigods, Colonel Gener-al Ale:GI.nder Sergeovic,h YakQvJev, stated. ehar in 11 fighrereverythlllg slaoukl be sacrificed ro weigl:lI; reclunion. This. is -appare.nt in all of his pn)_p fighter series, ranging from YAK 1 to Y'AK.'l, whieh are Iasr ;1nd maneuverable owing to rhe almost complete absence of <l1TIl0l'. During the laSt wnr, pilots of the French "Escadrille NOImlln-die" (Jew YAK figfJters while

NEW ·50'lt,u

sW-EPTIlACK MIG J£TFIGIUEI!

·RE.5EMBlESIJ.

MIG JET fEATURES BWNT

NOSE AND JU

E)l:HAUSl

AT TRIUllNG

EDGE

11

LA-V PROPELLERED fiGHTER

INFERjOR IN PERfORMANCE

10

U. S. Fo.Sl

SIPE

VIEW

IS EASY RKOG!oIlTION

FEATUR£

operaring

011

the Spviec from.

These plywood fabric C:OYfreJ lowwin~ monoplanes are the Iighrest fighters ill me world.; the YAK-l weighing

keepmg wirh rhe Soviet pracnce, limarnenr is placed in the MIG-Y nose section.
WG-!).

,presenr the

line fi.gbrer for


MIG-9

erends, would

5,800 pounds normal gross and the YAK-9 weiglung 6,300 pounds normal gross.
more than 1,000 h.p. the later YAK models ale capable of speeds up to 320

Powered by inllne engines of a Ilrtle

~ons. are ..that this was a hastily designed


I

is I:'qllip~ed wuh a single jet engine and " tail wheel lauding gear. Indica-

Of similar configuraden,

these new jets. appear it- is probable

,I number

serve

of years, As
that

as

first

th

YAK-15

and YAK 15 will be relegated co training duties and arellire air forces.

knots, Although technically inferior tQ the FW-J90 or Mg..1(l!JJ fhe vast number
conn-ibured largely

nterrm let fighter hardly more than a modified YAK·!) prop fighler. NOL as fast as the MIG·,), the YAK·J5 bas a rop speed of around 450 koors Both of

Bombers
ovier operarional squadrons art" equipped with a number of \'\1orld Waf n rwin-engiaed light bomber type. These air fair consist of ro-rs
PH-is, IL-"!'S, which in some cases have been modified to rneer new requiremCIUs for more specialized needs. A.20 Hr#IOCJ and 11-:0>:> Mitchells were supplied co the cvlers under Lend-Lease,

which were available

co rhe USSR vinory in World War U. Still operational are the YAK-1's and 4s
which have been seen of lure bearing

Norm Korean colors. Lr. Gen. Semyoo A. Lavochkur desis.ner of ~L series of prop fighter 'Planes, mushed the war wirh the l.A·~ model,
This over radial engine .fighrer, of mixed

these nircrafr were produced in quanriry and ass~glled to operational squadrons, :-. mo~hijed YAk.-uJ \l rrlcycle version, Incorporates a bttlgiog chin protrusion which houses a. nose wbeel, The performance of rhese jet fighters

was cemparuble to 0 ...


far und .Bnllsh

P-f<O

ShOfJliflg
of

During bemhen

the past few yean rhe prototypes.

sviers

VarnpTre

jer fighters

ronstruction,

has a maximum speed of


Although obsolescent,

~OO knots,

the LA-7 is still operational in the Soviet


and sntellire air forces. Post-war varianrs similar in llppellI.lllCe to !'hIS model are the speedier LA-<l and UI.-I L all-rneral fighters, which are believed to be slighdy inferior in performance ro (he 1'-51 A'II/IMflg and British Hawker F/~''Y' A buttered sample of the i.x-u wa.~
01]

th,u penod. In making up for their Iare stun oviec designers produced in ~947 a number of new prototype Jet fighters. Our of these designs there evolved II new iec sweptbnck wing fighter, This aircraft has been attributed to the Uikoyal1-Gtltevich design 'team alJd, has ~een seen in quantiry ar recenr ovier air shows. Resembling the F-M
• ube« in general c o1ig_utlltio[)' the new M1G has sweprback wings and mil Sill~a(es find is firted wit'll l\ tricycle lund~g gear, The mgl~ ier engior: placed III rhe .fuselage h'1S a nose intake and ;l rail exhaust; In side view th sweptback wing Jet presenes a chopped off

,have b~n busily engaged in the development of a number of rwin-engined jet Day show an air displr v of new rwin[er light bombers was r~p rred in lllghl over Lenin's tomb. Needless to say it 'follows [hl1[chese jet bombers or others of s i.mi Inr rype e vent ually CILj1 be e~ peered to be in Soviet operational units.

At (be last Mn}

Tupolev received a .Smlin award If! 194. for the TU-2 desrgn, which is a
conventional all-metal shoulder-wing rrumoplane with twin fins and rudders. It proved itself time and J.gailli as. a dose upporr plane, It is still widely dis,

view when -a de~ecting Soviec pilot

crash landed in Sweden in 1949. 111 lme with. the ~en~ rewards produceion of rhe faster Jet au-c.:nn, these may be (he last of the eries of Sevier reciprecaeing

engiue lighters. Slmrrly ufter World

appearance.
Ilghter

II ITemenc(tlus potential au-craft factories and skilled personnel fell ro the Soviets in their zone of Germany. Wirh chis boost eriou: work n Jee propulsion W_tlS begun and by the end

Wll.r II eudea, in the form of

is locnted

Armam.€nL of the new M:iG in rue lower side of


fighter, considering

rribured in operational squadrons. The underslung radial engine necelles house the msin !audit1S; gear. T011 speed has
been esrimared to be around 300 knots Armament consisrs of tWO guns fixed in the wing lOOtS .md three Hexibl guns in [he fuselage.

the nose. Placed in operational


$weptback wing

quudrens [be

of 1946 their hesc operaricnal jet aircra& rile MIG-'l, made its offiCial lIppe;Jj" ance, A few momhs later the TAK-J5
appeared and production aircraft got underway. of both rhese

below the forward half f the fuselage. This all-metal, mid-wi ng nghte;r lined with .tricycle Janding geat .is reponed to be highly mnueUYI!r3b1e with II maxi-

apparent German influence, wuich wus evidenced by its two German axial-Bow type jer engines located' side by s de

The

MTG'9

was a ija,rive deslgn

With

nn

mum speed of

llfQUnd

500

Knots.

1n

PLANES SIMILAR 10 1'HESE YAK·,

flGl1T[JS

WERE fOUND

IN KOllE'''',

FIGHTING' fOil COMI!IUNISTS

12

Transports
Behind the iron curtain and SbOUl iIS £r.i Ililes oecasienal gJ,i mpscs fife to be had 01 recem USSR [fpes which are flown by .11 erQli'ot , the Air Traaspsrr service ot tlre Soviet Union, and oiber .sarelli ee airli nes, During the last war 01 lilr-ge O"LU1:I er of 1)C-.i b (C--I1 hup) SkyJrdmr were su pp lied to the Soviet under Lend-Lease, The Soviets also bullr -an identical version of chis venerable workhorse artd designated it me U-J; As is [he case wirh ocher air forces of the world the C-4Ih_1'2 still conelnues in service wirh Sovj~ operational units. A new Soviet mmspott seen flyioS Europeart rnutes is the twin-engioN low-wing IL-l~ which bents It resemblance to the Convair liner. This 27passenger tnnsport is g.tlldtUlliy repladngthe smaller "[,[-2 on lb_e So vier Interna ricnsl Airway SYStEm n I'Id flys the Moscow-Khabatcvsk ~10 of more (hM 4~OOO miles in 28 hours with swps at amund 160 knots cruising speed. In line wirh the presem erend (he Soviets new transport is fined with a tricycle lancling' geaf which consists of

TU04 BOMBER IS A coPy

,OF B-29 INTERNED BY SOVIET

IN W:AR, TRANSfORT

VEIMION

FLYING

Pedyakov studied under Tupolev and later designed tne all-meral Iighr bomber, P.E-~, his most n.orable contribution to Sovj~( aviation. UlJ,forrunate1y for the Soviets Petlyakov's career was ,;m'sh0!t when be met an _untimely dead, in an air aecideru in 1944. His Pl!-2 design, fined with two fixed nosegucs and three orher l1exible guns ,ibour rhe fuselage, b',we' the Germans eonsiderahle tfClubll1' dutlng [hI;' War. 1111; tWO in-line 'engiRes elf the !'E-2 give rhe twin taU bomber II maximum speed of around 190 kno.s, One of rhe older lighc bomber.>~ rhe serv ice in 19411LS R bomber -and -torpedo Cl1'ricr, Its msximurn speed of around 250 knots makes it relatively slow by todny'$ SIllilCards. Nevertheless, the lL-I is sci 11 ;t.;'Sighed to Soviet mili auy and na-yal operational squadrons. Andrt'i Tupolev wss nor so ofiglJ"tJ wirh his medium bombe_f, rhe 'r'U-<, and ir is to be doubted 01[1.[ he received ~ Stalin award for bis Chinese copy rif the B-l') SupNforJ~~,r_ During rhe t'.'{lr were forCeQ to land in Sevier occupied [erl'lcory. From the captured n..z'''s Tupolev also produced a 72-pa&!"enger transport version, designated the TU-7J.1.The fuselage of the TU -70 is. [nn~et than the TIJ~'s and is mounted higher on the wing. SOVIet designers have Deen veqr conscious of the requirernenrsof the ground suppOrt units and early if) WHrld War n broughr j nro being the famous IL-J StQrmc/Uik "tank buster," Production ()f me Slonliot,Iik was disrupted P}' the German ofTeruive during rhe first stages of The war and .it was f10~ until the Stalingrad campaign char the SfomUJ-liik came
im;o extensive use.

replacement 1m (he u-z The LL-I~ hrl-S maximum speed of aro-uud i60 knees and IS, some 30 knots faster than the JL-.1. This Iarer model ri1lday Forms the back bone oIair ground su fip0rt j n the Sovier and sareI1iIe air forces, The engine cowlings on til-ese- sin,g!eengine tank busters. have the same armored covering, which is composed of stew plates D ro-8 mm, in thkkness wirh less vulnerable parts of {he fm;el~se procected by 4 mm, plates, .10 borh (he IL-2 -and the 11.-10 aramameac consists
3.

of four flxed·

gUlJs

j,o tnt? wings and one

IL-~, _pre-vioLlSly The llIIh~,was designed by Sergei Ilyusbin and was fir-sr put inro

wheel, A Yarialiun of the TL-U has appeared with tL dorsal hiring on the s ingle fi [L Ilyushin has designed a liI.l'ger fourengined 06-pass:eoger rransporr, which Is designated It- it<. This low~wing. single

dual main

wh(;!e1s and a slngle-nose

flexible glJn in the dorsal gunner's psrtruent i.n buck of the pilot,

corn-

ran rrsnsporr
ro the
00-(;.

is somewhat

cum parable

several

B-:1Il's

were

(o1'lJis;;ffcedaft~r

they

In 1944 a Iaeer and more powerful .JeveJopmem, [he rt-io, appeared as :l

13

AVAL and .Marj~e Corps ~Yiati011.is playing a big part .in helping the ground troops win their war against orrn Korean Communists. NAVAL AVlATI0N NEWS cannot give a blow-by-blow word picture of the 6ghting, but it tan present

behind-the-scenes sidelights of the; aerial combat, gleaned from communiques, news correspondents' tories and squadron newsletters, wirh latest news photos. Hell i)pH!rS are m..king more aviato~ friends every day in Korean waters. Ens, Jllme5 Br'Ogan, a COfJatr pilot, had LO ditch after rake-off in [he Inchon close air S1.lpport operation when his engine quit. His external gas rank exploded on bHting rhe water, The pLlne gJ,Ul.rdhef coprer piloted by Lr. C. D.

His second "save' :Wll! 2nd. it. Do)'Je H. Cute who ditched when enemy A1\ knecked cur his oil system. After being "pulled into the hov,eri.l'Ig helicopter. Col slapped a helpful "sergeant" on the baa. saywg, "Thanks, Mac." only (Q discover Brigade. who had hauled hlrn in.

Haines had
minutes,

11iLIj

our of the water in three

~J1(lt it was BGen. Edward A_Craig, commanding general 0 tbe Einsr. .Marine-

Helicopter pilot Lt. Gustlve [0. Lueddeke has picked three pilots QUI of the Paa]c io recent weeks. Firsr pilar ro be saved was Capt. Vivian M. Moses, whose CorJaif' was' hir I:>yenerny gtOlmd lire and had to ditch in the water.

Third member of rile "Lueddeke fan


dub"
lip
IS

by the helicopter 1)" minutes after his enginea failed soon after rnkeblt
from an aircraft carrier

Capt. James K. Johnson picked

TO miles a~ sea.

14

OJ

Aii.Qther lnsrance of nervy flying by hd1copt_er pilot was reponed £root the lnnd front, A Co-rrair was shot down

south of Pyt.l1)gY!lllg and the pi-Int. Ens. C. E. Derris, made a belly~hUlding, He was rescued by a Morine hehospree [h:n zipped (for a belkoprex. itsfnsr ) in at B? mph J_t low alrleude, landed in enemy terrain afld picked up rhe pilor, who WitS In good condlrien, The pinwheel pilot wns Lr William B. Evans.

Canyon
Throwing

Caper.s
bombs imn caves lH ihe

end of a box canyun aad then zcoming

up over a cliff at the canyon's end W<LS rhe {yp~ of precision close air support work done- by Marine HLen of the B/fJck-

rbeep squadron,

The origllltdtilLger assigned the fliers was a large band oJ enemy troops hiding in rows of trees near [he canyon. When the four MarLoe fliers cegan Strftiing and rocketing. these trees, the enemy tl'OOJ:l~ ran Inm the canyon anel enrered semlconcealed carves ar die canyon's end. Strike leader, Mn], Kenneth Ruesser saw the Communists dl&appe:tring in the owes. He asked _permission from rhe ground COD.twl offi(:_~t co fly down inrc the Clnyon and drop nnpalrn into the caves, Permission was grunted nod .l\t1aj, Ruesser and Capr, Charles Graber wem

lOADING .Y' HII A·R ,odultJ on


I:)rtlmu,6e71l<m. qiNJI<III, ,wd. K,

/I

K. Lannin,

WOrM;',. p.1'IJ/!(1ring fpr Kqr~tII~ttrike arc R. V. [r!bltffl m/illJiOII mrmtltl: N,wl' pjio/J v'Jed rl1c/am /!j~lll,<tr (JIlt frI'tN'eh

imo

tbe:

Ql,nyo.n, Their planes were so

low rbe napalm bomb-would not explode 00 hltting the gCOQ1llQ, so Ruesser droPFe'd his bomb and Graber igoiled it b¥ srrafing, Then Lr, George Dodenhoff made a perfect drop, followed by Lt. WilUnm Andy Androsko. Lacer, Marine ground rroop.~ Hi_rorted another entire enemy courenrrarion in the caves near thecowlJ of Chidoyon

was wiped out by close support airemfr


using napalm.

CAPi. JOHN A. THACH disdtJUi (ltrti6r dose .,ir JitpjMn It1tJiOJ (HI Ihe b,idgf: 0/ ,~ _itll<'nm· I"il'~' Lr. R. 13. Heiltl4jrj ,mr/ IVlitjIJr R. 11 t\.1t/lld, Mllrflu; fi,r;:hl4t' pi/()f, Ib1,~g [rom hm du!

Like Watermelon

Stealing

Pilots Hying jet lighten and mack planes can't say tee rl;lUdl in praise of their equipment. LCdc. Dave PtlHock's. l'ot/or;kh Peetbers were having ;t turkey SllOOl on !1 doubk-heuder C)'8:rn: until ir blew up, in rheir fm:es. They all gar back [0 (he ship all righr, bur rhe bard-wmkit1g metalsmiths .stayed up most of the night p.~tchillgplanes,
rhe Korean cOlmrry side under leadership of Cdr Harvey P; Lanham searching for mrscts ucound .lnchcn, climaxed a dJ1.)' by exploding a locomocive in a runnel Ileal' H ..... angju, Jets smu~ neighboring airfields in a 150-mile radlus fOfRf:lssibh: enemy oppositton while Cvrrdirr lind Skyj'~idli',1 plastered (he Reds.
Atl OFfl'tER Boike,.,

Some Fancy Shooting lee Pallther,r sweeping

p(Jm <lfifl Ti;O",JOI/

from

16j$, [!.al.$ li4ltk refI"llt#4 C.,isl, Dittmll,f'. 4/1'e,Tm.IJ F"ot'r;". n «ir nriJpe

'M~'

landed aboard. However, there were many pans


racr which were cannibulized

COgqod WSeOIi. other F'JF repair jobs. ,md the skipper, lear. W. T. Amen. was
able co quit rearlQg his already-rhinning

'Lr\d

rnpur

hair,

Short Tempers
planes often ge[prerry mad without any armnmenr, IV ith enemy Koreans l;:.eppc:r·

Marine urrillery SP( ITEtS eying over battlefields in the.it Ircrle observation

ing lit them hom [be ground, Nor a man co take [hit; Jyillg down is Capt. Francis A, McCareb. He S[:tr(ed carrying hand grenades along wi:dl him
to lOS at Reds when rbe)' get coo acrive in hccrin ar him. He found his diveDamping tactics were effective against small groups of enemy forces. The idea of carrying weapons In unarmed planes is not new. Matil1es during World War lJ tried rossing our h,mil grenades and larer on ned bazookas [0 the G1'(JJJhopperl wing.srrurs [0 blasr

Sf(YRAIDERS ARE r{lNyi?lg " fM/ lOdif of bl.NI~bJ to tll/alh ,Red Korean pmitiom. here W. R.. Brandette, G. E. Spaughr ami [on 111. R<1I11JI!~ impeft hm;J Q/ II luit~glQI!4 of i'fJflI(Jj mlssiies

Legalized

Flat-haHers

are jet jockeys, rhey won'r stand still for

JUSt about rhe only pilots III the: N y wbo Qlfl 8a[-bat legall}' might be "be dive bomber boys ill attack squadrons

any business of "selling props down the river:' Aldridge was "propping down"
a Korean railroad track one day when he noelced [WO trees moving closer to-

groUlld targets.

like VA-jS Jn Korell. With 12 rockers and rwo 100J,pound bombs. their AO--I'S are rhe load carriers of the war, ol'era[wg from i.l Ilurrcp dose off the Korean

gether. eighr

JUSt

rhem a .horr burst.

Red

for luck, he gave one of One handcar with soldi IS embarked W:4S

Caveman

Ioetics

cease.

scratched.

They have [he real lowdown

ress of the 'War

ban LOg since ,~ recenr 01' Order stared,


"Window peeking 15 hereby aueborized." Under skipper Leek. Dvug Hodson, the "chief peeker" is Lt. Bud Gallsgher, who makes ... poinr of checking rhe C<'InFor successful blasting,

by

01]

preg-

virtue

of [heir flat-

On another occasion, McClain caught a rruekload of Commies on the rondo Sensing rrouble, the ..liberators" rook to the ditch. Unforrnnately for them. Mac's rum was pad. He completely missed me truck-but hie [he ditch.

Aircraft machlnisr males aboard [be V'111ey Forge were perrurbed and as Chief Aviation Machinist's M.ate 5[011)' e K. Perica said, "The Korea War is getring on a personal basis".
Another ered wirh hole mechanic WLd1 his face covgrease, remarked that they

rents of warehouses before bJILStil1gthem


off the landscape,

Eager

Beaver

Gallagher and his squadron mates Lt. (jg) Hill Jacksml, Ens, Jim Pavelle, Arormc Aldrich, Mac McOaiD, Bubbles O'Connell, Jerry Covington and Buddy
Hughes were awarded VArlm. 1\. D. Struble. Air Medals

Doe VF-1J1 pilot over Korea gor so interested in seeing where his rockets hie [btH he forgo; so methlng, He new along behind them, arriving at !.he im-

by

Although

many of [heir doses! friends


Korean
ri'4J

pact area about' the SiUDe time as the rockets. The aircraft was a Grumman fnctory overhaul job; an O&R could om have decided where to begin, when he

expected to .repair an occasional shrapnel in a wing or a bullet hole In a fuselage-dun is war-but when North Koreans throw a rock Inro me intake ducr of a jet aircraft, that is unethical. But as h. Wayne R. Cheal will tell you, rhac is apparently what happened ro him for as he strafed a truek convoy a~ "steering v,'heel Ievel" , he felt the
object

Jenrn
II

hit the plane. He was amazed to on landing that it was 11 rock, nor bullet which damaged his F9F Patllber.

~Hot DOWI\! two milef aD Nrmh

(ig,) Nathan Ii. Ctury

~iUll,bllm8J

coas: p~" ~f Won~_ Lt, be/Me he piflr4 ..bured doWIf

to 111/81)1. William if. Vogel of !'1I1C/Ii! JeJtro'Y8r tours him Imllard 1hip where others help pull him out. KorltMI plane was Ch4Jli4 0/1

PANTHER

JET

11. DII/rem

tllld

Ken bell (}J 20 1'1l11}aJlmjU~l;#(JIJ luaded b} Lean."." Gil/ii! .1. R1/JJ(111 abollr'd p Tasl Pc>&! n (111"l'Jet

catapulted from

SIGNAL

COR'S

phr;tognzpber aboara a Nal1f catfier tllllfM tl'~ F4U f;,"~i~r (,0 support grourll! f.roopJ with ro.,I.ets

Teeter

Toffer

One of (he serious drawbacks about using carrier jets off Korea bas been light surface winds encounrered in rhe area. Catapults can pm our only so much

By the time he was cleared fot takeo:ff:, the opera dons officer of the carrier ordered his plane to 51'.IY aboard rather rhan delay the ilighL

Plenty of Tctgets
Marine figbter bombers out hunring Communist artillery and vehicles norrhesse of Inchon found web good shoosiog it did nor know which co attack first, Capt. Warren Nichols reported when it was over me CIJrJQirr had destroyed five hea\!y artillery pieces and damaged 93trucks. TJSgt. Leo Ihlr gOt six trucks wieh one napalm bomb. Leal Waltet Lisheid's eapalm bomb failed to ignite so Capt. Howard Finn sec

boost. and B igbts often had

to

celled, One jet squadron W1IS only 60% of its scheduled hops. Marginal CQodiu9OS under wQitb- they were launched also influeace (he loading, and there were few eights on which it was possible to carry rockets. Between VF-J11 and VP~H2t jet squadrons aboard one carrier, mere were three iastances of catapult bridles breaking at the stan of a shot. Ln each elise rhe pilot stopped [he F9F before it went over the bow-but ill 0118
Clue flot

be canable to fly

Packhorse of Fleet

Another fim was set by the Douglas Skyraidn In the Korean war when three of chern £lew from (\ C!lccier againsr Seoul

before th$

'WU:

UJbee! IUd

Glf'er

fbe ftJl1tP·

Who wouldn't be b·itter about nj~ L.ine- Up For Medals [ljlrry-rbur puors and' aU-crewmen luck, Ii II was lIKe t.hat of.ct. Marion It. Gallaghet,a kYfdtder pilot. from Fast Carrier T;\Sk Force 71 t(l Ko1rIJl811lg
... f~. ~,

lUCK, All Bad

with t.hree 2,OOO'pound bombs plus 11 full load 0120 mm Cannon nmrnunirion. It was. rhe firSt time the workhorse plane had been Iaunched with three blockbusters. After dropping their bombs, the wee AD's piloted by LCdr. Winston Chick. Lt. OS) Robert N. Krause and Ens, William C. Bailey strafed their target nr speeds berrer (han ,50 knors, which is omewhar faster than the old TBM Tlirkeyl used by NIt"VY pilots in World War 11 wou Idg0,

it off by strafing after he bad dropped his own on a Red gun emplacement
which was proving bothersome.

Planes Level on Island


Rearranging rue contours of strategic W~)imi island. scudded with Korean Red gun emplacements before the Inchon invasion, was a task assigned. Navy carrier pil ots , Sk"JraiderJ and Corsairs plastered the g,~;; i~lnnd until- it re.sel~bled a pile of dirt, tlsing 1 OOO·pouod bombs, anripersonnel bomb's aod fQck€ts. Keporrea Lt. (jg) Edward H. Albright, 11. Cona;, pilot: "There was a green grassy slope on the island yesterday, When 1 went back today every bit 01 grass was gone arid only It few trees remained." Another pilot said he dwughr the island would "roll over nod sink" from the. steel load,

sea when the rnoror of a helicopter in which he was riding failed, The next day he brought his SkYMidfJol' back with 14 bullet holes in it and had [0 Sil OU! rhe next day's strike. Operations demanding (he utmosr speed found Gill1.1ghet's plane boxed in 00 the Bigbl deck by grounded aHcrak

~t)

1,.1s

"U"oiI

L"fT!~-""~

:b.t

·J_-lt\,. "'{-,JJ..,.,., ...

""'''\o'~~ ~~""

~-VS~

1<1..-rv-1..""+-t- ~

_1,.........

.........J._

before lheirc3rrier. lefL port. They wereto receive swards from VAdm, A. D, -rruble, 'ommander 7th Fleer, Most of the ensigns were proud as punch but one upergrade lieurenanr recei IIins Ius 16th A ir Medal since 1 94:; W!lS heard to remark, "1 thought this. was ehe Navy Cross line!"

17

RIPPERS
Vf-Ll, squadron,

KEEP
The

JETS

HOT
and Commanders McCampbell \'(1.

Al'l.A TIC~The /\.f!d R;'PPIlT:1 one ofcbe Navy's most famous names rn aviation, claims I new record or urilizarion 0 jet planes, flying 1Q24.5 accident-free hours 11'1 24 working days

I- Widhdm and

Clil1oll. . T, Bocrl H. p, Vosseller, David

~f., of umt)_irlant's desired ucilizarion. 10 make rhe record even more remarks ble, three of the workrog days wen: used for hurricane evacua[ion.

J~lI'ing August. This figure is. 21·

0, Smith. squadWllcanecl out in F() ..1'$ as VB-I. Duwn through the yC:lrs; it ell, nged irs plane and its squadron designnrions but it always remaloed The Red Ripp~f< Flying 1f,/ilitc(iJ!' In the
A frican invasion, irs pilots won three Navy Crosses, 10 Silver Star and one Distinguished 111}!ingCross. Ir grew to 72 planes and 95 pilots

During the short time vr-u jets, uiilizsriou has improved

steadily.

hcs had

Four planes flew 55 hours In May, June saw l' planes fly 620 hour , the standard was raised to 701 In July nnd r pped by Augusr, During rhis period the squadron W~$ til a transitional training Stll!;U • and checked out 51 pilots Jl] the Banshee, With only 16 planes on hand and none of ehe F2H·(s capable of carrying

during che Pacific campaign and fought at JWQ lima, Tinian, Saipan, Leyreand Okinawa, winning the Presidential Unit Cirarion, At various times in its career, rue Red RiPPiiT squadron was VE'~, VF·41, fHA und lill..'illy YF-. r, bur alway: the boar's head IlfIQ boll of light.o1~ insigne

heralded its pilots as the Rippers.

Thev

$"'1 IIl"t

all

sback, a quadron lnrercom system and ready room radio. a11 consrrucred from alvage material. The ready room radio can be used co talk down jets ill emergencies !lod 11llS saved planes from damnge in three cccasiuns, Whh the Rid of such irnprovisarions, the squadron pulled ~(i A and B c:hetks plus l' engine

tanks. some improvlsed method were used (0 Increase operating efficiency, uett idea included II porteble line

up

Airsic.k
Whiling

Student
Keeps. Records
WHITING

Is Checked
OnPiiol Woes.

trodor or a hulldozer girl ill ;I. ba~h:i(1gsuit


las new miss J~n'[
II

you. smell claw sell a is ro put a pretry 0(1. them, Tbi Dalin swimming "nice. but

$be dees lend

policy

NAAS

FlELD-- A new

F n.5

lirde glamor
!U{

to'

a slii[lr
Voughr,

rughr fighter

Chance

for srudenrs who become airsick white on "A" stage bops has been insri ruted by BTU-1 here. so that acenrare record pf his flight capabiliries call be kept. All}' student becoming sick picks up

Caroline
Gremlins
M4rJ

Mars .Engine Fir·e


aboard the big
Caf'Qli:111!-

Big Seaplan,e to Overhaul Aftef Blaze seaplane continue (0 tlet in. their good licks. Afcer he Hew 400 miles in [Q San Francisco ou rwe engines, the Ci/r/Jlidte tholU$ht she bad had her share
of trouble b\lt on 21 August, another mishap struck. While [axiil]g OUt uf the sea kine after a two-hour teSt llighr, the plane's No. 1 engine quit. On restnning a loud explosion occurred in the wing, then fire broke 0LlC around the nacelle-Methyl bromide was dl-eharged and

a chh from the unir duty officer and


reports ro sick bay. TIle srudent returns

changes 10 August, Fig,hring Eleven

has a bu !.;ground full of famous ni\va.l 11\·iali0n names, including O. B. Hardison, W. wiezer and A. K Morehouse. n w all rear adrnrrals,

the chi, [0 the Jury officer, who sends it r the unit training officer for JiIing_ The llYStem was inaugurared '0 more
complete record of srudenrs'

C1pt:t.inS

James FbLIy. D. D~y. Joe

uoubJeS\\'uwd 01.' avai lable action shou Id re ulr,

i r bO.Lrd

fUghr

rIle

the fire died


ll)~

(jUt

after bl.Wliog a hole in

er side of (he wing and parnallv burning the landlng aap. The plane Wt~\ rowed ro [he "U" dock'and later .ramped Lc. Earl Turner was plane C'otnJl1andet

11:11&

L 'dr, R. ., Fulwider copilot, T11C Air(;rafc AccJdent Board found rhe probable cause of the fire was failure of rhe packin__g gland in the acceler~uil1g plHIlp on the carburetor. Ir is antitipated mat rhe Ctlr(Jljne will undergo

<1

major overhaul instead of maier reo to the pon wing. This blgges[ of the "'1m." seaplanes 'has been fiyillg regupairs larly for rhe Navy since 1947 .
10

• NAS PIiNSAf:iol~~-Show'llfh who like flat-hat or do unaurhorlzed Rip.1 maneuvers molt .' be'lti.ng the past year, Pifry l1aval <I" iaw~~ Ins! their flight orders for f:tilure I" <;'urh this IIr;ge • • NA,AS WHITING PmUJ--If you don't like me chow at yOU! base, try thrs ; LL J. H. Swimming ;,0 .. /wa.ys II mltcb-l(n!eJ 1St)J. iftlPQrr"mt rec,J'(f/di01/t1L [JM,if/'lC 101' JlliJltrs. ill /J!!.Me ar 1)1.7'. Itilli the 071.. , .p;~JlIfetl dl)l)I'I' IOOh.tulrmfllll)/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. Their 011&fJ{7;-el/ IIut:mlllitlg b{)/q iJ the saIl). ufiJrm !iffiJi/effallel11J, U·hffl! Jhe Midua, -is operJri·/lg.

Robcke

member

of the B/tJe L1(lge/s.

hrellk(:ttsl'~ [agara Falls. N, Wl'uting Fjeld. Fla., and dinner

11,10(:)1 a( thar night in Columbus, Ohio. All he needed was llll P9F PallJhit jer to set b in! to drstant places.

v;

ha-l

18

GODFREY
EVER 1'-1AD

WEARS
II

'EM OUT

Pensncota seen N display of eeergy. From thesuch Chief

01 Naval Air Training on down, tongues

were hanging Otlt.. The whirlwind or aaivi(,y which <1(comparued Cdr, Arrhuf Gndfre.y during bis rwo weeks of active aut}' irt Sepremb~ will nor soon be {Qrgorten. Clim..!x 01 his HiglH (mining dury was the presenrarlen of Nnvy wings 10 him 3( a ceremony Saturday 1, September

with Cd r, and Mrs, GOdf.r-ey 1.11 God. frey's O\Vn plum DC·';, presented him by the nviarion industry for the wsy in which he has pnpul:;._riz.ed tiyirig. Godfrey. It former Navy enlisted man, tecenrly "made" c-ommaoder. Godfrey leIt with this- paning shu_[, hls aerobatics including inverted spi ns, still fresh in hili mind, "How do -you guys keepthe planes 01" tina the lunches dow iL? "

by VAdm. ). D. Price, Ar the ceremony

GOI)UE'i'.,

JACOBY,

WRIGHT'S

EXEC, IN CONFA;8

mr like he did on ukelele pL1yin,g, there

CDR. GODfREY'S

Wlf,E PINS 0111 GOLDEN WING~

wcs VAdm

J. H

wsady,

Deputy Chief

will be 110 FUCLlfe in Pensacola," Chlcf of NnvtlJ Air TF.'liniog. Adm. Pricestared, "This Is no gratuitousgesrure 00 our prtrr in g.jvi~- yOU your wings. You have earned them through sincere, hard work" In aecepring, Godfrey replied, "I've lmd a :grear many honors beswwed upot1.
roe In rh& PBSt 21 ),eats, but I've never received anything that J (lccept.ed with such pride and gflltirude as I. do these wings.' V Aden. Cassa'dy lind patty returned

lH,E MARINES'

Hells

Allgl!!~

(q1J;utrvnl

R<i.lM!'.

of Nll",aJ Operurions

I, Air),

and Mrs,

Itt! /rl)". NfJS Annooriln" fire tltl <fIJ!;~!lI atil!) IWtI <It MCA:S Bl Tero. b1fl b_<4rm> IJII.'j weiJl thE) IflQfrirfl-1J o'ui tv 1M' whaf the, .ill¥tian

Godfrey. ns {be wings were pinned on Cdr, God&ey recei .... a kiss (from Mrs, ed
GodJrey). His designation is NO.'L'92'J. Take ii from LCdr. Pierre Charbonner, Godfrey is a !Iying fool. By gOillg om for three and four hops a day" he finished, me emitt': In;'tfm:{ors Bask Training Uni [ course with distinction. His tour of duey iaeluded a trip to !lea aboard the traioing carsier US.S. 117r;ght, He Wl3$ 11 passenger on a carder landing, Already his millions or ra~.i,O listeners 11<lVC been checked. out on car-

wax -i'l !vmmirl' 11 ,Wl'-111 -pilotf


D. all
(Ji.!liU W()IJM

f!#lrl;ritt;th~. '" fib

{-Ilifpk QI

c.. ~"tUtrn Slab/,

ittne at Mi·)~ Ir!'.vhiilgll.>ll.


M

hm~f,.tl" "Y;"ld ir) whnl see thei, IVi)IIWR I(Jenr.

~~~~

rier cperaeions, bur d'1un1ugbIy. r.rni ni ag:


win"

H ere is .-t pM/i!!i list of the freckle· faced one's ncrlvlzies besides his flight
II ppeit,drl(d H1!n,!sl,"k,,~ at various .lneeting;:; Jn PensawilL} P;_111CO<S

at "the Naval

hospital,
Purchased -air condition.llIg Sj'item for EM Cilib. L.Jft~iI- ,heck !M .llnner for i>bout L'5C1 people. iU presemorlon eerernony. Wen! fishing 1" Ille G\!Ilf.

Am! he GlUed il " \laLit,ion! ill II (O,lSt to Cdr_ Gtxffrc}', Adm. CasWId}' ~aid, "WI! all know tllM Arthur GlJdfrli'y is rhe world's best ukelele player, bur I h,ld to (f)m~ all rhe way ttl I'ensacola to find out lie is (me of [he world's b!l's't I1fl\':J.1 aviators. "I 'vas one<: of rhe few pe:ople in \1t?'ashingron that initially opposed and quesriened rhls thin!:; of dfc'Sign(l.ting Cdr. Godfrey a !laval a'Viau~rbecause if be starts (:ivh:lg ilyIn.ll; lessons over the

lI~(AUS" OF THE W"l"Jp're4d !mM,~Jr III 'he 'lJM' IIrfi~lnf B'fIiteQu ,oJ ABIi/)1MUtiliJ p"gwh/~b Nq;v.<411I/w#o'lf' Net/I! pi(UI.f(!ti irl It ,etfflc iuuc; file (IrQ rep'rotiufing hGri: a tiI)U1.UP of tile .coiGrlp} iJlsjgne 1"bicb ap-penrs ,~" tb« middle of the Nav, h11111fk;g. -T/:u! rw1uorl Wifl8l <lr'l!.gold, pbe i-nne, "ImUfey~' rlWJ blllll, the tI'url ..trw 11H)lffng, mitwarJ is ~od. IblJth bt"e iff/a the' (Hmil/II rin-I:' -wit}; !hlt wf.!rilbJ,1I: ir wJjil~. The tine! befwclii1- Jhe- rings Ifre -in col'd.

19

NAS Nl!W YORK [·aken ro j€CS like fIi(lrs (0 hooCi!}' (blondes). In me time that (,hey have had their t!rghr Plum/offu, more than 275 Reserve pilors have flown the
Ii£ REsERVES- 'IU

JETS OVER GOT'HAM


"Flnps" Flaherty and frack Kudja had ffortl TAD at: the WestinghQ1.I.se _plant, willing and able ret tackle problems pI jet malnrennnce, Cilld Pat Peccrina, Joe Von Brocltel ADl and Frank Bocchiaro ADZ has been fully indoctrloared on jet line operarian and servicingducing their recenr TAD
JUSt returned
At

. have

So f~_mrlia.rhas rhe "swish" of the jets bec-ome, rhar srnrionkeepers no 10nger look up when rhe planes zoom by. But, when rhe fust fR-1 landed tlC Fi0yd Bennett Field on 6 A\lgllSC 1949, every· body but the station band was OIl hand to gtecr ir=--and the only renson the hand wasn'r there was that ir hsdn'r been formed at that rime. The commandJog officer of rhe NAS accepted delive'1' before it crowd of jebilaru Reservists while a b:mery 01 relevi$iODClmera:s recorded event fo:iOthe ptlhLil!;, New York: was [he first of the :fiv·esraeions in the Naeal Air Reserve Trai.nil;l8 COmIDlll:n:l slated vo gets jets acruaJly ro receive one. The sta.oon h,ld already gear.ed itself

sp'eedy "fireeaas,"

The plane's engine had hardly cooled ofJ, when (be first <lr&Lnized Reserve pllens begau lining up t'(l By ir. And the rush has been gOing 0)1 ever since. 'to turn ItS fighter pilots into [er jo<:ke:ys with a minimum of elIor. and

CWlRRY POINT. Lr, (j.g) John P. Murray, jet rrll.j[ling

MCAS

officer ar rhe station, wbe pi!ot-ed this first PhallUJ1!t [0 irs new home, was fresh from jecBight training with vx-s 11.[ NAS ATLANtIC crrr,

me

but he gets a pJay-by-pJ:ay aeeounr of 110\\' to operate die FH·J from the time

first purs them tluough BJl intensive three-day 'gtound. school. Here, [hey ger rbe word on all l~hases of jer design and eperarion. To be specific, they learn abour. [u!bo-jc[engines, the hydr,wlic. fuel, flight control, electrical and lubrifllU00 sysremscf jet aircrair,cmise concontrol and navigation of jets and [he s:Vl"!)'requiremeurs of higb ahitude and high speed fiying. Wh:u makes the course click is irs defulice slanting to me pllo£".s viewpolnr, At every Stage of the instruction, the piloz nor only sees how je(s work, be steps into the cac~pjt take off 00 the engine

3 I:OOXlJ11Umof saf'ety, NAS NEW YORK

(Qc;ll.,tzy

!JUt

zation syllabus. pass rooms. had been equipped with )-J.IJ turbo-jet engine cutaw''II-ys,expIQcled views of accessories, and schematic diagrams of the fuel and oil syS~eil]s. And key personnel had been CWOlJ:D.edwirh jet knew-bow, Chiefs lake Schmuger, Charlie Amaro,

Oii'ART's. VF jet familiari-

r-(J

a Highr to the

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

after- he has IiJlHQ:ed. The "do's Md donr's' of flying Phantoms are drummed inro his belld until he is "automatic" on such matters as never letting tl rank ron dry before swirching to a full one [0 prevenr flame-

drne

he

CUtS

20

down for lending to [n-StJrf: snIe accelerauon in Case l)f wave-off.

po inon again after flaps and wheel ate

ours. or putting speed brakes

ill

the

"ill"

MliR!tAI" and bis rwo as'Inscructors, Lt. (jg) "Tex" Colllns and Marine C·,tPL Dave John, be:il1,gpilocs rhemselves, talk piloc Hngo to make the course come nllve, They get [requenr "assists" from Reervisn in their classes, who are specialists in research and development, Le, ,eo,ge WisnYl. for example, described hi attempt to uriliee ceramic coadngs T. (_rc.)

L si rant

r protect turbine blades from the ter-

During his lim tWO flights, the insrnarrer accompanies the new jet pilot in another plane, maintaining constant oammuaicarion wi eh hi m and of£ecing any needed coaching. From then on, the Reservist follows the reguJ-ar CNART jet tr;tinlng Hight syllabus.
PljUtlJI'Jrrt at New York was lCdr, Tim Donahue, who flies me international routes for a ccmmercial airline in civililln life. LL Connie Nooey,

[he Crupeh,mgerJ. Topping the list is RAdm. Luis de Flores UNSR, who started flying in 1912 and has been a leading ngme in aviation ever since, Ollgressman Peter Mack of Illinois, A Reserve naval aviator. he has the honor of being tbe first member of Congress to f1)'a Naval Air Reserve jet. The Navy Deparrmenr is represented 00 the rolls by Ledr. "Chris" Christopher of tile aviation training branch iJ1 DCNO(Air). Going [0 New York to cry 0Ut [he Course nt first-hand, he gave tt an "up" check and added his name to the list of fighter pilots "sold on jU[S."

York, also hold membership ca-rds in

flown jets for the first rime

Itt

New

Another prominent

Crnpebmlger

is

Fthe

IRST ORGAN1Z1ID Reserve pilot to fly

rific heat of the c:ombU5ri~n g;lseS. And Lt. (jg) Irvil1g Hal] tOl~ of 1I11!:!OUli experirnenrs regarding [he effec~s 0£ aeroernbelisrn and anoxia he had observed during hIs study of aviation medicine. This pilor-ro-pilot ralk carries over outside the cJa~IOQm. When the Reservists gee a break after a stiff twohour lass, Murray goes outside with rhem for R smoke, Soon an in annal quesrion-and-answer routine is under-

a veteran

of carrier

warfare

with

19

wuy,

during

whlch

seuderns

who might

shy aWIlY from -asking "dumb questions" in class get doubrful poinrs ironed om. Then comes 11 cockpil and "live starr" cheek-out in one of the Phant(JrflJ:, followed by 1\ "dose observation" session on the fidd dw:ing which the pilots watch jer Iandlngs and takeoffs while (he instructor spells our the rights aJ1U wrongs of the operation. Finally each pilar takes a two-hour examination co turn lip any poinrs he mlly have missed Of misunderstood, Passing this, he is ready to By the jet.

"kills" to his credit, was the second pilot to Sy d,e .FH-L Then came the tivalttnche of checkouts with Herb Clulds Wally WeS1> Dick Branson and Bill Graham leading the way.l~CJ(. Ray Myers, CO of VF-SJ3, and one of (he few naval aviators to By one of the early German jets ar Paruxent, came bad::: ~.fter his first flight in the :I'll-I amazed at die advance in rur-

bl".jet development.

As soon as sReservisr flies one of the. at N.A NEW ¥oRK.l,e automacically becomes a member of the "Crapehanger CJ~lb",whose credo seems to be "jers are easier and m re comferr:able to l1y than corrvenuonal fighrem." The grOLLp takes irs name, CrapeJHwger, from the radio call for Floyd Bennett's 'jerz. Various visiting firemen, who bave
P!:mn$oflu

om a horde of Reserve jet pilots, New York has also managed ro 'chalk up an excellent saiery record, LCdr. John Schwartz and CWO "Many" Nardi make Sure rhar FH-1 rnaiarennnce is A-I and their department devises such ltlgeruous safety irems a a small wooden block which can be placed over the starter roggle to prevent rripping when not in use. AU in all, the record of accomplishrnenc at NA NEW YORK shows tnat phe Navy's policy of equipping irs Reserves with the roost modem weapon available isindeed payin,g off.
alLE 'tURNING

W qualified

21

Oakland's VPP-876

In Focus
methods or mkir,g photos; undurrng fI ight runs, are 'Soon iJnd pur to squadron use. ~yllnbus focus is 01'1 m,~king coast-line strips, and _pin-poil][ verrical and vertical strip maps. But Reservists get in plenty of extraeurriculer activity by special request of governmenr agencies in rhe area. New revered perfected Main oblique.
SEVERAL

[ar_g-e Cal ifo~1lill cities were

mapped from the au for the Army .Mapping Service. The Naval Mttridme Shipyards in the Bay area were photogrupbJ;:d nr the requesc of eND. The U. S. forest Service requested aerial coverage ot II burned 1O,OOO·acre ares for more acrurare assessmenr of damage, A complere aerial lIlap of OaklaLld was '"flown" as [he basis for a mlllic survey. non-combarsnr ttil'crafl, the J ty_pe, are used by the squad ron for I'tf'rilll Wuri.;, A recannaisance laboralOry und Incerprecsdon .roorn, set up in 9. Quonset hut, provide excellent Iacillries for both this squadron and the Ort;Mized Reserve Eghrer-{ype phorn-refive
S~ B i P

lCd,.

making several practice


F yOU WANT

C;olweU ct

VPI'-S1~ ar

Uigbc runs

NAS

O .... KLA"I)
III

talks with sq.) lid ron pilors about the need tor rheir plane, h:lr 1'I.J:,iul m"rpi_ug prJO! LO [he 'live' run

a I really clicks, dmpseeover SLJllHdron thar to at NAS This unir hascbalked


to
17PP-il76

OAKLAND,

posinve recordof accomplishment in a negative- way-film oe,glUhe- rhar is. One of rwo Organized Reserve photo 5quadrollS In the entire courury=-cbe other is at NAS WIllOW GROVE-it is carving OUl a stre!lmlined parrern for Reserve phom-training. Sparked by an oursrandlog group of phorography exren-s, who cur their cumbac-reech in [he P~cifrc, African aod European theatres, i [s agenda is acnea .packed.
II

up

Theory

pILlS pracriee

LS thl;!' one-two

order for weekend drills. Personal ingenuiLY gels lull pLa,' when ir COUles to carrying OUt the syllabus which is railored after that for Fleet squadrons. Lectures. nn bask phr1tl:igIJl.phy, mathemarics in aerial missions, photo- Hying rechniques anJ pro jeer planning arc only rhe warm-up for regular .aerial phoco-missions, Mer! are brieferl before (",1m trainin-g rHghr br squadron insrrnceors and hltve rhei ee rrors pointed om to diem by the same insrrucrors minutes after prinrs of rhe photos tbey have raken leave the darkroom=« sure-fire way to improve.

connaisance

squadron

at Oakland.

Sta-

tion personnel ,give gUPp<lrc. The squadron makes fllll use of graphic teaching aids. Members of the
phuro-iurerpretarion unit of VPP-8ir., for example, have developed stereo-view cards, examinutions and tlispbtys to bring

this phase alive for officers and mea. Copies of some of the training material, prepared by the squadron, have rated beiag forwarded to the .Naval
P hut

WnshinglOn,

()g ra phi c Inrerpreraricn Ceo rer , D, C. f{lr lise in training.

Chief ".lotio"

Iligb~ lin!::! down

phorugrapher
fa

a group of

tone ap1ain~ musai(


Ultrn:!il-eL'! .qUru;!rofl

map·.I.l!flng from phOlQ trainees

sluay some srereo pairs

V,Pp.S7I,

Organized

Reservists for

recogmtion

G!1I.,.nJa~.

C;lJhoun and Gregory in ~hOIO-il'l(erpl't[atiOtl

22

1
'HQre'~ how you define shore in~erFreler Kelll Bradshaw (r) VPPr87t.
!O

[ines and tIm] reefs' ~al'$ ph! to· Lt. (fgj Mason and L(. Tbonlll~

Rely. Bo,be,a At>" (1nJ from r. j shows Trigss., Ma.har and Austen how In Jtl'l:dvze aerral n<!ga!ivc for proper contrast and exposure

Tile roster of officer nd men in reads like a 'Who's Who" of professional phcrographers. is LCdr. David H. Cf(l sse, l! gradllilte of [he NA TTr..; P]!NSA("OLA photOgraphy school and larer i'l member of wartime Ph r graph}· Squ"dron Two. Dr. Robert elwell, assistant professor
lUPl'ER

du mal educator for the: an Francisco school dlstrirt, is <I free lance phorngrspher on the side. I.r. II Pasqualerti is head of she San Francisco College of Pho mgIa ph}' and Lt. George BishOp operates his own portrait studio. Raymond Barbern A 1'2. a photography instructor in ivililln lIfe, 'hid Robert

other valuable

ron inStructional
(LOTS

members of the squad-

deparunenr

rene, former vn-s'er

who SIIW

acrion

In

«I

Unlverslry of Californi-a, heads (he photographic inrerprerarion unit in the OUlfir. During rhe Wilt, LCdr. Colwell served as pbom-intclligence officer with the Manne Corps, Navy and Ann)'. His number one assistant IS Lr. Ken .B1,)dsh(lw, who IS also at [he Urnversiry of aliforn hi as foresrer (or the ell iIernin forest and Range Experiment nulon. Then there ~ Lr Eugene Thumns, 11 IOl'IDer phoro.1nrerp.l'eter on rhe staff of Cam oPac nod late. an insrrucror 01 I1ll1p-rea~in.1l and phoro-inrerpretariun Vi ho is with the Soil Conservarron Ser-eic;e of rhe Depsrrmenr
llf

forestry

and

phO(tlgC3lI1D1f.'Cry

at the

Okinawa, and Chief Arthur Mclller, F lee t Clltllb! am an and s.taB p)J oro gr:t ph er IOr1Lh omServR.t1n dllril1g the WM, are

IN VPf>·!I7h logged plenty of Juring the war nod Shortly eberearrer "'ieh Regular phoro squadtons. "Lt. Jack egurson, now a student :\( Sranford University, served as photographic ofli.,;e.rwirll three phoro-parrol squadrons. Lt. Ray ron, an elecirieal e'llginee.r wit,h roue years In the Organized Reserve, served as p, Hoi cornmander of 1,1])-1 and then of VlH. He later saw accion lit Okinawa wirh VI)~. LL t jg) Hans H. Larsen, civil engineer. ~ em iI-mappl.os ti,ght nicer the war with the Coasr Guard Geodetic $m:vel" Then rhere is the former CO of the squadron, tedr. Harvey Paige. He left to

P time

During the WIl,(, these three officer~ utilized their wide knowledge of phorogmph)' to help in rhe drive 10 victory; now they are using some '0/ theie waracquired techniques in the perennial fighr for soli and forest .conser arion. t\emu phomgraphy in the rur-esuy service, of course, is indispensable. TIle earner» eye (hat once picked ClUf Cj1ll101l· f1aged enem)' aufJt!lili: now tra e the

Agncutrure.

To ge' recruits Stone (now CPO) and ·ellier use beauty and ph<){o~raphy"

Chief [ure

[or one year. B,lck in Ca.li.f(un111 • gain, lie has rejoined the squadron M an ASS(.J~'i:l[eJ Volunteer 011.a non-pllY basis WId is nlwll)'-S ready ro lend a haad. Th se, of course, are only a few of
rhe Reservists in VP~,_gi(', who ar help-

work

with

the

arnoan government

lag to keep opera ions in higb

but in tl1eir willingness to s'iare their know-how with their shipmares and ro

s=.

UIJ their jobs 1()()9r, they are rypical 01 {he wbole [orwatd-deiving VPP-IJ76 ream

Jumpers

Use NAS Lakehurst

progress ofsoil erosion and


'lrtlttegic places
tel

pOl11l5

llJl

plant new oresc belt. In winrer-time, foresrry service pborogl"tphcrs help pre\'enr Hoods by ·SiYi1l8 ulvance warning of rhe arnount meltand the direction
III which

will nov,'. Phorography also gets the GtU in civil ian life fiorn three other phcrograpbrr r.;ificl:!rs in the squadron. LCdL Glenn Newhouse. vccarieoal counselor amI in-

Ing snow

or

J[

Photo-pHol LI. Ed Marks shows crew member L. Luna APAN bow to ecerare lin F·S camera

Afmy ParatroopersKeep Profl.ciency Paratroopers from the Ar:fllY recenrly made use of the four ~hO\ls,:md f()01 jump circle 301: NAS l.AKHH1m.s'V. Four recruiters Irom the Eighty- ecend Alrb me Division and 16 troopers from the Blevenrb ole the Signal Corps Phorogrnpby School ll~ 110tt .MonmoU-th, N J.. made (he proficiency Jomps from an Air Force C-81 Packet. The jump area, ar Lakehurst is- I: n sidered one of the besr because of its sand surface and its size which ~ndbles !l [urnprnaster to get his men down wlrhour .having rree or powerline hazards.

23

VP-34 Ready for Atom Bombs


VP-34. NORFOl.K - A radiological S:UfOty defense bill for rhe squadron has been drawn [JP, W SO into operation in the evenr of an Mom bomb H!niCk-_ The hiJ1 has four parts. The firsr Ol1!lines duties logical defense all personnel. A rndicofficer wns appointed EO main-aln a plot f "full ur," to de ignate (be personnel deconrnmination cen-

Waves

Chalk

Up a

First'

or

of command divi. ion. wiih the bill, the First Lreurenanr has de ignared four 4-mruJ. 1 euns from beachi OS crew co receive train] 08 ill deconmmination.Since
for purposes

In cornpllance

me

[10 Radinc equi pment is only rnenns of insrruction nrizarlon lectures.

II vailable,

is by fnmili-

rbe

Navy Ships ix Wave starionkeepers hom NAs LOS A1.AMITO were :unong a gr up of 360 WAVES from the llrb Naval Di.l;trier who recently went aboard the Ubl: rna1tn and the TlliininJf for II weekend cruise. This WIl- rhe first rime WAVES had taken a weekend cruise aboard a
Take 2-Day Cruise Aboard

rer, ro distribute derecrion


IlDU to advise
00

equipment,
officer

VR-8
The
to MATS

Sets
Navy'

Pacific

Record
has done

the commanding

Bedi:rt Leoder

The firs( Iieurenanr will supervlse all fire fighring and material decentnminarir,'I1. He will be responsible for muning and e:qUlpping four deconramination reams IO consillt ...,£ four men each. TIle mainreoance officer will provide for (he evacuation of aoy essencial Sh0P equipment [Q an assigned area, nance of Radiac equipment. The operarions officer will be responsible for tedeployment of squadeoa aircrafr. The squadron dury officer will accomplish the following should warning rime perrnir: T. Degassing of all planes in 2J non-flyaway status, 2. Removal of :tU pyre from non-flyable planes, 3. Muster :til squadron personnel and march thew to « designated shelter. Second part of the bill sers up il warniD,gsystem and esrablisbes rhree atomic conditiops, with Atomic Condition J designated when lin anack is imminent. The rhird parr oJ (he bill provides for evacuarion of personnel and material £dlowin:,g an atomic blast, while the fcurth part provides an organizarien ehar will keep It check en rbe radiation level

the radiearriviry level.

Mttrks Up Another First VR-fj squadron, t1s~iglled

Purpose of the cruise wss to acquaine WAVES with tacdcal maneuvers 0 the Fleer. poe of the WAV.ES !ired:t 40 mm
gu n and scored a near miss Oil Ine target; orhers helped the guJ ley crew prepare chow. Christine Langseeh Ill. from Los Alamitos got to steer the Uhi1ntmfi for 30 minutes and larer told about her

Navy

ship.

Pacific division. tonnage

again. This squadron, which established


enviable and uulizarion records

it

and "las inJiGr place much of the time


:lmong Berlin Airlift squadrons, is now doing the same in the Pacific Airlift, Figures released on the Airlift lit Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, reveal
(1

experience on the At jarvls television show over KLAC

Navy Gets New Transports


R70-1 Planes Will Haul Cargo The Navy is procwing 11 of me Dew Saper CorMteliotioll tmnsport planes built by Lockheed, to be used as longR6D-l, range cru-go planes converrible The- pltlJle will be called Engines which will power ir
Wti,ghtR-J3S0
to

The elecrrunics officer will provide rwo electronics rechnlciuns For mainte-

rhar an RID of VR-8 sec the base high wid'! rocal of 274_9 hours in the Ilir during i\llGusr, Under command of RA.:l.nL William G. Tomlinson, Navy and Air Force
planes in MATS. have played au rmPQrtllnl role in viral air suppon of United Narions Forces in Korea. Fourengine MATS rranspcrrs rrralruain an around-the-clock shuttle, J'lUihi.ng critical cargo and personnel to rhe Far Thtst and returning GI wounded [0 U. . hospi-

fortrans-

porting troops, personnel and litters.

TMha-Cyclone. Compared the old-type COlmeliaiion, the new StIPe., wUJ have the same wingspan but

will be

rhe R7CH. the

rals,

Squadron commander of vn~s is Cape,


Joseph Gifmn.

GCA80X

SCORE
_ _

Till"] AU~Il.t AJ>llr<la~es__ Augoo\ In8t'Tlm@lll Ap"<oaeh""' GI'JUld Tot.nJ AIU1J'oar.h"" GrRnd T'il .. l IFR _

will

be

18'

4"

longer

[Q

give

more will be

cargo space, certification weight. Tor-.d personnel the plane could carry if convened [0 a trOOp trRlliii>0rt probably would be Il6, compared m from 52 to 55 for commercial airlines using the old-type Constelletions, The Navy also is ro get 11 :R6D·J '5, also known as the DC·6A CUIgO transport This plane deliveries 00 which will begin
CAA next summer,
SOME Of THE prime "liar hatters" of !he Koreao war art these dlve-bomber pllots fmm VA-'5,5, operatin& from an Essex-class carrier in AD-4's. Beating up rargets 1llong ~op.ply liue$ o:f the North Koreans i a favorite sporr or rhis J'taxJy new, hooded by LCdr. nuu!'!t:<l$ HodsOLl. Left to tight. rWnI .l"Q\V: C. R_ Shearer. ALl: LCdr. M. l.. Ramsey, dec .• Ens. W. L. Hughes and W R. O'Conoell. H dson, Ens. D, A. Blalock, Lt. Ijg) B. G. J;!ckson, R, A. Qjt'!'{JfJ, A12; second row, C. A. MBJ~r. ALe: Ens, E. R. Wagner, D. R. Stephens, M. C. eM!:-. W. K. WOCJd, R. W. McLaiu,). R. Pavelle anJ S_ Parnell, ALe; back row, Ens. Jobn Harris, Ens. R. G. IU..l,ich. Lt. (Jg) R, W. West. Lt, R. C. Logan, Ens, G. E. Cov, rngton, £tl~.L. L MOQtague, Le. lv. R. GalllIgher. Read more about VA-55 deeds 011 page 20.

11O~OOOpounds, with a BOJOOQ'pound

Design

landing

gross weigln

will carry 79 troops or 60

litter cases, It 11,,5 R design gross landin.g weight of S.!3.2t10 pounds. Ies span is 117'. Four P&W R·2800-S2 engines
give ir
11.

speed

In adJitionto the RJo's, rhe Navy ltl 0 will purchase six Po.zw's, newer

01

more rhan 300 mph.

uper Ccm.rreifatio.n versions

of rhe hlgh-

flying airborne early warning PO-lW, illustrated here ac NATC PA'nIXE'NT.

24

Middies

See Corrier

Planes

800 Visit Oceano,

See Aerial Display

srsrion recently.

NAAS OcnANA-Eight hundred midhipmen, based at little Creek, Va, for Camid V, learned II little about carrier aviarlon while- spending a day ar this

M 1581on3 of Ojrrier air groups were described by .dr. H. S. Bortomly, CAG-n, those of arrack squadrons by Cdr. A. M. squadrens by Cdr. J. Go Smith of VF-61, Following an inspection of survival gear and planes, the midshipmen saw a simulared gronp arrack by CVG·G, followed by 3: carrier breakup .and Innding on paddles,

Ershler, skipper of

"'1\-25,

and

or fighter

15LANO

STRUCTURE.

RADIO

MAST

ON,

ORISKANY

AS SHE

.<t,WA!TS

I'IfR COMMISSIONING

New CV Joins Active Fleet


Oriskany IsBui It Bigger, Stronger

AU

MIDDlE EYES fOCUS

,
ON BAj'l5H£e flGI1TEII

VF-172 Night Owls In F2H..,;2's


Firsl To Catapult With Full Tip Tan~

pulred aboard ship in r.31-(·2 .RmlJbee! with full wing tip ranks went to pilots of Figbting quadron OM Seventy Two. The Iandings were made daring, carrier qualification exercises aboard the US~ Cora! ea. The squadron now has a complement of I Bof r.his Iatesr version of [be Ban'

Honor of being, the first to be cata-

sbee.

Another "first" the cruise. Eleven planes in nighr rwo apiece. Operaeions have

me

was: esrablished on pilots qUlIli1ied in carrier landings \\'hh been aimed


IH

Mediterranean

paring [he squadron for a cruise ill the

pre~

The Navy today had a new Essesclass carrier (0 bolster its expandrng Beet 0f aircraft carriers the U.S.S. Or;:'kmty. commis 'joned at Brooklyn Navy Yard on 25 September. The Ilartop is the 11m ro join rhe fleer ·jnre 19Ji(i nod brings the tow] CV's in the active fleers to five, compared (0 22 during the war, kipper of the new ~7,000· ton .ship is Capt. P_ H. Ly u, A number of modificarions, based en changing naval o1viarion racrics, set the <lew carrier apart from other GUo!'.:o,r·dass ship .. The Otirktlll'lr Hight deck has been bulle SUOfiSe. to accommodate heavier aircraft. It has larger planes, rnrapulrs and elevators, reduced island . rructure and new radar and radio equipment, It will be the firs[ e;1rrier ro use escalators running to me flight deck, The 88S-fa r OriJkany will carry ~\ crew of 85 ship's officer and 1700 enIi red men. ill addlrion co the air gr.oup stlltioactd aboard, Name of [be carrier came from the Revolurionarj War batde of Orilk,/1i'jJ fought in New York's Mohawk valley on the present site of the ity of Rome. Children of Mohawk valley presented

cedures for the three natious by trainpilors in aircraft with SlmUat characrerlsrics. The B(itish government is furnishing two Bl1t/iol T, Mk 11 trainers, made by B ulron Paul Aircrafr Lrd., while the Canadians are furnishing rwo UHC-l Chip'lntmkJ, product of de Havilland. American trainers bern,r: pur througb the mill are rhe Fairchild '--31 (Navy designation SNQ) , the Temco r-rs, tile Beechcrafr -,~>Iand North American .
jog srudenr

The Chipnumk is a rwo seater with a 140·hp four·cylinder engine and weighs 1930 pounds. It is the successor to rhe de Havilland Tiger Moth used by rhe British for training in World War II. Chtp11lullk rap speed is 140 mph. A Rolls Royce 12·cylinder engine rated at 12RO hp powers rile Bl1l/jo/ T. It is <I side-by-side rwn searer, with 30S mph rop speed, folding wings and pneumarie system for wheels. Aap:; and brakes. The Navy find Air Force will train abour five students in each of me six planes being rested. The Air Force will train Irs men for six moruhs in t:~e planes then rurn them over ro rhe Navy for test at Pensacola,

s. J.

rhe cUJ'ifr with a Hammond organ and a painting of Genera! Herkimer.

British Trainers Tried


BaHial, Chipmunk To Refeive

Out

Testing Two Canadian and Britisb training planes have been addedm the four Arne rican-buih planes which are being rested in the Air Force-Navy pr.imarybasicU'"aining aircraft evaluanon. The rests started at Randolph MB, Sao Antcm.lo, Texas on 20 September and will courinue -ar Pensacola. 111C evalustien is It step toward furure sraodatdizadoo of pilor training pro-

cHIPMUNK

AND

B4UIol

(YOI') TO

GET TEST

25

Reserves Get 145 MoreF8F's


SCheduled and were airbome within 33 minutes, a recorel-breaking performance for (fR departures in a: conrrel area, When it wasn't pl"o'vlding nirlih 1lS-. sistsnce, VR·39J maintained a daily schedltled j]jght to San Diego and. rerurn. lnclividu.al 'pilOfS Hew ao average of (,3 hours dllring- the cruise, aboue ~591' of which were racked lip ar night or [mile! a;crual lnsrrurnenr conditions.
Allanlo's Air Marine.s Go' On Cruise

Arlanta's M:uille Air Reserves went tn tOW11 during their two-weeks cruise. '\ MF-3"5 J kept plane Iwaihbiliry nt 95.3% -a~d pilots flew more than 1100 hours, The radar squadron, MG ,1'$- is, which has since taken off fur active dmy with the Fleet, ran ground-contrelinrercepe problems wirh the V1\1F C(J'-, Sdirr and with the Air National Guard's Tlm.ndf!l"jf#J The fighter squadron cendocred rae-

1
additional Wlru J4'3over to. rnrned Training
J.U

neal and operational maneuvers Itt NAS ATLI\.Nl'A and spent one wee\t til NAS ACKSOWV1U .. sharpening E Lip its gun-

Bl!lJrCllfr being r,J1C NII",al Air Re-

serve

fighrer pilots
airceah.

six more srariens will


OLATHE

Command,

Reserve

now get to fly these srurdy Fleer-type N AS GLI~.NVlI!\V. which 1un'e_ had 11. local of 100 l'SF's aboard for more eban II year. indicare rhllr Reserves Consider

Reports

from NAS

and

the Bearcau:
SUltions

chain receiving

the l'~F's are NAATU AN ACOSllA, 35; NAS BrltMINGliAM, 17, NAS D_B'NV~R. 30; NARTU NORFOU.::" 21; NAS ST. LOUIS, 30;aod NAS

tOp perfonness, mId units in the

strafing.

ered tire squadron's CrJr.irri/ experts because of their lon.g·riroe experience io that a i):cra.ft. VF~874 is now gettiog its quota of planes and is teIJdying irsel] £o.r [be exrensive ordnance syllabus. They were slated ttl return to NAAS EJ, ~TRO on l October to polish up their air-to,{ir gunnery, rocket Gring, bombing and

nery, bombing and rockec firing. Capt. Rich,ard Webs\er, Capt, {l, M. Keenan and Lc N. C. New were the high scorers in gunnery.
Marine-Air National Guurd li.ngo gut unified duri1'1g the joint operation with the T htl-'1i{lcrjeu, when Lt. R. C. Pi t~ing{"rot the Marine unit ordered the Lt. J0e Cox, lender of rhe .ANG Bight, to

[urn to "searboard" and Lt. Cox swererl with "Now hear ihis.'

UIl-

Reserve

The squadron, together fot~eral yeats at Oakland. has been under the command of Lew. Don L. Watts with LCdr. FrlIIIk Bermeer as exec,
VR-891 Aids Mobilization Aiflif~

Sports Champ,s. Adopt Reserve Chomps Champs Ollt'he baseball and fomball

froot.S. the "Fighri.ng Phillles" and


lit N AS and 9'P-nland

the

"Eagles",

got together with rwo champ


WILLOW

squadrons
VMF-i-5.1

"adopted" ehem
Marine

GROVE,

SPOKANE,

plering their F8r check-ours during thei r cruise lH NAS QUONSET POINT.
OaklQ!nd Reserves Train
01 San

12. Several pilots from Anacosria's vr- ~,s flil\'e .already bearen The gun by com-

Diego.

forecast, apoinr-w-pointlhght plan, several completed passenger manifests, Composed almese enrirely of former several completed weigh: and balance 1'(,1' pilotS, tile squadron is "S1("adily sheets !lod a cemplered Hight clearance ad.t1pting irsclf ttl as new baby, the form. The 1FR clearance, as r'Utnished 1'.J1'--! Crmair. All pilots are now checked by Airway Trtlffic: Control die precedout, bur Lrs, (is) V. H Hider and W, tog day, was llJ5Q ,disrributed <'It rhi!. l Davis, who were transferred Into 874 time .. to fill Its ccrnplemenr, are srill consid. AJI 12 ul.rcr-aft left the chocks as
rWj-!1I2 III

Receiving orders to eccive duty immedi'l\cely afrer its JuJy nnnual ttainlng cruise tit NAAS £J. CENTRO, VF·ll'+. an N AS OAKI;AND conti IJgem of weekend wareiors, is nnw iu t,Ulil'log as J'*lJ't of

During its rwo weeks cruise, NAR TO S'EA TILE'S VR-S'fl pa.ckEd in some £a:st rnobiliaaricn-asslst work along with its plai.n-gardrm.-variery syllabus .flying, Tbe .Reservl~ts planned and executed a mass briefing and dearing of the crews of 12 heavily loaded RJD'S slaeed ttl depart en rnasse for San Diego, Individual dip beards fOJ; each ai rcrafv were prepared, pnwiding each

for rheir fighting spirir. 1'be"Pbillies." had rheenrire

Air Ri1s~c6ghter
'lit

Before' a crowd or 33,000 rooters, chey presCtnied the M'arlne pilots witb "P" baseball CapS and the men with losjg-tl_i::\ to wear on tbeir jackets to show rhar [hey are now members of the "fighring Reservists in VP·'l31 ha ..l rherr sell bllgs. ,lU parked and were ready [fI rake off for active duty with rhe Fleet, when A1 \'(/i Steff , cap min of (he "Eagles" gaW! them the fnorbnU his Learn won when it defeated .the "Rnrns" ioi the world's

gue.s[s

as rheir a night game for rhe ceretnony;

squadron

Phillies' sqIJl\dran.

pilot

with

a, weather

eross-seceion

and

NAS

SANDLIlGO.

cilampiol15hip l!'<St seasen, Reservists


Vl'~JJl

will now he known ,,~ the «FlvinJ!: Eagles' nnd will .Cllrly tile b.all in their usual hnrd-hiuing style wherever their Jury rakes them while with the fleer.

in

First Marine Air

Resel'Ve In

Korea

Capt. Gus Lan CRSte r, 36. or Dill las, T6xaS, bas [he distinction of being the first Maline Ai" Reserve offic:.er to enter
KOf('3.

'Winner of the- Fleet's f-am'td "Mea!-B~lI", was i tli host. ~"gulars and Reserves flew siJe by ..ide i n exteusive hunrer-killer, anri.submarjne maneuvers, YP·7·i 1 was supported by
AAS R,;m· 745 .•

F.l\'auly

one moneh ro the day ntter

he

~l1$ called to uctive doey. Capt. Iancsseer ntr.rved !O Korell and joined a Mlulne Ob~rvIltiOfi squndron as an engineering officer_ His pnrricular squadron uses helicopters for artillery ObsCCVllHQ[I. inrelligence observation and evacuaring woW'l.ded personnel During. World War Capt. LenC:LSltr served 16 months overseas with the Marirres and WM in the Marine Ail' Reserve fat rwo years prier ro his reG"I11on l Aug~lsr. In civIlian life Capr, Lancaster was n perrolenm engineer with rhe Sun Oil Company. He is mari"jl'ld and h;l;S two children.

,NA.,R,'IU lAtcElillRS1-ZP.752 partle/· ITJ.!f'U in. ASW exercises off the Virginia CDpes .Ju.ring it> t"'o weeks cruise. Flee! t\ irs hi p- Sq 111, d ron Two, <.!esi !ln~ ted as h on
'tor the Reserves, ronde .ZP.K {YF" Ii!b J e- W! ina !!Tcuil"lll! ion nigh (5. Commander Fleet }.ir~hjp \'(fin.; .elle Iater ma<h: rioIs commenr .ahcur Zl'.7U, "T'hrs "quuimn cendurteil irs ru;::;.igneJ mj:;,sion'~ III a mn.\"I \l'flcxdv~ mariner due '1'1 irs .excellenr
,a I'ai

squadron a, rsh ips

n.

unJetcStalHlil1,!l of UI!': taw cal prohlems invol ved .1SI~1 due rn h~ film 1I1a_rity w itli rhe
doctrinelin j.t! r employed
~ .~.

by

all

j'lanidpaJ;n!l

Afr.RDhuts. /I1CC!II'IJ"II!~n.

'WE'RE in, Ihf Nan' ;wul, VP· 61 's Klull 6 ,Iif'II1"111 'it~e AAJ1 1111"

Station RQl:md~Up
• NAS MIAMI, Orgjlnt~ James C. Hay and his three

Jr ..

£0<...,.,

Reservists, ]<lm~ C.

was rhe tim 10 report; She ill H~!i~on ofliGrr lor J~() women
~O"-

• MCAS Camulo\" POIN"T-POflhf' Iirst lime: i I) fou r ~ears, /."i/ jl L'Mlilu (llUJ;J lr.e agal n '''n'mg aboard this SmUOn. Capt. Helen Wil.

bay ami WHL1altl. tcok thd[ two weeks rrnining cruise .11 NAS QUONSnT Form' wieh rheir squadron, This (>roved II. gObe! 1'lc'''e'''', for Dati Hay ;'Illd son L1Irry huve' smce heen ar~ecl-d to Iu;tive dury. '. NAS DAILr,'ir---QllItlt thinking '.om th(l part of Ge6r_g,e C. L~icl:l ACI saved a $64.000 plane f rnm ser lou s dam age a at!, its p i r or from
I:'o!~iblt' mju ry
(It

Reservisrs W9() are DOW hei n~ @J<Sl'snrd here, • NA5 SPOKANE-All Reserve ~t]u3,lro11$

me

[0

,3(;'1 115

Madill!

~Orllpl;!l&1 their rrninl nl!: cruise successfullv, Hi)'lhligh-.: Wa5 a n:-n·d~y pel"icld jJ_[ NAilS El. CF.N'T1tO devoted )'Itimari I)· w gunnery. bomhing and rocker :tiring. N(1~!hwest Airlines, who are DOW rrartidflatillg in we Korean airlih, made GCA ap· ]1 roaches anel rece:fve4 tJ';liler check-euas Ul rhis ~JlriQnu rhe t~.uest of tIle airlines, • NAS .HIRM!NGlfA'M-The "61000 Bank of
the: BirDlill,g_halfl Hillman HMPitad was rue ~lerie 01 I1lII~h Et"V,eri~h a<;:liviry when 4,8: ct-

• NAS

:MIN NEA'PO L Is:-- ThIrtY

pilots from

death.

when

he pre"e'II~;d

the plune frtlm lfl1)din!l with one wheel in the up pr.si[ll1n. Althc.Ullh Laslch nrul rh'e rowel' ctell.' tried ro warn rhe pilor ever the radle, the radio was nn( WQcki!'"l,g. properly and the pilot also -fa.jl",d to ",'I' rbe Aldis
light warnIng. Wh~n the plane WO'I'5 making lis iL n ~~ a ppto~,h. Ltzi eh fired a red flu [I'

'PHILUE5' Fi;:Pllfitl lrr-d/my l-IalllJ/4r giv~ .. 10 /11''';. M!iltn-, CO VMf.-4,)J 'll1hiz Kid~'

of

rap

f"crs and men 01 thh srauon

(approx-im;itely

trum the pyro[~dmic pistol, ordinarily use.,) rhe pilOC'5 ,wreru;on (0 (hI:' fOb.lled wheel Mil he was able ta gec it down .. nd make a MrmnJ landing. • NAS SQkANTl!M-N£ne membere Gf '!\'VUA-! ,jU New Ballard and five members Q{ .... U1\·J at Westfield V hcve re,(l<':iveJ their
iI.! n:i8b~. Thi~ called ura.,;:s to Jtti\lC diTty. These eulisted men <Ire P.1t tiH'T Vow nreer personne 1 to be ret a Ued fr.lm rhi ~ ;\CUirioll's ,\ VUIl·s.

nne-third Q{ it, peesoanel) em:h contributed I) ne J1inr of b I00<1. T~0: W'O w't' answered th e SOS' 01 ;) \1.'Ye>lr.nld Irene W'~ter!> whe suf-

refS trom
• NAS

Ihl;'

;ifflk.tion of "hard bene";

SQ:r;AN'IUM~DurinJ: their cruise, VS·~II. vs-~u u'D~l VS-~l.1 IJpel"ll!.e!I Reserve subm:trjne~' frllin Bosron. One. VS s"uwJron -and on", VI'squadr<;m al~o- engaged

,,,jen

in ~ C1C~om~!si[e exercise,

• NARTU

]AC({SONV1LWi

Ja:x'~ Nod

• NAS L1NCOLN~t.larll'le Arr Re:servis_a in worked our " simulated comber problem in'loIvlng close-air-suppon torU. S HOOpS Ilfnn~ dOWn In II. given a,i:.1 (\Ii the fort R itey ,IlUl1llcry range. A bombing targer 91 01J t:l n ks w a.~ t h It f(KUS tor straf ligand bombing ,Ittilt,ks of MaronI,: pr,F's, llJltler conrrol of a m.crical air coord inatnr, !lor the operatien, the Mar.tne squadron lurnished Fvn Riley with ,It demil Of six r;i nge ,guud;.,
¥Mp.J!J rwo radio opewtors and
11

Dtl'vi~ Trophy wrnner, VP_7~j" seek its lWO week~ ~rui$t: It[ NAS NORFOr K. where VE'"·'9,

pilot

to

act

iI5

g:rQ1lndCtlll_ITllller 'f!;lt the mockatracks. • NAATU !l-ih1-{PlllS-A CV Task Group from this .unit .recently io{.rodJ.H;eJ " 'II niqae l;I:\eduI4 ,0 solve sO(YI.c oflhelogimic sup'ply problems encountered by Reserve squadrons mti.ning lIw'ay from their home ,srlltibru .. '£11is was m (he io:rm of a nlobile llviailQn s11.ujl store ~-el' I:lp in a ual-ltl truck ln which all iog the cruise we.re stlXked by the horne-unit. The- prOlW(:;1,UfY ~Dd -efftOi.'IK1' of [he urur Wt~S thDrc,ti.ghlYPTOw(l a~ 95% ,of !Ill supplies. when n~ded, we,,,, reo.d_ily (Iwd1abta O!l 'the Ql~eraU(ln:s tlfl<".
• NAS MJNNIi'.~I'('lPS-Re5ervi.IS ,omple-ted CQn,eivsbll:

part~ ·th~f

dligh[

be needed dur-

anor.nC'I nmrry roooon recenliy when tbey nEW a cLviJluu -wh" w:\,~ ~rzous-1Jl III from B~mi(!ii (flo the Unillersi(y Hospirtll ttl ,~. r"dve medk,,1 ~;sr"-n<;e {har oould only be Ilhrai lleJ, [h~re.
JUST BffOR£

bgln'

l"kin.g "If
W"h'erl

caf;Mll1

a~liI'i3dfll~, Il.J MAS l';;'ll1ou

rQ"

!lP-911
Grlw"

l'1oadl~~ in a single mrm!h, VM ((-)"51 no"", holds the ~~uad fon retord Illthi$ line.

• NAS A'rlANTA-Making-

219 GCA up·

27

Air Controller Jo·b Is Set


New [)esignaHon Crealedfor CIC Men A Dew designacion for commissioned and warrant officers, other than naval aviarors-s-thar of No-viti Aviation 00server (.ComroIier )~has been ·~e[L1p. To be eligible for consideration, the man must be a graduare of the DC srbeol at Glenview or the ClC/AEW course offel!"cd by fleet sirberne electronics training units of the fleets. Ocher requirements include rank: of lieureaaac commander Of under, a minimum of 100 hours Bight time, cornplerion of 50 hours Df operational night in the squadron as an airborne conrroller and demonstraeion of temperamental suitability and operanonal proficiency. Naval Aviation Observers (Rader) woo OOIl,Sicler diems-elves qUlIJilied rna]" be able co havetlldr designations changed co (CQDfto,ller). AddItional derails abouc vrhe new classificaeiorr are rontained in RUPERS Leerer 1)8-'50,. in The ;1 Augusc issue of Navy Departmenr 13li1letin.

AS STORM CLOUDS BLOW AWAY, C,,,IlIAN

I'LI\I\IE DEI'~rn:5

NA5 I<~Y WEST WHER'E IT WAS Si\SEII

Pilots Busy-Storm Flyaways


350 SNJ's Des:cend 'On NAS .Mtmp;!:.is Hurricane season provlded plenty of hard work IOl" crews at many Navy and Marine Corps,\ir Sm.tions in: August and September. First seation (0 barren dow)l wasMiami. Next carne Jacksonville and rropieal Storms kept rhe CLews bopping. When Peru:acQla h:15 ro fly :irs planes away, the result i:s similar ro the activity lltaund a beehive. BTU-2: ar Corry Field sec a record 'by ha.viog .68 1I.i.rcrafr 01.1 r of 68 aboard ready for evacuation. Ia 0ne-1 nsrarree 5-50 SN]'s ha.d to head fOf NAS MUMI"IlJS to soupy weather. On arrival there, the first plane
to

[hen Pensacola, Both Atlantic'rilud

Gulf

Norfolk area scattered as a storm approached Cape Hatteras. Landp.lanes went inland ana seaplanes Wfl.'U to Pensacola, Crews of PBM's in VP~311 lived in rhei r _pla.nes tlrit.bored ;:nth e bay off historic Fort BIl.IT::aL1ci1..5, Planes from NAS AN ACOST1Aflew to Harrisbm:g, Pa., on 'fl Sarurday afrernoon. pulling many de.~k aviators iran'! their hearthsides, The danger passed, however, and chose husbands amciou~ re return home made it back before dark. Enjoyed Hberry, in Pennsylvania's capita] ci-ry. At NAS .KE"l' WnST the second srorrn to fOrm in the area headed for Cuba. Planes were evacuated and civilian planes ur a ()~rby commerclal field were hMgareJ illl' {he NI1"y hangars, 1'hee~ of [be hurricane passed wirhi n 30 miles of the station.· Only minor damage resulted,
'. NAS MEMPHI5--A.n aviariOIl ordnanee .ol'iiter~ ~CbQQI was established rtt the tc"mni. cal trll! "';l1,g cemer bere 0 n 16 Octo be r. The 1 n-W~t$i schncl turns our I {] officers trained as 6q uadro n ord nu nee -:l)1d gvnne ry 01:;k"[5.

No figures are (l.1f;I,ilabl,e ro how many as

rower

lnml t?;rouod looped. 00 rop of chat


eransmissiens fail,ed

paid dividends unril an eme:rgenG}! radio rig was placed in ope ra cion. AU the planes landed wlrhout f~whe{ incident. Reversing the procedure on eheeasr coast, plane:5 of Root .squndron& in the

weatl1er ,lowered. TiSht

Iligh, discipline

and

the

em 'It teSt Illsbr. Pre v ieus recerd was held by XP-III Mr !lOtte fighter, frrsr Americ;l.n
plane
10

The Navy'~ newXP:,i Y -I li.rgh speed fl)':il\§ brim ser a w 0 rld's ll igh I cncllWlfKc re~l,;)rd. fo;[ ~l.I.rb(}prop engines recently. 1t remained In the au fo r cigh r houtS 'and s~ mi.ntH!!5

employ

l,urb!1j.Yto.p

engine.

1.1.'1} rf4ff. hfl./icv PI art ere bo:i"g "Jlld 10· Korea to eVdNl<1te 10M wldien WQUnill") i'l bartle. M4r11J13I 1U'iJ' UJi"g the piml'imd.1 /l1-nJ-bIlMI III pick-#p C,Ul{itlJie.;; lind slso M rt!C(!·liH douwtXI pilots whQ «oere farcd to knhl. Hehittd Ihe NlJlIh Ka.NWI lines. In fhl; two pfJQflJ1 ablJlJtIi, 1I0BS·( beli(1)ptllrJ sbr;w

FOR

T1-I6 FIRST JIM E ir/

d<f!j jn

$O(Jl:<: iW4c;pa14ng Iratl.f/lQrt1ng

m4

"close air
fitQundl!d

$#ppa/"l" 1ffim to arIJ

lor

e~'4'

reM areas.

fr:)r<u[ucziilf, Vfrll1/(n;;:AAI /;;1 LillO din (lflffJ( 11'1IJJbmh o(

wny.r jrnid« Ihe rabit, of thtt


Ilmm
aft!

the

.1/1(11)

rlJ6w'n--it,.
pitiU}heel
sides

<1tJllthe.d

to

Ihu

rJ/

stroube« il tfTMIkJ CI'OSJ· the.,QtPIff two c(Jt'e.rt!J ,hs heJic.apler (Soc photo, M.)
om: Ihe

wh#u: in

28

Who Says There's

No

Suction?

• Then"s .. til d, Jfoclio,.I," ;.. sid eMit! B(mdl:arii, "T I,,!,)! nI")' pull .. lilrle, bUI' "01 "cry "(17';/' HIl MeppllrJ dig/ulr closer ami heM 0'" .wa", .. As lh()!lgh d<1riIJs·lh" j6 lado him ..amI! ha.rm.
'" +ecko» Pli! .. h",l.f!' lha' Jail <)1 Ogll.l1, H e tM~lk .• t'lf're', no suction in tf(m' of II jet? Pltrh" PJ tlils 'II,m pr(J~e hj~ l1u;o.r,,', aU "'1'-1."

,7,..

"1 ust JtDna by <I second; ['11 empty l,i.. pockets. WI,,.. rfl p .. 1/. t.i$ eyes rig/>t out of their '",ckels." Tin! jt!',t then i"haJed a"her ,,11..... d 0"" Ihe goo$ A. nd .... 'li.ed the Cbie"f in-s-clear up 10 his hips.
.MorDf:
1.;f

·'W€!l. r/(lj(gl;lIfe ml2," 5did tile F2fl-l.

kimeral, Cbiefs .<tte rather tclll"gli And j('1& pre}e:r lt1Clte IrQgik sluff. 80 killdl" hecd Ibis warniirg clear A'lioid ,bern from #00, IrQnl all'' rear.

CLEAR OF JETS TURNING UP DECK" hod been passed over the public. address system on the carrier. Shortly ruterwfU"ds {l.oen:g_in.e on an I'tH-1 was srar~d for [he purpose of milking adjustrnents to the f'1l8inl!' high ~peed Stop. The plane capraiI1 WM seated in the cockplr and 3 mainrenance nlflGer was .5ti,tlldlng on the Stl~p observing the cockpit insrcursenr readings . .Below the- engine a chief nviadon machlnisr was making the necessary adjustments to the fuel control 5}'s~em. The flight deck officer and 11 fiigilt deck chie] were observ109. rhe opl:!flItion wnich involved several high power rurau'ps-bllt let rhe ~iglu deck offieer cnke- over in his OWtJ
Hfi \VORD hST AND

ON FliGHT

words: plane

climbed tip no rhe side of the I mentioned (J,l ebe etuef that there seemed fO be little suction as his pants leg showed no indicneion of Lt. He replied, 'NQ, there is hardly fllly sucrion,' He then lvulked Oiler to wirhin approximately IWG and a balI feer of the intake with arm ~lutstretched . "Theeugine WItS lIcteler.ldng ar the time. and I didn't like the looks of ir, I yelled fOf him co come ~(tck The next inseaur be was pulled up a,gai!1Sf rhe wi ng, chest firsr, c.hin atop the duct. shoulder ;tcr('lSS the opening, Unable to wirhsrand the pressure h is head slipped in and hJS body wene in up to the waist;" MeanwbiJe 1J1 the cockpit plane caprain noted thar shortly aIfer he ~dVrtncedpower to 100%, the engine ~1.U8ed "Lieur, --(0

nore readings

had

JUS[

ill

the eeckpir

Ollef Bouchard was carefully removed from rhe engine il strercher, and taken to sick btl,y. It appeared that as he was sucked ineo rhe intake his head or bady struck the ducr door bu'tteJfly valve, breaking its binges. TIllS forrunate occurrence allowed tbe door to wedge against his back and prevented him from being pulled ineo the eernpresser ~ecdon of the engine, He )YBS hospltaliaed for nearly a rnonrh wirl"t 11 ruptured liver, but is now b1lck on duty. Two years ago during the initial full power turn-up at cJlC Air Force XP"8n, one oJ .the conrractoe's employees was inS-trimly killed when he walked In front" of the in~akc duct nod was drawn in hend first,
JUct, !"Iaced on

several buckets. He- Iteam the malnrenanre officershou! for him eo shut the engine down He did so and as be turned hisarteneion aWtl.y from the, instrumenrs, he 'saw rbar rhe llight deck chid had been sucked i!11Xl [he larake,

and there was an extremely fast rise in [11;11 pipe tempercrure. The engine sounded as though the mrbine wheel had rhrown

an

me

tests were road cered wi th durnrn ies and wi rh live su b~ects pro.erred by Mlfer)! ropes. Ir was found rhat there was: nor a wear amoune of suerion until the subjeer appreached ro within about rwe fee~ of the im.llk.e duet, But from there on, the suctlon irrereascd extremely rllpidJy. 00 a carrier deck the hazard is increased owing to the wind foree Over the deck, Shi_pbon.ril s:lfery precautions state char- fligh. deck personnd must remaln onrside: rll) lU1 ar113 eighr feer £orwa-.r;d iJ.J~ jet i.nrak~, of (b) 3.11 area ).Ofeec a f r of tile t(lil pi pe,

Since the Navy

W\lS

ur.iliz.ing

the

same engine

Hl

the

fJ-1,

29

5' ARS OVER

HE ATLANTIC

CHIi;F fHllS,Y.

N4V

I.NSfIlUCIOR,

CHECKS

OUT DEGENNARO AND

LINCOLN

BLNGHAM

reus

HARRINGTO~,

MCLAUGHLIN

ABOUT VR-6 ,ASrRO.-COMPASS

VR·(' Wm; 'OVER-This squadron regula.dy perates a trans-Arlanric fIlght a day, which plates considerable emphasis on n.wigatiQn, Wilen II. Dew pilot reports to VB-r" he can 1,1Ok£01:ward to refreshing his navigation rechniques and to puuing in his fair share of time at 'the navigarion table, Even in this bright new world of eleceronics and reehnclogy, celestial nsvrgauon is still the number one method of getting across the ocelln-ju,st as in the d:ly~ of yore snd Columbus. So, navigation schoc I takes up the firSl [we week of line's tour In VR-6. The firsrweek IS devoted m refreshing one on rhe niceries of the sexmnr, plotter. rhronomerer, 81lB and II. variety of chares, A few MATS reguladons are injecred and one learns a Uttle about MATS fug:ht plans. Fuel analysi. charts, POI'O:\r. logs and na igarioaal aids also aft' introduced during the fusr week, The lase week is devoted (0 acmal route problems, and the final exam inarion involves navigating a typical rrlp from Wes[Qve.r m Rheln-Mam. This

desk [rip will inducte sending

UUt

hour-

Iy Pomars, taking half-hourly pressure readings and worklng our a drift, working OUt hourly three-star fixes aad hiling out the hou rly hal f.d,02cn Ionns, charts nod graphs. Later, , ben [he ne navigator gees on his first trip, be will find rhar rile leg from Westover to ScephenviUeco Turbay, Newfoundlnnd is duck soup, prim [[1)' radio range navigation. The leg from Torbay to Lagens-1100 miles of over water navigation to :l very small island in Azores=-is apt to be just soup. Two things rhe new anvigarcr will learn to love; one, the weaeher ship halfway UCfUSS. which gives passing planes radar and radio fixes as rhey go

provide on-course lnformadnn.

by; Cwo, the RW's secter weapon, rwo auromaric direction finders, The plane's lWO "bird-dogs" are about the firresr pieces of equiprnenr to be: found 00 n dark rainy night an hour out of Lngens. Loran is fairly good around (he Newfoundland Mea anywhere along the ease coast QI the U.s. These electronic lines become long and rhin before one gers into L gen rid are of little value during the latrer hali of this trip, MCXir trips are flown during darkness and a low-revel cloud layer almost inv~cil1bly covers the ur.rn.ce, so drift readings arc seldom possible. The answer cun be read 0uIJI rhrdugb 11 sextanr, in an Air AI· rnaasc and an HO 218 or 219, It's amazing hm prof ient one can become with rhis equipment when he realizes proficiency means' the differenc:e between a wid swim and an ETA righton-the-nose. On ehe rIil? from Lagens to Orly (Paris}, everyone feels· .u bit more secure-it would be difficult (0 1'D1SS Europe. On the other. hand, not roo far to the righr of COU1]!e lies a nice mounrain-cbain and not roo far [0 the Left. ~)f course. is plenty of epen wnrer righ_ on up coward the Arcti_c circle. Loran and Consol stations in England
J •

WeaAher on the North Atlantic route offers plenty of Insrmmenr flying. Nevertheless, even in the worst wearher an occasional celestial s110r is usually pessible. There are times of course when chis is not true. and then ehe weather ship" the "bi rd-dogs" and pressure PlIltern nre often rhennly way to Stay on
course,

changes occuring as the flight progresses. Barornerric changes are measured by taking regular pressure almude readings and true radar altitude readings and not.ing the variarion between the two. Since direcrion of roration around a pressure area is "known, by charung the rapidity with which an airerafr is entering or Leaving a high or low pressure area, 3 simple formula will show the amount of eight or left drift being encountered, The trip pnE"k i!()IU Rhein-Maio so fa/." as Oft vrgarion is cencerned requi res more exact navigarion going from orty to Lsgens, and me trip from Lagens to Stephenville remains about he same, However, WI3:11 g ing into Newfoundland is usually good, and of course the large land mass is easier .to hit Weath· er over NewfoundJand is likely to be bad and gas grows critical. so it is bard 10 rcl1iX before (he needle swings over Torbsy and picks up Stephenville dead ahead. Occasionally {he norrhem route i f1uwo, via Iceland and Greenland. ilod though the fli!;htS are shorrer, the weather is apt to be bnd. In rne exu~mtly high variation areas a wrong applica. rion of this factor can mean heading for Chile instead of Massachusetts. And the Water is reputed ro be mighty rongb, A direcr Alghc from Lsgens t Westover usually offers excellent Loran Ior ETA and course en mute, but exaCt pusi. rion a'pc! precise gas analysis must be maintained due to the greater distance and more erieical gas load.
• Vj\-75-FIy'ing 1464.6 llQ,ltS ilwillg Ntily 19'50, VA-75 commanded by LCdr, J. E. Kenf1f~dy, smashed by a wide margin their old record of 1000.! hours established in July
VA-i

Pressure partern is a relatively recent innovation and roll}' nor be f!ltniLi~r ro rhe older generation. This "pattern" is obtained by charting [he barometric

19'43. During rhj~ rerord-breakifilg month, made t 2Ji landings Oil the C"cr<# Seil.

30

Needn't

Be,

Ashamed Of

Specs

were shipped 1':0 ebe Pacwc diviSIon 00 remporary addltional duty. A1thou,gh it is an irnpertanr job, rhe rssk of nnv(gnring full-time is a bie grim for naval aviators who still reraln II pllot-pcrspecrive of the Pacific :l1'e_:l., So far. there .has been only one reque-st for change of duty to LTA from (he concingeor, so apparently the boys ate h01dU"lg up fair Iy well,

One advantage the Navy pilor-nevi-

SIICO! has unearthed while flying with AI! Force pilots who have no mwiga· tien [mini og-thtry" have found the pj_lo~s have an uDque~dGmirtg fur]] in their
uavigarors, On a dark nnd dreary leg between Johnston and Kwnjrueio. one of the Navy I1l!Vigntl)fs senr II M-degree rhange of .heading up [0 rhe frQrH: of-

such

S avisror
3

DME:l'IM£

dous

will become chairborne, Injob he will have to do il. trerneaernounr of tending.

IN HIS

C'itteer.a-very naval

us he grows older. Glasses allow the ciliary muscle to srop down nnly pllrr war for dose work. l'empo1;.uy vislJalddJiculdes can
come

bal<k on autopilot. Probably figured the Navy shore-cue,

her around 65 degrees 'and buckled ir


b,oy hlld
II

ijc,e, 'Virhom

it

word, the

_pilOt

SWlltlS

As he approaches 40, he finds: it increasiogJy dIffiCult to read with his book dose 10 his flKe. He holds ir FarUUlI :l.'iVa)' Ilnd hils. to concerxeare bnrder,
His tendency

na1rsl .1villtOJ:, the Itight surgeons em' pbasize that disturbances are onJ~ tern-

from.

11

variety

of causes,

In the

New plane
'Shipscnd

Book Published
In SIxth E!3ition

Airc.raft'

porary.

is:

(Q

blame

"tOO much

His pride in a good pail .of eyes makes hjm keep quier about .ehe cnudirien longer rban he should, Close WQ(k >LS such, however, does no d\I.O'lage. The Navy Jenows what will happen mid makes no penulry for it, close work"
ACtually, fat-sightedoeas is as lnevlr-

ios

I~atigue carl plq a pnrr in remporery

dieL.e)lce~ses in nk0huJ or tob2CCO. loss of sleep, excesses in reading or poor Light.

balanced

of acuity.

Other f.aCtOrs an: un-

A new pesc-wareditlon of ShipsTflul Aircraft IIJ Jbc U. S. PIcot, much-used by rhe Navy for indOCTrination and ceeogni tiOI1 rrai 11i1"18 duri.tlg the WRr, bas (orne off rile _press . of the U. S. Naval Insrirnre, the new
volume densed

:Edited by James C Fahey,


contains

-associnte and eon-

All

sult

the dimimnlca of fiGuilty as a reof above fncrcrs wil! d'isal'pe!tr

after adequate rest. ViSion will be re-

able as death and taxes. :Every naval aviator has eyesight ~bove- averag.e. The origin!!l e*arnioa. ~on is so tbol·Qugh that lll}'0pia (nenr
sightedo.es5), 2srigmntts.m and ceher defeCts are sparred and ehe mall never becllmer. a naval avinrcr, BtI[ even wirh ape-dec! p:ur of eyes,

scored co n_ormal for the ifldD.rlduaJ con-

.cerned,

So j, isn't rhe desk- lob in Washi.og· roa, old timer, it's JUSt .hl::' mao with the
scythe. the glasses between 40 and 4). You're a class 11
YOu CIUl counr
Q£I

p-il.ntion of planes used by the Navy in


,e-xli; re [I ce,

information Oh all lare-cype Navy aircraft, with photographs, toSeme-l: with latest dope on. all ships. The sixth edition of rhls well-known publicition is the mosc, compreheaslvecam-

photographs

pilot ufrer 40 anywny,


cerned per put on his glasses

3-<1

why be conyou hand

age srsrts

to

[he- iris of the eye. In reading, the Iris has [0 stop down just" as Ir does for a: bright light, As 11O-llID grows older. the rouseie which does {he SHlppi ns elown grows increasingly sdff in irs action, As a reside, the pain! er- focus grows farther frcm the eye. Remember the rest in which :1 ruler I~ h~'d straight om from the nose and 11 litcle Q'lrd is pulled aW\lY from tlfC eye unr.il a Jloe e:tn be rl"llrl? That's the rest Ivhkh mows how well that muscle does its job, It is nn infallible irtdlcation of <\ge, That ruler will always rell age with· in a year or two, This progressive far-sightedness, o_r
presbyopia,

from the ciJ[-ary muscle which controls

rake its roll. Ir nil stems

about needing a pair of £peo:s? When you young sq-uir~ see the skipwhen

The new diseribnrion address is Ships and Alrcroft~ 2033 Rhode Island A~e. N.R, Washingtoo l8, D. C. Ptic€ is $2.

him II. dis_j?atch to read. jL1S! remember the old epimeh. freely paraphrased:
Hearken, srranger, as- yclU pass ily. A. yrill- an:: "OW so once Was L A.; 1 am 11 ow • so YIiIU w,i U he, And so be wa;n.ed by thaught ~f me,

VR.-6 PHots Naviga,e

Seas

Air Force 8or.rQWS Men For Kor,ea R.un

"specials", rhis squadron is represented in the. Pad fie by 16 of its pilors, Whh alr tf'll.illipGUT needs req_uirlng ~ mal:'imtIDl eifonon the U. Si-ro-Korea airlift, a criticru sboru,ge-!if

VR·IS, WmI'JOYHR,.-In addieion ro supplying planes and crews for ol:t:us;omll

i1110WS for it. It is nm disqualifying, [lor rs it s, mark of poor eyes that a mnn has to use glasses for dose readJ.ns

is

normal,

;U1d the

Nilvy

lem, Ie:! of the squadron's

in the Air Force MATS squadrons, Inasmuch as ttll Navy pilors abo are [Ji<V igmors, no such shortage exi~[ed if) Navy units. To lldp .tlleviace the prob-

n~viga(Ors developed

thitd

pilors

31!

LE,TTERS
SIRS:

CONTENTS
Air$hip Training. _ 6

Dudog recent carrier qualiJic riUllS aboard U.S,S. Bataan, V -35 W;lS awarded rhe privilege 01 cutting the ~erem~1nial cake t\.lf fbI.' t:5.0(}Oth la.odillLl;. This lanJin" (omthe pleted (he lU'St l,OOOth

shi_p was recornmissiened,

landing SInce the Tht iarulins was

New Nao Airship _ Soviet .Mr Force_ _ _


in the ir, VR·(. could almost (Ilk!' a loom ot who could parallel this ffifldl, but a ~ew uf the,$e lads made Lt iIII1 ~ couple 1)( months ago. L\:$e one ~et the Idea tha.t all this urne was amassed in multi-engine aircrart, we dIe our second-high.rime man, Lr, Hurt, who acquired <i,OOn hour.s- In single-engroe aircraft b~f0re becenring a rrallsjlt:lrt pilnr, The 1ll.;companyiJlg phoro shows Jour 01 the 10 lieutenants who eecurnufared the A2•. OOO-hou,- record~LQZiLr, Tietjen, Hurt and
emi,llll.!l.

10
14

Naval Godfrey

Aviation

at War

Gels Wif19S_ _ _ _ _ 19

New York Jets

_ _ 20

Reserves Get F8F's _ _ ____ _ _ 26

Oakland

Photo Squddron_

22

VP-34 Ready

for A Bemb., _ 24

made b,' Lt. A. P_ Clapp, in an AD._!.!.


The phow Wows officers ftom let! to tlg It as follows: Lrs. (Ig~ Folen~bee, Forgy and

ShMt-loo:ldIlg

lit

their

fuvorlre

you-knQw.
OPFrCWIl

Stdrs over AtI'anlic



Til.,
leam.

30

whar magazine.
PUBLIC INFO!lMA110N

Raposa, 1.IS.

and Clapp, Ens, Ness. 1!.. EngUsh, Ctjr. C. l\. tapler, Capt, Je:llc. skipper of .be Bilfff""" Lt. Spell. LSO; Cdr. POrti, the ship's air ul1iCet, and Cdr, Rudw.rford. exec.
Metztlel' Fnlluc INl'ORM .... TJON OI"FtC£ll.

rn :
Regard ins yuur silhouette of the PlV-4 taken fI!;,'1Iinsr he Arctic midnight ~U.Il, in the t September Issue, I run sure that this plane is the 1'2\'-.1, Tills Slnre-menl i~ based on the f.,. rs-ss cadorne ins(ead of chI' tI P5-2fl, 'WIth which all 1'2V·.IW and .P1Y,,! planes lire
equipped,

THE COVER
Navy" famoys RIght o>xhibitioll

th.. Ill" e Angel •• mode Iheir lad


appeota~~ .. 01 NilS 0 .. 11 , Na· .. Model Arrploo'l' Meel e>n 30
10 ..

p~blk ilonal .",,,Iot


AF3.

Jijl Y bOilfQ"I going

Or.

Tbi,

~pe c-

pholo by

Bernard. W,

While.

IRS:

11) the Lerrers


recent
11

IJ)

the EJ1101 col umn of

Issues

of

NAVAL AVIA1"ON

NE\vs.

NOB NOR~OLK [ Tbe A<e<l:lc miJlni(Chl O\IQ WM too dllQ 1'0. "or 1>II';nl)' <)9('0 but. Chi", Sc-hlncl<>le wasn 't i'ool~d

It SCHINl)ifU!. ALf:

running comperitiun of high-rime lieure[lanes in the N:II"Y has been f,lublisb.ed ~[O.H recent entry "'Wi .,. lener from the AU Weather fl1gh SclJ bl) I annexing the nI')WD. Ow: complirnenrs to USN'S, AU Weather fllgbc-flnd cur (e-gr('lS-tlll!y have jll!ll been dethroned, V!t.6. arrached (0 AT[Q·M"'TS. stationed at Westover Air Force Base, Ma:s1., daim5 charapicnship honors 10 the Iieutenanr l1igbl lim!! race. The fQlltll",iog 10 ewe.stripers auached co 'IR -6 have IDarmged 10 sera reb together (up (0 I Atigust) 62,608.6 hours during their !fiying careers.

SIR:

CITY QUIZ
W'l$fo_ l<lwer--MiClit'li

rhe eptember issue of N. 11. NEWS was excellent. However, having heen the fighter direcror officer 01 the U.S.S: Bet/stili U? ood, CVL·l>l-. lind havIng vectored this bunch of
.aces
OITrO

Yow: article

on the MilitMit

MmztaXIl1'J

in

Top---S "0 W .. ,
Beach.FIQ.

PHOTO CPEDIT

lots of [heir kills, would

appreciate

your 5~rtj ng dlC record clear, Admjl1ll ReA Tomlinson's "Beuhal


was ;'home" squadron

to

M:ltiJ"
Iasr tour

Drawing, of RUBio" je' oj,~(ofl O"d recogrrilian Jilllovelt". by cou,h.,y 01 flyjrrg Mogaz.ine, Chicago, III.

them
~U'I!:

di.lfing

their

V,nrn C. Short Tltoo. ll. 5~""~

C;......

nllllllSl R<>lic.tt M. lllJ1't l.~ ..r

Philhl

e,

llarol~ O. 'I'ietj.m

1101) l'lot..rt W. Sb.ev~ 611>0 Ahin W. RentB~.h R. SeaMn 61H Hnrl")' llill'luLm

un .rJl"''''

60981 6866 SSlI9

like 10 be in anorher !ill i th II rn (I' \Xr eber, Ray Hawk.ju~J Connie Nooy et lilt Thl!'j' were tops borh as pilots, men and poker players, JACK W. COl.1"BR. LT, AJ:RLo.NT SA_PIITY Opl'1eaa'
[jke dUl't one

in the Pncific, J'd

THE STAFF
lCdr. Arthuf

l. Schoeni
Robb

Editor

11876 609B

Izella Cdr.

Winter

Anodale

E.dlfar

The 109 beok OQra.tfonj' 01 wliere these gentlemen have put in their time reads like a world traveler's will.le.<.t ream=-China, d Jap'an, India, Mriu, JIQ.()I<':s). Icelund, Denmark. Sweden. Germany, Po rm gal, Spain, holy, FJ'IIo,e, Phlllppines, Hawaii, AU!itrnJia, 1;tttl. Korea, Palesti tie, Lebanon. ere, As II rnauer of interest, 62,O()O hours rep_ resenrs marry miles. At IUO speeds. in (,2,000 hours, one could girdle. the !;Io~e some 470 riraes, Of !ly tound trips- to the rneee, As for the NAF W'E6KSVrLt. squadron whose 10 n;pct',el):nn:ive~had 36,S50 hours

lo:rry l. Booda
A.. o~tot. Editor

u.

Roso.lie
"".... 'iole

W.

Martin

Edit.. r

lCd r. An drew W.B rig ht


Auodol. fdilor

1,

James

M. Springer
DlreetOI

"-tHOU NAVY CARRIER PilOTS S'HOWING OFfl

n'r ,"

I .,

Art

ARE AlWAYS

• The println!!
approved Bureau <:of 'he boo".

"I tlol. p"bJlcoll"n hal by I'll.. Director 01 '''_ BudlleJ, 10 Junl! '949

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