The White Falcon - 25.02.1961, Blaðsíða 3

Saturday, February 25, 1961
WHITE FALCON
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Suggestions Win
Cash Awards For
Five Airmen Here
Five people here recently re-
ceived awards totalling $110 for
adopted suggestions. They are:
A1C Kenneth J. Warren, jet en-
gine mechanic, 1400th CAMRON,
$25. Airman Warren devised sup-
ports for aircraft engine test
stands. With this alteration, in-
spection and maintenance work
can be done safely without mov-
ing the engine to a rollover stand
and then back to the installation
stand. First-year savings are esti-
mated at $144, plus safety bene-
fits.
A3C Ronald E. Tucker, tele-
phone directory clerk, Base Com-
munications, 1400th Air Base
Squadron, $25. Airman Tucker
worked out a numerical and alpha-
betical listing of telephone numb-
ers and office symbols, for dis-
tribution with the telephone di-
rectory. This list helps locate of-
fices quickly by either phone
number or office symbol, and will
be of assistance to personnel
throughout the command.
A2C Robert L. Sheffield, jet en-
gine mechanic, formerly of 1400th
CAMRON, $25. Airman Sheffield
used available materials to make
headsets with microphones for
better communication between
personnel testing jet engines.
Time is saved by eliminating nec-
essity for the “ground man” to
climb into the aircraft numerous
times, and safety is improved be-
cause the ground man and opera-
tor are in constant communica-
tion.
SSGT Robert A. Luepke, for-
merly weapons control system
flight chief, 1400th CAMRON,
$25. Luepke designed a radome
cover drying rack which has im-
proved and speeded the drying
process for radome covers, saving
many hours of work and an esti-
mated $1,425 per year.
SSGT Harold B. Weil, informa-
tion specialist, Office of Informa-
tion, $10. Sergeant Weil’s award
was forwarded from his previous
base, Orlando AFB, Florida. His
suggestion to paint certain cross-
walks with luminous paint so they
could be seen better at night re-
sulted in a safety improvement. '
At 1484 On The Dial
‘Ozone Sounding'
Weather Group at KA
Conducting Air Tests
By Capt. Peter Micale
If you are one of the persons whose curiosity has
been aroused by the regularity of the balloon released each
six hours here at Keflavik Airport, Detachment 13, 9th
Weather Group, can dispell that®^
DEMONSTRATION
A1C Kenneth J. Warren, 1400th CAMRON, shofs his commander, Maj.
Robert L. Jackson, the engine test stand supports he divised. The
suggestion won Airman Warren $25.
LSO Stage Show
To Arrive Tuesday
“Broadway U.S.A.,” a composite of successful Broad-
way shows, will stop over at Keflavik Airport Tuesday
for a scheduled week-long tour. The first performance is
scheduled for Wednesday night at®"
H-l, with the troupe playing to
either H-2, or the Viking Service
Club the following night.
Thursday night they will per-
form at the Service Club and the
next night either back to the club
or at H-3.
All performances are scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m.
Featuring a cast of eight New
York actors and actresses, the
show consists of musical, comedy
and dramatic exerpts from suc-
cessful Broadway productions,
welded into a fast-paced and ex-
citing 80 minutes of entertain-
ment.
The cast includes Jeanne Beau-
vais, Joan Rivers, Sheila Smith,
Jack Eddleman, Alan Kass, Ge-
orge Lindsey and Ronald Brown.
Robert Keegan is stage manager.
Presented without benefit of
special costuming or stage set-
tings, “Broadway USA” is high-
lighted by musical numbers from
the productions of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe,
Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jule
Styne, Frank Loesser, Kurt Weill,
Leonard Bernstein, Howard Da
Silva and George and Ira Ger-
shwin.
The show also draws from the
offerings of Lindsay and Crouse,
Kaufman and Hart, Thurber and
Nugent, Marc Connelly, Garson
Kanin, Mary Chase, Thornton
Wider, Robert Sherwood, Richard
Nash, John Patrick and Arthur
Miller—among others.
USO Shows for the armed
forces overseas are made possible
by contributions of the American
public to United Funds, Commun-
ity Chests and other voluntary
fund-raising campaigns.
AACS Challenges
Two In Ground
Safety Program
curiosity.
The detachment is one of the
three weather stations collecting
data for a special research and
development program. Titled “Oz-
one Sounding Program,” the pur-
pose is to obtain information on
the latitudinal, seasonal and short
term variations of the vertical
distribution of ozone in the at-
mosphere.
Although the quantity of ozone
in the atmosphere is relatively
small, in comparison to other gas-
ses present, it does maintain the
atmosphere’s heat balance.
The program is sponsored by
the Air Force Research Division
(ARDC) of the Air Force Cam-
bridge Research Laboratories,
Hanscom Field, Massachusetts; in
conjunction with the University
of Dayton Research Institute.
Specifically, the division of the
Air Force Research Division that
is conducting the program is the
Atmosphereic Circulation Labora-
tory, Geophysics Research Direct-
orate. The three Weather Sta-
tions collecting the upper air data
are Detachment 31, Albrook Air
Force Base, Canal Zone; Detach-
ment 5, Harmon Air Force Base,
Newfoundland; and Detachment
13, here at Keflavik Airport.
The project got under way
here Feb. 1, with the release of
a large 1750 gram capacity bal-
loon. The balloon carries aloft
ozonesonde equipment that is
manufactured in Germany. Ultra-
violet energy from the sun ener-
gizes the instrument that trans-
mits its data by rado and in
Morse code. The radio signal is
received by tape recorder in the
Upper Air Station at Keflavik
Airport.
The University of Dayton is
data processing and analizing the
tapes. Miss Dorothy Ann White,
Assistant Research Engineer,
from the University of Dayton
visited Keflavik for one week in
the month of November 1960. She
instructed Detachment personnel
in the check-out and launching
procedures involved in the opera-
tions of the ozonesonde.
Many studies, particularly by
European meteorologists have cor-
related the varying thickness of
the ozone layer in the atmosphere
with the distribution and move-
ment of surface lows and highs.
Because many theories are pre-
valent, an accurate measurement
of the ozone layer and its dis-
tribution may lead to definite
conclusions in synoptic meteoro-
logy.
The upper edge of the ozone
layer in the atmosphere is called
the “Warm Layer.” This occurs
at a height of 55 Km, or approxi-
mately 180,000 feet. The tempera-
ture of this layer varies from
+50°C to +80°C. Although the
ozone layer is very thin it ab-
sorbs and retains nearly all of
the short wave radiation from
the sun. The absorption of short
wave and long wave radiation,
which is not retained, by this
thin layer causes a chemical re-
action which keeps the ozone in
equilibrium with its generating
oxygen. Unlike oxygen, ozone has
three atoms in its molecule rather
than two.
The vertical extent of the ozone
layer, or its thickness, over a
given area of the globe determin-
es the amount of the sun’s radia-
tion which reaches that portion
of the globe. The thickness of
this layer is not uniform, and it
is influenced by horizontal and
vertical currents of air; by the
angle of the sun’s rays; and by
other factors. The three Weather
Stations were selected, therefore,
to gather representative data
from near the Equator to near
the North Pole.
More and more in this aero-
space age with the impending
satellite flight of man, a com-
plete analysis of the envelope
that covers the earth is essential.
Mystery Dramas To Be Featured
On AFRS During Coming Week
If you like mystery dramas, you’ll like the radio pro-
grams coming up next week over Armed Forces Radio
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Starting it off on Tuesday is'
“Broadway Is My Beat.” In this
program two men are found dead
on the Bowery with poison whis-
key. One of the men turns out to
be wealthy and Detective Danny
Clover discovers he was mas-
quarding as a bum on a bet.
Things become apparent when the
dead man’s wife wants to leave
for Europe with her husband’s
best friend.
On Wednesday, also at 7:30,
“Johnny Dollar,” the fabulous in-
surance investigator, is hired to
check the report of a pretty young
beneficiary to an insurance policy
that her uncle’s life has been
threatened. He learns that the
threat had been made by the
girl’s ex-fiance whose unsavory
past had been exposed by the
uncle. Dollar unearths one of the
cleverest devices for murder ever
contrived. Starring on “Johnny
Dollar” is Bob Bailey who also
emcees “Music Views From Hol-
lywood,” which is heard at 3 p.m.
on Thursdays.
Thursday evening the mystery
drama is “Escape.” The story
takes place in New Orleans dur-
ing the Mardi Gras, where lies a
nightmare of terror and death be-
hind the festival’s gaiety. John
and Gwenn Bagney tell about it
in “The Man Who Stole the
Bible.”
Friday evening’s mystery is
“Suspense,” the grand daddy of
them all. On “Suspense” this
week the story is “A Rest for
Emily,” about a poor farmer who,
after 30 years of marriage, wants
only quiet and rest from his nag-
ging wife.
Continuing a highly successful
ground accident prevention pro-
gram begun last year, Maj. Gen.
Daniel C. Doubleday, commander
of MATS’ Airways and Air Com-
munications Service (AACS)
challenged Maj. Gen. W. P. Fish-
er, ESTAF commander to match
or beat AACS’s effort to reduce
accidental deaths during the com-
ing year.
Last year, AACS kicked off the
program by challenging the city
of Middetown, Ohio, to a com-
petitive effort in saving lives
through accident prevention.
During the year, both AACS
and Middletown materially re-
duced their accidental death rates;
AACS from 19 to 12, and Middle-
town from 23 to 11.
This year’s threeway race, with
AACS, Middletown and ESTAF
in the running, shows well match-
ed competition. The military com-
mands each have approximately
27,000 military people while Mid-
dletown boasts about 30,000 pop-
ulation.
The contestants will exchange
accident statistics monthly, and
will share accident prevention
programs and ideas.
Monday At 7:30 P.M.
Living Under Communist Regime
Is Theme Of AFRS Radio Story
If freedom failed—if Commun-
ism took over—what would life
be like? How would things be, in
your own home town, under a
Communist regime?
If you’ve ever asked yourself
these questions, then you won’t
want to miss the program series,
“If Freedom Failed,” presented
by Armed Forces Radio each
Monday, at 7:30 p.m.
These half-hour dramatic pro-
grams bring you a picture of
what would happen under Com-
munism, in an ordinary American
town. Featuring top Hollywood
stars in the leading roles, these
stories are based on actual events
which have happened, in countries
now behind the iron curtain.
This Monday’s program is cal-
led “Circulation” and stars Jeff
Chandler in the role of Arnold
Wilson, publisher of the Spring-
field Morning Globe, one of the
leading midwestern newspapers.
Under the Communist regime,
the Globe’s circulation increases
rapidly until Wilson realizes that
it is becoming merely a propa-
ganda organ for the State, al-
though Comrade Gordon, of the
Press Directions Bureau, insists
that his office does not enforce
censorship.
Determined to test this, Wilson
and his staff print the Declara-
tion of Independence and the Con-
stitution of the United States on
the editorial page. They soon dis-
cover what Communist leaders
really think of freedom of the
press.
AEROSPACE EVENT
Jan. 12, 1948 — Northrop Air-
craft Company announced that
rocket-powered test vehicles at
Muroc Air Base, Calif., had at-
tained a speed of 1,019 m.p.h.