The White Falcon - 17.06.1961, Blaðsíða 8

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, June 17, 1961
Fishing Tournament
Won By Americans
For Second Year
The United States, for the sec-
ond consecutive year, has won the
International Fishing’ Tourna-
ment at the Westman Islands. The
trophy, symbolizing world fishing
supremacy, will remain at Kefla-
vik Airport until 1962 — another
win is required for its permanent
retention.
Led by team captain, Stanley
Roff, the winning four-man team
was representative of the military
services and civilians in Iceland.
Lieutenant Colonel Dewey, United
States Air Force, Lieutenant Col-
onel Fuller, United States Army,
and Commander Woolums, United
States Navy, rounded out the top
team.
Other Keflavik Airport person-
nel participating in the tourna-
ment were Lieutenant Colonel
Butler, Mr. Moore, Mr. Morey,
MSgt. Dybedall, SSgt. Cannon,
SSgt. Walters, and A1C, Fram-
stead.
Individual honors went to Col-
onel Dewey for his 31-pound hali-
but and A1C Framstead for third
place in the heavy catch.
Future Space Ships
Will Have Different
Type Landing Gear
Landing gears of future space
ships will be radically different
from those on airplanes of today
if the Dyna-Soar manned glider
is any indication.
Dyna-Soar is an Air Force pro-
gram to send a manned maneu-
verable glider into space and
bring it back to earth again
through a controlled reentry into
the atmosphere.
The main landing gear skids for
Dyna-Soar look like wire brushes
mounted on skis.
Dyna-Soar will not be equipped
with brakes. The wire brush ar-
rangement and the friction it will
create upon landing are being
counted on to bring the craft to
a stop.
A retractable nose gear re-
sembling a shallow dishpan sus-
pended from the underside of the
craft like an inverted toadstool
is also being developed.
Searing temperatures encount-
ered by the vehicle when it re-
enters the earth’s atmosphere rule
out the use of wheels and lubric-
ated bearings.
To Be Taped
Base personnel officials soon
will be receiving a simplified form
requesting certain personnel data,
including officer effectiveness re-
ports, to be put on magnetic tape.
In an all major commands let-
ter, Hq. USAF said it has in-
structed the Air Force Systems
Command to correct and augment
its officer military record magne-
tic tapes.
“For approximately two years
the Personnel Laboratory at AF-
SC has been getting a copy of all
OERs, and the purpose of this
exercise is to obtain accurate
data on OERs prior to that time,”
personnel officials elaborated.
When completed, the tape “will
be an invaluable tool in tlie ad-
ministration of military personnel
matters,” the all major command
letter said.

EDUCATORS MEET
An Icelandic-American teachers banquet was held at the Civilian Club
recently. Capt. William R. Meyer, commander of Naval Forces Iceland,
promised continued cooperation between the two countries in educa-
tional matters. Shown are Mr. Charles F. Muth, principal, Dependents’
Schools, Keflavik Airport; Mr. Asgeir Gudmundsson, supervisor, Read-
ing-Readiness, Reykjavik Office of Education; Captain Meyer; and
Mr. Ilelgi Eliasson, Director of Education, Iceland.
Products Of Several Nations
Used In Each Falcon Issue
The products of many nations
go into each issue of the White
Falcon, which is not surprising
since Iceland is a small, unindus-
irialized nation. (With an area
about the same as that of Vir-
ginia, the population of the entire
country is less than that of either
Norfolk or Richmond.)
The international flavor of the
paper, if you will, begins when
“Siggie” sits down at his U. S.-
made typesetter. The shop uses
Linotype and Intertype machines,
both based on the work of Ottmar
Hustler's Time
Ten Times Faster
Than Lindbergh's
An Air Force B-58 Hustler
bomber has claimed a new flight
record from New York to Paris
with a time of 3 hours 20 minutes
for the 3,669 statute miles, flying
about ten times faster than Lind-
bergh.
The flight which commemorated
Lindbergh’s historic flight 34
years ago was flown at super-
sonic speeds for an average speed
of 1105 m.p.h. by a Strategic Air
Command crew from the 43d
Bomb Wing at Carswell AFB,
Fort Worth, Tex. Lindbergh’s
time was 33 hours 29 minutes.
The B-58 took off from Cars-
ell AFB at 5:10 a.m. (TDT) May
26 and flew non-stop to Paris via
Washington and New York with
the aid of aerial refueling from
SAC KC-135 jet tankers. The
Carswell to Paris total distance
is 5,198 miles.
Crew members of the record-
breaking delta-wing bomber were
Maj. William R. Payne, pilot;
Capt. William Polhemus, naviga-
tor-bombardier, and Capt. Ray-
mond R. Wagener, defensive sys-
tems operator.
The Air Force’s first super-
sonic bomber, the B-58, entered
the SAC inventory in August
1960. Manufactured by the Gene-
ral Dynamics Corporation, the
Hustler is powered by four Gene-
ral Electric J-79 turbojet engines.
Recently, the B-58 set a speed
record of 1302 m.p.h. average for
30 minutes and 45 seconds.
The record setting aircraft was
on display during the Paris Inter-
national Air Salon through June
4.
Mergenthaler which has been cal-
led one of the Twelve Inventions
That Changed The World.
The alloy type metal—also cal-
led “lead” here—is from the U.S.,
as is the Ludlow Typograph
machine on which most of the
larger headlines are cast.
Most of the paper used for the
White Falcon is made in Finland.
But the ink may come from Den-
mark, Germany or the Nether-
lands.
Pictures for the paper are en-
graved by other shops in Reykja-
vik, using American-made metal.
Depending on other press work
being done at the time, the White
Falcon is printed on a U. S.-made
Kelly press or on one made in
Germany.
The final step in the process is
folding the printed sheets. This
is done on a Baum folder, also
made in U. S. A.
While working on the White
Falcon the stains of imported ink
are washed from our hands with
naturally heated water (which
also heats the city of Reykjavik)
piped from hot springs — and
British-made soap. The “paper
towels” are of the variety usually
found in print shops — strips of
paper trimmings which would
otherwise be wasted.
So, one might say that the only
Icelandic product which even in-
directly enters into the produc-
tion of the White Falcon is water.
And this would be true, except
for that priceless ingredient —
without which all the best im-
ported materials would amount to
nothing — the skilled work of
proud Icelandic craftsmen.
AF Academy Admission
Procedures Outlined
This June, approximately 800 young men, the third
full-size class to be admitted to the Air Force Academy,
will join the Cadet Wing and begin four years of study
leading to careers as Air Force^
officers.
These young men will represent
the successful applicants from a
total of 6,260 who applied for ad-
mission to the Class of 1965. They
will have met exacting mental
and physical requirements and
have survived testing and quali-
fying examination which elimin-
ated all but the finest.
They will be young men who
distinguished themselves in high
school through academic achieve-
ment and who, through active
participation and distinction in
extracurricular activities, have
demonstrated leadership potential.
Many will have had experience
as presiding officers of classes,
clubs or student government. A
good percentage will have won
meritorious awards in athletics
as well as other activities. There
will be Eagle Scouts, managers
or editors of school papers, public
speakers; or members of the Civil
Air Force Chopper
Sets Altitude Mark
An Air Force H-43B Huskie
helicopter has hoisted a 1,000 kilo-
gram (2,204 lb.) load to 25,814
feet, breaking a record held pre-
viously by the Soviet Union.
Capt. Walter C. McMeen from
the Tactical Air Command’s Luke
AFB, Ariz., piloted the helicopter
under sealed barograph standards
determined by the National Aero-
nautics Association.
He made his record breaking
flight at Bloomfield, Conn. May
25. It took him 1 hour and 45
minutes to reach the record alti-
tude.
Flight data is now being sub-
mitted to the Federation Aero-
nautique Internationale for con-
firmation of the world altitude
mark. A new national record,
quite naturally, also is being
claimed.
The old altitude mark was 24,-
491 feet set by a Soviet MI-4
helicopter Mar. 26, 1960.
The Huskie, a crash rescue
craft on aperational duty, also
holds another world altitude mark,
climbing to 29,846 feet in Decemb-
er, 1959 to establish a class EID
record for helicopters weighing
between 3,858 and 6,614 pounds.
New Refueling Systems Ordered
MATS strategic airlift opera-
tions will become more effective
when eight new air transportable
refueling systems are received by
the transport air forces later this
year.
According to MATS materiel
officials, EASTAF and WESTAF
will each receive four “fly-away”
fuel hydrant dispensing systems
in the near future.
“Lessons learned during Opera-
tion BIG SLAM last year pointed
out the need for greater refueling
flexibility and better equipment
to support operations which may
be off the beaten path,” officials
said.
The new fuel system consists of
collapsible, 50,000 gallon fuel
tanks made of tire cord rubber
complete with spare parts, tools
and ground support equipment. It
will be readily accessible for in-
stantaneous erection, operation,
servicing and disassembly.
The system will be capable of
refueling aircraft directly from
available pipe lines, tanker ships,
barges, tank cars, tank trucks,
and tanker aircraft in emergen-
cies.
Officials said that the systems,
which are now in the procure-
ment phase, will be positioned to
meet operational requirements at
enroute bases or at remote areas
where there are no refueling fa-
cilities available.
Air Patrol or national and state
honor societies.
To be eligible for appointment
a young man must meet the fol-
lowing basic requirements: He
must be at least 17 and not yet
22 years of age on July 1 of the
year of admittance. He must be
a citizen of the United States, of
good moral character. He must
be unmarried and never have been
married, be in good physical con-
dition, have at least 20/100 vision
correctable to 20/20 and be at
least 5 feet 4 inches and not more
than 6 feet 6 inches tall, with
weight in normal relation to
height.
There are several avenues
through which a candidate may
obtain a nomination. No one can
take the entrance examinations
and be considered for an appoint-
ment to the Academy unless of-
ficially nominated as a candidate.
The candidate must first apply
for and obtain a nomination in at
least one of the following cate-
gories: Congressional, open to
residents of the 50 states; Dis-
trict of Columbia and possessions;
Vice-Presidential, open to resi-
dents; Presidential, open to sons
of present, retired or deceased
members of the regular compon-
ents of the Armed Forces; mem-
bers of the regular and reserve
components of the Air Force and
Army; sons of deceased veterans;
sons of Medal of Honor winners;
and honor graduates of Honor
Military and Naval schools.
After determining what kind or
kinds of nomination he is eligible
to seek, an applicant may improve
his chances by applying in all
categories for which he is eligible.
Valuable assistance may be ob-
tained any time before or during
this period by contacting the Air
Force Academy Liasion Officer
nearest the candidate’s home. Lia-
sion officers, generally Air Force
reserve officers not on active
duty, act in an official capacity
in providing information to young
men and their parents concerning
admissions procedures and cadet
life.
Following his nomination, each
candidate is required to take the
Air Force Academy Qualifying
Medical Examination, the Physi-
cal Aptitude Examination, and
the College Entrance Examina-
tion Board Tests. These examina-
tions measure a candidate’s po-
tential for success in the Academy.
For adequate preparation in
high school, a young man should
strive for better than average
marks in his class work; main-
tain a high degree of physical fit-
ness through participation in
sports and through proper care
of health; and engage in extra-
curricular activities, both athletic
and non-athletic, to develop lead-
ership skills.
Prospective candidates or other
interested persons who desire a
copy of the Air Force Academy’s
catalog outlining complete admis-
sions information, or who desire
personal guidance counselling
from a local official Air Force
Academy representative should
write to: Registrar, United States
Air Force Academy, Colo.