The White Falcon - 26.11.1962, Side 3

Monday, November 26, 1962
WHITE FALCON
3
To Replace P2V Neptunes
In order to provide faster
and better detection, the Navy
has ordered the Lockheed P3V
Orion bomber into operation.
Eventually, it will replace the
old, familiar P2V Neptune.
The venerable P2Vs do a
good job, but their design is
almost 18 years old, and they
are too cramped to take on
advanced,electronics gear. More
than 1000 P2Vs have been
built since the close of World
War II.
The Orion can travel much
faster than the P2V, reducing
the' “dead” time needed to fly
out to patrol areas. Once on
station the Orion has better
gear to “localize” or pinpoint
targets.
An inertial navigation syst-
em in the Orion gives accurate
positions. Electronic-gathered
information is passed automat-
ically to the plane’s tactical
controller. Information about
contacts is passed electronical-
ly by pushing buttons.
A crew of 10 to 12 will nor-
mally fly the Orion, but it can
take up to 18 men to provide
relief crews on extra long mis-
sions.
The Orion is a big plane.
It’s almost 117 feet long and
has a wing span of neearly
100 feet! Approximately 10
feet of the length is taken up
by a magnetic detection an-
tenna sticking out of the tali,
which resembles an insect’s
stinger.
The Orion is also powerful.
It has four turboprop engines
each rated at 4500 horsepower.
At top speed an Orion powers
along at over 460 miles-per-
hour. However, it can “coast”
at slightly above 100 mph. us-
ing two engines.
Lockheed engineers say the
Orion could take off on one
engine in an emergency. With-
out a full fuel load, the Orion
can be airborne in 1100 feet.
This is using its engines only.
Range is more of an advan-
tage than speed in important
operations and the Orion has
that too. Its range is listed at
more than 5500 miles.
Byron K. Elliott Tells:
How You Can Help Your Country
Today our country is in a position
unlike any we have ever known. As
a nation we are powerful and
wealthy, with a standard of living
which has no parallel in history. Yet
we live in fear of an every-growning
threat to our liberty and our peace.
We live in an era of uncertainty ■—
and the aim of the Communist world
is to increase that uncertainty, to
make us doubt ourselves and make
others doubt us. The hope of the
Communist wolrd is to divide and
conquer by breaking down our sense
of unity and purpose.
We prepare to win a war if neces-
sary to fight because, as George
Washington said 171 years ago, to
be prepared for war is one of the
most effectual means of preserving
peace The preparation now is more
complex than in his time, but the
burden it imposes still falls mainly
in those win bear arms, who pay the
cost of freedom with their lives or
with precious years.
Today there is no real war to
fight, no enemy to be met in battle,
no decisive action to be taken. The
cold war is slow and silent and
formless, impossible to pin down.
Beady for war, we must balance
that readiness with a readiness to
negotiate, avoiding agression even
as we avoid deluding ourselves
that peace can be won without
change and sacrifice.
With no sharply defined , conflict,
we must do as a matter of course the
things which in the past we have
done only in moments of crisis —
and we must do them with no ex-
pectation of clean solutions, under
the constant shadow of war we
hope not to fight.
Ever since the United States was
bom, the world has looked at us in
wonder as a people who took the
love of independence which is in all
men and made it work as a way of
life. Other countries believed that
somehow our succes had meaning
for the future, that our example
could lead mankind to great material
and social advances.
What is it that sets us apart? Our
belief in the equality of men and
the promise of men, and that rare
and evasive thing called liberty
which so little of the world knows.
Where do we go from here? How,
when we feel our own existence is
threatened, can we further democ-
racy in a world which is changing so
baffingly? Surrounded by revolu-
tions — in communications, in weap-
ons, and in societies — with Asia,
the Middle East, Africa and Latin
America emerging into the modem
world, how are we to retain our
leadership?
We must show others by our dedi-
cation that we believe our way is
fight, that the vigilance demanded
by liberty is worth the price, and
that our belief in the individual man
is the only way to a better world for
all men
How secure we can be in this
dedication is in the hands of our
Armed Forces — in your hands. You
are doing something big and impor-
tant — how important only history
will show. In the awareness of what
you are doing, and why, lies the
traditional strength of our military
services, the willingness to do things
beyond the strict line of duty with
enthusiasm.
Only by facing the dangers which
confront us can we measure them;
only by being actively committed to
our society’s values can we begin to
overcome these dangers. We must be-
lieve, even as the Communists on
their side may believe that we can
and will prevail without war.
“This government” said Wash-
ington in the Farewell Adress,
"the offspring of our own choice,
uninfluenced and unawed, adopted
upon full investigation and mature
deliberation, completely free in its
principles, in the distribution of its
powers uniting security with en-
ergy, and containing within itself a
provision for its own amendment,
has a just claim to your confidence
and support.”
Those who do not have democracy
do not understand it; those who
never open ranks to allow free
speech find it difficult believe that
we are ever capable of closing ranks
to take a united stand. We in our
turn find it difficult to explain de-
mocracy to them, to reply to accusa-
tions founded in fact but exaggerated
out of all bounds.
The picture others have reflects
what they know of their own lives,
and behind their attacks are ques-
tions, pleas for sound reasons on
why they should follow us and not
communism.
Know the answers. Our system is
not perfect, but it is better than any
other that has been tried. Know the
history of our country, where it
started and how far it has come, the
means we have in the framework of
our government to eliminate in-
equality and injustice. Every good
Communist knows the best arguments
why his system holds more promise
than ours, and he is never reluctant
to explain, with complete conviction.
We must be prepared, too — not
denying, not glossing over, but put-
ting our faults in true perspective
with our virtues. Only let democracy
be seen for what it really is, and
it will speak for itself.
But it must be seen, and in all our
lives. No longer it is enough to be-
lieve that the future belongs to us.
Our survival is challenged and there
is no end in sight to our striving. But
strive we must, with intelligence,
honesty, and courage, stubbornly re-
fusing to turn away.
Lincoln said, “Let us have faith
that right makes might; and in that
faith let us to the end, dare to do
our duty as we understand it.” In
the final analysis our survival will
depend on the dedication and disci-
pline of military - and civilian alike,
whose demonstration of democracy
at work will bring the world to free-
dom at last
Byron K. Elliott
President
John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
What Is a Newspaper?
No Holiday for News
In Our 1,744 Dailies
Because news never takes a holiday, the presses of
American newspapers roar around the clock to get more
than 60 million copies into the hands of readers on time.
For members of the Armed Forces, this means their home-
town newspapers or their post,'
camp or base newspaper.
The foreign news for America’s
1,744 daily newspapers is har-
vested by a complex network of
wire services, foreign correspond-
ents and special writers. Highly
talented local staffs gather the
local news.
Additionally, newspapers em-
ploy specialists who are skilled
writers and authorities in spe-
cific fields, including those who
cover military, labor, education,
politics, science, finance, insur-
ance, advertising, drama, film,
radio, television, music, art, real
estate, sports and photography.
The combined news output of
the more than 250,000 men and
women runs to countless billions
of words every day.
Their pay runs into the hun-
dreds of millions of dollars an-
nually.
The daily newspaper is the end
product of many crafts, profes-
sions and talents. The need for
speed in getting the newspaper
to its readers is urgent.
Nothing is as perishable as
news.
USS Kretchmer
Wins Constant
Vigilence Award
The USS Kretchmer, (DER-
329), is the winner of the annual
Constant Vigilance Placque for
fiscal year 1962. In competition
with seven other picket ships on
the Atlantic Barrier station, the
Kretchmer had the highest final
average grade of 97.57 points.
The grading factors used to
determine the outstanding ship
are; 1) Barrier Effectiveness, 2)
Barrier Readiness, 3) Radar Per-
formance, 4) Altitude Determina-
tion Efficiency, 5) Contact Re-
porting Efficiency, and 6) Bonus
and Penalty Points Awards.
The Kretchmer is one of eight
sister ships that constantly patrol
the Atlantic Barrier Early Warn-
ing Line.
CommSta Gamblers
Win Big Prizes at
Las Vegas Nights
The Keflavik Naval Communica-
tion Station recently awarded
prizes to the winners of the “Las
Vegas Nights” held on the last
three Saturday’s in October. The
pseudo-gambling games were held
in NavCommSta barracks 753.
The Las Vegas parties included
roulette, dice games, and black-
jack, and featured the use of
stage money to stake all hands.
Issued a preliminary #3000., the
men set to work to earn their
fortunes. Bolstered by refresh-
ments and expert croupiers select-
ed from the CommSta Recreation
committee and headed by Lt. (jg)
Simons, the officers and men of
the Communication Station forged
ahead.
At the conclusion of the third
Saturday of play, the money held
by each man was tallied and those
amassing the largest fortunes
were awarded prizes. R. H. Wolfe,
RMSN was awarded the first
prize with a total of $41,000. W.
H. Whitt, RMSN, was second with
a total of $39,300.
Coming on strong to take the
third was G. L. Champagne,
RMSN, with a high total of
$36,800., in forth with $35,000.,
we find Lt. (jg) Simons and right
behind him in fifth place was
R. W. Clemons, TE (RM)1 with
$21,100. and T. A Audette, PN3,
came in sixth with a total of
$21,000. E. R. Hanshaw, GMG3,
took seventh place with a grand
total of $14,000. and following him
is D. L. Hunsley, RM2, with
$13,000. In ninth place, we find
K. R. Shelston with a total of
$8,000. and rounding out the top
ten with a grand total of $7,500.,
was J. J. Gelhaus, ETN3.
Navy Orders New Bombers