Millard County Chronicle Thursday, Feb. 5, 19591 I 111 ! T3 ! i' li GIVING OUR WORLD THE Once Over ... Actioi "Science surpasses the old miracles mir-acles of mythology," Emerson. New VORTAC Installation One day when we were out flying, fly-ing, in the good old days some years ago, the late Frank A. Beck- with, Sr., remarked that when he! had heard that the Germans had devised a means of talking backlof its advantages, is a "temper- and forth between airplane and I menlai system, subject to erratic ground station by wireless, during! behavior from such causes as sig-the sig-the first world war, he had found nals reflcted from mountains, in-it in-it impossible to believe it. The ! terference and inaccuracy caused thing that caused him to make the observation was the two-way radio with which the Aeronca Sedan was equipped. This was a little low-frequency low-frequency transmitter and receiver, receiv-er, combined, which made it possible pos-sible for us to talk with the ground station, to listen to the direction signals of the original "A-N" radio range, and, when there was nothing noth-ing else to do but let the plane fly itself through smooth air, to tune in standard radio broadcasts. It was the type of radio equipment equip-ment that is still in use in a great many, if not most, of the small private planes flying today. The old audible directional signal sig-nal in its day was a great improvement improve-ment over the original method of navigation using visible landmarks, and, a little latter, visible beason lights for night flying. But compared com-pared with the newest of airways navigation systems, it was pretty crude. It was superseded some years ago in big planes by the VHF Omni-Range system, known as the VOR system, which gives flyers continuous all-directional signals and, by actuating Indicator dials on the plane's instrument panels, eliminates the need for listening lis-tening to the direction signal with earphones. A VOR installation was made at Delta Airport several years ago. A little later, a DME, or distance measuring equipment installation was added to it This latter makes jAir Force ad ted ,t tecause It possible for flyers to determine its relatiye Uclt and mobility. not only in what direction they arejThe M Cm send a TACAN m flying, and whether they are on stallation out on a truck and set course or not. but also just exactly i it where needed fairl M how far they are from the DME . ,cal VQR d installation station to which they are tuned. involves much more difficulty. From that time until now, Delta - . .,IO Tntornntinnfl, Airport, like many others, has provided pro-vided navigational services of these four principal types: the revolving beason, for isual night flying; the low frequency quadri-directional range combined with two-way communication; the VHF Omni-Range, Omni-Range, which also includes two-way two-way communication by radio; and Distance Measuring Equipment. Technological progress did not come to a stop with the development develop-ment of any of these systems, however, how-ever, and a new and improved system sys-tem is now being installed. The new system was explained to me the other day at the airport by Joe L. Harris, resident M.T.I.C., (Maintenance Technician In Charge) at the invitation of Ray Abbott, communications chief at the airport. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and their three young sons are newcomers to Delta; he has just completed one year of training in Oklahoma City at an F.A.A. school and is now established as MTIC at Delta, the job formerly held by Grant Workman. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott Ab-bott and their daughter Diane are well acquainted here now, having lived in Delta for about a year. The new installation is what is known as a Tactical Air Navigation Naviga-tion system, or TACAN. Combined with the existing Very High Frequency Fre-quency Omni-Range, or VOR system, sys-tem, the installation is what is known as a VORTAC system. The long-range plan assumes that ultimately ul-timately the TACAN system will supersede both the VOR and the LF systems. One may wonder why four or more navigational-aid systems are in use at one time. Actually, we might add another: the red and green light system which is still in use at some airport towers, such as Salt Lake City, by means of which traffic control gives non-radio non-radio equipped small planes the green light to land, or the red light to stay up until further Notice. No-tice. (I am not sure that the light-signal light-signal is still in use. It was the last time I wanted to land at the Salt Lake Airport a long time ago, and I assume it still is.) The answer is that each system, however outmoded or crude It may seem in some ways, has Its advantages; ad-vantages; and that some flyers still depend upon each one. In general, the older systems have the advantages of simplicity and low cost, both for the flyers and for the Federal Aviation Agency. Ag-ency. The FJLA., it should toe explained, ex-plained, Is the successor to the old Civil Aeronautics Administration, or C.A.A. which was officially changed chang-ed over to the F-A-A. at the end of 1053. Contact flying, requiring nothing but a good map, or even not that, is still probably used as much as any method by private flyers for short runs. The revolving beacons still serve a purpose, and require no equipment in the airplane using us-ing them. The LF range system Is low in cost, the airborne equipment equip-ment running around $100 to per- By Dick Morrison haps $500 per airplane. The LF system, sys-tem, however, is subject to erratic behavior on account of radio static, sta-tic, etc. Furthermore, it does not provide the comprehensive directional direc-tional information offered by the IVOR system. The VOR system, again, in spite toy electric power lines, and even is subject to misbehavior caused by certain types of soil in its area. This system is giving pretty satisfactory satis-factory service to commercial air lines, however. A disadvantage, from the standpoint of most private pri-vate flyers, is the cost of the airborne air-borne equipment which can be estimated es-timated at from $1000 to $5000 per airplane. The TACAN system, as I grasped it from Mr. Harris and Mr. Abbott, has many advantages over the older systems. The airborne installation instal-lation offers savings in weight and size, greater dependability, and greater simplicity of operation. At the ground stations, it offers greater great-er ease of making the installation, higher dependability, and easier mobility when used 'by the armed forces and aboard ship. Its chief disadvantage is higher initial cost, which may run from $5000 to $10,-000 $10,-000 per airplane, and sometimes quite a lot higher. The cost is not too high to be borne by commercial airlines and military services, however. how-ever. Cost of the ground installations installa-tions is not known to me. The TACAN system was, in fact, devised by the military services, to meet their need for a dependable system, free from the erratic behavior be-havior of the VOR system, and a system which would be reasonably portable for ground installations. u was fim used on aircraft car. riers of the Navy; the Army and Telephone and Telegraph Corporation Corpora-tion for research in TACAN, which it calls its "Radio Bearing and Distance Dis-tance System for Aerial Navigation." Naviga-tion." Mr. Harris observed that the cost of TACAN equipment might come down when and if it can be mass produced. On that probability, of course, will turn the practibility of its universal acceptance by private flyers. Certainly, from the practical practic-al standpoint, the airborne TACAN installation is more simple than that for VOR, consisting simply of a TACAN Transceiver, or TACAN Interrogator, the one unit replacing replac-ing a VOR Receiver plus DME Receiver Re-ceiver and Transmitter for VOR use. But where operational simplicity sim-plicity is a credit factor, high cost is a big debit factor which most flyers have to consider. And, since the earliest navigational naviga-tional aid, the air beacon, Is still in use, as is the old LF system, even though the LF system has long "been marked for extinction, and would have been abandoned but for the fact that many flyers still depend upon it, it may be a long year before the TACAN system will displace the existing facilities. And, who knows? Maybe before It does some better system will be invented. The Delta VORTAC system should be in service some time this spring. The installation involves enlarging the present VOR building, build-ing, on the South Tract, from its 16'x2G' to 36'x36 according to A. S. Burkart, superintendant of construction con-struction for the contractors, Hansen, Han-sen, Kashnet Co., of Fresno, Cal. Mr. Burkart says the joto of enlarging en-larging the building was slated to be complete about the end of January. Jan-uary. Mt. Pleasant Group Here Russell Knight told me one day a couple of weeks ago that a "Thalman" plane was at the Delta Airport, so I went out to see it. The Thalman is a plane of new design, developed by Harry J. Thai-man, Thai-man, of Mt. Pleasant. First mentioned men-tioned in this column years ago when on an experimental flight, Mr. Thalman's airplane has now progressed to the point where he has built a factory and is manufacturing manu-facturing them at Mt. Pleasant. Bringing the plane to Delta were Harry Thalman, President, and Dr. John W. Whiteley, of Gunnison, Chairman, of the Thalman Aircraft Air-craft Co. At the airport talking to them when I got there were Glen Stewart and daughter, Carol. Glen and Carol had just landed from a short flight in the Thalman; having hav-ing thus obtained firsthand proof that this experimental plane could fly. The Thalman is of a pleasingly smooth, clean design. It embodies many inovations of construction, chiefly the "honeycomb" structural material of light metal bonded to a plastic surface. Dr. Whiteley handed me a piece of the structural struc-tural material It was very light u.so. wres Hore Victims: 35-31, 2949 The Delta High School wrestlers defeated Cedar City, 35-31, Wednesday Wednes-day night in an 18-match dual meet. Cedar City had, as returning state champions Manning, Smith, and a second place winner, Wrighter. Each of these men won their matches showing the potential power in which Cedar City had. Delta's only returning state placing plac-ing man was Gary Callister. Other men who went to state last year from Delta who have made big improvements are Kenneth Mor-tensen Mor-tensen and Scott Anderson. Most of the squad is composed of Seniors, Sen-iors, although Coach Horlacher feels that second men in weights are improving with every match. The Results: Willoughby (D) pinned McMack-prange McMack-prange (C) Maxwell (C) pinned Ross (D) Smith (C) dec. Mortensen (D) 2-0 Neuman Callister (D) dec. Dallen (C) 7-4 Manning (C) dec. Black (D) 12 0 Lyman (D) dec. Woolsey (C) 4-2 Gary Callister (D) dec. Mosedll (C) 13-0 Henry (D) dec. Gentry (C) 5-4 Tureson (D) dec. Bullock (C) 5-1 Anderson (D) dec. Anderson (C) 5-4 Prince (C) dec. Warnick (D) 4-0 Rider (C) pinned Eppich (D) and rigid. The fuselage is cast in a heavy concrete mold. Once the molds were built, it became possible pos-sible to form the structures quite rapidly. The completed fuselage is said to weigh about 175 pounds, and the overall result a light, smooth plane of high efficiency. The company claims that its wonder won-der plane "takes off with the accuracy ac-curacy of an arrow, climbs with the velocity of a space man, rolls with the sturdiness and dependability depend-ability of the pioneer covered wagon, wag-on, and lands with the scientific precision of a seagull." I have not checked any of these claims, but they are some claims. Take Offs and Landings With the new F.A.A. superseding supersed-ing the old C.A.A. this year, Lt. Gen. E. R. (Pete) Quesada, ret., assumed top job. Former CAA head, since 1956, James T. Pyle, is now assistant to Gen. Quesada. A B-29 landed at Delta about midnight Jan. 26, because of engine en-gine trouble flash fire in the starboard star-board in tooard engine. It carried a crew of seven, .all safe because of the fine landing facilities at Delta. Repairs were made and the plane and crew took off after a stay of some eighteen hours. Jim Morris, local student flyer, soloed out Jan. 10, then made a dual XC to Burley, Idaho two days later. Jim is now preparing for his solo cross country flight. Doug Robison has made his first solo GC, taking in Milford and Cedar City, preliminary to comi pleting his required ten hours of cross country flying by himself. Jerry Ticer received his private license Dec. 5. Cecil Olson and Harold Bowers are coming along as well as could be expected. They have completed their written exams, and are about ready for flight tests for their private pri-vate licenses. Erin Seely, a new man at the airport, here from Douglas, Ariz., with Mrs. Seely, is planning to start flight training this month He; is a native of Redmond, Utah. Harold Bowers, popular man-a-bout-the-airport, is slated to trans fer to Needles, Calif., this week. Ross Mancuso, with wife and their two small children, is a re cent transferee to Delta. Mr. Man SAVE MONEY OF Winter Rflcrchandiso D. STEVENS BUY NOV Eiers Paul Petseson (D) pinned Slack (C) Jefiery (D) dec. Eradshaw, (C) 4-3 Ronald Peterson (D) drew with Carpenter C 2-2 Rosenberg (C) dec. Boothe (D) 2-0 Anderson (C) drew with Hawley (D) 2-2 Bentley (C) pinned Cahoon (D) Delta wrestles against Millard Thursday at 2:00. This, will be a big match as matches are toeing arranged for all the second men This will be a tough match for Delta and Coach Horlacher says "I will feel lucky to come back with three or four wins." The town support has been very much appreciated and it is hoped that it will continue in the future. Delta Wrestlers Belt Parowan Delta won eight of the twelve matches here Monday to defeat Parowan, 29-19, in a dual wrestling meet. Results: Witcomb (P) dec. Ross (D) Lyman (D) pinned Anderson (P) Mortenson (D) dec. Rowley (P) Orton (P) dec. Western (D) Callister (D) pinned Felstead (P) Henrie (D) dec. Larry Lister (P) Williamson (P) pinned Lovell (D) Hawley (D) dec. Adanis (P) Alldredge (D) pinned Jim Lister (P) Clements (D) pinned Sam Lister (P) Topham (D) pinned Johnson (D) cuso and family arrived last week from Salt Lake City. Eugene Ball, another recent ar rival at Delta Airport, has indicat ed his intention of taking up flying. fly-ing. Mr. Ball hails from Royal Oak, Mich., and, though single at the time of this writing, is said o be not averse to the idea of marriage, according to a confidential informant. infor-mant. People who have been wondering wonder-ing what the large round white dome is in the back yard of Ray and Sally Abbott's house may rest easy in the assurance that it is nothing to be alarmed about. It is a playhouse, being enjoyed by their daughter, Diane, and a number num-ber of neighbor children Cathie Callister, Beverly Bunker, David layior, and Sheldon Jackson, a- mong others. Actually, the dome, which one might take for anything from the top of a small observatory observa-tory to a movie version of a flying saucer, is the old antenna shelte: from the VOR. The new VORTAC requires a cone-shape shelter instead in-stead of a dome, hence the dome has been removed from its original perch atop the equipment build ing. My Grand Daughter Announcements of new arrivals and even predictions of forthcoming forthcom-ing blessed events, are not un heard of in this column, so it seems quite in order for me to make this announcement of the arrival ar-rival of little Detoorah Ann Nielson, daughter of Carol Ann and Alan S. Nielson, at the Utah Valley Hospital Hos-pital at about 1:06 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 1959. Little Debbie weighed 8 lbs. 7 ozs., and is very cute. By merely coming into the world, she set some new "firsts:" first greatgrandchild great-grandchild of Sherm and Irene Little; first grandchild of LaVonne Morrison and myself; first child of Carol and Allie. Her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Li Clead Nielson, of Lynndyl, went gallivanting off to Hawaii the very morning she arrived, and I leave it to them to make their own announcement an-nouncement of the matter in their own way after they get back from the South Sea Isles. Had they left only a few hours later, they could have seen Debbie before they went. -AT- & CO. -DELTA'S DEPT. STORE BUY HOY Qmm Two DELTA HIGH LUNCH MENU Monday, Feb. 9 - Burger in bun, Harvard beets, Oven- browned potatoes, peach cobbler, and Milk. Tuesday Feb. 10 Tuna sandwiches, hot rolls, Apple Ap-ple .sauce, buttered beans, Potato salad, Oatmeal cookie, and milk. Wednesday, Feb. 11 Chili with crackers, resh fruit jello, whole wheat cinnamon bun, and milk. Thursday Feb. 12 Parents Day Turkey, Dressing .Potatoes, Hot rolls, Gravy, Cherry jello, Nuts, milk or water, Cranberry sauce, Yams, Peas, celery, Ice Cream, Apple Ap-ple pie and carrots and cheese on tables. (All parents be present) Friday. Feb. 13 Whipped potatoes, Chicken gravy Valentine cake, Milk, cottage cheese salad, Peas and rolls. SOCK HOP! S.O.S. S.O.S. Size Of Stockings Size of Stockings -This is the S.O.S. that is being heard around the Delta High School. Micheal Bennett and Dorothy Tolbert, D. H. S. social soc-ial managers, have been working hard on th "Sock Hop". The girls have their choices of the boy they wish to take and she will decorate a pair of stockings for herself and her date. They couple with the cutest idea of decorating dec-orating on their stockings will win first prize. The "Sock Hop" will be held Feb. 7, following the Delta-Milford game, at the Delta High School. The admission is 75c per couple and 50c for stags. The money that is brought in at the '"Sock Hop" will be given to help with the Hospital Fund. Come on girls and get your dates and start decorating your stockings. See you there!!!!!!!!!! DJ1S. Girls ys. Millard Girls Girls training? Yes, that's right! The girls at Delta High School are now training. They are not doing it just for fun, though. There is i special reason for this. All of the girls in the High School who are interested in playing basketball bas-ketball go to the gymnasium every day at noon to practice. They have challenged the girls of Millard High School to a basketball gam'?. This game, to be played at some future date (not yet decided upon) is under the direction of Miss Shields, the Physical-Education Instructor. In-structor. There are approximately twenty-five twenty-five girls trying out for the gasket-ball gasket-ball team. This numtoer will be cut down to twelve or thirteen in a week or two. All of the girls are really "hepped" "hep-ped" up about this game. They want to show Millard how girls' Basketball should be played. For this reason they are training. So, please, don't offer any of these girls a candy bar or sofe pop! They would just have to turn you down. LIQUID AIR PROGRAM Tuesday, January 27 the Jr. High had a lyceum. It was David and Irene Williams demonstrating Wonders Won-ders of Liquid Air. It was a science program using liquid air, one of the coldest substances sub-stances known, 297 below zero. Everyone enjoyed the assembly and learned new things from lt. SAVE MONEY Salle o BUY HOW D. Ei. S. Sees Liquid Air" On Tuesday, January 27, at 2:30 p.m., the Delta High School students stu-dents sam "Liquid Air". Mr. and Mrs. Williams of the National Assemblies As-semblies Association brought this "Liquid Air" in a lyceum. Mr. Williams showed the woji-ders woji-ders of "Liquid Air" to the students and also told them about the uses and effects of it. He told the.n about the temperature, physical properties, and how it is made. Linda Walker and Roger Nielson, students at DIIS, were called from the audience to get a 'better view of "Liquid Air". After a rubber ball had been put into the "Liquid Air", Mr. Williams bounced the ball. It was so brittle that it broke. Linda and Roger were each given a piece of the ball to take home as sou-veniers. sou-veniers. Mr. Williams also showed what would happen to a person's fin ger of it were put into the "Liquid Air" by putting a "hot dog" into it. The hot dog turned out to toe very brittle and broke when it was hit against the table. Linda was given a piee of the "Hot Dog" to take home for supper. The students at DHS enjoyed the lyceum very much. It was educa tional and also very interesting. F.II.A. News An FHA meeting was held Jan uary 29, in the Home Economics room at 7:30 p.m. The big event of this meeting was to choose a candidate for Stale Vice-President. Kathy Peterson was selected as candidate. The following demonstrations were also given: Nila Jean Johnson John-son and Karen Roberts demonstrated demonstrat-ed how to make a vegetable salad. Peggy Skidmore and Sandra Sanderson San-derson gave a demonstration on a molded salad. Kalhery Webb and Bonnie Bunker demonstrated how to make fruit salad. The salads were then served with hot roils and cocoa. Sutherland School Mrs. Tippett's Room: Everyone is busily bringing in shoe boxes to decorate for Individual Indi-vidual Valentine boxes. On Febru ary 13, they will be opened for the party. Mrs. Sanford's Room: We are studying the weather and observing the changes that come enrh day. We had a film called, , "How Weather Is Forecast" and we shared it with the other rooms. Wo found that weather does not change suddenly but can be seen I moving about the earth, ' Mrs. Robert's Room: j We had a surprise party for Mrs. I Roberts for her birthday. We played play-ed games and danced, then we had refreshments. We had the cookies 'that Miss Curling helped us make in the room, and we think we are ' good cooks. All of us put some I money in to help buy a birthday present and we got a bottle of cologne. Mr. Moody's Room: The most exciting thing that happened was that we decided on the parts for our spring musical. There are nineteen sixth graders, so we had to have a play made up with- nineteen parts. We'll tell you more about It from time to time. Enjoy "HEW TRACTOR" Performance vith c vn EASY TERMS., Only 20 down up to 6 months to on Case machinery CALL US TODAV! REED TURNER DELTA, UTAH f V -' i. A CASE A Science Club . . . The aims of our club are to benefit ben-efit the community, school, and ourselves. The first meeting was devoted to organizing and electing officers for this new club at the D. II. S. The officers are as follows: President, Pres-ident, David Eppich; Vice President, Marlene Bogh; Secretary, Jolinda Alldredge; Reporter, Verna Walker; Wal-ker; Librarian, Charlotte Peterson. Other members are Robert Barber, Craig Christensen, Ken Christensen, and Mary Ann Hatch. Mr. Jacob-son Jacob-son is our advisor. The second meeting was devoted to learning how to develop films and take prints off these films. The third meeting, we had two films. One was on "Cameras" and the other was on "Chemicais". These were held last Wednesday. We made up our constitution and discussed future projects. Everyone Every-one is starting on some project; in the near future these projects will be exhibited. Meetings are to be held on Wednesday Wed-nesday nights at seven-thirty, each week. Plans for field trips, films, lectures are in the making for the new Science Club. This should prove to be very educational and interesting. F.F.A. NEWS The Deta FFA Chapter held their monthly meeting -January 20, 195!), In the Delta High School auditorium. auditor-ium. They had elections for the Sweetheart Queen and discussed the Parents and Son banquet, which will be held this month. Mr. Rassmussen, a student teacher teach-er from the Utah State University, is now with the Delta Chapter for six weeks. He is compelling his teacher training and is doing a very fine job. He is origionally from Flowell, Utah. Delta Elementary Mr. Martin The Cougars and the Raiders played ball. The results were: Cougars Cou-gars 6 and Raiders 3. The next game was the Redskins and the Raiders. The results were: Redskins Red-skins 17 and Raiders 8. The Championship Champ-ionship game will be played between be-tween the Redskins and the Cougars. Cou-gars. Eileen Searle, Jimmy Ross- Mrs. Turner's Second Grade We are working hard to present our program this Friday. It will b? at 1:00 p.m. All the parents are invited. in-vited. We will sing songs, dance dances and say poems we have learned all this year. The title of our program is "Through The Year." Mrs. Gillette's Room We had our teeth checked last Friday. The school brought a tree to put in the hall. We made ornaments orna-ments and put them on the tree. We are studying about fuels in Science. We are learning how to use th index. We are learning about maps too. Our officers are: President, Lee Welch, Vice President, Kathy Mo-Cormick. Mo-Cormick. Other officers are Steven Willoughby, Karla Church, Ann Marie Day, Earl Levanger, Kathy Stoddard and Paul Swalberg. 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