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Show lb. 1954 t..1w HILL TOP TIMES One of "Whirlybirds" at Hill Page 7 were no less than nine separate buttons arranged in complete confusion on the handle of that stick. Herb mentally offered up a burnt offering and asked the powers that be for more patience and pointed to me uuicon, cieariy marked "Interphone" which I- should use to talk to mm. Pandimonium broke Ioosp s t.Vio engine belched a of clouds of black smoke, couple wheezed twice, sputtered, sneezed again then died. Herb erinned at me a little sheepishly. "It's just like a car a little hard to start the first time in the morning." I quickly tried to recall if my insurance premium had been sent to the NSLI office this month. Again Herb tmshed the starter button, pulled out on the choke and J tne power plant roared into ' life with snorting and shaking that would have frightened the breeches off even Col. Ford, the 461st Commander who owned this infernal machine. I paused for a second to wonder if Col. Ford had ever bothered to get inside one of these helicopters before making arrangements for me to fly in one. Slono's Pint-Size- d 00 aw iiih .. l" in mmm mm m 1 9 helicopters which recently arrived One of the two Sikorsky Whirlybirds are assigned to the ai Hill AFB is shown above. Theand will be used for rescue work Bombardment Wing 461st Light area. The in the event of aircraft accidents in the and of feet have a forward 12,000 a at ceiling 'cooters operate speed of 92 miles per hour. They can hover, fly straight up, straight H-1- Inter-Mounta- down, in forward, backward, and can navigate on instruments. listen to This: 'Copter Junket Shakes Up Hill Top Times Scribe (Editors Note: Bob Rampton, information services office, gives us the following account of his ride in a helicopter which was staged for local press representatives.) ? By Robert E. Rampton Sikorsky must be an idiot," I remarked to 1st Lt. Herb "That guy the 461st Light Bombardment Wing, as we watched the of this stranger, infernal machine a quick check-ov- Walker, of chief make crew er I Suddenly, Herb's blue eyes blazed fat me as if I had deliberately nromped on his brand new, gray, I flight suit with muddy feet. With fan obvious effort he calmed himself and slowly became as a man with the patience of Job. I "Mr. Sikorsky," he said, in an falmost hurt, clipped manner, "Is fwithout a doubt, one of the finest laeronautical engineers of our generation. His developments and re-jsear- ch the rotating airfoil down in the annals of fevia-tio- n go pill one of the great acas history complishments of our time." I "Well!" I said, "Please don't let's fmake a big production out of this jthing. I've gotta write a story on jthis bird and I wannta make sure this Moose'll fly. Y'see Herb, I ireally wouldn't mind too much the fall from 2,000 feet if the motor lauit, it's just the abrupt stop as we mt tne ground that'd shake me up By this time I could see the red with bepiniUTlC tn enroll nmnail fwwrw tha lase of Herb's neck and my instinct pmehow told me it was time to Jhut up. First the obvious effort Jo calm himself then tliA xas just asked a t1A 10 'u lemwve 1. witnessed. To wit, the conversation during the pre-- f light check between the pilot and his crew chief, in a anguage known only to a select few of those who fly. The type writing machine with which this is now being written is not capable of interpreting those sounds into newspaper copy. After several minutes of this, Herb nodded to me that we were ready to go rand indicated that I should put on the earphones so I would know what was going on SO THAT I WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON!!! That was the most ridiculous statement made this season. Herb told me that I would be able to hear the conversation on the radio, but that I would be able to talk to only him, on the intercom. He said if I wanted to talk to him just push the button on the stick in front of me. "Are you kiddin'?" I asked. There . with this ?" iu smart, as it were. "Well, shall we get on Perb asked. l"lt'lyour chorus man, sound your very mucn seiz- i ,.v .. ttwiveu, mui my aispiay oi pro ficiency in r. w Bon-tall- my guess (J that Herb assumed Q top and Cw TO deck would amaze carrier aa most. air-fra- rt fc?anels V etches and Tnz: witn iait a ,ana indicators hn; i gooa measure. Even vered Shflfj? Si robawr' Vr1" " seemed very tai- - mirr?!ll ';s ikorskv Jam 6"A i 7 ys.eI1 nave Deen u I Q TENTS are unloading one entire warehouse, of ' slightly used furniture purchased! rom the Federal Housing Adminis, tration. , ; We mv eves! Mv first sensation was one of tranquility as I noticed that the shaking and vibrating had all dis One eye was slowly appeared. onened. then the other, and to my amazement flying was pleasurable, to sav the least. I' looked down to see the ground smoothly floating bv below us. ' My heart was down in my chest where it normally was and I was antuallv eniovine this flying. A DENIM NEWS 8x10 WALL BRAND NEW WATERPROOF HAS FLOOR Complete 27.50 16 x 32 SURPLUS a rea denim sets Heavy Weight Sanforized Denim 1. California Style Slax 2. Knit Trimmed Jackets 3. Completely Washable Jackets Slax $95 $95 Matching Visor Cap $1.00 $2.95 to Size Ranges to Fit Boys' Slax From $J25 things I have ever CAST IRON GRIDDLES 4 n x 24' Regular $8.95 1 1 $)79 Special BUCK'S WAR SURPLUS Highway 91 at Sunset Open Sunday and Evenings G. I. RIFLE STOCKS, GARDEN or STOVE SHOVELS, KIDDIES NYLON PARACHUTES, PLASTIC RAIN COATS, A IC G. I. 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I gingerly pushed the button on I loosened the chest straps a little and settled back in the seat com- the stick in front of me clearly marked "Interphone." fortably to enjoy myself. Herb looked at me and I could "Man, Thisisthecraziest," I said. blue 5 ready to go, so we climbed toward the front of ,,Deilied machine , . , . into .a is three. REPAIRED 75.00 ifi .mm The youthful twosome above seem-ttake naturally to stenographic duties as they pin on Hill field badges and play "big girl" during a recent tour of Hill Air Force Base. They're the darling daughters of Mike Juenger, communications, who formerly worked in civilian personnel. Analcen (left) is four years old and her sister, Kathleen, HillTowerThisIsHelicopter 275. RequestClearenceForTakeoff. Tower: Helicopter 275 ThisIsHillTower. YouAreClearedForTakeoff. I figured that when these kids started talking in Arabic, I had made a mistake in promoting the whole thing and I should call it all off before it was too late. My heart was in my throat as ihe whirlybird began to jump and vibrate with a great surge of horsepower as Herb fed fuel into the engine. My mouth was dry, my heart pounding and my tongue wrapped around my eye tooth so I couldn't even see wnat I was saying. By now it WAS too late the ground began to drop DENIM NEWS very pointed ques- il Diras ana tne tne pees ng Via cnllonW nmamluiMil m news writers are categorically Hot to m After the general performance of the engine had smoothed out, Herb put the "Rotating Airfoil" into gear and the blades began to whirl. I still wasn't convinced the thing would fly, but my fears were partially allayed, when we at least began to move forward. We taxied into take-of- f position on the edge of a runway, and the events went something like this: Herb: 0 Highway 91 WAR SURPLUS 3C5 So. Main, Sunsot, Utah |