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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Performance of U. i Fighting Planes Besf in World, Thanks fo Advisory A Commitfee for Aeronaufics , Tests and Research Keep America Ahead In Grim Competition By BARROW LYONS ' WNU Washington Correspondent American facilities for de-veloping new models of mili-tary airplanes are being en-larged, and new personnel is being added to avoid a tragic thing that has happened on several occasions. New mod-- ii 000 a year in the era of disarma-ment and peace treaties, this lab-oratory laid the foundation for the new science of aeronautics, which again brought leadership to Amer-ica. Nazi Research Expanded. But when Hitler came to power In 1933, he recognized that he must have the strongest air force in the world if he was to subdue the world. With foresight and intelligence. Ger-many began by concentrating upon scientific research. German labora-tories were expanded and multiplied, until at the time of the Pact of Mu-nich the German aeronautical re-- army and to the manufacturer, and is used to correct the design. A second model is prepared with similar care and is tested in the free-flig- tunnel That is a wind tunnel 12 feet in diameter inclined at an angle which will permit the model to glide forward tfirough a moving stream of air. The model is equipped with delicate electrical mechanisms which operate the con-trols, and which enable the research staff to determine what changes are necessary to assure, in advance of production, that the new design will be easily maneuvered and controlled and will have stability. els of planes have been sent into battle before they were thoroughly tested in the lab-oratories of the national ad-visory committee for aero-nautics, one of the govern-ment agencies least known because most of its work has been secret, but one which has made as great a contribution toward winning the war as any civilian agency. In a determined effort to gain mastery of the air and save thou-sands of lives by hastening victory, by further improving the perform-ance of American aircraft the NACA soon will increase Its present staff A FIGHTER PLANE, the Brewster XF2A 1, la shown mounted on struts In the full scale wind tunnel, ready for testing. The struts are con-nected to Instruments in the room below the platform, which record the various stresses which the plane undergoes In this largest wind tunnel In the world. (All pictures are official photographs released by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.) When these tests have been made, and the necessary information ob-tained, the NACA makes larger and sturdier models with solid steel cores to be firmly mounted on re-cording balances in wind tunnels op-erating at air speeds up to 600 miles an hour. These tunnels measure the lift and drag, as well as the pitch-ing, rolling and yawing movements of the plane at various angles of attack. Add 20 Miles Per Hour. When the first full-size- d plane is produced, it is placed on the NACA full-scal- e wind tunnel to determine how to increase further its speed by reducing the drag through better streamlining, or removing, or re-shaping protuberances. In such full-scal- e tunnel tests, the NACA has never failed to add at least 20 addi-tional miles per hour to the speed of a plane about to go into produc-tion. Special tests are provided for par-ticular types of planes. For high speed fighters, aerodynamic experi-ments are conducted in low air pres-sures, such as are encountered at high altitudes. In a huge domed structure, pressures are created to simulate air conditions at altitudes of about 5,000 technicians by 1.500 additional men and women. The staff at Langley Field, Va., which has the largest staff, will be in-creased by about 750. The Cleve-land laboratory will get about 550 new employees, and the research staff at Moffett Field, Calif., near Palo Alto, will be increased by about 250 more technicians. The nation depends upon the men and women who staff these labora-tories more than any others to keep ahead of the Nazi scientists in de-signing aircraft that will take and hold control of the skies. If the Germans were to design aircraft that could outfly and outshoot our own and those responsible for American aircraft design declare that possibil-ity exists the war in the air over Europe might come to a stalemate. The army and navy have recog-nized the supreme importance of these laboratories by giving their employees special draft considera-tion. They are inducted into the army, and then transferred as in-active reservists. They are always on call for active duty; but they do not wear uniforms and they receive civilian pay and United States Civil Service status. Junior Engineera Needed. At present there are needed aero-nautical, mechanical and electrical engineers of junior grade. They re-ceive $2,400 a year. Physicists, mathematicians and naval archi-tects of the same grade are needed. Craftsmen, such as instrument mak-ers, tool makers, electricians, s, pattern makers and air-plane mechanics are needed. They receive prevailing rates of govern-ment pay on an annual basis. Women may qualify for a variety of positions. Those with skill in mathematics and physics are as-signed to research projects, while those with training as stenographers, typists and clerks are also needed. But the committee is not looking today for Just ordinary help. The projects which these people are working on are among the most vital to war success, and the committee ia looking only for unusual young men and women, who can be ad-vanced as vacancies occur people search establishment had become five times the size of that of the United States. But not until Ger-many was convinced that it could make aircraft superior to that of any other nation did it go into mass production. The NACA recognized the men-ace, and in 1937 started a study of the relation of its organization to national defense in time of war. The result was a doubling of the research facilities at Langley Field, and the authorization by congress of two ad-ditional major research centers the Ames Aeronautical laboratory at Moffett Field In 1939 and the Aircraft Engine Research laboratory at Cleveland in 1940. These are operated in close team-work with the military services and the aircraft industry. It works like thia: Suppose the army air forces want a certain aircraft manufactur-er to produce a new type of pur-suit plane. The design engineers at the factory confer with experts of the materiel command of the air forces at Dayton, Ohio, and agree tentatively upon general design and specifications. Both groups then con-fer with NACA experts at Langley Field to incorporate the latest knowl-edge gained through research. NACA Checks New Models. The program calls for the factory to go into production by a certain date. The manufacturer assembles tools and material and makes con-tracts for The army materiel command plans and pro-vides the military equipment, in-cluding Instruments, armor and ar-mament The NACA responsibility involves, first, making of dynami-cally balanced small flying models for experimentation in its free-spinnin- g wind tunnel and in the free-flig- ht wind tunnel. The free spinning wind tunnel is a vertical tube 20 feet wide with a propeller mounted on the top and up to 12,000 feet. Taking off and landing abilities of seaplanes are tried out in a basin 600 feet long, containing seawater. A large scale model of a seaplane, or of the floats only, is towed be-hind an electrically powered crane, at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. Experimental planes are flight tested under carefully controlled conditions, and a record is made of its performance on movie Aim. The test pilot is given orders by radio telephone from the ground, and he performs the turns, loops, dives, climbs, and other maneuvers. One of the recent outstanding con-tributions of the Ames laboratory has been the use of exhaust heat from airplane engines to heat the leading edges, wings, tail surfaces, and windshields of airplanes to pre-vent the formation of ice. This has permitted safe flight under condi-tions that otherwise would have grounded planes. The ice hazard has been eliminated. But the list of advances which have been made applies to virtually every component of the airplane. More than once the NACA labora-tories have saved the commercial life of some aircraft company by giving it the necessary scientific in-formation to bring into practical use , whose loyalty and intelligence and ability can be depended upon. The committee was born in the last war from the necessity of our armed services for airplanes that could compete with those of the ene-my. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, leadership in aircraft devel-opment had passed from American hands. In' March, 1915, congress au-thorized an advisory body to be ap-pointed by the President and to serve without compensation'. Membership, increased from 12 to 15 in 1929, included heads of mili-tary, naval and civil aeronautical organizations of the government, of the bureau of standards, the weather bureau, and the Smithsonian insti-tution, and specially qualified mem-bers from civil life. The chairman ia elected annually. The paid staff is headed by Dr. George W. Lewis, director of aeronautical research, and by John F. Victory, secretary of the committee, who directs its administrative work. The first appropriation was $5,000 a year for five years. With that meager start the committee set about regaining for America a posi-tion of leadership in military flying. The NACA emerged from World War I with a research laboratory build-ing at Langley Field, and with its first wind tunnel under construction. With appropriations of about $200,- - advances in design the company had made, but which fell short of mili-tary requirements. The success o' the Flying Fortress design wai made possible by scientific knowl-edge developed In NACA labora-tories. After the war, when America en-ters an era of great commercial aviation expansion, the NACA lab-oratories expect to continue to pro-vide the basic scientific research upon which American air suprema-cy is based. It new has a plant wort some $70,000,000, which at least equals the research facilities of the Germans. It probably will continue to be in competition with German scientists ad facilities, but our armed forces liO'c cer.rcss cov-er again will let it fall Ui in staff and equipment IN THE SMALL wind tunnel, tests are made on new models, many of them highly secret. drawing air upward. Into the mid-dle of this ascending column of air the airplane model is tossed with its controls set to continue to spin. The controls operated by remote electro-magnetic force, are moved just as a pilot would move them to bring the plane out of the spin. If the controls are effective, the airplane recovers by going icto a dive and is caught in a cel. Ii the controls are not elective, the model continues spinni;. Adjustments are made in the control surfaces until satisfactory control Is attained. In-formation to tYise the design of the controls is relayed at once to the . J7i --1 . i-?- Ut5j N EXPERT ,H , ; V-- ' J --j: WI. .M chines .etaiir ; Ht4C HIGHLY trained ISY "T specialists read the - - competed dials L'L --:W. , - 4 that Indicate re- - ( itifmL i suits of the various ' VdWir- "-Sl;""W f n ,Hn iml tests. j... -- el W : 1 'H) ON THE (HOME FRONT! RUTH WYETtkSPEAB one-inc- h lumber have on hand or cs nearest lumber dea'J inforcing pieces cuts. re 1 NOTE: Mis. 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The Hudson River cobwebbed with streaks of gleaming sunlight . . . Shop windows glowing with Spring finery composing visual poetry of vivid hues . . . Sunrise lighting a fiery dawn on the stub of a warm night . . . Brisk winds brushing the last few dead leaves from trees as nature weaves its annual green gown around them . . . Relaxed humans anchored to park benches allowing contentment to find a home In their spirits ... A soldier stroll-ing with his girl . . . Workers eagerly sipping lungs full of anti-septic air before plunging into sub- - way dungeons . . . The everlasting beauty of twilight balanced on th fingertips of a departing day. The Matte Lanterns: "See Here, Private Hargrove" is loaded with familiar comedy gags, but It's got so doggone much good feeling that you skip the stencils. Besides, it's got a pair of likable lads Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn as the rookies, and Donna Reed as the lookle . . . "The Fighting Seabees," meant to be a back-sla- p for that useful arm of the military, but some-times the praise gets glbbery. The thing ia too Hollywood-flavore- d to look like war . . . "The Heavenly Body" does not refer to Hedy La-ma-who's in it. The title comes from Wm. Powell's monkeying with the stars. Sometimes the going gets funny, but too often you can almost hear Powell's suspenders give from the strain of carrying the frail tale . . "Tunisian Victory," action ahots by the USA and British cam-eras, records some lovely shots of the Rats on the run, than which there is nothing more entertaining. It's simple to spot a debater on a radio forum who has lost the argu-ment . , . He's the first to lose his temper ... Have a nifty innova-tion: The recordings of Dorothy Parker's witty monologs by stage atars . . . Some critics objected to a fine film, "The Purple Heart," be-cause, they complained, it made us bate Japs ... All right, doctor. I'll go quietly . . . Add invitations to murder: Swingsters who mangle the gay "Oklahoma" lilts . . . The war film, "Tunisian Victory," is the best yet. Keeps you sitting on the edge of your suspense . . . Variety reports that Mevieburg Is losing in-terest In bandleaders "because they lack acting ability" . . . Sure took H'wood a long time to find it out ... If the film biz depended on act-ing ability Hollywood would have only one actor Spencer T. Good U aee Fred Allen climbing In the popularity surveys . . . He's ne radio jester who makes an hon-est stab at trying something original . . . Gamblers about mldtown are wagering the war'll be over in Yur-ro- p by July 4th . . . Might be a good way to win the bet by getting Into the fracas and helping fight it . . , Here's a repeat boost for Ben Hecht's exciting book: "A Guide for the Bedevilled" . . . Don't miss it it'll make you a better American . . . The jokes that helped kill vaudeville are now making radio writers wealthy and famous. Elastic fingers of sunlight reach-ing Into shadowy skyscraper can-yons . . . Children bubbling with happiness finding thrilling adven-tures in the fairyland of youth . . . Fresh air fiends draped across park lawns getting a kick out of breathing . . . Romancers driving out fears of insecurity around them with a personal fortress of blue skies and rainbows . . . The cool kindness of Spring mornings that drain the ache from people's souls and Inspire them te attack problems of the day like a conquering hero . . . Spring busily nursing the trees and flowers that patiently waited for her during the bitter Winter months . . . The for-est fire of noise that blazes along the Main Stem, destroying the silky calm the season brings . . . Lovely atenogs discussing their sweethearts luring lunch hoar, putting a period at the end of each sentence with a dimpl The natural snob near the East River: A private park where chil-dren aren't allowed . . . Skyscraper i peaks holding tiny pools of sunshine . . . Harlem's elegant boulevard lined with dainty trees, but flanked by miserable dwellings . ' . . Pasty-face- d Main Stemmers btinking in the afternoon sun as if it was a stranger they wanted to avoid . . . Silence flood-ing the park after midnight when each little hush holds a mystery of its own . . . The farm inside a big city on upper Tenth Ave. i Washington, D. C. JOB TO DO IN LONDON Those close to Secretary of State Hull say he is not happy over the mission to London undertaken by energetic young Undersecretary Ed Stettinius. Originally, the trip was planned partly to please the British, who hinted that we had sent no im-portant emissaries to London since Harry Hopkins' call on Churchill two years ago. However, Stettinius is on the way to turning the mission into some-thin- s reallv imnortant. He is sched- - uled to discuss five important sub-jects with the British. They are: 1. Stabilization of the dollar and pound after the war. 2. A world bank. 3. Stabilization of commodities. This would mean the application of Wallace's ever-norm- granary to all basic commodities such as tin. rub-ber, copper, sugar, with a system of buying and selling to keep prices stabilized. 4. Oil and the Near East. The United States wants to avoid a cut-throat battle for oil such as occurred with Britain after the last war and which is already threatened as a re-sult of the Arabian pipe-lin- e wrangling. 5. The future boundaries of Ger-many. German boundaries were tenta-tively discussed at Teheran, but now Dr. Isaiah Bowman, famed geographer, has accompanied Stetti-nius to London to talk details. Bow-man was Woodrow Wilson's geo-graphic expert at Versailles, and some officials are critical of his chopping-u- p of Europe. This imposing agenda has irked Secretary Hull Apparently, it was pretty well arranged while he was in Florida. Also, Hull was always jealous of the trips Sumner Welles took to Rio, Rome, London and Ber-lin, and now it looks as if his new undersecretary might also be crow ing him for the limelight. MORE HORSE LEATHER Representative Calvin Johnson of Illinois has been badgering the war department and the War Production board to get more harness for farm horses. With leather short, and har-ness buckle metal diverted to war production, harness is scarce. Also, the army has bought up tremendous supplies of harness. In campaigning for more harness. Representative Johnson suddenly bumped into the fact that the army was only just now releasing from its Jeflersonville, Ind., quartermaster depot a total of 30,000 sets of har-ness carefully stored away since the last war. FREE RADIO TIME Broadcasters are wondering how nany other congressmen will follow the example recently set by Mary-land's Senator Millard Tydings. At the close of his regular weekly broadcast, he announced that he would discontinue the series because he did not wish to subject the radio station, WBAL, to charges of unfair-ness during the coming senatorial campaign. OIL SUBSIDY , The OPA has now recommended a system of oil subsidies to Eco-aom- ic Stabilizer Vinson ranging from 25 cents to 75 cents a barrel for all wells, namely those oil wells averaging nine bar- - rels per day or less. This would give a subsidy to about 80 per cent Df the nation's wells and would cost the government about $60,000,000 a year. The plan was secretly worked out oy some of the independents but, when the big companies heard about it, they raised such a howl that the little fellows backed out, stating pub-licly that they had not been cooper-ating with the government in devis-ing the subsidy scheme. However, it looks as if the plan would go through. Pennsylvania wells, which are the deepest, wiU get the highest subsidy. MERRY-GO-ROUN-C The United States is cutting off Its nose to spite its face in regard to De Gaulle and the Free French, We are still freezing French funds in Drder to hamstring De Gaulle, which means that we will have to dig down Into our. own U. S. treasury to pay France's share of the UNRRA fund. Each nation is supposed to contrib-ute a share to this world relief fund, and since we are tying up French funds, we will have to find the money tome place. fl. In Recife, thousands of cheering Brazilians welcomed Mrs. Roosevelt by singing "God Bless America" in Portuguese. C A conspiracy is on to euchre another sizable hunk of the man-power problem out from under Paul McNutt. Undersecretary of War Pat-terson, rubber czar Bradley Dewey and WPB's production wizard. Charles E. Wilson, want to take the of skilled industrial work-ers away from McNutt and put it under a special committee headed oy Wilson. C Reason for sparse publicity on the First Lady's Latin-America- n tour was the war department's refusal to let the newswomen who usually lover Mrs. Roosevelt go along. i Japanese Sufy Outside of their k Japs today hold territo-- a total population of 43 per cent more than if COO persons in the lat-- . or dominated by the |