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Show SEPTEMBER The HiMfielder nadding. ncircicte r Radio-Controlle- Discharge 9 Target Pla we d Of GIs Is By Pfc. Al Don George Absence of Polly McQuown) the (In Speeded Seein9 Double 377 Soldiers Are Eligible for Release From Army Three hundred and seventy- seven enlisted men of Ogden Air Technical Service Command are eligible for discharge and are being sent to separation centers as rapidly as clearances are received from the respective cen ters, according to Lt. Gordon P. Scott, military personnel sec A TARGET PLANE . . . Controlled by radio, is shown here or tion. be shot into the air. This OQ-1- 4 plane was are catapult about toControl All enlisted men who the Equipment branch of the Air Techn by eligible for discharge will be re-as veloped Command. (Photo by Air Technical Service Commai Service service leased from military raDidlv as possible, Lt. ocotl further stated that according Radio-Controll- ed received to directives here, points will be progressively low ered until the entire demoo ilization program is realized. The overall total of 377 enlist WRIGHT FIELD, Ohio The parachute attachments are ed men eligible for discharge also includes those seeking re "restricted" lid was lifted today away. lease on the basis of age. Those from one of the army's most in How Plane Is Controlled eligible for discharge in the 38 the The basic system of radio years of age category can sub- genious training devices, for the target involves trol commandtarget to pilotless their mit a letter ing officer requesting release airplane developed at Air Tech rs use of an ultra-hig- h frequd nical Service Command from service. carrier wave, modulated by here. ; Needed Written Request Able to fly at speeds ranging different audio frequencies, However, for those 35 years of age, it is required that the en from 100 to 200 miles per hour small control box attached td listed man or woman having and at altitudes up to 3,000 feet, transmitter by means of a fl two years honorable service to controlled by radio .from' the lDie extension cable, equitf his or her credit must also sub ground, the target airplane is the mit a written request for dis result of eight years of intensive with a stick to stimulate ai missal from the service to his research work by Lt. Col. Ches airplane control, is used to Enlisted ter O. French, Jr., and his Con- lect the proper radio signal; commanding officer. men being discharged on age may trol Equipment Branch, Equipt Four be detained by their command ment Laboratory staff. ta to are the control used ing officer for a period of 90 Two models are now standard airplane in flight, one each! days in the event no replace equipment for the Army Air left, right, up, and down ments are available. OQ-1- 4. and OQ-- 3 Mardelle E. and Mavis Q. Ellingson the fifth frequency centers nil Forces, Just recently the War de for as are used and releases the parachute, targets partment established a new dis They B-one of these audio frequen aerial by practice gunnery com for charge point system for is used at a time. When on also and regunners missioned officers which will practice by ground forces. the control frequencies is na turn some 600,000 of its 800,000 reserve officers to civilian life The navy is using the radio air- use, the fifth, or parachute plane target in its training pro- quency, is automatically sw; by July 1, 1946. It is estimated that 200,000 of- gram for automatic weapons ed on. Installed in the plane is a ficers will be eligible for dis target practice aboard combatant selector, w charge immediately under criti- ships. Navy officers and enlisted dio receiver cal point scores to be comput personnel have been trained in translates the radio waves ed on the same basis as those for the operation of the pilotless air- actuates, by electrical end enlisted men. the servo unit in the airpl plane. Critical Point Scores The radio airplane target has The servo unit provides For colonels, lieutenant col found another use, that mechanical action to control onels and majors, the critical recently of a training aid for students of elevators and rudder. Open point score has been set at 100 radar in tracking flying objects has been so simplified that one without previous e points; captains and first and in the air for gunnery practice. : :. second lieutenants, 85; warrant Details of Plane ience can learn to fly the ti and flight officers, 80; nurses, 65; Radio-plaManufactured by the plane in 6 hours. WAC officers of all grades, 44; Van Provides Realistic Target Calif., Company, Nuys, and physical therapists and and Globe Aircraft Corporation, Use of the plane has prol time dietitians, 41. At the present 111., the OQ-- 3 Division, Joliet, realistic target to student a no provision has been made for is a high-win- g ners because of its abilityA the release of brigadier generals airplane target monoplane, 9 feet long, with a simulate flight attitudes, and those of higher rank. The system applies to all arms wing span100of 12 feet 3 inches, and evasive action. pounds and is capa TVip develoDment of the and services within the Army, It weighs sU 103 miles an hour of ble flying but provides that officers with It constructed controlled pilotless plane of steel welded u is with nn Hea bv Keeinam lower scores may be released for tubing covered with airplane ctnno anrf ocrppn actor. Wa the convenience of the government where there are no suit- 8ciotn. me power plant is an MiW oarlv 1930s bUllt a... horsepower, airmane moaei r.nr,tvniiPH able assignments for them, in became eviaen accordance with WD circular gasolineOQ-1-engine, nossibilities 4, The a later model, has the a newspapei 485 Section II. after Army The Army's new officer dis a wing span of 11 feet, 6 inches count of it appeared, in a 22 horse- Armv Air Forces enteral charge plan is now in effect. All and is powered with 7 theaters and commands have power engine. This model will nirturo and took OVet the been instructed to see that all fly 140 miles per hour. ect for development, assign! Take-o- ff is accomplished by to the old AAF Maierrci qualified officers are reported for separation within B0 days. the use of a catapult, powered by mand. The scores will be lowered pro compressed spring coils or rub i Tho first exoerimental . .1i . shock cord. After launching, gressively to accomplish the de ber a 3 horsepuw had els the and target is mobilization of about 600,000 ofrnnnter-rotatin- g prH is operated by elevator and rud with ficers by July 1, 1946. squne counteract torque, der controls only. Landing is : itpol'itfo and THE MARINES HAVE LANDED made by parachute, released eith landing gear. Tne Martin Grace and er by the control- operator or Gladys The strength of the United as a result of dam automatically MARDELLE E. AND MAVIS Q. ELLINGSON . . . born eighteen States Marines has tripled since age from vital hits c.Lo. Hovplonmenttheby in Rosholt, S. D. . . . both 5 feet, 3 inches tne invasion of Guadalcanal. At and a half years ago The elevator and rudder servo J mat the Marine strength controls remain in effect after finally eliminated tall . . . figure proportions almost exactly alike . . . Mavis weighing was time two divisions only . . 108 pounds, Mardell 110. the engine is stoDDed and the it is six. In numbers, the today gears and the telephone corns parachute Come from a line of twins . . . have twin brother and sister has released, providing TOrQUC grown from 161,236 to 475- ,- the radio has not been damaged. nnnirnl lour years older than they . . . twin girl cousins a half year older. through dengn eliminated women wju, re so that "dead-sticincluding 18,000 stabilitynt Two brothers in the service Radioman LeRoy, and Captain serves. landings may be made in the event the fhe us of steel tubes nJ Bertrum . . . both returnees from overseas . . . . If AllIrA . . . WVQPI me "j wear eacn other's Graduated from Rosholt High School in '44 with a four-yeclothes 'n' things . . . always frameworK, ns tne 11 came . . . intend to averaee of 90 plus . . . attended the Electronic Radio Television .Zaa" unntMw ..j viyining marry twins at a double construction of the airplay Institute in Minneapolis, Minn., for two and a half months . . sorbed the landing then took Horace Greeley's advice and came West . . . arrived here ??VA vrulher' B.U, in the United states army in Hawaii in4o 4u radio airp'811 uisiike bobby socks. Sinatra, ami Jan. 26 of this year as teletype operators in the communications , s1 office bowli"g. and biking . . . also crazy about get naa Poau--"tic- iny ar,lng' . . sweaters . . marshmallows to into soft, fuzzy go Crazv about: toasted h0t South-belovmusic liU1 ' . . . bies fr? ?hii ' ' ' ' dancing . . . skating . . . horseback riding . . . biking . . . sports ' that has to do with their them. sSSth everything . makers music . and Experimented; oinfhes . . . music . , is s"" pianes each other's Have often taken each other's place in school activities and most friends recent ATSC headquarters, by slinr CPJ- - Thompson of the 1028th Air Serv-Gra- ce at V1 ,ith the other's boy friends . . . While home on annual leave last ice Field SnnaH "n he Glady-a- nd month, Mavis went to a dance with her sis's boy friend wound up keeping with wSich wt Gladys failed to recognize his mistake CpL Duke Grace's date, standing at the RtV SS? gate . . . Vp and rf,,oS Employer w u.. u vonrioct ambition . . . to become air stewardesses. from . . rebels . MARTIN expect? r.r.ADYS AND GRACE for tne both of them until the identifi Vield cation unit that there were actually two Martins instead who left the South "just to find out how y'all Yan vei , ruij Sulphur, La., W' line ..." oi one . . . oiadys badge was okav hut r.nra1.- v, -Per i iu,0a nnrth nf the Mason-Dixo- n employer rm-: "v re . . . "A til and J 106 her Of proportioned pound week. 5 u inches weighing UUIIluVJr ana tall, Both 5 feet, iingerpnnts. Airplani Helps In Training Gunne radio-controll- ed, iieaa-quarte- . audio-frequen- Mi ST ( NTT. 29 anti-aircr- cy - aft ,-- ne I , 7 cle N If n -- radio-controll- ed - ... - iUh-w-- k" ar ... ... j --- rhnS 2! ... ... - ed r-- ittTi'.1? - ,.. ni n ... m.,. - |