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Show r-- jm N : elder Job of Flying B-2- 4s Away Is Continuing (Continued From Page 1) with the 21 crews the same number of working on planes, snow Pfur fIyinS wither delay departure of VL whlch are ready to go but the work of putting other Planes in flying condition continues. More Pilots Coming three pilots are stationed ln tlight test now, with an additional 20 pilots available on the field for this rWhen the additional ny ?w pilots and are transferred here, the shortage-in-pi-lo- ts bottleneck will be broken. Present plans call for flying away all planes stored in outside areas at Hill Field. So far, 239 PT-1have been flown here for storage in the maintenance hangars, where they are stacked on their noses. Additional PT-1which will bring the total to 300 are expected in the near future. l Tho R945 wcic iiuwu i i in nere in July from the 8th Air Force, m a onducgn; reserve xo oe used IT! 4Vl C TITO" ci1(finnl Tnv.u v.j. genual otxyau. oiliue Kingman, Ariz., has been desig-ate- d an RFC sales storage de- die kcillg 11UWU U1C1C fromjiauta bases all over the country. may - B-- turbt 24 high-prio- co-pil- ots .ifiKE DOES THE This beautician's n over witbr life bubbling linj riving out the local razzie. F.arl on flarrnll .bi M Call j"" Rid- ,ty look like Little Red Hood. During the day, she ii up figures over in payruii but with a figure of her on uruiner: mme: Bonnie own, Vital Statistics: size up the next glamour girl gliding by. Tot-ma- n. Likes: the sheen of pearls, bubble fantasy. Lt. Madison Geddcs, photographic expert, turned on the spotlight and produced a pin-u- p as bonnie as her name. . . 3s 3s " A GROUP OF CIVILIAN AND MILITARY . . . Representatives from San Bernardino, Spokane and Sacramento Air Technical Service Commands, and the Ogden Adjutant General Depot made a tour of the Publication Distribution branch, supply Division last week during a two-da- y conference, to study this command's procedure in the storing of publications. Pictured above left to right include: Mrs. Alma Killpac, OATSC Publication Distribution A. B. Jennin, San Bernardino ATSC; Mr. M. W. branch; W-Carbine, OATSC branch; Mr. John Newton, Spokane ATSC; Miss Joyce Thayer, San Bernardino ATSC; Mr. Alfred Herger, and Lt. John A. Mercer, Sacramento ATSC; Mr. Norman Smith, Ogden Adjutant. General Depot; Capt. Raymond Grate, Spokane ATSC; Mr. C. E. Jorgenson, Ogden Adjutant General Depot; Mr. Lowell Anderson, OATSC and Lt. Mary K. Thweatt, chief of the OATSC O Publication Distribution branch. New Type Jet Engines Developed jj WRIGHT FIELD. Ohio Suc cess of America's fastest airShootplane, the Lockheed P-in the lies developing Star, ment of two revolutionary types of jet engines, known as the and the according to the Air Technical Service Command headquarters here. ECTATORS AT THE HILL ing'. In the presence of a Link The engine, created by "Open House" were Trainer instructor, Mr. Louis General Electric Co. and ATSC icially attracted to the Link guests were permitted to engineers, was used in the P-her pictured above which is climb inside the trainer to view trainer in which jet pilots were I teach pilots 'blind fly the instruments more closely. trained and from which the was larger, more powerful the The powers developed. Shooting Star. Aside from minor modifica-tions- ,the basic principle in the two engines is the same. Chief difference lies in an improved line of through the main turbine. Kerosene Used In both engines air is drawn through an intake duct in the front and forced into the comt bustion chamber by means of a 80 1-- 16 1-- 16 Mc-Gow- 59 i 1-- 40 40 gas-flo- w Wftman'e IB lowing .Jams Win Half January Place teams Field Women's Bowl-agu- e increased their leads ur games each over the wo teams last i Wo changes were Tuesday made in Endings and no new rec- -l were established. M Gutter Snypes, who were game lrom tying the second luKastweek mi-- -nddrop- -' JWi are way out in front Lt ?ue' holding a nine-marein n nearest .Busters for nent. """"'"dual .Co,., (Berni fMun'a r t.Ii .Pnir in i. "'n V. Catherine Low rine Jewell) 530. Uler Snypes) 30U. STANDINGS IW M.-- -s i - in 3rcpn TairrRr. " r- Peterson) - ra'vidual genps .... r' Won 30 Pet. tnt 10 tm :r "I5 1A jwv iyy Bowlers 5ill NoodnH aien ' cents; nK7?;rcreation director, C?nt4uat.there re still C1? Hil1 Fiel COntact Worn. 1 Immediately after Jan. 1, the Hill Field Men's Bowling League will begin the second half of its bowling season, according to Ted Olson, recreation director. All men interested in bowling should contact the recreation unit at once. ed ed. Continuous combustion 'of the kerosene occurs at approximaterely a constant high pressure, vesulting in a stream of high which is released locity 'gas through the rear nozzle arid thus driving the airplane forward. wheel is The turbine, a fan-liactivated by this stream of gas the and provides power for compressor. the course of the In the stream of gas is reversed twice in this process, while in the the flow is direct, resulting in less loss of power. Air Commodore Frank Whittle, British inventor, perfected both Grab a rabbit's foot and get the jet engine from which were proand e the Iwenty-fivthe of one to win set all off duced. turkeys being raffled Development of these engines unit was a cooperative project beby the Hill Field recreation and tween General Electric during the week of Dec. 17. 12, ATSC of the power engineers, Dec. Beginning Monday, Col. plant laboratory including chances will be sold by special D. chief of the labJ. Keirn, cents solicitation at twenty-fiv- e oratory, Capt. Eddie Wall, who bewill was in charge of experimental per chance. Drawings and Col. George E. Price work, daily continue 17 and gin on Dec. arid Capt. C. E, Holtsinger, who through Dec. 21. handled the production phase. The turkeys, averaging about be A TINT FOR A PINT twenty pounds in weight, will Mass Sgt John A. cafe(ALNS) kept in cold storage in theat the Archinal says he made a fair teria. Winners may call he supplied a pint when trade cafeteria any time before Christ- of blood for Tojo when that insuicide. Sgt. mas, present - the certificate dividual attempted a pint of received and Archinal elven them at the drawing, return. in . whiskey receive one of the birds. Turkeys Will Be Raffled Off At HF the bowl-S- it 80 centrifugal compressor, which . fan. a high-speKerosene is used for fuel. It is injected into the combustion chambers which are located between the compressor and the turbine. There it is atomized, mixed with the air discharged from the compressor and burnis simply ke 1-- 16 1-- 40 . 1-- 16 1-- 40 . lnterested In t once. Bowling League Starts Second THE JET ENGINE . . . Used in the P-Shooting Star is shown here with two of the men who played major roles in. its. development. They are Col. D. J. Keirn, chief of the ATSC power plant and Col. R. S. Wassell, chief of the research laboratory-(left)- , branch of the laboratory. (Air Technical Service Command photo.) 11 . L DESPITE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE . . . Weather conditions Doris left Machovsky, Myrtle Barton and Cleo Latimer (pictured above conto right) along with a large group of civilians and military tinued production on the 4 project in order that aircraft might be processed and flown to an RFC sales storage depot before December 15. This project involves maintenance work in all kinds of weather eight hours a day in an effort to fly away 21 daily. B-2- B-2- 4s Program Changed At Sahara atVillage The Sahara Village United Christian Ministry program, which is sponsored by the National Lutheran Council, is converting to a peacetime basis, according to an announcement by of that organization. officials Rev. L. Floyd Lewis of Ogiitn will continue to devote part of his time to services there and ih nroeram will be curtailed only so far as is necessary or feasible. . Evening services Hill Field and Sahara Village will be dis- continued and a unified Sunday School and Church Service will be conducted at the Sahara Community building each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Plans are being made to continue other activities as well. Lillian Anderson, who served as field director for this area, has been transferred to the Harbor Gate project at Richmond, Calif. |