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I k 4 '"0 4 ' - ' I ' 4 f i I - ' - i ' ' 4 t k '1 4 i:i Y '''t - s "' " 1 ' ' Little Bryan Bird smiles happily at the fact that her mother !drit Robert H Bird Is about to have a picture takes of her lanides Tech 4 — ' - - ' -7 ' : ' ' ':: 1 i ' ' f i 1 i 4 4 4 t I i e The free are of course strictly private You need only remove your coat and any jewelry which would Interfere with the picture You will learn promptly by mail within two weeks of the results of your y city-wid- : tibia's Clarence Waltz of the U S Public Health Survey Bird how to stand In one of the mobile units used in I 1 units will be in your neighborhood at a convenient central location and it will be up to you to make certain that you and your family take this one small precaution to guard your health Salt Lake CIty has been divided into seven districts for the neighborhood The boundaries wherever possible have been set at the divisions of the junior high schools In addition there wilL be y units throughout the downtown section of the city Everyone including the aged are asked to be With the aid of this simple precaution many old lives will be lengthened Children under 15 do not have to be because they have a natural Immunity to tuberculosis A-RA- ! t 1 ' 1 s 4 1 - ''1' Si- - I " '' ) ''' io I 1 I 3 i v 4' ' É - - 4 ' ' I 'N '14 t 4 14 ''' - - ‘ -- " -- - - - - I ''''! ''''‘ II is ' fi k 4 eAk 'h I ''4 44 4 lit I 4 t - I'''' ) ' i - t A I 7 ri0 4 ) 4k o 4 - ) 7:- I 1 P :2 4 t itwir 1 I 1 I : 1 ' ! 3' ' 8 t! ' 1) ''' t I 1 k k 0 1 helping you and your family to keep safe from tuberculosis and other ailments of the chest For one month beginning Oct 5th and ending Nov 5th chest will be given abaolutely free to anyone and everyone Over 13 years old in Salt Lake City There is no charge no fuse no pain just 30 seconds of your time and you can rest without fear of chest diseases 414't 1 t 1 y '!'i ' '''''"-''- ' 1 rt - 1 is : F 4 could happen to you! Tuberculosis may be stalking you or your family at this very minute There are one half million American with tuberculoais right now And sad as it seems half of those don't know they have it yet Could one of them be you? You can't be sure until you are Xrayed There are many other chest diseases not so well known from which you may be losing your strength They too can be cured if they are discovered in time The Salt Lake Area Cheat Survey has been organized just for the purpose of - 1 : :Tr 0 1 v ''''' - t '4 tt 4 9' - -- - f r - X-r- y shows Mrs survey 4 I 4 4 - nearc I 4 3 1 4m Hey Look : 4:-'- ''- 1'''I ''- - ' 'Itt ' '112 '''-- I ir4unalmi 1: ''" 1 '''''''''' ''z - 4 ''' - ''l '' '''' No Motor! 11- 'N'‘ N "''') " ' L N N 1 - N ': - By Bob ' fik i "N ' -- ? e i ci7 ' sk 1 ' '" :1' ''j r'''''''' ' ' — - " - )' ''' ' Z'k e i: P'tv140 -- 4 - t - : ' '' 'i4?kil' It i-''- relok1 ' r-- ''''' tt 4 do it:' ir 4 0:: - A t a- r i- 2 '' ' 7 ' illr110 7 4a i' f c' 4 '' itl-- '- p :ea sv : - ::fst- - 4 L 1 -- '- b 'at -- Anr4r-- I ' 1' - 1' 1 ° t 40t t k '4' 1 ::1: 1 4'4 1 - 4— 1010 - 1 1 ) Utahn who is nationally known for his sailplane achievements Together these pilots set the Utah record for altitude in a Schweizer TG-- 3 reaching 15000 ft after being launched from the Midvale Airport with a tow plane We don't expect that record to last long though" Parks admitted "with the present widespread interest in soaring along the Wrsatch Mountains" In addition to an unknown number of former air force glider pilots there are approximately two dozen flyers concentrating on a program of sailplane activity that will bring Utah the national attention it deserves The points of interest at the Salt Lake airport are the gliders being prepared for use by the Civil Air Patrol and it those now in service with the Utah Soaring society a club activity with headquarters at 1576 Hollywood ave There are only three commercial glider instructors at present Kelsey D Mark Kemp and Bob Meakin a Western Air lines and former Midvale flight instructor co-pil-ot V ie"' r- - - e - $ La - P4''''f e ' )11! 41- 1 v' 000'""" 11141"-- -- I 4' t ' non-prof- -- ‘ :: ' d - t '''''''''''' ' - TOP flight Utah soaring pilots in attendance at the western championship meet held recently at El Mirage field between Victorville and Palmdale Cal brought back enthusiastic reports on the advancement of aviations keenest sporting competition "With hundreds of the finest sailplane pilots coming from all over the U S the week long contests held in California drew thousands of spectators The competition revealed that we are finally reaching a standard of skill that challenges the government-subsidizegliding activities in Europe and Russia" said Frank Kelsey of Midvale Kelsey who flew to California with Bill Parks of West Jordan has been active in Utah soaring since 1927 when he built his first of many gliders and sailplanes Parks is another ' K in ' hi l' '4 4 - ! 4 I 'f Z 1: ki 1 a - IJE11: ' '' - - - - t'"' 47 N ' '''t Arontr :''' 4 - i''- - 40°6°°° ' '0'' ' ' -- A i '''''' i'1'ff' i ' - Frank Keleey of MIdsae clwes the door ot a nett teati 'tailplane prior to taking off lie la a nationally known glider pilot toneloy October 9 1949 1 it T HEIR work is a labor of love for soaring is a sport as demanding of its adherents as slalom racing on ski courses Kemp's experiences date back to 1931 Most sailplane men in the region credit Kemp and Kelsey for carrying the sport through its lean years to the present time in Utah Kelsey perhaps has been the truest devotee of all having received his commercial glider license in 1932 and not obtaining a powered-plan- e "I just private license until late in 1945 couldn't seem to get interested in 'stink-pots'- " Kelsey says using the sailplane vernacular for aircraft with engines A test pilot and plant superintendent for the Bowlus Sailplane Co during the war Kelsey has seen remarkable changes in the sport since the 1920's His first plane for instance was a fragile web-lik- e affair weighing only 118 pounds on the theory that a plane had to be light and delicate to ride thermal currents: We learned however" he reported dryly that soaring had to be done in thermal currents and cumulus clouds that conventional aircraft hate like poison That meant greater structural strength and full panels of instruments Oxygen equipment is now standard for nearly all high performance modern aail p I an es" I Glen Robinson exchanges remarks with Bob Meakin who is testing the controls of the sail I Both plane owned by the Utah Soaring society men are well known shill plane pilots In the area Pointing out that the world's altitude record is 33500 ft above sea level held by John Robinson on a flight from Bishop California Kelsey said that most people need oxygen as they near 15000 ft them forward 25 fL for the loss of 1 foot of altitude they "cruise" at 100 to 125 miles an hour and often strike rising air along the Wasatch range that lifts them 1500 to 2000 fL per minute KELSEY himself has been to 21500 fL WITH southerly tail winds their ground speed will often reach 140 miles an hour At present there is only one commercial manufacturer of sailplanes in the U S the Schweizer Co at Elmyra New York the mecca of American soaring enthusiasts Their latest model is an all metal beautiful machine with long tapering wings Strange as it may sound these wings are fitted with tanks of water to increase the weight which in turn increases the speed of the aircraft Because they cost more than $2500 you can see that soaring is not a cheap pastime In spite of that its most devoted followers are seldom men of means or private income This fact has partially retarded the growth of the sport in America where pilots often save pennies for a year to make a single contest appearance and then sleep out on the ground under the wings to save money By comparison hardly a government in Europe fails to subsidize glider activity as a means of training potential airforce personnel Nevertheless some fine flights are common in Utah Dale Jamison once flew for six hours before landing power riding the world famous "standing wave" air currents that exist east of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California without where Robinson took the world's records away from European pilots ' In discusaing Robinson's feat however Mark Kemp has pointed out that the U S is still far short of the distance record now held by a Russian woman 465 miles compared to the U S record of 333 miles It won't be long though" say Kemp Kelsey and Bill Parks "before we beat that record American pilots have been making careful surveys of Utah terrain which is con sidered almost ideal for long distance g" - 1 These soaring experts believe that under the right conditions with plenty of oxygen and an early morning start a pilot of championship caliber will be able to drop his tow south of Cedar City Utah and land somewhere north of Ashton Idaho—perhaps in western Montana Right conditions would mean a moist unstable air mass with tremendous thermal currents taking you to 25000 feet or more straight north up the Wasatch range ultimately over the Tetons and beyond Speed is a necessity in such a case and modern sailplanes are often faster than the common variety of small two place powered aircraft- - With flat gliding ratios that carry 17 r C 'WHETHER - we get away first for a shot at the distance record- - or not" Kelsey re- ported "it looks like Utah will be the destination point for the first long flight out of west coast field& IA4 3 - 1 |
