| Show r 1 s. s q f H What does it take take I from an oil company I Ito to run an airlift Ever ver since summer mid-summer of 1950 military activity in Korea has called for heavy transpacific air traffic by civilian cargo planes Over one of their routes they fly a around around around round trip of 13 miles some miles some twenty-six twenty times the length of the famous airlift into Berlin Hundreds of companies help supply supply supply sup sup- ply this operation Maybe you'd like to know what it takes from an oil company torun to torun torun run an airlift Standards Standard's part in the Pacific airlift shows that its it's a big help to have large companies on hand when the going gets rough Our work is focused mair mainly y at Wake Island that pinpoint some miles from the U. U S. S West Coast After World War II Wake was a refueling stop for commercial airliners en route to the tile Orient But then came the struggle at the parallel parallel- I 1 Before trouble kindled in Korea only 20 planes lanes week a reu re refueled re- re fueled fee u 1 d a at t Wake ake Then hen that num mein- number t ber multiplied multi lied many man times Wed We'd i been su supplying PP 1 ing gas to the island r 1 when the U. U S. S asked us to step c Pr up deliveries we were able to do it AB a big integrated company we called on our own tanker fleet As air air activity To secure the special loading tp a stepped up even more I equipment needed by the ground S Wake needed larger ground crews Again y crews a Standard ship picked up the nearest available available-at available at far oft Canton h. Stand Standards Standard's ards ard's bigness Island And at U. U S S. S request we 1 het facilities helped build new storage facilities in Honolulu we quickly 4 trained men tripled along Wakes Wake's runways rA M our Wake manpower 1 s To keep Wake and the airlift supplied on a regular basis U Standard drew once more on its 1 tanker fleet We Ve now operate a W- W t shuttle service to Wake from the e. Pacific Coast Again being big bigand bigand and havin having our own facilities het helps s us serve Of or course the transpacific airlift starts in in America and at home on this end of the theIr Ir route Standard keeps some 10 airlines supplied supplied sup sup- 04 plied with aviation gasoline It would take a stack of drums a mile high to hold our increased in increased increased in- in creased daily output for this use At the same time we were we're ro also supplying military needs te- te and our usual volume for motorists STANDARD T ND OIL COMPANY M OF 00 CALIFORNIA i plans ahead to serve you better |
