Show Outstanding b To o Be e Honored The annual Lakeshore District District Dis Recognition dinner willbe will willbe willbe be held Jan 16 at the Bountiful Bountiful ful East Stake Center 2200 S. S E. E Bountiful AT THIS time outstanding scouting leaders and their wives will be honored A fine dinner and program have have- been arranged All scouting leaders and friends of scouting are invited to attend TICKETS MAY be obtained for per ticket from all Institutional Representatives District Committee Members or 01 the Scout Scout Service Center A new concept envisioned here for fueling and ing aircraft in a specially designed designed designed de de- de- de signed building at this airbase airbase airbase air- air base has been successfully realized in the Ogden Air Materiel Area IN OPERATION is a facility cast east area near the aircraft cleaning and painting bu building Two adjacent adjacent adjacent ad ad- jacent buildings with a total of square feet of floor space were constructed for fuel system checks each having one aircraft capacity Because of a foot 10 gravity flow drop the time required to empty aircraft gas tanks of potent jet engine fuel has been drastically cut Huge tanks with capacity of 25 gallons each beneath the I buildings store the jettisoned fuel Refueling can be done by means of oC a pump with special filters to keep out impurities SAFETY WAS a prime consideration consideration consideration con con- in the design of the facility since previous Air Force specifications called for such opera operations Hons to be conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted outside of buildings Incorporated into the facility are such safety items as large diameter non-collapsible non hoses large drains drams with deluge capacity capacity capacity ca ca- to wash away a fuel and an automatic warning system connected to the base rase fire department dispatcher Non- Non sparking clothing is required if employees have to approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap the aircraft while it itis itis is in the facility I THE NEED for such a system system system tem existed at Hill because because because be be- cause there are no really suitable areas for fueling and aircraft which are ready for repair or which have completed depot repair Also gasoline spilled on blacktop blacktop blacktop black black- top surfaces deteriorates the asphalt The design for the fac facility l ty was done in about 90 days b by the base civil engineering engineer engineer- ing division and construction got underway in May 1967 Installation of equipment was completed and the facility put into operation early this fall |