Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 15, July 22, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Fort Worth and
Daingerfield
EDITION
Fort Worth news office:
ext. 2961; Daingerfield news
office: ext. 424
SAN DIEGO, POMONA, ANTELOPE VALLEY, VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF.
AFMTC, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA., FORT WORTH, TEX.
FUTURE HOME—Here Convair Fort Worth B-58 flies over part of new $3 million run station
project. Hustler was "caught" in nick of time, thanks to photo lab—and a super job of super-
imposition!
Savings in ESs and CIPs
In 1959 Pass $1 Million
Test Phase Done
B-58 to Become
Bed For New Jet
Soaring past the $1 million
mark in roughly six months’ time
are Convair Fort Worth savings
in Employee Suggestions and Cost
Improvement Proposals.
So far, $1,051,000 in savings
have been chalked up in the ES
and CIP program. This compares
favorably with $734,000 at the
same time last year.
“One of the factors contribut-
ing to the increase is revision of
basic ground rules of the pro-
gram,” pointed out M. J. Scott
of the suggestion section.
“These changes were made in
February and are a direct result
of the ‘Ideas to Esenwein’ cam-
paign.”
Scott said there are already 13
candidates for the 1959 Presi-
dent’s Award in the CIP program.
He predicts even more in the re-
maining six months. In order to
qualify, an employee must build
up CIP savings of $25,000 or
more during the year.
New President’s Award candi-
dates as of the first of July in-
clude E. J. Roberts of Dept. 25,
Convair Fort Worth’s new scale
model of the supersonic B-58
Hustler will soon go on a show
circuit more rigid than that of
most well-known entertainers.
The new model is larger than
any of Convair’s other miniature
B-58s. Built to one-tenth scale,
it is approximately nine feet
long.
The more than 100-pound model
will be shown by Loyd L. Turner,
special assistant to the division
M. Weinstein of Dept. 24, R. D.
Long of Dept. 19, O. R. Gryder
of Dept. 7, J. R. Ewen of Dept.
27 and R. P. Johnston of Dept. 22.
Also, R. D. Ferguson of Dept.
28, A. R. Dixson of Dept. 22, C.
G. Gilliam of Dept. 81, T. E.
Eccles of Dept. 19, P. S. New-
som of Dept. 27, R. B. Lanyon
of Dept. 24 and J. H. Herbert of
Dept. 6.
Four people have already quali-
fied for the special ES jewelry
(cuff links and tie bar) awarded
employees who build up $10,000
or more in ESs.
Warren Doom of Dept. 4, J. D.
Keel of Dept. 21, F. M. Mason of
Dept. 27 and B. M. Crawford of
Dept. 27 are among those em-
ployee suggesters in this group.
“There are approximately 1,500
more ESs and CIPs actually in
work at this time than at the
same time last year,” Scott added.
He said 464 ESs have been
authorized through the first of
this month for $24,128.31 in
award money.
Total ES and CIP savings for
1958 came to $1,304,451.
manager, and his staff, who are
taking bookings at various ex-
hibits and conventions through-
out the country.
First showing of the new model
will be as part of a General Dy-
namics Corporation entry in an
exhibition at a leading Dallas
department store.
Convair has two other B-58
models, built on one-twentieth
scale. They also are exhibited
around the nation.
Run Stations
For Hustlers
Taking Shape
Steel framework is going up
now on the second of Convair
Fort Worth’s six B-58 field op-
erations stations at the south
end of the east ramp.
L. W. Carlson, project engi-
neer, said next contractors to
appear on the job will build
walls and roofing of steel.
“We’re using several contrac-
tors to speed up completion,” he
commented. The first station is
scheduled to be ready for Hustler
housing in October, last station
in January.
Following wall and roof con-
tractors will be the door group.
Door contractors are now fabri-
cating hangar doors for the east
and west sides of the new per-
manent enclosed structures.
Last contractors will be those
handling special sound suppres-
sors. These suppressors for after-
burners will be used when engines
run in outside stations to keep
noise at a minimum.
Each of the six B-58 run sta-
tions will accommodate two
Hustlers, making for 12 enclosed
run stations. There’ll be five
open run stations in between the
buildings.
Jet engines can run up to 85
per cent of power in enclosed
stations but must be taken out-
side to go full force.
The stations are 205 by 131
feet.
Planning Begun
For Fix-a-Toy
Sizzling summer heat with sky-
rocketing thermometers doesn’t
put a damper on Convair Fort
Worth people who are already
making Christmas plans for a
bigger and better “Operation;
Fix-a-Toy.”
This year’s plans were started
a month earlier to help wind up
activities in time to reduce last
minute rush.
“Operation: Fix-a-Toy” is a
project in which Convair people
donate and collect toys no longer
needed, then repair them for dis-
tribution to the needy at Christ-
mas.
Chairman for this year’s proj-
ect is B. S. DeBusk of Dept. 7-2,
and permanent project coordina-
tor is G. N. Nesbitt of Dept.
25-4.
Others on the Fix-a-Toy com-
mittee include K. W. Bates, ad-
ministration; E. A. Black, man-
power; H. H. Fox, distribution;
R. C. Higgins, collections and de-
liveries; N. G. Jones, materials;
W. B. Long, shop operations;
B. J. Merrill, accounting; D. E.
Sessions, refreshments; and L.
van Zanten, tooling and facilities,
all of Dept. 7-2.
Airplane number three this
month was the first B-58 Hustler
supersonic bomber to complete
its phase of the flight test pro-
gram at Convair Fort Worth.
Final flight in the program
was completed when B. A. Erick-
son touched down with crew
members Grover C. Tate, project
flight engineer, and Rex R. Smith,
flight test engineer. Erickson,
manager of flight, was pilot.
Awaiting the Hustler’s landing
were engineers and crewmen who
had worked on the project since
the aircraft went into its initial
testing months ago.
According to W. G. Griswold,
team captain, final B-58 test pro-
gram phases included develop-
ment testing and primary nav-
bomb system component testing.
The development testing, he said,
involved the automatic pilot.
“The ship eventually will be
flown to Edwards Air Force Base
in California,” Griswold added.
“There it’ll go into modification.”
He said the Hustler will be
modified to serve as a flying test
bed for a new General Electric
jet engine.
This B-58 has been in ad-
vanced phases of the B-58 test
program for the past eight
months.
A committee that hopes to im-
prove B-58 production without
“scratching the surface” was op-
erating at Convair Fort Worth
this week in further conservation
efforts.
“In fact,” said C. C. Allen,
assistant factory manager, “our
whole purpose is to do everything
we can to see to it that we STOP
scratching the surface—the sur-
face, that is, of any piece of
metal that is to be highly pol-
ished in the finished product.”
The committee reports to Allen
and O. R. Goode, assistant chief
of inspection. Its first task is to
study ways damage is caused in
the plant to B-58 external skins
and panels.
“Our second job is to develop
ways to prevent such damage
during handling, fabrication and
assembly, where most of the
scratches show up,” said Allen.
Scratches, gouges, dents and
abrasions may come from loading
skins on “A” frames without pro-
tective layers between; from met-
al chips left on skins when they
are loaded for handling; from
placing tools and other objects
on unprotected skins; and from
walking on bare surfaces of the
airplane.
The committee plans to develop
a slide presentation showing prop-
(Photo on page 8.)
Forty-seven math and science
teachers were taken on an es-
corted tour of Convair Fort
Worth’s nuclear area recently as
part of a National Science
Foundation Program field trip.
The program, a nine week
course now in its fourth summer
at the University of Texas, at-
tracts math and science teachers
from all parts of the United
States.
Other Hustlers are expected to
finish the program and go into
modification in the near future.
FINAL PHASE—Left to right,
W. G. Griswold, team captain,
goes over report on final phase
of flight test with B. A. Erickson,
Grover C. Tate and Rex R.
Smith.
NEW MODEL—Convair Fort Worth's E. R. Frazier of Dept. 74
touches up Air Force insignia on new I/10 scale B-58 model
Hustler soon to make convention and exhibit circuits. Model is
nine feet long, largest scale model on exhibit.
Ways Studied to Halt Damage
To External Skins and Panels
Math and Science Teachers Tour
Nuclear Area at Convair FW
er handling techniques, and em-
phasizing their importance. Also
in the mill is a procedure for
establishing quality of acceptable
material, and a study of ways
(Continued on Page 8)
SAC GENERAL — Maj. Gen.
J. V. Edmundson, director of op-
erations at headquarters SAC,
readies for first flight in super-
sonic B-58. He was piloted on
two-hour flight by Convair FW's
B. A. Erickson, manager of flight.
Arriving at Convair by chart-
ered bus, the teachers were met,
badged and escorted through the
area by E. J. Brunner, nuclear
test lab group engineer, and Wil-
lie Park and J. B. McGuffin,
senior nuclear engineers.
The group was led by Dr. Addi-
son Lee, program director and
faculty member at the University
of Texas. Assisting him was Dr.
Wayne Taylor, assistant director
of the program.
New Scale Model of B-58 Hustler
Will Go on 'Show Circuit' Tour
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 15, July 22, 1959, periodical, July 22, 1959; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117971/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.