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Fort Worth and
Daingerfield
EDITION
Fort Worth Division news
office: ext. 5290.
Daingerfield Division news
office: ext. 424.
DECORATOR—H. L. Wendorf of Convair FW, in charge of
decorations for CRA Christmas festival, was wrapped up in his
work as this photo was taken just before week-long annual event
started.
Ice Revue Extended
For an Extra Night
Due to pre-show demand for tickets, an extra per-
formance of the third annual CRA “Melody on Ice” revue
and Christmas party was announced this week at Con-
vair FW.
Hale Will Head
ind. Security
Appointment of I. B. Hale as
manager of Industrial Security
at Convair FW was announced
this week by August C. Esenwein,
FW Division manager.
Hale succeeds G. D. Higgins
Jr., who was transferred to Con-
vair General
Offices in San
Diego as direc-
tor of Industrial
Security.
A former all-
American foot-
ball player at
Texas Christian
University, Hale
came to Convair
FW in 1951 as
I. B. Hale investigation
supervisor.
He is a veteran of 11 years’
scervice with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, which he joined
in 1940. During his service with
the FBI, Hale worked in Boston,
Buffalo, New York City, Albu-
querque and Washington, D. C.
Hale is a master of firearms
and spent some of his time with
the FBI as an instructor for local
law enforcement officers in the
use of various firearms.
The show, scheduled to open
last night (Dec. 16), will close
on Monday, Dec. 22, after a sev-
en-day run instead of ending Dec.
21 as previously announced, ac-
cording to Hugh Pennington,
chairman of the CRA recreation
committee.
“Pre-show demands for tickets
were so great we scheduled the
extra performance in order that
every CRA family might attend
the Yuletide festivities,” Penn-
ington explains.
The Monday night performance
will begin at 7:30 the same as the
nightly performances for the re-
mainder of this week. Special
matinee performances will be
held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday
and Sunday.
CRA members who had pre-
views of the show were lavish in
their praise of the third “Melody
on Ice” revue.
Professional skaters from such
national ice revues as Ice Ca-
pades and Ice Cycles were among
the cast, as well as scores of
talented amateur skaters from
the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The
cast numbers 150 performers.
Colorful costumes of many
types and shapes added to the
color of the show, and holiday
decorations adorned Will Rogers
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De Seversky, Noted Air Power
Supporter, Confers at Convair
At least one visitor to Con-
vair’s Fort Worth Division last
week would like to meet Joe
Stalin.
He’s Alexander P. De Seversky,
noted pilot, aeronautical engineer
and author, who conferred with
Division Manager August C.
Esenwein and other Convair of-
ficials Dec. 8.
Asked at a piess conference at
Carswell Air Force Base if he
had met Stalin, Seversky said he
had not. Asked if he would like to
meet Stalin, Seversky grinned
and replied:
“Yes ... in a B-36!”
The Russian-born aviator, who
helped the United States win
World War I and World War II,
believes that Russia will launch
an all-out war by 1960, and that,
in the meantime, the free nations
of the world should build up their
strength to meet the challenge
“We cannot do it on the
ground,” he stated. “We just
don’t have as many people as
they do. But we can do it in the
air. . . .
“Our Strategic Air Command
(in which B-36s are used) is a
great start. But its size should
be expanded at least 10 times.”
Seversky is the former adviser
to the famous Gen. Billy Mitchell,
early-day airpower advocate, and
was air adviser to the Secretary
of Defense at General Spaatz’
headquarters in Europe during
1944, 1945 and 1946.
New Convair
Bomber Seen
Air Force Will Start
New YB-60 Air Tests
Convair’s swept-wing, eight-jet YB-60 this month wound
up the first part of its flight test evaluation program and is
now being prepared to go into the second part of the pro-
gram very early in 1953.
The first phase of the evalua-
tion program, conducted by Con-
vair, was completed Dec. 2 when
the big ship taxied off the run-
ways at Carswell Air Force Base,
Tex.
At the controls were Lt. Col.
B. L. Grubaugh, the Air Force
test pilot who will put the YB-60
through the second part of its
test career, and B. A. Erickson,
FW manager of Flight.
Col. Grubaugh and Erickson
have, alternated at the controls
of the all-jet bomber on all its
flights since the first two. A. S
“Doc” Witchell served as Erick-
sun’s. oil the first t.vc
flights.
The Air Force evaluation pro-
gram for a new aircraft consists
of a number of programs known
as phases.
Phase One, just completed,
consists of the contractor’s dem-
onstrations of the maximum per-
formance of a new aircraft.
This includes such things as
determination of extreme operat-
ing limits, including maximum
speed, maximum altitude, stalling
speeds and other items.
Phase Two is the Air Force’s
own evaluation of performance
and stability. Items tested dur-
ing phase one will be rechecked
by Col. Grubaugh and his Air
Force test crew'.
The YB-60 will remain for
servicing at Convair FW while
a crew of six Air Force test per-
sonnel conduct Phase Two flights,
Col. Grubaugh says.
“Our flights will begin and end
at Convair FW with the possible
exception of one flight to Ed-
wards Air Force Base, Calif. At
Edwards, the YB-60 will undergo
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YB-60 AIRMEN—Air Force fliers who will be aboard YB-60 in
new test series, left to right: F. N. Stoliker, AF flight engineer; Lt.
Col. B. L. Grubaugh, AF test pilot; M/Sgt. H. W. Ridge, flight
engineer. Col. Grubaugh and Sgt. Ridge also flew Phase IV of
Air Force tests on B-36 models B and D.
NAMED EXEC — J. V. Naish,
former vice president-sales and
contracts for Convair, last week
was elected executive vice presi-
dent.
Naish Elected
Executive YP
J. V. Naish, formerly vice-
president of sales and contracts
for Convair, last week wras named
executive vice-president by the
Board of Directors.
Naish’s former duties will be
assumed by J. G. Zevely with the
title director of sales and con-
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Supersonic
Jet Project
Well Along
A new supersonic jet
bomber planned by Convair
was seen this week as “the
logical production successor”
to the B-36.
The statement was ad-
vanced Monday night before
the Fort Worth Chamber of
Commerce by J. V. Naish,
Convair executive vice presi-
dent, while commenting up-
on an Air Force announce-
ment made last Thursday
from Washington, D. C., re-
vealing that Convair is at
work on detailed design stu-
dies for such an airplane.
The Air Force announcement
was the first public word that
has been released regarding thir
Convair project for the future
and disclosed that the company
has been directed “to prepare fur-
ther detailed design studies for
a supersonic bomber.”
“I can tell you that these
studies have been underway for
some time,” Naish told the
chamber’s annual meeting in
Fort Worth.
“The development of the
project is well along and we
are most encouraged by the
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Delivery Nears
For Delta 340
Delivery of Delta Air Lines’
first Convair-Liner model 340
was expected this week at San
Diego.
C. H. Dolson, Delta’s vice-presi-
dent-operations, flew to San
Diego from Atlanta, Ga., the
line’s headquarters, last week to
accept the plane.
R. V. MacGregor, Delta repre-
sentative at Convair SD, indi-
cated the new 340 probably will
be flown direct to Atlanta to en-
gage in an intensive pilot train-
ing program.
“As our second and third 340s
are scheduled for Jannary de-
livery, we are in hopes of flying
limited schedules with 340s early
in 1953,” MacGregor said.
“This will require an all-out
effort, but fortunately our pilots
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Christmas, New Year
Holidays Approach
Convair FW employees will en-
joy two holidays during the
Christmas season, according to
August C. Esenwein, division
manager.
Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thurs-
day, Jan. 1, will be holidays with
pay for virtually all employees.
Only those employees specifi-
cally notified will be required to
work on either day. Work will
resume the day following each
of the holidays.
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