General Dynamics News, Volume 16, Number 6, March 20, 1963 Page: 3 of 6
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APRIL FLY-AWAYS-At left, Varig of Brazil's first 990A shows bright blue em-
blems of South American airline as it is readied for delivery in next few weeks
while, at right, third 880-M for Viasa, Venezuelan airline, rolls out of final assem-bly. Plane bears KLM markings on opposite side. In center is group of Viasa and
Cathay Pacific Airways flight crews at GD/Convair for production flight training
on 880-M systems and in cockpit procedures trainer.Fall Delivery Slated
For Garuda 990A Jets
R. F. Conley, General Dynamics Dasaad Musin Concern, Djakarta,
director of commercial sales, re- General Dynamics representatives
turned from the Republic of In- in Indonesia. He said that lan-
donesia this month following suc- guage was no problem during the
cessful arrangements for deliver- discussions, as all of the top
ing three Convair 990A jet air- level government officials speak
liners for use by Garuda Indo- evelgenent
nesian Airways. excellent English.
Deliveries are expected to start Expected to visit San Diego
this fall and training of Garuda soon for conferences are Capt.
flight and maintenance crews is Partono, president of Garuda, and
scheduled for midsummer at San Dr. Yap Kie Tik, airline technical
Diego. director. They come with a long
Top level discussions extended background of experience with
over an eight-week period dur- Convair airplanes. For years they
ing January and February which have operated all three of the
culminated in approval by Presi- Convair-Liner versions, 240, 340
dent Sukarno at Djakarta, Indo- and 440 (General Dynamics
nesian capital. NEWS, Jan. 9, 1963) as part of
"The 990As will be used on the Garuda fleet.
Garuda's international r o u t e s
Hong Kong, Manila and Tokyo," E Sees
Conley reported. "They will make
possible route expansion which Systems perating
Garuda has under consideration."
The Convairs, which will have At GD/EFacility
all the topkperformance features More than 200 "SHARE" dele-
which make them the world's gtsswadmntaino
fastest passenger transport, will gates saw a demonstration of
raesturpropenEectrasot, makl-computer output equipment, de-
replace turboprop Electras, mak- signed and manufactured by Gen-
ing the latter available for use on eral Dynamics/Electronics at San
the high density domestic routes. Diego, while attending a coast
"The domestic air market is a conference in February. (SHARE
big one in Indonesia," Conley re- refers to users of IBM 704 and
ported. "Remember, this country 7090 comuesyts.
includes some 5,000 islands 7ith mputer systems.)
a total population of 100 million Buses transported computer ex-
(the fifth largest national popu- perts from the El Cortez Hotel
lation in the world, preceded only meeting place to GD/Electronics
by China, India, the USSR and Plant 2, 1895 Hancock. St., on the
the U.S.) and it is 3,000 miles evening of Feb. 27. There they
from one end of the nation to watched the S-C 4020 Computer
the other. Recorder, S-C 3070 Electronic
"It is potentially a rich nation, Printer, and the S-C 1090 Display
too, ranking third in natural re- Console in operation.
sources." Delegates represented compan-
Conley was assisted during con- ies in the United States, France,
ferences by August Dasaad of Germany, and Italy.N
IT'S A DEAL-In top photo, R. F. Conley, General Dynamics
director of commercial sales, shakes hands with President Sukarno
of Indonesia during 990A jet discussions. Below, clockwise from
left, are August Dasaad, Dynamics sales representative, Chirul
Saleh, Indonesia minister of basic resources, Conley, R. Iskandar,
minister of air communication, Dr. Sumarno, governor of the Bank
of Indonesia.Four Airlines
To Get Jets
During April
Six Convair 990A and 880-M
jet transports will be leaving the
San Diego flight line of General
Dynamics/Convair d u r i n g the
next month as they go to four
foreign and domestic airlines.
Varig Airlines of Brazil will
take delivery of three Convair
990As during April.
Ruben Berta, president of Var-
ig, said the 990A exceeded all
requirements during recent dem-
onstration flights over the carri-
er's routes and that Varig wanted
to put the planes in service as
soon as possible.
Varig's 990As will first go into
service between Buenos Aires and
Los Angeles, with stops at Sao
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Bo-
gota, and Mexico City. Later, the
planes also will be used between
Buenos Aires and Miami, Fla.
Viasa of Venezuela will receive
another 880-M, its third, some
time after mid-April to expand
its all-Convair transport fleet. It
placed its first 880-M into service
the summer of 1961. Viasa also
has recently acquired two more
Convair 340s and an additional
440 to give it a fleet of 10 Con-
vair twin-engine and jet airliners.
Second of Japan Air Lines'
follow-on order of three 880-Ms
was due for March delivery. The
third will go to the Tokyo-based
airline later this summer. Its
initial order of five 880-Ms was
completed last fall.
American Airlines will take de-
livery on its fifth and last 990A
by the end of this month. It
placed the first of its fleet of 15
of the basic 990 version into
service over continental passen-
ger route just a year ago, March
of 1962.
SAVE Meeting
Will Be in NYC
Top Department of Defense
officials will address the So-
ciety of American Value Engi-
neers (SAVE) 1963 convention
April 25-26 in New York City,
with General Dynamics men fill-
ing key program roles.
Both E. D. Heller, manager of
value engineering at GD/Astro-
nautics, and B. P. Schroeder of
GD/Pomona, are members of the
conference committee. Heller is
SAVE national secretary.
Kick-off speaker at a confer-
ence session on administration
will be Marion Hicks, vice presi-
dent-legal and procurement, GD/
Fort Worth.
Schroeder will serve on a panel
"Problems of Value Engineering
Education," while Heller will pre-
sent a paper "Value Engineering
and Cost Target Programs."
Guest speakers include Thomas
Morris, Assistant Secretary of
Defense; G. Fouch, Deputy As-
sistant Secretary of Defense;
Barry Shillito, president, Logistic
Management Institute; and An-
thony R. Tocco, SAVE president.
Additional information and con-
ference reservation forms are
available from Heller at GD/As-
tro ext. 2467; B. W. Kahla (presi-
dent, San Diego SAVE chapter),
GD/Convair ext. 2325; and M. M.
Reeder, GD/Electronics ext. 1136,
San Diego. fScientists and Quality Experts
Will Attend Reliability PanelKey scientists and quality con-
trol experts from each of the di-
visions will attend the General
Dynamics Corporation Panel on
Reliability at GD/Fort Worth
April 1, 2, and 3.
Panel officers include: J. Y.
McClure, GD corporate director
of reliability and quality con-
trol, permanent panel chairman;
E. J. Behney, Electric Boat man-
ager of quality control, chairman
of the quality control panel; and
T. W. Dunn, Electric Boat as-
sistant general manager for re-
liability, chairman of the reliabil-
ity technical panel.
On April 3, the group will di-
vide into separate panels to dis-cuss mutual problems in reliabil-
ity, technical and quality control
areas.
The panel was established in
1959 and serves as a focal point
for the corporation's consider-
ation of reliability and quality
control.
"The panel stimulates action
within the corporation and the
divisions to further the develop-
ment, organization and coordina-
tion of reliability and quality
control reports with the corpora-
tion and its divisions to solve our
mutual problems," said E. R.
Weiher, GD/Fort Worth manager
of quality control.PRETTY DISH-Two attractively streamlined 5-ft. dishes pair off
cts Martha Schweiger (Astro Dept. 322-8) adds glamour to the
scenery alongside GLOTRAC antenna reflector dish undergoing
checkout on Bldg. 51, Plant 1, antenna range. GD/Convair fabri-
cates dishes for Astro-developed high-precision space vehicle
tracking system.
". . .I had another nightmare last night . . . just as it came time
for the coffee break, the bomb shelter siren went off."Wednesday, March 20, 1963
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. General Dynamics News, Volume 16, Number 6, March 20, 1963, periodical, March 20, 1963; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1168266/m1/3/?q=communication+theory: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.