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GENERAL DYNAIVICS
GIIIIIIIID
FORT WORTH EDITION
Vol. 17, No. 15PUBLISHED BY GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
Wednesday, July 15, 1964
GD/FW Delivers
First Converted
RBRB-57F AircraftK.-
7-
NEWEST MODEL B-57-
head shot.Lawley Heads
New Dept. 89
As Manager
A. K. Lawley, formerly
ant manager of material- Extra-long wingspan (122 feet) of new RB-57F is accentuated in over-
assist-
F-111,has been named manager of the
newly formed
Dept. 89 (sub-
contract m a n -
agement) in the
General material
departments.
He will report
to C. A. Ford,
director of ma-terial.
Functionof
the new depart-
ment is to de-
A. K. Lawley velop and main-
tain administrative management
programs with assigned subcon-
tractors to assure acceptable per-
formance on all contractual re-
quirements. The department will
be the sole authorized source of
delivery information.
Lawley joined GD/Convair in
1940 as stock clerk and was
transferred to Fort Worth divi-
sion in 1945 as receiving and
stores foreman.
He has since held a number of
supervisory positions, including
buying supervisor, stores general
foreman, material control general
supervisor, assistant manager of
materials, chief subcontracts man-
agement, manager of material-
B-58, and assistant manager ma-
terial-F-111.FLY-AWAY - Vinko Dolson, special projects program director,
turns over RB-57F to Maj. Douglas L. Campbell and It. Col. Robert
L. Moeller of 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
'Information Retrieval System'
To Serve GD/Fort Worth Div.What records does the B-58
hold? When did the division go
on a project basis ? How many
flights did the YB-36 make?
What are the significant F-111
milestones ?
Hundreds of such inquiries-
some infinitely more difficult-
must be answered routinely in
the business life of a major aero-
space concern such as GD/Fort
Worth.
To help employees get faster,4 -
INFORMATION PLEASE - E. W. Richter, GD/FW division his-
torian, discusses reporting system for new information retrieval sys-
tem with LaJuana Ryan, Dept. 4-2 steno.more complete answers, President
Frank W. Davis has announced
formation of a Division Histor-
ical Information Retrieval Sys-
tem, under program planning
department, headed by E. W.
Richter.
Briefly, the retrieval system
will involve reporting and filing
key events throughout the divi-
sion by departmental historians.
Reports will be made to the divi-
sion historian on IBM-type cards.
"We believe that access to
important data can facilitate a
business transaction or perhaps
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Project Historians
Appointed at GD/FW
Forty-three departmental and
p r o j e c t historians have been
named to report monthly to E. W.
Richter, GD/FW division histo-
rian. Individuals, with department
numbers, are:
K. W. Bates, 302; Richter, 5; G. C.
Tate, 12; Polly Riley, 2; Fred Black,
186; E. B. Pechacek, 3; W. J. Culbert-
son, 205; Guy A. Lewis, 211; Smith
Ballew, 105; Chester May, 18.
T. F. Fowlkes, 21 ; M. B. Gross, 17;
G. P.6Anderson, 260; Ralph Darling, 60
and 65; R. L. Pownder, 121 ; W. K.
Graham, 17-4; C. T. York, 160; W. M.
Hickerson, 107; R. T. Bankard, 7-1; Ray
Garwood, 8.
John T. Jenkins, 16; Ross Elliott, 9;
M. D. Ward, 10 and 210; B. F. Thomp-
son, 111; Guy T. Spencer, 11; Tom E.
Davis, 19; W. L. Roy, 20; A. W. Cow-
ard and J. A. Cushman, 22; A. B.
Otsby, 24,
R. R. Hunt, 24; A. A. Gwynne, 25;
Jack Wilson, 28 and 86; H, A. Dunlavy,
280; Mike Odom, 4; John G. Sharp, 187.
J. T. Ringo, 189; J. T. Ramsel, 287;
Bill Shiflet, 280-2 ; Harlan E. Smith,
180 and 182; Ken South, 7; Horace
Booth, 26.. -
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Delivery of the first of 12
RB-57F jet aircraft to the 58th
Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron at Kirtland AFB, N. M., was
made recently by GD/Fort Worth.
Conversion of the regular B-57
aircraft is being carried out at
GD/Fort Worth under a produc-
tion order, according to Vinko
Dolson, special projects program
director.
The "F" model is the newest
and latest version of the aircraft
evolving from the original design
of the British Canberra bomber.
Most noticeable feature of the
RB-57F is its 122-foot wingspan
-almost double the plane's 69-
foot length. (Original B-57 wing-
span is 64 feet.)
Dolson said the new wing and
other major improvements give
the RB-57F significantly in-
creased performance characteris-
tics, including higher altitudes,
greater range, increased payload
volume and loiter time, and im-
proved flight-handling character-
istics.
GD/Fort Worth is beginning
its RB-57F work with earlier
model B-57s. The original wing is
removed, as are two earlier J-65
jet engines. Engines are replaced
with two Pratt and Whitney TF-
33-P11 turbine fan engines. In
addition, two smaller J-60-P9 tur-
bojet engines are added for aux-
iliary power.
A new vertical tail and rudder
are installed to handle the in-
creased thrust of the new en-
gines.
"The result," Dolson said, "is
a new model aircraft which takes
advantage of the latest aerody-
namic techniques and recent im-
provements in engine design.
"Another important factor was
use of existing B-57 fuselage and
other commonly stocked govern-
ment equipment that had been
developed for other aircraft. For
example, the autopilot is the
same type as that used in the
C-135."
GD/Fort Worth is also using
extensive tooling built under the
B-58 program, further reducing
cost of RB-57Fs.
"These cost savings make the
RB-57F advantageous from a
cost-effectiveness standpoint,"
Dolson said.
GD/Fort Worth engineers also
used techniques and know-how
developed in the B-58 program in
designing new parts of the RB-
57F. Portions of the RB-57F wing
and other components are given
high strength-to-weight ratios by
use of honeycomb sandwich panel
construction such as used widely
in the B-58.
Other portions of the RB-57F
take advantage of developments
used in manufacturing the F-111.
Many R B - 5 7 F engineering
drawings were made on the
plant's numerically controlled
drafting machine. This process
provides not only drawings, but
also data for tapes used to op-
Mgt. Club Sponsors
Unsinkable' Showing
GD/Fort Worth Management
Club will sponsor a special
showing of Casa Manana's "The
Unsinkable Molly Brown" at 4
p.m. July 19.
Tickets cost $2 each, and will
be sold on a first-come basis
at regular ticket stations. There
will be no reserved seats for
this special showing.rate numerically controlled fac-
tory machines that make parts
for F-111 and the RB-57F.
Use of these new manufactur-
ing and management techniques
enabled GD/Fort Worth to de-
sign, build, and deliver this new
model in nine months.
The RB-57F is designed and
particularly well suited for high-
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Three Share
June Honors
In Cost Cuts
Three employees shared "Sug-
gester of the Month" honors for
June, with one becoming the first
candidate for the 1964 President's
Award.
J.rM. Winn, with an approved
and installed Cost Improvement
P proposal of
$45,145, became
the year's first
Award candi-
date. Top hon-
ors for b e s t
Employee Sug-
gestions w e r e
won by E. D.
Shelton, 180-2
(hourly)and J.
L. Bracey, 266-1,
J.M.Winn (P&A).
J. L. Bracey E. D. Shelton
Winn's CIP, installed at neg-
ligible cost, eliminated an inspec-
tion of manufactured production
parts before shipment to Air
Force.
Previously, th e s e production
parts were inspected at time of
fabrication, stored in stock rooms,
then sent to an accumulation area
when needed and inspected again.
The new plan calls for shop in-
spection in the area to check the
part for inspection stamp and
part number, then send to ac-
cumulation area for shipment
without further inspection.
Shelton earned a cash award of
nearly $160 for his ES. His idea
was to use only one Maintenance
Engineering work sheet rather
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Technical Writers
Hear FW Speakers
Two GD/Fort Worth employees
recently spoke before profession-
al societies.
C. W. Doyle Jr., division cost
reduction and value control ad-
ministrator, spoke on "The Value
Program - Your Husband and
You," before Society of American
Value Engineers at International
Airport.
"Leadership and Communica-
tions Relating to R&D Programs"
was the topic of Dr. R. D. Pot-
ter, staff scientist, in his talk to
Society of Aerospace Materials
Process Engineers in Arlington.r s~
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