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o Cross Between Helicopter and Kditor'i ni Tii. following -! ordinary fixed-wine airplane. rluslve lnlld Press aikpa&h I, the I . , , first itorr of the development bv The X13 is the first opera mnier Heiirupter c omnany ot r,v-1 ticmal prototvpe of the so-called lutlrnary new ajreraft. Part of the ... .. ., . . . ... military security wrap were taken I tilt-Wing concept. And "5 off uie plane today and thi di. I birth announcement is a signifi- patrb rive. President Stanley Hiller't . , . own estimate of the, future of lum i cant aeronautical news event. aircraft. frr GLENN STACKHOUSE Unitad Pr.n Corraipondant Palo Alto, Calif. (U.PJ Tlie X18 propelloplane, an unpedi greed cross-breed between a heli copter and a conventional air liner which is expected to revo lutionize aviation, is being con structed under Air Force con tract at the Hiller Helicopter plant here. It is a twin-engine transport aircraft, approximately the size of a ConVair airliner, which can rise straight into the air like a helicopter, then dart forward in i high speed level flight like an 1 51st Year Medford United Prrsj Full Leased Wire Second Section Women and Pigs Unusual Feature of Russians' Detachment in Antarctic McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (U.R) The lone- American "scientist attached to the Soviet Antarctic expedition said today the Rus.'ins have two refine ments not found in the U. S. ex pedition womwi and pigs. Meteorologist Gordon D. Cart wright, 47, Newcastle, Pa., was Interviewed by United Press her by radio from the Russian camp on the Indian Ocean side of the continent. He has been with the Russians for more than a month and will remain there through the win ter. In exchange, a Soviet scien tist will winter over at the U.S. International Geophysical Year BEWARE FLYING CANOES EvanstonIll. (U.R) George Bates, 37, a telephone company personnel man, ran into a new traffic hazard a flying canoe. H was struck by the 16-foot ca noe when it sailed through the windshield of his car and hit him on the head and, shoulders. Strong wind tore the canoe from theauto of Douglas Swihart, 17, where he had tied it Detroit (U.PJ Grant D. Turnboe Jr. was fined $20 for causing an accident despite his pies that a Sunday, sermon on Heaven had him so deep in thought he failed to see a stop ign. SIHWUIMUIl WWWjW O O O (jj) De 'Leigh Motors O 134 S. Riverside O 'ts designers call it the great est step forward in the aviation industry since the development of jet propulsion. Will Realize Long Dp-eam It it performs up to expecta tions, and both Hiller and the Air Force are betting it will, it will represent the realization of aviation's long dream of com bining the best features of both the helicopter and the airplane, without the limitations of either. Stanley Hiller Jr., youthful president of the parent company, told the United Press his firm had been working on vertical take-off (VTO) designs since 1947 and settled on the tilt-wing uvxt MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1957 Antarctic headquarters at Little America. Cartwright said the Russian expedition ship Ob has three women scientists and there are I eight to 10 women crewmem- bers on other . ships. Hundredi Applied None; are at the Soviet land Kadar thanks Russia For Halting Rebellion London (U.R) Hungarian puppet Premier Janos Kadar has officially thanked Hungary's "great self-denying friend, the Soviet Union" for putting down the Hungarian rebellion. Radio Moscow said today. The broadcast said Kadar ex pressed his thanks in an inter view with the Budapest corres pondent of the Soviet govern ment organ Izvestia. Hong Kong-Okinawa Flight Time Reduced Hong Kong (U.R) A Vis count turbo-jet airliner of Hong Kong airways has shaved 37 minutes off the record flying time for the 930 mile flight be tween Hong Kong and Okinawa it was reported today. The plane covered the dis tance in three hours and 25 min utes Sunday for an average air speed of 332 miles per hour. - J - WW ' ' hill ; The Broadmoor 4-door Station Wagon luxury interiors, powerful engine, rugged frame Studebaker builds both beauty and utility into station wagons. The test ride, too, because only Studebaker station wagons have double-teamed springing loaded or empty, they ride like fine sedans. Craftsmanship makes the big difference t ry the Broadmoor at your dealer's, today! concept three years ago as "the optimum of technical improve ments we were looking for." Actual construction of the X18 beEan last year under Air Force orders. Although production schedules are not released, it was expected the strange new plane would take the air some time next year. Hiller said the prototype pro pelloplane was "strictly a re search aircraft" designed pri marily for the military. But its potential for both military and commercial 'use is almost tUn limited. The X18 is literally an aero nautical mongrel. Using 'Existing Components' In its construction, Hiller's en gineers are making maximum use of "existing components." bases, however, and none will remain the winter although hun dreds of Soviet women applied for permission to join the ex pedition, he said. Cartwright reported that Rus sian ship captains saicLthe wom en are "very efficient on ships and no difficulties whatsoever have been experienced with mixed crews." The American scientist said he discovered the Russians were raising 40 pigs at their Mirny base and had imported eight tons of soil for an experimental gar den. He did not say how either pro ject was faring but both are unique for this frozen continent. Well Established Mirny is 1,400 miles from the U.S. base at McMurdo Sound. Both are equi-distant from the South Pole. Cartwright said the Russian camp is modern, well-equipped and comfortable. His description made it sound comparable to the facilities at the U.S. base. But the Soviets' clothing, he said, "seems superior in appearr ance, variety and utility. All personnel are equipped with leather and fur garments." The food is wholesome and there is plenty of it, he said. "The tea is wonderful, but caviar for breakfast is hard. to face," he said. Studebaker -Packard CORPORATION Airplane Expected To Revolutionize Air Industry Hence, it has the "boxcar" fusel age and tail assembly of a Chase C122 transport. Its power plant consists of two out-sized Alli son turboprop engines pirated from, the Navy's XFY1 "Pogo stick" plane, a tail-sitting VTO fighter first flown at nearby Hoffett Naval Air Station in 1954. As in the Pogo, the en gines will spin six-bladed, counter-rotating Curtiss propellors. The principal, and most start ling, innovation is the unique Hiller-designed tilting wing that sets the plane apart from any thing that has ever taken the air. Squatting on the ground in position for take-off, the wings will tilt vertically at a 90-degree angle from the fuselage, with the two props pointing straight I up. When the pilot pours on the Price 10c Tribune United Press full Leaded Wire Six Pages Nevada Governor Raps Demo Critics San Francisco (U.R) Re publican Gov. Charles H. Rus sell of Nevada has taken sharp issue with Democratic critics of the administration. The Democrats, 1.000 strong met .during the week end in a western conference that gave them a forum from which to criticize the Eisenhower Admin policy and for its attitude on civil rights. "The Republican party has done more for civil rights in four years than the Democratic party did in 20," Russell said. "The civil rights issue is a battle within the Democratic party. Let the Democrats clean their own house before critic izing President Eisenhower and the Republicans." Russell said he preferred Pres ident Eisenhower's foreign pol icy to Democratic programs of "iridetermination and appease ment." "How can we in so short a time forget the meetings at Yal ta, Malta and Potsdam when the leaders of the Democratic party yielded to Soviet influence?" he asked. BROOKLYN BRIDGE Brooklyn, Conn. ;U.R) The Brooklyn Bridge here was of fered for sale but there were no takers the State Highway Department had to pay $2,500 to have it hauled away. Medford, Ore. throttle, the two powerful en gines will literally yank the plane off the ground by its boot straps. Once airborne, the pilot will touch a control which will swing the wings into normal flying position and shove oft in level flight. Will Climb Faster Hiller has predicted that de spite its bulk and weight, the tilt-wing transport will climb "two to three times as fast as a DC7" and will "potentially out fly the fastest propeller-driven plane in existence today." In addition to its ability to take off, hover and land vertical ly, the X18 is also perfectly adapted for the STOL (short take-off and landing) facility also sought by the Air Force. "Not only will it be able to take off vertically," Hiller said, "but it will be able to load itself to the gills with cargo and take off as a conventional airplane when fields are available. But that's not all. "Furthermore," Hiller said, "by tilting the wings less than 90 degrees, it may take off in any given distance, depending entirely on the runway length and or the degree of cargo overloading or extra range de sired." Minus Drawbacks The X18 will incorporate all of the versatility of the 'copter minus all of the whirlybird's drawbacks, namely limited for ward speed, short range, high cost and "prodigious" mainten ance problems. The helicopter is basically a hovering device which is also de signed to fly forward. The pro pelloplane is a forward-flying I P nmT? ramRm ??mn ffimnram H"! Vttt onr? n mrrm mnmcT rr ) JUJXMJ WUU u) UJUVJL LuULuiy lAf j S n n nnn r. II .AM II II If fi 1 i Y a 1 A Yl II If I i m u -mmw mm am mm m m mm maiian i x. - r X VI tr. i f v vi r i m - ii r n II mi mssr i i t ii i i v . i a i ii.iiiiii n k i bv -xa iii r II "X. fl I "V. I I X II VI IIXIIIXV VI IV I I II m l mmMH I I WASHER automatically conditions water... softens fabrics . . . 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Although the intercontinental jet or rocket versions of the X18 are "most certain" to come, Hil ler said, research has shown that present day jet engines just can't do the job of the turboprop in VTO flight. Available jet power plants would require so much fuel to lift the entire dead weight of a transport aircraft from ' speed zero "that the aircraft's cargo would be almost exclusively fuel, and little else," Hiller said. Revolutionary Move The aviation executive views the development of the XI 8 as a truly revolutionary move in flying. "One day we'll probably regard all conventional take-off planes of this age as nothing more than elements of an ex tended transition period which necessarily had to precede VTO aircraft." he said. The X18's ability to hover mo tionless in the air will be lim ited, as compared with a heli copter. But it will be enough to lend it to the myriad of res cue and airborne loading mis sions now impossible for an air plane. This helicopter facility, com bined with the forward speed and load-carrying capacity of the airplane, is expected to make the tilt-wing plane the prime mover in the new atomic infan try pattern which calls for quick movement of supplies to the for ward areas and the hop-skipping of troops from one section of a ma k aa am m m mm a a a aa m. a r- i ai r v i nvn ii l a 4 i i w k r .dar a ii m m m combat area to another. The manufacturers make It very evident they feel the X18 will prove, the first time it goes up, that it is the forerunner of a new era in flying an age that will eventually see the modern airport, with its mile long superhighway landing strips, a thing of the past. The airport of the tilt-wing era, as envisioned by Hiller, will be a rooftop heliport in the cen ter of the metropolis, instead of a sprawled - out, land - devour ing ranch a $6 taxi ride from town. 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