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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, t&edSftrfl, 1rji. leaday. June 22. 1958 elhedliuifledl .ft. AoirpwG: Yodoy p(n)niui . .... . ns ::.:...:.:-::::::":':'::: . ' . s S f - ; I ' ? '' ; : ':y;... ; -iV - . .-- - 3s:;U::- - ' K , ' ' ' ' V '"4 CAA Installation To Observe 20th Year This Week By BOB VROMAN Mail Tribune Staff Writer The Civil Aeronautics ad ministration, which, as a fed eral agency, has contributed greatly to tl?e growth and safety of civil aviation in the United States, will observe the 20th anniversary of its in ception Monday. June 23. Today, June 22, open house will be held at the Medford airport to allow the public to view CAA installations here and observe the functions of the agency, according to Grant C. Bourquin, chief of Med ford's combined station tower. Other towns, cities, states and nations of the Free World will joint the CAA in ob serving its 20th birthday and in celebrating Civil Aviaton week commencing June 23. The open house days held at aviation facilities throughout the nation are designed to de velop a better understanding of the effects of aviation on our country s economy and welfare. People Encouraged People are encouraged to get "behind the scenes" to see employees gf the CAA working as a team to make possible safe, comfortable and expeditious flight. There are 26 employed by the CAA in Medford, 11 in the station tower, four in the gen eral safety division, five in the chief airways technical feld office and six in the chief airways district office. Th&e men and women working with nearly a million dollars worth of equipment in this district, see to it that every possible precaution is taken to provide safe travel for the many aircraft that make use of the Medford air port and planes thatopass with in radio range of this station. Functions Are Many The functions of the CAA are many. The most apparent of these is air traffic control, in which the ground crews direct aircraft in flight with longitudinal, lateral or ver tical separation from otiftr aircraft. Air traffic in the United States moes under two sets of rules, visual flight rules (VRF) $hich are used in good weather, and instrument flight rules (IFR) which are re quired when visibility is re stricted. The CAA has been success fully directing air traffic since 1936. There were 10 control lers in the original group; now CAA employs 10,000 per sons performing air traffic duties in 530 locations. The CAA's air traffic centers, tow ers and communications sta tions are linked by 130,933 miles of teletype and 135,764 miles of interphone lines, en abling them to work closely together bringing about a safe nd orderly flow of traffic. Modern Teletype Units The modern teletype units located in the Medford tower can make direct contact with any station in the United States by means of a special automatic routing system. Important also in traffic control are navigational aids which enable a pilot to follow an airway route assigned to him. The signals from these aids, such as the very high f r e q u ency omnidirectional ranges (VOR), form the struc turfe of the federal airways. One such unit is located on Upper Table Rock and en ables a lost pilot to be guided directly over the Medford air port, where he can intercept the ILS beam for an instur ment landing if visibility is poor. Under Construction Now under construction at the Medford airport is a high intensity approach lighting Men and women hear again with nothing in either ear through thrilling Sonotone research discovery. Only YOU will know your E-Zone secret of transistor hearing aid completely concealed in stylish glasses. Yet you use both ears (just as normal per-E-Zone: Everything worn at EYE-EAR level, nothing worn anywhere else. 3 c C. R. ADAMSON, Manager VOR BUILDING Located on top of Up per Table Rock, this building is where very high frequency omnidirectional range sig nals are broadcast to aircraft to bring them safely to Medford airport when visibility is poor. The pilot, by watching two needles on his receiver, can head the ILS SYSTEM These two structures, lo cated at the south end of the runway at Medford airport, house the power units nd antenna of the instrument landing system installed by the CAA in 1953. When visibility is poor, a pilot can intercept an electrical "path" that will lead him, at the correct glide angle, right onto the runway. system that will guide air craft straight into the runway at the correct glide angle for 8 landing at night. The sys tem is being financed solely by the CAA. Another major function of the CAA is seeing to it that aircraft themselves are in top working order and that pilots are capable and in good phy sical condition. This operation falls under the general safety district office. Periodic a i r w o r t hiness checks are made on all air craft, with a close look out for loose bolts, frayed or worn wirings, cracked en g i n e mounts and rust and corrosion or any small mechanical fault that might impair the safety of the craft. The aircraft main tainance inspector at the Med ford CAA office is Harold G. Lane. v ' Airmen Inspection Airmen inspectors in Med ford are Carl J. Christianson and Robert Kagy. It is their duty to see that all pilots are proficient and meet with CAA license requirements. Pilots are also required to have periodic medical check ups, once a year for com merical pilots and one every two years for those who fly for pleasure. Airlines demand still more- frequent physical examinations of their pilots. The mechanic who works on a plane to keep it in con dition, the pilot who flies .it, the navigator and engineer aboard and the dispatcher who sends the plane on its sons listen) to enjoy latest hearing revolu tion recommended by doctors. Based on Sonotone bone-conduction invention, by passing outer ears. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE ' SONOTONE 839 East ship straight- CAA airways Now being installed by the CAA at the air port is a 3,000-foot high intensity approach light system that will serve to guide a pilot to the runway visually, The banks of lights, spaced at 100-foot intervals, will be fo cused so as to indicate to a pilot whether he is too high, too low or off to the side in his approach for a landing. journey if it is a commercial carrier, must all qualify under CAA rules 'for their compe tency and earn certificates. Progress Watched Inspectors of the CAA also watch over the progress of a new aircraft from the time it is designed until it is in the customer's hands for opera tion, and they prepare stand ards for use by manufacturers in producing safe planes. ; Having helped to produce safe aircraft and competent airmen, the CAA continues to forward to owners the latest information on proper main tenance and special care of their aircraft. The inspectors in the Med ford district safety office are on call 24 hours a day and have under their jurisdiction some 800 aircraft. Another of their duties is the investiga tion of .accidents in the area, in which they try to determine the cause in order to prevent similar mishaps. The CAA, through its of fice of airports, helps cities with land purchases, with constructidh of most buildings except hangers, with lighting, paving and all the facilities that contribute to safety in the airman's use of the air port. Authorized by Congress In 1955 Congress passed a bill authorizing $63,000,000 a year for the federal share in airport construction and im provement in order to bring about an adequate national airport system. Hearing Secret Jackson - Phone SP 2-5904 to where he can intercept the ILS beam for a landing. The addition of a TACAN unit, a simplified VOR system, will soon be in stalled at the building by the CAA. The. TACAN receiver unit weighs less and takes up much less space in the aircraft than the older type, according to Everett Lasher, technical district supervisor. A Medford .airport, the CAA in 1952 paid $100,000 as their share in erecting the $175,000 tower and terminal building, helped pay for pav ing of the apron and laying of storm sewers in addition to standing a good part of the cost of paving taxi strips and roads. They also participated in the installation of an instru ment landing system in 1953, and have shared the cost of land acquisitions for runway extensions clear strip areas and for the high intensity ap proach lighting system now under construction. The ag ency also paid more than half the cost of the recent recon struction of the main runway at Medford airport. Approach Lighting System The full cost of the new ap proach lighting system is be ing paid by the CAA and in the near future they will help install a system of high in tensity runway lights. The runway light project has al ready been sanctioned by CAA engineers and as soon as the detailed plans are ap proved' bids will be let on the project, according to Med ford Airport Manager Rich ard V. Hogan. The job includes installa tion of new lights on the main runway and the transfer of the present lights to the sec ondary east-west runway, Hogan said. The CAA will pay 60 per cent of the cost of installing the new lights and 50 per cent of the cost of mov ing the old lights, Hogan said. Important Part The Medford airport and the CAA play an imporant part in the economy of south ern Oregon, providing a pay roll of $500,000 annually for the 101 persons permanently employed there, according to a recent survey. The city of Medford re ceives an annual income of $40,000 for office rentals, landing privileges and miscel laneous fees. One airline alone pays an average of $900 per month to the city. There are now 20 commercial flights leaving Medford airport daily in addition to many more flights by privately-owned craft, Hogan said. The development of Med ford's airport facilities are due primarily to the never ending interest in safety 1 of the CAA. CAA navigation aids and other installations, such as the instrument landing sys tem, make it possible now to handle large volumes of traf- CHECK MAP Above, CAA Airways Technical District Supervisor Everett Lasher (left) and his deputy, Oscar Rass mussen, consult an aeronautical map of the Lakeview area while they discuss the installation of a new VOR transmit ter there. Looking on is district secretary Drucilla Haver stick. Lasher's job is to oversee operation and maintenance of numerous pieces of CAA electrical equipment in Med ford, Klamath Falls, Red Bluff, Montague, Crescent City and Areata, Calif., that direct aircraft in flight. The air ways technical district supervisor's office is located in the brick building south of the Medford tower that was origin ally occupied by the Air Force. PROFICIENCY TRAINING The 11 CAA employees who man the Medford airport tower and are directly responsible for the safety of our aircraft in flight, never finish training. , Part of their job is the constant effort to learn more than they knew the day before about air traffic control. Above, Chief of the Combined Station Tower Grant C. Bourquin, left, goes over a theoretical problem in air traffic control with Airways Operations Specialist Robert Browne. All of the 11 employees make up and solve, their own air. traffic problems which are graded at the end of a 30-day period and necessary study is prescribed. fic safely, attracting com merical air lines as well as private craft to make use of the field. Main Factors The strategic location of the airport, between Portland and San Francisco and ' the constant improvement being made by the CAA are main factors in the airport's growth. Among plans for future de velopments by the CAA is the installation of a radar system here that will show on a screen any aircraft in flight, making it possible to track the plane and guide it to the field in darkness or bad weather. Another improvement al ready in the forming stage is the installation of the new TACAN system locator, a simplified VAR transmitter, that enable a pilot to pin point his own location and fly by needles directly to the Med ford airport. The installation will be made at the present VOR building on Table Rock. Other Aids Other navigation aids now in use in this area include a low frequency beam station located about three miles north of the airport, fan mark ers at Tiller and on Evans creek and light beacons lo cated at Siskiyou summit, Ashland, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Sexton summit and Can youn mountain. The tower Former Manager Of Journal Dies Portland UPI) Gordon F. Law, former business man ager of The Oregon Journal, died Friday at the Rinehart Clinic at Wheeler. He had been ill for some years with leukemia bat had continued to lead an active life. Law had lived with his wife at Arch Cape, Ore., following his retirement from The Jour nal in 1951. He was 71 at the time of his death. Law was a native of Scot land and moved to' Portland in 1910 by way of Toronto and Winnipeg. He joined The Journal in 1927 and was with the newspaper for 25 years. BID AWARDED Salem' (UPI) The state highway commission Friday awarded a $106,574 contract to Don Greene Construction company, Salem, for 1.74 miles of grading on the Cape Meares loop road about two miles north of Oceanside. and related communications equipment inside are all a part of the CAA's air traffic control system, as is the delta frame antenna tower at the airport that handles UHF air- ground radio communications, The instrument landing system (ILS) consists of a localizer transmitter building and a shelter housing an an tenna that beams an elec trical path for incoming air craft to follow right down to the runway. In charge of the installa tion and maintenance of this array of electric equipment is Everett Lasher, district air ways technical supervisor, whose office is located in a building south of the Medford airport tower. His assistant is Oscar Rassmussen. Come Long Way The CAA has come a long way since the establishment of the Civil Aeronautics act in 1938, and now, on the thres hold of commercial use of jets, the agency will continue to grow and provide facilities that will make flying even safer. Watching over the flights of private planes and great trans ports will be a dedicated group of air traffic controllers and communicators that make use of every flight aid that has been developed to bring aircraft safely to its destina tion. Pendleton Man Run Over By UP Train Pendleton (UPI) Robert C. Wright, 47, Pendleton, was in critical condition in hos pital here Saturday after being run over by a Union Pacific freight train in south east Pendleton early yester day morning. Wright was hospitalized with serious head injuries, chest contusions and an in jured left foot. Rail officials said he was run over by three box cars and four diesel locomotive units. Engineer Lou D. Hain, La Grande, said he didn't see the man in front of the west bound train until he was about three car lengths away and then it was too late to stop. The U.S. estimates 25 mil lion persons are added to world population yearly. There were 12 higher bidders for the federal aid project. "wy jtMtMtMjMMMelleMWMWeA-MWeel "1 m em BROADCASTS' WEATHER From ' a weather report that comes in on' a special weather teletype in the Medford airport tower, CAA Employee Fred Edens broad casts weather development directly to air craft in flight. Another teletype in the tow er is used for general communication be tween stations, and by an automatic rout REPAIR EQUIPMENT In the picture above, CAA employ pes' Eugene Whitlock and Russ McCurdy of the airways tech hical field offiqe, check radio transmitting units in the equip ment room located under the top floor of the Medford airport tower. A testing unit is shown on the stand in the fore ground. UHF transmitters communications devices are to insure constant electrical CAA has a power plant of its automatically in case of a power failure. ' i INSPECTS WIRING- Harold G. Lane, CAA Aircraft Maintenance Inspector, is shown above checking for de fective wiring on a private plane at Medford airport. All aircraft, some 800 in all, in his district are given a peri odic airworthiness inspection to make sure they are safe to fly. Other employees of the CAA general safety district office in Medford are Supervising Inspector Carl J. Chris tianson and Robert Kagy, both of whom are airmen inspect ors, seeing to it that pilots have passed periodic physical examinations and are qualified CAA license holders. I Air Conditioned ' i Comfort No matter what the weather,' all who attend services at Conger-Morris will fifid a ft atmosphere that is always fresh and comfortable because of our large refrigerator type air conditioning unit Conur-Morris W WEST MAIN AT SIXTH "Your. TV Weatherman" KBES-TV Monday Thru Friday . 5:00 p.m. lYicmuei lauunai ?citl.(eu itiwi liwiai ia uy iiiruatiuii ing system, an message directly to any CAA station in the United States. The men whoeworj in the tower ' are specially-trained technicians that control flight traffic, guide in lost pi lots and relay vital information to air craft, looking after their safety on the run way and in flight. The tower is manned ,24 hours a day. , , and receivers as well as other housed in the room. In order power to run equipment, the own at the airport that cuts in ASHLAND MORTUARY 4th and C Streets, Ashland " operator here can efend Two Medford Boys Named fo Positions Corvallis Two Medford High school students were elected to public office Thurs day at the 22nd annual Bea ver Boys State at Oregon State college. Bob Sheldon, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sheldon, 521 South Grape st., was chosen superintendent of public in struction. Selected as a rep resentative from the "County of Buxton" was Gary Cum min gs, also of Medford. i More than 450 boys are at tending the six-day course on citizenship sponsored by the American Legion. FAVOR CONTROLS Portland (UPI) Wheat farmers in Oregon Friday vot ed overwhelmingly in favor of continued rigid controls over the 1959 wheat crop. In complete returns from the na tional referendum in whegt states gave the Oregon vote as 1492 in favor of extended controls to 218 against. Wild buffalo have, long been extinct in Arkansas, but they are still protected by law. Soles - Rentals Foldlmg WHEEL CHAIXf Open Sundays and Holidays 10 a.m. te 9 p.m. J Weekdays 8:30 a.m. te 10 p.m. HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 L.Main Ph. SP 3-5345 1 Block East Hawthorne Park CORN REMOVER Gftre mitant relief from pate emd try remewet herd corns, toft berweee toe, callow tet. papilloma, dub nail. It c oral different edi that soften. and doe not covw the irritation do llrll M usu other hav failed try thi one. 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