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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
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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.
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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
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tion recommended by doctors. Based on
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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.
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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.
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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