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CYRANO de CALTON A.2.C. Raymond Calton has a whale of a costume and a
whale of a nose as he comes to the carnival dressed as a clown. Calton appears to be
watching a rocket at Cape Canaveral, or is he waiting for that nose to blast off?
KANDY KIDS Mrs. Gerald Brown, left, and Mrs. Clyde C. Dupree seem to enjoy
their all night suckers and balloons as they appear at the Mardi Gras dressed like a
pair of Little Lulus. The gals don't appear to be of dancing age, but they probably
went out and cut a rug anyway.
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GETTING INTO THE MOOD The red, white, and blue clown at the entrance of the
Maintenance Hangar where the Mardi Gras carnival was held, helped get couplet
into a festive mood before entering into the activities inside. The clown was de
signed by Lt. Thomas Hanlon, base information officer. At the entry are, from left,
A.2.C. Richard Hunt, Susan Murchison, Hslen Prince and Maj. Thomas J. Green.
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CHIEF IN ACTION Base Commander Col. Edwin J. Witzenberger, dressed as a
caveman, gets in the right frame of mind by beating his wife Eleanor (all in fun, of
course). The Witzenbergers were gaily clad in leopard skins.
MARDI GRAS QUEEN Mrs. Cherie Mae Leonardo of the 422nd Fighter Squadron
Dispensary, left, was chosen as queen of the Kingsley Field Mardi Gras and Cindy Har
less of the Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was picked as the runnerup.
The girls were selected by votes which could be purchased for five cents apiece.
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Jetliners Overhauled
For Passenger Comfort
THE DIP THAT REFRESHES Base Commander Wit
lenberaer seems to enjoy the water after one of his men
arrears to have hit the target givmg the commander
jood dunking. Officers and NCOt took turns sittmg on
the platform while the airmen tried to hit the bullseya
with a baseball touching off the dunking lever. This, na
turally, was one of the most popular sports of the evening.
The Mardi Gras Benefit that
was held at Kingsley Field March
1 was a whopping success with a
total of $1.(122 collected to be do
nated to the Presbyterian Inter
community Hospital Building
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At least 1 .2(H) persons attended
the gala costume alluir and
danced all night to the strains
of the Ualcly Kvans Orchestra
Baldy donated the scrvcies of his
croup free of charge.
One of the evening's highlights
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was the selection of a Mardi Gras
Queen and the coveted crown went
to Mrs. Cherie Mae Leonardo of
the 322nd Fighter Squadron Dis
pensary.
Itunncrup was Cindy Har-
less. Other squadron princesses
Alio competed for the crown were
Helen Prince and Linda Henry of
the Materiel Squadron; Alice Per-
rett and Marchelle Nickcrl of the
Air Base Squadron; Susan Mur
chison and Miss Harlcss of the
Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance
Squadron, and Sharon Mitchell of
the Radar Squadron.
Some of the fun games and
booths that helped bring coins
into the hospital fund coffers were
the dart booth, ring the duck, a
penny pitch, a .38 caliber pistol
shoot with wax bullets, a basket
ball throw, a car bash booth (two
swings with a sledge hammer for
25 cents) and a dunking tub
for officers and NCOs who are
"all wet."
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TULSA, Okla. (UPD If you
ever saw a jet airliner with its
insides taken out. you would
hardly recognize it.
But that's the job of a team
of American Airlines maintenance
men here to strip down the
big planes, take them apart, piece
by piece, and then put them back
together again like an oversize
jigsaw puzzle.
The project is part of a costly
effort by the nation's commercial
airlines to keep their planes in
top shape, not just in accord with
federal regulations, but far be
yond these standards.
As each plane flies in te Amer
ican's maintenance base near the
Tulsa Municipal Airport, a clean
ina crew scrubs it down, from
radar nose to rudder, by hand
Airline people says this process
is more economical than build
ing a complex washing apparatus
Then the plane is towed into the
overhaul hanger and placed in a
dock, ready for the five-day job
of making It "more than ready
for the air again.
me company s planes are
brought to Tulsa about once
year, long before they really arc
in need of an overhaul. This is
an example of the airlines' efforts
to stay a few steps ahead in the
safety game.
Groups Take Sections
The tedious job of taking the
plane apart usually begins on the
"graveyard" shift at midnight
Sunday. Separate groups of work
ers concentrate on certain parts!
of the plane the airframe, the
passenger cabin, the pilot's inslru
ment panel.
The engine gets special treat
ment. Kach plane is brought in
several times a year for engine
overhaul, because the engine
usually needs much more care
than the rest of the craft.
In the regular overhaul, the
passenger cabin takes on a biz
arre appearance. The scats arc re
moved, one by one. Any tears in
the upholstery are repaired and
stains are removed.
The rugs come up, and the light
ing and air conditioning median
isms above each scat are taken
apart. The maintenance base has
Its own uphostcry and rug de-
pa runcnt.
YOU TAKE THE CAKE Colonel Witzenberger, left, presents a cake to M.Sgt. Eu
gene Renwick, who was a winner in on of the 15 best costume categories. The win
ner in each category received a nice juicy cake, possibly to bs used later when the
evening got into nigh gear. Master of Caremonios Capt, Frank Stockton stands be
hind the microphone.
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YOU'RE ALL WET SERGEANT M. Sgt. Ronald J. Lenahan took hit turn on the throne
and one of the base pitchers threw a strike. Lenahan doesn't seem to mind, however,
floating around in his survival pants.