Page Eight Bicycle P!lots Check List for Buzzin'Safely 1. Avoid busy streets when- ever you can. Expressway rid- ing is definitely out. 2. Keep your bicycle under control - no tricky steering, weaving or racing. 3. Stay on the right side of the street, close to the curb. Move with traffic and watch for parked cars turning out or car doors opening suddenly. 4. Travel in single file when riding with others. Follow a full bike's length behind. 5. Steer with both hands on the handle grips except to sig- nal when turning, stopping or leaving the curb. 6. Ride alone, and no big bundles. Another person or a I a r g e package on your bike can block your vis ion and throw you off balance. 7. Come to a dead stop at all stop signs, yield signs and red or amber traffic lights. 8. Stop, look and listen be- fore entering a street from a sidewalk, driveway or alley. Drivers may not see you. 9. Use your own power. Hitching onto moving vehicles is against the law and in case of sudden stops or swerves, off the bike you'd go. 10. Do your riding in the daytime. If you must ride at night, wear something white and turn on your hehts. 11. Be ready to put on the brakes at intersections -- no pedal p u m pin g as you ap- proach. Get off and walk your bike across busy streets, inside the white lines. 12. Let people on foot and other vehicles go first w hen they're about to cross in front of you. Concert Group To Offer TIckets For 1966 Season In an effort to sell out the Station Theatre for its series of five concerts this season, the China Lake Civic Concert As- sociation is conducting a sales campaign which will continue until October 3. Seats will be selected on Oc- tober 3 by persons purchasing season tickets during this cam- paign in time for the first con- cert, the Fiesta Mexicana, on October 5. Persons interested in infor- mation about the series may contact any of the following residents who are acting as salesmen for the campaign: Mrs. Wallace Allan, Mrs. C. J. Renne, R. J. Stirton, K. W. Heyhoe, Mrs. Roger Wicken- den, "Bud" Sewell, War r e n Stump, and Mrs. R. T. Merri- am. From TO ROCKETEER Friday, September 23, 1966 Pins Presented For Relief Service Artist to Lecture, Demonstrate For Art League Meet The Desert Art League will resume its meetings on Mon- day, September 26, at 8 p.m. at the Community C e n t e r. Courtney Mil e s of Barstow will be the featured speaker and will pre sen t a lecture- demonstration. Mr. Miles' works have been exhibited throughout the Unit- ed States and Europe. His in- terest in art d ate s back to when he was a boy and want- ed to draw everything that he saw, especially animals. Out of this childhood hobby came ev- entually a career in art. DONATED HOURS NET AWARDS - The t h r e e lodi.. shown with Copt.in John I, H.rdy, left, ond Ch.pl.in P.ul ROfNIntum, right, hove tot.led oyer 700 hours in Navy Relief work_ Receiving the .pproprl.te ow.rds and pins from Copt_ Herdy ere (I-r) Lou C. r r, 100 hour.; Mary CI.pp, 600 hours; and Joan Ellehen, 100 hours. Having experimented wit h both oils and pastels, Mr. Miles combines the two in a single painting and employs the pas- tels for highlights or brilliant effects. He makes his own pas- tels and molds them i n t 0 cubes which enables him to work with understanding and dexterity. He has been com- pared to Remington in his sub- ject matter for his paintings. Maxine Booty, president of the Desert Art League, will open the meeting at 8 p.m. with a few short announce- ments and the rest of the eve- ning will be devoted to Mr. Miles' presentation. All persons interested in art are invited to attend. Detective Cline Retires After 22 ROBERT F. CLINE POLICE OFFICER FOR 22 YEARS - Robert F. Cline, Supervisory Detective, w i I I retire on Wednesday, Sap- temper 28, after 22 ye..... a Police Officer .t NOTS_ Cline st.rted .t Chin. Lake in Noyember 1944 01 a dep- uty sheriff. In 1945 he join- ed the newly formed NOTS Security Police. Cline will make his home in Ridgecre,t with his wife Loyo, .t 1109 Franklin Driye_ Series E Savings Bonds in the $25-to-$200 range account- ed for $1,675 million in sales during the first six months of 1966 - six per cent above a year ago and the highest for the same period since 1946. PLACE .STAMP HERE ISHOWBOAT I FRIDAY SlPrEMIR 22 " HOW THE WEST WAS WON" (152 Mi...) Jam.s St.wart, Carroll Boker 7:30 p.m. (Ww.rn ~d. i.. Co....) Many stOriM w ithin a story or. told a. pioneers move to conquer the W.s' and on overage fam- ily il followed IhrOlJghOlJI a generation. Sensational thrill, re.ult from a railroad holdup and wreck, buffalo .to~, In- dian raids, etc. A clonic to b. ...n again and againl (Adults, Youth.) SATURDAY HPTEMaER 24 -MATiNEE- "MISTY" (92 Mi...) David ladd 1:00 p.m. SItorts: " Un..........0 .. (7 Min.) "Capt. KicW No. S" (I' Mi...) --EYENINO-- "notE CAT" (17 Min.) Roger Perry, Peggy Ann Garner 7:30 p.m. (Dro.... in Color) A small boy is en· dangered when he seel a modern-day cat- tle rustler commit a crime. The boy hides out in the hilll with a tome, but unpr. d ictoble mountain lion 01 hi, family and Ihe rustler seek him. An ocN.nlure. (Aduln, YOIJth, Mature Children.) Short.: ''Th. Yiolinis'" (7 Min.) r'CI_n Pri..c. of Ro..lin' .. (10 Min.) SUNDAY-MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2S-U " CAST A GIANT SHADOW" (131 Mi...) Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, Fronk Sinatra 7:30 p.m. (Adv.n,.,u. in Color) An incredible Sfor( of Israel, and the American officer who a v ere a m e resentment and many ob- sloclel to unify makeshift military faction. thai exi.led a s Ih. Stiti.h farcel withdrew in 1947. Action, drama, humor and a bit of romance make this on absorbing DON'T MISS film. Top cost. (Adult., YOIJth and Mature Children.) TUESOAY·WEDNESDAY SEPTEMIER 27-21 " STAOICOACH" (114 Min.) Ann Morg,..', Red Buttons, Bing Crosby 7:30 p.m. (O~ Dro.... in Co~r) An Army cop· ,oin's wife, a donee hall girl, a liquor sal••man, a battl. -Iavin' doctor, a manhall and a prisoner ott ride the stage 10 Chey. enne. Their oclion. on the hectic trip cul- minate in a clonic adventure of romance, humor and excitemen' galore. See Bing's most unusual ralel (Adults, Youth.) THURSDAY-FRIDAY SEPTEMIER 2f.JO ·...AND NOW MIGUEL" (f,4 Min.) 'Michael Ansara, Guy Stockwell 7:30 p.m. (Outdoo.- Dro.... in Color) Interesting slory of a to-year old bay'. impalience 10 join his father and bJ'alhers in coring for a huge flack of .heep. An adventure of Ihe sheepherder and his arch.enemy Ihe wolf pack! II" different. (Adult., YOIJth, Chil- dren.) Shorts: " Pranicol Yolk" (7 Min.) "Groot Ri• .," (9 Min.) It's a tough world for the American businessman. Eve- rytime he comes up with some- thing new, the Russians invent it a week earlier and the Jap- anese make it cheaper. Red Cross Aides Will Be Trained A 20-hour class leading to a certificate as a Red Cross So- cial We I far e Aide will be taught the first two weeks of October. Social Welfare Aides assist military men and their famil- ies with communication, veri- fying the need for emergency leave, and the various 0 the r functions. Wives wishing to serve one day a month should call Mrs. Frederick DeHam at Ext. 725- 313, or Mrs. Robert Merriam at Ext. 725232, to register. Aetna Insurance Man Will Visit Station Howard Keenan, a represen- tative from Aetna Insurance is scheduled to be abo a r d the Station on Thursday and Fri- day of next week, September 29 and 30. He will be available for consultation at the Com- munity Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 on Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS l-Bay attendants 6_ Lance 11.Repruenta. tive 12-Separated '''-City in Russia 15·Din 17·Symbal for gold l8·Warm 19.Mountain lakes 20·Peer Gynt's m other 21-CanJunction 22· Bristles 23·N. 1Ifrow open in, 24·Scoffed 26· Profits 27.Young girl 28·Ache 29. Freshet 3l.Amass 34·Sh.1lllaw vessels 35_ Portio ns of medicine 36·Three_toed sloth S. Lawma king bodies 6·Backbone 7- Free ticket 8_ Before g·Near lO·Cause l'-Clayey urth 13-Pieces for 'wo 16· Toward the mouth 19·8rief 2O.Place in line 22-Chy .t ,''', F....,. I",. AUSTIN E_ ROSS Ross Transfers To The Bay Area Naval Shipyard Austin E. Ross, Head of the Employee - Management Rela- tions Division, will end over 12 years of employment at NOTS today. He transfers Monday to the San Fr.ancisco Bay Naval Ship- yard, comprised of facilities at Mare lsland and Hunters Point, where he will head the Em- ployee - Management Relations D i vis ion. He will make his headquarters at Mare Island and travel to Hunters Poi n t once a week. "It is with reluctance I leave China Lake. I have made many friends here and it is an ideal place to live. My new job is a promotion but it is the chal- lenge it presents that prompt- ed my decision," Ross noted. A f.rewell perty this even- ing at the Office.. Club from 6 to 8 p_m_ will be held in Ross' honor. It will provide .n opportunity for his m 0 n y friends .nd fellow employ... to bid him goodbye_ A graduate of the Universi- ty of Redlands with a B.A. de- gree in Economics, Ross came to NOTS Personnel Depart- me[!t in June, 1952, as a GS-5 (Continued on P.ge 4) Council Seeks Candidates For Nine Precincts The Board of Directors of the Community Council is seek- ing candidates for the director vacancies which are to be fill- ed d uri n g the November 8 General Election, Vice Presi- .dent Bernard Connolly has an- nounced. Vacancies exist in all pre- cincts as well as in the at-large pOSition. Precinct boundaries are indicated on the back of the Station telephone directo- ry. Community Council mem- bership consists of all Station residents over the age of 18. The Board of Directors is the governing body of the CounCil, and it is composed of two di- rectors from each of nine pre- cincts, plus two directors-at- large. All m e m b e r s of the Council are eligible to be nom- inated for precinct director. Persons interested in being nominated should contact one of the members of the nomin- ating committee. They are Ber- nard Connolly, Dave Johanson, and Gene RoselJini. TEMPERAYURES Max. Min. Sopt_ 16 97 49 Sopt. 17 98 59 Sopt_ 18 90 67 Sopt_ 19 80 53 UNDER THE SEA TO THE STARS Sopt_ 20 ............ 91 53 Sopt_ 21 98 55 Vol. XXI, No_ 38 Noy.1 Ordn.nce Test Stotion, Chin. L...., C.ltem;' Fri_, Sopt_ 23, 1966 Sopt. 22 ......_..... 100 59 Oldest Method of Flight Used In Tests of Future Equipment THE FLIGHT BEGINS - The fi..t of leY- enl flights of the day is about 15 seconds under way. The balloon is 10 ..fe that pi- lot Jimmie M. Craig and Briteye Project En- gineer has no need for a parachute. On this particular test, Craig dropped the flor. from approximately 5,000 feet. He I.nded .bout thr.. miles from the point of t.k. off_Other flights of the doy required drops from h i 9 her .ltitud.._ Note the Briteye flare container .ttached to the side of " the gondola. -Photo by PH-I David Hobbs Time-Sharing on Computers Is Subject of MIT Professor Dr. R. M. Fano, Professor of Engineering and of Electrical Communications at the lIIassa- chusetts Institute of Technolo- gy, will be on the Station Tues- day, September 27, to present a lecture on Time-Sharin l~ on Computers. . Dr. Fano is the Director of Project MAC at MIT. MAC is a large time-sharing computer system being developed to pro- vide a system available to a large number of people and to explore ways in which comput- ers can aid people in their cre- ative work, whether it be re- search, engineering, design, management or education. Dr. Fano will demonstrate the use of the system at MIT by means of a teletype machine tied directly to the computer there. He will also discuss the variety of applications for this type of computer system. This lecture, which will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Com- munity Center, is the first of a series in the area of computer sciences being planned as a joint effort by the Office of Naval Research, the Naval Ord- nance Systems Command, and the Naval Ordnance Test Sta- tion. Hot Air Balloon Proves Its Worth As Test Vehicle BY DAVID L_ KIMSEY New pages in .viation histo- ry are being written every day with little or no effect on the general public, and NOTS has contributed its share· of these pages, but seldom with such amazing results as was seen this week. To say that the ancient and the future could be combined to 0 b t a i n desirable results would no doubt create serious questions in the minds of ma- ny. Yet, that is exactly what has been done. Put .nd Future Jimmie M. Craig of Cod e 4035, and Project Engineer on the Briteye Project, has ad- apted man's earliest method of flight, the balloon, to the yet un-developed Briteye, an air- craft flare. The results have been more than desirable. One of the problems tho t f.ced the ongin...s of the Pro- iect was how to c....t. • st. ble pl.tform from which to drop the flore. A helicopter would not work becou.. of the vibr.tion .nd wind effect from the rotor bl.des_ Besides, it w.s costly_ Naturally the airplane was ruled out because of its for- ward motion. It also required a special container for the flare w h i c h made this operation even more costly than the hel- icopter and still did not an- swer the questions. Balloon Ch.mpion At this point many would have been stumped, but not Craig, who is also the National Hot Air Balloon Champion. What could be more natural than for him to combine his favorite sport with his proj- ect? And what could be more pleasurable to any engineer than to have his idea pro v e successful at a cost of about one tenth of the other meth- ods? Yet this is exactly the re- sult that was obtained. When fully infl.ted, the bol- loon _ ..ures 50 fHt in dl.m- eter .nd 80 feet in length_ It is powered by • propene burn- er that develops 3,000,000 BTU which is equiy.lent to 800 horsepower. Craig, who has piloted the balloon over 50 miles non-stop and has taken it to an altitude of 20,000 feet, said, "The bal- loon has worked out surpris- ingly well in our project. It is as stable as anyone could ask and can reach an altitude of 25,000 feet if necessary." Low Cost Operation When fully inflated, the 62,- 000 cubic feet of hot air can stay aloft for nearly five hours with two people aboard at the iContinued on Page 3) , OCR Text: Page Eight Bicycle P!lots Check List for Buzzin'Safely 1. Avoid busy streets when- ever you can. Expressway rid- ing is definitely out. 2. Keep your bicycle under control - no tricky steering, weaving or racing. 3. Stay on the right side of the street, close to the curb. Move with traffic and watch for parked cars turning out or car doors opening suddenly. 4. Travel in single file when riding with others. Follow a full bike's length behind. 5. Steer with both hands on the handle grips except to sig- nal when turning, stopping or leaving the curb. 6. Ride alone, and no big bundles. Another person or a I a r g e package on your bike can block your vis ion and throw you off balance. 7. Come to a dead stop at all stop signs, yield signs and red or amber traffic lights. 8. Stop, look and listen be- fore entering a street from a sidewalk, driveway or alley. Drivers may not see you. 9. Use your own power. Hitching onto moving vehicles is against the law and in case of sudden stops or swerves, off the bike you'd go. 10. Do your riding in the daytime. If you must ride at night, wear something white and turn on your hehts. 11. Be ready to put on the brakes at intersections -- no pedal p u m pin g as you ap- proach. Get off and walk your bike across busy streets, inside the white lines. 12. Let people on foot and other vehicles go first w hen they're about to cross in front of you. Concert Group To Offer TIckets For 1966 Season In an effort to sell out the Station Theatre for its series of five concerts this season, the China Lake Civic Concert As- sociation is conducting a sales campaign which will continue until October 3. Seats will be selected on Oc- tober 3 by persons purchasing season tickets during this cam- paign in time for the first con- cert, the Fiesta Mexicana, on October 5. Persons interested in infor- mation about the series may contact any of the following residents who are acting as salesmen for the campaign: Mrs. Wallace Allan, Mrs. C. J. Renne, R. J. Stirton, K. W. Heyhoe, Mrs. Roger Wicken- den, "Bud" Sewell, War r e n Stump, and Mrs. R. T. Merri- am. From TO ROCKETEER Friday, September 23, 1966 Pins Presented For Relief Service Artist to Lecture, Demonstrate For Art League Meet The Desert Art League will resume its meetings on Mon- day, September 26, at 8 p.m. at the Community C e n t e r. Courtney Mil e s of Barstow will be the featured speaker and will pre sen t a lecture- demonstration. Mr. Miles' works have been exhibited throughout the Unit- ed States and Europe. His in- terest in art d ate s back to when he was a boy and want- ed to draw everything that he saw, especially animals. Out of this childhood hobby came ev- entually a career in art. DONATED HOURS NET AWARDS - The t h r e e lodi.. shown with Copt.in John I, H.rdy, left, ond Ch.pl.in P.ul ROfNIntum, right, hove tot.led oyer 700 hours in Navy Relief work_ Receiving the .pproprl.te ow.rds and pins from Copt_ Herdy ere (I-r) Lou C. r r, 100 hour.; Mary CI.pp, 600 hours; and Joan Ellehen, 100 hours. Having experimented wit h both oils and pastels, Mr. Miles combines the two in a single painting and employs the pas- tels for highlights or brilliant effects. He makes his own pas- tels and molds them i n t 0 cubes which enables him to work with understanding and dexterity. He has been com- pared to Remington in his sub- ject matter for his paintings. Maxine Booty, president of the Desert Art League, will open the meeting at 8 p.m. with a few short announce- ments and the rest of the eve- ning will be devoted to Mr. Miles' presentation. All persons interested in art are invited to attend. Detective Cline Retires After 22 ROBERT F. CLINE POLICE OFFICER FOR 22 YEARS - Robert F. Cline, Supervisory Detective, w i I I retire on Wednesday, Sap- temper 28, after 22 ye..... a Police Officer .t NOTS_ Cline st.rted .t Chin. Lake in Noyember 1944 01 a dep- uty sheriff. In 1945 he join- ed the newly formed NOTS Security Police. Cline will make his home in Ridgecre,t with his wife Loyo, .t 1109 Franklin Driye_ Series E Savings Bonds in the $25-to-$200 range account- ed for $1,675 million in sales during the first six months of 1966 - six per cent above a year ago and the highest for the same period since 1946. PLACE .STAMP HERE ISHOWBOAT I FRIDAY SlPrEMIR 22 " HOW THE WEST WAS WON" (152 Mi...) Jam.s St.wart, Carroll Boker 7:30 p.m. (Ww.rn ~d. i.. Co....) Many stOriM w ithin a story or. told a. pioneers move to conquer the W.s' and on overage fam- ily il followed IhrOlJghOlJI a generation. Sensational thrill, re.ult from a railroad holdup and wreck, buffalo .to~, In- dian raids, etc. A clonic to b. ...n again and againl (Adults, Youth.) SATURDAY HPTEMaER 24 -MATiNEE- "MISTY" (92 Mi...) David ladd 1:00 p.m. SItorts: " Un..........0 .. (7 Min.) "Capt. KicW No. S" (I' Mi...) --EYENINO-- "notE CAT" (17 Min.) Roger Perry, Peggy Ann Garner 7:30 p.m. (Dro.... in Color) A small boy is en· dangered when he seel a modern-day cat- tle rustler commit a crime. The boy hides out in the hilll with a tome, but unpr. d ictoble mountain lion 01 hi, family and Ihe rustler seek him. An ocN.nlure. (Aduln, YOIJth, Mature Children.) Short.: ''Th. Yiolinis'" (7 Min.) r'CI_n Pri..c. of Ro..lin' .. (10 Min.) SUNDAY-MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2S-U " CAST A GIANT SHADOW" (131 Mi...) Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, Fronk Sinatra 7:30 p.m. (Adv.n,.,u. in Color) An incredible Sfor( of Israel, and the American officer who a v ere a m e resentment and many ob- sloclel to unify makeshift military faction. thai exi.led a s Ih. Stiti.h farcel withdrew in 1947. Action, drama, humor and a bit of romance make this on absorbing DON'T MISS film. Top cost. (Adult., YOIJth and Mature Children.) TUESOAY·WEDNESDAY SEPTEMIER 27-21 " STAOICOACH" (114 Min.) Ann Morg,..', Red Buttons, Bing Crosby 7:30 p.m. (O~ Dro.... in Co~r) An Army cop· ,oin's wife, a donee hall girl, a liquor sal••man, a battl. -Iavin' doctor, a manhall and a prisoner ott ride the stage 10 Chey. enne. Their oclion. on the hectic trip cul- minate in a clonic adventure of romance, humor and excitemen' galore. See Bing's most unusual ralel (Adults, Youth.) THURSDAY-FRIDAY SEPTEMIER 2f.JO ·...AND NOW MIGUEL" (f,4 Min.) 'Michael Ansara, Guy Stockwell 7:30 p.m. (Outdoo.- Dro.... in Color) Interesting slory of a to-year old bay'. impalience 10 join his father and bJ'alhers in coring for a huge flack of .heep. An adventure of Ihe sheepherder and his arch.enemy Ihe wolf pack! II" different. (Adult., YOIJth, Chil- dren.) Shorts: " Pranicol Yolk" (7 Min.) "Groot Ri• .," (9 Min.) It's a tough world for the American businessman. Eve- rytime he comes up with some- thing new, the Russians invent it a week earlier and the Jap- anese make it cheaper. Red Cross Aides Will Be Trained A 20-hour class leading to a certificate as a Red Cross So- cial We I far e Aide will be taught the first two weeks of October. Social Welfare Aides assist military men and their famil- ies with communication, veri- fying the need for emergency leave, and the various 0 the r functions. Wives wishing to serve one day a month should call Mrs. Frederick DeHam at Ext. 725- 313, or Mrs. Robert Merriam at Ext. 725232, to register. Aetna Insurance Man Will Visit Station Howard Keenan, a represen- tative from Aetna Insurance is scheduled to be abo a r d the Station on Thursday and Fri- day of next week, September 29 and 30. He will be available for consultation at the Com- munity Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 on Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS l-Bay attendants 6_ Lance 11.Repruenta. tive 12-Separated '''-City in Russia 15·Din 17·Symbal for gold l8·Warm 19.Mountain lakes 20·Peer Gynt's m other 21-CanJunction 22· Bristles 23·N. 1Ifrow open in, 24·Scoffed 26· Profits 27.Young girl 28·Ache 29. Freshet 3l.Amass 34·Sh.1lllaw vessels 35_ Portio ns of medicine 36·Three_toed sloth S. Lawma king bodies 6·Backbone 7- Free ticket 8_ Before g·Near lO·Cause l'-Clayey urth 13-Pieces for 'wo 16· Toward the mouth 19·8rief 2O.Place in line 22-Chy .t ,''', F....,. I",. AUSTIN E_ ROSS Ross Transfers To The Bay Area Naval Shipyard Austin E. Ross, Head of the Employee - Management Rela- tions Division, will end over 12 years of employment at NOTS today. He transfers Monday to the San Fr.ancisco Bay Naval Ship- yard, comprised of facilities at Mare lsland and Hunters Point, where he will head the Em- ployee - Management Relations D i vis ion. He will make his headquarters at Mare Island and travel to Hunters Poi n t once a week. "It is with reluctance I leave China Lake. I have made many friends here and it is an ideal place to live. My new job is a promotion but it is the chal- lenge it presents that prompt- ed my decision," Ross noted. A f.rewell perty this even- ing at the Office.. Club from 6 to 8 p_m_ will be held in Ross' honor. It will provide .n opportunity for his m 0 n y friends .nd fellow employ... to bid him goodbye_ A graduate of the Universi- ty of Redlands with a B.A. de- gree in Economics, Ross came to NOTS Personnel Depart- me[!t in June, 1952, as a GS-5 (Continued on P.ge 4) Council Seeks Candidates For Nine Precincts The Board of Directors of the Community Council is seek- ing candidates for the director vacancies which are to be fill- ed d uri n g the November 8 General Election, Vice Presi- .dent Bernard Connolly has an- nounced. Vacancies exist in all pre- cincts as well as in the at-large pOSition. Precinct boundaries are indicated on the back of the Station telephone directo- ry. Community Council mem- bership consists of all Station residents over the age of 18. The Board of Directors is the governing body of the CounCil, and it is composed of two di- rectors from each of nine pre- cincts, plus two directors-at- large. All m e m b e r s of the Council are eligible to be nom- inated for precinct director. Persons interested in being nominated should contact one of the members of the nomin- ating committee. They are Ber- nard Connolly, Dave Johanson, and Gene RoselJini. TEMPERAYURES Max. Min. Sopt_ 16 97 49 Sopt. 17 98 59 Sopt_ 18 90 67 Sopt_ 19 80 53 UNDER THE SEA TO THE STARS Sopt_ 20 ............ 91 53 Sopt_ 21 98 55 Vol. XXI, No_ 38 Noy.1 Ordn.nce Test Stotion, Chin. L...., C.ltem;' Fri_, Sopt_ 23, 1966 Sopt. 22 ......_..... 100 59 Oldest Method of Flight Used In Tests of Future Equipment THE FLIGHT BEGINS - The fi..t of leY- enl flights of the day is about 15 seconds under way. The balloon is 10 ..fe that pi- lot Jimmie M. Craig and Briteye Project En- gineer has no need for a parachute. On this particular test, Craig dropped the flor. from approximately 5,000 feet. He I.nded .bout thr.. miles from the point of t.k. off_Other flights of the doy required drops from h i 9 her .ltitud.._ Note the Briteye flare container .ttached to the side of " the gondola. -Photo by PH-I David Hobbs Time-Sharing on Computers Is Subject of MIT Professor Dr. R. M. Fano, Professor of Engineering and of Electrical Communications at the lIIassa- chusetts Institute of Technolo- gy, will be on the Station Tues- day, September 27, to present a lecture on Time-Sharin l~ on Computers. . Dr. Fano is the Director of Project MAC at MIT. MAC is a large time-sharing computer system being developed to pro- vide a system available to a large number of people and to explore ways in which comput- ers can aid people in their cre- ative work, whether it be re- search, engineering, design, management or education. Dr. Fano will demonstrate the use of the system at MIT by means of a teletype machine tied directly to the computer there. He will also discuss the variety of applications for this type of computer system. This lecture, which will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Com- munity Center, is the first of a series in the area of computer sciences being planned as a joint effort by the Office of Naval Research, the Naval Ord- nance Systems Command, and the Naval Ordnance Test Sta- tion. Hot Air Balloon Proves Its Worth As Test Vehicle BY DAVID L_ KIMSEY New pages in .viation histo- ry are being written every day with little or no effect on the general public, and NOTS has contributed its share· of these pages, but seldom with such amazing results as was seen this week. To say that the ancient and the future could be combined to 0 b t a i n desirable results would no doubt create serious questions in the minds of ma- ny. Yet, that is exactly what has been done. Put .nd Future Jimmie M. Craig of Cod e 4035, and Project Engineer on the Briteye Project, has ad- apted man's earliest method of flight, the balloon, to the yet un-developed Briteye, an air- craft flare. The results have been more than desirable. One of the problems tho t f.ced the ongin...s of the Pro- iect was how to c....t. • st. ble pl.tform from which to drop the flore. A helicopter would not work becou.. of the vibr.tion .nd wind effect from the rotor bl.des_ Besides, it w.s costly_ Naturally the airplane was ruled out because of its for- ward motion. It also required a special container for the flare w h i c h made this operation even more costly than the hel- icopter and still did not an- swer the questions. Balloon Ch.mpion At this point many would have been stumped, but not Craig, who is also the National Hot Air Balloon Champion. What could be more natural than for him to combine his favorite sport with his proj- ect? And what could be more pleasurable to any engineer than to have his idea pro v e successful at a cost of about one tenth of the other meth- ods? Yet this is exactly the re- sult that was obtained. When fully infl.ted, the bol- loon _ ..ures 50 fHt in dl.m- eter .nd 80 feet in length_ It is powered by • propene burn- er that develops 3,000,000 BTU which is equiy.lent to 800 horsepower. Craig, who has piloted the balloon over 50 miles non-stop and has taken it to an altitude of 20,000 feet, said, "The bal- loon has worked out surpris- ingly well in our project. It is as stable as anyone could ask and can reach an altitude of 25,000 feet if necessary." Low Cost Operation When fully inflated, the 62,- 000 cubic feet of hot air can stay aloft for nearly five hours with two people aboard at the iContinued on Page 3) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1960s,Rocketeer 1966,Rktr9.23.1966.pdf,Rktr9.23.1966.pdf Page 1, Rktr9.23.1966.pdf Page 1