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VOL. 23, NO. 16 AUGUST 4, 1960 CAB Affirms CAB Examiner Endorses TWA STL-MI A Route Award TWA Route Application WASHINGTON—Attempts to upset TWA's operating authority be tween St. Louis and Miami were For Tokyo, Hong Kong rejected last week by the Civil Aeronautics Board. WASHINGTON—A CAB examiner has recommended that TWA's By a 3 to 1 vote, the CAB re international routes be extended eastward beyond Bangkok to affirmed its previous award up Hong Kong and Tokyo to connect with Northwest Airlines and holding TWA's operating rights provide the second U. S. flag round-the-world service. between St. Louis and Miami, as The proposed TWA award was included in a sweeping ex well as the intermediate points pansion of U. S. airline service to the Far East recommended by of Nashville, Atlanta, Tampa/St. CAB examiner William J. Madden. TWA, Northwest, Pan Ameri Petersburg /Clearwater, and Ft. Lauderdale. can, Hawaiian, South Pacific and Flying Tiger all would get new The Board's latest order pro routes. vides for the re-issuance of TWA's The Tokyo-Hong Kong award, if TO PROMOTE INTERLINE connections to TWA's jets out of Chicago, In flights at seven East Coast and certificate effective September 27. approved by the Civil Aeronautics dianapolis res manager Bill Rambo (left) and DSM Bob Kail cooked up Midwest cities: Boston, New York, As of that date TWA will be Board, would add nearly 3,000 an appealing gimmick—luncheon for Eastern Air Lines reservations and Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing granted permanent authority to miles to TWA's 33,000 miles of sales people. ton, Detroit and Chicago. But it conduct operations between St. overseas routes and increase the would not be allowed to carry pas Louis and the Southeast, and au number of overseas centers served sengers between any points in the thority also to maintain service by TWA to 25. The examiners United States. from Florida to the Pacific Coast, also recommended renewal of via St. Louis, subject to the re TWA Expands Air/Sea Pact TWA's Bangkok-Manila authority Flying Tiger, now a domestic striction involving a change in until service to Hong Kong or cargo carrier, would be allowed to planes. In a significant develop Tokyo is started. serve the Pacific. ment, however, TWA will hence With Major Steamship Lines TWA and Northwest would link Hawaiian Air Lines, which now forth have the option of effecting at both Tokyo and Hong Kong to flies only among the Hawaiian Is a plane-change at either St. Louis NEW YORK—TWA has reached agreement with more than 25 lands, would be authorized to serve steamship lines to expand its trans-Atlantic air/sea cruises. The provide round-the-world service. or Kansas City, although a manda Northwest will inaugurate service the mainland at Los Angeles and air/sea cruise offers a 10 percent discount on both portions of a tory stop at St. Louis will still be to Hong Kong as soon as the San Francisco. The examiner re required. round or circle trip when travel by sea is during the steamship off United States and Great Britain jected bids by Continental and Until the Board's decision goes season. conclude negotiations for landing Western to extend their routes to into effect on September 27, The eastbound low fare trans-Atlantic steamship period is August rights. Hawaii. TWA's existing services, which 23 through April 14, and westbound November 1 through June 21. A final decision on the trans- South Pacific Air Lines, which have been conducted under an ex The portion of travel by air could be taken any time within the Pacific route case is expected be flies only between Hawaii arid emption, will continue without in one-year validity of a ticket. fore the end of the year. Interested Tahiti, would receive an important terruption. In the period when seasonal di parties have 30 days in which to extension to Los Angeles and San rections overlap — November 1 of meetings between the Interna file objections and briefs. Then the Francisco. Its present temporary through April 14—the passenger tional Air Transport Association CAB will make a decision, subject certificate would be renewed five may choose air or sea in either (IATA) and the Trans-Atlantic to the approval of President Eisen years. Air Force Drill direction. Passenger Steamship Conference hower, who has indicated he will Among the major steamship lines (TAPSC). It augments a series of act on the case before he leaves A TWA jet in command of To Halt Flights with whom TWA has concluded air/sea pacts previously negotiated office in January. Captain John Miller of San air/sea agreements are American between airlines and steamship Francisco set a new East-West companies on an individual basis. In addition to recommending NEW YORK—All civilian air travel Export Lines, United States Lines, TWA/Northwest as a second U. S. transcontinental record of 4 in the United States will be American President Lines, Cunard, In addition to making the re flag service around the world, the hours 49 minutes on July 18. grounded for six hours on Septem Home Lines, National Hellenic duced fare possible, the agreement CAB examiner proposed identical Ground speed for the jet, ber 10 to clear the skies for a vast America Lines and the Greek Line. between the airlines and steamship competitive routes for Northwest which carried 95 passengers, U.S. Air Force training exercise. A complete list of the steamship companies offers passengers the and Pan American from the West averaged 645 mph from a The only aircraft flying from 2 to lines covered by the agreement will convenience of purchasing both air Coast cities of Los Angeles, San check point at North Platte, 8 a.m., EDT, will be military. be included in the World Air and sea transportation in one trans Francisco, Seattle and Portland to Nebraska, to San Francisco. The drill will affect not only all Travel Tariff. action, either through TWA, the the Far East. The fastest previous time was the airlines in the United States The greatly expanded air/sea steamship line or an appointed 4 hours 57 minutes, set De Pan American also would be and Canada but also about 30 accord was reached after 12 years travel agent. cember 1, 1959. foreign airlines serving N irth permitted to originate trans-Pacific America. About 18 TWA flights will be affected by the Defense Depart The Board of Directors of TWA announced on July 28 ment order, John Logan, assist that it had accepted the resignation of Charles S. Thomas ant vice president-scheduling, as president. Following the expiration of his two years estimated. It will be necessary to of service as president and chief executive officer and a cancel some flights and reschedule member of the board of directors, Mr. Thomas expressed others in order to position aircraft his desire to return to his family and interests in Cali for resumption of normal opera fornia. The Board of Directors regretfully accepted Mr. tions following the maneuver. Thomas' decision and voted unanimously to express to Advance notice was given so that passengers whose flights are Mr. Thomas its thanks and deepest appreciation for his affected may change their travel unselfish and highly productive service and contribution arrangements with a minimum of to the progress of the airline. inconvenience. Details of schedule Pending the election of a successor, the working opera changes will be announced later. tion of the airline will continue as usual as the responsi TWA, along with other carriers, bility of E. O. Cocke, senior vice president and system has an agreement with the govern general manager. The Executive Committee consisting ment to place a portion of its fleet WHITE GLOVES smartly accent the quality of service an TWA's Polar of Warren Lee Pierson, chairman of the board; A. V. at the disposal of the Military Air SuperJet and Ambassador flights out of San Francisco. Shown prior to Transport Service in time of emer saluting a takeoff are (left to right) DTM-SO Fran Moran, assistant Leslie, Senior Vice President-Finance; Mr. Cocke, and gency, but an FAA spokesman said DTM-SO Bill Waddell, transportation agent Gil Burns, lead agent Dale Board Members H. E. Rogers and T. A. Slack is available there are no plans to include com Keith and transportation agents Dave Brody, Jim Clemmons and John for policy decisions. mercial equipment in this drill. Boucher. SKYUNER TWA
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With their flight over-flying a scheduled stop because of weather, PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY FOR TWA EMPLOYEES and an expectant mother on board, BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT hostesses Joyce Little and Mary O'Reilly had their hands full. For the manner in which they handled Editor's Notes the situation and followed through
We've heard some pretty tall tales, but this one contributed by Tulsa transportation agent Lloyd Lindstrom just about tops them all: On a night jet flight a woman passenger found both rest rooms in the first class section occupied. She tried a third door. After peering into the darkened room she went back to the hostess and reported (or so it is alleged), "I tried those first two doors and couldn't get in, so I tried the third door and there are a bunch of men sitting in there watching television." * * # "WHEN GOOD FELLOWS GET TOGETHER . . ." Laddie Matias (on the Little O'Reilly concertina) and a chorus of fellow TWAers at O'Hare entertain at When Albert Ameen, Jr., of Monmouth, Illinois, calls his pet chihua to see to the passenger's comfort, hua the neighbors are treated to a commercial for TWA. Al named his lunchtime. The vocal ensemble, from the motorization department and building maintenance, are (left to right) Ken Waldenmair, Joe they have earned the Skyliner puppy "JETTWA" after bringing the dog home from Los Angeles via Award of Merit. TWA jet. Eberhart, Fred Swigart, Laddie Matias, Roman Tatarinowicz, Mort Cum- mings and Claude Pope. Laddie's concertina is nearly 100 years old. The woman concerned was trav « « « eling, with another child, on a di Several readers noted the remarkable resemblance between TWA's rect flight from Los Angeles to Jim Boyle and Prince Bainier of Monaco. Boyle was pictured in a recent Wichita. When informed that issue as he arrived in Tokyo to take over his new post as DSM. Promotions Rep Sells 149 ATPs Wichita was closed to traffic and Our colleague Paul Correri, public relations representative at Idlewild, READING—Senior sales represent the flight would proceed to Kan reminds us of another pair of look-alikes—Rex Werner, director of design, and ative Vince Daly of Reading sold sas City, she told the hostesses that and comedian Jerry Colonna. Paul suggested there may be other identi Transfers a record 149 ATP cards to one ac she feared the birth—not expected cal twosomes. If you're the "spittin' image" of some celebrity—or know a count, according to Glenn Craden, until later in the month—might be TWAer who is—why not send in a picture? It might make an interesting Robert M. Crahan, Id. res. sales agt., CLE district sales manager at Philadel imminent. to LAX. phia. Daly's sales were to the feature for the Skyliner. Cari T. Gustafson, to analyst, MKC. They took immediate charge, Carpenter Steel Company, of Read e a * JoAnn K. Hartberg, to sr. typ. elk., NYC. first making her as comfortable as Nancy J. Hayden, res. sales agt., SFO to ing. This topped the previous rec possible and then asking the cap Talking about look-alikes, if you watched the Republican convention CVG. ord of 115 credit cards sold to one Phyllis M. Hendren, to acct. B, MKC. tain to radio ahead for a doctor. on TV and thought you saw a fellow that looked like Graham Smallwood, Marion E. Hockswender, amb. recept., PIT account by Los Angeles sales rep At Kansas City a TWA nurse account executive at Washington, on your screen—that was he. "Chips" to SFO. resentative George Dalton earlier Edward E. Hosman, to trans, agt.-in-chg., and an ambulance met the flight. attended the convention as sergeant-at-arms and was assigned to keep SBN. this year. the aisles clear in front of the speaker's rostrum. Colin F. Mackenzie,
During the past several years there has been increasing specula PR Position tion about the possibility—and the effect—of lightning striking an NEW YORK—The appointment of airplane. The word "lightning" could promote a reaction of fear John J. Corris as director of press in the average uninitiated passenger; it implies a degree of danger relations on the system public re which doesn't actually exist. lations staff in New York has The following article by J. A. Browne, assistant director of mete been announced by vice president orology for TWA, does much to "clear the air." The article ap Gordon Gilmore. peared at length in the May edition of "Flight Facts" monthly Corris, director of public re newsletter of the Flight Operations Department. lations for the Central region, will assume the new post on August 15. Some personnel refer to all aircraft electrical discharges as His responsibilities will encompass "lightning strikes." W^e know that most of these occurrences are the duties formerly assigned to the more likely static discharges. Since the connotation "lightning" pro director of news, and will include motes fear, a brief review of aircraft electrical discharges might the origination, preparation and help us choose more accurate and less terrifying terminology when dissemination of news from the corporate headquarters under the referring to the phenomenon. direction of the vice president of Static electricity is electricity at discharge usually consists of fusing public relations. rest, as contrasted with dynamic of radio antennae and other radio attended the International Con Corris joined TWA in Washing electricity which is electricity in equipment (which by reason of ton in 1947, after wide newspaper motion. their function are not electrically vention of the National Secretaries Association in Pittsburgh. Janet and press association experience. In ordinary terminology, an air bonded to the aircraft body); fus He was appointed manager of pub craft static discharge is an electri ing of small parts of the frame Garlough, manager of women's sales, presented a fashion show. lic relations at Chicago in 1951 cal discharge caused by a differ work; distortion of magnetic and last year was named public re ence of electrical potential between compass calibration; and scars lations director for the Central the aircraft and its surrounding en burned in the outer skin. M region. vironment. The charge on the No direct injury to persons in No Cigarette Can Mak< Larry Murphy, manager of pub aircraft is usually induced by en side the cabin has ever been known lic relations in San Francisco, has tering the electrical field of a to occur, with the exception of been selected to fill Corris' posi charged cloud, or by friction of temporarily reduced vision follow tion, according to J. D. Harrigan, particles, such as wet snow, on the ing the discharge—much the same This Statement " regional vice president of sales. plane's surface. as when your eyes react to a pho Harrigan also announced the ap Los ANGELES—Smoke-filled rooms have been much in the news It is quite similar—except in tographer's flash bulb. pointment of Jerry Cosley as pub these past few weeks. Which brings to mind the filters used in magnitude—to the static discharge There is a slight risk of an elec lic information representative at the air conditioning and cabin pressurization equipment aboard which takes place when you walk trical discharge igniting combusti Chicago. across a rug on a dry day and go ble material, but the fabrics and TWA's jet fleet. Jim Ashlock, formerly on the near a grounded conductor, such interiors of today's aircraft are de No cigarette—king size or regular—has such a filter. So effective staff of the Kansas City Star, has as a radiator pipe. The tingle or signed to minimize or eliminate are the filters or; a jet that even the most chain-smoking delegate joined TWA as technical writer on "shock" you receive is from the this possibility. would have a difficult time recreating the crowded caucus room the system public relations staff discharge of static electricity col An aircraft therefore seems to atmosphere when the political chips are down. in New York. lected on your body from the rug, Making sure that TWA jet pas- usually enhanced by friction be afford excellent protection to its sengers travel in living room com "Where in the world...?" tween your shoes and the rug. passengers from electrical dis lated matter. fort surrounded by the purest air Chicago. This unusual photo of Lightning is an electrical dis charges because the discharge con A cabin pressure regulator or is the work of the AiResearch one of the famed lions standing charge of an accumulation of static centrates on the tough skin of the valve is placed in the lab's altitude Manufacturing Company, which chamber. Then engineers burn guard outside the Art Institute electricity between a charged cloud aircraft. manufactures aircraft pressuriza about 375 pounds of tobacco to was taken by Med Feldman, and the ground, or between one Our jets report far fewer in tion and air conditioning systems. simulate the amount of smoke ex O'Hare ground service helper cloud and another of different stances of static discharges than The "super" filters used aboard haled by passengers in 10 years of and Skyliner field editor. It electrical potential. piston aircraft, even though they a SuperJet are an integral part of flying aboard a jet. earned a "Picture of the Week" An object in the path of a light climb and descend through layers the system of valves and controls award for him in the Chicago ning discharge is said to have sus of atmosphere and conditions con It takes about 30 hours to run which draw out stale air so that American. "I've been looking at tained a "lightning strike." ducive to static discharges. The the tobacco through the filter test. a continuous circulation of pure photos for almost 40 years," The question is, do aircraft sus reason is their smooth, streamlined (Picture what a demonstration this air is constantly maintained. said Tony Berardi, chief photog tain lightning strikes or static dis surfaces. could be on TV!) Then AiResearch Just the same, minute particles rapher for the nev/spaper, "and charges? The answer is, both. technicians evaluate this world's of smoke and tars do collect on the do not recall seeing a similar There is no technical reason why longest draw and adjust the con controls and valves over a period picture. The big cats have prob an aircraft shouldn't occasionally Sydney DSM Elected trols, if necessary, to maintain of time. To insure that these for ably 'looked at the birdie' a happen to be in the ionized path proper function. SYDNEY—District sales manager eign particles don't build up and million times, but always from at the time a lightning bolt crosses Percy Bell has been elected presi clog the air conditioning system's the same classic but unimagina between two clouds or a cloud and dent of the Skal Club, organization vital parts, the AiResearch altitude Spell is something that if a sec tive viewpoint—looking north up the ground. lab conducts periodic tests to safe of travel and transportation repre retary can, she'll never be out of Michigan Avenue." The next question is, what hap sentatives. guard tolerances for the accumu work for too long a . pens? Actually there are no pecul iar effects on the aircraft that would distinguish a particular dis charge. The meteorology staff has analyzed every instance of elec trical discharge reported by TWA aircraft over the past 20 years but has never found a case conclusively proved to have been a lightning strike. In an overwhelming ma jority of cases, where flight mete orological data were available, weather conditions favored accu mulation of static electricity on the aircraft. We have concluded that practi cally all aircraft discharges are actuallv static discharges, initiated by a difference of electrical poten tial between the aircraft and the environment. In any case, experience has shown that passengers inside the MIAMI MAINTENANCE established a new system record on July 12 by dispatching its 202nd consecutive jet flight without a mechanical delay. cabin of a modern all-metal trans Pictured above (left to right) are the proud TWAers responsible for this outstanding feat: fleet service helpers Del Deleware, Marty Martinez, port are entirely safe. The bonded Caroll Darling, Jerry Emich, Jim Litchfield, Eddie Weida, Orlando Vasquez and Sonny Serfass; DTM-SO Ed Zavrel; general maintenance foreman skin and frame is an effective Mort Kargen; maintenance foremen Pete Herrmann and Carl Catalano; and mechanics Joe McLaughlin, John Polster, John Robin, Chet Calkins, shield. Harold Swartz, Bob Cain, Joe Plax and Rene Dones. Other members of the Miami maintenance team, not pictured, are fleet service helpers Any damage from an electrical Buddy Drew and Del Valle, and mechanics Royce Palmer, Al Riddle, Carter Bristow and Roy Toombs.
AUGUST 4, 1960 PAGE THREE SKYUNER TWA
Orchids . . . and Onions United Air Lines and Capital sector of the Eastern seaboard, will EDITOR PLEASED Airlines have announced plans to be moved from Idlewild to Bo merge. Directors of both compa hemia, Long Island, about 50 miles I have never traveled on a pub nies agreed last week to a proposal outside New York City. lic conveyance in. which the em that would increase United's route » # * ployees were more solicitous and system by one-third, making it the The Air Traffic Conference has attentive to the comfort and plea largest U.S. domestic airline. The sure of the passengers than were devised a special Air Travel Card proposed merger has the approval which would allow the sale of tour the hostesses on my latest TWA of Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., British flight. The girls busied themselves packages on credit, in addition to aircraft manufacturer which filed a air transportation. The new card from the time of departure until we foreclosure suit when Capital failed went into effect August 1. put down at San Francisco and to come up with $33,800,000 due # * « managed to anticipate the needs on its fleet of Viscounts. Stock and desires of everyone aboard. I holders of both airlines must vote Eastern Air Lines plans to re think I have never had a more en on the merger, which, is then sub instate 12 Constellations in service joyable trip anywhere or anytime. ject to the approval of the CAB. while its fleet of 40 Lockheed Elec- tras undergoes modification begin Robert M. Hitt, Jr., Editor » * « ning in November. Cost of the Charleston Evening Post North Atlantic travelers this year modifications, which are expected Charleston, South Carolina are expected to choose airlines over GLIDE-AIRE, trade name for a pre-loaded type baggage container, is to be completed in mid-1961, will ships by a 70-30 ratio. Ten years being tested for TWA's jets. The aluminum cart, which fits the contour LACK SYSTEM be borne by Lockheed. Eastern ago the ratio was just the reverse. of the jet cargo hold, may be the answer to the need for rapid baggage I recommend you survey passen said it will not restore the Electra * » * handling for the big planes. ger handling. No assignment of flying speed of around 400 miles seats, and the passengers were Sabena has resumed normal op an hour until all 40 planes are modified. Present restricted speed boarded like cattle. The entire ar erations after curtailing its sched is 295 miles an hour. TWA Tests Air-Cushioned rangement was very unprofessional. ules in order to airlift 23,000 Your personnel were trying to do refugees from the Congo. In 12 0 * 0 a good job. You need to give them days Sabena made 135 round trips Varig Airlines of Brazil has in Jet Luggage Containers the system that will complement to bring 4,000 men, 9,000 women, augurated nonstop Boeing 707 your company. 8,000 children and 2,000 infants service between New York and NEW YORK—A baggage cart that floats on air and can be pushed out of the trouble area. Sabena Major Elgan Davis Rio de Janeiro. Scheduled time is with one finger is being tested by TWA on jet flights between New officials expressed gratitude to all New York 9 hours 30 minutes. York and Los Angeles. Called Glide-Aire, this new concept in airlines, including TWA, for their 0 0 0 speedier, easier baggage handling is a joint development of TWA CONVERTED! help in re-routing Sabena passen gers during the emergency. The FAA has acted to lessen and Douglas Aircraft. On a charter flight from New the temptation for airline bomb Specially designed contoured aluminum containers work on the York to Nice we were very much 000 hoaxes. It set a limit of $165,000 principle of flotation, through which compressed air forms a cush impressed with the outstanding ser Braniff, now in its 32nd year, on the face amount of any airline ion between the containers and the aircraft floor. In the process a vices rendered by the pursers and carried its 20,000,000th passenger trip insurance sold at Washington container, which holds about 30 pieces of luggage totaling more hostesses. I am sure the other last week. National Airport. The previous people on the flight would join us • • « * than half a ton, becomes virtually weightless. limit was $425,000. The FAA also in saying that the fine job they did The FAA plans to relocate the reasoned that air transportation is In its tests, TWA has timed un- tracks, to hold the containers. started us off on a very happy and New York air traffic control center becoming "increasingly safer" and loading—from engine shut-down While initial evaluation is con enjoyable European tour we will in line with a nation-wide dispersal it feels "the cost of insurance is in until the last container is delivered cerned with handling passenger long remember. The courtesy and program. The center, which co ordinately high for the risk in to the claim area—at an average of luggage, the Glide-Aire containers efficiency was so outstanding that ordinates air traffic over a large volved." eight minutes. With some modi are also being tested for cargo use. my wife, a former American Air fications to present equipment, lines hostess, is now a TWA TWA expects to cut this down to about six minutes. Minor Miracles! booster. Victor J. Tofany, M. D. The containers are moved be KANSAS CITY—TWA will some day Rochester, New York tween terminal and aircraft on a send a pitcher or two to the Major train of dollies resembling minia Leagues. Little Leaguer Jerry Crosthwait, son of MCI mechanic TALKS TURKEY ture railroad flat cars. Nine of the In arranging for my mother's containers fit in the jet cargo hold, Rob Crosthwait, has a record of eight wins, no losses, with a no- trip from Madrid to San Francisco, six forward and three aft. Large I was assured that while she could folding doors on the sides of the hitter and a one-hitter in his string. not speak English (but French and container permit easy access and Jeff Herter, son of MCI mainte Spanish) TWA would provide ade quick loading and uidoading. nance instructor John Herter, has won two and lost one in Little quate service for such circum Jeep-mounted conveyors are used League play so far this year. stances. It turned out none of your to lift the containers into the cargo flight personnel spoke any language compartment. Compressed air other than English. While her trip ported through openings of Glide- Candidates to represent TWA at the eighth annual was otherwise pleasant and service Aire pads, or bases, is supplied by excellent, I cannot recommend a compressor installed on the jeep. Airlines Ball in Kansas City should submit their nanies no TWA to anyone wishing to travel Minor modifications were made later than September 15. En abroad. in the aircraft on which the tests tries should be addressed R. San Vicente are being conducted. A plywood to Norman Crawford, MCI, Mountain View, Calif. sub-flooring was installed, along Building 1, Room 1-373. with longitudinal guide lines, or SOMETHING SPECIAL Having made some 20 cross country trips, and innumerable shorter flights, it takes something special to arouse my attention. It is a pleasure for me to report that It was 7 PM in the St. Louis reservations office when Marguerite this particular TWA flight was "Maggie" Boyle's frantic voice came over the line saying, "Tell made outstanding by the exceed the supervisor I'll be a little late — I overslept!" ingly efficient and charming hos Rather confused, the agent said "But Maggie, it's still light tesses. The meal, though superb, outside." was just that much better because "Of course, it is," said the flustered Maggie irritably, "It's al of the pleasant atmosphere that ways light at this time of the morning." prevailed. As an active pilot, I "But," she was told, "it's 7 PM - not 7 AM." am interested in the techniques of Here, per Maggie, is what happened! flying and was pleased to meet Home after a particularly trying day on the switchboard, she the captain later, and talk about plunked herself on the bed to relax and immediately fell sound TWA's jetliner. Your crew was a asleep. Upon waking up she glanced at the clock and seeing the credit to your organization. I was hands at seven sleepily assumed it was past her gettin' up time. so impressed by the high standard Comments from co-workers have convinced Maggie that never of this flight that I shall specify again will she panic into the same situation 1 ! ! THE GLIDE-AIRE capsules are moved between terminal and aircraft on a TWA for any future trips. MEL BAUMGARTEN train of flat cars drawn by a jeep. Nine of the containers fit into a jet F. W. Clarke . . . with illustration by Mel's husband. belly. Each holds an average of 30 pieces of baggage. Pointe Claire, Canada
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See Push-Button Sysfem TRANS WORLD
FAA Research Center Plots Western Air Lines And TWA Foolproof Traffic Control Are Chips Off The Old Block ATLANTIC CITY—Just outside Atlantic City, New Jersey, is an airport the likes of which you've never seen—but will some day. Here, at what was a World War II naval air station, is the ^~2* National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center, NAFEC, for m nutn»',m short. This arm of the Federal Aviation Agency has a thousand x' I NEED A QUICK LOAN TO XI """f\.n scientists, technicians and support teams working day and night BUY A STORE WINDOW | * '»«\l|IK) I.USjJ V to find the answers to aviation's number one problem—crowded air space. Some day, as a result of their research, we will fly at jet powered >*=* speeds—and faster—with no delay and in complete safety. Weather, :iii»J the bugaboo of airline operations, will cease to be a limiting factor. This is no dream. NAFEC is X .',i£v\r-''«-:::i.. -Jl w3% well along in perfecting the neces The machines eventually will re MILESTONES ...•* ) TC^ '—V sary electronic equipment. cord all flight plans and follow ,.* ..«*• i i ^. N ••• 1 Inside the buildings at the At each plane, minute by minute. BORN: ..•• •*••*•• Svv V>- Q lantic City base are rooms with They will spot a plane falling be BEIGHLIE: To Captain and Mrs. Ritchie row upon row of complex electronic hind schedule or leaving its course, Beighlie (former hostess Shirley Wil **•• \\\X vt consoles. Over these control boards liams) a 6 lb. 11 oz. daughter, Beth take note of the change and im Ann, July 20. are screens, which look like over mediately send out revised courses grown TV sets. Some of these are GERARDI: To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gerardi, to that plane, other aircraft and reservations sales agent, NYC, a 7 lb. TWA and Western Air Lines historically are closer than just covered with complex patterns of ground control stations. Instead of 2 oz. daughter, Debra Sue, July 19. being interline partners. They are, literally, blood relatives . .. dots and dashes. The dots, which reporting by radio, pilots will push HAZEL: To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Hazel, lineal descendants of the same parent company—Western Air are moving, represent planes in buttons to feed information on cargo agent, PIT, a 6 lb. 11 oz. daugh Express. flight. ter, Elaine Ruth, July 16. their position and speed to the Each, then, is observing its 35th birthday since the organization At the head of each room is a KOHL: To Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kohl, machines on the ground. of Western Air Express in 1925. master control panel, directing and reservations sales agent, RDG, a 5 lb. coordinating each "console." NAFEC has some 70 experi 9 oz. son, David, June 13. Western, like TWA, has taken great strides since each airline mental projects under way at At In these rooms, NAFEC's sci O'NEAL: To Mr. and Mrs. Don O'Neal, went its separate way. Today, Western serves 34 communities in lantic City. They are all linked to transportation agent, ABQ, a 6 lb. 9 entists are working on a job that 13 states, Canada and Mexico. the one problem of effective traffic oz. son, David Patrick, May 31. has been given top priority: the A bid to expand its routes across control. One team is working on ROLAND: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roland, Bryce, Zion and Glacier — and attempt to bring automation into water to a 14th state, Hawaii, re airport lighting. For example, they transportation agent, CVG, a 7 lb. 1 oz. northward to Montana, Wyoming, the control of air traffic. son, Gregory, July 19. ceived a setback last week when Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah are trying to eliminate what pilots a CAB examiner recommended the The problem has become cru call the "dark hole" in the center SCHNIEDER: To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. and the Minnesota lake country. Schnieder, second officer, SFO (former new state's "own" airline, Hawaiian cial. of the runway, which is deceptive Western has the only direct service Today's air traffic control tech YIP-based hostess Card Hamilton) a Air Lines, for the coveted route. to the eye. Another team is ex 7 lb. 4 oz. son, Gary William, June 23. between Los Angeles and the Twin Nevertheless, by its own admis nicians are making a super-human perimenting with procedures of Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. effort under a system that was de SLOAN: To Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Sloan, sion, Western has the advantage moving planes off runways at high transportation agent, TUL, a 7 lb. 5 oz. Farther north, Western crosses of a highly profitable route struc signed in the days when planes speeds onto special ramps so that son, Jack, Jr., June 28. the Canadian border to Edmonton traveled at a top speed of 150 miles ture. One reason is the nature of others may have a clear landing STFJRER: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Steirer, and Calgary—both in the midst of the country over which it flies. an hour—and when there were only path. transportation agent, DCA, a 7 lb. 13 a spectacular business boom — as 10,000 of them. Now there are oz. son, Richard Lawrence, July 8. Mountains and great stretches of well as Jasper Park. Still another team is testing elas 100,000 planes, including jets desert discouraged development of Starting in the fall, and on tic wire barriers, similar to those SUTTLES: To Mr. and Mrs. James N. which fly at speeds of 600 miles Suttles, second officer, SFO (former surface transportation and encour through the winter, the resorts of an hour and faster. used on aircraft carriers, to "trip" LGA-based hostess Joan Anderson) a aged air travel. Across the great Las Vegas, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Space, which is relative to time, a landing plane and shorten its 7 lb. 5 oz. son, Mark David, June 25. expanses, major cities are far apart Los Angeles and San Diego. San is at a premium. Yet the planes coasting length. THOMPSON: To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene —offering the further advantage of Francisco, Denver and Mexico What the research men are try Thompson, reservations agent, DCA, a long-haul operations. must be kept apart and the traffic 5 lb. 11 oz. daughter, Donna Alice, City are year-round attractions. must flow smoothly. One plane off ing to do, basically, is find a way June 26. While other major trunks com Western began Boeing 707 serv schedule or off course can affect to substitute machines for pen and pete in the coast-to-coast market, ice up and down the West Coast dozens of others, necessitating pencil work. They hope to have a MARRIED: Western has determinedly gone in June. Operating without pure semi-automatic control system about developing an all-year sys wholesale changes in course, caus ALBRIGHT: Marjorie J. Albright, ticket jet service prior to that, in the first ing delays and increasing the possi working by 1963. Later on, they sales agent, CLE, and Thomas W. Webb, tem of regional north-south service. five months of 1960 Westeni bility of accident. hope to perfect the system to the July 16. In the summer, Western's flights netted $1,428,000. Operating reve The batteries of machines at point of almost complete automa WINDSOR: Flo Windsor, hostess super fill with vacationers flocking to the nues in the period rose to $27,- NAFEC simulate these conditions. tion. visor, MKC, and Chet Hillyard, May 14. National Parks — Yellowstone, 885 000 from $22 610 000 in 1959.
WASHINGTON RESERVATIONS AGENT Tom Miller had two names last month; you could In the photo at left reservations agenis Elsie White and Loraine Farnsworth (left) and lead have gotten a response by calling him either Tom or Giles Corey. And during the past teletype operator Elizabeth Umbargsr visit him backstage after a performance. Next, he year he's also been known as Professor Willard, Simon Stimson, Major Metcalf and is shown removing make-up after his portrayal in "The Crucible" of Giles Corey, an 83- "Stinker." Theatre buffs will recognize these aliases as characters in plays—"The Crucible," year-old husband whose wife is convicted in the Salem witch trials of 1692. For his per "Our Town," "The Mousetrap" and "Mrs. McThing." Tom played all these roles with the formance, Tom was selected as the Best Supporting Actor of the year. He shows the trophy Mount Vernon Players, a Washington amateur dramatic group. Tom majored in drama he received to lead reservations agent Jack Willmore in the photo at right. while attending William and Mary College and has acted in summer stock for several years. —GIL WORKMAN
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SMILING WITH JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE, Athens TWAers celebrate an out standing 91.2 percent on-time record for June. In front (left to right) are commissary supervisor Servetopoulos Frixos, lead transportation agent Andrew Asimakopoulos, lead transportation agent John Zahos and commissary clerk Demitrios Pazakos. Behind them are (left to right) transportation agent Kostas Constas, lead transportation agent Mike Margarones, transportation agent Nick Margarones, ticket agent Fhrynie Pantazopoulou, transportation agent Klay Christodoulakis, station super visor Nick Zoumboulakis, commissary clerk Kostas Eliopoulos and com missary clerk Nick Raptis.
WE'LL WAGER few bosses are as THREE TWAers who total 55 years of service are honored on their attractive as Annie Reich. The pert company anniversaries at Kansas City. Pictured at the triple pin-presen French TWAer recently was pro tation are (left to right) Ed Tharp, manager of personnel research (20 moted to hostess supervisor at years); John Keil, director of personnel administration (20); John Mead, Paris. Annie studied in England assistant vice president of industrial relations, who presided; and Wilbur and Spain and speaks both lan Stone, director of wage and salary (15). guages fluently. She likes to swim, play volley ball, read and attend the theater.
TEAMWORK BETWEEN SALES AND OPERATIONS goes hand-in-hand as Boston DSM Dick Spater (center) thanks DTM-SO Merlin Downs and DTM-F Ken Doherty (second from left) for the part their staffs have played in the success of Jet Flight 61. Looking on are maintenance foreman Dick Roda (left) and Leo Cox (right), maintenance foreman from Baltimore. TUCSON'S GIRLS TOOK the prizes in the six-months international sales contest, just concluded. Reservations agent Janet Dennison (right) won first prize for the most sales. Reservations agent Ruth Rivera (center) drew a prize, too. The trio of men with them are (left to right) trans portation agent Bill Lewis, DSM Stan Phillips and John Bracken, reserva tions sales agent-in-charge. ^^ BELIEVED TO BE the oldest passen ger ever to fly TWA, 110-year-old Navajo Indian Jeff King deplanes at Washington. He flew in from Al buquerque in connection with the Fort Wingate, New Mexico, Centen nial celebration. Transportation agent Frederick Gillespie assists him.
FIFTY-SEVEN DAYS without a mechanical delay . . . that's the phe nomenal record posted by Wichita. The station dispatched 394 con PITTSBURGH MECHANIC JOE MAGNUS (center) has triple reason to secutive flights without a technical services delay of any classification HARRY ALENIK (right), mainte celebrate — his 20-year pin, the annual pass that goes with it, and also between April 25 and June 21. The record makers are (left to right) nance foreman-in-charge, IDL, re his 27th wedding anniversary. DTM-SO John Gelm (right) presents Jerry Eddingfield, Ed Thorp, Jim Snelling, Ed Rufle, Howard Whitfield, ceives his 25-year pin from gener Joe his pin, while general maintenance foreman Larry Castellini looks on Walt Bentley, Rex Jester, Jerry Schwartz, Ed Szambecki, Jim Lott and al maintenance foreman Chet at left. Off to the side were a host of fellow TWAers, waiting to devour DTM-SO Larry Barrett. Brown. those tempting cakes on the table.
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