cftS Maintenance Base Team Wins No-Delay Plaque Passengers May Select Seats on Super Connies Los ANGELES—Come Monday, July 19, passengers boarding Super Constellation flights at origin sta­ tions of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York will have an oppor­ tunity to select the seat they desire to occupy in flight. They will select their seats at check-in time. A display board showing the seating plan of the aircraft will be on display at the airport where passengers check in. Individual seat tabs will be hung on the board and as the passenger selects his seat, the tab is pulled from the board and stapled to the ticket envelope. If passengers check in at both the airport and uptown city ticket offices, a certain number of tabs will be assigned to both locations. Hostesses will direct passengers to their proper seat at boarding time. NO DECAY ALL THE WAY means a plaque for the winning maintenance G. A. Seay, J. A. Anderson, J. J. Cassidy. Back row: L. S. Kelso, L. W. And what if a passenger simply team at Kansas City. L. L. Heimer, superintendent of maintenance for the Goolsby, R. D. Schaumberg, A. W. Panick, A. R. Lee, H. T. Carver, U. W. doesn't care where he sits? That Central region, and Ben Hart, Kansas City general foreman, accept the Smith, A. E. Custer, A. C. Swanson, I. L. Bowman, T. J. Morris, J. H. makes the job easy for the check-in plaque on behalf of station maintenance personnel from Einar Einarsson, Mobley, John Warner, J. M. Modrcin, C. E. Morgan, E. W. Henderson, agent—he just grabs any available superintendent of line maintenance planning. TWA's four domestic main­ C. B. McMillan, M. A. Fisher, Barbara Wright, R. L. Merrit, W. J. Kelly, seat tab and staples it to the ticket tenance bases compete against each other in the contest: Kansas City, Marie Wilson, P. T. Coker, Rosie Shinners, W. M. Wayman, B. G. Hart, envelope. Los Angeles, International and LaGuardia at New York. Kansas City men E. H. Einarsson, D. E. Beyer, L. L. Heimer, C. D. Travis, R. W. Crow, H. N. and women present for the plaque presentation are, front row, P. J. Bunker, A. H. Smith, A. H. Grine, A. S. Maynard, E. B. Cowger, O. O. Fraher, R. F. Crow, H. W. LaMar, J. W. Hughes, S. M. Syzmula, E. F. Deaver, E. C. Hughes, Rufus Hall, Oscar Crass. As of yesterday, Kansas First Scoopful Miner, C. A. Moore, Luz Aguirre, Joe Imler, R. C. Frey, H. H. Burkhardt, City still held a slight lead in the current month's contest. K. C. Captures Of Dirt Moved First Round In At KX. Airport KANSAS CITY—The first scoop­ ful of dirt has been moved at Mid- On-Time Derby Continent International airport in Platte county, site of TWA's new KANSAS CITY — TWAers from Overhaul base. the Kansas City line maintenance Preliminary "clearing and clean­ base shaded their co-workers from ing" began Monday with excava­ LaGuardia by a fraction of a per­ VOL. 17, NO. 28 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION JULY 15, 1954 tion proper getting underway yes­ centage point to win June's open- terday by the Clarkson Construction round in a new "No Delay All the company on the engine overhaul Way" contest. building to be built for TWA. This Kansas City had a 95.9% oper­ TWA Man Plays engine overhaul building is sup­ ating record and LaGuardia had a TWAers Win $5000 posed to be ready for occupancy by 95.7% mark, based on number of Name's the Same Sept. 1, 1955. The rest of the originating aircraft going all the WASHINGTON — Reservations base, including the big hangar, is way to destination without main­ Agent Joanne Judy received a call to be completed by Jan. 1, 1957. tenance delay. Third was Los An­ asking her to make hotel reserva­ In Suggestion Plan geles, 94%; fourth, New York In­ tions and to recommend a few good ternational, 91.8%. restaurants. KANSAS CITY—Two $1,000 suggestion plan awards topped the $5,000 Charge Put on In the contest all mechanical and Joanne informed the caller that jackpot distributed to TWA employees this week for money-saving ideas. equipment delays are charged the office did not make reserva­ against the maintenance base from M. R. Wilson, lead mechanic at the Overhaul base, was the top winner tions, but she would gladly give him of the week. He received $1,000 for his suggestion to modify a bench in which the flight originated. Thus, several hotel numbers. Delta Passes a delay on Flight 87 at Amarillo the cylinder overhaul section to permit the installation of heaters under "Well," said the man indig­ the cylinders. Cylinders must be - NEW YORK—A service charge would be chargeable against La­ nantly. "I'm with TWA in Hickory heated for the removal and instal­ pair procedures to return these col­ on pass requests will be assessed by Guardia line maintenance, since it and I know we have such a serv­ lation of valve seats and guides. lector ring units to service. Delta-C&S Airlines on and after produced the aircraft for the flight. ice in Washington!" This had previously been done by Previous awards made to Straut­ Aug. 1 as follows: Round trips, $3 The contest therefore seeks to put A puzzled Miss Judy finally playing a flame on the ports. In­ man and Thompson, master me­ per person; one-way, $1.50 per per­ aircraft on the line on time and found out the caller really was with stallation of the flame under the chanics in the sheet metal shop, are son. ready to go "all the way." TWA—the Textile Workers of cylinder gives a more uniform and as follows: Joint awards, $1,000, The central pass bureau will not The June contest developed into America—but she still doesn't know rapid heating of the cylinder and May, 1954; $273, December, 1953; process Delta-C&S pass requests un­ a hot battle between LaGuardia and where "Hickory" is. Does anybody? reduces damage to the cylinder and $136, October, 1953; $100, Oc­ less accompanied by cashier's check Kansas City almost from the start. fin dampeners. The savings being tober, 1953; $943, March, 1953. or postal money order. No personal With five days remaining the two realized from this installation war­ Strautman has won individual checks will be accepted. bases were tied; on the next day San Francisco Ups ranted an award of $1,000. Another awards of $994 and $1,000. BaGuardia went ahead, but in the BRANIFF INTERCHANGE FILED € idea to fabricate kit boxes in which G. W. Calhoun, mechanic in the final three days the men and women Load Mark to 770 all the small parts of cylinder as­ from Kansas City caught and engine overhaul section, devised a WASHINGTON—TWA and Bran­ sembly could be set up prior to iff have filed for a one-plane inter­ passed the New York crew, win­ SAN FRANCISCO—TWAers here tool for the alignment of the tool moving the items to the assembly change service between San Fran­ ning by a slender .2%. loaded 770 passengers July 1 for used for boring boss guides. This line resulted in increasing efficiency cisco and Houston, subject to ap­ a new one-day boarding record. In tool permits a more accurate align­ A month-by-month record is be­ in the assembly of cylinders and a proval of the Civil Aeronautics addition the station boarded 17,775 ment and a reduction in reborings ing kept on the scoreboard in each $210 award. He also received $17 Board, with crew interchange point base hangar so all maintenance per­ travelers in June (a 79% load fac­ and holes that are off center. For for another suggestion. Amarillo. The flight would serve sonnel can see at a glance which tor) for a new monthly record. the savings involved. He won $250. Los Angeles and Ft. Worth-Dallas. station is piling up the best mark. W. C Strautman and D. R. A. H. Gardner, foreman, engine BINGHAMTON—Graduating into Thompson hit their second maxi­ Although Kansas City held a overhaul, received $200 for an idea the "big business" class in June mum award. Their proposal for thin advantage as of yesterday in turned in while he was an inspec­ K. C. MINSTREL SHOW was Binghamton, boarding 1,083 taking worn collars from one port the current month's standings, New tor. Believing that the service life passengers in June to top the 1,000- of the BD and CB collector ring Kansas City — TWAers will York LaGuardia was closing in of tappets could be extended as don blackface Friday, July 16, mark for the first time in one and reusing them on another port rapidly. Yesterday's standings: long as the wear on the two holes in the employees club minstrel month. On July 2 TWAers loaded in such a way that this previous was within .002 of each other, he extravaganza at Municipal au­ Kansas City 95.3% 60 travelers for a new one-day wear was covered and to fabricate ditorium's Music Hall, 8:15 p.m. New York LaGuardia 95.2% proposed increasing the wear toler­ Come on out, bring your family New York International 93.2% mark, beating the former mark of another joint for a different part of ances and the use of a definite type and friends. • /x-"'-;,^ Los Angeles 92.9% 58. this unit were used with other re­ (Continued on page 5) SKYLINER

IT TOOK the winning ways of TWA saw herself hand over $39 for the ticket Sales Representative Miles O'Brien to in error. close, for our competitor, a much cov­ Agent McLean, impressed, went back eted sale with one of Washington's big and checked and found that, sure enough, electronics organizations. In two brief he had sold that ticket. But further visits, our hero painted such vivid pic­ check disclosed he had checked out per­ fectly that day without any overage in tures of the advantages and virtues of the cash drawer. The woman left con­ the Universal Air Travel Plan that his vinced. prospect could hardly wait to sign the dotted line—for one of our great rivals who had been unsuccessfully pur­ THIS IS REPORTED to have ha suing the subject for 18 months. pened to a well-known trans-Atlant # airline (blush) which has a policy of naming its aircraft after countries, states and cities. In this instance the name was to be "Star of Corsica." SIGNS OF THE TIMES—at least in Kansas City—are Miller, Florence Vogel, Orville Mitchell, Barbara Yantzi LITTLE STORIES NEVER SEEN Since the foreign language transla­ these banners proclaiming the upcoming annual family and Joan Frame. IN PRINT tion also appears under the English title, picnic Aug. 7. Helping display the streamer are Bill Photo by Burt Dedrick. the Italian embassy in New York was Last week a woman approached Ticket asked to give the proper Italian transla­ Agent Chuck McLean in Washington's tion of "Star of Corsica." It gladly did K street office and explained that she'd so. recently purchased a ticket from him in SKYLINER Award of Merit Then the aircraft arrived in Paris and amount $33. But, she explained, she had nearly set off an international incident. for That Added Touch a dream that she'd been overcharged $6 It seems the island of Corsica is a French . . . which makes TWA somehow—and in this dream vividly possession. Service outstanding

TO: MAX NEESER Overtime in courtesy was put in by Max Neeser, transportation agent at Zurich. Instead of going home after working a shift from 11:30 p. m. till 8:30 a. m. he drove a party to Geneva to catch a flight. And it was a long five-hour drive. A passenger and his wife were scheduled to leave Zurich on an evening flight for the United States but the flight didn't land account weather. They decided to spend the eve­ ning and catch the same flight next night. At 4 a. m., how­ ever, an urgent cable arrived concerning the wife's mother. A FITTING SOUVENIR of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's Norih Ameri­ The party has­ can tour is presented His Imperial Majesty at New York by Captain Busch tened to the air­ port and tried Voigts, who piloted the TWA charter to Canada, the U. S. and Mexico. desperately to In background are James O'Brien of New York City, John Simmons, chief 'Captain, you ain't going to believe how much we beat schedule make arrange­ of protocol for the U. S. State department, and Princess Sebla Desta, this time." By Riccardo Magistrelli, Milan ments to get home the quickest way possible. grand-daughter of Selassie. Neeser, on duty at the time, was scheduled to leave work and Mesker is manager of flying, Central helped out by driving them to region. Geneva. The passenger writes, Five Years Ago "Mr. Neeser did so much for us over and above his obligations Claude League is leaving Minneapolis that I cannot ever thank him as district manager to take over as man­ enough. He helped us hire a car ager of passenger sales in Chicago. and drive to Geneva to make con­ Claude League is now in Seattle as nections all on his own time. He district sales manager. deserves special praise and thanks for the human understanding and charity he showed . us. This fine One Year Ago young man sensed our profound Billie Page, Columbus, reports she sorrow and did his utmost to has­ was discussing a trip to Los Angeles ten our return." with a would-be customer who just couldn't "get the feel" of the conver­ sation when she tried to sell him a sky tourist flight. It came out the passenger _O0KXK& thought he was not eligible to ride "tourist" to Los Angeles because that 8_G„WX„_ was his home and as a "native" he wouldn't qualify. in the Billie Page is a reservations agent at SKYLINER Columbus.

BIRMINGHAM, LLANES CLOSED Fifteen Years Ago PARIS—All correspondence re­ George Jewell is back on the day shift lating to the offline sales office at at Indianapolis for the first time since December. He's wondering what has Birmingham, England, should be happened to all the parties that were so addressed to G. J. Craden, district plentiful when he was working nights. sales manager, London. The office George Jewell is now in Cincinnati as at Birmingham was closed July 1. station manager. Also closed was the offline office at Llanes, Spain; correspondence Ten Years Ago for this office should be sent to FIRST BIRTHDAY party for the classy New York reser­ FIRST SLICE of the birthday cake is handed to reporter Gordon Parkinson, Kansas City, be­ Frank Howell, district sales mana­ vations paper, Pad n' Pencil, is celebrated with a full- Betty Anderson by "Lionel," employee of the local came the new president recently of the ger, Madrid. fledged cake and candle as the staff gathers round. bakery who supplied the cake. Editor Francis Fizzarotti, 10-year club. Guest at the initiation ceremonies was Commander D. L. Here F. D. Brennan, res supervisor, eyes the pastry awaiting his slice, supplies artwork on the several page Mesker, on military leave. "Was Pete shocked over the death as staffers Jim Condon, Liam Casey and Frank Stocks duplicator-process paper which serves the uptown Gordon Parkinson is flight planning of his mother-in-law?" superintendent in Kansas City; Doc "Shocked! He was electrocuted." stand by. TWA-New York area. PAGE TWO JULY 15,1954 ENGINE CHANGE

at TWA's overseas stations is expedited by Paris- based ET-T-12, one of the airline's four DC-3s re­ maining in service and only one overseas. The cargo carrier is used to haul spare engines to any station needing one for a quick repair job on grounded aircraft. Here the cameraman follows ET-T-12 on a rush call to Shannon with a "hot" en­ gine for an "out of service" Constellation. Story by Jim Nolan.

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CALLING THE TOWER at Shannon is Larry Trimble, director of operations over­ seas. Trimble and crew are rushing a spare engine to a grounded Constellation, out with a faulty No. 2 engine due to rough operation and metal particles found in the oil sump.

READY TO HOIST THE POWER EGG from the DC-3 engine carrier are these Shannon mechanics. While the flight was en route from Paris, maintenance men had been busy removing the faulty engine from the grounded Connie. Here are seen Sean Sheedy, Tommy Condon, Tommy O'Loughlin, crew chief, and Claude Giraud, assistant district operations manager from Paris who had come along to lend a hand with the engine change.

UPSA-DAISY, and the new engine is expertly lifted out and onto a maintenance platform with crew chief Des Mooney, on ground, steadying the hoist. In cargo doors is Paddy Piccollier, Paris mechanic who always accompanies the DC-3 "engine change special" to expedite loading and unloading of the power plants aboard the plane.

:NGINE CHANGE finds Mechanics Paul Quinn and Mick Carolan buried deep in the bowels of the helpless Constellation, busy at the job of hooking up the new power egg. Larry Trimble waits in front of the idle aircraft while Tommy Condon takes off across the ramp on the double. The engine was ready for run-up just three hours and 36 minutes after arrival from Paris—and the Connie back in service again.

BACK TO THE SHOPS for an overhaul job at TWA's maintenance base in Paris goes the bad engine. Loading it aboard the DC-3 for the return trip is Paddy Piccollier as Larry Trimble checks the loading stand. The DC-3, specially equipped to carry spare engines, stands by at Paris, always gassed and ready to rush to any plane out of service for engine change. Paris operations men say they can get ET-T-12 airborne within 20 minutes after the first notification of trouble. SKYLINER TWAers in Radio & Electric Shop, K. C. Overhaul Base

A. L. Winn, W. F. Katzer, Jr., J. W. Brown, Lawrence M. Gray, C. J. Creager, A. S. Piotrowski, H. H. Faris, G. H. Wynn, Burroughs Agin. W. T. Vance, A. C. Grosdidier, P. E. Baker, W. C. Reinschmidt, Virgil R. H. Gartman. Branson, H. R. Benedict, A. L. Kovac, H. G. Keel, R. D. Paterson, R. T. Clark, R. L. Hay, J. W. Nininger, L. E. Smith.

L. M. Hartley, Mary Sterling, H. J. Renfrow, S. K. Bowling, A. H. West, N. D. Jenkins, E. H. Holmes, Leonard Giddens, Adeline Pavich, Melva Assistant Foreman C. E. O'Brien, Foreman L. E. Harris, General Foreman C. L. Brewer, P. C. Manning, R. B. Tennison, M. O. Mann, Jim Brisbin, Braun, J. A. Parks, L. E. Foresman, J. L. McLendon, R. L. Burch, J. E. A. T. Stubbs, Bonnie Judson. E. K. Atherson, R. A. Stuart, R. E. Kraut, T. E. Eagle, Deidrick Fox. Thomas, C. B. Sherrick, J. J. Susan, Gordon Willis, C. E. Marshall.

L. R. Stretz, E. L. Booth, C. R. Hecht, O. A. Kerr, G. A. Barnett, W. N. C. C. Engle, George O'Renick, R. E. Darby, C. A. Hanson, N. L. McGill, B. J. Rawson, C. J. Drummond, H. W. Leimkuhler, L. H. Bassert, J. H. Weaver, W. N. Holmes, A. F. Strobel, G. L. Antos, J. D. Atkins, G. K. M. L. Knowles, W. P. Dunlop, J. A. Gates, E. L. Taylor, O. E. Colvin, Leuty, J. H. Milliken, D. E. Southern, Ken Heermann, C. J. Lind. Swearingen, C. R. Anthony, R. L. Humfeld. C. C. Stirk.

J. T. Osborn, E. M. Kurtz, A. J. Bossert, R. W. Wiekham, R. W. Smith, R. A. Edwards, C. R. Cleveland, R. W. Morrison, R. L. Hinkle, W. J. K. L. Askren, K. P. Moran, P. E. Hawkins, Clifton LeMarr, R. J. Neese, W. L. Briar, G. G. Jones, A. E. Seacord, J. T. Rutherford, E. F. Cross, Sams, G. K. Kern, S. E. Lay, R. A. Seamon, Joe Stanley, W. C. Hughes, G. G. Bunch, C. A. Resch, J. C. Shultz, F. P. Pozin, L. V. Brush, Leslie Tindall, O. A. Gentry, Leo Callow. C. M. Roberts, D. G. Louder. Charles Layman.

C. W. Beall, Les Satterlee, Jack Conrad, L. S. Gallemore, H. B. Hunt. J. A. Stone, E. J. McNabb, J. P. Luna, R. F. Bowlin, J. B. McMasters, R. E. Brimmer, M. K. Spitzer, R. A. Bauer, E. L. Marsh, B. G. Watts, M. M. Massey, J. B. Harvey, R. P. Minthern, C. J. Drummond, G. H. R. B. Sunley, G. J. Lauder, J. E. Crutcher, E. R. Glasyczak, R. R. Pinter,, Wilbers, C. W. Mattack. W. D. Coley.

H. C. Oleksy, A. W. Geurin, O. T. Levengood, O. E. Johnson, W. F. A. E. Myers, H. C. Claxton, G. F. Grauberger, I. S. Cummings, E. G. W. C. Berry, G. W. Yeager, L. O. Johnston, E. L. Marsh,=*H. G. Yates, Fitten, C. O. Roark, E. A. Thomas, C. E. Harmon, G. R. McLeland, R. W. Christensen, Frank Stala, G. B. Heinson, H. D. Tinsley, H. L. Floyd. B. H. Smith, John Guyer, A. H. Spillman, D. J. Adams, R. R. Jackson, Parker, Anthony Lombardo. F. B. Wright, Ray Helstab.

PAGE FOUR JULY 15, 1954 SKYLINER ^WA Championship Round Opens in TWA System Golf Tournament

KANSAS CITY—Championship competition is now open in the TWA system golf tournament. Three flights find 108 TWA golfers off in pursuit of the trophies of­ fered as prizes in each division—and the low medal trophy which will TWA and Heat go to the golfer who fires the best round in the finals. All golfers are asked to check the flights to determine their handicap and then shoot their final cham­ Drop KCP&L L. Baska, master mechanic, pionship round over the same H. L. Smith, mechanic, $10; H. D. course on which they qualified. KANSAS CITY — TWA's Flyers were well on their way to winning Tinsley, lead mechanic, $10; Rob­ Send your scorecard for your a baseball game the hard way Sun­ ert L. Zillner, mechanic, $10; E. F. championship round (signed by day, leading 7-0, when the K. C. Otiker, master mechanic, two $10 another TWA player) to: TWA Power & Light opposition called awards; A. J. Spillman, mechanic, Employee Activities Office, Room it a day account heat (108) and $10; C. L. Brewer, mechanic, $10; 207, Municipal Airport, Kansas the Flyers won by forfeit 9-0. L. T. Mertz, mechanic, $10; Opal City, Mo. O'Donohue, file clerk, $10; S. M. Last week TWA lost a tight 6-4 Do not subtract your tournament tilt to Warner Drugs. The airmen Szymula, C. J. Foster, inspectors, handicap. All handicap will be ap­ two joint $10 awards; M. C. Shel- meet Sugar Creek tonight at 8 p.m. plied by the employee activities of­ at Sugar Creek and Sunday night at ton, master mechanic, $10; R. M. fice. All golfers are urged to get Heldstab, electrician, $10; G. N. 8 p.m. play against Grandview Air SUGGESTION PLAN WINNERS Merle Wilson ($1,000), left, and W. C. in their scores early and avoid the Base at Clopper field. Reagan, mechanic, $10; C. D. Han­ last-minute rush. Strautman and D. R. Thompson ($1,000 joint award), point out their cock, M. H. Stepaniak, mechanics, On the softball field last week, Vic Following is a complete list of money-saving ideas, the gas jet under bench to heat engine cylinders; joint $10 award, W. J. Elks, Jim Fish and Charlie Williams combined to TWAers qualified, together with pitch the Overhaul base to a 12-11 win and the exhaust collector ring with reworked collars. Photo by Burt Finley, master mechanics, joint $10 their handicap: over Regal Plastic. Hal Ensign homered. Dedrick, K. C. Overhaul base. award; R. E. Wehling, stores clerk Bob Vogel's single in the seventh drove $10; John Hults, mechanic, $10 Flight of Champions in John Bojeck with the winning tally. L. G. Ulrich, master mechanic, $10 Name Handicap Name Handicap Municipal Airport, aided by Bill Sig- Roy Furgerson, MKC 0 Glen Meek, MKC 6 mund's pitching, coasted to an easy Steve Vargo, inspector, $10; H. L. Jack Crump, MKC 0 Geo. Levering, MKC 7 16-6 victory over Aetna Life Ins. Bill TWAers Win $5000 8 Posson, master mechanic, $10. Dick Gage, MKC 0 Jim Doyle, SFO McGaugh hit a brace of four-masters COLUMBUS—C. R. Potter, lead Bill Rae, Lisbon 0 Don Leslie, MKC 8 and George Swiontek posted one. TWA Ralph Taggart, John Bailey, MKC 9 completed two double plays. mechanic, $25. Bombay 1 Ray Callow, MKC -9< In Suggestion Plan FRANKFURT—Heinz Armbruster, Gene Huff, MKC 1 Gene Baca, LAX <"9 Pete Bye, PHL 3 Jerry Cosgriff, YIP 9 KANSAS CITY—TWA's trap shooters Bob AjLtemus, Lisbon (Continued from page 1) mechanic, $25. Earl Lindsly, MKC 3 9 are still in first place in their division Los ANGELES—C. E. Case, me­ Fred Bentzinger, MKC 3 Mel Rodgers, MKC 11 of the Blue Valley trap league, with a gauge to determine that the wear Jack Kinkead, lead mechanic at Tom Hastings, Lisbon 4 Bob Gaughn, MKC 12 three point spread over Standard and chanic, $15; R. B. Ryan, ground Dan Civello, MKC 4 Earle Dawson, MKC 12 was even. Approval was secured to the Overhaul base, hit the jackpot Frank Wagner, MKC Sheffield No. 1. Last week TWA de­ service helper, $10. John Murphy, Bombay 5 12 feated Bendix No. 1 by a 4-1 score. put this suggestion into use with by winning on six suggestions Joe Ginder, LAX 5 Don Caudle, MKC 12 CINCINNATI—A. P. Velten, me­ Dick Knowles, MKC 5 Ed Ferrlck, MKC 12 Standings: immediate reduction to the pur­ totaling $107 in awards. Bill Geiger, MKC 6 L. H. Schuch, RDG 12 chanic, $15. Russ Myers, YIP TWA 34 11 Sheffield 2 20 25 chase of new valve tappets. Prelim­ Other winners cashing in with Herb Protzman, MKC 6 12 Sheffield 1 31 14 Bendix 1 19 26 Dean Carter, YIP 6 Standard 31 14 Rudy Fick 2 16 29 inary award of $200 was made and suggestions are the following: PICNIC AT BOSTON Vendo 2 26 19 BOP 16 29 the idea will be reviewed at a later KANSAS CITY — William L. BOSTON—A beach party was Flight B Elliott 20 25 Rich Con 12 33 date for further award considera­ Brower, mechanic, $57; C. H. held Tuesday for local TWAers. Name Handicap Name Handicap tion. C. J. Lind received $193 for Mills, lead mechanic, $47; G. J. Woody Thomas, MKC 13 Joe Harris, MKC 17 COLUMBUS — TWA defeated Lake Food and entertainment rounded Cliff Graham, MKC 13 Gene Duffy, HUF 18 Central last week, 14-2, as Lou Hoover his suggestion which led to the Xenos and E. G. Fabac, mechanics, out the evening. Music was fur­ Bill Colstrom, MKC 13 G. S. McCombs, CHI 18 tossed a two-hitter. salvage and rework of thermo­ joint $46 award; C. D. Hancock, nished by Harry Caswell and his Dick Zerbe, PHL 13 Bob Horton, CLE 18 With the biggest softball battery in Bud Decker, CMH 14 Ted Jones, MKC 19 airline history, Hoover, 6 feet 2 inches, couple relays used on the BD and mechanic, $44; C. W. Beall, in­ piano accordion. Bob Montgomery, Harry Walter, LAX 19 spector, $43. John S. Hammond, DAY 14 Dick Horstmeyer, 225 pounds, and Mac Driggs, 6 feet 3 BD-A engines. inches, 240 pounds, TWA-Columbus lead mechanic, $42; A. E. Custer, Charlie Gress, MKC 14 MKC 19 G. C. Behnke of Municipal air­ Pat Gallup, MKC 14 Barney Groff, STL 19 experiences little trouble from umpires master mechanic, $36; Clyde C. port proposed using a different Hazard Hisses Dave Wollam, LGA 14 U. T. Ragsdale, CHI 20 on ball and strike decisions. Engle, lead mechanic, $35; Ken­ Bob Marshall, MKC 14 Dean Morrison, CMH 20 hose on the 6389 oxygen mask. The G. F. Stockline, MKC 15 Ed Zavrel, DAY neth P. Murray, mechanic, $35; Bombay Golfer 20 previous hose was large, heavy and Paul Glotzbach, MKC 15 Norm Parmet, MKC 20 Joseph T. Rensing, Jr., master me­ Bombay—Ralph Taggart, one of R. H. Hunter, Cairo 16 Paul Green, MKC 21 bulky, and he proposed using a Bill Strang, IDL 16 Frank Weaver, PHL chanic, $35; Joseph O. Proctor, TWA's top-notch golfers, is claim­ 21 Inter-City Golf lighter hose similar to surgical tub­ ing additional handicap in the sys­ Dick Avelino, SFO 16 Bob Pearles, MKC 21 lead mechanic, $33; R. N. Thomp­ tem tournament—account cobras. J. D. Boren, MKC 17 ing. As a result of this suggestion, son, master mechanic, $33; G. L. Rivalry to Head "You keep one eye on the ball, Flight C the masks are being modified and Spickard, master mechanic, $27; the other on the underbrush. One Name Handicap Name Handicap ST. LOUIS—Eight TWA golfers he is $170 richer. W. D. Miller, S. R. Burris, lead mechanic, $26; day last week six cobras were foreman at the Overhaul base, was Bill Hinneburg, PHL 22 Joe Thlbault, LAX 27 from Kansas City play their co­ E. R. Scanlon, mechanic, $26; killed on this course. When you Pete Baker, DAY 22 0. W. Bast, MKC 28 see a guy in a sand trap whacking workers from St. Louis here Satur­ voted a $159 award for a sugges­ George B. Watts, lead mechanic, Loyal Judson, LAX 22 Frank Daddario, IDL 29 away like he's killing snakes—he Art Crew, LAX 22 Riley Bissonette,IDL 29 day over the beautiful Crystal Lake tion made while he was a lead me­ $25; C. R. Heckroot, lead me­ Walt Frazier, HUF 29 really IS." R. J. Palmer, MKC 22 country club course in the "greens chanic. Miller proposed changing chanic, $25; G. C. Potts, master Ed Dulin, LAX 22 James Whitley, CLE 30 Leonard Siu, DAY 23 Al Gilyeat, SFO 30 grudge" match of the year. from castellated nuts to Flexloc mechanic, $25; Cecil A. Moore, Joe Wilson, MKC Bill Doty, MKC 23 30 Flying in Saturday morning from nuts on the jet stack installation of lead mechanic, $25; William W. Joe Deckelmayer, George Bailey, SFO 30 MKC 23 Bob Guinn, Cairo 31 Kansas City will be two foursomes: the BD engine. These self-locking Oberlag, lead mechanic, $25; J. E. Bill Dix, PHL Dan Mclntyre, CHI 23 33 Bill Geiger, Gene Huff, Ray Cal­ Flexbloc nuts simplify the work on Thomas, master mechanic, $23; C. Harry Davis, RDG 24 Jim Johnston, SFO 34 this unit and the savings resulted in Bill Rehr, CHI 24 Mark Guthrie, YIP 35 low, John Bailey, George Levering, D. Hancock and H. W. White, me­ Gene Dietz, CLE Bob Manning, YIP 24 36 Dick Knowles, Lou Critchlow and a $159 award for Miller. chanics, joint $21 award; J. L. Bob Oakley, PHL 24 Sol Lurie, IDL 36 Gerve Osier, CHI I. D. Griffin hit on one of the McLendon, master mechanic, $20; Bob Spinks, STL 25 37 Dave Hightower. Phil Hudson, SFO 25 Alma Potvin, BAL 40 Shooting for St. Louis will be "Big Payoff" items. His sugges­ R. M. Heldstab, electrician, $20; Martin Alley, SFO 25 Howard Hart, SFO 41 tion to renovate antenna mast boots John Hults, mechanic, $20; E. M. Pete Slazyk, CHI 26 F. J. Leslie, CHI 43 Jim Pasley, Bill Wilson, Ed Kam­ Dan Letner, DAY 26 W. S. Weiman, MKC 43 merer, Barney Groff, Jack Jones, Jpy coating them with gas tank seal­ Kurtz, lead mechanic, $20; A. R. Carl Gustafson, MKC 26 Mary Lou Baca, LAX 50 ant and an improved method of Dana, H. R. Weaver, mechanics, Ken Earner, CHI 27 Max Wiand, BAL 57 Jim Kennedy, Gordon Lewis and rsealing the edges, resulted in an joint $20 award; R. W. Williams, Lou Wack. award of $110. W.' H. Austin, master mechanic, $20; Roy L. Hill, NEW YORK DISPATCH Tee off time for the first four­ methods engineer, picked up $77 mechanic, $17; Merle R. Wilson, NEW YORK—A reminder on dis­ some is 10:36 a.m. with the other for an idea made while he was a lead mechanic, $17 and $10; C patch mail for downtown offices three foursomes following in close lead mechanic. Noting the dam­ W. Hildebrand, lead mechanic, and LaGuardia field: Mail for of­ order. All TWAers are invited out age being done to the Martin 202 $16; B. A. Eisman, mechanic, $16; fices in the city should be coded to watch the match. aircraft floor in the companionway, C. L. Brewer, mechanic, $15; L. O. NYC; the code LGA is strictly for Kansas City and St. Louis have a he proposed changing the material Johnson, mechanic, $15; T. F. Wil­ offices located at LaGuardia air­ long history of inter-city sports of which the floor is made. Earn­ liams, Paul H. Rogge, mechanics, port. rivalry. Each year the two station ing $57, William L. Brower pro­ joint $15 award; E. M. Kurtz, lea- softball teams compete and several posed that the cross-over fittings mechanic, $15; Kenneth J. Swee­ inter-squad bowling matches have ney, lead mechanic, $15; F. K. NUMBER ONE to buy a Chicago been held. on the R-2800 engine be fixed for employees club card for the cur­ easier removal by cutting away a Schuepbach, mechanic, $15; C. H. In the Hospital Anthony, mechanic, $13; John rent season is Jerry Modrak, ground Teacher: "With a single stroke of the small portion of the fins, which service helper; on the selling end R. T. McLoughlin, mechanic, Kan­ brush the great painter Joshua Reynolds Burgess, mechanic's helper, $12; sas City Overhaul base, Thorn­ could change a smile into a frown." were in the way for a simple re­ is Doris Raikes, employees club sec­ moval. L. E. Babcock, mechanic, $12; E. ton & Minor hospital, 911 E. Johnny: "Aw, that's nothing. So can retary. Linwood boulevard. my old man." JULY 15, 1954 PAGE FIVE SKYLINER Stratoliner Shot Up Again Definite Settlement of Mail Rate PARIS—Two Boeing Stratoliners the second time that a Stratoliner were severly damaged at Hanoi, In­ has been damaged in combat, one dochina, in a raid by communist having been struck by anti-aircraft Needed to Stabilize Air Industry Viet Minh planes. First reported fire over the North Atlantic while "total losses," they have now been flying for the inter-continental di­ WASHINGTON—Warren Lee Pierson, board chairman for TWA, told repaired sufficiently to go back into vision in early World War II.— the Senate interstate and foreign commerce committee last week that TWA plain to stockholders and others in­ service for French airline Aigle American Aviation. has been waiting eight years for the establishment of a final mail rate for terested in our company." Azur. TWA sold its five Strato­ its international division and that a longer period of litigation and delay Pierson said the CAB has con­ Home: Where a man can say what liners, only ones ever built, to the he pleases because nobody pays any may result unless legislation is promptly enacted. sistently adhered to a policy of French line in early 1951. This is attention to him anyway. Pierson urged passage of a measure which would nullify the air mail treating TWA's international and . subsidy rate-making principle in­ domestic divisions separately for terpreted by a recent Supreme Court rate-making purposes. To suddenly decision and restore the Civil Aero­ apply a reverse concept by combin­ nautics Board's rate-making au­ ing the two divisions into a single thority exercised by that agency system without proper regard for since 1938. He also favored retro­ the past period is an illogical inter­ active application in the current bill pretation of the Supreme Court dM as a means of providing fair com­ cision. "^flF pensation not afforded by the tem­ "We are confident that the Su­ porary rate under which TWA has preme Court decision cannot lead to continued to operate from the time any such distorted and unfair re­ its international service began in sult as this." 1946. In the proceeding involving per­ Although the CAB is supporting manent domestic rates, it was this legislation, the TWA official pointed out that TWA received said he failed to understand the at­ exactly the same rate as that ob­ titude of the board in opposing the tained by other domestic carriers in retroactive aspect of the bill. the so-called Big Four group con­ "According to the CAB, it does ducting no overseas operations. As not foresee crippling damage to any a consequence, Pierson said, TWA carrier if the retroactive feature of ended up with a return of only 2.9 this bill is eliminated," Pierson per cent on the company's domestic stated. "The board admits it might investment from 1947 through be a serious matter to an individual 1950. airline but it does not think the ef­ fect would be a paralyzing one Aviation Briefs from which the airline would not be able to recover. LONDON—Tests on the Comet jet transport to determine the cause of two "The board concludes in effect mysterious crashes last winter indicate that it may well be sticking a knife the ground refueling system to be at in us, but it would miss the heart. fault. Too rapid refueling apparently built up pressure in the wing tanks "We would just as soon not run with the result that the wing structure TWA DAY was held recently on all three "Tex and New York; A. V. Leslie, vice-president, finance and the risk." was damaged, fuel coupling lines sprung and caused a possible change in the Jinx" radio and TV shows in New York to tell the air­ treasurer; Captain Harold Blackburn. The popular Citing the evils of temporary kerosene fuel characteristics itself. line's interesting story to several million listeners and husband-and-wife team devoted their morning radio rates over extended periods, Pier­ American Aviation. viewers. Following the hour-long afternoon show Host­ show to interviewing President Ralph Damon in simu­ son said TWA is unable to give ess Suzanne Hildebrand pinned a pair of hostess wings lated flight aboard a 1049 Super Constellation; their stockholders a clear statement of SEATTLE—Boeing's jet transport pro­ on Jinx. Looking on left to right are Tex McCrary, evening show from the Waldorf-Astoria's famed Pea­ totype, the 707, may make its maiden financial conditions and earnings. flight this week upon final repair of husband of Jinx; Gordon Gilmore, vice-president, pub­ cock Alley featured an interview with Board Chairman Under the existing circumstances, the damage to one landing gear and lic relations; Ken Fletcher, public relations manager, Warren Lee Pierson and Mrs. Pierson. he said financing is difficult and wing in taxi tests in May. The p.ane had TWA cannot plan for expansion been modified with Goodyear wheels and brakes and relocation of fuel lines- News Briefs through purchase of new types of in the nacelles. American Aviation. Models Slated for equipment. "After eight years we still do not If it's news, send N. Y. Camera Club Around the TWA World ... know what our compensation has ... in 82 Seconds been for any part of this period," it to the NEW YORK—A lecture on cam­ he maintained. eras, including the famous German BINGHAMTON — Doug Wicks, lead and refused to leave. Port authority Pierson viewed the prevailing transportation agent, is recuperating at police, determining that the woman's temporary rate as one consciously Linhof, was given at the last Cam­ home from a recent operation. His ad­ passport had expired, forcibly removed era club meeting by Peter •Sabatino, dress is R. D. 1, Johnson City, New her to a hospital for observation. The designed to yield no return on maintenance, International airport. York. plane left 10 minutes late. TWA's investment pending a final Published Weekly at Kansas City For Employees of TWA Sabatino will bring his studio rate settlement. "Although our op­ Trans World Airlines camera to the next meeting for an­ SHANNON—June was a peak month BOMBAY — The following TWAers erations are generally agreed to be Art Clayton, Manager were selected to attend local govern­ other light session. Models will be for this station; an all-time high for highly efficient, we conducted our Employee Publications number of flights operating through ment sponsored courses on fire rescue Ben Nicks Gloria Ragan on hand. here was reached with 205. Out of the and first aid practice: M. G. Marathey, entire international services in 1953 Editor Asst. Editor 205 flights 98 of them, or almost 50%, lead mechanic; A. G. Godfrey, me­ at a loss of $155,000 due to this Any employee of TWA is invited to A picnic and field trip are being send his news items ond photographs planned for the club in August. were non-scheduled landings. chanic; C. Tham, mechanic; P. C. Dutta, rate policy." He added: directly to the SKYLINER, Room 207, Jim DeVoy, district operations man­ mechanic; J. A. Pinto, Jr., mechanic; J. Airport, Kansas City, Mo. Irene Schultenkoetter will display B. Chodankar, Jr., mechanic; M. T. "This situation is difficult to ex- her new darkroom and color slides. ager, says he'll stick his neck out that this is a record for any international Patil, carpenter; P. Fernandes, lead station during the month of June or any cleaner; A. F. Ferrao, cleaner; V. R. other month of the year for that matter. Krishnan, cleaner; L. Menezes, cleaner. On-time performance for the month Passing the courses with distinction Games and Food was 83%. was C. Tham, mechanic. NEW YORK—Ronald Duckworth, as­ On LA. Picnic Slate SAN FRANCISCO—Flight 792 left the sistant treasurer, points out that the station on July 7 loaded to the hilt with "small photographer's plane" shown in Los ANGELES—The annual sum­ 250 boxes of flowers plus 65 pieces of last week's SKYLINER photo of the mer picnic is slated for July 24 at additional freight. Total poundage was 13,825. first trans-continental air-rail service 25 Santa Monica. Entertainment will years ago was the first model of the Tom Murphy, lead cargo agent, called Lockheed Vega, that company's initial include swimming, games and the signals as Arthur Klehr, L. K. dancing. Pukahi, Dick Fitzsimmons and Floyd venture into aircraft manufacture. Food will be served the entire Evans loaded the freight aboard. Trans­ portation agents on duty were D. A. A BOSTON RECORD day. TWAers, their families and Gunzenhauser and C. R. Swienton. The friends are invited to attend. airbills and freight started rolling in BOSTON—Local sales and oper­ at 7:30 p. m. and the flight was kicked ations TWAers set an international out at 9:20. passenger record for the station dur­ HE'S MR. TWA IN AZORES An assist from a previous shift was given by Trans Agents C. R. Steinmetz ing June by boarding 738 Europe- SANTA MARIA—Neither time nor and F. R. Winn, who compiled neces­ bound travelers. Previous record: weather keeps Umberto Dias, sta­ sary quotas and estimates. 620. tion manager, from meeting all COLUMBUS EMPLOYEES CLUB officers and staff members discuss the up­ flights here; he's so well-known NEW YORK — On-time performance MARRIAGES coming picnic Saturday, July 17, to which all TWAers are heartily invited. abroad that mail frequently arrives was made just a little harder to reach Aida Almanzan, ticket agent-in-charge, Shown are Paul Loar, Paul Strahm, Jean Taylor, treasurer; Fletcher Wells, addressed simply to "Umberto, here at International airport Monday Pasadena, to Tony LaVeaga, May 1. night when a young woman boarded a Betty L. Mann, teletype operator, ICT, president; Jim Wylie, Ruth Daugherty, secretary; Mac Driggs, Dick Tresise. Santa Maria." Paris-bound flight "to see her husband" to Carl A. Linder, ICT. Not present: John Ryan, vice-president, and John Mitchell, recorder.

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