Vol. 25 April – June 2020 No. 2

certainly use some more help -- hint, hint. Just President’s Message doing their part to preserve the history of Chance Larry Skinner Vought and the Vought companies’ products, which Well, here we are, three months after the otherwise, might be lost forever. BTW, I saw Rusty last newsletter and still no end in sight for Branum at the Restoration facility last week -- he ―the COVID.‖ I sincerely hope and pray looked absolutely great and is winning the medical that you and yours haven’t been infected. issue reported in the last newsletter! Glad to see things starting to open back up, As usual, if you have any suggestions on how we especially for the economy and jobs, but it’s still too could improve the VRC, just let one of us know and risky for us retirees. We’d better stay hunkered we’ll certainly consider them at our next meeting. down until the ―all clear‖ sign is lit. Until next time, stay safe, and remember -- ―this too While we’re on the subject of COVID, the VRC is shall pass‖ (probably later rather than sooner!). still in a holding pattern, and we’ve not yet set a date for the Annual BBQ (don’t hold your breath Larry for one in 2020). The Executive Committee will have its first Zoom meeting in September – which should be every bit as hilarious as the Progressive Renew your membership for 2020, and continue to get your Insurance commercial – at which time we’ll make a final decision. Something tells me a virtual BBQ Vought Retiree Club News! wouldn’t go over too well. Call the Club at (817) 478-1885 Chairman of Major Programs – Jim Hill For those of you that are housebound and running or Email: [email protected] V.P. - Membership Assistant – Ann Christmas out of things to do, try going to Netflix and [email protected] watching Queen of the South, season 2, episode 4, 31:10 minutes into it and see if you recognize where they are (hint: many of you used to work there). In Memoriam Watch for about ten minutes or so (second hint: by Ann Christmas now the home to a humongous Home Depot distribution center). The Retiree Club has been notified since our last newsletter of the following deceased members. So Triumph is continuing to downsize the old Vought Aerostructures Division and still trying to Our sincere sympathy goes out to the families of sell the remaining operations? That’s what I hear those listed. Each will be missed. anyway. Since I don’t know anything for certain, I Billie Atchison Caruthers – 12-30-2018 won’t even speculate on what, if anything, that Tom A. Bell – 2-12-2020 means to us retirees (but can it possibly be good?). DeLoy Wilson – 2-26-2020 Fortunately, Lockheed Martin is going gangbusters, Herschel Ottis Widmer – 2-24-2020 and I’m pretty jealous! Rebecca (Becky) Harris – 3-28-2020 On the bright side, the VHF volunteers are able to Charles Hickox – 3-28-2020 continue their work on restoring/building the O3U-3 Mary Lou Laden – 5-3-2020 Corsair I at the facility off South Carrier Parkway in Richard Hamilton Dennis – 5-8-2020 Grand Prairie. Masks, hand sanitizer, and social Brooks Arris Taylor – 5-17-2020 distancing are all ―en vogue.‖ Wat Watkins and the Margaret Widmer – 5-28-2020 other craftsmen are doing fine work, but could Madison (Matty) William Reed, Jr. – 6-7-2020 William Beauford ―Bud‖ Hopson, III – 6-22-2020 a positive impact in our communities by helping Adrian Wesley Caruthers – 6-26-2020 those who are in need. Margaret H. Brodhead – 7-18-2020 Retirees, family, and friends are invited to Lloyd Harvey Erwin – 7-19-2020 participate in these events. Give me a call and let Roy Lynn Chandler – 7-27-2020 me know if you would like to join us. Jill Robbins Wilson – 8-6-2020 For more information, call Johnnie Johnson at Ruth Robertson – 8-22-2020 817-845-7576, or the Retiree Club at 817-478-1885. Thanks for your help! Johnnie Johnson 2020 Dues ! by Gaye Kortegast Chance Vought Survivors It’s time to send in your 2020 membership dues! (If you’re not sure whether or not you’ve renewed, you may check the mailing label on this newsletter for status of your membership.) Plans are being made for a Fall Chance Vought If you would like to renew for 2020, please send Survivors Meeting, in October. your dues as soon as you can ! The meeting will be at the Ruthe Jackson Center in The cost is still only $5.00 per person per year. You Grand Prairie, with a box lunch. may renew for as many years as you desire. Contact Dick Guthrie at [email protected] Or, Lifetime memberships are only $50 per person. for a final date, TBD. We hope to hear from you soon. Thank you ! Memorial Contribution to Vought Heritage Foundation in Honor of Volunteer Events by Johnnie Johnson Dick Atkins The Vought Heritage Foundation has received a note and a generous donation in memory of Dick Atkins, from Brynn Thayer, daughter of Paul Thayer. Dick Atkins at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Texas, 2015 (note the V-173 Flying Pancake in the background) --

MISSION ARLINGTON 210 W. South Street Arlington, Texas 76010

All Volunteer events have been postponed for the rest of 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hopefully, when things return to normal, we can reschedule the volunteer opportunity with Mission Arlington! Mission Arlington is a wonderful organization that runs on the help of volunteers. By volunteering, it connects you with the community to serve others for the good. Volunteer events give us all an opportunity to make

financial crisis. Within two years, Thayer brought the company's operations back into the black and by 1974; LTV was reporting record sales and earnings. Brynn Thayer –

Brynn Thayer, Paul Thayer’s daughter, is a successful American actress. She played Jenny Wolek on the television soap opera One Life to Live from 1979 to 1986, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Brynn Thayer also played Ben Matlock's daughter for several seasons.

1956 Chance Vought Ad for the F8U-1 Crusader Paul Thayer –

In 1961, when Ling-Temco-Electronics merged with Chance Vought to become Ling-Temco- Vought, Inc., Paul Thayer became president of Chance Vought Aircraft and a director of LTV. Four years later, when the company was reorganized, Thayer was named president of LTV Aerospace Corporation, the successor to Chance Vought. Under his leadership, the aviation company's sales grew four-fold from $195 million to $800 million annually. In 1970, Thayer was elected Chairman and CEO of the LTV Corporation, which was in the midst of a major This ad was posted on the Vought Heritage Foundation website. Several comments were posted about it, including this one by Lynn Waddy, 35-year LTV employee who retired December 31, 2003 --

Lynn Waddy -- I started working for LTV in 1968. In 2011, my husband was diagnosed with stage 3-B lung cancer. By the grace of God and a wonderful doctor, he has been cancer free now for 9 years. Several years ago, his doctor had a dinner for survivors. The doctor always referred to my husband as an example of hope. After the dinner, a lady approached and asked if he was Mr. Waddy. She then sat with us, and told how she worked in the insurance office and she had watched my husband’s progress through the insurance claims. She was so happy for his survival. Then, she told us her father had died of lung cancer. He had died while still in the Navy and she was a young girl. He was a Naval Aviator — he flew the F-8 Crusader. I replied that she would not believe that I spent my working life with the company that built the F-8 Crusader— LTV. ❤❤

And, David Hansen wrote –

David Hansen i wish there was a T-shirt available with THAT Company logo on it....

th Well, we do have a 100 Anniversary of Chance th Vought T-Shirt available ! (See the next article.) The 100 Anniversary of Chance Vought T-shirt is available for $12 for the restocked 2XL and 3XL sizes, still $10 for the other sizes.

The 100th Anniversary of Chance Vought T-shirt -- NEW T-shirt – O3U-3 Corsair I The new blue T-shirts featuring the O3U-3 Corsair I are available for a donation of $15. Shipping charges (if mailed, instead of being picked up at the Vought Retiree Club office) are $7 for one shirt, $8 for two, or actual shipping cost for over two shirts. Pick one up at, or order one from, the Retiree Club office ([email protected] or 817-478-1885). If you want to come to pick up T-shirts at the Vought Retiree Club office, please call first to make an appointment and wear a mask when you come in. The new blue O3U-3 Corsair I T-shirt –

Chance Vought and LTV Aerospace – A Family Affair Chance Vought and LTV Aerospace were always a company where co-workers felt as if they were part of a family – a family that cared about each other, and about others in the community. Part of the reason for that family feeling is that the entire company moved from Connecticut to Texas and the employees had that common bond, and new The back of the T-shirt is shown here -- employees who were hired were embraced, and developed that same bond with the original employees and each other. Another reason was that many of the employees were actually direct family members. It is that family feeling that made all employees want to make the company successful, and they did.

The close-up of the graphic on the back of the T-shirt is shown here --

- “Three Generations” serve Chance Vought, from Volume 10, No. 2 issue (circa November 1957) of the Chance Vought News, forerunner to LTV Aerospace’s Profile newsletter.

Below is a partial list of family members who were company employees (you may know of others, and can let the Editor know who they were) –  Joe Anderson and Nancy Jo Anderson (father & daughter)  Bill Askew & son Chris Askew  Bill Barter & son Andrew Barter  Harley F. (Red) Bean & Joan Bean (husband & wife)  Ed Beers & Shirley Beers (husband & wife)  William G. Force & Marjorie ―Midge‖ Force (husband  Sally Berry & Wayne Berry (sister & brother) & wife)  John Howard ―Howie‖ Best and daughter Jody Best  Dudley Richard Foster and son Bill Foster  Jim Billingsley & Shirley Ann Billingsley (husband &  Verda Franklin; son Duyane Franklin, daughter Donna wife) Lopez, and Donna’s husband John Lopez  Mort Bland & Virginia Bland (husband & wife)  Irwin ―Sam‖ Gaines & son Tony Irwin Gaines  Margaret Brodhead and son Jim Brodhead & daughter  Linda Gambrel and sons Johnny Gambrel & Jayson Diana Cawthorn Gambrel  Dennis Biddle & Daphne Biddle (husband & wife)  Donald ―Donnie‖ Gardner & Page Gardner (husband &  Don Black & Charlcy Black (husband & wife) wife)  O.J. Blakey & Anne Blakey (husband & wife)  Steve Graham & Stephen Graham (father & son)  Walter Bogart & Edith Bogart (husband & wife)  Zane Green & Montie Green (husband & wife) st  Jack Bos & Ann Bos (husband & wife)  Jerry Gruber & 1 wife Anita Gruber (husband & wife)  Joel (Joe) Hill Bower & Mary Ann Kennedy Bower  Jerry Gruber & Gladys Gruber (husband & wife) (husband & wife)  Ken Gustafson & wife Betty Gustafson, and daughter  Billy Clyde Branum & Nelda Branum (husband & Kenda Stacy wife), son Rusty Branum, son Brent Branum, and  Janie Haga & Bill Haga (husband & wife) Rusty’s uncle Elwood Branum  Earl Hastings, son E. Wayne Hastings, brother E. Ted  Margaret Brodhead & son Jim Brodhead Hastings, daughter Gina Hastings Price, & son-in-law  Kim Cady & Becky Cady (husband & wife) and Rickey Price Becky’s father Joe Davis  Hawk family – grandfather John Hawk, his son Elliot  Bruce Capehart & Sheri Capehart (husband & wife) Hawk, and Elliot’s children – daughter Joella, and sons  Dottie Carson and her uncle William Norkus Cecil, Walter, and Truman. Cecil’s wife Vonda Hawk  Charles Casella, and his daughter Helene Hand and her (not shown in the picture above) also worked for the husband Vernon Hand company.  Gene Cates & Joyce Cates (husband & wife)  Clint Hawk & Dorris Hawk (husband & wife)  Bobbie Stephenson Collins & Ron Collins (husband &  Chester Haynes & Wendell Haynes (brothers) wife), sister Betty Stephenson Hendricks, & daughter  Sam Hayton & Pat Hayton (husband & wife) Kim Hendricks Larson  Willie Heep & Rita Heep (husband & wife)  Travis N. Coomer, Sr. & son Travis N. Coomer, Jr.  Ernest Nelson Henderson Jr. & Mary Margret  Dick Cozad & Liz Cozad (husband & wife) and son-in- Henderson (husband & wife) st law Jerry Hatcher  Bill Heyer & 1 wife Linda Heyer (husband & wife)  Hal Crow & Roxie Crow (husband & wife)  Bill Heyer & Laurie Heyer (husband & wife)  Janet Cumby, her mother Carolyn Leigh (worked for  Don Higginbotham & Lamanda Higginbotham Dan Burney at LTV Tower in the 1960s), her father (husband & wife) George Leigh (worked on Crusader & F4U),  Keith Higham and Betty Higham (husband & wife) grandmother Effie Milam (worked as supervisor at  James ―Jim‖ Hill, son James ―Rick‖ Hill, sister North American Aviation; has photo of her in front of Mildred Hill Penland, brother Monte ―Dill‖ Hill, sister P51), her aunt Dorothy Burdine (Administrative Martha Hill Carter, brother-in-law Walter Penland, Assistant on Scout, TMDAS, WESTPAC), and her niece Roxanna Hill, (daughter of ―Dill‖ Hill) uncle Paul Dean Leigh (Dorothy's 1st husband) worked  Jim Hoch & Jeanne Hoch (husband & wife) at LTV Electrosystems  A.B. Hubbard & Mary Hubbard (husband & wife)  John Dajda & Patricia Dajda (husband & wife)  David Hunn & Kay Hunn (husband & wife)  Raymond Dempsey (Ray) Andrews & Claud Charles  James R. Hunsinger & son Michael Dean Hunsinger Andrews (brothers)  Vynita Billingsley Hutson, her father Forrest (Bill)  Larry Dennis and Ann Dennis (husband & wife) Billingsley, her brother Rick Billingsley, her  Jim Denova & Stephanie Denova (husband & wife) grandfather William Freeman Mason, her uncle Delton  Ray Dorton & Nancy Dorton (now Nancy Newstead) Mason, her cousin Madie Mason Vernon, Madie’s son (husband & wife) Mason Vernon [also, Madie’s father J.D. Mason  Al Duchesne & Paula Duchesne (husband & wife) (brother of Vynita’s grandfather, William Freeman  Mary Ann Duppstadt & Jim Duppstadt (mother & son) Mason) worked for North American Aviation]  Ray Dyer and Beth Dyer (father & daughter)  Kenneth Lawrence ―Jake‖ Jacobs & son David  Yvonne Ellis & Wanda Ellis (sisters) Lawrence Jacobs  Dr. Herb Epstein & Margaret Epstein (husband &  John Jurik & Cindy Jurik (husband & wife) wife)  Bob Kiefer and son Tom Kiefer  Bob Fisette & Nancy Fisette (husband & wife)  David Kohner & daughter Alicia Kohner  Ed Koltko & Betty Koltko (husband & wife)  Rob Kubica & Rose Kubica (husband & wife), Rose’s  Sterlen Scott ―Scotty‖ Sleeth & Annie Lou Sleeth daughter Tricia Pierce Toole, and Tricia’s father (husband & wife) Wyman C. Pierce, Sr.  Dillon Smith & father-in-law Earl Landes (NAA)  Bob Kunkel & Tinsy Kunkel (husband & wife)  Billie Smith & Faye Smith (husband & wife)  Fred Lambert & Mary Lambert (husband & wife)  Wayland Ray Smith & Mary Nell ―Mickey‖  Bob Lawler & Arlene Lawler (husband & wife) Smith (husband & wife) and daughter Larri Smith  Dick Lawrence & Cheryl Lawrence (husband & wife)  Charles Stalmach & son Dennis Stalmach  Wayne Lee & Mildred Lee (husband & wife)  Duane Benton Starkey & son Duane Matthew Starkey  Gail Litton & Claire Litton (husband & wife) (in IT)  Sol Love & Betty Anne Love (husband & wife)  Zada Starks & father Robert Jerome Yarborough  Charlie Machala & Helen Machala (husband & wife)  Billy Strauch & son Robbie Strauch (Robbie is the  Eldredge Manning & son Ron Manning grandson of Faran Strauch, and great-nephew of Janell  Robert (Bob) McCulloch, brother John McCulloch, and Franklin (both of Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire nephew Alex McCulloch Control)  Gil Metzger & John Metzger (brothers)  Charlie Sugg & Donna Sugg (husband & wife)  Charlie Milam and son Ben Milam  Bill Svihel & Anna Svihel (husband & wife)  Clint Miller & Mary Ann Miller (husband & wife)  Joe Tarrant & Diane Tarrant (husband & wife)  Alex Mills and son Chris Mills  Harold Toliver & Becky Toliver (husband & wife)  Pat Mishko and Sarah Reynolds (sisters)  Thomas C. Tune and son Tom Tune  Denise Morgan & Wayne Morgan (wife & husband)  Tom Vandersleen & Cindy Vandersleen (husband &  Jay Musselman & Linda Mussleman (husband & wife) wife)  Wes Northcutt & Anna Northcutt (father & daughter)  Otto Van Maerssen & Maria Charney (father &  Charlie Nutt & Sue Nutt (husband & wife) daughter)  Bob Oram & Ben Oram (brothers)  Fred Voss & Paul Voss (brothers)  Jim Outenreath & Wilma Outenreath (husband & wife)  Chance Milton Vought (Chairman), his father George and daughter Alyson Outenreath Nelson Washington Vought (President), his wife Ena Lewis  Chris Ouzts & Susan Ouzts (husband & wife) Vought (Secretary-Treasurer), and his father-in-law  Pat Patterson, father R. O. Patterson, Jr. (NAA & Birdseye B. Lewis TEMCO), father-in-law Ed Brummette (NAA), aunt  Robert Wallace & Becky Wallace (husband & wife) Wanda Bailey Edwards (NAA), and cousin Wade  Ed Walters & Vicki L. Walters (husband & wife) Crawford (NAA & CV)  Ed Warren & Barbara Warren (husband & wife)  David Peart & Sondra Peart (husband & wife)  Wat Watkins & brother Don Watkins  Bob Pennington & Mindy Hall Pennington (husband &  Garland B. Whisenhunt and Gerald R. Whisenhunt wife) (brothers)  Fred Randall & Louise Kay Randall (husband & wife)  Tommy Williams & daughter Tamara Williams  Doris Redd & sisters Mary Jackson, Abby Kiefer (Bob  Bea Wilson & John Nash Wilson (wife & husband) Kiefer's 2nd wife), a nephew, and a son-in-law  Bill Wilson & John P. Wilson (father & son)  Elmo Reeves and son Robin Reeves  Bob Yesconis & Aletha Yesconis (husband & wife)  Ludwig ―Pop‖ Reichert & his son Stu Reichert  Tom Risley & wife Susan Risley  Tom Risley and 1st wife Bonnie 1957 – Chance Vought Aircraft th  Will Robinson & his great-aunt Willie Mae 40 Anniversary Open House McCormick Article from the Irving Texas Irving News-Record,  Jim Ross & Sue Ross (husband & wife) November 7, 1957, about Chance Vought Aircraft’s  Milt Rudick & Dorothy ―Tiny‖ Rudick (husband & th wife) 40 Anniversary Open House --  Duane Schaezler & Gene Schaezler (twin brothers)  Bob Schmidt & Onamae Schmidt (husband & wife)  Cheryl Schmidt, her ex-husband William T. Jenkins, and her ex-father-in-law H. D. (Doyle) Jenkins  Jack Scott & Ronda Scott (husband & wife)  Ray Siler & Sherry Siler (husband & wife)  Connie Singleton, her husband Ed Singleton, her father Peter Sperazza (died in 2010 at 101), & her mother Mary Sperazza (died 1987)  Milan Skrtic and Pat Skrtic (husband & wife)

Below are the ad and article, enlarged for reading –

Executive Committee meets the Five T-6 aircraft are shown on the tarmac, and 3 are in the hangar. Note: Mountain Creek Lake is first Wednesday of each month visible in the background. TEMCO Aircraft Corporation ad in Fortune magazine, June 1952

The Executive Committee of the Vought Retiree Club meets at 9:15 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month in the office suite generously provided by Texas Trust Credit Union in the Texas Trust Business Park at 5840 W. I-20 in southwest Arlington. The April through August Executive Committee meetings were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. A successful online meeting via Zoom was conducted on Wednesday morning, September 2, 2020. It was good to see everyone again and have a real meeting! Next meeting: October 7. 1941 -- North American plant in Dallas produced its first T-6 1956 -- TEMCO Model 51 U.S. The first T-6 trainer aircraft was produced in 1941 Navy TT-1 Jet Trainer by North American at the Dallas plant that TEMCO and Chance Vought and LTV later occupied.

1950s -- TEMCO F-101 aft sections Restoration News Restoration activities were shut down, due to the In the 1950s, TEMCO produced F-101 aft sections, along with several aircraft designs and rework coronavirus pandemic, from mid-March through services for the military. Here are a couple mid-May. Christmas greetings placed on F-101 aft sections The Restoration volunteers are now working again, prior to delivery to McDonnell. with social distancing, sanitizing, and use of masks when around others. The Vought Heritage Foundation Restoration volunteer crew is working in a facility rented from the Grand Prairie Independent School District. They currently meet every Tuesday and Thursday -- from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Updates from Rusty Branum In this issue of the Vought Retiree Club News, the activities of the Restoration Group are detailed for the period April through June (the last issue detailed activities for December 17 through March 22). The Restoration Volunteers are working on the O3U-3 fuselage. The airplane being restored is a 1935 vintage. This seaplane version of the O3U-3 was identical to the landplane version, except for installation of pontoons and a float. This model was an upgraded O3U-2, the major change being use of the latest Pratt & Whitney R-1340-12 engine. The first 28 of these aircraft were convertible types for land and sea operation. This was the first Vought aircraft to use Vought-designed pontoon and floats. Prior to Photo credits: Vought Aircraft Historical Archives this time, the Navy purchased them from other sources and attached them to the aircraft To see more and join the discussion on Vought themselves. history and activities, join the Facebook group – Vought Heritage Foundation.

This was also the first aircraft to be equipped for cast-type recovery by the ships. Their service itinerary was similar to that described We will resume normal work schedule starting this for the O3U-1. Some were still stationed at various Thursday. Naval Air Stations as late as 1941. I think everyone is ready to get back to work.

And speaking of work, Bill Condon was busy at Anyone who wants to help restore home during the shutdown, building up all 9 of the the company’s old aircraft, exhaust pipes for the radial engine, and they look come join the Restoration Volunteers ! great -- all painted and installed.

May 19, 2020 First day back from the Coronavirus lockdown, we had a pretty good turn-out. We went over the current project, and schedule of tasks to be completed.

August 6, 2020 We celebrated our July, August, and September birthdays today, while doing our best at social distancing, Happy Birthday to all. July birthdays were Jerry Fischer and Wade Anderson, August was Rusty Branum and Cathie Barrington, September was Joyce Ross, Stu Reichert, Don Wooldridge, Richard Sheaner, and Dick Guthrie; we were missing Bruce White. The cake was good and a lot of catching up was enjoyed by all.

September birthdays -- Joyce Ross, Stu Reichert, Don Wooldridge, Richard Sheaner, and Dick Guthrie

Photos from the Birthdays celebration –

July birthdays -- Jerry Fischer and Wade Anderson (Wade Anderson is celebrating his 91st birthday !)

August birthdays -- Rusty Branum and Cathie Barrington

John Pulice Bob, I was reading the latest Vought newsletter regarding the F-8 Crusader and thought you, as a Vought historian, might be interested in F-8 Crusader pilots that have worked at the Vought plant. They include: Admiral L.R. (Bob) Smith, Captains: P.J. Smith, Frank Liberato, John Pulice, Nelson Gillette, Johnny Bittick. LCDRs Bob Berg, George Clare, Wayne Williams. Lieutenants Ken Fox and Charlie Jester. This list may not include all F-8 pilots, but is a fairly close representation. I have flown many flights with these mentioned pilots, as we were a close-knit group, and we were proud to have been associated with this great aircraft. Most all of the pilots in this group have logged in excess of 1,000 hours in the Crusader, and I still have my framed certificate for achieving the 1,000 hours signed by W.J. Bosworth and J.W. Note from John Pulice on the F-8 Casey. All Crusader pilots proudly wear the 1,000 MPH lapel pin presented by Vought for exceeding Article in the last Issue 1,000 MPH as certified by the FAA on a measured course run. Just thought you might be interested in this tidbit of information of Vought history.

John Pulice Captain, U.S. Navy

F7 Cutlass on display at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida

John Pulice, in the back standing by the A-4. Shown: -Lenny Pacheo, E.W. (Bud) Ingley, Dick Brummett, Jerry McClesky, A.C. Stallings, A.L. Hamlin, Herb Hope, John Donahue, Sweet, John Pulice, Branson F8 on display at the Mid-America 1940 -- Breaking Ground for the Air Museum in Kansas North American Aviation plant North American Aviation, a division of General Motors, in 1941 built an aircraft plant in Dallas. The plant turned out T-6 trainers and P-51 fighters.

A-7-A Production Line, July 1967

2018 Aerial View of the LTV Jefferson Street Facility in Dallas Texas, during demolishing

Building 6 at the LTV Jefferson Street Facility

LTV Training Center in Harlingen Texas -- 1968 Trainees from south Texas, ready to move to Dallas and work at LTV !

Astronaut trains at LTV for Bomb Threats Empty LTV Tower Gemini mission -- 1964 – September 18, 1970

Capt. William A. Anders, U.S. astronaut, operates the controls of a machine simulating outer space flight as he trains for the two-man extended orbital flight of a Gemini capsule. The training session was in the Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) plant at Grand Prairie, near Dallas, Texas, on July 24, 1964. The projected image of the moon in the background heightens his illusion of space travel.

XF7U-1 at USAF Plant 4 - Consolidated Vultee in Fort Worth, Texas, 1949

from Mark Friend -- 1949 photo at USAF Plant 4 - Consolidated Vultee in Fort Worth. In view, an XF7U-1 from the Chance Vought factory in Dallas. The Vought Cutlass had a relatively long development period, and a short service life. About 300 were produced, of which the F7U-3 was the most numerous. For a short time, the Cutlass was flown by the Blue Angels to promote the aircraft only as a demonstration. Ad in Dallas Morning News -- (Source of photos: The Dallas Morning News and Meet Bill Micchelli, Chance photographer Clint Grant.) Vought Missile Engineer

JFK visits LTV - September 1960

JFK with cowboy hat

John F. Kennedy visited LTV and Grand Prairie, Texas in September, 1960.

Hangar Café: Grand Prairie, 1942 The Hangar Cafe in Grand Prairie catered to workers of the North America Aviation plant in Texas. I'd like to go in and get a burger and a malt. I'm betting it would have been great !

Veterans Day -- 2012

Vought Aircraft Manufacturing employees recognizing Veterans Day at the Jefferson Street Facility, Building 6 in Dallas, Texas (photo by Arthur Rothstein) LTV XC-142 Tri-Service Tilt-Wing Aircraft

The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 was a tri- service tilt-wing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) transports. An XC-142A first flew conventionally on 29 September 1964, and on 11 January 1965, it completed its first transitional flight by taking off vertically, changing to forward flight, and finally landing vertically. Its service sponsors pulled out of the program one by one, and it eventually ended due to a lack of interest after demonstrating its capabilities successfully. The only remaining XC-142 currently on display in the National Museum of the US Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio -- https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum- Exhibits/Fact- Sheets/Display/Article/195770/chance-voughtltv- xc-142a/

1950s Aerial View of Chance Vought Aircraft

Regulus II Restoration and Ostensibly an experiment in communication transportation, the Regulus’ mail flight sent a subtle Restoration Paint Team signal that in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. military was capable of such accuracy in missile flight that it could be considered for use by the post office. The missile employed a then state-of-the-art guidance system that could precisely deliver a thermonuclear weapon a distance of 600 miles.

Major Pappy Boyington visits the Chance Vought plant in Stratford, Connecticut -- 1945

Regulus I

Regulus I missile launching from USS Barbero submarine and landing at Mayport, Florida

Major Pappy Boyington on far right; 2nd from left is Rex B. Beisel (General Manager of Chance Vought Aircraft, 1943- December 1949)

Major Gregory Pappy Boyington (born December 4, 1912, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; died January 11, 1988, Fresno, California), American World War II flying ace who shot down 28 enemy Japanese planes. Boyington, a 1934 graduate of the University of Washington, enlisted Envelope from Regulus I experimental flight in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1936 and became a pilot. He resigned from the Marines to join General Claire L. On June 8, 1959, the US Navy fired a Regulus I missile Chennault’s American Volunteer Group, the Flying from the USS Barbero (SSG-317) and directed it to land Tigers, in China. After the Japanese attack on Pearl at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Mayport, Florida, Harbor, he rejoined the Marines in 1942 and in 1943 near Jacksonville. While the sub was docked at Norfolk, organized Squadron 214, the legendary Black Sheep Virginia, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield Squadron (flying F4U Corsairs), one of the most helped place two blue and red metal containers, holding renowned fighting units of the war, operating mostly in 3,000 letters, inside the sub’s missile prior to the flight. the Solomon Islands. On his last mission, on January 3, The missile was fired from the submarine shortly before 1944, he shot down three Japanese aircraft but was noon and arrived at Mayport twenty-two minutes later. himself shot down in Rabaul harbor, New Britain, was The 3,000 letters inside the missile were identical letters picked up by a Japanese submarine, and was transported from the Postmaster General that were addressed to to a prison camp in Japan. Though his fate at the time President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, cabinet was unknown, the U.S. Government awarded Major members and top federal officials, all members of Boyington the Medal of Honor in 1944. He was released congress, Supreme Court justices, U.S. governors, from prison in 1945, and retired with the rank of Colonel postmasters generals from around the world and the in 1947. His memoirs, Baa Baa Black Sheep, were officers and crew of the Barbero. published in 1958.

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G e Officers: Directors: n e President – Larry Skinner Activities – Pat Patterson 1st Vice President – Karen Sauls Annual Meeting – Karen Sauls C 2nd Vice President – Gaye Kortegast Support Assistant – Sue Nutt a Treasurer – Madie Vernon Support Assistant – Leroy Buchanan t Secretary – Vynita Hutson Mailing – Bob Snegon e Sergeant-at-Arms – Wat Watkins Newsletter and Publicity – Bob Bardo s Newsletter Editor Emeritus – Connie Singleton Volunteer Programs – Johnnie Johnson Veterans’ Advocate – Gene Cates Technical Support and Website* – Roger Stites Volunteer Programs – JohnnieCall the Johnson Club at (817) 478- Technical Support and 1885Website* – Roger Stites Chairman of Major Programs – Jim Hill V.P. - Membership AssistantEmail: –[email protected] Ann Christmas V.P. - Membership Assistant – Ann Christmas [email protected] Call the Club at (817) 478-1885 President, Vought Heritage Foundation – Cathie Barrington * Email: [email protected] V [email protected] *Vought Heritage Website: www.vought.org o

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