Convairiety, Volume 9, Number 17, August 22, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Fort Worth and
Daingerfieid
EDITION
Fort Worth news office:
ext. 5290; Daingerfieid news
office: ext. 424
SAN DIEGO, POMONA AND ANTELOPE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
DAINGERFIELD AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FIRST AND LARGEST—Lee Humphrey made two records this month at Convair Fort Worth by
having largest Employee Suggestion award and first under new plan. Shown here, left to right, are
T. E. Hoffman, chief of inspection, Humphrey, Dept. 27 inspector, B. G. Reed, assistant division
manager, and August C. Esenwein, division manager, presenting check.
Off-Plant Space Slated
For FW's Nuclear Staff
First ES Under
New Scale Pays
FW Man $1,118
An idea he said “anyone could
have figured out” this week
scored a couple of employee sug-
gestion milestones for L. C. Hum-
phrey, Dept. 27 inspector at Con-
vair Fort Worth.
The idea was the first ES
award approved under the new
plan for larger awards.
And’ the idea won him $1,118
—largest cash award so far
this year. It is a flat 10 per
cent of estimated savings.
Humphrey’s idea was a small
phenolic rotary wheel to remove
sealant in certain areas of the
B-58.
That’s all there was to it.
But it will save hundreds of
manhours and the cost of the
wheel is slight.
Not only does it save time in
removing the sealer, it a^so re-
duces soan time in fuselage, wing
and other areas of the B-58.
“It’s often the simplest ideas
that save the most money,”
said Walter Bradley of indus-
trial engineering.
The new plan offers more
money to suggesters with ap-
proved ideas. If a suggestion is
adopted at another Convair divi-
sion, the suggester receives an
additional award.
The new plan also includes
higher minimum awards, as well
as payments for approved sug-
gestions with intangible savings.
Dept, of Industrial
Facilities Formed
The new department of indus-
trial facilities was being estab-
lished at Convair Fort Worth this
month under direction of J. F.
Ringo. He bears the title of man-
ager of industrial engineering and
facilities.
The new department’s respon-
sibility is to assure that Convair
Fort Worth has all necessary fa-
cilities—by the time they’re
needed.
At the same time, J. F. Con-
sidine was appointed industrial
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J. F. Ringo J. F. Considine
Convair Fort Worth’s nuclear
engineering staff this week was
looking forward to the prospect
of a new nuclear office building
in space formerly occupied by the
Safeway Store on White Settle-
ment Road.
Details remained to be worked
out. But if all goes according to
plan, remodeling of the building
will get under way this ftionth,
and they’ll be in new offices
sometime next month.
The building is one mile south
of the plant just off the freeway.
It will mark the first time that
Convair Fort Worth Division
people in any number have taken
permanent offices off the plant
grounds.
About 250 nuclear program
men and women are due to be
affected. Included will be ana-
lytic, design and administrative
employees from Dept. 6-8 and 6-6.
According to Dr. B. P. Leonard,
chief of nuclear laboratories, all
Dept. 6-8 people now housed in
the administration building will
Progress of work at Convair
Fort Worth will be reviewed by
August C. Esenwein, division
manager, this week at the Satur-
day (Aug. 25) meeting of the
Convair Management Club.
“Yesterday, Today and Tomor-
row” is the title of the talk. It
will deal with the B-58 and other
projects.
The meeting will get under
way at 11 a.m. with a social hour.
Barbecue lunch will be served
I about noon.
be moved to the new offices.
About 20,000 square feet of
office area will be used in an
expansion program for the nuc-
lear group.
The building will have all fa-
cilities of the main plant and
other features including a com-
bined reception and switchboard
section and ADT system.
The brick building is air-con-
ditioned and has ample parking
facilities.
Admittance to the building will
be by special identification photo
pass and will be restricted to em-
ployees with these special badges
or permits.
Among offices to be located
in the new building are: A. O.
Mooneyham, chief of nuclear op-
erations; Dr. N. M. Schaeffer,
chief of nuclear research; W. C.
DeLorme. nuclear program ad-
ministrative supervisor; and Dr.
Leonard.
The building is scheduled to be
ready for occupancy early in Sep-
tember.
Special entertainment acts also
will be on the program. A draw-
ing will be held for door prizes.
Lou Lyte, club president, said
that several important announce-
ments will be made about activi-
ties the club is undertaking.
Tooling departments are spon-
soring the meeting. Jack Haynes
is chairman. Working with him
are S. J. Middleton, Max Wein-
stein, R. H. Short, A. E. North-
cott, George Frazier, H. L. Col-
lins and G. W. Beckham.
FINAL PLANS—Tooling department men get together for final
plans for August Management Club meeting set for Saturday, Aug.
25. Jack Haynes, foreground, heads committee. Others are: S. J.
Middleton, A. E. Northcott, Hal Collins, George Frazier. Standing:
Woody Beckham, Max Weinstein and Dick Short.
Progress of Work at Convair FW
To be Reviewed at Club Meeting
Fall Dates Set
For First B-58
Flight Testing
Convair’s new supersonic bomber, the delta wing- B-58,
is expected to begin flight tests this fall, General Dy-
namics Corporation announced recently in a semi-annual
report to share owners.
At the same time, John Jay Hopkins, General Dynamics
chairman and president, reported
that the corporation’s unfilled or-
ders as of June 30, 1956, based on
firm orders, conti’acts and letters
of intent, is estimated at $1,740,-
000,000. Contracts under nego-
tiation as of that date approxi-
mated an additional $427 million.
WkWM
John Jay Hopkins
first supersonic
Share owners
were informed
that Convair is
in “large scale
production . . .
on the F-102A,
missile-equipped
supersonic delta
all-weather jet
interceptor, and
in initial pro-
duction of the
new delta wing
B-58, America’s
bomber . . .”
Recent orders for the new
“Convair 880” jet transport at
San Diego were reviewed and
share owners were informed that
more than 100 Model 440s now
have been ordered by airlines
and various companies.
JINGLING—Glenda Reynolds
of FW Dept. 6 is in deep thought
as she composes a B-58 jingle.
Deadline is midnight, Aug. 24.
“Total sales of all models of
the Convair-Liner now exceed
1,000, the highest number of
pressurized transports ever
produced by any aircraft manu-
facturing company,” the report
continued.
“Dynamics is not only moving
ahead on an increasingly large
volume of production in all ma-
jor divisions, but is continuing to
increase its backlog,” Hopkins
declared.
Bonds Added to
Jingle Prizes
Two more prizes were added
this week in the B-58 jingle con-
test at Convair Fort Worth.
First prize is the table-top
model of the new B-58. Added
now is a second prize of a $50
savings bond, and third prize of
“Equally important, Dynamics
is increasing its efforts in basic
and applied research and develop-
ment, and is adding materially to
the capital facilities required to
manufacture in quantity the new
products resulting from these
activities.
“In view of the corporation’s
significant advances in atomic
submarines, military and com-
mercial aircraft, missiles, atomic
aircraft and electronics, I am
confident that our current prog-
ress will continue not only
through 1956, but through 1957
as well. The corporation’s fore-
casts indicate, for 1957, sales
substantially in excess of $1
billion . .
Touching on developments at
divisions other than Convair,
Hopkins reported:
Canadair Limited has received
a multi-million dollar contract
for production of additional
CL-28 aircraft, the four-engine
maritime reconnaissance version
of the Bristol “Brittania.” (A
Brittania, powei-ed by four Pro-
teus turboprop engines, was in
San Diego Aug. 14-17, on exhibit
at Lindbergh Field in connection
with the National Turbine-Pow-
ered Air Transportation meeting
sponsored annually by the Insti-
tute of the Aeronautical Sciences,
convened in San Diego for the
first time. The visit was part of
a month-long visit to the United
States from England during
which the airplane toured the
country.)
Canadair is continuing produc-
tion of the T-33 jet trainers and
F-86 Mark VI Sabre jet fighters.
Electric Boat Division has
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a $25 bond.
Several hundred entries already
have been received in the contest
sponsored by the Convair Man-
agement Club.
Deadline is midnight Aug. 24.
Entries must be turned in at em-
ployee services section on the 50-
foot aisle.
Rules are simple:
1. Write a verse with a simple
point to it, encouraging better
work, praise for the B-58, cutting
costs, meeting schedules or some-
thing of that nature.
2. The verse may be only two
lines. Each line may have . no
more than four words. And the
last words of each line should
rhyme.
3. Write entry plainly on a
piece of blank paper. Include
name, clock number and depart-
ment.
4. Only Convair Fort Worth
employees may enter—but they
may enter as many times as they
wish. Each entry must contain
name, clock number and depart-
ment.
5. Verses become the property
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Convair Issuing B-58
Decals ‘Like Hotcakes*
Snazzy new decals were go-
ing like hotcakes at Convair
Fort Worth this week.
They’re special B-58 decals
with “B-58” mounted on a
delta and the word Convair
at the top.
Employees who would like a
decal may pick them up at em-
ployee services section on the
50-foot aisle—as long as the
supply lasts.
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