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CONVAIRIETY
August
Amateur Cameramen Compete for Prizes in Contest
Bob Ferguson of Dept. 31 SD took this photo (F/16 at I/50th) E. E. Eichholtz (Dept. 6-4 FW) entered this picture of Oscar Keeping in trim with a game of
of Carolyn Hasner (Public Relations) and her daughter Barbara on Wehmanen (also 6-4), taken during competition in one of Convair SD) who was caught in action by
the sands of Coronado Beach. bowling leagues. Setting was F/l I at I/200th. used I/50th with F/16.
Peaceful waters of Possum Kingdom Lake are shown in this photo Karen. Lee and Bobby Hunt, children of Woodrow Hunt (Dept. "On target" is caption for this |
by Jack Kerr, Engineering FW, who used F/8 at I/50th. Photo is 6 SD) survey members of SD fishing fleet in this picture taken by of George Higgins Jr. of FW Indi
enlarged from 35 mm color frame. their father using F/16 at I/I00th. Robert W. Deihl (Dept. 4-2 FW) w
Water Skiiers Go to Rescue
As Squall Upsets FW Craft
A Convair FW CRA water ski-
ing program turned into a life-
saving session when a wind and
Rockhounds Stuffed
At SD Beach Party
When you mix the sea, the
sand, a beautiful sunset, ham-
burger, hot dogs, marshmallows,
a big bonfire and good rock hunt-
ing, you have a concoction that
will tempt the most backward
“rockhound.”
The Convair SD Rockhound
Club, in its field trip of July 30
had all the proper ingredients
and a wonderful evening was en-
joyed by 125 people, including
many children and family mem-
bers. The place was Moonlight
Beach near Encinitas.
Forty pounds of hamburger
and nine dozen wieners with ap-
propriate buns, mustard, picka-
lilly and potato chips fell prey
to sea-air sharpened appetites,
followed by marshmallows roast-
ed over a big beach bonfire.
Wielding the spatulas and long-
handled forks were W. F. Hinds
(who thoroughly enjoys such oc-
casions as chef) and George
Foi’bes, an expert fry cook.
If there are any valuable or
unusual mineral specimens
around, the Rockhounds can find
them, and most of the family
groups took home nice specimens
of moonstone, jasper, petrified
wood and agate, for which Moon-
light Beach is famons. Swim-
ming and surf fishing claimed its
share of attention.
rain storm struck Lake Worth
suddenly on Sunday, Aug. 7.
Approximately 25 Convair boat
and skiing enthusiasts were
watching sailboat races from
Mack’s Dock (adjoining Lake
Worth Sailing Club), when the
storm struck, capsizing a sail-
boat carrying three persons.
W. H. Govett raced his speed-
boat to the scene, where a crew
of the Convair skiers pulled in
the dunked sailboat passengers
and righted the boat.
A short time later another res-
cue was made when Lt. Col. A. E.
Stuart raced his boat to the aid
of five persons dumped when
their outboard craft capsized.
One of the Convair group was
the third to be rescued—Joe Sau-
renmann, whose motor boat was
flipped end-over-end by the wind.
Govett and a crew of helpers, in-
cluding R. J. Lynn, water activi-
ties commissioner, pulled Sauren-
mann out of the water and suc-
ceeded in towing the craft to
shore.
DIES ON VACATION
William McKinley Comer, Con-
vair FW Assembler (Dept. 50),
died of a heart attack, Aug. 9,
while on vacation in Georgia.
Comer, a World War I veteran,
is survived by his wife and two
sisters. Funeral services were
held in Sherman, Tex., Aug. 12.
Comer had worked at Convair
for the past two years.
APPRECIATION
yee°'pMKiNfH New World Altitude Record
Sought by SD Model Maker
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“The parking’s free, but there’s
a slight charge for space.”
A pilot who builds his planes
on a kitchen table and flies his
ships from the ground will try
for a new world altitude record
soon.
The “pilot” is Dick Everett of
Dept. 31 SD, who has been build-
ing model airplanes for 15 years
and believes he can break the
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present record of 13,800 feet for
model planes, held by Russia.
“If I can keep an engine
going long enough, I don’t see
why I can’t make it to 18,000
feet,” Everett remarked last
week as he worked on a new
plane with which he hopes to
achieve the record. “A model
engine firm is working now on
a ‘souped-up’ engine for me
that combines power with light
weight.”
Everett plans a plane of 6V2
foot wing span that will weigh a
total of 42 ounces when loaded
with a pint of fuel, enough to
keep it in the air for close to
three hours.
“One of the big problems
will be in keeping track of the
model,” Everett explained. “I’ll
need a chase plane to follow it,
carrying a representative of
the Academy of Model Aero-
nautics so that the flight is
official.”
Everett recently returned from
Olathe, Kan., where he competed
in the 18th annual National
Model Airplane Championships,
placing third in the nation. His
planes took two seconds, a third,
a seventh and a tenth.
KITCHEN BUILDER—Dick Everett of Dept. 31 SD, sights along
the 3y2-ounce tail he has built for model plane he hopes will break
world altitude mark. Everett, who placed third among 1,000 model
airplane builders competing in national championships recently,
builds his ships on kitchen table at home at 1572 First Avenue, SD.
Plane on table is model of L-13.
Appreciation for expressions
of sympathy was addressed this
week to Convair employees from
the family of the late William M.
Shanahan, former secretary and
treasurer of Convair. He died
July 14 following a heart attack.
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