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The\ •ami llie T-33In a In aEjJlass WITH OURCOVERSTORYtVrrm CVi». ______U4 Krsa !•/1 Krbkir, Mn”** •« nlatllilr u»'r * F*rlt;«. i.p.r-• »lfl ■ *•« 1*1. Utla aka Will »i• h.l II mm, fli,.) *By FERNk CHICKActivate bail our bottle. pol! down helmet visor, pull up left arm rest, pull up right arm real, trigger When ready.You comply with eiih step nl the ejection seat test procedure, sitting rigidly inprescribed position: head back, chin down, heels back; and slowly you react for the trigger which will explode a cannon shell and send you catapulting upward on the vertical trade.An explosion erupts In your ears and you feel the chair suddenly zoom upward, to 14 tret, then the smooth descent and you have passed the simulated ejection test given by the Physiological Indoctrination Unit, Air Training Command, at Lackland Air Force Base.Earlier that morning. Cspt. Lo-laod Hadiry, commander cf the unit, had briefed you on use o! oxygen equipment.You heard strange new words: hypoxia, meaning a rhortago ol oxygen at all levels of the body, a term for suffocation; hypcrvoo-tilation, meaning too - rapid respiration, loss of too much carbon dioxide from the body.Capt. Hadiry covered each de-ContestWinnersSherry Swope, 12-year old Sunset Hills scliool student who lives nt 211 Hope Ur., has won J25 lt;w first place winner In the Tom Thumb coloring contest announced on this page last week.Second prize or J15 wen* to Shir-Icy Ann Williams, 1311 S. St Mary's St.. 10-year-old Hcbert-n. Green student. Linda Joyce Fay-nik. 929 Gnrraty Kd.. won the third prize, *10. She is 10, and goes to Cambridge school.HONORABLE MENTION The following 20 woo honorable mention for their coloring efforts, and each won a pair of tickets to the Texas theater to see the mov.e, Tom ’nmmb.Sarah Jo Langridge, 10. 784 Ter-rctl Rd.; Eleven Pierce, 12. Randolph A.F.D.; Cntolyn Lehwald. 8, 435 E. Hathaway Dr.; ChristineJet, You Ye j»i World ApartOn OurCoverSymbolizing the young men la training today as Aviation cadrtx is our cover pilot. U. Refer*! G. Morris, con cf Mr. and Mm. P. M. Morris; CIS Faye Are.Lt Morris, a graduate of New Mexico ASM, Is now undergoing basic single engine Jet pilot If Alain s at Laredo Air Force Base. His falser Is an employe in ibe Transient Alert acctloo at Kelly Air Force Base.tall of the standard A-14, manual oxygen pressure regulator, to be used on your Jet flight that afternoon. Each minute operation, each functioning part was thoroughly explained.You arc here because you ore writing about FligH. the television series filmed In cooperation with the United States Air Force, and seen at 10 p.m. Saturdays on Or. 5,Part of TrainingThe sni« is termed the au-Uteotic sage of aviation and you arc getting your own authentic story, experiencing a portion of the .training received each day of tlx: year by young men who arc our nation's future pilots.But your lecture on oxygen equipment and the ejection scat tost are only a part of the 2K-hour physiological Indoctrination r«s. ccived by the student pilots.Aviation cadets at Lackland's Pre-Flight Training School undergo a thorough 12-week course, studying military and profession.!! drills, from world political geography to military code Of conduct. , ;You tour the school Itself, receive a brief orientation from 1st Lt, Robert Hayes; visit a cadet barrack, meticulously neat In every detail, meticulous as the pilot himself must he in handling the high performance aircraft lie w.llsoon fly.After lunch you are escorted to the fliplw lir.e und enter the personal equipment area for pilots.Sergeants On duty brir.g out a flight suit. Too big. Tire next fils a little belter. Your pilot checks in. Ho Is Capt. Warren Carter, of }J1 Mink, n Lackland • based Tighter pilot and Sen Antonian, with eight years of flying experience. Ifu has been examining (ho T-33 on the flight line, checkingover equipment and ascertainingfitncM for flight.Your helmet requires tightening for a snug fit. Next U's time to put to use youc knowledge of the oxygen mask. The sergeant fastens one side to your helmet. You take it and fit it over the bridge o‘ your nose. You waot it light, tut not too light. A strap must be taken in, . ...Now you test the mask as you would employ It at 30.000 feet. You snap the regulator onto-100 per cent Oxygen flow aod breathe steadily and easily. No air is escaping. It's okay.Even the smallest parachute available needs adjusting. -Straps are taken in methodically until it fits and you're ready.ExhilarationClimbing aboard the T-33, you feel a sudden exhilaration, a a anxiety to be off and soaring.You got final instructions from 1st Lt. William Crummey,. a qolx on ejection seal procedure, i Then you're taxiing down t h o runway fur takeoff. Yog can talk at will with the pilot over the microphone filled ieto your oxygen mask, and can hear the pilot and tower converse over the earphones fitted into your helmet.Hwy announce, Nine-Forfy-Sc-ven dear for lokc-off on Runway Three. and you settle back firmly, almost unaware that you have left the ground.Your pilot points to landmarks as you view the city below, spread out like a giant puzzle. The clear plexiglass canopy above and around you offers a majestically beautiful view.You've henrS that flying a Jet is like no other experience and you suddenly find yourself In agreement. Jt Is like being in a world apart, gliding almost soundlessly. 18.000 feet straight up.The pilot executes n barreT roll and you find yourself locking at the earth upside down. Surprisingly yea enjoy it. Next, Capt. Carter shows you a positive G (for Gravity), atout a four. You feel like you are sicking Into yauf seal and as the pressure increases you know you caildn t g«i up if yew had to.Next you undergo about a one negative G, and this time feel Uie sensation of floating. Neither has any ill effects.You hit the plane's top speed m a d:ve. and feel the sudden forward pull as speed brakes ore applied. You come down from 18,-000 feet to l.»j and get the full effect of the plane's speed, about 550 m.ph. ground sprcd.You land at belter than 100 m.p h. and your first-Jet flight Is ovrr. You've gained not only an unlorgel table experience but a sense of pride as well, along with a feeling mat Uvc snga of aviation Is ia good hands.v ....... tPage 2 Sunday, December 28, 1958 - San Antonio EXPRESS AND NEWS
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San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 28, 1958
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