European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 06, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday july 6, 1959 flying Saucer schemes stick pretty close to ground by Darrell Garwood Washington up one of the ironies of scientific Progress Isa Prospect that the closest approach the fictional flying Saucer will be a vehicle moving Only a few inches to 50 feet off the ground. That conclusion is made evident in an obscure pamphlet titled the ground Cushion phenomenon prepared by the House committee on science and astronautics. According to the evidence Assem bled a properly constructed vehicle travelling close to the sur face could progressively create a Cushion of air Over which it could move at great Speed and with no mechanical friction. Moreover 60 percent of the. Air friction encountered by plane would be eliminated because there would be no need for wings Orai foils. Speeds up to 250 Mph Over land and sea Are believe feasible. The military is extremely inter ested in the idea because safety in the nuclear age lies close tothe surface and High Speed trans port is now impossible in most of the world except by air. The army has incorporated the principle into its flying jeep Al ready in the prototype Navy says the vehicle s Speed and inherent weight lifting ability would make it an Ideal submarine a machine rear adm Rawson Bennett told the commit tee becomes an Ideal killer Able to place a bomb or change directly on the enemy submarine by radio command from the Mother ship and then scoot away to Safe first actual use of the wheelless ground cushioned Princi ple was made by Wernher von Braun and his army missile team shortly after their arrival from Germany in 1945. The application was in air Bear Ings or air supported bearings to reduce friction and improve accuracy in the gyroscopes that spin to determine direction in missile guidance. As explained by. The committee the Moat useful Type of nozzle for the ground Cushion machine no pears to be an annular Theair comes out through openings at the Edge of a circular downward Force of the escaping air tends to create a Cir Cular pressure Wall that helps prevent the rapid escape of air from beneath the vehicle. Air forced Between the Bottorof a machine and a surface the report continues asserts its in Herent resistance to compression by exerting equal and opposite pressure against the ground and the upward pressure of the air on the machine becomes the lift ing Force which floats the machine on a Cushion of air. Of course lacking a Seal at the edges air escapes but Here an other characteristic becomes in , or internal frictional Force acts to retard or limit the escape of air and to preserve relatively stagnant Region of air at the system soon attains Equi Librium in which the machine floats at a height dictated by the rate of flow of Heights varying from a fraction of an Inch to perhaps 50 feet appear to propel the machine Forward is a separate problem. But because the machine can Rollon an almost frictionless Cushion Power requirements Are consider ably a acs to run 3 relays for of logistics Wiesbaden Germany special col j. Francis Taylor jr., com Mander of the european african Middle Eastern airways and air communication services area has announced that macs will assume operational control of the three european relays of the . Air Force combat logistics network com log net at South Ruislip eng land chateau Roux France and Torrejon Spain. The three relay centers in Safe with air Materiel come depots Here and with de pots in the . 2-year plan Assumption of control of the three manually operated relay stations in Europe by Taylor s areas part of a two year plan calling for development of co Mognet turf Early full automation by 1961, macs officials at Lindsey air Sta Tion Here said. Bases will retain responsibility for operation of base terminals of co Mognet. When completed Conlog Tetwill be an integral part of the macs operated global communications network called ties virtually every air Force and aviation Industry activity using electronic data processing equip ment into a single communication Complex. The automated Cologne system will be capable of electronically storing processing and rapidly transmitting All kinds of data including intelligence information by Means of. Punched cards Perforator paper tape or electro magnetic tape. Corporal no cub As Piper . Grants loan to nato Agency Paris is the signing of a$25 million loan in the form of a sales agreement Between the .and the North Atlantic treaty organization s maintenance suppl services Agency has been announced Agency was established a year ago by the nato Council to pro vide a common maintenance sup ply services system for Natona tons. Cpl Robert Maston puffs away on one of his 400-Odd pipes a than carved japanese work he acquired while on Guam. Army East West to compete in Model air plane meet Chaumont France special Twenty nations including the user and several Iron curtain countries will take part in the 1959 Wakefield cup International Model aircraft championship at an american air base near Here july17-20 officials of the 48th tactical fighter Wing announced. The four Day tournament will be held under the auspices of the Aero club de France at brie he lec Hateau. The event will get under Wayon the evening of july 17 when a formal reception is held for the desert search is resumed for lady be Good Crew. Wiesbaden Germany up a grueling search in the. Libya desert for the remains of nine american bomber crewmen began its second phase men bailed out of their b24 Liberator lady be Good Over the libyan desert on aug 3,1943, they fast their bearings when return ing to their Benghazi base after Ujj bombing Mission Over Naples to jape for Fie spokesmen Here said the 10-Man search team headed by is. Army mortuary service identification specialist Wesley Neep of Seattle wash., returned to the crash site search party spent from june 10 to 22 in the desert search ing for the remains. Neep said in Frankfurt june 30 that he d keep looking for "30 Days or longer and that he has every Hope in of finding the remains various National meet will reach a Climax on july 19, with Competition Slyoff during the afternoon a Victory banquet and presentation of the Wakefield cup in the evening and a Twilight hangar dance open tothe Public. Contestants Are coming from Asfar away As Australia to match skills in the flying of these Mode aircraft other countries taking part in the matches Are Germany Canada Denmark Spain Finland France great Britain Holland Hungary Italy new zealand Pakistan Poland Portugal Switzer land Sweden Czechoslovakia and the . Other items on the schedule for contestants include a tour of historic Brienne be chateau where Napoleon Bonaparte attended Mili tary school receptions by Munici pal officials of Brienne be chateau and nearby troyes followed by guided Tours through various Tex tile Mills in the latter City. Admission to the contest an dance is free to All american Mili tary personnel upon presentation of identification card. Ample Park ing space has been set aside for spectators sponsors said. Stuttgart Germany special Cpl Robert Maston of the 160th signal up is no Mere Pollyanna piping in a Briar of Briars Maston Mes Sage Center no at group head quarters has a collection of More than 400 pipes in All shapes sizes hues cuts and styles. You might say i inherited the Hobby from my family said Mas ton explaining that some of his prize pieces were handed Down to him when his father passed away. Collecting 10 years in All he has been in the pipe collecting business 10 years and says that his travels while in the army has helped greatly to fatten his collection. His favorite every True pipe smoker dotes on at least one is a French Briar which has a half Inch 14-Karat Gold trim around the Edge of its circular bowl and is encrusted with Gold leaves an acorns near the joint of the Dia mond shaped Stem. The 50-year-Oldpipe was Given to him by his father. Japanese piece while stationed on Guam he Pur chased a hand carved pipe fashioned by an elderly japanese crafts Man. The four sectioned piece has two Heads each representing a local deity with the Topmost on serving As the bowl. Its Stem is a foot Long. Probably the oldest and largest pipe in his collection is a 100-y.ear old Indian peace pipe measuring full four feet in length. The Clay bowl is decorated with colourful de signs which Are set off by a thin wooden Stem. Because of its age and length the pipe must be placed on the floor when smoking it andean assistant is needed when he lights up. Full treatment Aston has smoked All his pipes. He says it takes quite a while to break a pipe in correctly and he makes sure every one he acquires gets the full treatment. And what does his wife eve have to say about All his pipes she does t complain at All said Maston. She likes the Aroma of car shipping now possible at Mannheim Frankfurt special. The american express co. Has announced a new automobile ship Ping plan for . Military person Nel. The service runs from Mann Heim Germany via Rotterdam to american ports on the Atlantic Gulf and West coasts. Sample costs for the entire serv ice Range from $135 for shipping a Volkswagen on an irregular sched ule to any of the coasts to $284 worshipping a Mercedes 180 on the conference lines to the Westcoast. Services listed services include preparation of car for shipping custom clearance delivery to dockland loading on Rhine River Barge loading on Ocean vessel and com plete documentation for Rhine an Ocean transportation. Not included Are the services Ofa customs House broker at port of entry. The consignee can attend to customs clearance or it can be performed by american express. Shippers should Supply the following articles when turning the cars Over for shipping it was pointed out two copies of military travel or Ders Usa eur title and registration certificate Complete set of keys and certificate of insurance. Rhine River transportation to Rotterdam usually takes from three to five Days. Mannheim officials briefed on . Law Mannheim Germany special the staff judge advocate Section of 7th army support come he was Host to leading local Law enforce ment officers civil authorities and practising lawyers at a meeting Here. Object of the meeting was to familiarize germans with the Amer ican Law system especially that of military Justice officials said. The30 guests were shown a film explaining principles and procedure followed in a general courts martial. Three National guard units to get sidewinder missiles Washington special three air National guard fighter squadrons Are being equipped to handle the sidewinder air to air missile the air Force has announced. Named after the desert Rattlesnake the missile proved extremely effective when used in combat by 7the chinese nationalists Las year the airs fore said. The new service " will chiefly Benefit personnel in Central and Southern Germany who formerly had to drive their vehicles to such loading port s As Bremerhaven Rotterdam or be Havre. The three squadrons slated Roget the Navy developed missile Are the 152d fighter so Tucson ariz.,the 188th fighter interceptor so Albuquerque n.m., and the 118thtactical fighter sq., Windsor locks Conn. All three units Fly f100 super Sabre Jet fighters. The missile is now in use by fighters in the Navy s Mediterranean 6th Fleet and also the 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific. A solid propellant missile itunes an infrared guidance system which Homes on heat generated by target aircraft
