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“Serving Texas Aggies”
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion Managing Editor
Now I can say I’m a true Tiger
because I have flown more than
500 miles an hour in a jet.
It all happened Saturday gs a
part of Bryan air force base’s
celebration of Armed Forces day.
Newspapers in this area were ask
ed to send a representative to take
a ride in one of the T-33 jet train
ers. By casting of the black spot
of death, I drew the assignment
for The Battalion.
Having never flown in anything
more powerful than a souped-up
automobile, I didn’t know just what
to expect. I had heard that taking
your first flight in a jet was the
best way to start, since “you didn’t
feel a thing.” At first I was puzzl
ed as to just what that meant.
Saturday morning I went to
BAFB, complete with photograp
her. When I reached the pre-ar
ranged meeting point with Lt. Mc
Carthy, who was in charge of the
flights, all I found was several
air force men standing around
looking me over, like an under
taker measui’ing a prospective
client for a casket. I started to feel
uncomfortable.
We Get Outfitted
It wasn’t long, however, until Lt.
McCarthy arrived and they began
to outfit us for the flight.
The apparel consisted of a hel
met resembling one used for play
ing football and an oxygen mask.
Straps were adjusted and screws
replaced and then it was tested.
For a test, an airman put his hand
over the end of the tube and told
me to breathe. Since he had his
hand over the opening, this was
impossible, so he decided it was
all right, mainly because of the
air force blue color of my face.
From there we went to Base
Operations for more flying gear.
On the way over, I was told tales
calculated, I suppose, to frighten
me. If the ride over had lasted
much longer, I might have been
scared, but as it was they didn’t
worry me too much.
More Apparel
Once in Base Operations we sat.
And we sat some more. Finally,
parachutes and seat cushions were
issued and after a very quick check
by the flight surgeon we were
ready to go.
Walking out on the flight line,
all I could see was T-33’s. The
pilot assured me he was most
competen, since he had been fly
ing jets for eight years. After
what seemed a three-mile hike, we
reached our destination, number
441.
Laying his hand on the plane,
the pilot said, ‘‘$100,000 of
aluminum”. This sounded pretty
substantial.
Then came a short drill on the
use of the parachute the govern
ment had been so gracious to loan
me. That part I memorized very
thoroughly.
Up the fragile ladder and into
the cockpit—a tight squeeze con
sidering the chute on my back. I
settled down while I was given an-
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'39 OLDSMOBILE club coupe. Good motor,
radio, heater. $95. Contact room 208,
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MG SPORT CAR. Late 1952 model in
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KENMORE WASHER.
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APT. WASHER and wringer, like new,
$20; 28'’ bicycle, $12; youth bed, $20;
double bed, $30; 11 cu. ft. Philco re
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BOOTS—Size 8% or 9. Calf 14%”, Serge,
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blouse, green blouse. Akard 8-214.
(1) REMINGTON typewriter, 13”, elite
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1954. The right is reserved to reject
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all technicalities. Address Auditor, A&M
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BRYAN
Official Notice
All classes will be dismissed between
the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thurs
day. May 20, in order that faculty and
students may participate in the Inaugura
tion of President David H. Morgan.
J. P. Abbott
Dean of the College
NOTICE TO JUNE GRADUATES
At 8 a.m. Thursday, May 20, there will
be posted on a bulletin Hoard in the Reg
istrar’s office a list of those candidates
who have completed all acadmic require
ments for a degree. Every candidate is
urged to consult this list to determine his
academic status.
H. L. Heaton.
Registrar
RENTAL caps and gowns for Faculty, of
ficial delegates and candidates for de
grees are now being delivered from the
second floor of the Exchange store build
ing.
AT 9 a.m. THURSDAY. May 20. all un
delivered regalia for the Inauguration
will be moved to DeWare field house
and can be picked up there.
AT 5 P.M. FRIDAY, May 21, all unde
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will be moved to DeWare field house for
delivery there.
ALL PERSONS using rented regalia for
the inauguration and who will not re
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immediately following the Inauguration.
ALL OTHER persons using rented regalia
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firill onpiow £0 get out of the
"n a hurry, Via the ejection
jhis I also learned thorough-
ally,, f would; hate to have
the &edt 'it is some-
a complicated procedure,
|ig shot o’ut qf; a gun.
On^^we were’ both settled, the
pilot , f ^aved hist -artns and the
ertgihe^tarted. We began taxiing
down ffNe runway*, and I began to
get tn£$feel °f a Tiger. Once we
r4ache«^the end and were ready
fdj’ tak^.ff; the cockpit was closed
apd thei refrigeration unit was
turned It seemed as if the tem-
peratui,ve^dropped 50 degrees.
Fastd!r j and faster the ground
flteyi h^j.'l and soon we were air-
b<i)fe. , •
Bankihg away from the field, I
noticed a ; '. lake, to the left of the
plane. The pilot told me it was
the Alcoa Aluminum plant.
The First Roll
Suddenly, the world turned up
side down- and the pilot said,
“Rolls easily, doesn’t it k ” Ap-*'
parently £5. While we were high
above the muddy Brazos, I asked
how fast we were going.
“About 526 mile per hour,” he
said casually over the intercom. I
thought that was pretty fast to be
talking so casually, but I soon
learned to get used to it.
The pilot seemed to take great
delight in doing all sorts of odd
maneuvers. Each time he would
complete one, he would ask if 1
was all right. Although it may have
been a disappointment to him, I
always managed to answer, “Yes.”
Dive-Bombing Houses
I was shown how to make a dive-
bombing run and we completely
“destroyed” a farmhouse and a
railroad bridge. Each time we
dived, the dive brakes shook the
plane as if it was goin to tear
apart.
We did everything from a simple
turn to a combination half loop-
half roll. Still, not once did I gray
out or get sick. (The captain later
remarked that I had a strong
stomach. ‘Had’ is right.)
All too soon we were coming in
low over the road in preparation
for a landing. Then I felt the
wheels touch and the roughness of
the runway. We slowed, turned,
and taxied back into our original
position.
I unhooked a maze of wires,
buckles and straps and climbed
out down the fragile ladder. The
pilot shook my hand as if to doubt
the fact that I had lived through
it.
The Happy Tiger
Parachute in hand I strode away
from the plane, happy with the
feeling that I, the man who didn’t
get an air force contract, had been
a Tiger for 20 minutes.
There was one thing I learned
Saturday. One of the men at the
base said, “This Tiger campaign
is so much noise. It’s the good
pilots that live long, not the
Tigers.”
TIGER HAT—Jon Kinslow, Battalion managing editor, is
fitted with a flight helmet and oxygen mask in preparation
for his flight in a T-33 Saturday. The flight was part of
the Armed Forces day activities.
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