Pan American clipper, Vol. 28, No. 3, February 1, 1968

              Volume 28

February 1, 1968

$1 Million Contract Awarded to RCA
Pan Am has awarded a $1 million contract to Radio Corporation of America for advanced technology weather radar systems for the company’s fleet of Boeing 747 Superjets. Under terms of a contract announced jointly by Captain
W. Waldo Lynch, P an Am vicep resid en t of Com munications, and J. R. Shirley, m anager of RCA’s A viation E quipm ent De p artm en t in W est Los Angeles. RCA will begin delivery of the dual w eath er ra d a r system s in A ugust, 1968. P an Am has 25 S uperjets on o rder and will p u t the w orld’s first 747 into scheduled passen ger service in late 1969. A w eath er ra d a r u n it is de­ signed to a le rt the crew of bad w eath er in the flight path ahead of an a irc ra ft. The u n it depicts cloud form ations as an image on a ra d a r screen in the a irc ra ft cockpit. The RCA ra d a r system fo r P an Am’s 747 fleet, called the AVQ-30X, has a 300-mile range com pared w ith the 150 miles of units on to d ay ’s je t tran sp o rts. C aptain Lynch and Mr. S h ir­ ley said the AVQ-30X will offer pilots g re a te r operational re lia ­ bility over single system units used today because of its im­ proved circ u itry and use of tra n sisto rs instead of conven­ tional vacuum tubes. Mr. Shirley said the AVQ30X is designed fo r use in a ir­ c ra ft ran g in g from large busi­ ness jets to supersonic t r a n s ­ ports. RCA’s A viation E quip­ m ent D epartm ent is a leading producer of w eath er ra d ar, dis­ tance m easuring equipm ent and a ir traffic control transponders.

Festival Queen Promotes Travel To United States
NEW YORK— C athy French, Miss New York Summ er F e sti­ val, is now visiting 10 P an Am stations in Europe to help pro mote trav el to New York. H er visit is jo in tly sponsored by P an Am and the New York Conven­ tion and V isitors B ureau. Miss F ren c h ’s to u r will take h er to Dublin, A m sterdam , H am burg, M unich, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Rome, Florence, B arce Iona, and Lisbon. At each stop, p resentations of engraved mugs w ill be made to the highest city officials, and receptions fo r the press and trav el agents will be held. Miss F ren ch also will v isit trav el agent offices in each city. The New York Summ er F e sti­ val Queen will v isit South A m erica la te r in th e year. She will re tu rn to New York from Lisbon on Feb. 6.

NEW YORK— First Officer Richard H. Laumeyer hangs up his Pan Am hat and coat tem­ porarily to don his Navy uniform. He was one of approximately 79 Pan Am employees called to active duty by President Johnson. Lieutenant Laumeyer reports to Attack Squad­ ron 831, Navy Air Fighter Squadron, in New York.

itary

Callup Activates
of the U nited S tates John F. Kennedy. P relim in ary tab u latio n s indicate th a t m ost of the 79 P an Am employees called to m ilitary duty by P resid en t Jo h n so n ’s o rder are based in New York and San F rancisco. The m ajority of th is num ber are assigned to th e 904th M ilitary A irlift Group a t S tew art A ir Force Base in New Y ork; th e 349th M ilitary A irlift W ing a t H am ilton A ir Force Base in C alifor­ n ia ; and N aval R eserve Squadron 831 based in New York City. A spokesm an fo r the A ir T ra n sp o rt A ssoci­ ation said a to tal of 284 pilots employed by 16 U.S. airlin es had been called to active duty in th e K orean emergency. The spokesm an said th e num bers of men from individual airlin es ranged from 4 to 79. Scheduled airlin es in the U.S. employ over 20,000 pilots, of w hich more th a n 2,400 w ear th e P an Am uniform . In addition, P an Am has a ro ste r of 1,000 flight engineers. The follow ing is a p artia l, unofficial list of P an Am co-pilots and flight engineers affected by the callup:

Many Pan Am Reservists
JF K —A t least 79 P an Am employees, 66 of them co-pilots and flight engineers, were am ong the 14,600 A ir Force and Navy a ir reserv ists and A ir N ational G uardsm en called to active duty by P resid en t Johnson as a re ­ su lt of the cu rre n t K orean crisis. A. A. A vellar, m anager of Labor R elations, said the num ber of P an Am men involved was based on an in itial locator card survey and a prelim inary rep o rt from the Chief P ilo t’s Office. He said it would take several days to compile a complete list of the exact num ber of P an Am men affected by the m ilitary callup. P an Am operations officials said scheduled flights have not been disrupted by th e callup, w hich was announced Jan . 25, by th e W hite House. The last m ilitary callup th a t affected P an Am personnel occurred Oct. 27, 1962, d uring the so-called Cuban M issile Crisis. D uring th a t time, some 42 P an Am pilots, flight engi­ neers and ground employees answ ered the call to active duty issued by the late P resid en t

Air-M icronesia Still Operated B y Pan A m
W ASHINGTON—P an Am is continuing to operate a ir serv­ ice in the T ru st T errito ry of the Pacific Islands u ntil May 15. A new service was to have been sta rte d on Jan . 1 by A ir M icronesia. However, th a t c a r­ rie r was unable to begin opera­ tions on th a t date, so P an Am agreed to continue a t the U.S. G overnm ent’s request. A ir Mi­ cronesia will take over T ru st T errito ry service on May 16 un­ der a five-year co n tract aw arded by the U.S. In te rio r D epartm ent. A ir M icronesia is a corpora­ tion in w hich C ontinental A ir­ lines, Aloha A irlines and the U nited M icronesian Develop­ m ent A ss’n will particip ate.

JFK — Cathy French, Miss New York Summer Festival, waves goodbye before board­ ing a Pan Am Jet Clipper to Ireland, the first stop on a ten city European visit to promote travel to the U.S.

NEW YORK W H ITE PLAINS David M. W alton .......................... 1st Officer R andolph M. K e n n e d y ........... B usiness Jets John F. T ylunas .............................1st Officer W ayne R ah iser .................... B usiness Jets E dw ard E. Moon .......................... 2nd Officer F rederick W. W ilson . ................2nd Officer SAN FRANCISCO R ichard H. Laum eyer ..................1st Officer Colin K. P e rry .............................. 2nd Officer Ronald G. S ta n d erfer . . F lig h t E ngineer John R. Huey .................................2nd Officer E. F riedricksen ...............................1st Officer Gary L. H a rris ...............................2nd Officer Jam es R. W i l t j e r .......................................... 1st Officer W ayne E. S a g a r .......................................... 2nd Officer Ronald C. Fox .................... F lig h t E n g in eer Melvin A. P r a t t ......................... 2nd Officer Donald L. W ilson .......................... 1st Officer M arc L. B e n n e t t .....................................F lig h t E ngineer A lfred X. W esterberg ................2nd Officer R ichard B. S m ith s o n ........ F lig h t E ngineer R obert E. O’D o n n e ll....................................1st Officer Ivey E. W illiam son .......... F lig h t E ngineer H arry E. S hepard ........................ 1st Officer Jam es F. F r a z i e r .....................................F lig h t E ngineer David J. Hoffman . ..............F lig h t E ngineer Clyde B. F i n l e y .......................................F lig h t E ngineer H erm an C. K nief ................F lig h t E ngineer W illiam G. P la s k o n ............ F lig h t E n gineer Shelley B. Beck ..................F lig h t E ngineer Donald L. Felich . . . . . . F lig h t E n gineer (Continued on P age 5)