Rotary Briefed
On Flade Landing
The drama of the salty sailor
and the damsel in distress" might
well have been the title of the
talk given before the Rotary Club
last Tuesday, when LCDR K. L.
Cox addressed that body. He ex
plained the work of the Ground
Control Approach unit of the Navy
in bringing planes onto the run
way.
He described the GCA as the
seeing eye for pilots, emphasizing
the need for aids in safe flying in
Alaska, where the people are so
dependent on this mode of travel.
He outlined briefly the history of
radar in aviation and the develop
ment of the GCA system to its
present efficiency.
Cox gave a detailed description
as to how contact is first made
with a plane coming in for land
ing, the various instructions given
the pilot, how he is kept on the
“glide path,” 'until almost on the
runway. It was in reference to the
sailor guiding the plane in that
the Commander used the “salty
sailor and the damsel in distress”
phrase. GCA does not give the pi
lot his landing positionr but guides
him into position for effeeiing a
lahding.
In his highly [interesting and in
formative talk, CMDR Cox explain
ed the equipment used, the person
nel needed, and the training un
dergone by GCA men. “A man is
not permitted to bring a plane
down in bad weather until he has
had complete training and four
months experience,” he said.
The speaker was asked many
questions afterwords. He stated in
answer to a question that Com
mercial airlines planes were also
brought down by the system dur
ing bad weather.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed the following: Kim Clark, Bar
rie White, Hal Dawson, R. B. Mil
ler, A. B. Clark and O. K. Kincaid.
LINOTYPE MACHINIST HERE
Hal Dawson, Mergenthaler Lino
type Co. machinist, was in town
Monday and Tuesday, working
over the Kodiak Mirror linotype.
Dawson has been traveling the
territory for many years, and has
installed machines in most shops
in Anchorage and Southeastern.
From here he will go to Fairbanks
and thence to Juneau.
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RealtHawaiian Flavor
Aloha Nui Wahines and Kanes!!!
Hele Mai the Elks Club.
To Kodiakans who are Elks and
Emblem Club members, this means
“Big Welcome, women and men.
Come to the Hawaiian party to be
staged at the Elks Club, next Sat
urday, April 28.
According to advance informa
tion, the Kodiak Emblem Club
has outdone itself in the prepara
tion and planning of this unusual
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party. Not only will there be a live
Hawaiian show, but real Hawaiian
food will be served after it.
Club Steward, Timothy Gilmore,
is going along with the ladies, in
making it on all Hawaiian night, by
serving a rare treat known as okole
maluna. Helen McDonald’s mother
Mrs. Waialeale is making a special
trip from her home on the garden
isle of Kauai to attend the party.
She will do her famous tutu dance.
Guests are encouraged to wear
costumes. Sarongs or mummuus
for the ladies and aloha shirts or
malus for the men. “The atmos
phere will be just dripping with
South Sea Island magic,” accord
ing to Louise Spencer, co-chairman
of the event. "There will be lovely
Island maid, ns, their arms loaded
down with ieis of every hue to
drape around your neck as you
enter this paradise.” She also
promises palm trees and flowers
everywhere.
History proves that an idle
young man is a needy old man in
the making.
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JANICE (TILLIE) REEVE
a
Republican National Committeewoman
# Member Republican Divisional
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# Former President Republican
Womens Club of Anchorage.
O Attended National Republican
Womens Conference in 1954; 1955;
1956.
An Alaskan resident for
on the national level.
twenty two years to represent Alaska