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Page 4 THE DAILY NEWS TEXAN PROGRESS SECTION Sunday, February 24, 1963 BELL IS GROWING This helicopter-eye view of Bell's main plant on Highway 183 at Hurst, is only the beginning of the firm's 985.000 square- feet of enclosed facilities. The aforementioned figure- will be achieved this spring with the tion of a warehouse near the plant. Bell occupies the Carrihcr office building in Hurst, the American Airlines hangar at Greater Southwest International Airport, warehouse space in the Great Southwest Industrial District, near Arlington; office space at Euless, storage space in Ft. Worth, a warehouse in Richland Hills, the Kent plant in Fort Worth and the Globe plant at Saginaw. CHOICE of Great Southwest Industrial District are as fond of their own special railroad as was the legendary Casey Jones.

The Great Southwest Railroad, linked directly to the north and south by the Chicago- Rock Island and Texas-Pacific lines, respectively, thus providing quicker, more convenient, more efficient and more economical handling of freignt for all concerned. A ARLINGTON Area can take pride in past accomplishments of growth and development especially during the last decade. More importantly, we can look to the future and see still greater progress to come. Our forward looking civic, business and governmental leaders have laid careful plans for the future of this area for they have recognized that the future belongs to those who prepare for it. All of us at B-O-P ARLINGTON are proud to be a part of this dynamic and progressive Area.

GENERAL MOTORS Arlington, Texas BUICK-OLDSMOBILE-PONTIAC ASSEMBLY DIVISION NEW TEXAS Crusader is Pioneer Product of Our Area A ''native" of New Texas, USA is one of the nation's prized watchdogs today in trouble spots all over the world. Its the Chance Vought F3U Crusader, the world's fastest single engine fighter which gives the US avy its near Mach 2, carrier- based defense capability of today. And the photographic version recently figured dramatically in ferreting out the Russian established in Cuba. Crusaders are a distinct breed of planes day fighters, photographic planes, attack and all weather fighters, esteemed wherever Navy and Marine pilots congregate. Engineers at the Chance Vought division of Ling-Temco-Vought designed the Crusader to keep pace with the future.

They did their job so well that succeeding models, while retaining the two- position wing and basic clean lines of their predecessors, were able to increase their performance greatly through incorporation of the latest weapons. Also boosted were their radar and fire-control performance, as new systems came into the inventory. Newest of the Crusader family to reach the US Fleet is the F-8E, a refinement of the F-8D all weather fighter. A two seater training version, the TF-8A, is currently undergoing evaluation by the Navy. The F-8E is equipped with a larger and higher-performance radar than its predecessors, enabling pilots to seek out and attack enemy aircraft at a much greater range.

It is powered by the Pratt Whitney J-57-20 engine, has a CV designed autopilot and carries four Sidewinders. The airplane, currently performing all weather intercept duties with the Fleet, is being tested with an array of addition bombs and missiles, and may soon assume the additional role of an attack aircraft. "Addition of new armament means the Crusader can fill its primary role as a long- range interceptor, capable of knocking down the largest bomber under all weather conditions-- and can supplement the Navy's normal cejrn- plement of attack aircraft in a variety of ground and troop support missions," said W. P. Thayer, president of CVC (aerospace division of L-TV) in a recent address.

The wing bomb and missile pylons on the airplanes can be installed or removed rapidly on shipboard, permitting the Crusader to perform alternate missions as interceptor or attack plane. In addition, Crusaders on ground support missions could jettison their bomb loads in the event of an air attack; revert to the fighter role and use their Sidewinders and 20-millimeter cannon for air defense. Turning to the Crusader trainer version, Thayer said 4 i f' the faster than sound trainer "meets the Navy's needs for a nigh performance jet trainer which is fully operational in supersonic flight regimes at high altitudes and from carriers." In developing the Crusader, CV engineers faced the jor technological problem of producing an airplane which could achieve extremely high speeds at altitude, and yet operate from the restricted space of a carrier deck. Initial specifications called for a maximum speed of only slightly above supersonic. The company's engineers, however, accomplished significant design breakthroughs.

John Glenn was the Marine Major who piloted the Crusader at more than 1,000 miles an hour, to win the first Thompson trophy speed record and to make the Crusader the first airplane to span the nation faster than the speed of sound. Bringing further honors to New Texas, USA, the Crusader has since won the Collier Trophy for CV, for notable contributions to the science of aeronautics, and the Navy's Certificate of Merit. It was at Edwards AFB, late In the afternoon of March 25, 1955, that John Konrad, CV's chief test pilot, slowly lifted the nose of the XF8U-1 (as the experimental Crusader was known). 52 minutes later the air plane was back on the ground, and a new era in Naval aviation was inaugurated. This takes us out of the third row and puts us right up front," a Navy officer was to say later, in describing the birth of the Crusader.

The flight culminated a program which began in May, 1953, when CV won a day fighter design competition. Flight of the first production airplane followed in short order in September, '55. By April of '56 the Crusader had completed its carrier qualification trials aboard the U. SJS. Forrestal.

It completed its Fleet Introduction Program without a hitch. On Aug. 21, 1956, CDR. R. W.

(Duke) Windsor, USN, flashed over the measured course at China Lake, Calif. Off came the speed wraps established by the Navy. A new national speed record of 1,015.428 mph was forever the magic mile an hour breaking thousand goal. Exactly Konrad's two years from 1-X Hight at Edwards, the first Crusader production models began streaming from Chance Vought directly to fleet units. From March 21, '57, production has been consistent.

With the F-8A operational aboard carriers in both oceans, and at shore stations both here and abroad, the Navy took advantage of the growth capabilities built into the Crusader and pushed production of a new version, TCU Adds Program Leading to Ph. D. The advancement of scientific and scholarly research in 'the educational field of New Texas USA was fired with a whopping new burst of pro- with the establishment this year of a central computer facility at Texas Christian University, under the direction of Dr. Alexander J. Hoffman.

Besides research projects by faculty and students fn all computing techniques. The the Center provides basic training in computer programming and numerical analysis, as well as various fields of data processing. Courses offered through the TCU Department of Mathematics (which this year inaugurated a Ph. D. program) include introductory programming, applied programming, and seminars in computing techniques.

The Center also offers short noncredit courses in Fortran programming. Interested area residents are invited to request further information from Dr. Hoffman, who will also welcome requests for tours and demonstrations. The Center maintains an up- to-date program library, operates equipment and provides key punch service, The Center staff is available to campus researchers for consultation on individual programming problems and needs. Among the many campus departments whose projects are now under way at the Center are Psychology, chemistry, physics, English and School of Business, The TCU Center is built around an IBM1620computer, an all-transistorized machine with a high-speed magnectic core memory capacity of 20,000 decimal digits.

An IBM 1622 card read-punch is attached to the 1620. Auxiliary equipment includes a card- punch, verifier, sorter, reproducer, interpreter, printer and collator. All of this equipment is housed in room 115bo!" Dan D. Rogers Hall, on TCU campus..