Speedway Flyer, Volume 26, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1957 — Page 7

Thursday, April 4» 1952

Turbo liner First Flight Begins Extensive Test Program for Prop-Jet The engines and propellers winch will power America’s first prop-jet commercial transport, the Lockheed Electra, are now flying in the Allison Turbo-Liner, it was announced today. Consisting of the Allison 501Dl3 Prop-Jet engine and Aeroproducts 606 propeller, this matched team is underway cm' a flight test program which will reach thousands of hours under every conceivable condition before the Electra goes into service late in 1958. The Turbo-Liner is a converted twin-engine commercial airliner which Allison uses for flight test of prop-jet engines and propellers. Pilots for the first flight of the Turbo-Liner with the new power packages were R. F. Petercheff and A. L. Talmadge, Allison test pilots. Although the first flight was for operational check-out of the new engine-propeller combination and no maximum performance efforts were made, both pilots were highly enthusiastic about the flight. / Veterans of several hundred hours of Turbo-Liner flying, Mr. Petercheff declared that take-off thrust with the four-bladed Aeroproducts propeller is much improved over previous models. “We broke ground about 1600 feet from the start of roll and soon after take-off we were indicating a 5000 feet per minute rate of climb,” he added. “This is much better than we previously experienced with the three-blad-ed propellers.” “A locked throttle climb was then made to 10,000 feet with the engine and propeller performing beautifully and maintaining 100 per cent RPM, with perfect governing and coordination. Without attempting a speed dash, we leveled out and cruised at 350 miles an hour true air speed,” Mr. Petercheff continued. “Later we climbed to 35,000 feet, an altitude which standard Canvair airliners cannot obtain, and performance of the Turbo-Liner was right up to full expectation.” Mr. Petercheff said landing approaches were made at various speeds from 130 to 150 miles per hour but even at the maximum landing speed, by use of full propeller reverse, stops were made in less than 1800 feet from touchdown. “The Lockheed Electra, with four of these new power plants, Will really be a performing airplane and do things that no other airplane, then or now, can approach,” added co-pilot Talmadge. “The combination of take-off and landing characteristics, plus speed in the air and payload, give the prop-jet airliners a long time career in commercial aviation.” An extensive flight test program has been laid out for the Turbo-Liner at the Allison Flight Test Facility at Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis. This will include maximum performance in speed, altitude and rate of climb as well as noise and vibration evaluations.

This information will become part of the extensive test program being conducted prior to first flight of the Electra early in 1958. Next test airplane to take the air with Allison 501-Dl3 engines and Aeroproducts 606 propellers will be a converted Lockheed Constellation at Burbank, Calif., which will undertake a 1000 hour flight program under airline operating conditions. Another Lockheed plane, a fourengine Constellation known throughout the aviation industry as “Old 1961 Flying Test Bed,” currently is flying with an Electra power package mounted outboard on the right wing engine position and three piston engines in the other positions. Also scheduled for the Electra flight test program by Allison in Indianapolis is a Convair twinengine YC-131C with the commercial engine-propeller combination and during 1958 Lockheed will deliver an Electra purchased by Allison for an accelerated flight test program by Allison test pilots.

Butler Scholastic , Averages Butler University women topped the men scholastically during the first semester of the 1956-57 college year. The averages were 2.4462 to 2.1196 in favor of the coeds according to statistics released today by Dr. M. O. Ross, university president. The total average of Butler’s six colleges and Air ROTC unit was 2.2250. Butler operates on a 4.00 grading system. An “A” average is a 4.00, a “B” average, a -3.00, and a “C” average, a 2.00. The six colleges are the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Business Administration, College of Pharmacy, College of Music and School of Religion. Greek organizations were topped by Kappa Alpha Theta sorority with a 2.7039 and by Kappa Sigma fraternity with a 2.2075.

Stockholders To Vote On Union Carbide Name Change , Stockholders of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation will vote on a proposal to change the Corporation’s name to Union Carbide Corporation. According to an announcement by Morse G. Dial, President, the Board of Directors has made this recommendation to stockholders in a proxy statement that was mailed out recently. It will be voted upon at the annual

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meeting for stockholders to be held on April 16 at the WaldorfAstoria, at 11 approve, the effective date of the change will be May 1. The Corporation is generally known and referred to as “Union Carbide” by its stockholders, employees, and the general public. Mr. Dial stated that the Directors believe A change' of name to Union Carbide Corporation would be generally beneficial to the Corporation in its advertising and in its general relations with the public.

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AlDson Opens Was! Coast Facility To support Locxneea A new Allison facility to support the fast moving Prop-jet Electra test and development program has been opened at 3216 Vanowen St., Burbank, Calif., across the street from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The 14,000 sq. ft. one-story brick and stone building will be used for minor overhaul of the Allison Model 501 Prop-Jet Engines and assembly and repairs on the Aeroproducts 606 propellers. The new installation permits immediate repairs instead of sending the engine or propeller 2,000 miles to the Allison plants.

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Aeroproducts iour-bladed propellers will be shipped from the Vandalia, 0., plant to the Burbank facility and assembled there prior to installation in file test planes and production models of the Lockheed Electra. The 501 Prop-jet engines will be shipped from Indianapolis direct to Rohr Aircraft Company, San Diego, for nacelle installation. A complete stock of engine and propeller spare parts will be carried on inventory at the new facility. Butler Faculty Drs. Werner W. Beyer, professor of English, and John W. Best, professor of education, are on sabbatical leave from Butler Uni-

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versity this semester. Dr. Beyer will be in England to continue his rewards on Samuel Coleridge, prior to writing a book. He also will gather material for a biographical study on William'Sotheby, a prominent 19th century English writer, and also for a similar study at John Richardson, an 18th century writer. Dr. Best will write a college textbook on the methodology of educational research. Dr. Beyer joined the Butler faculty in 1948 after serving on the faculties of Columbia, Drew and Rutgers Universities. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Columbia. On the Butler faculty since 1948, Dr. Best has served as a teacher in Wisconsin public

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schools and teaching awristant at the University in Vtuoub where he received a PhD. degree. Both will return to Butler not fall. v Bute Ntwa Two Butler University coeds have received rank in file Air Force ROTC Air Angel Court Marcia DeWitt received a commission as honorary Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. Deana Wise waa commissioned as honorary Cadet Major. Presiding at the caping ceremony woe Lt. Col. Robert E. Jarrell, professor of air science; Cadet Col. Arthur J. Cleveland, and Air. Angel Honorary Cadet Col. Sue Burris.

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