HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-16, Page 21Page 6—Crossroads—March 16, 1983
Shirley Whittington
endy and
the propellor people
This is a story about a big-
bellied camp follower that
knows how to keep Canadian
servicemen happy. I'm talk
ing about Hercules transport
aircraft 328, which carries
mail and wives and troops on
and off leave, and which pro-
vided me with a couple of no-
frills flights of a lifetime last
month. -
On the ground, Herc looks
as if she'll never get off. She
has twin tires propping up
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her chin. Her girth is prodi-
gious. Her back door opens
into a ramp as wide as your
driveway and I bet you could
drive a couple of school
buses up that ramp and still
have room inside the plane to
swing a cat.
Disbelief in the flight
potential of the Herc is fur-
ther fueled by the two pro-
pellors on each wing. Propel-
lors? How can she slip the
surly bonds of earth on only
four propellors? Stay with
me.
The Hercules is primarily
a cargo plane but there is
room for about 50 passengers
who sit in two facing rows
which run the forward length
of the aircraft. The bench
seats and backs are made of
woven seatbelt webbing. It is
no exaggeration to say that
Hercules reduces its passen'
gers to basket cases.
Once aboard and buckled
in, the Herc passenger has
time to study the surround-
ings. Is being inside a sub-
marine like this? The inter-
ior bulkheads are a frescoe
of wires and pipes and
hatches and things that look
like large padded life rafts.
Somewhere in the distant
recesses lamps glow dimly.
There's just enough light to
read by — barely. The port-
holes are small and perman-
ently fogged.
The cargo is lashed aft and
the head is back there too
we're told. It is, they say, a
bucket and a curtain.
Still there is a great sense
of adventure in being aboard
a mighty Herc. One recalls
that Margaret Thatcher des-
cended into the Falklands in
one of these giant bumble-
bees.
Then the thunder begins —
a slow steady vibrating rum-
ble as Herc begins to roll
across the tarmac. -The
sound escalates to a pitch
somewhere between a rock
concert and a pneumatic
drill, and we're up, up, up .. .
up . . . and finally, aloft.
Master Corporal Sandy Bunn
from Halifax appears with
earplugs for the neophytes
who weren't wise enough to
bring their own. We stuff
them in, and smile deafly at
each other.
The turbo -prop Herc
cruises at a nice height for
sightseeing, and we spy a
forest fire in Germany, some
highways on Italian moun-
tain tops; a ruined temple
atop a Greek island, and the
blue Mediterranean.
Box lunches arrive. Mas-
ter Corporal Joe Myers from
Washago, Ont. hands them
out — two boxes each, and
each box big enough to hold a
pair of Canadian snowboots.
Inside are sandwiches, cold
cuts, salad, cookies, tinned
puddings, a box of apple
juice, pop, an apple, an
orange, packets of biscuits —
complete rations for the six
hour flight.
You might think that fifty
passengers sitting cheek to
cheek and knee to knee with
no diversion except the chal-
lenge of stabbing the box of
apple juice with a cardboard
straw would get grouchy and
edgy. Not so. We are a con-
tented group. We read, play
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cards, doze, do crossword
puzzles. Nobody bitches.
The Herc is everybody's,
best friend. It brings in mail,
and visiting wives. On the.
way out, it carries guys on
leave or on their way home.
We blushed collectively
when we heard that eight
outbound servicemen had
been bumped because of the
visiting journalists.
There is tremendous affec-
tion for the Herc, a distant
cousin of the old Lancaster
bomber. My neighbor on the
bench tells me about the
Herc that lost a door over
Edmonton once. '`That door
took off two port engines,
then flew over the cabin and
took off one starboard en-
gine. And the pilot landed
her safely."
Tear the end of the flight, I
imb forward to the cockpit.
I have coffee with Captain
Bill Allen from Calgary.
Navigator Andre Gagnon
from Hull, works quietly at
his little desk. Lieutenant W.
E. Sewell (Renfrew, Ont.)
smiles shyly at me from
behind the controls of the big
plane. I take a picture.
Flight engineers Doug
Sanders (Peterborough,
Ont.) and Ray Chantigny
(Hull, PQ) answer my ques-
tions and point out the arch-
ing path of a jet high above
us.
Back in the cabin, I click
into my seatbelt as the red
light flashes. We make a
gentle descent, and the big
bumblebee glides onto the
runway as smooth as butter.
"By the book!" says the
padre seated across from
me.
It was a great flight, and
an experience I don't want to
forget. That's why I'm glad I
took those pictures of the
pilot up in the cockpit. I'm
looking at Lieutenant Sewell
now, as she grins at me
around her headset: She has
sandy hair, fluffy bangs and
I'll bet she doesn't weigh an
ounce over 110 pounds.
"Nice flight Wendy. I'll
never forget it.
Make
It
Yours
I �s 1
Paint a
pillow
By ELLEN APPEL
Practically no sewing is
needed for the latest patch-
work technique. The
"patches" are hand -painted
on fabric- and quilted to
look like patchwork.
All you need for the craft
are acrylic fabric paints,
plain cotton muslin and
some ordinary sewing and
household supplies. The
technique is ideal for a pil-
low, placemat or nearly
anything you'd ordinarily
piece together.
Sometimes traditional
patterns are easier to paint
than sew. The one shown is
called "windblown square."
Its 'suggestion of rolling
motion probably reminded
the early settlers of tum-
bleweeds and was named
"windblown" for that rea-
son.
Traditional patterns are
beautiful any way you
make them. Hand -painted
patches, however, provide
them with a unique modern
look.
Here are directions for a
painted patchwork pillow:
MATERIALS: Un-
bleached cotton muslin,
contrasting fabric for pil-
low back, polyester bat-
ting. sewing supplies,
acrylic fabric paints and
brush, ruler, pencil, mask-
ing tape, graph paper,
dressmaker's carbon
paper.
OPTIONAL SUPPLIES:
Plastic foam board, cork-
board or macrame knott-
ing board, T -pins.
MIMING: 1. Pre -shrink
pillow fabrics and press
flat. 2. Cut two 16z16 -inch
squares of muslin for pil-
low front and lining. 3. Cut
one 16x16 -inch square of
contrasting fabric for pil-
low back. 4. Cut one 16z16 -
inch square from batting.
PATTERN: 1. Tape to-
gether graph papers to
produce a 16x16 -inch
square. 2. On graph paper,
either copy pattern shown,
copy another pattern from
a patchwork quilt book or
draw your own design. As a
suggestion, draw a 12x12- •
inch design with a 2 -inch
border. 3. Using dressmak-
er's carbon paper, trace
design onto unbleached
muslin.
PAINTING: 1. Cover
work surface with old
newspaper. 2. Pin fabric to
plastic foam board, cork-
board or knotting board. 3.
Paint shapes, one at a
time, according to direc-
tions below. Be sure to
leave some shapes unpaint-
ed, letting the plain muslin
show.
PAINTING HINTS: ' 1.
Dilute paints as necessary
to keep them thin enough
to flow easily, thick enough
to cover fabric. 2. Paint
shapes one at a time. Wait
until paint dries before
painting adjacent shapes. 3.
If desired, lay masking
tape around each shape
and paint within the taped
border. When paint dries,
remove tape and place
around another shape. 4.
Paintin pattern symmetri-
cally. Paint opposite cor-
ners, for example, the
same colors.
Q ,JILTING: 1. With right
sides outside, sandwich
batting between painted
pillow front and lining. 2.
Baste a large X -shape
through all thicknesses.
Baste around edges. 3. Ma-
chine -stitch around all
shapes, starting at center
and stitching toward the
outside. 4. Machine -stitch
around outside edges. 5.
Remove remaining basting
stitches. ?
PILLOW: 1. With right
sides facing, stitch pillow
front to pillow back. Leave
a small opening for turn-
ing. 2. Clip corners, turn
pillow to right side. 3. Stuff
pillow. 4. Sew opening
closed with tiny hem
stitches.
HOLLY
WOOD
Jaclyn Smith says she
stuck with "Charlie's An-
gels" because she "saw
what happened to my
friends when they left the
show."
"Anyway, I'd signed that
contract — there must be
something in my nature
that made me want, to see
it through."
Jackie says the role she
lost that she wanted the
most was in the James
Bond movie, ''Moonraker."
Robert Preston and his
wife are moving into a new
home In Montecito, Calif.,
because he says Connecti-
cut winters are getting
colder.
Julie Andrews is prepar-
ing her diary of her mercy
flight to Thailand and
Cambodia for publication.
Barry Gordon and Sally
Julian celebrated their en-
gagement by taping "Tat-
tletales" together,
Barry plays Archie
Bunker's attorney.
Sally is the voice of
"Spaghetti" on the CBS ani-
mated show "Meatballs
and Spaghetti."
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