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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-08-30, Page 8I The Times’AdvocaH, August M 1956 S ,s Parade, Queens, Band Feature GB Weekend Bend merchants will another season-end ce’- this Labor Day week- a goodwill gesture to* Grand sponsor ebration end as wards tourists who have patron­ ized. the resort during the sum­ mer. The Sunday afternoon festivit­ ies will include the annual beauty contest, concert on the beach and an exhibition by the Goderich Girls’ Trumpet Band, former prize-winner at the CNE. Rotate Tires; Save Rubber Have our speedy auto serviceman rotate your ♦ires . . . amazing how much I o n g e r they'll last! And when you need gas, oil, tubing or repair jobs, drive up ... we serve you j Centralia Sisters .Star At Goderich Ry GLENN COWAN . j The second of three swimming i meets, featuring teams from ■ Centralia, Goderich and St. .Marys was held at Goderich on i Friday,* August 24* I had the op- ’ portunity to cover this meet, and ' from the Centralia point of view, ’ there were some events which deserve special comment. Outstanding among the after­ noon’s performers were the Walls sisters, Helen, Carol and Grace, who were successful in placing well in every race in which they took part. Helen man­ aged to attain first place in the girl’s I2-year-old crawl face, se­ cond place in the 13-year crawl and second place in the 15-year crawl. In the breast | stroke races, she won first place In the 12 and 13-year-old races, and second in the 15. She fea- | tured prominently in the back- stroke events, taking first place in the 12-year-old race ana se- Apparently unsatisfied with her efforts in these races, she went on to place first in the 13 and 15-year-old underwater events. In the 13 year crawl, Carol suc­ ceeded in attaining third place to keep sister Helen company. In the girl’s team events, the three sisters were at their very best. In the open crawl relay for girls, Helen, Carol and Grace strongly supported by Fleurette Allaert, walked away with the ■race. Finally to cap their. efforts for the afternoon, the three sisters made .a family affair of the medley relay. They, won the race hands down in spite of strong opposition from a deter­ mined St. Marys and Goderich team. Special commendations are due to Wendy Blann for her fine showing in achieving second place in the girl’s 12. year und^r water race, and third in the same race for the 13 and 15 Vear olds. • • ' The boys also produced good showings all round. Most note­ worthy were the efforts of Roy Lavin, who swam in all the events for- his age group, and managed to place in all of them, including a first place in the un­ derwater swim for 12 year olds. In the medley relay, a team con­ sisting of Lloyd. Egan', Roy Lavin and Brian Fisher took second place. Centralia was lagging<;at the end of the first length, but a valiant swim by Roy Lavin against a boy older and stronger than himself brought the team up again into a good second position. . The afternoon was a great suc­ cess, and although Centralia en­ ded the meet in the low position for. points, it was obvious that among the youngsters from this station there are some very strong and capable swimmers. « - I By-GLENN COWAN Your Airforce In Action 5 •s Centralia Tower Controls Traffic Re: j Magazine Subscription Salesmen j The Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion | . wishes to advise district residents that it has NOT | given approval to any salesmen to sell new or re- | newal subscriptions for magazines under the Legion |. name in this territory. "wXr If any such salesmen call on a householder®^ in this area, the Exeter Branch would appreciate it if the householder would notify the undersigned by | telephone immediately. The police have tion and are prepared fenders,, Selection of "Miss Grand Bend.” will highlight the after- the weekend crowd on the beach, will vie for $500 in prizes in ad­ dition to gifts. The winner will ge4 $200 and the runner-up $100. In addition to the cash, girls will receive specially-designed swim suits similar to those used in the 1 "Miss Toronto” contest earlier this summer. Cliff Scanlon and .his ll-piece orchestra, which has held forth at Lakeview Casino during the summer, will present a musical ' concert on the beach assisted by amateur talent picked from the weekend crowd at the re­ sort. These young artists will include guitarists, banjoists, ac­ cordionists, dancers and singers, Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band, a consistent winner at CNE com­ petitions, will stage a drill on the beach starting at 2.00 o’clock. The show is being organized by a newly-formed entertainment committee at the resort which represents businessmen as well as cottage-owners in neighbor­ ing subdivisions. The committee’s plan is to show what can be or­ ganized for community entertain­ ment at the summer resort and it hopes the activity may lead to the reorganization of a Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the committee is Eric McIlroy, owner of the Casino. George Noseworthy is secretary and members include Reeve Jim Dalton, Harold Klopp, Edward Brady and Jeff Vorheis. Proceeds from the silver col­ lection during the concert will go to the Orpha Club-an unusual organization formed by Grand Bend ladies to assist orphans in Lambton county. The group pro­ vides clothing, toys and treats for underpriviliged youngsters. point to point by currying its Bob Moloy Supertest Dealer Cor. Sanders & Main as near as your telephone A COMPLETE TRUST SERVICE IN WESTERN ONTARIO Call RAYE B. PATERSON, Trust Officer Hensall, Ontario, Phone 51 For x • Estate Planning and Wills • Real Estate Services • Investment Management and Advisory Service • 4% Guaranteed Investments • on. savings—deposits may be mailed Or Contact Any Office Of GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Toronto • Montreal * Ottawa » Windsor Niagara Falls « Sudbury » Sault Ste. Marie Calgary • Vancouver ’ Throughout an average working iday, when the weather is toler- | ably good, and it is possible to I get in a good day’s flying, the 1 people of Exeter and the sur- (rounding district will hear the i constant roar of aircraft ovex1 their homes. | It may well seem, in view of this practically constant stream of traffic, that there is a contin­ uous flow of aircraft roaring off | haphazardly from the runways, I with little or no semblance ‘ of I control being kept on their move­ ments. Casual visitors to the field during an average flying day would be convinced of this if they were to watch the Cen­ tralia circuit for any length of time. : All that would be apparent to an observer unfamiliar with the complexities of control, would be a large conglomeration of air­ craft taxying, taking-off, landing and positioning themselves all around the circuit area, with a view in mind to carrying out one of these aforementioned man­ oeuvres. However, it is not too well rea­ lised just how complete is the control over all this traffic. The hub of the whole controlling sys­ tem is, of course, the control tower with its attendant opera­ tions room. This building is a landmark to all who pass reason­ ably close to the station. By day, the large, glass en­closed control' room at the top of the tower is readily apparent to the observer. During the hours of darkness, a rotating white light, visible over many miles, marks the position of the tower. Strive For Safety Within the building, a complex plan is' constantly being put into practise, and improved upon. This plan; despite its complexity, has one very simple aim. That aim is to be of such assistance to the pilot of an aircraft as may be possible in order that that pilot, may complete his flight in conditions of maximum safety. The large control room, from where the direct control of traf­ fic originates, is situqted some 80 feet above the ground, and weh above the level of the sur- rounMig buildings. It affords ex­ cellent visibility to the control­ ling staff, of aircraft in the air locally, and off all traffic opera­ ting on the ground on the air­ field proper. • The equipment used in the tower is predominantly in the field of radio. This is mostly j equipment in the VHF or Very! High,Frequency band. Except in; the case of aircraft or ground vehicles which do not possess ra.dio facilities, all orders and re­ quests are transmitted to and from the aircraft by voice. In the case where it is neces­ sary to control traffic which does not possess any radio, a simple system of colored lights or colored pyrotechnics is used. This system is standard through­ out Canada on military and civil airports, and so there is very I ,_j in­ formation on boards at the cen­ tre.Should the. aircraft fail to ar­ rive at its destination, an arri­ val report being filed at all times i by the controlling facilities at the | destination airport, the centre can start action to commence a Search and Rescue operation from one of the Rescue Co-ordin­ ation Centres closest to the air­ craft’s last known position. j Must Watch Wind Diraction Should the aircraft file a flight | plan, declaring its intention to fly from point to point in cloud, it j is not allowed to leave the ground ' until it has received a clearance j from ATC. It is one of the re- I sponsibilities of the qualified ‘B’ i stand to obtain this clearance. ! The reason for the clearance s is quite straight-forward. An air- > craft flying in qloud is totally ; blind and must navigate its way j along the flight planned route i using the-radio navigational aids I available. Naturally, other air- i craft are quite invisible to it, and it is necessary for a controlling agency to separate the aircraft with due regard to other aircraft flying along the same, or con­ verging routes in.cloud. The controller at Toronto has to fit the aircraft into the pattern j of other traffiq, in such a way as to preclude all possibility of aerial collison between it and other aircraft, and to provide for its journey, facilities allowing" for its safety $t all times along the route of fljght. He has to pre­ pendant on the other traffic in hand which includes concise route instructions and an assign­ ed altitude to which the aircraft must adhere rigidly .through­ out its flight. The conditions governing^- such an instrument flight may not.be changed unless the pilot requests and receives a new clearance from the control­ ling facility. Such flights are referred to as IFR flights, which means, flight conducted in accordance with In­ strument Flight Rules. The clear­ ance as relayed from the Toronto Control Centre to the aircraft, through the medium' of the ‘B’ stand, is precisely worded. There­ fore it can be seen that an er­ ror in reception on the part of the ‘B’ Stand, be it in figures or in ropte instructions can easily cause the deaths of many peo­ ple. Pride is taken in the fact that such errors are virtually unheard of. However, pride of achieve­ ment never interferes with stan­ dards of'efficiency or a constant state of sharp vigilance. Co-operate With Operations Described very briefly, these are the duties of the staff of the actual control tower. These men i little danger of there being a 1 1 misunderstanding of a visual ’ signal given on the part of a' pilot. iUnder normal circumstances, I the staff employed on any shift i in the control tower, consists of J two people, an officer and an air- > man. Tho officer fulfills the du-1 ties of controller, and upon his' shoulders rests the responsibility I for the control of all traffic with- j in his Control Zone. He must' ensure that there is adequate separation maintained between aircraft in the air. This separation may be applied visually as distance between air­ craft when the aircraft are local and in the view of the controller. Where the aircraft is under con­ trol, but is operating in cloud in fairly close proximity with other aircraft in cloud, the con­ troller must be able to apply separation to aircraft based on the time in minutes between the different aircraft as they pass over a recognised check point. He must be capable of applying this separation, basing his judg­ ment on Such factors as the air­ speed of the aircraft, the differ­ ent courses which they are steer-, ing, their actual positions at the time when they contact him by radio and their usedof the radio beacon facilities which are a ne­ cessary step to be taken in their endeavor to descend safely to earth from a blind flying posi­ tion, either in or above cloud. Musi Receive Clearance The controlling offficer must be f.'L _______ dition of his airfield, he ,must be aware at all times of any un­ serviceabilities which may exist and present a- hazard to aircraft. He is responsible for the choice of a runway which will be most closely in line with the prevailing wind, and must be ready to change his runway at a moment’s notice should the wind change. This is in order that the wind may be used to most advantage during landings and take-offs. With the conventional type air­ craft, it is of the utmost im­ portance that the aircraft should be able to take-off and land into the wind. By doing this,-an air­ craft will be able to derive a greater lift value from the air, and thus Its ability to climb above obstacles will be increased proportionately. Should an aircraft be forced to land with the wind or to take­ off with it, its roll along the ground will be increased propor­ tionately, with the possibility that the pilot may find that he has not been able to get his wheels off the ground before passing the end of a runway, or he may not have been able to slow his landing roll sufficiently to prevent his j taxying off the hardtop surface ------- -------------------------- ----- and into some, obstacle Which ■ work m ^conjunction with jthe could cause - him considerable ’r'1‘ ‘ ..... grief. , Again with an aircraft which, is forced to land under conditions of severe cross wind,.'Where'the wind is at right angles to the line of flight, difficult problems of correcting for wind drift are crea ted, the aircraft when landing or taking off will have a tendency to crab sideways, a situation which could prove disastrous when the pilot is a student with a lack of suitable experience. These duties described are only some of the prime responsibilities which the controller must as-, sume. To go into'detail on all'that his duties entailed would require more scope than any newspaper would be prepared to give. Fur­ thermore, the depth to which these duties delve, while extre­ mely intricate, unfortunately does not make good light reading. It can be readily seen that the responsiblities of the flying con­ trol officer are complex in the ex­ treme, and a great deal of specialized training plus consider­ able practise in the field arc ne­ cessary for a complete under­ standing, and a succssful com­ pletion of his duties. Train At Grand Bend School Naturally, to be able to hold the reins of control, the controller must be assisted by somebody who is qualified in the controlling work in most of its aspects, and who can carry on the duties re­ quired of him in a highly efficient manner. For this purpose the School of Flying Control at Grand Bend provides a steady supply of qualified aircraft control opera­ tors; These men undergo a course in their trade which is almo'st equal in intensity to the training course for controllers. It is simi­ lar in many respects except that some of the subjects arc not studied quite as deeply as for controlling work. The man who fills the assist­ ants position in the Tower is re­ ferred to as the ‘B’ Stand. The title is derived from the airman’s position where he sits at the big control console. The controller oc­ cupies the ‘A* stand position and the airman occupies the - ‘B’ stand. ‘B’ stand duties involve pri­ marily general assistance to the controller in the handling of ground traffic control by radio and by visual signals, the ac­ curate recording of all flight planned traffic arriving at and departing from the station to and from other parts of the country, The airman must know suffi­ cient about the controlling end end of the work to be able to as­ sume some of the less exacting of the controller’s duties during times of stress, or whenever the circuit happens to be particularly busy. He maintains a constant | liaison with the Air Traffic Con­ trol Centre at Toronto handling tho reporting of the arrival and departure of traffic on flight plan to other parts of the country. 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