o B --."., Welcome aboard party slated for new JPs, officers All sponsors, friends and co-workers of new junior professional employees and in- coming military officers are invited to at- tend a "welcome aboard" party to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, at the Commissioned Officers' Mess. A fee of $3 wiD be coDected at the door from everyone except the honorees. Being welcomed are Bradley Andrews, Paul Barney, Nancy CoUins, Mark Egan, Peter Eiserlof, Nathan Ford, Matthew Guest, AUan Hottovy, Kirk Hultgren, Elias Kadri, Gordon KoUman, Gene Linard, Dan Lubben, Grace Miskimen, and Karl Olmstead. Other junior professionals being wel- comed include James Schaff, Yang Shin, Michel Strickbine, Lucia Tateo, Robert G. Thompson, Gordon Turner, Dean Wallace, Stacy Webbeking, and Kent Weed. Military officers being welcomed include Capt. John Patterson, Cdr. Robert Jacobs, Ltjg. Doug Plumhoff, LCdr. Jeffery Reeves, and Ltjg. Ray Tanjoco. INEX News.. - I The Navy Exchange has many great sav- ing sales for the month of June. Already in progress is the "Home Spectacular" sale. Special buys include bedspread ensembles, assorted colors of towels, and delicate linens. Items will remain on sale until June 10. Starting Monday, the "My Dad" Father's Day sale will begin. Along with jewelry, dress shirts and ties, sportswear and all kinds of tools are on sale. This sale will end June 16. For those home fixers, a "Summer Home Sale" will take place June 13-16. Garbage disposals, barbecues, assorted plants and accessories are all among the items on sale. Aliso taking place June 13-16 is the " Auto Car Care Sale." Among the sale items are spark plugs, Quaker State motor oil, assorted gauges, and much, much more. Thrift Shop slates dollar-a-bag sale Bargain hunters should be sure to mark their calendars so that they won't miss the dollar-a-hag sale next week sponsored by the Thrift Shop, which is operated by the Women's Auxiliary of the Commissioned Officers' Mess. The sale will be on during normal store hours: from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. and from 10:30 a.m. untIl12:30p.m. on Thursday. The Thrift Shop is located at 1809 Lauritsen Road, opposite Schoeffel Field. It is open to all shoppers. COOKING UP A GREAT TIME - Kathy Lundquist, coordinator of Maturango Junction, and Dr. Pat Brown·Berry, museum director, are bringing plans for the traditional outdoor fund and fundraiser to a boil. Anyone who would like to take part In Maturango Junction or in plan· nlng the operation is Invited to attend a luncheon on June 13 at 11:30 a.m. at the Commissioned Officers' Mess. Reservations are requested to ensure adequate seating; these can be made by telephoning the Maturango Museum at 446-6900. - Photo by Mickey Strang Professional demeanor topic of discussion of networking mtg. "Professional Demeanor" will be the topic under discussion at the next meeting of the East Careerwomen's Network. All interested persons are invited to attend as well as members of the ESCN. The meeting will be held at LeParc res- taurant in Ridgecrest on Wednesday, June Space exploration to be discussed at AIAA mtg. June 14 Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director of the Planatary Society will speak to China Lake members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astrophysics at their reg- ularmeeting on June 14 at the Golden Frog. " Earth's Explorations of the Solar System from 1985 to 2000" is the topic of Dr. Friedman's address. There is a no-host social hour set for 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Those attending will order from the menu. For reservations or more infonnation. call Jim Chicar at 446-7611 ; Ken Katsurnoto at NWC ext. 7233 or Stan Benson at NWC ext. 3441. 26. Networking begins at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7o'clock. Guest speaker for the evening is Madelaine K. Silva, Federal Women's Program Manager at the Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego. Ms. Silva will cover dressing profes- sionally. time management and career selfO-'. 11 R...,... '.'\ A ,. , .. ,~, ..... U.S. Go'lernment Pronh"9 Otloce I9IS - No 10001 FROM: TO, PLACE STAMP HERE • • r • NavaJ Wf!'aoons Cf!'nter. Ch,"'a Lilkf!'. CilJdornla 93555 6001 Newest propellant mixer fills void for Center "This fills a big void," said Frank Pickett, head of the Ordnance Systems Department's Propellants Branch, as a new SO-gaDon propellant mixer wOSlt into service last week. "We can now start with the smallest mixer W e pint) and work up to the largest (150 gallons) when doing propellant research," added Pickett, following the first time the new mixer had been used for an inert mix. This Baker-Perkins mixer was purchased several years ago for a fraction of the nearly $2SO,OOO it would cost today, noted Pickett. It also means the branch now only has two breaks in the line of Baker-Perkins mixers. The five and 25 gallon mixers are made by J. H. Day Co. but Pickett hopes to replace them with the other brand in the near future. He noted there were signifi- cant differences in the way the mix had to be prepared for use in the different brands of mixers. Stacey Howard of the Propellants Branch (Code 3272) credited Pickett, Bill McMillan of the Process Engineering Branch (Code 3254) and their division heads, Ray Miller (Code 327) and Melvin J. McCubbin (Code 325) for the support·that got the newest ad- dition to the propellant mixing family in place and operating. It was, noted Pickett, a matter of saving up enough money to complete the installa- tion once the mixer itself had been pur- chased. He noted the installation bad been in the works for about the past two years. The Baker-Perkins mixer handles 1.3 and l.l type of rocket motor propellants, said Howard. Both Pickett and Howard said the 50- gallon mixer.would enhance productivity in the branch. They noted the gap between the previously existing 25 and 150 gallon mixers was a large one. If the propellant batch needed was in between that figure they either had to make two batches or make a larger one and throwaway the excess. The new machinery increases ttw.r fluib14t>' by filling the gap'" mixer sizes. " It was a real job to gel it in and work- ing," noted Pickett. Much of the installa- tion work was done in-house, he added. While the 5O-gallon mixer will require a smaller crew than the 150-~allon piece of equipment, Pickett stressed that wasn't a prime factor in the installation. " It will streamline operations since it takes a little less time to mix 50 gallons than it does 150," he added. Mixing time for propellants varies from six hours to a day and a half, said Pickett. In the longer processes some of the time is usually just sitting time where the mix goes through a chemical reaction. All actual mixing operations involving a Iive mixture are done by remote control. Television cameras and instruments monitor the process while the operators are safe in a control room. • Last week marked the first time an inert mix had been put in the new mixer just to see how it worked. Pickett noted they will make several inert mixes in the 5O-gallon mixer before mixing their first live batch of rocket motor propellant. Howard commented that a new 3O-gallon mixer, from Baker-Perkins, is in the budget for this year as the branch takes another step toward streamlined operations and an unbroken string of propellant mix- ers from the same company. From l. pint to 150 gallons research on propellants can go up the line as the need for more propellant grows with that par- ticular piece of research. Working on the initial inert mixing were Code 3272 personnel Rich Lasalle, Ed Varnbagen, Danny Wooldridge and Anita Paiz. MIXING IT UP - Ed Varnhagen scrapes an inert mix· ture from the sides of the new 50'galion propellant mixer as the first test mix is processed by the Pro· peliant Branch of NWC's Ordnance Systems Depart- ment. Instaliatlon of his mixture fills a void In the branch's lineup of propellant mixers. Jet fuel use record set last month Aircraft usmg jet fuel at China Lake went through more than one million gallons of JP-5 In a single month for the first time ~ ever during May. On Wednesday, May 29, an F/A-18 received the ~>ne-millionth gallon. The air· craft captain is AEAN Robert Woods. while Dan Borst was the refueling operator for the Aviation Fuels Branch of NW("s Air- craft Department. That same gallon of JP-5 had been delivered to NWr by Hick Glbsun. driVing for Cloverleaf Tank 1.lnes. FIRE FIGHTING? - Cleaning extra materials out of garages and closets is one of the belt ways of fighting fires - by preventing them. (See story on Page 4). - Photo by PH2 Rick Moore Managed by Jimmie Drum, the refueling contractor at NWC is Mercury Refueling. Inc., based in Colorado Springs, Col. Ruben Gomez. assistant manager and ABF3 R. Read. aViation fuels coordinator, noted there has been a steady increase III the amount offuel used at Chirw Lakt'.. Petty Officer Head acts as a liaison tN' Iwt't'n the nulitar} and the fuels contractol In set'ing that Chllla I.akt, ·~ fut,! !It·t.'ds :ITl filet. Gomez commented that they are fueling more aircraft than ever and the ChIna Lake facilities are gelting increased use by visiting units lIke the Manne Corps VMAT 101 that was here- with 10 }<..... Phantoms for training at NWC ranges. Other viSitIng squadrons also frequent NWC and can use up to 50.000 gallons of JP-5perday. Three years ago the average use each month was just 500,000 gallons. Gomez and Read said there had been a slow, steady growth 10 the volume of Jet fuel used by aircraft and other users at NWC. Gomez also commented that until this past year he had ordered four to six truck. loads of fuel per day - now that's up to eight to 10 per days and sometimes as many as 14 tankers per dsy bring fuel to NWC. In addition to the JP-5 used by most air- craft at China Lake, 50,000 gallons of JP-4 used by the QF-lI6F target aircraft at the Center. Also, 50,000 gallons of 100-130 AV (Continued on P_ge 4) , OCR Text: o B --."., Welcome aboard party slated for new JPs, officers All sponsors, friends and co-workers of new junior professional employees and in- coming military officers are invited to at- tend a "welcome aboard" party to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, at the Commissioned Officers' Mess. A fee of $3 wiD be coDected at the door from everyone except the honorees. Being welcomed are Bradley Andrews, Paul Barney, Nancy CoUins, Mark Egan, Peter Eiserlof, Nathan Ford, Matthew Guest, AUan Hottovy, Kirk Hultgren, Elias Kadri, Gordon KoUman, Gene Linard, Dan Lubben, Grace Miskimen, and Karl Olmstead. Other junior professionals being wel- comed include James Schaff, Yang Shin, Michel Strickbine, Lucia Tateo, Robert G. Thompson, Gordon Turner, Dean Wallace, Stacy Webbeking, and Kent Weed. Military officers being welcomed include Capt. John Patterson, Cdr. Robert Jacobs, Ltjg. Doug Plumhoff, LCdr. Jeffery Reeves, and Ltjg. Ray Tanjoco. INEX News.. - I The Navy Exchange has many great sav- ing sales for the month of June. Already in progress is the "Home Spectacular" sale. Special buys include bedspread ensembles, assorted colors of towels, and delicate linens. Items will remain on sale until June 10. Starting Monday, the "My Dad" Father's Day sale will begin. Along with jewelry, dress shirts and ties, sportswear and all kinds of tools are on sale. This sale will end June 16. For those home fixers, a "Summer Home Sale" will take place June 13-16. Garbage disposals, barbecues, assorted plants and accessories are all among the items on sale. Aliso taking place June 13-16 is the " Auto Car Care Sale." Among the sale items are spark plugs, Quaker State motor oil, assorted gauges, and much, much more. Thrift Shop slates dollar-a-bag sale Bargain hunters should be sure to mark their calendars so that they won't miss the dollar-a-hag sale next week sponsored by the Thrift Shop, which is operated by the Women's Auxiliary of the Commissioned Officers' Mess. The sale will be on during normal store hours: from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. and from 10:30 a.m. untIl12:30p.m. on Thursday. The Thrift Shop is located at 1809 Lauritsen Road, opposite Schoeffel Field. It is open to all shoppers. COOKING UP A GREAT TIME - Kathy Lundquist, coordinator of Maturango Junction, and Dr. Pat Brown·Berry, museum director, are bringing plans for the traditional outdoor fund and fundraiser to a boil. Anyone who would like to take part In Maturango Junction or in plan· nlng the operation is Invited to attend a luncheon on June 13 at 11:30 a.m. at the Commissioned Officers' Mess. Reservations are requested to ensure adequate seating; these can be made by telephoning the Maturango Museum at 446-6900. - Photo by Mickey Strang Professional demeanor topic of discussion of networking mtg. "Professional Demeanor" will be the topic under discussion at the next meeting of the East Careerwomen's Network. All interested persons are invited to attend as well as members of the ESCN. The meeting will be held at LeParc res- taurant in Ridgecrest on Wednesday, June Space exploration to be discussed at AIAA mtg. June 14 Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director of the Planatary Society will speak to China Lake members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astrophysics at their reg- ularmeeting on June 14 at the Golden Frog. " Earth's Explorations of the Solar System from 1985 to 2000" is the topic of Dr. Friedman's address. There is a no-host social hour set for 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Those attending will order from the menu. For reservations or more infonnation. call Jim Chicar at 446-7611 ; Ken Katsurnoto at NWC ext. 7233 or Stan Benson at NWC ext. 3441. 26. Networking begins at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7o'clock. Guest speaker for the evening is Madelaine K. Silva, Federal Women's Program Manager at the Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego. Ms. Silva will cover dressing profes- sionally. time management and career selfO-'. 11 R...,... '.'\ A ,. , .. ,~, ..... U.S. Go'lernment Pronh"9 Otloce I9IS - No 10001 FROM: TO, PLACE STAMP HERE • • r • NavaJ Wf!'aoons Cf!'nter. Ch,"'a Lilkf!'. CilJdornla 93555 6001 Newest propellant mixer fills void for Center "This fills a big void," said Frank Pickett, head of the Ordnance Systems Department's Propellants Branch, as a new SO-gaDon propellant mixer wOSlt into service last week. "We can now start with the smallest mixer W e pint) and work up to the largest (150 gallons) when doing propellant research," added Pickett, following the first time the new mixer had been used for an inert mix. This Baker-Perkins mixer was purchased several years ago for a fraction of the nearly $2SO,OOO it would cost today, noted Pickett. It also means the branch now only has two breaks in the line of Baker-Perkins mixers. The five and 25 gallon mixers are made by J. H. Day Co. but Pickett hopes to replace them with the other brand in the near future. He noted there were signifi- cant differences in the way the mix had to be prepared for use in the different brands of mixers. Stacey Howard of the Propellants Branch (Code 3272) credited Pickett, Bill McMillan of the Process Engineering Branch (Code 3254) and their division heads, Ray Miller (Code 327) and Melvin J. McCubbin (Code 325) for the support·that got the newest ad- dition to the propellant mixing family in place and operating. It was, noted Pickett, a matter of saving up enough money to complete the installa- tion once the mixer itself had been pur- chased. He noted the installation bad been in the works for about the past two years. The Baker-Perkins mixer handles 1.3 and l.l type of rocket motor propellants, said Howard. Both Pickett and Howard said the 50- gallon mixer.would enhance productivity in the branch. They noted the gap between the previously existing 25 and 150 gallon mixers was a large one. If the propellant batch needed was in between that figure they either had to make two batches or make a larger one and throwaway the excess. The new machinery increases ttw.r fluib14t>' by filling the gap'" mixer sizes. " It was a real job to gel it in and work- ing," noted Pickett. Much of the installa- tion work was done in-house, he added. While the 5O-gallon mixer will require a smaller crew than the 150-~allon piece of equipment, Pickett stressed that wasn't a prime factor in the installation. " It will streamline operations since it takes a little less time to mix 50 gallons than it does 150," he added. Mixing time for propellants varies from six hours to a day and a half, said Pickett. In the longer processes some of the time is usually just sitting time where the mix goes through a chemical reaction. All actual mixing operations involving a Iive mixture are done by remote control. Television cameras and instruments monitor the process while the operators are safe in a control room. • Last week marked the first time an inert mix had been put in the new mixer just to see how it worked. Pickett noted they will make several inert mixes in the 5O-gallon mixer before mixing their first live batch of rocket motor propellant. Howard commented that a new 3O-gallon mixer, from Baker-Perkins, is in the budget for this year as the branch takes another step toward streamlined operations and an unbroken string of propellant mix- ers from the same company. From l. pint to 150 gallons research on propellants can go up the line as the need for more propellant grows with that par- ticular piece of research. Working on the initial inert mixing were Code 3272 personnel Rich Lasalle, Ed Varnbagen, Danny Wooldridge and Anita Paiz. MIXING IT UP - Ed Varnhagen scrapes an inert mix· ture from the sides of the new 50'galion propellant mixer as the first test mix is processed by the Pro· peliant Branch of NWC's Ordnance Systems Depart- ment. Instaliatlon of his mixture fills a void In the branch's lineup of propellant mixers. Jet fuel use record set last month Aircraft usmg jet fuel at China Lake went through more than one million gallons of JP-5 In a single month for the first time ~ ever during May. On Wednesday, May 29, an F/A-18 received the ~>ne-millionth gallon. The air· craft captain is AEAN Robert Woods. while Dan Borst was the refueling operator for the Aviation Fuels Branch of NW("s Air- craft Department. That same gallon of JP-5 had been delivered to NWr by Hick Glbsun. driVing for Cloverleaf Tank 1.lnes. FIRE FIGHTING? - Cleaning extra materials out of garages and closets is one of the belt ways of fighting fires - by preventing them. (See story on Page 4). - Photo by PH2 Rick Moore Managed by Jimmie Drum, the refueling contractor at NWC is Mercury Refueling. Inc., based in Colorado Springs, Col. Ruben Gomez. assistant manager and ABF3 R. Read. aViation fuels coordinator, noted there has been a steady increase III the amount offuel used at Chirw Lakt'.. Petty Officer Head acts as a liaison tN' Iwt't'n the nulitar} and the fuels contractol In set'ing that Chllla I.akt, ·~ fut,! !It·t.'ds :ITl filet. Gomez commented that they are fueling more aircraft than ever and the ChIna Lake facilities are gelting increased use by visiting units lIke the Manne Corps VMAT 101 that was here- with 10 }<..... Phantoms for training at NWC ranges. Other viSitIng squadrons also frequent NWC and can use up to 50.000 gallons of JP-5perday. Three years ago the average use each month was just 500,000 gallons. Gomez and Read said there had been a slow, steady growth 10 the volume of Jet fuel used by aircraft and other users at NWC. Gomez also commented that until this past year he had ordered four to six truck. loads of fuel per day - now that's up to eight to 10 per days and sometimes as many as 14 tankers per dsy bring fuel to NWC. In addition to the JP-5 used by most air- craft at China Lake, 50,000 gallons of JP-4 used by the QF-lI6F target aircraft at the Center. Also, 50,000 gallons of 100-130 AV (Continued on P_ge 4) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1980s,Rocketeer 1985,Rktr6.7.1985.pdf,Rktr6.7.1985.pdf Page 1, Rktr6.7.1985.pdf Page 1