Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 02, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba 20 july 1966 they were flying if or a bomb leak lieutenant Barton above the Frozen wastes of Greenland the two big aircraft t h u n d e r e d deeper into the shadows of the Long Polar leading plane was a Pisto engined As the close of Painter yelled Neath and slightly fumes Back Here cruised a mighty eight Jet b52 strato fort thought the fuel fumes the Oride of str were highly the the Price 01 Atra slightest spark or friction could turn the Tanker and its Crew into Light and Barton was flying a bomb he told the radio operator to Flash a mayday message to and then ordered the flight Engineer to switch off the main electrical at the temperature the kc97 dropped Barton be Gan a gradual descent and asked the Jim for a course Home to he also ordered the Crew to Jettison the hoping that the Rush of icy air would blow away the fumes in the rear of three feel of gasoline covered Fate Fig if deck a single spark mean annihilation by Robert Jackson Telic air the t to aircraft were linked together by a flight refuelling a Metal tube which was lowered from under the kc97s fuselage and which clipped Home into a socket near the b52s fuel flowed through this tube into the huge Jet bomb ers thirsty tanks at 600 Gallons a it was the night of novem couple of hours the kc97 of the 26th air refuel Ling Squadron had taken Oft from its base at together with three similar in they As with a formation of b52s and began to Transfer their Load of fuel at in the cockpit of kc97 turmoil flight Lieuten ant Max Barton concentrated on keeping the big Tanker Rock there were five tons of fuel gurgling inside the tankers fuselage now and there was no Way of getting rid of Barton called the Crew up to the front and gave them a hard either they could Bale out Over the jagged ground in darkness or they could stay with him and risk a after a Short the Crew reached a if they found they would Bale above the Tanker droned on through the Sud Painter gave a yell look i can see lights it was an lights reflected on a thin layer of Barton Felt a great surge of but the trickiest part was yet to come he the land ing with no the gear had to be cranked the White runway threshold skimmed past a couple of feet turmoil the runway the by hand and the Crew and a couple of other Crew sweated in spite of the men were splashing about Barton eased Thiv kc97 runway covered with Irons patches of then it with a Jolt that jarred the two mens it raced eating up the runway at 135 the nos wheel High in the in Trie control men held their breath As the huge dark shape flashed they waiting for the Brilliant Flash and Crump of the would she never slow1 Down the runway was zip Ping 200 feet it every Pilot plants reclaiming waste water knee deep in at last they j Down to feet and lined gritted his had found the leak a in Reed up for a pass Over tin to had to get that Inch crack in one of the pipes j with a dangerously unstable ups wheel through fuel was spurting aircraft and no haps he there was a risk that if it turned full in spite of two year Exchange posting with the american strategic this flight Tricky Busi air refuelling was a from the up Barton the behind 11 e r 1 Ness practice hundreds of Gallons of fuel had turned it into an almost sloshed around the he kept thinking of the havoc just one tiny spark would the dizzy you want to get i Nick Barton reviewed j in staying if you replied Barton id a Barton continued from preceding Page understanding in depth of the ate molecules reach the mechanism of desalination incredibly thin Barrier of the was initiated they actually Dis a Posilee Side As and once upon degree demanded the the one what they Cost in water a number of i universities and Industrial i membrane can routine an almost routine Job before two More hours had would earn him the amerkan distinguished flying lying on his stomach in the cramped compartment under with he Call Thule for or lower the the weight of fuel was the staff sergeant Paul j making the kc97 unstable the Boom kept a close Check on the fuel flow above in the fuselage near the a powerfully muscled negro staff sergeant named m o r r is Carman checked the joints in the fuel cutting through the monotonous drone of the kc97s came the Hiss of fuel escaping under High Carman and smelt the sickly Barton had to use All his strength to keep it if he were to move the stick just an Inch or two far All the fuel would Rush to the Tail and the Tanker would stand on that would mean to make matters was beginning to form on the the card were stacked against All he had to stake was his above the Roar of the engines the intercom was out of action As Well stretched out Lis legs and Felt i for the Brake just sows report the presi touch t h e Mam wheels j Dent Lor showed be passed another and yet until virtually j pure water is predate very he screaming in lights the instrument panel went the emergency Power Supply had packed plunging them into total Nichols swore and fumbled for a he shone its narrow beam on the dial of the airspeed and the turn and Bank were the Only two instruments still working the Only two not depo ident of Nichols began to read off the the lights of Thule runway were dead ahead one f fifty on forty were Little Cut in Back a bit on the the Tanker was sliding thank god at last the nos wheel Sank on to the 85 the Rocky end of the runway was approaching fast Tod Barton trod hard All possible types of desalting schemes under by designing Mem throughout the revers branes into modules in spiral osmosis held the Best for wound form and permitting practicable plants that could their insertion into steel pipe Gallons Are be elect make the steel in one cab be put to work soon in of Almast any Given brackish water i several Hundred Square feet of on the pedal and the brakes advantages this1 system j membrane be a com squealed and Are operation at each cubic foot of Tanker screeched to prospects of i pressure makes a Stop fire engines roared achieving and a compact and simple sirens to smother the High promising Economy of j yet permits fast a w Hite line wheels in in the strange Barton and Nichols climbed stiffly out of their cramped open Cabin door fuel had seeped under it and any friction heat or spark could still cause a they had to crawl through an escape window and reach the ground by they stood and listened the sound of fuel pouring through every i Energy has been under development As the Best membrane material for practical reverse osmosis sys similar to the familiar plastic food wraps for Kitchen it has a reasonable degree of permeability water that at his watch it Painter Painter acted he Cut the fuel flow and with Drew the Boom from the its knowing that this i was the breakaway j round the edges of the door f one forty five one took the big bomber out of land had Frozen the door i forty one forty easy the Way of any possible i was stuck i easy i with remarkable Langi ease and water fairly diffuses readily through and main Tainan effective Barrier against dissolved in scientists at the under two hours University of California at that is practical arid capable of Man sized operation is evident general atomics and the los Angeles county sanitation District engineers have completed Over hours operation of an experimental Plant for purifying waste the Pomona water i reclamation a second experimental unit is operation at the Point disposal facility of the City of san both Chickadee notes 598 he ordered the brew to Jettison the rear door tit let some the fuel Drain out j slipped her wings the was just Thuv uns hed and heaved beating on the Greenland i since the drama had Angele they pushed Neanea he Orrin cd and clapped membrane that was 500 times received government contracts m fuel had seeped Oer in april 1966 to build sub Stan was Good to stand on the Safe any before while Jelal Bra c k i s h water Pilot solid ground i maintaining a High degree of before even Brane could be used to full a Jost program also is advantage the mystery How j undo nay in cooperation with 1 1 it achieves its Superior 50 Gallons a Day Are taken from the soft by an average tree by Haroid Mossop Biros like Snake meat it must be an indication of a terrible dearth of gophers and rabbits to Force Hawks to resort to eating a female voice exclaimed by phone the other they must have been starving she was referring to mention in this column of Hawks and other Birds of prey gorging on snakes until they almost thou Gli the idea of a Snake diet is no doubt revolting to Many it apparent that Many Birds dont share this in As before Hawks and particularly Redd is in re shouldered of the seem to look upon snakes As a Deli perhaps my fair caller had never heard of Rattlesnake farms where the venom is for medicinal purposes Northern o ground and Snake meat for from time to time for Many years Ive read accounts of Snake eating by Galli Naseous these include Partridge and Domestic Many Farmers have expressed amazement at seeing a barn Yard Hen doing its Best to Swallow a squirming Garter Upland game Bird Hunters occasionally report a to make a meal of Snake in the Craw of a grouse or in a letter last week from graph this subject is of regarding Birds eating Garter pm three Occa Sions i have skinned out ruffed grouse and they each contained a Garter Snake in their one was rather Large proportions and it makes one wonder just How the Bird mum master such a Squirmy i have not found one Iri any other Type of hat it is not unusual the similar ovenbird which is also a Thrush like a Irene nicely describes this Bird As seen on May she writes we saw one in our Garden it very hungry kept Busy finding Somei times turning up vegetation and sometimes making a Quick hop in the air to catch it tried a fish worm but didst care much for that our Garden is full of puddles and it waded right through them even stopped to Bathe in a deep the Beautiful Brown Satin Back and Yellowish Eye Streak and Chest so profusely and precisely dotted in Brown and the Pink legs and feet make it a delicate looking the keel shaped body and the Bobbing habits Are most inter this is the first we have seen of this Mance had of observing the membrane samples directly under an Electron Microscope in a Man Ner quite similar to the study of biological the layer that was san Diego Gas company for and l to operation of a sea water general atomics Eji visions reverse osmosis desalination plants with m u 11 i m i 11 i o n gallon outputs per using their new Engineer Iii Jirim ii am j n actually doing the work was scale up irom the Pilot to be Only plants now operation millionths of an Inch thought that when a 100million gallon per Day Plant be Fisher families include snakes and lizards in their daily perhaps were missing out on something there have been several enquiries about water thrushes rather metallic mod Atod on a Oneacre site a Plant capable of j All the Freshwater needs of City of Over a Hal million world Book Tion to copy a revolution is j encyclopedia science quotes you cannot copy a Revolti Gallons in and water Are used to produce a Pound of beef at an Fidel usually a water Thrush is first detected by its this several on seeing the name Northern water Thrush listed in the migration find it their Bird books and wanted to know if this was a new name for one of the Well to see a barnyard fowl trying i known As water thrushes Are not Many other North american thrushes but More Birds As Well As those of other i than there lands share this fondness for the wrong the name Given As it walks about on the m wet from its Bobbing and Tail wagging i think the name water Wagtail would have been More appropriate than to Call it a along the Banks of streams and usually in mixed coniferous and deciduous the same As to copy examination i appreciate the attitude of wanting to die in but while this May be All right for the of horse it is Seldom Good forthe harness Thomas Bishop of although every citizen has a moral or social duty to assist the there is no Legal duty to that effect lord chief Justice we Are told that painters who Are inspired Anonymous Wall lunatics and Crimi nals Are geniuses we Swarow it instead of spewing it sir Charles president of the Royal Aca Britain is still the Champion cd Woods where it its loud of Basic research As it in ride a Petrav its songs leu a is p like Rutherford Cambridge me Pha Farl professor the following Paia the cuckoo and King they should find it listed with metallic j osmosis an Experiment osmosis breathing su6ar water then it ski Tuat in str farce Mentor Mem wet ra6 the to Leucus of Ovsen m these drawings help to process known As plays such on important role in maintaining which ;