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Friday, March 9, 1945 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three Cadets On Watch Observe Weather Data For Aerology Hourly weather observations, fundamental in the activities of airmen, are a phase of cadet ^atch duty at the Alexander Hall administration building. Established by the Aerology division of the Academic Depart- '^ent, the weather observation station is equipped with an auto matic indicating anemometer and ^ind vane, an aneroid barometer and a psychrometer. Cadets check prevailing weath er every hour between 0530 and 2130, estimate ceiling, visibility, cloud type and coverage, and take headings of barometric pressure, ^-emperature, wind direction and Velocity. This information is Communicated hourly by tele phone to the Aerology office in Lenoir Hall, the service enabling instructors to check closely on Correctness of cadet observations and to have an up-to-the-hour Sequence which may be used in Classroom discussion of “Present Weather.” Practical Experience This responsibility for weather Reports is of real benefit to cadets ^ho gain practical experience in fhe use of instruments and mak ing of observations. In addition to the hourly re ports, daily weather maps are Received from the U. S. Weather ^ureau and from the Naval Air S^tion, Memphis, Tenn. These Sive a picture of conditions |hroughout the nation, and al though they arrive two or three ^ays after the published date, they serve as a check on local observations and are important classroom instructional aids. Cadets are invited to contrib ute clippings, personal experi- ®nce data, and any specialized *^nowledge regarding weather Conditions in the areas with ^hich they are familiar. A scrap ®ook and weather accident file ^^e maintained in the Aerology *^ivision for current news items ^nd for miscellaneous informa- ;}on. Major sources of informa tion for the accident file and ^Cfapbook are the Naval Avia- ^on News and Civil Aeronautics ^oard publications. Advice from Pacific . From a former member of the ^erology division now in the Pa cific recently came the following , ornment on the importance of ^ing a weather-wise pilot: . “Tell those boys for me that ^erology is important in spite of ^hat they may think at their l^rrent stage of learning. Every hance you get stress fronts ^both warm and cold), squalls typhoons. Of course they ^^e not going to do any flying in j^Phoons, but they will be liv- in some of them. Partly de- ^loped fronts form at any time any place out here. Fore- ^sting conditions at the best are too good, so it’s up to the ^^lot to know his weather well -t) Under the observant eye of Lieut. Robert A. Halla, head of Aerol ogy, Cadet W. C. Hart, of Cleve land, O., in the lower picture makes the hourly weather obser vations while on watch duty at Alexander Hall. The aneroid barometer on the left measures air pressure, while the mecha nism on the right is a wind direc tion and velocity indicator. Upper left, Hart takes a reading off the psychrometer which measures relative humidity and dewpoint, while on the right is shown the anemometer and wind vane in stalled on the roof to register wind velocity and direction. COMING EVENTS SATURDAY MOVIES Village: Free movies, "Andy Hardy’s Blonde Troubles,” with Mickey Rooney. Shows start at 1500, 1900 and 2055. Carolina: "For Whom The Bells Toll,” with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Pick: "Hands Across The Border,” with Roy Rogers. DANCE Hop for 64th, 66th battalions and 11- R-A cadets in Pine Room, Lenoir Hall, 2100-2400. Music by the Cloudbusters. Refreshments. SUNDAY DIVINE SERVICES Protestant: Memorial Hall at 1000. Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0630, Hill Music Hall at 1000. Jewish: Hillel House at 1000. MOVIES ■ Village: Free movies, "Maisie Goes To Reno,” with Ann Sothern. Shows start at 1300 and 1447. Carolina: "Music For Millions,” with Margaret O’Brien and Jimmy Durante. Pick: "Under Western Skies,” with Martha O’Driscoll and Noah Beery, jr. WEDNESDAY HAPPY HOUR Movies and Cloudbuster Glee Club, Me morial Hall at 1900. enough that he does not even have to think about what to do. A squall or frontal disturbances are not considered very good reasons for failing to carry out a mission. Being able to identify clouds is a big help in aiding a pilot to decide what to do. . . . I’ve seen planes land and take off when you could hardly see from one end of the carrier to the other.” -Join the Red Cross— Fats^ Paper^ Bones Copper And Brass Are Salvaged Here Sizeable quantities of grease, fats, paper, bones, copper and brass have been turned in by this Pre-Flight School in coop eration with the national salvage program, it is reported by Lieut. Comdr. Edmund M. Waller, sen ior member of the Conservation and Salvage Board. During the six-month period ending Jan. 31, salvaged mate rials included approximately three tons of grease, one and a half tons of fats, 300 tons of pa per, three-quarters of a ton of saleable bones, and one and a half tons of copper and brass from the rifle range. In addition, all cleaning cloths for station use were salvaged from old linen, towels and sim ilar items, and a determined ef fort was made to salvage all cratings^—wood and cardboard— for re-use. —Marshalls— (Continued from Page 1) 500 feet. I found the commander because, despite having lost con sciousness before crashing, he managed to break out his rubber raft, climb into it, and later re lease some dye-marker on the water. I landed among the big swells and picked him up.” Flew Over Iwo Jima The former Cloudbuster flew over Iwo Jima as long ago as last July, when the now-famed island was given its surface bombard ment baptism. He served as spotter. The Wolf Copyright 1945 by Leonard Sinsone distributed hv Cjn* by Sansone X i Oh! I forgot to tell you- my sister was a guerrilla!'
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