Some How-to-Do
Capture Autumn In Color
Autumn is a fleeting season, a
bright flame that burns briefly
between summer's day and
winter’s night. To think of all
that fall holds is to bring to
mind a series of vivid color
scenes. And what better way to
preserve this brilliance than to
take color pictures wherever you
go?
With today’s film, pictures in
true color are as easy to take as
black-white snapshots, but a
few suggestions from plant pho
tographer Charles Clark will
help the beginner as well as re
mind the experienced picture-
taker.
First, be sure you read care
fully the instructions on the
chart packed with every roll of
film for information on light-
and-exposure condition.
A FAIR is one of the best
places for taking color pictures.
People doing interesting things,
exhibits, contests, races, animals
provide a wealth of subject ma
terial.
To capture motion with a
minimum of blurring, line up
with the direction of the action.
Figures moving toward the cam
era, or at an angle, are easier to
catch than those moving directly
across your lens.
Mid-morning and mid-after
noon are the best hours for color
photography outside. Close to
sunrise or sunset the flat rays of
the sun contain a surplus of red
that will alter the color register.
But don’t put your camera to
b: d early, or you’ll miss much of
the fun—^in color. Halloween, for
example: Pictures of children
in their costumes, of the candle
lit jack-o-lantern in the win
dow, of the fun at a “spook”
party — these are scenes you’ll
want to preserve in color. So
take some flash pictures.
In photographing fall foliage,
try some shots against the sun,
making sure the camera lens is
protected against direct rays.
Sunlight through autumn leaves
give them a flowing, translucent
character that is especially
pretty against a blue-sky back
ground.
DISTANT VIEWS of hills may
turn out to be disappointing, be
cause the far colors tend to
blend. But a person or object in
the foreground—a bush, an over
hanging branch, a girl looking
at the scene—will give sharpness
and dimension to the whole pic
ture by adding a point of in
terest.
Put life into your pictures.
The special flavor of autumn
will be heightened if there is a
boy carrying a pumpkin up a
hillside, a girl gathering an arm
ful of leaves under a crimson
maple, or a couple wearing
bright plaid jackets strolling
down a country lane.
These suggestions are just a
beginning. Have plenty of color
film handy, so you can capture
this autumn’s glory in all its
vivid moods.
LANDING ON SKY CHAMPIONS —
Boeing's new B52-H missile bomber, carrying
four Skybolt ballistic missiles under her wings
and a formidable explosive load in the bomb
Sit
bay, is kept safe on take-offs and landings on
Firestone tires. The B52-H is one of many
military planes supplied with tires by Fire
stone.
Up And Down On Sky Champions
For business and pleasure. Firestone
iires help to keep America rolling on the
ground. But in this age of air travel. Fire
stone tires have the added responsibility of
providing safe take-offs and landings for
aircraft. In this, one of a series of articles to
help you "Know Your Products", here is a
look into the making of aircraft tires.
United Fund
—From Page 1
Basically, the "fair share"
principle for clock employees is
one hour's pay per month for
the year. For salaried people, it
is one per cent of income for ons
year.
“Federation of voluntary
health-and-welfare agencies —
the United Way — is a concept
originated and developed in
America. It has succeeded be
cause it is essentially ‘people
helping people’,” said Mr. Galli-
gan.
“In hundreds of communi
ties like ours we reap the bene
fit of this plan of working to-
gether,’' he continued. “Our
United Fund, as a voluntary ef
fort, plans and finances well-
balanced programs of health,
welfare and recreation for our
community.
“We know that people will al
ways need help from some
source. Human need — trouble,
illness, disaster are ever present.
Good sources of help are the
agencies supported through the
United Fund. We can proudly do
our part to finance these es-
* sential programs, through a gen
erous contribution this month.”
Your Gift Helps These—
Gaston County Chapter of
American National Red Cross,
Boy Scouts of America—Pied
mont Council, Children’s Home
Society of N. C., Florence Crit-
tenton Home, Gaston Big Broth
ers, Gaston Life-Saving Crew,
Girl Scouts of America—Pioneer
Area Council.
Junior Optimist Boys Club,
N. C. Mental Health Association,
Red Shield Boys Club, Regional
Mental Health Center, The Sal
vation Army, United Cerebral
Palsy Association, United Medi
cal Research Foundation of N.C.,
United Service Organizations,
Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion.
American Hearing Society,
American Social Health Associa
tion, International Social Serv
ice, National Council on Crime
and Delinquency, National Rec
reation Association, National
Social Welfare Assembly, Na
tional Travelers Aid Associa
tion.
Gear-Grip Rib
Plain Tread
OCTOBER, 1961 PAGE 5
Pride In Your Work?
Newsweek
Magazine
Where is the man who takes pride in his work’ •
the man who would eagerly sign his name to the jot^^e i„Jt
completed? Where is the man who builds a product
mg solidity and exactness of beauty”*?
be Je^'beX^ Td"
f-therbedding, pianned o\s"o7es®
Doesn’t a man who unashamedly builds an inferior nrod
uct tarnish himself and his industry? prod-
Will the people of the 21st century collect our handi
work as proudly as we collect that of the 19th century’
Just a few years ago, the thunderous roar of
a jet engine turned faces • sky ward to watch a
gleaming silver plane streak across the heavens.
Today, the sound of jet engines passing over
head goes almost unnoticed by persons on the
ground unless the craft breaks the sound barrier.
This new concept in air travel has become al
most commonplace in a short time. It has branch
ed out from its role in the defense of the coun
try into the area of passenger transportation.
With this new advancement in air travel came
new problems to be faced in the development of
aircraft tires.
Engineers for Firestone aircraft tires are con
stantly battling the problem of contrast in air
craft tires—tires for large and small planes, hot
and cold temperatures, high and low speeds. The
coming of jet transportation added the problem
of higher speeds, heavier weights, longer taxi
runs and excessive braking on landing.
Sky Champions: Four Tread Patterns
Although all Firestone aircraft tires carry the
name Sky Champion, there are four separate
and distinct tread patterns, each designed for a
specific job. They are the Gear Grip Rib, the
Plain Rib, the Plain Tread and the Jet Cone.
Most are built in Akron, with a few small sizes
coming off the production lines at Pottstown,
Pa., and the largest one — a 25.00-28—at Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Gear Grip Rib design is used for maxi
mum traction at speeds under 200 fmiles per
hour. For maximum wear on low-speed aircraft
Firestone offers the Plain Tread. Designed for
high-speed jet aircraft operating at 200 miles
an hour or faster is the Plain Rib as well as
the Jet Cone, a tire offering maximum wear at
high speeds and built with fire reinforcing in the
tread area.
To insure delivery of safe, dependable aircraft
tires to its civilian and military customers, Fire
stone uses a machine in its tire-test laboratory
in Akron that reproduces the conditions of the
tire punishments experienced in jet take-offs and
landings.
Quality Test On The "Big Wheel"
Called the “Big Wheel”, it is ten feet in di
ameter, weighs nine tons, and has been checked
out at 311 miles an hour. With this machine,
engineers can simulate taxi conditions, take-offs
and landings similar to those of the planes on
which the tire will be used. Loads and speeds
can be varied to match those a tire actually ex
periences in regular use.
The wheel begins to turn, the tire is taxied out
at 30 miles an hour. At the end of the taxi run,
the machine is stopped and is immediately start
ed again to simulate a take-off. Loads and speeds
during the take-off are controlled by elaborate
electronic programming equipment which assures
that field service conditions are actually dupli
cated. This tire is then removed quickly from the
wheel, as it would leave a runway when a plane
becomes airborne.
A typical landing is simulated by revolving the
wheel at the airplane’s landing speed. A tire is
then forced against it, causing the tire to go
from a standing start to full landing runway
speed almost instantaneously. The wheel is then
gradually brought to a stop, the same as it is on
the aircraft for which it is being tested. The tire
is then slowed to taxi speeds and taxied a dis
tance equal to that traveled by a plane going
from the runway to the gate area.
Plain Rib
Jet Cone
Firestone aircraft tires—built for civilian and
military craft—range in size from 8 inches in
diameter to 72 inches. They are capable of carry
ing from 350 to 76,000 pounds. Other data; Ply
ratings of 4 to 38; inflation pressures may go
from 30 to 425 pounds per square inch and speeds
vary from 40 to almost 300 miles per hour.
Like all Firestone tires, the Sky Champions
represent the highest standards of workmanship
from development through production. They are
one more reason why Firestone leads the world in
the production of top-quality tires.
Jacqueline’s Idea
Jacqueline Claxton, 11-year-
old daughter of William Clax
ton, a Firestone research phy
sicist in Akron, Ohio, wondered
why a signal couldn’t be made
to warn auto drivers at blind
intersections. She had learned of
a fatal crash at a blind crossing
near her home.
The question led to some con
ferences, then a prototype warn
ing signal was assembled by
Firestone scientists. It operates
when vehicles cross an air hose
over the highway, actuating a
switch similar to those in serv
ice stations.
Company scientists spent $55
for parts for the signal, and esti
mated that assembly would cost
only a few more dollars for each
additional signal.
The new signal, in addition to
helping motorists at intersec
tions, will improve safety in
factories, warehouses, and other
industrial locations.