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Speaker: Hal Olsen AMM-2c, ITG-31, CASU-44
Tinian, Marianas Hal Olsen was a US Navy Auto-pilot Specialist assigned to Instrument Trailer Group ITG-31, part of CASU-44 (Carrier, Aircraft Service Unit). Before leaving the USA for assign-ment in the southwest Pacific, Olsen stocked up with oil paints and brushes. He had a mind to paint the exotic landscapes of the Pacific islands but the reality of the war-torn, shell blasted islands of the Marianas dif-fered from his expectations. Shortly after his arrival on Tinian, a Japanese attack destroyed the Navy's paint store and with it the stock of paint used by the resident painter of nose art on the many bombers based on the island. Olsen took the opportu-nity to take over this role, and was in fact assisted initially by the now-redundant artist. Perched on an oil drum, Olsen chalked out a grid onto the side of the plane and, using a calendar pin-up for reference, drew up a life-size replica. His reputation was soon established and, when new units arrived, Hal Olsen quickly found a queue of anxious crews awaiting his artwork services. Almost all of his off-duty hours were taken up with supplying the increasing demand with each painting taking about 4 hours to complete. His schedule became so hectic that the paint for flesh tones had to be pre-mixed by the gallon. Most of his work embellished the PB4Y-1 (the US Navy's version of the B24) and then the later PB4Y-2
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Aviation Nose Art
Special Points of Interest
• New Albuquerque Section Web Page, Details on Page 4
• 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Ex-hibit in Reno, Nevada, Page 2
November 2002
Calendar 2
Event Schedule 2
November SWE Program 3
From the Archives 4
Chairman’s Contrails 5
Your AIAA Officers 6
Inside this issue:
Date: Saturday, December 7, 2002 Location: National Atomic Museum
1905 Mountain Road NW (in Old Town where REI used to be)
Cost: Museum admission fee, $3 with r.s.v.p., $4 at the door
Agenda 12:30 snacks & social for AIAA
members 1:00 “Aviation Nose Art”
Please r.s.v.p. no later than 12:00noon on Wed. 4 Dec. to Peter Dunn, [email protected] or 816-6329.
November 2002
NDIA UAV and Aircraft Survivability (Sharing the Battlespace), 19–21 Nov, Monterey, California.
December 2002
The Business of Interna-tional Standardization: Making Space Systems Standards Work for You in a Global Market, 5 Dec, Redondo Beach, Califor-nia.
January 2003
The 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Ex-hibit, 6–9 Jan in Reno, Nevada, occurs at a his-toric time in the history of aerospace. The year 2003 marks the centennial of powered flight, the birth of the aerospace industry. As a result of the work of aerospace pioneers, AIAA has supported the aero-space industry over the last three-quarters of a century. As we celebrate the last century of flight we must also look toward what the next century of flight will hold. The pa-pers given during this meeting will form the ba-sis for the future of the aerospace industry. For the detailed conference program visit www.aiaa.org/events/asm03
AIAA Schedule of Events
Aerospace Markets—The Decade Ahead, 19 Feb, Washington, D.C.
March 2003
1st Missile Defense Conference, 3–7 Mar, Washington, D.C. 4th NRO/AIAA Space Launch Inte-gration Forum, 4–5 Mar, Chantilly, Virginia. US citizens only, invitation only.
April 2003
44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 7–10 Apr, Norfolk, Virginia. Congressional Visits Day, 7–8 Apr, Washington, D.C.
January 2003
Annual Reliability and Maintainabil-ity Conference (RAMS), 27–30 Jan, Tampa, Florida.
February 2003
Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF), 2–6 Feb, Albuquerque, New Mexico. International Workshop on Control of Optical Systems, 2–5 Feb, Brecken-ridge, Colorado. AIAA Defense Excellence 2003 Con-ference, 3–4 Feb, Washington, D.C. 13th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Me-chanics Meeting, 9–12 Feb, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
AIAA Schedule of Events for Future Months
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(single-finned) Privateers of VPB-102, VPB-108, VPB-116 and VPB-121. After the war, Olsen studied art at the Boston School of Fine Arts before becoming a technical illustrator at the Los Alamos Laboratory. In 1948, one of Olsen's nose art paint-ings was featured in the January issue of National Geographic — the journal's very first full color edition. Mr. Olsen will discuss the nose art images, their history, and his experience during the war, as well as showing several of the nose art paintings. Mr. Olsen, now retired from a career as a technical illustrator at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has recreated several of his most popular nose art images from World War II on canvas. The National Atomic Museum owns “Up ’n’ Atom,” a replica of Mr. Olsen’s nose design
on the camera plane flying on the mission that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. “By putting a girl and a name on a plane, the crews felt they were protected on their way out to bomb and patrol,” said Hal Olsen. “It inspired the crews and gave them a sense of belonging to an organized team. The main pur-pose, I guess, was to inspire the crews to have faith that they’d be coming back.” Crew members paid $50 a painting, a generous sum for a spare-time artist whose official Navy pay amounted to $78 a month. Over the years, Hal Olsen’s paintings have been fea-tured in shows from Albuquerque to Paris. He still paints from his home studio in Albuquerque.
From the 30 Nov. program, “Human Missions to the Red Planet,” Dr. Benton Clark (left) is presented with a UNM coffee mug from AIAA Albuquerque President Mark Torres.
November Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Program Flying Helicopters — Life as Female Lieutenant Colonel Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30pm, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (2105 Osuna NE), bring your own dinner. RSVP to Erin Penne, [email protected], 922-6285. LTC Leanne Schiffer began her career in 1980 as an Intelligence Analyst in the U.S. Army Reserve. After selection to attend the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School, she graduated from West Point in 1986. She spent six years on Active Duty in the Avia-tion Branch. She has since left active duty and is currently an Engineering Manager with Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems. Upon joining the National Guard in 1994, she has served in numerous positions from Company Commander of the 717th Medical Evacua-tion Company to S-3 Air Operations with the 93rd Troop Command.
From the Archives of the AIAA Albuquerque Section Effective Feb. 1, 1963, the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (IAS) and the Ameri-can Rocket Society (ARS) merged into a single organization, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronaut-ics. The fledgling Albuquer-que Section of AIAA hoped to pull off a major coup when then-Chairman Roger Tate and Lt. Col. Louis Jew-ett invited Dr. Wernher von Braun to speak since he was already scheduled to be in town for the National Sci-ence Fair. Unfortunately, Dr. von Braun declined due to prior speaking engagements at the Rotary Club and Sci-ence Fair, but I’m sure all the AIAA members snuck into both those talks.
AIAA Albuquerque Section Web Site Has Moved To make use of the advantages of AIAA National’s web site and to facilitate making modifications to our section’s web page, the Albuquerque Section’s home page has moved from the Sandia web server to that of AIAA National. To reach our section’s new home page, go to www.aiaa.org, click on “Regions & Sections,” then click on the link to “Albuquerque Section Home Page.” Alternatively, go there directly at www.aiaa.org/participate/tcs/index.hfm?GetComm=149 (and bookmark it so you can jump there quickly in the future). In addition to all the features on our section’s old web site organized in a more navigable format, the new web site has new features such as an archive of old newsletters (we’re slowly converting old newsletters to PDF and adding them), an archive of old calendar announcements, and minutes from officers meetings. Please email any suggestions to Peter Dunn at [email protected].
And While You’re There, Update Your Email Address Still receiving this newsletter via snail mail? We’re trying to be as close to “paperless” as possible with our section’s newsletter. To help us in that goal, we need you to update your email address with the AIAA. You can do it while you’re visiting the new Albu-querque Section Home Page! You can do this online at www.aiaa.org/members/index.hfm?memo=9 or you can call AIAA Customer Service at 1-800-639-2422. To use the online membership informa-tion, you will be asked for your last name and AIAA membership number. (Your membership number is printed on the mailing label of your Aerospace America maga-zine.) If you have any questions, contact your Membership Officer, Terry Jordan-Culler, 844-2324, [email protected].
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. – Dr. Wernher
von Braun
Chairman’s Contrail, Mark Torres A great meeting and a call for your help! We had another really great program/meeting two weeks ago on the 30th. The variety of participants and the dinner after the lecture gave it the atmosphere of a party. Our usual AIAA professional members were joined by our student section at the UNM, members from the Society of Women Engineers, visitors from AIAA headquarters, and of course Dr Clark as our Distinguished Lecturer. After Dr Clark's fascinating lecture about space flight to Mars, we had a delicious BBQ dinner provided by Quarters. Special thanks to Peter Dunn and Randy Truman for putting on a wonderful and memorable event. Bob Uebelacher presented awards for our members who have been with AIAA continu-ously for decades—including people such as Don Nash who in the past have given our section direction and kept it running. Don thanked me for picking up the reins, but it's really everyone else in the section that makes it all happen. And that brings me to my next point: your section needs you! Whether you have only a little time to help out, or you want to dive in and immerse yourself in a particular area, we have the right office for you. Please see our list of positions, and lend a hand in one of the areas that are cur-rently vacant. You'll be glad you did! Finally, Terry Jordan-Culler, Robert Malseed, and Peter Dunn all worked on spiffing-up our section web site. As a result, it is easier for us to get information out to you in a timely manner, and we think it will be easier for you to use it. Be sure to check it out, and let us know what you think! Our site can be found by navigating to the sections on the AIAA web page or go to:www.aiaa.org/participate/tcs/index.hfm?GetComm=149
Membership News Welcome to all of our “new” and “transferred in” members. We are happy that you are with us! September and October New Members: Gerald Alldredge TRW, Inc. Scott Mitchell Sandia National
Labs Kay Beckstead US Air Force Robert Kelsey Aero Thermo
Technology September and October Transferred In: Raymond Skarda Los Alamos
National Labs Michael Duggin Air Force
Research Lab Robert Moore Affiliation
Unknown Rube Williams Los Alamos
National Labs
Membership Anniversaries The following AIAA Albuquerque
Section members celebrate the following membership anniversary in 2002. Certificates and membership pins were presented to those recipients in attendance at the October meet-ing. Those recipients not at the October meeting will receive their certificates and pins in the mail. Congratulations on your contin-ued support to AIAA. 25 Years Edward Johnson Stewart Mosso Margaret Scheffer Joseph Traina Alan Lampson 40 Years Stanley Moore Leo Stockham William Oberkampf David Fradkin Patrick Roache 50 Years William Marcy Frederick Blottner
Your AIAA Officers Office Name/E-mail Company Work Fax
Chairman Mark Torres [email protected] USAF, Kirtland AFB 853-0090
Vice-Chairman vacant
Treasurer Robert Malseed [email protected] Hoffmantown Church 858-8643 821-5398
Secretary vacant
Newsletter Editor vacant
Membership Terry Jordan-Culler [email protected] Sandia National Lab 844-2324 844-8251
Programs Peter Dunn [email protected] Applied Research Associates 883-3636 872-0794
Public Policy Terry Caipen [email protected] Applied Research Associates 883-3636 872-0794
Young Professionals Randy Warren [email protected] USAF, Kirtland AFB 853-3631
Honors &Awards Bob Uebelacker [email protected] MacAulay Brown, Inc. 846-6100 846-3427
Career Enhancement Larry Grimes [email protected] Air Force Research Lab/DELE 846-4828 846-1625
Education Yvonne DesLauriers [email protected] NWCA/WM 853-0795
Precollege Outreach vacant
Corporate Liaison Stephen Seiffert [email protected] Schafer Corporation 338-2848 242-9975
Student Branch Advisor Randy Truman [email protected] University of New Mexico/ME 277-6296 277-1571
Evolution of Flight Nick Morley [email protected] Air Force Research Lab/DELE 846-0805 846-1625
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