When the first sizable groups of women came towork here at the Laboratory, hard-bitten malesmaJ~ the usual dismal predictions and shook theirh~ads with ominou3 foreboding. But these samescefJtics have long since forgotten their prejudicesanJ now wonder (secretly of course) how the labor­atory ever got along without its distaff side.

~ine hundred and fifty-five women are now em­plo)ed here - practically one third of the entirest'tff. The majority of them do the quiet, unspec­tacular Jobs involved in keeping the: Laboratory~hpels running smoothly through the welter ofpap~r work that goes with total war. They're thecut~ youngsters in baggy sweaters and bobby sockswho look after the files efficiently and well; whoshoulder bags full of messages and somehow gettnem delivered to the right people. They're thestenographers and secretaries, the mail sortersand typists, the payroll clerks, the telephoneoperators and receptionists. Their jobs never getany publicity - but business would be at a stand­still without them.

The L~horatory has girls in its so-calledglamour Jobs too, but they would be the first totell you that they call for plenty of hard workand that the glamour attached to them is purely intne minds of those who don't have to do them.Th.'y're the engineers, - aeronautical, mechanicaland electrical, - the artists. draftsmen, labor­ator) technLcians, resear,;h experts - the list isend Ie,;». And it incillues an impressive number of~lrl~ whose pert figures and pretty faces belieth·' im licatiorls of their "t,{athematician" rating.

And finally, ther.;: are the ~ACA glrls who haveroll~ci up their sleeves, laughed at convention,and pitcl1ed in to do a man's Job. You see them inevery section and every department - women inst .. "l m_~ks holding a blue-WhIte welder'S flamestt""[;;. g:lris whose toes barely reach the acceler­Rl,),' drivLng bus'o?s dnd ~rUCKS aro~nd the field.

Feminine !lands set rivets, hold spray guns, workwith sheetmetal and do many, many other essentialJobs that were formerly men's exclusive territory.

They are from all parts of tn€: country, fromall walks of life. A girl whose voice carries theunmistakable stamp ~f New York works next toanother who pronounces her home state "No'thCahlinah." A tall blonde from Minneapolis and apetite brunette from New Orleans work for theLaboratory while their husbands in khaki aremarching across Langley Field. A two carat diamonflashes on one carefully manicured hand as itskips over typewriter keys, but it's no richer insentiment than the tiny chip on a grubby littlefinger in the machine shop.

Many a gay smile hides a neavy heart - a heartsick with worry over a husband, son, brother orsweetheart "over there." But the thought that sh p

is helping in some small wjy to develop the airsupremacy needed to bring that boy back soonerhelps to ease the pain of separation. And everygirl nE:re in the Laboratory does help do Just that.It may seem a long way from a filing cabinet tothe battlefront, but the little jobs are thehorse-shoe nails that can win or lose battles.

The women at NACA range from 17 to 50 in age.Every race and creed is represented. They're avarigated a group as it would be possible toimagine. But one thing binds them together. Youcan see it in their eyes when they pass Old Gloryflying proudly over the field. You can hear it intne ringing pride of their Yoi~es when they tal~

about the new planes developed in this Labor tor..Though they'd probably deny such lofty sentiment_ .their every action betrays their intense patri­otism, their desire to help end this terrible war.and their jay in being able to do their bit toaccompllsh that end. So we sai, here's to th~

ladies! Go~ bless them.

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OL ~~AN: MelvlIl nutler, Personnel Officer is orlin.,; nicel~'

aft.er ullrlE:rgoill~ an appellrlectom~ Feb. 2r. at ~uxton Hospital.He is still laughing about the orderl~'. who told him that hewas really in bad shape when his father brought him to thehospit.al. His "father" was Pa"i Ta;ylor.

ILL WINDS: Ann Ingle, Engineering Section, is recupeJatingfrom an appendectom)' at Ruxton ..•.Roxie Carswell, Photo Lab,is back at Ann Wythe Hall after undergoing treatment for athroat ailment at Dixie Hospital ...• C. W. Johnson, Reproduc­tion's sign painter, was bid a farewell last week as he re­turned to Florida becaUSE: of ill health.

THEY LEAPED: Ten scheming girls threw a Green Calf on LeapDa) at the Fedziuk mansion house. March 1 didn't bring forthany surpr ises on any third finger, left hand, but the tenyoung maidens, if they're still eligible, plan to try againon Feb. 2H, 1948.

MISCELLANv: Wilhelmina Strowd, Engineering, spent lastweek in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, K.C •.•. Murrayl Groh,JCL, is vis iting in New York ....Maurine Rrevoort, AIl), is backat the Lab after a week in sunny Miami.

WINCHELL: The NACA received a plug on a world-wide newsbroadcast Feb. 27 when Walter Winchell announced the vj~al

need of additional personnel at the three laboratories.

HISCE LLANY: The emplo)'ees of mechanical maintenance amirefrigeration had a big blowout at the home of Raymond Gurtnerin Briarfield Manor last Friday night. According to the boys,Wilton Rogge was the hit of the evening.

STATE LAW REQUIRES ALL VEHICLES TO COME TOFULL STOP AND REMAIN STATIONARY WHILE SCHOOLBUS IS TAKING ON OR DISCHARGING PASSENGERS.THIS LA IrI APPLIES k'HETHER YOU ARE FOLLOWINGTHE BUS OR APPROACHING FROM THE OPPOSITE DI­RECTION. DON 'T TAKE CHANCES WITH THE LIVES OFOUR CHILLREN--OBEY THE LAW--SAVE A LIFE!

Special Bus AccommodatesAnn Wythe HaLL Residents

A special bus servicefor Laboratory employees onthe 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. sliiftwho are living at Ann WytheHall was inaugurated last week.

The bus leaves the frontof the community building onthe project at 6:05 a.m. andarrives at the East Area at6:30. This will give the girlsplent)' of time to get to workin the West Area and givethose in the East Area time toeat bre:akfast.

All employees who do nothave satisfactory riding ar­rangements are requested torna ke use of the special bus.Unless there is a sufficientload on the bus each morningit will be taken off theschedule.

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York and ?hode :s1.and.j Bill Smith, If-foot ~·.l:;r:el, in :;:\[i0deIsland; !\~aurice Vihi-l,e, f?IJ:, and r\~:-5: White, Jack r~eede:-,

?ilo"L, ar.:: FrE:.f;CeS Winde::" Full Scale, at. Virginia" Foeach;h:E:.x i ne John st on, bon ds, in Roc 1'-.est er, N. Y.; Ki t t. Y Parke r,Eead of Bonds, in Danville; Mary Lou Mackie, Editorial, nndHelen Fler-nagan, Chet. Furlong and Owen De~ers, all of t~e

Pressure ~unnel, in Kew Yory.; Sherwood Butler, Procureme:"LOfficeI', in Sl:E.ngri La.

TriOSE ",110 have returned from a brief resr·ite from theirlabors are Murrayl Groh, lCL, from New York; 3e~h Hay, Tankr~o. 2, from SamI Eethel; MarE;aret Vaughan }'a:'mer, East k:-eaComIuting, fr:..m her home in Wilson, N. C.; Virginia Tucker,:-;ead of East P·_rea ComI:uti ngt from a visi t to the sand dunec:our.try of r:aE:s Head, r-;.C.; William S. Aiken, J"ircraftLoads, fr~m a v,0ek-end t.riI- to New York where he liLgered'ust a Lit~le too long and missed a train; James M. Benson,ank No.1, from Tt;nnessee; Laura Lineback, our vari- ty~e

artist, from her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.; George Magnus,I.S.L., from Virginia Beach; Elinor Sparrer, Flight Research~ejn~enance and E~rairs, from Pennsylvania; Mel Marks, FRM,from New York; Ann Deimel, FRM, from her home in Bal tim0re;James Forest, Maintenance, from Baltimore; John Riebe, AWT,f:'om Atlantic City, which he claims is a heaven for woLves;Kay f.elsey, A~~, from Nag's Head, and John Lowry, AWT, fromUrbanna Eeach.

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I!r. E'artlett exrlainedthat civilian 8mrloyees 0; t.heFederal Government are inves:­ing ~35 millions a month inbonds, about 8.3 rer cent of[ross ray rolls. ftWe m'Jst aImfor 100 ~er cent emrloyee par­ticiration with at least. 15

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Pag~ 6 Air Scooo. ~cenber 15. 1944 In9ue 52. Vol. 3

TECHNICAL P,·J01~E 000AN INVESTIGATION OF HIGR A1iD WW POWERED lJODELS

TESTED AND UNTESTED AT THE NACA

By Cosmos EsekopfAeronautical En,ineer

SUMIIARY

M~en you'~et to a man in the C8seThey're 81i~e as a row of pins,For the Colonel's LadY and Judy O'GradyAre sisters under their skins.

RESULTSA definite rise in the birthrate curve has bten noted·

the number of marriages in the past 6 rJonthg being approxi·rr..;tely 100 ~nd the number of children being approximately lSOQ.

'DI SCUSSION~ of the data obtained in the investigation are plotted

in figure 2. Although there is some scatter in the data, afairly definite tren~ can be noted and by taking averages thefaired curve shown in figure 2 was obtained. The results maye~8r surprising to some, but they have been known for sometirre to experienced students of the subject. As noted on plot.the curve shown is certainly s mean curve. The conclusicmsto be drawn from figure 2 are self-evident.

INTRODUCTIONThis investigation c~s 81 • result of previous investi­

gations (references 1 to 3). For a complete introduction tothe problem see reference 4.

APPARA 1VS AND TESTSThe models tested were of the twin motor types. These

models were chmraeterized by fairly forward location of theire.g., low aspect ratio, and definite stallinl characteristics.(See figure 1 for typical model.) Leap Ye~r was taken to beconstant durinl this investigation.

For those interested in 8 ct~nge in their marital statuIso that they may obtain one of the new dark blue badges.figure 2 may be used 8S 8 design chart.

Therema in i n g d 8 t a ob t a i ned .inthe in veDt i g8 t i on s aretabu 18 t ed in T9 b 1e 1. The" 1a 55 tit em f urn i 8 he. 0 f e rt i 1e fie Jdfor future investigations.

OJNCUJSIONSince the new replacemsnt program i. openinl new horilonl

for our models to conquer, it i. suggested that COngress ~ke

BdGqUate mpproprimtions to focilitate future investigQtionlof thia nature.

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