Evening star., 1953-03-24
BY Chories J. Yorbroueh
Stor Stcff Cores pondent


MOFFETT FIELD, Calf, Mar.
24.-An energetic handful of
Washington area men and draft
ayers are running a part of one
of the worlds busiest airlines
here.
Airlifted across the country by
their own pilots a week ago, So
members of Anacostia's Naval
Air Reserve Squadron 661 are in
their second week of providing
the Pacific Fleet with supplies
and personnel.
With the easy informality Of
reservists and the efficiency of
studied regulars. they slipped
neatly into the operations of
Transport Squadron and the
Fleet Logistics Air Wing. While
Wing pilots head over the Pacific
to Hawaii, Atsugi and Alaska,
the Washington squadron plies
the California coastal route be-
tween Moffett Field and San
Diego.
They worked last Sunday.
Their mission? Carrying % new
crew members urgently needed
board D carrier lying of San
Diego.
Icing Perils.
Their route is over coastal
mountains, where icing condi-
tions at this time of year are the
rule rather than the exception
and where Air Defense Identi-
f1cation Zone fight rules make
operations an added chore.
Their home base here was once
the home of-and the birthplace
of-the Nations lighter-than-
air age, the Macon and the Ak
ron. Hangers built for them
still house two dozen of the
Navy's biggest air transports
now.
Their Office is in one corner of
one Of these huge hangers.
To some MEMBERS of the
squadron, the current two weeks
of active duty means a mere
change of location. 1t. r. L.
Calhoun, 20, of 307 jefferson
avenue, Alexandria, is one of
them.
Mr.. Calhoun, in civilian life,
is a pilot for Capital Airlines.
He holds certificates as a trans
port pilot, a flight instructor, an
aircraft and engine mechanic, a
Link trainer instructor, ground
school instructor. a parachute
rigger, instrument pilot and an
examiner. He operates two CROP
busting planes in the South two
months a year. and he owns
private plane for PLEASURE flying.
Berlin Airlift Veteran.
Another is 1t. c. r. Fisher
keller, an Allegheny Airlines
pilot and veteran of the Berlin
Airlift. A third is 1t. Comdr.
r. P. Mort, Capital Airlines pilot
and captain. .
The squadron commander is
pleasant, easy-going Comdr.
Robert H. Proctor, a flight
operations specialist for the Civil
Aeronautics Administration and
a wartime veteran of flying
boats.
1t. Comdr. j. L. Zock, one of
the squadron's busiest, is as
Sistant to the vice president of
American Airlines as a civilian.
But to most members of the
squadron, flying is something for
the week ends and two weeks
every year. Chief r. M. Booker,
for instance, works for the Naval
Research Laboratory as a civil
ian. Aircraft Mechanic r. E.
Taylor is a brick mason, and
Arthur B. Cecil, jr.. an apprentice
seaman. is preparing for the
priesthood.
Versatile 1t. Warner.
Into this category of unusual
occupations for flying men-and
at the top of it-put 1t. william
c. Warner. 80, Of GAIL Willston
drive, Falls Church. Va.
When Mr.. Warner was born,
his father, Harold E. Warner,
was principal Of the Hine Junior
High School. He still is.
1t. Warner is a teacher of
English and social studies at
Falls Church's new George Mason
High School, but he might have
been a newspaperman, a pro-
fessional musician, an architect,
a career Navy pilot. a better
than-average amateur boxer.
| Currently he is a school teach
er, an owner and conductor Of q
Canadian summer youth camp,
a regular church attendant, q
| drummer in q dance hand and a