Blue Angel jet makes final landing at KU
By CINDY HINES Summer Kansan Reporter
"Blue Angels" written in bright yellow letters on the side of the huge blue aircraft drew attention not only to its tremendous size but also to the past granduer of the F-11 jet now stationed at the Lawrence Municipal Airport ior use in the aerospace engineering department's research activities.
The jet was acquired when the Navy's "Blue Angels" converted to F-4's—newer, faster and more powerful airplanes. Several of the F-11 jets were then made available to universities through surplus.
It was at this point that Dr. David L. Kohlman, associate professor of aerospace engineering, began the long process which resulted in KU's ownership of the "Grumman Tiger."
Last year Kohlman sent an involved application to the Navy, requesting one of the planes and describing how it would be used in the aerospace department. In January, KU was recognized as one of the recipients. On the condition that the jet would be used only for ground study.
Now the second phase of the operation began. Because the Lawrence Municipal Airport is not equipped to handle jet traffic, the F-11 was flown to Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka.
The problem of how to get the jet to Lawrence became more complex as original plans to tow it on the turnpike failed. Even with the wings partially folded, the jet was too wide to pass
through the turnpike entrance gates. The next possibility considered was complete removal of the aircraft's wings. However, this proved too difficult a procedure.
Kohlman, after learning of plans for a Lawrence Air Show, decided to make the F-11 moving problem a part of the featured activities. Thus, he contacted the Army and requested an airlift.
In late May, the F-11 was lifted into the air by a CH-54 helicopter sent from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Eupipped with a sling rig, the giant helicopter carried its burden of 15,400 lbs. at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,000 ft., and delivered the jet safely to Lawrence.
This fall the senior airplane design class is planning to use the jet as a "workshop" of modern airplane construction. By doing this, they will have a "physical grasp of how the hardware actually looks," Kohlman pointed out.
Plans are being made to remove one wing and one tail surface and attach them to a rigid object. Students will then be able to measure deflections caused by loads and learn what pressures these components will withstand.
The cockpit may also be used in conjunction with a computer and a screen, much like those used in driver education courses. When sitting in the cockpit and operating the controls, the student will have the feeling of actually flying and will be faced with same problems and dangers that face piplots during flight.
Intensive English Center busy
By CHERYL GEORGE Summer Kansan Reporter
106 students from 23 foreign countries are attending a 10-week English studies program at the Intensive English Center, held in Foster Hall.
Courses in pronunciation, grammar, reading, composition, American society, oral pattern practices and work in the language laboratories are being offered and all designed to help students improve their English skills.
Enrollment has increased steadily since the program's beginning in 1964. This summer, students represent Latin America, South America, the Middle East, the Orient and Southeast Asia. Thailand's 31 participants constitute the largest delegation from any single country.
The main purpose of the Center is to raise the proficiency level of the students sufficiently to allow them to enter American colleges. Approximately 10-15 per cent of the participants enroll at KU. Any capable advanced student may audit University classes.
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Students sponsor themselves or are sponsored by parents, relatives or the Latin America Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU). To receive aid from the LASPAU, students must be in some financial need and do work at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. They promise to work through their Master's degrees and return to their native countries to teach.
Edward T. Erazmus, director of the Center since its start, said, "For the most part, students can get to a satisfactory level in one semester; they can understand, write and read fairly well."
"Our goal," explained Erazmus, "is to give the students enough training in one semester to develop enough proficiency to start a program at the university level. Most students are successful in doing this. This program is recognized as a great help to the students."
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By DEBBIE SHERRY
Summer, Kenson, Reporter
Summer Kansan Reporter
The Kansas Defender Project, affiliated with National Defender Project and financed by the Ford Foundation, has been a public service to indigent prisoners since 1966.
The purpose of the project is to improve criminal aid and assistance in the defense services for poor criminals charged with crime.
KU senior law students, enrolled in the Legal Clinic, are assigned the prisoners who have shown written interest and have been approved as needing legal and financial aid by prison officials.
Last year, an average of forty seniors enrolled in some phase of the Legal Clinic.
Indigent prisoners at the Federal Prison in Leavenworth, State Prison in Lansing and the State Women's Prison are aided by law majors who prepare documents, research cases and give advice in
legal matters as well as communicating with prisoners and family relations.
"Prisoners feel it is a great day when law students talk to them about their problems," said Paul Wilson, KU professor of law.
This program has provided students with a basic understanding of real work in the law profession and supplied needy prisoners with legal aid.
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