April 1972 Our Navy Magazine : RPV - No More Missing Pilots
OUR NAVY
THE NAVYMAN'S MAGAZINE FOUNDED 1897
Vol. 67, No. 4 April, 1972
Stanford F. Brent, Editor
Photographic Editor Jack Todd
Washington Correspondent Harold Helfer
News Department
PENTAGON REPORT 26
ATLANTIC REPORT 28
PACIFIC REPORT 30
YARD REPORT 32
WASHINGTON BRIEFS 34
INLAND REPORT 36
Regular Features
Your Scinece IQ—There's Life Out There
By L. MACK •MENSER 15
OUR NAVY'S Ship of the Month
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVA-67) 16
Covers & Cancels
BY DESMOND D. JAGYI 25
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW—RADM SAMUEL L. GRAVELY BY HAROLD HELFER 35
LIBERTY PORT — MIAMI
BY ELLSWORTH BOYD 50
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 57
PASS THE WORD 58
LAFF LINES 64
BOOK REPORT 65
EDITORIAL 66
PICTURE OF THE MONTH 68
April Features
RPV — The Ultimate Pushbutton
By R. P. KISSEL 2
The "Treaty" Heavy Cruisers
BY RAY YOUNG 9
A Hot Time in the FAA()
BY GEORGE D. SCHULTZ 13
They Sent A Battleship to My Door
BY PAUL W. TRIER 22
The Silent War
BY WILBUR H. MORRISON 24
A Broom and Some Guts
By D. D. HAMMES 38
Lifeboat Drill
BY EDWARD WITHROW 40
The First Airplane to Hit The Deck
BY R. DANIEL CLARK
Nuts and Bolts
By JOC ED COPELAND AND RICHARD RAMSEY 44
How A Female Sailor Can Get Some Work Done
BY CELESTE HEIN 46
A Big Bite of Beer
By EDWIN R. VARLEY 54
The Cover
An original painting by Teledyne-Ryan artist Robert Watts shows RPVs in action.
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APRIL, 1972
