 Proudly we hail from New York City where the American stage begins here is another program with a cast of outstanding players public service time has been made available by this station for your army and your Air Force to bring you this story as proudly we hail the United States Air Force. Our story today is entitled when no birds fly as proudly we hail Lieutenant Samuel Green and all the officers and men of the 56th weather reconnaissance squadron US Air Force who by flying into through and around the most dangerous storms make it possible for others to fly in safety. Our first act curtain will rise in just a moment young man as an Air Force aviation cadet you can be flying the fastest most modern jets within 18 months jets are easy to fly safe too when you learn the aviation cadet way the Air Force fares no pains to give its future pilots the finest most thorough aviation training in the world it's not easy work by any means it takes a good man to make the grade but the rewards are well worth it here's what you get when you complete your training the silver wings of an Air Force lieutenant earning more than $5,000 a year and an unlimited opportunity for leadership in the jet age if you're interested in a career of flying begin as an aviation cadet to qualify you must be between the ages of 19 and 26 and a half single be a high school graduate in excellent health for further details visit your local United States Air Force recruiting station immediately and now your army and your Air Force presents the proudly we hail production when no birds fly weather is always an important factor in the planning and execution of aerial warfare to overcome the dangers and limitations of weather to successful air operations the United States has developed an all-weather Air Force designed to operate effectively under the most difficult of weather conditions it takes men of courage to fly in the face of such conditions and this is such a story of the men of the Air Force who pit their knowledge and courage against the howling wind and pelting rain that spells typhoon it's a warm sunny day in the officer's quarters at Yucota Air Force Base near Tokyo Lieutenant Samuel Green and his family have just sat down to breakfast he don't play with your cereal eat it like a man but it's not the kind I like what kind do you like son the kind of jet pilot see in this house we eat the kind that typhoon hunters eat so dig in oh you know sitting in a nice kitchen like this eating food from the States hard to realize we're so far away Sam I love living here never forget when you got your orders for Japan how we wondered whether Pete and I should follow you I'm glad we did mm-hmm so am I then when the war in Korea started the Air Force had Pete and I had the option of staying or going home I'm also glad you wanted us to stay well how would I have gotten along without the two of you you can still say that after being married almost 10 years and then there's my wonderful seven-year-old son am I wonderful pop mm-hmm you are when you eat your cereal and do what your mother tells you when you don't sometimes I think I'll trade you in for new model you mean sometimes you feel like I'm a B29 and you'd rather have a jet your father loves his plane Pete he never want to fly anything else and I never really want to trade you for anyone else either remember that I love you very much you love mommy you know I do son I love you both why do you think I fly glamour girl for the 56th weather recon squadron for us pop that's right for you I wish it fly a jet for us pop Pete I think you're getting to jet happy sure getting to jet something my teacher said that jets are the planes of today and tomorrow propellers the things of the past oh he did that a Sam take it easy besides the teachers is she not a he I see well that explains remark like that she's right though isn't she pop she is not there with those jet jockeys be without us how do you think a jet would make out in a typhoon you think it would last very long it would not she popped don't get mad he's right Sam yes of course he's right sometimes when I hear nothing but jets it gets my goat I'm sorry Pete that's okay pop I'm sorry too gosh it's late I better get going to school don't forget your lunch and take your coat jee mom it's almost July I don't need a cold Pete it's June 1952 when you're only seven years old now when you're more grown up then you can decide for yourself well there goes the jet jockey of the future yeah he goes the typhoon hunter of the present I don't forget I won't be home for supper tonight I know the buzzards of the 56 recon squadron are flying Roger come home safe darling you know I will for you Della how would you like it like what to be married to a jet pilot remember your buzzard King one up until now the 54th and Guam has had charge of typhoon Gypsy Rose but she's in our area now this first penetration must be active there's a big bomber effort due tomorrow and if Gypsy Rose should change course and head for Japan we've got to know it well the way she's heading right now looks like she's gonna miss Japan by a couple hundred miles and aside from penetrating Gypsy Rose stick to your regular weather track to Okinawa at 18,000 west of the China coast dropping down slowly to 1500 north along the coast of the 38th parallel east across the Yellow Sea North Korea and the Sea of Japan at 18,000 then the southern home zero hour to 1700 now don't forget to check your escape and evasion gear the Reds have a large concentration of anti-aircraft batteries at once on now anything should happen I want you to be prepared Roger and remember if you see any migs run don't walk that one twin fifty you have in the tail wouldn't help much that's all briefings over coming Sam I'll be along in a minute I want to talk to Hank all those bridge players always arguing about the hand that got away I know Sam K should have finessed oh shoot me oh you did your best it wasn't good enough down for double Hank if someone in the output one of the transfer the jet training what would you say I hate to lose one man from this outfit you know that you all send a mentalism more than that the 56 as a well-trained smooth functioning unit a new man to be trained broken in disruptors more than you realize I suppose it would Sam it isn't you how's Betty Hank she's fine Sam but how are you at breakly Della well what a surprise after that down for double come on you want some coffee I just finished eating are you just returning that big he can get in your hand or is there something else thanks is about him I don't know Della that's what I wanted to talk about well we've been friends long enough to talk honestly well after the briefing today Sam came over to me and asked me what I do if someone in the outfit wanted to transfer to jet training oh when I asked him if he was the one I was thinking of the movie change the subject as he said anything to you not right out but this morning as he was leaving he asked me how I'd like to be married to a jet pilot mm-hmm then I must be Sam do you know why don't this is going to sound silly but I think it's Pete Pete what he got to do with it few months ago Pete suddenly got jet happy at breakfast lunch dinner that's all he talked about I think it's been getting on Sam's nerves this morning for the first time he blew up at Pete about it you see I think Sam wants Pete to look up to him he wants him to feel about the 56th and glamour girl the way he does see maybe Sam's beginning to think that I feel the way Pete does or that Pete feels that way because of me I'm sure he doesn't but say I've got an idea if you'll go along with me where's Pete now that's cool he should be out in a few minutes and then you'll probably ride the school bus over to Johnson airbase where some jets are he's not gonna get there today Della if you let me pick him up and take him to my place of course I will I'm gonna try and get permission to take him to the radio room tonight so he can listen in on one of his father's mission you know maybe if he actually hears all about what glamour girl his father do you'll get those jets off his mind be wonderful if he did and then it's all right with you more than all right I just hope it works so do I Sam's one of the best pilots and one of the best bridge opponents I've ever had have enough summer Pete sure hear that that's a message from your father's plane you get messages from jets dead's probably near Okinawa now planes been sending in weather reports every 100 miles since it took off have they seen any mid no no not yet they can't possibly have seen any of those until they get over North Korea that'll be much later pretty late now I think it's my bed time yeah that's right hey I forgot to tell you Pete I talked to your mother and she said you're almost a man now and you can stay up tonight as late as you want to be a man pretty quick getting all the weather reports out Jim yep sure thing George every hundred miles when you fly him it's a snap wind seems to be picking up we must be getting near the typhoon according to our radar she's up ahead about 10 miles she's got me worried now worried why she's off course I can't be sure until we get into her but I've got a feeling she's heading straight for Japan say by the way we got our 75th consecutive drop sound off without incident a while back those things never cease to amaze me hey you weather guys have a wonderful device in that miniature weather station hung on a parachute release it as it floats down a sense of messages on the weather pretty terrific little gadgets we're supposed to have a thermos of coffee on board anybody know where it is as right behind you on the shelf George look up ahead there even in this dim light you can see what I mean old girl that gypsy Rose is man I can never get used to the way a plane reacts to those first few dusts of a typhoon better buzz the crew to fasten themselves in and batten down Sam Gypsy Rose is very much with us Roger pilot the crew bass and safety belts I'm going to need your help on these controls Sam it looks like Gypsy Rose is going to be a big bad girl I sure wish we could pick the weak spot of these typhoons when we go in like we can when we come out we could have we had the time on the fuel to go all the way around her and probe with our radar but she might be quite a few hundred miles in circumference velocities up to 125 hey Jim can you reach that thermos junk bouncing around like a 20 pound rock coming down a mountain that strap must have come loose yeah yeah sure I'll try hey George look out the door George give him that jump George in the head I think he's out can you get to him yeah I'll take care of George you pilot this bucket Bronco brother this Gypsy Rose is the worst I think George is all right he's going to have an awful big one when it's getting worse don't I know I don't know if I can hold it I'm going to alert the crew to prepare for emergency come on okay this is just another routine fight come on glamour girl you are listening to the proudly we hail production when no birds fly we will return in just a moment for the second act the blue yonder a challenge today more than ever before the best pilots the fastest planes the most up-to-date technical skill how would you like the thrill of meeting the challenge of today's blue yonder as a pilot in the United States Air Force you'll fly some of the most famous planes in the world the saber jet the starfire the thunder jet and others to qualify as a pilot of these renowned aircraft to take your place among today's conquerors of the sky you would undergo 16 months of rugged thorough flying training when you graduate you'll be a second lieutenant with the silver wings of an Air Force pilot and you'll be earning more than $5,000 a year now you are eligible to apply if you're between 19 and 26 and a half single in excellent health and meet the mental and educational requirements you can get more information from the Air Force base nearest you or your nearest United States Air Force recruiting station you are listening to proudly we hail and now we present the second act of our story when no birds fly on the ground the WB 29 glamour girl the W stands for weather is a big airplane but in the air when it's being buffeted by typhoon winds up to 150 miles an hour and lashed by stinging rain it is tossed around like a little toy and while the planes prove fights its battle with the weather on the ground back home the wives and children wait sometimes the waiting can be worse than the flying but there's nothing to do but sit and hope that the phone will ring or the door will open and that special man will say I'm home well I hope that husband of mine's taking good care of Pete I'm sure he is you want more thanks although I already feel like a coffee bean you don't know how I appreciate you staying with me tonight pity nonsense no appreciation required we're friends aren't we we're going to be awfully tired friends tomorrow well the thanks plan works and it was worth it a thousand times over got to work Sam loves the 56th he loves glamour girl he loves his work he doesn't really want to fly jets we know that but he wants his son to think he's the greatest guy in the world which is perfectly natural for a father and Pete's going through the jet phase maybe at some of the kids at school their fathers fly jets and they tease Pete about B-29 I think you might speak to his teacher I already have she'll be all right from now on how about some canasta I couldn't know I'm too nervous I wonder how Sam is it is strange but I have a feeling he's in trouble Della that's imagining maybe I'm going to call operations you know they won't be able to tell you anything well then I'll call Hank in the radio room come on Della relax everything's all right see now oh it is three two blessings on the base phone directory oh hello radio room captain breakley please no but he should be there with a young boy yes this is one of the times when I'm glad Hank's on the ground hello Hank oh I see no nothing important if you get the chance will you tell him that Mrs. Green called no he'll know what it's about that's all thanks what's up Betty I'm scared there must be something wrong with a glamour girl the man said that Hank's too busy to come to the phone he might really be too busy you know he's off duty he's just sitting there as an observer sure but he wouldn't talk to me because he has bad news he may not want to frighten Pete but something's happened to Sam nobody important Pete oh I thought maybe it was mommy say that's quite a storm your father's flying through now you know no jet would try to fly in that kind of weather is he really flying all by himself now is the pilot still hurt he sure is Captain Holloway is still pretty groggy and now it's up to your father gee you remember what a typhoon is like don't you Pete we had a bad one here last September sure lots of wind and rain it took part of the roof off the school and we all got a holiday for two days that was fun but that typhoon wasn't well that's what your father's flying through I'm afraid they're having a pretty rough time oh I'm not worried Uncle Hank you're not no if my pops fly in that plane everything's gonna turn out all right how's George getting along oh he's fine he's got one big headache we finished circling the eye of this baby you about through with the weather in Roger I've got the radar man looking for the weak spot so we can get out easy I don't want to trip out like the one we had in I'll even flying through the weak spot can be tough hope we can make it after the flying I saw you do just a little while ago Sam I believe you can get through anything hey hi George you don't have to get up how you feeling Bobby I feel strangely like I'd been hit on the head by a cannon jug full of coffee Jim tells me that bottle up back there a little bigger and people would be mistaking me for the original two-headed boy you feel like flying you better take her out of Gypsy Rose if you can Sam I'm still a little rocky I should be okay for the easy stuff after that radar man says weak spot is up just ahead pilot to crew pilot to crew recheck safety belts I say again recheck safety belts we're getting out of here feels funny sitting in the seat again after that knock Jim right behind you Bobby do me a favor and check the position of that thermos would you we Sam we don't need a plane all be sprouting private wings of our own enough to keep on flying stop worrying Samson outside of a slight headache I'm as good as new we'll be over North Korea in a few minutes yeah this full mode and no clouds will be sitting ducks at 18,000 feet when they planned these weather tracks there wasn't any anti-aircraft fire now the commies of this whole one-san area bracketed with that guy besides being a weatherman should know best of all that you have to take readings at certain heights over specific areas for real accurate reports come on come on you guys it was only kidding in the first place yellow seas as calm as plague glass look there's the Korean coast up ahead well me for some coffee how about you too seen as how it practically killed me before maybe I ought to give it a chance to do me some good now how about you Jim might as well a lot of work for me as as part of its over career with lots of nice heavy act this is one crew that really has to be on the ball there's one son up ahead the moon may light us up but it sure makes it possible for us to see them too and I'd rather fly through anti-aircraft and through gypsy Rose again you know darn well we'll be doing both soon enough maybe you won't be gypsy Rose but it's sure to be some old typhoon it's typhoon time and old Dakota yeah I know it no low I wouldn't admit it to anyone but you I love it it's a challenge you know when you land you feel like you've really done a job which if you'll fight my thing so you really have and which the younger generation just doesn't seem to understand what's that oh nothing George I'm just talking to myself bang bang boys have started their serenade they seem to have our range pretty well too it's about time they realized that the 56 flies over here at the same height every time you know something I just as soon they hadn't figured it out sure as mighty close George my head I think it's the right way you're all right puppy Roger look number four engine starting the smoke she's on fire by their engine close cow flaps turn on fire extinguisher emergency procedure complete on a ball baby without number four we sure slow down fire seems to be gaining Sam well here goes to the alarm bell pilot to crew pilot to crew prepare to jump I say get prepared to jump number four is on fire if the fire continues to gain I'm afraid we're going to make lots of use of that escape and evasion gear which reminds me just where did I put mine I guess you did another day all right did you ever see the sun come up before Pete why won't you answer me uncle Hank answer you what I asked you twice if daddy was almost home twice you talked about something else fire out plain okay winging home sorry now Pete it's all right your daddy's coming home I really came close to getting out of control wash uncle Hank as he gets the yola crew did a great job hey Pete where you going hey come back here you little scab did a great job Sam thanks for taking over and it didn't do so bad yourself with that head hey you better get yourself x-rayed that was quite a clout daddy daddy hey isn't that your youngster running over here yeah it sure is I wonder what he's doing at the field what do you mean Pete you heard me uncle Hank took me to the radio room I was up on that do you really Pete I'm not going to fly a jet I want to fly a b29 when I grow up I want to be like you daddy does the glamour girl need a mascot I don't know son maybe would you like to be it gee and how that would be better than being a bad boy for the Brooklyn project any jet pilot and he'll tell you there's no thrill in the world like flying a jet cleaving through the sky at the speed of sound pushing against the outer limits of space blazing the way to a new air future yes it's an exciting life one that offers unlimited opportunities to young men of ambition and vision if you're between the ages of 19 and 26 and a half single and a high school graduate a wonderful future in jet aviation is open to you become an air force aviation cadet you'll be flying jets easily and safely within 18 months aviation cadet training is rough and rigorous but the rewards are worth it you graduate as an air force lieutenant earning more than five thousand dollars a year with a promising career ahead of you yes you'll be a man fully equipped for positions of responsibility in the fields of military and commercial aviation guarantee your future as an aviation cadet see your recruiter today at your local united states air force recruiting station this has been another program on proudly we hail presented transcribed in cooperation with this station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center for the united states army and united states air force recruiting service this is mark hamilton speaking inviting you to tune in this same station next week for another interesting story on proudly we hail