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| Ted Citizen
maneuvers for a comfortable position its he works on the empennage
of the new PJC-4. |
Ted Citizen
is seen from view down fuselage from the cockpit. Center, |
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| upper portion
of the motor is assembled by an Aero-Tech student.When assembly
of small parts is complete, students must load fuselage and
wings on a truck for transport to a local airport where the
final assembly and checkover is accomplished. |
students
have the fuselage, with tail assembly now complete, loaded
and ready to leave East Campus technology building. |
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| Aero-Tech
pledges carry a TWA tail assembly to the East Campus Student
Union for a noon-time demonstration. |
The new
plane completed, lower right, and ready for test flight. |
Aero-Tech's PJC-IV Nearing Completion
By Tom Hall
PJC Chronicle June 7, 1940
Pasadena junior college's Aero-Tech department will soon put the
finishing touches to its latest and probably its most outstanding
aeronautical creation-the two seater tandem trainer, PJC-IV -now
in the stage of production just previous to the actual assembly
work.
Scheduled to be completed by the end of this semester, this trim
new ship being constructed for a prominent sportsman pilot doctor
of Southern California, will not be ready to fly at least until
the middle of the summer due to unforeseen difficulties and delay.
PJC-II Outstanding
Other Aero-Tech planes, of which the PJC-II was most notable with
its acceptance and purchase by the CAA last month, has given the
production crew valuable experience and data applicable to this
model.
Powered by a 300 h.p. late model supercharged air-cooled Menasco
"Super-Buccaneer" engine, and aided by an entirely new
design, the plane is expected to have a cruising speed of around
200 miles an hour. All-metal construction furnishes the plane with
greater strength to withstand the strain that the added horsepower
will naturally cause. Previous planes produced at PJC have had less
horsepower and never have been entirely all-metal.
Experienced Workers
Seniors with previous construction experience have handled most
of the designing, building and assembling under the'. . supervision
of Max B. Harlow, head of PJC aeronautical division and F. A. Hoffman,
In charge of construction. Only exception has been the welding work
which is too important in the precision construction to be handled
by anyone but an experienced welder.
Many of the students working on the plane spent last summer working
in various southland aircraft factories but returned to work on
this plane, started in january, 1939.
The PJC-1-built by students of the Pasadena Junior College under
the supervision of Mr. Max Harlow, instructor in aviation. It is
shown here in flight being tested by Jack Kelly, veteran test pilot.
According to Kelly, the plane was smooth in performance and handled
easily. Another plane. similar in type to the first, is now under
construction in the Aeronautics Department. Improvements suggested
by the tests made on the first plane, have been incorporated in
building its prototype, the PJC-2. |