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Pilot Recalls Seeing] Dises:- Dick Rardin” Tolls Of Odd Aircgaht More reports of “flyinz Nap- -- one drom no less than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and himself an expe rienced pilot of more than 7000 hours’ Nying time. Rankin, who is recovering ,from an old back anjury re ‘ceived in an automobile arce dent, came to Portland over ier werk end to sprnd the sum- mer. He gaw fhe “siiver caw cers over Rakersfield, Cal. Jewn oun bathing, he fold The Oreagon.an, a “ji hesitated le gas) much 1 about them,” Rankin sai. “un- bil I noticed al! the hullabaioe in the papers. I purzied over their -lrange shape sor a while and finally concluded tiat they were the nave's ne® XFSU-1 Niying Mapjacks, wbock are thin and reund, with twin propellers and rubby dail. “Only One XFSU-1 Built + (The navy and the manufac- “turer have anreunced official fy that oniy ore euch machine was buslt and that it never jefi Connecticut. “Thevwe planet were fiving high, maybe 9000 feet, ard fair Jy fast. an hour. I first countec ten of them ie formation, going north. About 2:15 P.M. they returned on the reverse course, feraded south. But there were only reve en in the farmation. “They were nol weaving of ‘bobbing in formation I couldn't imake aut the number ar foca- couldnt distingu:sh any wingk ‘or tal. {round They innked like pic: tures of the navy's flying jack.” Rankin said. Rankin, who plans to apend the rummer here at €94 WN. E. TSimpeon street, i now ahle tn resume a Unite flying Sor fun, but nal commercially, he said He now fperates a string of auto courts, nding his win tera at Palm prings. ~ | THE C ecoman THUBSDAY. FULT %, 1967 Jacks” turned up Wednesday, [ise 24. while Iving on the: — - about 300 or 400 mires! ition af their propellers and | They appeared alma | afl nr . x) 9 th we ° — . . _— Doce te ae SIE GRECG CA Fortiland, Crejene a ot aot vor BD ete ae x : -* rae me wa . >: ~ - ae ~ i. wos DOT TE ee - H . ' “ ec cep eee pee ee i. see ae RE tee me -. ‘ - 1 ! . we ee ee ee - H *, . . > . - ~ ~ - 7 _ _ * -_— ° - gon TB. ee . *. amt ro roe MIE ~ ee “ <7 oS . Bde rut - fir - we “7 fe ont . . pen a d ribs oe ft . ” a é - 4 a fy. - rn -™ " wee tebe | 1 Se in ne ee ee ee ee = ern ene bz. sm ~ee =a Sat eR tm a eee a ° w- £ a ets meet emigre Tn ame em i . erp geen rete erceneg pepe agree ag eer erpap , cer agp eee tae