
"Look at the rotors on that baby" comments USN Cdr. Cecil Compton, left while viewing an advanced helicopter pictured in Vertiflite, following the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter March meeting at which he was a guest speaker. Sharing his interest are James McCroskey, program chairman and research scientist with the Ames Directorate Army AMDRL, Ames Research Center, and Petty Officer First Class Jan Dyer, the Commander's assistant, who also spoke. Cdr. Compton, executive officer of the Naval Reserve HS85 ASW Squadron, NAS Alameda, and Squadron member Dyer, discussed naval helicopter development for ASW by highlighting technology related to current and planned equipment and techniques.
From Vertiflite, May/June 1975.
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