24, 1974 JAX AIR NEWS-AIRWINGER PAGE 3 I VP-49 marks 90,000 hours of safe flying. ; I Jax-VP-49 accomplished a significant milestone in \ aviation safety Jan. 18 by marking their 90,000th ac w y; ' cident-free flight hour. t .. The flight was a check ride for LCdr. Doug Rollings, s VP-49's Safety Officer, with Lt. John Drake, squadron ;,' Sp NATOPS Officer, as flight instructor.On /MT 5.5 I S ,' . hand to meet the crew upon their arrival was Capt. .&1.,, Zf ". r Albert P. Lesperance, Commander Patrol Wing 11, and fi r' , Cdr. Victor S. Gulliver, VP-49 Commanding Officer. ,, The accident-free flight hours were accomplishedover z the past 11 years in both the P-5 and P.3 aircraft. F During this time the squadron has made several i . deployments to the Pacific and the treacherous flight 'S e rr conditions of Iceland and the North Atlantic. r This accomplishment shows the professionalism and attention to detail of the Navy flyers of VP-49 and reflects the continuous importance of aviation safety that has been a part of the squadron's indoctrination of \ flight crews and maintenance personnel. r/: :/ VP-49 is returning to Keflavik, Iceland in the near future and plans to mark the twelfth year of accident- free flying while maintaining its primary task of anti- . submarine warfare in the North Atlantic. :ii w:: WM .m akM Jmmf: : " '- . CD Board p. lf >iu ,,1':111.011I.111):: (.ill mln told ".iu.rll : . + :I "