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34 FLIGHT JULY 17TH, 1941. HERE AND THERE Indian Manufacture '"THE first aeroplaue to be made in-*- India has been completed by the Hindustan aircraft factory, it is reportedby the Daily Telegraph. US. June Production TVTILITARY and heavy commercial-L"-*- aircraft produced in the United States during the month of June totalled1,476. This exceeds the total for April, which was the next highest, by 49.Lowest for the first six months of the year was February with 972, whilemonthly production over the half-year averages 1,223. Britain usually receivesa little under half of each month's total. The rapid rise in numbers during the firstfour months has not been maintained be- cause increasing emphasis is being put onbombers instead of trainers, these requir- ing many moie man-hours of work toeach machine. Canadian Machine GunsG REAT BRITAIN is to take the wholeoutput of a new $8,000,000 plant at Windsor, Ontario, which will specialisein the manufacture of an automatic machine gun for aircraft, heavier thanthe Colt-Browning. The factory will operate through Gen-eral Motors of Canada and a Government company to be known as Border CityIndustries. Women Ferry Pilot for U.S.A.M tSS PAULINE GOWER will shortlygo to U.S.A. to help organise a women's ferry service to fly Americanaircraft from the factories to Canada on their way to England, it is reported byThe Times. Miss Gower is head of the women's section of Air TransportAuxiliary, this section being concerned with the delivery of Tiger Moths, MilesMagisters, Harvards and Oxfords. The Low-down HPHERE is no doubt about it, the lowJ- wing monoplane has caught on. Even printers are getting low-wing-minded. Last week, on our " Friend or Foe " page, the printers turned the frontelevation oi the Consolidated 31 upside- down, and a most unusual-looking air-craft, with negative dihedral, vee- shaped roof, and a most lerocious"face" was the result. What made matters even more amusing was that,according to the line of text just above the picture, " The Consolidated 31 is sodifferent . . ." After that who will say that printers have no sense of humour? " Tail Unit Design " TT is necessary to make a correction •*• applying to page b oi the article1 ' Tail Unit Design.'' From the filth line the last paragraph should read:. NEW A.W. DIRECTOR : Mr. H. M.Woodhams, general manager of Sir W. G. Arms rong Whitworth Aircraft,Ltd., has recently been appointed to the board of directors. Mr. Woodhamsis one of the old-timers of British aviation, having entered the industryin 1909 and graduated through all its branches. Before joining the A.W.company in 1923 he served with such firm as De Havillands, Sir AlanCobham, and the now defunct Air Transport and Travel, one of theHolt Thomas companies. "A disturbance, such as the nosehaving been depressed by a gust or by a forward movement of the stick, hasincreased the speed to 140 m.p.h. (repre- sented by point A). Left to its owndevices, the aeroplane puts its' nose up and the speed decreases until it reaches120 m.p.h. again. The decrease con- tinues but does not reach 100, and thenincreases again. So the oscillations continue, but always dying down, untilthe aeroplane is again flying straight and level at its original speed of 120 m.p.h. US. Fighters May Fly Here T"HE suggestion that auxiliary fueltanks could be fitted to American fighters to give them the required rangefor delivery across the Atlantic under their own power has been aired morethan once in the columns of Flight. Now we learn, from the Washingtoncorrespondent of the Daily Telegraph, that this may be done in the near futurein consequence of conferences on the sub- ject between British and American ex-perts. The necessary plans are said to be complete for the fitting oi 75 gallontanks to certain American fighter types. These extra tanks would be used for thefirst part of the flight and then dropped in the sea to lighten the aircraft as muchas possible for the rest of the crossing. O.P.M. Chief Here IFURTHER proof of the determinationof the United States of America to leave nothing undone which may help toexpedite the production and smooth functioning of aircraft is afforded by therecent arrival in this country of Mr. Merrill C. Meigs, chief of the aircraft*section of the Office of Production Man- agement. Before he took up this postMr. Meigs had considerable experience of aviation, being a private owner andholding in addition a transport licence. in normal times he is a publisher. Whilein this country he will discuss with Mr. W. C. Devereux, who recently was ap-pointed Controller of North American Aircraft Supply, ways and means bywhich the problems peculiar to our requirements can be solved. A Ford Engine ? '"P'HE Ford Motor Company is reported •*• by Canadian Aviation to be develop-ing a 12-cylinder in-line liquid-cooled engine. It is said to be supercharged toa high altitude by means of an exhaust- driven turbine and to have petrol in-jection directly into the cylinders. Steel castings rather than forgings will lieused to reduce machining work as the company has specialised on centrifugalcasting. Take-off r.p.m. is given as 3,60a, and the rated altitude is 30,000ft. W.A.A.F. Want Car Drivers ANY young woman between the agesof 17^ and 43 who holds a "clean " driving licence is now eligible to join theW.A.A.F. as a motor driver. Previously it was stipulated that applicants musthave held a licence lor some years, but this qualification has now been waivedin view of the needs of the Force (or drivers of staff cars and light vans.Even if her licence has expired it does not matter because it will be officiallyrenewed if her services are accepted. Application should be made at VictoryHouse, Kingsway, or any W.A.A.F. re- cruiting centre. Carbon Monoxide Danger QTARRAT AIRWAYS in Canada is^ installing carbon monoxide indica- tors in the cockpits of its aircraft, it isreported by Canadian Aviation. This follows an official accident report whichstated that the pilot of a civil transport died of carbon monoxide poisoning, thegas having come from the exhaust. In- vestigations showed that even 12 d:opsof oil, if burnt in the tube carrying heat- ing air to the cockpit, could produceenough carbon monoxide to kill the pilot. C C.P.R. Takes Over ^O-ORDINATION of the services ofCanadian Airways, Ltd., and Mac- kenzie Air Service, Ltd., by CanadianPacific Railway, was announced at Edmonton, Alberta, by W. M. Neal,C.P.R. vice-president in charge of western lines. The two companies will operateunder the title of United Air Services, Ltd., C.P.R. having obtained a con-trolling interest in them. W. Leigh Brinthel, president of theMackenzie Air Service, will be manager of United Air Services and will havedirect charge of operations in the Mackenzie River area as well as the runto Prince Albert. Saskatchewan. These were previously operated separately byCanadian Airways and Mackenzie Air Service. General direction regardingbusiness policy is in the hands of the advisory committee of United Aii Ser-vices. Mr. Brinthel has selected W. J. Windrum, formerly of Prince Albert andrecently in charge nf Canadian Airways operations, as assistant manager.This announcement will recall the para- graph on page 420 of c :r issue of June19th, in which it was stated that C.P.R. had acquired majority interests in thesetwo companies and three others.
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