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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 2087.PDF
SEPTEMBER IITH, 1941. FLIGHT J47 HERE AND THERE Canadiolocators MR. C. D. 'HOWE, Minister ofMunitions and Supply, announcedthat radiolocators are already installed and working on Canada's east and west coasts. Shut Down CANADA'S oldest commercial airfielG,Western Airport, Toronto, closed atthe end of July after being in continuous service since 1910. First flights weremade there by Count Jacques de Lesseps in 1910. The airport has seen manytypes of aircraft since that first model. A growing residential area finally forcedthe old airport to close. A farm couple, in their eighties, after living within sightof the field all these years and witnessing the first flight, finally decided to fly onthe last day the field was open. They wished they had started earlier! Plastic Aircraft WORK continues on the applicationof plastics to aircraft, though not nearly as fast as it would have if peacehad persisted. Latest news is that an Avro Anson with a fuselage of mouldedplywood flew in Canada in August. Two such fuselages have been sent to Ottawafrom Bendix Field, New Jersey, where they were manufactured by the AircraftResearch Corporation under the process invented by E. L. Vidal. The Dominion Government last yearobtained exclusive rights to the use of the process in Canada. A Government-owned plant in the Belleville, Ontario, area is expected to go into production onplastic plane parts later in the year, it has been stated by the Department ofMunitions and Supply. The Vidal material is a moulded plywood bondedwith a phenolic resin. This method probably has the advantages of rapidproduction and decreased cost as cam- pared with present methods. ENTERPRISING SQUADRON : No. 90 (Woolwich) Squadron of the A.T.C.employs a trailer caravan for recruiting purposes. It has proved very successful. •70. C. B. Massy and his bride MissPamela Scott-Paine. Miss Scott- «s the daughter of Mr. VictorPaine of Vickers-Armstrongs, and niece of Hubert (PowerBoat) Scott-Paine. Moulded Plywood FloatsF LOATS made of plastic-bonded ply-wood for use on light aircraft have been approved by the Civil AeronauticsAuthority in U.S.A. It is likely that they will be considerably cheaper thanaluminium alloy floats, Stuka StalkerA N anti-aircraft weapon which appearsto have great possibilities against dive-bombers has been invented by ayoung Canadian. Long interested in guns of all descriptions, A. R. J. Hilson,of Hamilton, the inventor, tied for the King's Prize in 1927 at Bisley. Hedescribes his invention thus: the pro- jectile is an expanding web of speciallightweight material of tensile strength sufficiently high to destroy any aircraftwith which it comes into contact. Since in accurate dive-bombing bombs mustbe released at about 1,500ft. or lower, the initial discharge from the gun wouldcarry the web far enough to envelop and destroy attacking aircraft. For firing atmore distant aircraft, charges from rockets attached to the web could in-crease the effective range to several thousand yards. The web expands quickly and can beadjusted to reach its diameter anywhere from 100 to 700 yards. The NationalResearch Council at Ottawa and military authorities have shown great interest inthe weapon, which is said to be suitable for mounting on ships, tanks and evenaircraft. More American Salaries FOLLOWING the figures which werepublished in our issue of September 4th of the salaries of some of the bigmen in the aircraft industry in U.S.A., there are now some additional ones.These also are converted at the rate of $4.03 to £1. In the Douglas Aircraft Co., during1940, Donald W. Douglas, president, re- ceived ,£18,600; Carl Cover, vice-presi-dent and general manager, £9,100; V. E. Bertrandias, vice-president and salesrepresentative, £13,600; S. R. Smith, special sales counsel, £9,900; M. E.Wagner, sales agent, £41,300. The Re- public Aviation Corporation paid itspresident, Wallace W. Kellett, £8,900; Joseph L. McClane, vice-president,£6,300; Harrison W. Flickinger, £4,400; and Bleekley. Platt and Walker, £6,700in legal fees. Mr. Wagner, at the head of this listwith £41,300, just beats Mr. J. H. Kindelberger, president of North Ameri-can, who headed our previous list with £41,100. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON :Forming the fighter pilot's cushion while in the machine is the seat-typeparachute pack, and, nearest the body, the one-man collapsible dinghy inits case.
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