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i8o FLIGHT FEBRUARY 26TH, 1942 HERE AND THERE a dozen determined-looking land girls came charging at him armed with pitch forks, and he had barely managed to con vince them he wasn't a Hun when he Found himself threatened by a Home Guard, rifle to shoulder. Saved by a timely shout from the girls, he was put in an ambulance, which over turned on a corner, and later picked up by a fire-engine, which skidded into a ditch. After that he decided to walk—con vinced that safety was only to be found in the air these days! R.A.F. Photo Exhibitions ROYAL AIR FORCE exhibitions of photographs touring the principal cities and towns of the United Kingdom have just registered their one millionth visitor. Since the first exhibition was started in London's Bond Street during the height of the Battle of Britain in 1940, six similar exhibitions have been formed. Bach had about 200 of the best R.A.F. war pictures depicting all the different ;u livitics of the air war. A number of captured enemy trophies were also shewn. Altogether 54 different towns have been visited by the five units in England and Scotland, and n towns by a similar unit in Northern Ireland. The average attendance at each exhibition was 16,000 people. At some of the exhibitions collections have been made for the R.A.F. Benevo lent Fund, which has lienefited greatly. Canada's OufpiKo/ Aircraft— C ANADA'S aircr small dimyn 11I war, but factor- increased seven fol workers employe Aircraft from p bombers are nov production 2,000 a yea constantly -ftvir ustry was of £ outbreak ace has been the number of rom 2,300 to 32,000. y trainers to big oming off Canadian t a reported rate of operations are being IP- home anci the Hon closed added prese oven — AHti£.Aircrews, Too / ""pifE RoyaPCanadian Air Force now has a^ietal enlisted strength at yerseas exceeding 100,000, Power, Air Minister, dis- recent statement, which fully existed that the of 25 B&C.A.F. squadrons be achieved " before long." ower's statement, issued a few iter the second anniversary of tflfc British Commonwealth Air Training PlaSv^xpressed confidence that the plan will soon be producing pilots, observers and wireless air gunners "far in excess - ol the numbers originally scheduled." Sowing Trout by Air HTHE November issue of Indian National -*- Airways Gazette, which has just reached us, contains an interesting account of how the high Alpine lakes in north-western U.S.A. are restocked with young trout by the State fish and game department. Some 10,000 of the little "finger- lings" are carried in a 40-gallon water tank in the front cockpit of a slow-flying biplane and released through a roin. "out let from a height of 100ft. above the lake. The Caproni-Campini jet-propelled machine at Guidonia after a successful flight from Milan. Col. Mario de Bernardi, one-time Schneider Trophy pilot, and Capt. Pedace are alongside in flying kit. The lakes are very inaccessible, hence the use of aircraft, and it has been found that the streamlined fish straighten out, bomb fashion, to make a clean header into their new home if the pilot pulls the plug at not less than 100ft., and 99 per cent, of the fish so "delivered" are said to survive and thrive. By this modern method the depart ment can plant 200,000 trout in a couple of days, which is as many as the old delivery by pack horses could manage in a year. Achtung, Typhoons ! DELIVERIES of Hawker Typhoons to R.A.F. fighter squadrons are now- reported to have begun and the type may soon be in action. Powered by the 2,400 h.p. Napier Sabre engine, the Typhoon was designed by Mr. Sydney Camm and its power-unit Fit. Lt. Philip Lucas, Hawker's test pilot, who was the first man to fly the Typhoon and who has nothing but enthusiasm for its performance and handling. by Major Frank Halford—a combination of creative effort which was the subject of a special article by C. M. Poulsen in Flight o! May 8th last year. With a speed in excess of 400 m.p.h., the, Typhoon is not likely to encounter anything faster with a swastika on its tail, while its mixed armament of machine guns and shell-firing cannon, and its protective armour, will undoubt edly be appreciated by our fighter pilots. Its range, tpo, is greater than- that of either the Hurricane or the Spitfire. Achtung, Jerry, here they come! Bomber Command's New C.-in-C. A YR Marshal A. T. Harris, C.B., O.B.E.. A.F.C., who has been appointed C.-in-C. Bomber Command, served in the ranks of the 1st Rhodesian Regiment in the last war before joining the R.F.C. in 1915. Awarded the A.F.C. in 1918 after service in France, he was granted permanent commission, as squad leader, the following year, He subse quently served in Iraq, the Middle East and at home until, in 1937, he was pro moted to air commodore and put in command of No. 4 (Bomber) -Group. A year later he became A.O.C. in Palestine and Trans-Jordan, and in July, IQJ9. was promoted to the rank of air vice- marshal, becoming acting air marshal last June. Air Marshal Harris, who is 50 years of age, has twice been mentioned in dis patches during trie present war, and was Deputy Chief of the Air Staff until May last, when lie went to Washington on special duty. Atlantic Ordeal P ROFESSOR HINTON, of the Ministry of Information, fit- Frederick W. J. Bowley, aircrafj**?.'1- gineer, and Mr. R. Fairey, son of the well-known aircraft manufacturer, were among a party of thirteen survivors rescued niter live and a half davs in an open -boat m the Atlantic. Prole^r Ilinton is now in hospital in Iceland.
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