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1942
1942 - 1734.PDF
TO6 . FLIGHT* AUGUST 2OTH, IC42 HERE AND THERE Fairey Test Pilot M R. F. II. DIXON has been appointed chief test pilot of the Fairey Avia tion Co., Ltd. One of the best -known test pilots in the country, Mr. Dixon, who was educated at Clifton and Cam bridge, joined the P.A.F. in T932, ami from 1933 to 193O was a member of No. 1 Fighter Squadron. He was a pilot ot one ot the five Fairey Fury aircraft which gave demonstration Mights in Canada in 193-4, an(l be took part in the R.A.F. Hendon Pageants in 1935 and 1936. Mr. Dixon was transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve in 1936, which year he joined Fairey's staff as a test pilot. Back in Harness W E are informed by Vickers, Limited, that Sir Charles Craven, who has now recovered from his recent illness, • -has resumed his duties as Chairman and Managing Director of Vickers-Arm- strongs, Limited, and English Steel Cor poration, Limited. Parliamentary Pedallers WHEN the Prime Minister piloted a flying boat for a few minutes it made front page news, but one can imagine the feverish excitement which would have stirred Fleet Street had the Home Secretary accepted an invitation recently extended to him in the House by Commander King-Hall. The Honourable and Gallant Member had raised the question of allowing cyclists more light in the coming winter months, and when Mr. Morrison inti mated that the matter had been under consideration, the Commander said: — " If the right honourable gentleman is in any doubt as to the urgent nature of this, will he accompany me on a tandem on a tour ot London and see for himself the troubles and difficulties that bicy clists are in? " A snap of the Home Secretary making "several steeply banked turns" round Piccadilly with the gallant Commander in the " second pilot's " seat of a tandem would have been a marvellous scoop! Air Ministry Changes THE following appointments, to date from Monday last, have been announced by the Air Ministry. Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, for special duties. Air Marshal Philip Babington, to be Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command, vice Sir William Welsh. Air Marshal Sir Bertine Sutton, to be Air Member for Personnel, vice Air Marshal Babington. Rhodesia Airwomen Knit for W.A.A.F. MEMBERS of the Women's Auxiliary Air Service in Southern Rhodesia are knitting comforts for their sister Service, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, in this country. They are making woollen pullovers for the W.A.A.F. cooks, who often have to be on duty in R.A.F. cookhouses and messes all night to prepare meals for the flying crews coming back from opera tions, and they knit scarves, gloves, mittens, and jerseys for the W.A.A.F. girls who " man" barrage balloon sites, KENTUCKY MONSTER : A new Curtiss transport aircraft, the C-76, was recently announced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as being scheduled for production at a new factory in Kentucky. Intended for the U.S. Army Air Forces, it will be constructed mainly of wood and " other non-strategic materials." Most of its parts are to be built in small assemblies by firms already experienced in plywood construc tion. No official details of the aircraft are yet available beyond the fact that it will be of the two-engined type (presumably Wright Cyclones), but this Flight drawing has been prepared from a U.S. War Department sketch and shows the general appearance of the forthcoming Curtiss C-76. F. H. Dixon, who has recently been appointed chief test pilot to the Eairey Av. Co., Ltd. for M.T. drivers, and the many other airwomen whose duty necessitates their being out of doors in all weathers, winter and summer. These Rhodesian W.A.A.F. are also making voluntary contributions towards a fund with which other comforts will be purchased. Theirs is an indepen dent organisation administered by the Southern Rhodesian Government, and its members are serving at R.A.F. stations of the Empire Air Training School there. A.T.C. Progress ALTHOUGH the Air Training Corps is now more than 250,000 strong and comprises 1,619 units, including 356 school and 23 university squadrons. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke- Popham, who inspected the 173rd Squad ron at Orpington, Kent, last week-end, said that we were really only at the start of air development, and the end wasjp- where in sight. There was, he said, a corporate spirit in the A.T.C. inspired by the fact that the corps was regarded as part of the R.A.F., and it was a spirit of service which was spreading among the youth of Britain. Every step forward broadened the horizon, and after the war air develop ment would be of great value to civilisa tion. Training in Gliding AN important development in the training of A.T.C. cadets is the recent addition of gliding to their activi ties. This has brought with it the problem of suitable sites, and Air Comdre. J. A Chamier, Inspector of the A.T.C., said last Saturday that this would probably be met in some districts by seeking the help of golf clubs and racecourse people, who would be asked to allow local squadrons to use some of their land. Only elementary instruction is being given at present.
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