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1943
1943 - 0962.PDF
392 FLIGHT APRIL 15TH, 1943 New Zealand Airmen THE fact that to-day there are 10,000New Zealand airmen serving over- seas and 20,000 men in training has been revealed by Mr. Frederick Jones, New Zealand Defence Minister, on arrival in England to visit his fellow-countrymen. In 1936 only no men were serving in the R.N.Z.A.F. Another U.S. Aircraft Carrier A NEW type of United States aircraftcarrier, the Breton class, is now ready for service with the fleet, having successfully completed her trial runs. The Breton, which is described as a highly manoeuvrable ship, was built in record time. « Overburdened U.S. Air Mail AIR mail in the United States mayhave to be restricted, according to the Postmaster-General, Mr. Frank Walker. Aircraft carrying mail have been greatly overburdened, and it may become necessary -to ban the general public from using air mail. Overseas air mail to this country has not yet been rationed, but for some time now letters bearing air mail stamps have been going by boat. Air Transport Facts A SERIES of memoranda setting forththe saliant aspects of air transport is being issued by the Joint Air Trans- port Committee of: the Association of ;3ritish Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of British Industries and the London Chamber of Commerce. The first of these analysed the '' free- dom of the air'' as consisting of three freedoms, namely, air passage, air facilities* and air trade; the second memoranda now circulated deals with the first of these three "freedoms," in the course of which it mentions the sug- gestion that below a certain height, say, 10,000ft., the air should be territorial and thus owned by the State, but free above that altitude. Thinking Big HENRY J. KAISER, who certainly-worked wonders in shipbuilding without knowing very much, if anything, about ships, is now reported in The Times to be planning a new '' monster of 6ite skies '' which may be used both as a transport aircraft and for bombing Japan. The newspaper's New York corre- spondent says the projected aircraft is of the flying-wing type with ,1 span of no less than 282ft. and is to be powered by four 2,000 h.p. engines. Its useful FLYING FISH : The Grumman Avenger, known in the U.S. Navy as the TFB-i, has been given the name Tarpon in the Fleet Air Arm. It can take a 2iin. torpedo enclosed in the bay beneath its belly, has a gross weight of I2,ooolb., a cruis'ng range of 1,400 miles and a top speed of about 270 m.p.h. Observe that the wings fold back in British fashion instead of upwards in the usual American way, and that the engine is being run-up with the wings folded, which is also rather unusual. load is said to be 45 tons; its gross weight 87 £ tons. The most staggering figure quoted is a maximum range of 17,000 miles " with no other load than fuel," but even with full load it will be capable of "many thousands of miles non-stop." Kaiser is quoted as saying he intends to build this monster at once. Whether this latest ambition is in addi- tion to, or in substitution of, the seven- engined sky-giant he was talking about a short while ago is not indicated, N R.>4e.C. Recommendations A BRIEF outline of recommendationson po?t-war civil aviation, drawn up by a special committee of the Royal Aero Club, was given by the chairman. Lt. Col. Sir Francis McClean, at the club's annual general meeting recently. These recommendations, which had been sent to the Secretary of State for Air, stressed the need to revive flying and gliding clubs throughout the country, the provision of facilities for flights abroad, and the encouragement of private owners and sporting events. Run Willow Run! ACCORDING to Mr. Charles Wilson, **• vice-chairman of the U.S. Wat Pro- duction Board, the Ford factory at Willow Run will be turning out 500 bombers a month " by the time the next snow flies." Mr. Charles Sorensen, vice-president of the Ford Motor Company, is reported to have said that if the production figures could be revealed they would " scare Hitler to death." So fat, however, they have onlyagitated Senator Truman, who recently described them as almost negligible! Strength Through Reorganisation THE United States Army Air Forcehigh command has been reorganised to make it the strongest possible striking force. The force i? expected to exceed2,000,000 men by the end of this year and this great increase has compelled thereorganisation of the high command. The air staff has been cut from 19 tosix major sections. General Arnold and Maj.-Gen. Stratenmeyer, however, retaintheir posts. Women for Aircraft Repair WOMEN are playing a very importantpart in the diagnosing and repair of damaged aircraft. Mr. R. H. Dobson, managing director of A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., has stated that of the technical and skilled labour required to repair Lancasters and other bombers that have been damaged during raids over enemy territory more than 50 per cent, is pro- vided by women. New Appointment at General Aircraft, Ltd. THE appointment is announced of Mr.H. M. Barton, chartered accountant, to controller of General Aircraft, Ltd., in succession to Mr. K. A. Layton-Bennett, who has relinquished the post owing to ill-health. Mr. Layton-Bennett had been ap- pointed controller of both Short Bros, and General Aircraft, Ltd., but the formation of a new Board at Short Bros, made that period of office of brief duration. Scientist's Appointment MR. A. PARKER, D.Sc, F.I.C.,M.I.Chem.E., who has been Acting Director of Water Pollution Research since the outbreak of war, and has served for many years on the council of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, has now been appointed Director of Fuel Research in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research^ Mr. Parker joined the staff of the department in 1928 and had previously been engaged on research for the gas industry.
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