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52O FLIGHT MAY 20TH, I943 E AN Ever-popular AirgraphT HE Belgian Chamber of Commerce in London have asked for an airgraph service between Great Britain and the Belgian Congo. Local Policeman. Makes GoodT HE R.A.F. Benevolent Fund benefitsto the extent of £5 as the result of a wager concerning the lifting of a 500 lb.bomb case recently on exhibition. Mr. Murray F. Smith, of Chichester, paidthe cheque over to the R.A.F. Benevolent Pund as a result of a local policemanlifting the bomb case shoulder-high. The cheque, forwarded to Flight, ha?been reposted to the proper quarter. Canadian Air Crews Here "DEINFORCEMENTS of Canadian air-*•». crews are arriving in the United Kingdom every month in numbersequivalent to a full Army battalion, according to Air Marshal HaroldEdwards, Commanding the R.C.A.F. Overseas. Each member of a Canadian air crew isfully qualified, having had up to eighteen months intensive flying training. Additional to this flow of Canadiansare R.A.F. reinforcements trained over- seas, Empire and Allied personnel. R.A.F. Kept Down Our CasualtiesV ISCOUNT TRENCHARD, Marshal ofthe R.A.F., in a speech at Birkbeck College recently, said that without theR.A.F., casualties in Tunisia and Libya would have been ten times as great asthey were. Air power, he said, had saved an untold number of casualties. "It has a greater power, in myopinion, over the sea than it will ever have over the land," he added. " Greatas it has been in Libya and Tunisia, it will have a greater influence over the seathan anvwhere else." Under New Management IT is understood that the whole of theshare capital of Motor Panels ^(Coventry), Ltd., has been purchased byRubery Owen and Co., Ltd., of Darlas- ton (Staffs). The board has been reconstituted inaccordance with the change of owner- ship, and it is intended that the com-pany should be continued and developed in accordance with the practice of thenew owners. Heading a Mission to U.S. CALLERS at the London office of theBristol Aeroplane Co. during the next few weeks will miss the genial pre- sence of Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, for- merly ftie firm's Continental representa- tive but more recently with headquar- ters at No. 6, Arlington Street. The reason is that Capt. Bartlett is paying a visit to America as head of the company's mission to that country. We wish him a successful visit and a safe return to St. James's. Pioneer's New PostC APT. VICTOR SHEPERD, a pioneer in the development of safety glass and associated with the " Safetv First" NEW JOB FOR AN OLD SERVANT ; The Fairey Albacore, last of a long line of Naval biplanes, has done some good work with an i8in. torpedo slung between its wheels. Now this faithful, though not too swift, servant of the Fleet Air Arm has a new job, and this echelon formation carries mines slung in the torpedo crutches. movement since its earliest days, hasresigned from the board of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., and its associatedcompanies, to join the board of direc- ters of British Indestructo Glass, Ltd. Avro Lancaster IIM ENTION may now be made of the Mark II version of the Avro Lan caster heavy bomber. It differs from the Mark I Lancaster in that air-cooled Bristol Hercules engines are fitted instead of the liquid-cooled Rolls-Royce Merlins. Canadian-built Lancasters with Packard Merlins will soon be flying across the Atlantic. To Protect Private OwnersW HOEVER else in this country maybe content to leave matters con- cerning civil aviation until the war isover, the Royal Aero Club is not guilty of such procrastination. Within the proper limits imposed bywartime conditions, in fact, it is very much alive and active, and one of itslatest moves has been to appoint a sub- committee whose special duty will be towatch over the interests of the private owner and private flying in general. The sub-committee consists of SirLindsay Evcrard, Lt. Col. H. J. Alding- ton, Mr. S. Kenneth Davies, Mr.E. J. P. Eugster, Commander Francis Francis, Mr. H. \V. H. Moore. MajorH. A. Petre-, D.S.O., M.C., and Air Comdre. H. M. Probyn, D.S.O For the year 1943-44, Lt. Col. SirFrancis K. McClean, A.F.C., has been appointed chairman of the club, withMajor Petre as vice-chairman. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur M. Long-more has been elected to fill a vacancy on the committee. " Seadromes " Again!P ENNSYLVANIA - CENTRAL Air Lines are reported to have filed a formal application with the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to establish seadromes between America and Britain—presumably after the war. The object is stated to be that of pro- viding America with vitally needed bases in the Atlantic, and the shortest, fastest, and most economical air route between the two countries. No MonopolyT HE idea is to install seadromes every 800 miles, and officials of the com- pany have said that their construction will begin as soon as steel is again avail- able. They are to have a draught of 160ft. to ensure complete stability in the worst seas, a landing deck 70ft. above the water-line, and a weight of 64,000 tons. According to Mr. Bevell Munro, president of the company, the seadromes would be available to the airlines of all nations. An important point, he said, was that land aircraft such as are now in use would be able to cross the Atlantic easily and economically, refuelling on the sea- dromes, which would, of course, provide complete airport and hotel facilities. M.A.P. AppointmentS IR CHARLES BRUCE GARDENER has been appointed Controller of Labour and Suppty at the Ministry of Aircraft Production. He will have the advisory help of the Departmental Pro- duction Efficiency Board, of which he is chairman, and'will be a member of the Aircraft Supply Council. To enable him to give full time to his new duties, the S.B.A.C. has agreed to release Sir Charles from the post of chair- man, which he has held for the past 5| yeais. Turbines 'pilE booklet "Gas Turbines and Jet -*- Propulsion for Aircraft," by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., having been out of print for some weeks past, a re- print is on the press embodying the article "Turbines of the Flying Wing in the last issue of Flight. Copies wtU be available from our publishing office* shortly, price 3s. Od., plus postage yi-
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