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FLIGHT SEPTEMBER I6TH, 1943 Cockpit Monologue TNSTEAD of using a pad and pencil,-L Allied airmen on reconnaissance trips over enemy territory can now dictatetheir observations into a microphone. The speech is recorded on thin wirewound round a spool of 3111. diameter. The recorder, which it js hoped to makeby mass-production methods, weighs 9 lb., and 26 minutes of speech can beaccommodated. Still They Come! YET another American airline com-pany, the Trans-Contiriental and Western Air, Incorporated, is applyingfor permission to establish a trans- oceanic service. They are planning tooperate a service between Los Angeles and Honolulu after the war. Baker's Dozen ? THE Navy Department of Americahas announced that " approxi- mately a dozen " aircraft carriers havebeen launched since Pearl Harbour. It is also revealed that the Navy will have27,500 bombing, fighting and cargo air- craft in service by the end of this year,operating from carriers and from naval bases in all parts of the world. Another Change of Name LAST week, in this column, FHghl an-nounced a change of name by a well- known industrial firm * now another oneis announced. M.K.C., Ltd., proprietors of the Tele-flex system of remote control, have changed their name to Teleflex Products,Ltd. New U.5, Torpedo-bomber /CONSOLIDATED is to begin produc-v_v tion of a new torpedo-bomber, to be known as the Seawolf, for the Americannavy. With a gross weight of eight tons it is to carry a .crew of three. Accordingtc Rear Admiral Ralph Davison, Assis- tant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics," there is no other in the world to match it." There is a saying about countingchickens before they are hatched. YANCASTER ? Readers will have no dimcujljii.in- yrognising this transport air-craft which is now in service with T.C.A. on tfieCanadian Government's new wartime transatlantic service. Primarily engaged on* TiWrarriagiTof mail for the DominionForced, it could be described as half-way between a Lancaster and a York. Piloted by Capt. R.*F. George, operations manager of T.C.A., and with Sqn. Ldr. J. R.Gilmour, R.C.A.F., as navigator, it recently flew from Montreal to Britain in the record time of 12 hr. 26 min. Company AppointmentsM R. H. R. TROST, B.Sc. (Engineer-ing), M.I.Mech.E., who was formerly a director of the Airscrew Co.,Ltd., has- been appointed managing director of Redwing.Aircraft Co., Ltd.,and Fairfield Aviation, Ltd. Mr. J. W. Beak and Mr. J. K. Lane,general managers of Redwing and Fair- field respectively, become directors ofthose firms, Mr. R. C. Bartlett remains governingdirector of both firms as before. Complementary ServicesT HE first of a series of joint meetingshas been held at the Royal Aero Club between representatives of theBritish Airlines Pilots' Association, the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators ofthe British Empire, test pilots, licensed aircraft engineers and the Officers'(Merchant Navy) Federation. It was agreed that the interests of airand sea transport were not conflicting but complementary, and that it was bestto plan together for post-war activities. Permission to alter their articles ofassociation to enable them to engage in air, as well as sea, transport after thewar has been applied for by some of the shipping companies. AMPHIBIOUS DAKOTA : Experiments are being made with the Douglas C-47 at Wright Field, U.S.A., as an amphibious transport. The wheels retract into thefloats, which are fitted with small sea-rudders as shown. New Jap FighterR EPORTED to bear certain resem-blances to the Kittyhawk in appear- ance, a new Japanese fighter was shotdown recently over the Solomons. Details of the machine as yet to handare only sketchy, but it is said to pos- sess a liquid-cooled engine, giving itgreater speed than the Mitsubishi S-00 (known to the Americans as the Zero),and to be more heavily armed. Known as the '' Type Three '' this newJap fighter has self-sealing fuel tanks, and is described as being of good work-manship—as, indeed, is the S-00. Home War-workA T the present time some 30,000people in Britain are engaged on war work at home or in specially formedgroups outside the factories, and the., Ministry of Production has issued an in-formative little brochure describing the nature of this type of war effort for theguidance of firms in congested industrial areas where additional labour is stillrequired to meet expanding production programmes. Officially known as " Outwork," itreleases factory workers for other jobs which cannot be done outside, and itranges from inspection of small parts and units to \he assembly of variouscomponents small and light enough to be carried home.Jobs of a heavier nature, calling for the use of rather more, elaborate equip-ment, are undertaken by voluntary groups using halls or other premises insuitable centres, and some of the most successful schemes of outworkinghave been organised in large private houses. "Flight" Index and Binding Cases The index to Flight for the periodJanuary-June, 1943, is now ready, and copies may be obtained from our offices,price is. i£d. by post, or with cloth binding case for the volume, 4s. nd.Readers who desire to have their copies bound in the publishers' binding case areasked to send the copies at once. The inclusive cost of binding and the returnof the complete volume is 13s. gd.
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