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1944
1944 - 1111.PDF
JTJN'E IST, 1044 0 «MI,| ..HIHIII IrV. ill HERE AND THERE year is quoted at $1,520,170,000 (over. /380,000,000), and ranges from airmen's socks to complete air stations, while the weight of equipment and supplies alone is 452,000 tons. (See page 585.) Included in a sample list of items are 35,000 108-gallon belly tanks for fighter aircraft, and another 43,000 easily jetti soned lightweight fuel tanks for long- range fighters. More Transatlantic Trips B .O.A.C. is to * increase its service between Baltimore and Foynes (Eire) from two to three flights per week in each direction. The necessary order permitting this increase, as a war neces sity, has been issued by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board on the rcconimencla- BELL-HOP : Designed with an eye to civilian use sifter the war, this Bell helicopter recenty made its public debut in the U.S. . Its immediate sphere is rescue and reconnaissance. tion of the Department of State and at the request of B.O.A.C. Flying "Waafs" F OR the first time in the history of the R.A.F., members of the VV.A.A.F. undergoing training as Signals Officers are to be given the opportunity of studying their subject from the air-to-ground point of view. Hitherto all their training has been done on the ground, but now. as_ periment, they will numd-^lofi their normal course with a week at an airfjfi where thev will -ROUTINE TEST : An R.A.F. sergeant and an Australian flying officer test the oxygen equipment in the crew-room of an R.A.A.F. Lancaster before take-off. Canadian-Soviet Air Talks M R. GEOKGE ZARUB1N, Russian Ambassador to Canada, who re cently visited Edmonton on his way from Moscow to Ottawa, said ho, was certain that Canada and the Soviet Union vvoi'ld soon have discussions on post-war air plans similar to those held by Russia the U.S. and Britain. «. " All signs and reasons point towards ;ontinnaiice of good relations between USSSA and Canada," he added. Brewster's Navy Contract THE tlj.S. Navy l)ept. recently announced the termination ot its contract with the Brewster Aeronautical lorp.x del part ot the. reduction in Igljtfi/-"a/rcraft production previously Tnouncrfi. Corsair fighters are chiefly concerned, about halt the original con- tract>for 1,500 Corsairs having been ("OtWpleted. Less, Frostbite UR1NG the last 12 months, cases of Irpsfyte auiong flying personnel of thl UTS AJLFI based in Great Britain bal fc-enf/e^ijed from 60 in 10,000 to i I0!10'"*'- ccordkig to Brig. Gen. Malcolm G. Grow, the Chief Surgeon ol the U.S Air jid, the chief factors in reduction are improved ted flying clothing, face loves, and the new windows waist gXinners on Fortresses and Liberators Use of Light Metals W ITH the object ol securing the best use of hiduminium alloys, a new company—Iliduminium Applications, Ltd.—has l>eei) formed by High Duty Alloys. Ltd.. Reynolds Tube Co., Ltd., and Reynolds Rolling Mills, Ltd , to collaborate with designers and con structors in any industry. Information can be obtained on request to the new concern at Farnham Road Slough, Bucks.
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