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1944
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JUNE 22XD, 1944 FLIGHT 650 HERE AND THERE civilian workers and villagers who had seen anything of their preparations. The "civvies" hod to submit (we hope cheerfully!) to 48 hr. C.B. until the news of the landings was released. —Unusual, but very sensible. Priority "Beaus" THE production of Bcaufighters in Aus tralia has been given priority ever that of Lancaster bombers, such is the need at present in the S.W. Pacific theatre. "The full-scale manufacture of Lan caster bombers in Australia cannot begin until the Beaufighter programme is well under way," said Senator Donald Cameron, their Minister for Aircraft Pro duction, recent 1JT. New Post-war Transport DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO. have just released some details of a new trans port aircraft they are to build after the war. This machine is the DC 7, and is designed to carry 86 passengers with sleeping accommodation lor 76. It is powered by four 3,000 h.p. engines (presumed to l>e the new 24- cylinder Allisons) which, it is claimed, idve the aircraft a speed of "up to 400 m.p.h." The DC-7 can carrv a. 3oa.d of 26 tons and has an all-up weight of nearly 65 tons. Dimensions are:Span 173ft. 3in., length 123ft. 4in., height 43ft. 8in. Long-range Robin THE SEAS SHIPPING CO. INC., which operates the Robin Line between New York and Cape Town, S. Africa, wants to parallel its surface routes with an air line, and has applied to C.A.B. for permission to inaugurate a scheduled weekly return air service. Alternative routes with co-terminals at Johannesburg and Cape Town have been suggested. American E x- port Air Lines Inc. has also filed an application for a service to Cape Town, though the shipping side of this concern is not at present engaged in South African trade. Forced Do A RHUTER message from'^Bcrne -**• reports an otlicial announcement that three heavy bombers of the ILS.A.A-F. were recently "forced down " by a Swiss air squadron patrol • n Dubendorf, near Zurich. "The twenty-eight members of the crews are safe and sound and have been interned. The American planes had )i<nvn over certain regions of Eastern and Southern Switzerland," stated the report. Air Historian MR. HILARY ST. GEORGE SAUNDERS, who wrote the official historv of the- Battle of Britain and 01 her war histories, is already at collecting information for the historv of ihe air side of the liberation of Europe. Saunders has, in fact, donned uniform with a '' Special armband, and is attached to the of the Air Cllinf Margh.nl *^r SORRY $18, i CAN'T HEAC You,—THE HORN'S MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE several work official Allies' Mr. R.A.F. Duties ' staff Trafford Leighjjfcfflory, A.O.Oj the Allied VExp^editionary Ai^i'orces; he~ is givAi (Hy-to-day accojadffo all official docujalnW s/* that^le cjn obtain his. matenW^McbjjIWy. /"WherjyEjkWi the, storFfJlt&GlatileVjf Prit/inl CONESTOGA CARGO : Driving a U.S. Navy motor ambulance into the "hold " V of one of the new Budd Conestoga transport aircraft demonstrates its capacity to handle bulky freight. The aircraft is of spot-welded stainless steel construction. handicapped by being unable 10 until some'mouths after the event. Stukas by Night THE seven-year-old Ju 87 (Huns, fat the use of) has lately been found ,1 job on the Italian front. "Specially equipped and armed," said the German radio recently, "they have been used in night attacks on Allied batteries, their hand-picked pilots specialising in pin point attacks against important targets." The German commentator somewhat naively explained that they were only used at night, " since attacks in day light would be greatly hampered by enemy, fighters." Mainly for Modellers A NEW organisation to watch over the interests of model aircraft enthu siasts has been formed • it is the Asso riation of British Aeromodtilers, and its avowed objects are "to promote, "ncourage, develop, organise and protect je model aeroplane movement in the l\ited Kingdom and throughout the wolJd." The association has temporary ofliJes at 84, Hillway, Holly Lodge, Hh/hgate, London, N.6. ts first president is Sir Robert Bird, t. (Conservative M.P. for Wolver hampton West), who takes a keen and iractical interest in model aircraft. Inci- lentally, Sir Robert and Lady Bird were pioneer air passengers, for in 1911 they flew from the beach at Biarritz in a Henry Earman " Longhorn," enjoying its "built-in headwind" for about ball an hour. Ban on "Gas" Models Lifted ANOTHER item of interest for aero-niodellers is that the Air Ministry has partially lifted the ban on petrol-driven model aircraft—or "gas models," as our U.S. friends more briefly term them This type of model aircraft mav now IJO flown in areas north of a line drawn through Southwold, Bury St. Edmunds, Bedford, Gloucester and Bristol Channel, but only by members of bona fide model aircraft clubs, and not between sunset and sunrise, not, in officially prohibited areas, and not within two miles of an R.A.E. station. Other stipulations are, wing span not to exceed 10ft.. engine running time not to exceed 45 sees., and maximum time airborne not to exceed two minutes, each of the last, two limits to be mechanically controlled by an approved device.
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