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1944
1944 - 1578.PDF
H4 FLIGHT THERE Sub-contracted P ARTS for the Packard-built Merlin engine are now being manufactured by the Ranger Aircraft Engine Division of the Fairchild Corporation. Spanish Rights for U.S. THE United States has reached agree ment in principle with the Spanish Government under which American com mercial aircraft will be granted landing rights in Spain. Jet Aircraft in Production Mr. Granville Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister of Aircraft Production, stated that jet-propelled aircraft are now being produced under the direction of M.A.P. IN a written reply to (Ind., Eye) last week. U.S. Experts Study Robot Parts PARTS of several robot bombs which have fallen in Southern England have "been assembled and are being closely studied here," stated officers of the U.S. Army Air Force Material Com mand at Dayton, Ohio. R.A.F. Bombers' Bag THE recent Air Ministry announce ment that, during the month of June, R.A.F. bombers shot down 109 German fighters was a welcome item of official news. It should do something to dispel the idea, incurred by official reticence on the subject, that only American bombers—notably the Fortress —can deal effectively with fighter opposi tion. AUGUSf 3RD, 1944 CROWDED OUT : A U.S. aircraft carrier, pressed into service as a transport during the accelerated pressure on Japan, had to pack all her "cats " on the flight deck because all space below was filled with motor vehicles and supplies. B.O.A. in South America ? O UR contemporary, American Avia tion says that British Overseas Air ways Corporation is preparing to start a regular service between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, and adds that the in auguration of the service is merely awaiting the British Government's " go ahead " signal. W.A.A.F.s Arrive in Cyprus A NOTHER small contingent of the W.A.A.F. from Britain arrived in Cyprus recently, and was welcomed at the hostel by a Cypriot " Waaf" recruited earlier this year. An R.A.F. recruiting officer recently arrived on the island to enlist Cypriote for ground staff crews, and applications are already flowing in. Kangaroo A CURTISS COMMANDO has carried a Sikorsky YR-4B army helicopter to a northern airfield where it was re quired for cold weather tests. The helicopter was, of course, dis- A' mantled for stowage, the cabin section complete with engine being detached from the rest of the fuselage. The latter proved the most awkward piece to tuck in. To Aid Scientific Research E IGHTY Fellowships in scientific re search, having an average value of /600 per annum, are being offered to nine selected universities in Great Britain by I.C.I. The proposed allocations are:—Ox ford, Cambridge and London, 12 each; Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Man chester and Birmingham, eight each; and four to Durham University. U p-to-the-Minute VIATION-MINDED Wayne Uni versity in Detroit," says National Aeronautics, "stole a march last month on the rest of the nation's colleges with the announcement that it will offer a course in jet-propulsion at the next term in September." The course is to be given under the direction of Mr. Arthur A. Locke, head of the aeronautics engineering depart ment at the university, which has been gathering material on the subject since May, 1943. Death of Airways M.O. COLONEL FREDERIC PERCIVAL MACKIE, of Mark, Somerset, whose death at the age of 69 is announced, was formerly an honorary surgeon to the King. He joined Imperial Airways as medical adviser in 1937 and, with a col league, effected a method of destroying mosquitoes in aircraft. He was also chief medical officer to B.O.A.C. Col. Mackie served 29 years in the Indian Medical Service, and was on the Younghusband expedition to Tibet. A R.C.A.F. Mission for Pacific IR VICE-MARSHAL L. F. STEVEN- GLOBAL TOUR : Mr. A. C. Campbell Orde (left), assistant to Lord Knollys, snapped with Mr. Erik Nelson, manager of the North Atlantic Return Ferry Service, at Vancouver, during his tour of B.O.A.C. routes, U.S. aircraft plants, and Canadian airlines. Pacific Coast Defences, is leading a party of R.C.A.F. officers to the Pacific war theatre '' to acquire information which would be of use to the R.C.A.F. should
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