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1944
1944 - 2244.PDF
466 HERE THE Appointment T HE Air Ministry has announced the appointment of Acting Air Cmdre. Albert Fletcher, C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C., to be Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer on liaison, with B.O.A.C., H.Q. Transport Command. Back in Civvy Street WING'CDR. j. c. CANTRILL, for many years manager and chief representative of the aircraft department of Cellon, Ltd., and who rejoined the R.A.F. on the outbreak of war, has resigned his commission and resumed his position with Cellon, Ltd. To Plan for Peace SIR CHARLES BRUCE-GARDNER, for five years chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the holder of several official appoint ments since 1938 connected with aviation •planning and supply, has been appointed Chief Executive for Indusfrial Reconver sion at the Board of Traf Eire's Free Amport THE Shannon AirportMt Foyjies^ become a free port »r air —the first in the time restriction: laxed., Legfelatioi cisiqu ,Vyhic effect ptraffiv & to \ parliament) in .V This will mean tlfat in-transit passen gers, baggage and merchandise will travel into and out of the airport with out formalities of customs and immigra tion examinations. Raspberry from Tomato-growers A CROWDED meeting, attended chiefly by market gardeners in the tomato-growing district of Marton Moss, on the outskirts of Blackpool, was held the other day to protest against the pro posed Blackpool airport scheme which would engulf a number of them. Lytham St. Annes, Fylde Rural Dis trict Council, Southport Town Council, and the Lancashire County Council are all opposed to the scheme (described and illustrated in Flight, September 21st) which has been estimated to cost no less than £30,000,000. U.S Honour for King's Physician AIR MARSHAL SIR HAROLD E. WHITTINGHAM, Director-General of Medical Services of the R.A.F., and Honorary Physician to the King since 1938, has been given the form Jeffries Award for 1944 by the U.S. Institute of ect to this de- e an important ransatlantic air ced in the Dail the Aeronautical Sciences in recognition of. his contributions to aeromedical research. Sir Harold, who in 1934 initiated and organised all medical research of the R.A.F., and whose research work covers almost the entire aeromedical field, is to be presented with the award at the insti tute's "Honours Night" dinner next January. To Dominate the Enemy T HE new Consolidated Vultee bomber, the B-32, which is in the same class as the B-29 Superfortress, has been named the "Dominator." It is being produced at two of the company's fac tories, but all information on production and performance is still witheld by the U.S. War Department. Cargo Version of B-29 BOEINGS are reported to be building a double-decked transport version of the B-29 Superfortress which, it is expected, will be ready to fly within a few months The chief modification from the B-29 is a new and larger fuselage, and the new Boeing is said to have " top com mercial possibilities" as a long-range passenger airliner after the war. It will be larger than any transport aircraft now flying, though not as big as the huge passenger airliner now under way at the Consolidated Vultee plant at Fort Worth J-* Air Marshal Sir Harold E. Whittingham Aviation in South Africa A REGULAR internal air service is to begin operation in South Africa within a few weeks, it was recently announced by the Union's Minister of Transport, Mr. F. C. Sturrock. Discussions were taking place with the British Government, he said, with a view to the establishment of a London- South Africa service, via Cairo, in 48 hours .x Home Support for White Paper THE Joint Air Transport Committee of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of British Industries, and the London Chamber of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the J.A.T.C.A.B.C.C.F.B.I.L.C.C. !) has ex pressed its general approval of the Government's proposals set forth in the recent White Paper on international air transport. In a communication to Lord Swiriton, Minister of Civil Aviation, however, it is pointed out (among other things) that the phrase "country of origin" needs to be clearly defined, as it is essential that all aircraft of the British Common wealth and Empire should be regarded as having one country of origin. It also recommends that any international con vention into which the British Empire may enter shall be determinable in five years. Slight Slip IN the paragraph announcing the new company recently formed by West- land Aircraft, Ltd., which appeared in our issue of October 19th, the name of the new concern was inadvertently given as Western Engineers, Ltd. This should, of course, have been Westland Engi neers, Ltd. Swedish Complaint T HE Swedish newspaper, Dagsposten, is by no means in favour of the re opening of the air service with Britain by their Aerotransport concern. In a recent editorial, the paper accuses the airline's managing director of break ing his promise that the service would not be renewed until he could guarantee the safety of all aircraft flying this route. Now, the newspaper points out, the service has been renewed with converted
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