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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 2356.PDF
520 THE] Appointment AIR VICE-MARSHAL SIR HAZEL-TON NICHOLL (ret.) has been ap pointed controller of the R.A.F. Benevo lent Fund. R.A.F. Trains Belgian Erks CGROUND crews for the Belgian Air f Force are to be trained in the R.A.F. Technical Training Command in England under the supervision of their own nationals. Active recruiting is reported to be now in progress. R.Ae.S. Debate PRESSURE on our space has, unfor tunately, prevented us from com pleting our report of the debate on Civil aviation, the first part of which we gave last week. The concluding talks and dis cussions will be published in our next issue. Allison Jets T HE Allison Division of the General Motors Corporation of Indianapolis is to begin production of jet-propulsion units for the U.S.A.A.F. early next year, commitments up to $12,500,000 having been undertaken. Seventeen test cells have already been installed, and other additions to the Allison plant are to be made. Very Low Level T HP* Merlin engine, it is now disclosed, has been adapted to power the Cromwell tank now fighting in the Battle of Germany on the Western Front. This version of the famous Rolls-Royce aircraft engine is unsupercharged and develops about 600 b.h.p. It has been named the Meteor, and is the most powerful engine fitted to any British or American tank in production at the present time. New D.H. Managing Director MR. W. E. NIXON has been appointed managing director of the de Havil- land Aircraft Co. on the relinquishing of that office by Mr. F. T. Hearle on medical advice. Having closely collaborated with Mr. Hearle since the inception of the com pany, Mr. Nixon now takes over all the administrative and executive responsi bility previously held by Mr. Hearle, who, however, remains an active member of the board and of the subsidiary com panies. Back to Industry SIR ALAN GORDON-SMITH, who has been with M.A.P. since its formation, is being released from his post as con troller of construction and regional services in order to return to his firm. SYMBOLIC : This Armstrong Whitworth Ensign (four 900 h.p. Cyclones) of B.O.A.C. flying over the Nile is one of the pre-war British types which has kept our civil air flag flying during the war. S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd., but will continue to assist as honorary ad visor on regional organisation. His successor will be Mr. F. J. E. Brake, formerly deputy controller. England-India Record A MOSQUITO piloted by Fit. Lt. James Linton, R.A.F. Transport Command, recently flew from an airfield in the Midlands to Karachi in 14 hr. 37 min. flying time, and an overall time, including stops at El Adem (near Tobruk) and Shaibah (Persian Gulf) of 16 hr. 46 min. Average speed for the total distance was 315 m.p.h. W/O. Edwin Joseph Goudi, the navi gator, said the Mosquito '' behaved like a lady," but nevertheless she proved quite a fast young woman! Indian Tribute to R.A.F. THREE Japanese guns captured by the 33rd Indian Corps have been pre sented to an R.A.F. group operating in Burma. The gift is a token of the sol diers' gratitude for the magnificent air support they received throughout the whole of their victorious operations earlier this year, Adprned with suitably inscribed brass plates, two 47 mm. guns now stand out side the Group mess, and the third, a 105 mm. sample, decorates the purlieus of the mess at Palel airstrip. Gun crews of the R.A.F. Regiment are looking after them. Out of Control ? MR. MICHAEL DEWAR, chairman of British Timken, Ltd., recently had a few pointed things to say about Government control of industry when he spoke at the company's annual meeting recently. Saying that "the bureaucrats have not yet found it possible to control industry through one channel," he gave a list of the various ministries, controllers, and departments, which all had fingers in the pie, and quoted an M.P. to the effect that not only did the right hand not know what the left hand was doing, but the fingers of the same hand didn't even know. Many were regarding planning and '' control'' as the only hope for the future, he added, but those in industry with experience of it could only pray for a rapid return of tHe day when it would be possible to make a decision " without having to consult endless committees of people whose experience of industry is so limited as to be almost negligible." " Squirts " """P HE other day we received a note from Power Jets, Ltd., commenting upon the fact that the word "Gyrone" is being wrongly used to describe jet- propulsion units in general, and pointing out that the name is their registered trade mark and applies to their products only. Our incorrigible rhymster managed to get hold of this letter and has perpetrated* the following:— There are Power Jets called "Gyrone" And a "movie" Power called Tyrone (We only dragged his name in 'cos it rhymes), But the former, we're advised. Has been specially devised For one proprietary product of the times. There are journals, so it seems, Who, on jets, have published reams And used The Name so loosely that it hurts. But we love our English tongue Far too well to do it wrong, So we very much prefer to call them • "Squirts." Praise for the Sunderland T HE Commander-in-Chief of the Nore, Admiral Sir John Tove, paid a warm tribute to the work of the Short Sunder- lands recently. The occasion was a -per formance of " Peg O' My Heart" by the Amateur Dramatic Society of Short Brothers, which* enabled them to hand over a cheque for ^250 to the Royal Naval Benevolent Fund. In accepting the cheque, Sir John gave as an instance the case of an engagement
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