FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1945
1945 - 0012.PDF
HlG HT JANUARY 4TH, 1945 Brazilian AirmenA SECOND contingent of the BrazilianAir Force is shortly to join the Allies on the Western Front, said Riode Janeiro Radio recently. Brazilians are already fighting with theAllies on the Italian Front. American Jet Engine '"PHE first American-designed jet propul- .-*- sion aircraft engine has been developed for the Navy Bureau, announced Mr.George Buchcr, chairman of the Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing Com-pany last week. He claims that the engine is "expected to produce morepounds thrust per given amount of weight than any engines brought toAmerica from abroad." Trade AppointmentE NGLISH STEEL CORPORATION,LTD., announce that Mr. F. Pick- worth, F.CJI.S., has been appointedmanaging director of the corporation and its subsidiaries, the Darlington Forge,Ltd., and Industrial Steels, Ltd. Mr. F. S. Beale, A.C.I.S., at present assist-ant secretary, is appointed secretary of the corporation. Capt. Aciand ResignsI T is announced that Capt. P. D.Aciand, managing director of Per- cival Aircraft, Ltd., since 1940, is sever-ing his connection with that company. It will be recalled that the shipowningfirm of Hunting and Son, Ltd., recently acquired control of Percivals. Other companies in the Hunting groupare Hunting Aviation, Ltd., Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., and Field Consoli-dated Aircraft Services, Ltd. Junior Artist Wanted A VACANCY now exists in the artists'department of Iliffe and Sons Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London,S.E.I, for a junior technical artist aged 17 years or over. Applicants must not be eligible forcall-up and should live, or be prepared to live, in or near London. All applica-tions should be made by letter, enclos- ing specimen drawings of mechanicalsubjects. Glasgow R.Ae.S. ElectionsM AJ. F. A. BUMPUS, managingdirector of the Blackburn Aircraft Co., Ltd., was elected president of theGlasgow branch of the R.Ae.S. at their first annual meeting held just beforeChristmas. Other officers elected were: Mr. RobertMclntyre. (chief designer, Prestwick Air- port), chairman; Mr. G. F. P. Fox(material engineer), vice-chairman; Mr. David B. R. Briant, secretary; and Mr.E. Loveless (chief stressman), treasurer. THE PACKET is the name bestowed on?transport (two 1,600 h.p. Double Wasps) des Loaded weight is about 40,0001b. < is Fair child C«2, a twin-boomedned primarily JLor post-war business, top speed atom 200 m.p.h. "Wasps" Stand Down 'T'HE U.S. Women's Air Force Service-L —the "Wasps"—have now been ordered to stand down after two years'duty with the U.S.A.A.F. at home, and it is. reported that during that periodthey have flown more than 75,000,000 miles. Their " Queen Wasp," Miss JacquelineCochran, explained that they were being released because the shortage of malepilots which existed in 1942 had now been "effectively corrected." New Argentine Factory A NEW factory for the production o£civil aircraft was recently opened in the Argentine by the Sociedad IndustriaMetalurgica y Plastica Argentina (more briefly known as hnpa). The inaugural ceremony, attended byCol. Juan Domingo Peron, the Argentine Vice-President, and members of theGovernment, was marked by a flying demonstration in which gliders and" new types of aircraft built in the fac- tory " took part. Tempest Squadron's Hundredth A HOLLAND-BASED Tempest squad-ron of R.A.F. 2nd T.A.F. has just scored its century of enemy aircraftdestroyed. This has brought a telegram of congratulations from the 2nd Army,'' Congratulations on your Hundredth Hun. The faster the better." Pigeon's Record Flight A YOUNG pigeon of R.A.F. PigeonService has created what is believed to be the world's record pigeon flight.Sent to Gibraltar with a number of young companions to replenish the lofts,he was left to resettle, but preferred home, flying back to Gillingham, a dis-tance of 1,090 miles. Bred during 1944, the pigeon had previ-ously flown 300 miles west of his Kentish station. He has been christened " PerArdua." French Air Industry Busy ALTHOUGH materials and skilled•£*• labour are scarce, France is already getting her aircraft industry going againand 400 factories are reported to be already working, employing at least23,000 machine tools. A new Government-controlled aircompany is being formed to take over Air France, and eighteen main airfields are to be prepared without delay,with another fifty secondary ones to come at a later date. Five-star Generals /CREATION of the new U.S. rank ofV-/ General of the Army, the equivalent of a British Field Marshal, is reportedto have raised the problem of how to find room for five silver stars on a normalshoulder strap. It just couldn't be - done, it seems. , —* So the new five-star generals will de-note their rank by five little '' pips'' only fin. across, set in a circle. Wehaven't had the privilege of meeting one yet, but the official description of thenew type of star is " plain, raised, and rounded." A Miles' Innovation A BLIND shorthand-typist employedby Miles Aircraft, Ltd., has pro- duced in Braille a summarised version ofthe firm's wall newspaper. This will enable their other blind workers to keepabreast of current affairs and to partici- pate to a fuller extent. in the generalactivities. With its success established after thefirst issue, the question of obtaining requisite number of monthly copies hasbeen taken care of by Sir Ian Fraser, chairman of the executive council of St.Dunstan's, and the National Library for the Blind. Rocket-firing Mosquitoes TV/TOSQUSTO aircraft are among the•LV-L R.A.F, types using rocket pro- jectiles, it was recently disclosed by theAir Ministry. The fact was mentioned in an accountof how Mosquitoes of Coastal Command had attacked enemy shipping off theNorwegian coast '' with six-pounder can- non and rockets," leaving two merchant-men on fire and one of them sinking. It was not clear from the message ifboth types of offensive armament w-ere fitted to each aircraft taking part, or ifsome were the Mark XVIII armed with a six-pounder and four 0.303m. machineguns, while others were of an unspecified mark equipped with rockets as their chiefweapon. Polish AppreciationT HE wings of the Polish Air Forcewere recently presented to the cap- tain and leading members of the aircrewof the R.A.F. Transport Command air- craft which carried the Polish Prime
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
