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JANUARY 25TH, 1945 HERE AND THERE number of years connected with the OlleyAir Services, and was at one time man- ager of the company's depot at Brighton.He was also an air-taxi pilot. In 1938 Lord Amherst was chairmanof the British Air Line Pilots' Associa- tion. R.A.F.'s New Education Chief AIR COMMODORE A. H. ROBSONhas been appointed Director ofEducational Services, Air Ministry, in succession to Air Commodore W. M.Page, who recently retired. Air Commodore Robson, who is 52, hasbeen deputy director since 1942. After the last war he worked for the Lancashireand Dorset education authorities before entering the R.A.F. educational servicein 1923. He has held appointments at theSchool of Technical Training for Aircraft Apprentices at Halton and at the head-quarters of Flying Training Command. Immediate Objective IN a recent contribution to The Re-corder, Mr. Robert Blackburn, chair- man of Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., makesthe point that every American aircraft now used is a potential for replacementby British aircraft when they are avail- able. " The immediate object in civilaviation," he says, "is to see that directly the war in Europe ends, asmany operators as possible should be engaged in running as many air routesas possible." Point of View THE trend towards nationalisticair policies," said Air Marshal Bishop, V.C., in a recent New York in-ternational broadcast, '' is resulting in the jockeying for position in the acquisi-tion of routes. Losers in this race will become dissatisfied and the first seedsof dissension will have been sown." To avoid this he urged the formationof a world company to direct and oper^ afe world aviation, to function underwhatever form of world government is established in the peace. Invasion Supply Expert rX)L. JAMES F. EARLY, of Worces-*—' tef, Mass., and Washington, D.C-, has assumed command of the U.S.Eighth Air Force Service Command in England, replacing Brig. Gen. DonaldR. Goodrich, of Maeshall, Mich., who has received a new assignment.Col. Early has had extensive experi- ence as a supply expert for the Army AirForces. He was previously chief of supply for the Ninth Air Force, andhandled supply problems for the Tactical Air Command during the invasion ofNormandy. P.A.A. Plans PLANS for a post-war 34 hrs. air ser-vice between New York and South Africa were described at a meeting of theCivil Aeronautics Board at Washington recently, reports Reuter's correspondent.Pan-American Airways reported it re old make the trip with 59 passengersnt a single fare of $368 (/0.2). The liners would follow the new route YES, WE HAVE SOME PYJAMAS : Four pilots of a Mustang Fighter Group(E.T.O.) enjoy a final cup of tea round their stove before turning in., The " civilised '' nightwear contrasts oddly with their primitive but snug quarters. via the Azores instead of via SouthAmerica. "Unless this is done," said theofficials, "much of the travel to Africa will go to Europe and from there byforeign lines rather than by American service. '' We should operate the South Africanroute to improve the opportunity for American commerce and to foster anddevelop trade with Africa," added the Pan-American officials. Mainly for Photographers THE 1945 fixture list of the Associa-tion for Scientific Photography con- tains four Saturday afternoon meetingsat Caxton Hall, Westminster, all be- ginning at 2.30 p.m. The first is on Saturday next, January27th, when Mr. H. W. Bourne will read a paper on the subject of lighting forphotography, dealing in particular with electric discharge lamps, and will demon-strate a range of apparatus. The other three meetings are onFebruary 24th, March 31st, and April aiat, at which the subjects of spectro-graphy, high-speed cinematography, and micrography will be covered by otherspeakers. P.M.'s Foresight IT was our present Prime Ministerwho had the foresight to see that large aircraft were necessary to carry warinto other countries," said Sir Frederick Handley-Page, recalling the thirtiethanniversary of his company's first order for a twin-engined machine. Mr.Churchill, then at the Admiralty, ordered four for the R.N.A.S. Sir Frederick was making a presenta-tion of a model of a Halifax bomber to Mr. G. Heaton Nicholls, High Commis-sioner for South Africa, to commemorate a trip recently made by a Halifax toSouth Africa. The model will go to the South African War Museum.He said that he hoped that the Halifax would pave the way for others and that the next would be a civil type of air-craft. The High Commissioner, accepting thegift, said, "South Africa has become a nation of flyers." Ma/7 by the Million AT a northern terminal of R.A.F.•**• Transport Command during T944, nearly 3,000 aircraft delivered 3,183,160lb. of air mail and freight from the United States and Canada in addition topassengers, states the Air Ministry News Service. The aircraft used in this service wereall controlled by Transport Command, and were operated either by the R.A.F.,Trans-Canada Airlines, or the return ferry service run by B.O.A.C. to therequirements of Transport Command. Well over 500,000 lb. of mail andfreight were carried from the U.K. to North America in the same period. Rubbing It In HTHE parachute section of theA U.S.A.A.F. Air Service Comnmiid repaired and packed more than 32,000parachutes during 1944. Mentioning this in a recent news item,U.S.A.A.F. headquarters remarks that these 'chutes represent more thanenough silk and nylon to have made two pairs of fully fashioned stockings forevery single woman in the Uuited States, or six pairs for every woman in GreatBritain. We call that rubbing it in—or perhapsit will enable the Allied womenfolk to feel extra virtuous in their sacrifice I AppointmentsM R. A. L. M. SOWERBY, who hasbeen on the staff of our associated journal, The Amateur Photographer,since 1936, has been appointed its editor. He was previously technical editor. Mr. R. H. Mason, honorary secretaryof the Camera Club and author of two books on photography, has beenappointed consulting art editor.
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