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332 FLIGHT MARCH 29.TH, 1945 French Aircraft ProductionM . CHARLES TiLLON, the FrenchAir Minister, in a speech at Cannes quoted by French radio, said that 2,000aircraft would be produced in French fac- tories this year. Canadian Air Chief Retires AIR MARSHAL L. S. BREADNERA.O.C.-in-C. of the R.C.A.F. over- seas since November, 1943, has retiredand is to be succeeded by Air Vice- Marshal G. O. Johnson, formerly C.-in-C.Eastern Air Command. King Visits Cotton MillsW HEN the King and Queen madetheir recent Lancashire tour, one of the places they visited was the Dunlopcotton mill at Rochdale where they watched cloth being made for the anti-blackout suits worn by dive-bomber pilots. Escapists A GERMAN aircraft landed recently inEastern Blekinge, according to a Swedish Defence Stafi announcement,quoted by Swedish radio, Reuter re- ported. There were two men and two women onboard, who were taken into military custody. High Promise IN announcing the P-80 Lockheed"Shooting Star" jet plane, the New York herald Tribune headed its note"Tops 700 m.p.h." and mentioned "a new type of wing with a knife-like lead-ing edge and other aerodynamic inno- vations that master the problemsencountered when the speed of sound is approached or surpassed" The statement adds that the P-80has the first pressurised cabin on a production-model fighter. A Radial "Judy"? FROM the Pacific area comes newsof a new type of Japanese dive- bomber which has been described as"resembling a radial-engined version of ' Judy.' " The Judy II dive-bomber and TonyI fighter are, so far as is definitely known at present, the only two Japaircraft to be powered by in-line, liquid-cooled engines—thought to beJap versions of the Mercedes-Ben/ DB 603. Distinguished Guests SIR WILLIAM P. HILDRED, theD.G.C.A., and several . other guests distinguished in civil aviation,have accepted the invitation to the "Gapan" annual dinner to be held PEL : This photograph of a model of the Miles M.60 (four DH G'psyerimposed on a landscape gives a realistic impression of the projected -•' '"• which will accommodate 14 passengers and a crew of two.aircraft at 4, Hamilton Place, W.i, on April 5th.In view of the demand for tickets, those members of the Guild, andB.A.L.'P.A., who wish to attend are asked to notify the Guild as quickly aspossible, and in any case before April 3rd, giving the names of their guests, ifany. Bendix Helicopter A NEW design of Bendix helicopter re-cently illustrated by an artist's drawing in a U.S. periodical shows it tobe of the two-rotor type with a fuselage shaped like a bullet. It is said to be of 300 h.p. with a cruis-ing speed of 120 m.p.h. and to seat four people, and " many exclusive features ofcontrol and stability " are claimed for it. "Occuuation ? ' "Salvage reclama' Written Off SINCE Pearl Harbour, U.S. Army,Navy and Marine Corps pilots have destroyed more than 20,000 Japanese air-craft, according to a tabulation of official War and Navy Department reports r&-leased in Washington recently. Effective Support- • TN the nine months since D-Day, the-*- R.A.F. Transport Support Group Has flown about 35,000 passengers to theContinent and brought about 30,000 back to Great Britain. Additionally ithas taken over more than 19,000 tons of freight and 950 tons of mail, andbrought back to these shores over 600 tons of freight and 1,050 tons of mail.Air crews "who had baled out or force-landed and cases of compassion-ate leave are among its regular passengers. ^ Flying 'Frige T3EFRIGERATED aircraft n o «--£»• carry 300 tons of meat every wed; from a recently completed cold storagedepot at Calcutta to the men in Burma, many of whom thus enjoyimported frozen meat three times a week—and are thus nearly as wellfed as Hun prisoners in G.B. ! ; When similar depots are completedat Madras and Bombay (they are now being built), the'scheme will be ex-tendgjff to include every British soldier • serjifng in India and Burma. rR.A.F. Men in South Africa ANY R.A.F. personnel serving inSouth Africa who wish to remain jth.ere after the war would appear toassured of the help of the Union's ivernment. % The Union Minister of the Interior,•If. C. F. Clarkson, recently told the
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