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1945
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JUNE 14TH, 1945 FLIGHT 629 Homeward Bound THE last Lancasters of the 6thR.C.A.F. Bomber Group, Iroquois Squadron, took off from Croft airfield,Yorkshire, last week bound for home. They were led by Sqn. Ldr. JoelAldred, of Toronto, who has 2,800 flying '.lours to his credit.t Quick Delivery NASAL EXPERIMENT. The Hawker Tornado, which differs from the proven-in- battle Typhoon in being powered by a 24-cylinder X-type Rolls-Royce Vulture engine, is here seen in experimental form equipped with a six-bladed Rotol contra- rotating c.s. airscrew. A LANCASTRIAN, - of the newB.O.A.C. service between this country and Australia, last week flewfrom Sydney to Britain in three days. It carried newspapers (among other things)and a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald dated June 2nd was received inReuter's London office in Fleet Street on the afternoon of June 5th. Jets to Boost Business "T~\HE replacement of outmoded-*- planes (by jet-propelled aircraft) is expected to give United States air-craft manufacturers better business in the next five or six years than if thejet had not been developed," said The Wall Street Journal in a recent articleheaded " Power for Planes.", Saying that jet engines lind gas tbines may make vast qjfilitary^ flej obsolete within the next feAv ye*article added that the gas tu long-range military and mercial flights was probably at least fiveyears away and that jet propulsion for small personal aircraft was unlikely inless than that period. "Aries" Flies to Canada ''THE British Lancaster Aries of the-*- Empire Air Navigation School last week flew non-stop from this country toRivers, Manitoba, covering a distance of 4,076 statute miles in 19 hr. 18 min.The Aries is now on a liaison visit to the Canadian Coastal Navigation School,and her pilot is Sqn^-fcdr. A. A. Imrie, R.C.A.F., of Tpjrorto. Navigator andOfficer in Jiftfarge of the mission is Sqn. Ldjj^Vrn&Jd Potter of Teignmouth,DevotT \ YVOVlistinguished American visitors tothiacountry lasl week extended their travels So the Co|tinent. Mr. T. P.Wr$ght,# who receiply gave the Royal Distinguished Visitors VISUAL CONTROL POINT : Five R.A.F. officers and 13 men with a VHF- equipped jeep accompany each "lift" in airborne operations. They keep Allied aircraft advised of positions taken by our troops in fast-moving fighting. Aeronautical Society's annual WilburWright Lecture, left this country for a tour of German aircraft factories—or suchas is left of them—and Dr. Th. Von Karman, of the Californian Institute ofTechnology, went on a visit to Switzer- land. Received with Thanks ''THE last of five R.A.F. airfields oecu--*- pied by the U.S.A.A.F. in Northern Ireland was handed back to the R.A.F.last week when Fit. Lt. F. J. Simmonds signed a receipt in the form of a slip ofpaper bearing the sentence " Received 1 airfield at Greencastle, Co. Down, com-prising buildings, machinery, equipment and utility services." Maj. M. L. Shock-ley acted for the U.S.A.A.F. in this transaction. Aircraft Engines to CarsO N his return from a visit to Germany,Sir Roy Fedden is relinquishing his position as technical adviser to theMinistry of Aircraft Production. He is to devote some of his energies to the pro-duction of a light car with novel features. According to The Autocar the newvehicle is of 14 h.p. and has a three- cylinder sleeve-valve, air-cooled radialengine mounted over the back axle, and an automatic torque converter. The bodywill accommodate six people. Honour for Whittle PRECEDING the reading of the Wilbur -L Wright Memorial Lecture by Mr. T. P. Wright was a pleasant little cere- mony at which Sir Roy Fedden presented to Air Commodore Whittle the Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society. This is the highest honour > which the Society can bestow, and Sir Roy recalled the long years during which the recipient was struggling for recognition. His tre- mendous enthusiasm, however, ultimately had carried him to success with his gas turbine and jet power units for aircraft. Light Metals Control A RECENT statement (not in Flight)that all control of fabrication of light metals is scheduled to end on June 30th this year, is stated by M.A.P. to be misleading and unofficial. "It is not intended," adds the Min- istry, "that all control shall come to
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