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JUNE 28TH, 1945 FLIGHT 683 Telling the World THE relationship between jetpropulsion and the gas turbine •was explained in the simplest possible termsby Dr. Roxbee Cox, chairman of the Government-owned Power Jets (Kcsearchand Development), Ltd., in a 15-minute broadcast last Friday evening on theHome Service. Being intended to interest (and beunderstood by) the general listening public, the talk was, of course, limitedto the most elementary outline of the subject. "Smithy and Ulm" FLT. LT. PETER KINGSFORDSMITH, D.F.C., and P/O. John Ulm, nephew and son respectively of that great Australian pioneering partnership, the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the late Capt. C. T. P.- Ulm, met in London recently while on leave in this country. Both pilots were liberated from P.o.W. camps just before VE-Day. Kingsford Smith had had to crash-land his fidk- riddled Halifax in France in February, 1943, and, eluding capture for twenty- three days, almost escaped into Spain, while Ulm, flying a Spitfire on a train- busting sortie in Italy, was also brought down by fab and captured by the Germans. IT NECESSARILY FOLLOWS : Tails with aerofoil fins which set the R.A.F.'ssuper-heavy bombs spinning ensure even greater accuracy. The method of their attachment is clear from this picture. Missing Aircrews order to establish the fate of aircrewswho are still missing from operations during the war in Europe, the AirMinistry has set up a Missing Research and Enquiry Service in conjunction withthe Dominion Air Force authorities. The service is already operatingthroughout France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Holland will be covered next,then Norway, Denmark and, finally, Ger- many itself. A similar organisation is atwork in Italy and the Balkans. With the assistance of local people itis often possible to obtain evidence of death and to identify the occupants ofunknown graves. In view of the largenumber of cases to be dealt with and the largearea to be covered, it will be some time beforea review of all cases can be completed. Rotol Contra-Prop SOME details, not pre-viously available for publication, are to hand on the Rotol six-bladed contra-rotating airscrew shown fitted to a Tornado the picture which headed this page in our issue of June 14th. This airscrew is at present limited to the AT THE MIGHTY WURLITZER : The flight-engineer of the B-29 has quite a pretty array of dials, knobs and levers to keep him pleasantly occupied, and his status has just been raised to include commissioned rank. non-feathering type and has a pitchrange of 35 degrees. It is designed for a double, contra-rotating engine shaftin which one shaft rotates within the other. The front half of the unit is fitted tothe inner (No. 4 SB AC) shaft and is left- handed, and the rear half fits on theouter shaft (No. 6 SBAC) and, of course, is right-handed. The swept circle mea-sures ioft.'4in. and the weight is 405 lb. without the spinner. R.A.F. Yacht Club "VTACI1T1NG enthusiasts in the RAF.•*- will be interested to learn that applications for membership of theR.A.F. Yacht Club may now be made without the normal requirement of a pro-poser and seconder provided the appli- cant is recommended by his unit orstation commander holding a rank not lower than Group Captain. Subscriptions at the rate of £1 is. perannum will be reinstated as from July 1st, and two of the "X" boats,Typhoon and Exile, are now in commis- sion at Calshot and can be used at pre-war charges. The club's annual meeting has beenfixed for 3 p.m. on Friday, July 27th, at the R.Ae.S. premises, 4, Hamilton Place,London, W.i, and the hon. sec. is Capt. A. G. Lamplugh, c/o R.A.F. Club, T28,Piccadilly, London, W.i. Coventry's Privilege? /"^OERING should be handed over to vJ the people of Coventry so that they could mete out justice, said Mr. Leslie Clement Ilaylen, Labour Member of the Australian House of Representatives, recently. He was protesting against what he termed "the extraordinary soft-hearted treatment accorded the arch-Fascist, Goering, after his capture." "Australians, still at war, were hurt and distressed at Goering parading in uniform with medals, posing for photo-
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