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JULY 5TH, 1945 FLIGHT AND •THERE Congratulations )HILIP G. LUCAS, G.M., F.R.Ae.S.,,cliief test pilot to Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., has been appointed to the com- any's board of directors. He joinedhawkers in 1931 as assistant to f' George ". Bulman, and thus follows hisDid chief on to the board. Petrol in Plenty S~ 1R MILES THOMAS, the Nufneldvice-chairman, has told Belfast' • Chamber of Commerce that stocks of(petrol in Britain are very high and there Iwas no reason why the basic ration toImotorists should not be trebled. In this case there seems to be veryIlittle reason why petrol should not also [be made available for flying clubs andj owner-pilots. Indeed, there is a fair chance that petrol may be released from rationing [completely when the existing couponI period expires. Making Whoopee! WHAT has been described as " one of, the most lavish parties yet given Jin liberated Europe" marked the[R.A.F.'s official farewell to Brussels. The Burgomaster of the Belgian[capital, M. Van de Meulebroeck, pre- j sented a specially designed standard to MORE POWER TO IT : The Sunderland Mk. V. differs from the Mk. Ill chieflyin being fitted with 1,200 h.p. 14-cyl. Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasps instead of 1,000 h.p. 9-cyl. Bristol Pegasus XVIIIs, with a consequent .all-round improvement• in performance. the R.A.F. and bronze plaques to AirMarshal Sir Arthur Coningham and Air Vice-Marshals Basil Einhry and HarryBroadhurst as a sign of appreciation of the part played by the R.A.F. in theliberation of his city., . - Sir R. Fairey Returns SIR RICHARD FAIREY, who recentlyretired from the position of director- geueral of the British Air Commission inWashington, has now resumed the chair- manship of the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.In 1940, being already in the U.S., he joined the British Purchasing Commis-sion as adviser to its air representative, Sir Henry Self. ' Sir Clive Baillieu, who has been act- ing as chairman of the company since1943, has retired from that position and from the board. The Halifax VI SOME more details of the Halifax VIbomber have just been released by Handley Page, Ltd., and the M.A.P.External appearance, wing span and armament are the same as those of thelater version of the Halifax III. but the mark VI is powered by 1,800 h.p. BristolHercules 100 engines instead of 1,650 h.p. Hercules XVI engines. Maximum true airspeed of the HalifaxVI is 328 m.p.h., bomb-load 14,500 ib., and range approximately 3,000 miles.All-up weight has been increased to 68,000 lb., while take-off, cruising speedand ceiling have been much improved. Memorial Service A MEMORIAL service for the passen-gers and crew of the York in which Air Chief Marshal Sir Traflord and LadyLeigh-Mallor,y were on their way to S.E.A.C. last November, and whichcrashed with the; loss ot all lives, was held last week in Westminster Abbey. Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hevvitt represented the King, and the ser- vice was also attended by members of theAir Council, Army Council, the Admir- alty Board, and representatives of theDominion and Allied Air Forces. The Hoppicopter DECKED OUT FOR THE OCCASION : This view of the U.S. Navy's 28th newaircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Lake Champlain, taken at the launching ceremony, accentuates the aptness of the term "flat-top." Beauty is indeed skin-deep 1 /T>H£ above name has been coined by -L Horace Pentecost, a young Boeingengineer at Seattle, who is reported to have obtained "encouraging results"with a device which is surely the very essence of that American term, the"personal plane." You don't sit in it, you wear it! The hoppicopter is, in fact, attachedto the user's back by a species of para- chute harness and comprises a 20 h.p.z-cylinder engine driving rotor blades which whirl above his head. A control-column is held in the -right hand and a throttle lever is arranged convenient tothe left hand. The undercarriage is, of ft'"'"; •"•5 .. 4
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