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1945
1945 - 1601.PDF
F Lit HERE AND THERE (hat such a power-unit, by eliminatingthe need for large and heavy liquid fuel storage, will ultimately revolutionise airtransport. The rosiest lorecast we have so far read«ave the petrol engine'fand other current means of power) at least ten years moreuseful life before being ousted by the mighty atom. In the meantime it wouldbe rather nice to have some coal for the sitting-room fire o' wintry nights! RADIO-SONDE—a recentinvention for supplying upper-air information forweather forecasts when carrieW aloft by a smallballoon, is fitted with a windmill, driven by coni-cal cups, that operates a switch so that the "gen "is transmitted in a definite sequence. News in Brief A DELEGATION of managers, tech-•**• nicians and workers of the French aircrait industry is paying a visit toBritish factories at the invitation of the British Government. * * * Eleven K.A.A.P. schools in Victoriaand New South Wales have recently been closed down, it was announced last weekby Mr. A. Drakeford, the Australian Air Minister. * * • The U.S. Naval Air Cargo Office wasto-day transferred from Harrowbeer air- port to Exeter. All necessary arrange-ments with the local R.A.F. authorities have been completed, and construction offacilities is in progress. « * * Mr. Peter Masefield, appointed civil airattache1 in the U.S. under the recently created Ministry of Civil Aviation, hasarrived at the British Embassy in Wash- ington to take up his new duties.* * * Mr. R. L. Cumming, who joined Air-work, Ltd., as secretary in 1935, has been elected a member of the board.Wing Cdr. A. D. (" Bats ") Page has re- joined the company on his recent releaseIrom the R.A.F. * * # Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham andAir Marshal Sir James M. Robb have been awarded the Distinguished ServiceMedal by the President of the United states. The decoration is "in recogni- of valuable servicesin connection with the war.''• » • Brigadier GeneralJames A. Millison, for- mer Commander of theU.S. 15th Air Force (which operated fromItaly), has been named Commanding General,U.S. Army Air Force in the MediterraneanTheatre of Operations. He succeeds Maj. Gen.James M. Bevans, who has been given an un-disclosed assignment. Moscow radio, quoted by Reuter lastweek, reported an outstanding perform- ance by a rubber-driven model aircraftduring experiments at Novosibirsk, Siberia. The model stayed in the air for26 min. 41 sec, during which it covered over four miles and reached a height of7,600ft. Unfortunately, no construc- tional details were given. * * * The American 10th Air Force, veteransof the India-Burma campaign, will be added to the newly organised U.S. ArmyAir Force in the China theatre under the command of Lt. Gen. George Strate-meyer, Maj. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, Commander of U.S. Forces in China, an-nounced in a message from Chungking last week. SWATTED! ThePropa Gremlin depicted _in Flight, July 26th,*and discovered by Wing Cdr. Jock West whileon overseas . service, turns out to have beenan emigrant from a home-based family ofthe little pests. This cartoon from de Havil-land's "Technicalities Without Tears '' showsthat the back-room boys at Hatfleld hadalso encountered him and, moreover, speedilyadministered a coop de %race. Metal Sections, Ltd., a subsidiary ofAccles and Pollock, Ltd., has been formed at Oldbury (Staffs) to handle theincreased business in cold rolled metal sections, but will still have at its disposalthe parent company's technical resources. Mr. L. Gibbs, who has been in charge ofproduction in the past, will continue as works manager of the new company withMr. E. Bryan as sales manager. * • * A North-Western Fuel Luncheon Clubhas been formed in Manchester on similar lines to the one in London, and SirFrederick West has accepted the invita- tion to be its first president. Monthlyluncheons (to be followed by a half-hour address by a prominent speaker onvaried subjects of interest to the fuel in- dustries) are to be held, and the first hasbeen provisionally fixed for October. * * • Admiral Sir Lionel George Preston,K.C.B., chairman of Titanine, Ltd., has succeeded Mr. Eric Holgate as managingdirector. Mr. Holgate's retirement is brought about by continued ill health.He will, however, remain a director and technical adviser. Mr. FrederickGrainger, who ably deputised for Mr. Holgate during the peak period of warproduction, and who has been with Titanines for over twenty years, has re-signed his directorship and is now no longer with the company.# * * Mr. C. R. Burgess, service manager of the de Havillani Propeller Dwision in Britain, has now been appointed sales man.igei also. He joined the company in 192S as an apprentice and has been engaged in the firm's propeller division since its inception early in 1935, be- comint' assistant service manager in 1936. He was promoted service manager during the war, organised the repair of D.H. and Hamilton propellers for the European campaign, and served as repair co-ordinating officer under M.A.P., a duty which took him overseas.
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