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1945
1945 - 1842.PDF
SEPTEMBER 2OTH, T945 FLIGHT 303 Another "Fastest pAPT. AMORY J. V_y one of the Ameri Hue' rt Air-in passen- ^ :ord for a com-'n Botwood (New- •ynes on Wed., Sept.is time was nine hours 23 s—six minutes less than the pre- IGUS record. wars /merci , f ioundl, Sweden and Shannon i COU,NT LEVENHMIFh t^&idonManager forlSwedipn KiaJmes, has acilities atthe value as a pos-ransatlantic air- SutCTror^Jitockholm. It isflerstood that he is returning to Sweden at the end of the moath. X LEY.ENH for just made an inthe Shannon/Air of tfe lafiij base' Under Control ,dio stationtion 0|» Sept* to lar;'"ce: theVaferre* proviS|on 'ol t\3\ver and_ Sflnto opera- he first aircraftfrom the new Dakota. Some of'already basing trans- ~ where made for the serving of a thousand meals a day. Blackburn Apprentices TWO brothers, Raymond ynd ErnestWilks, of Brough, have both achieved successes in connection withtheir aeronautical studies at the Hull Technical College and Hull UniversityCollege. Raymond Wilks, the elder IT COMES OUT HERE : The jet orifice of the Goblin engine of the de HavillandVampire. The Vampire was demonstrated over London by Mr. Geoffrey de Havilland during the Thanksgiving Week celebrations on Saturday last. brother, at present employed in the aero-dynamics department of Blackburn Air- craft, Ltd., and an ex-apprentice underthe Society of British Aircraft Construc- tors scheme, has been awarded the Ap-prentice Gold Medal and Prize by the Hull Iron Trades Association as the bestapprentice attending the Hull Municipal Technical College during the session 1943/4- Ernest Wilks, who last year won thescholarship of £100 awarded by Mr. 'Robert Blackburn, Chairman of Black-burn Aircraft, Ltd., for the student who attains the highest marks in the OrdinaryNational Certificate examination, has just completed the first year of thecourse for the Diploma in Aeronautics at Hull University College. He has beenawarded the Amy Johnson scholarship for the best first-year student in thecourse. Victory Bells A VICTORY BELL appeal in aid ofthe R.A.F. Benevolent Fund was launched last week-end when Will Hayauctioned special bells cast by famous Battle of Britain pilots. A sum of £3,500was realised. These handbells are cast from metal obtained from Germa'n air- craft shot down over this country andare being sold to the public at ^1 each. The whole of the gas and electricityundertakings throughout the country have put their showrooms at the dis-,posal of the appeal committee. Every golf club and many of the leading storeshave also agreed to carry a stock of bells. Back on the Map CHANNEL ISLANDS AIRWAYS,LTD., announce that Commander C. O. Waters, R.N.V.R., A.R.Ae.S., theGeneral Manager of the Company and of its associates, Jersey Airways, Ltd., andGuernsey Airways, Ltd., has been ap- pointed Managing Director of all threeCdr. Waters, who has now resumed residence in Jersey, was released fromwartime service with the Royal Naval Air Arm in the autumn of last year whenhe relinquished the position of Deputy Superintendent of the largest R.N. Air-craft Repair Yard in Great Britain in order to reconstruct the Channel Islandsair services. Movements by Air DURING last year the R.A.F. evacu-ated 300,000 sick and wounded from all fronts. Between D-Dav and FOR BIG BOMBS : Th; Avro Lincoln, concerning which a few bare details are now released by the Air Ministry. Dimen-sions : Span 120ft. ; Length 78ft. 3|in. ; Height 17ft. 3|in. ; Wing area 1,421 sq. ft. ; Weight 75,000 lb. approx. Crew of seven is carried. Mk. I has four Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 engines of 1,750 h.p. each, driving four-bladed Rotol hydraulicairscrews. The Mk. II has Merlin 68's of the same horsepower and de Havilland hydromatic airscrews. Some aircraft have two 20 mm. cannon in the mid-upper turret but the usual arrangement is 2 x -5m. in nose, 2 X 'Sin- in mid-upper, IX "Sin. under fuselage and 2 x-5"i- in tail turret.
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