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and AIRCRAFT ENGINEER FIRST AERONAUTICAL WEEKLY IN THE WORLD .• FOUNDED WO9 Editor C. M. POULSEN Managing Editor G. GEOFFREY SMITH, M.B.E War Correspondent JOHN YOXALL Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Truditur, Sedist, London. Telephone : Waterloo 3331 (35 lines). COVENTRY i 8-10, CORPORATION ST. Telegrams: Autocar, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry 5210. BIRMINGHAM, 2: GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION ST. Telegrams : Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone: Midland 2971 (5 lines). MANCHESTER. 3 : 260 DEANSGATE Telegrams : Iliffe, Manchester. Telephone: Blackfriars 4412. GLASGOW, C.1: 26B, RENFIELD ST, Telegrams: Iliffe, Glasgow. Telephone : Central 485 7." No. 1920. Vol. XLVill. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Home and Abroad : Year, £3 I 0. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper. October 11th, 1945 6 months, £1 10 6. Thursdays, One Shilling. Outlook to JetsFrom "StringbagsT HE '' Silent Service '' spoke more eloquently than by words at Heston the other day when, as recorded in this issue, it staged a display of the latest types of Naval Air Arm aircraft. The Admiralty is to be congratulated on taking the decision to disclose so soon after the lifting of the secrecy ban the tremendous change in policy revealed by these new types, a change, incidentally, which was foreshadowed in an article in our issue of June 21st. At that time _ we were prevented H»,by existing regulations from being more specific so far as Naval air rearmament was concerned. It used to be said sneeringfy of the Navy and its air- craft that it "didn't know what it wanted and wouldn't be happy till it got it.'' The sneer was never quite true, but the fact remains that until comparatively recently the Navy policy was, not doing justice to the air. All that has changed, the first outward and visible sign being the appointments of Admiral Boyd and Vice-Admirals Troubridge and Slattery to the three key positions in the Naval Air Arm. These three have not let the grass grow under their feet (or perhaps in the case of admirals a simile includ- ing barnacles would be more appropriate) as the Heston show revealed. With such visible proof of progress in a remarkably short time, we may view with far greater confidence' than before the future of the Navy in rela-1 tion to its air service. The men now directing its des- tinies have long air experience, and we may be sure they realise to the full the implications and potentialities of the air in its relation to naval warfare. Never again, we hope and believe, will the Naval Air Arm be the Cinder- ella of the Service. The fact that some of the types shown at Heston became available too late to play a. part in the Japanese is incidental, and does not invalidate our faith in the future of the Naval Air Arm. As Admiral Slattery pointed out, they were '' rods in pickle '' for the enemy. One may be sure that, vast as is the progress marked by these types, those now in charge are looking much farther ahead. The very fact that the Navy already has earmarked two jet types (the Meteor on a carrier is illus- trated in this issue) is an indication of a far-sighted polic '. We feel that whatever the future may bring in the way of new developments, "The Navy will be there.'' Controlling Atomic Energy PRESIDENT TRUMAN has done well to send amessage to Congress on the subject of dealing withatomic energy. Promptitude was desirable, and the President wisely remarked that the discussion of the problem could not be safely delayed until the United Nations' organisation was functioning and was in a posi- tion to deal with it. The first step was to prevent the dispersal of the body of scientists who have been dealing with the problem, and so the President urged Congress to authorise a com- mission to carry on research and to take precautionary steps to keep all sources of atomic energy under control. British scientists have played their part in developing the atomic bomb; but the whole organisation is in the hands of the United States, and the world should be well content that that is so. The question may be raised whether the dropping of two bombs was really neces- sary to hasten the defeat of Japan; but certainly no country in the world is more loth than the United States to engage in war. The proposed precautions will prob- ably not prevent other nations from discovering in time •how to make atomic bombs; but at least they are calcu- lated to delay that process, and the passage of time will,
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