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1945
1945 - 2054.PDF
OCTOBER I8TH, I945 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE examinations, and it is an eloquent signof the times that, as clearly shown by an example before us, the modernschoolboy is credited at this stage with knowing the difference between true airspeed and ground speed, and between course and track, as mere items ofgeneral knowledge and not as technical terms in the science of navigation. French "Skycycle"M . CHARLES TILLON, French AirMinister, announced last week that mass production of a 40 h.p. "baby"aircraft will be started in France as soon as shortage of materials and airfields isovercome. This is part of a plan to build threetypes of tourist aircraft, the others being a four-seater 200 h.p. machine with acruising speed of 143 m.p.h. costing ^2,500, and a two-seater of 140 h.p. witha cruising speed of 131 m.p.h. costing /2,O00. A New Office SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM STREET,who has been Permanent Under- secretary of State for Air since jgjgand whose photograph appears at the AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHURHARRIS returned to England last week after visiting South Africa andRhodesia at the invitation of the two Governments. * * * The British Airline Pilots' Associati'onhas now moved its offices from the tem- porary wartime accommodation in ParkLane to new premises in Suites 5 and 6, 9-10, Marble Arch, London, W.r. * * • An aircraft designed specially to carry horses is reported to have been developed by the Fairchild concern. In addition to nine horses standing three abreast, the flying horse-box accommodates two stable boys and their gear. » * * The U.S. flying boat Hawaii Mars,which crashed into Chesapeake Bay dur- ing a test flight some weeks ago, is re-ported to have been salvaged and taken to the Martin Middle River plant for thecause of the accident to be investigated. * * * Reuter reported last week that, in thenew R.A.F. two-way service which is taking Indian troops home and bringingBritish troops back from India, "scores of Dakotas, Stirlings and Liberatorsare landing at Karachi at the rate of one every 20 minutes. A huge transit camphas been opened for the men at the air- fiekl. * * %t Mr. J. P. Herriot has joined the tech-nical staff of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., as assistant to Dr. S. G. Hooker on gasturbine engines. Since 1940 he has been on loan to Rover and Rolls-Royce fromM.A.P., where he had held an A.I.D. appointment since 1927, and has beenconcerned in the development of jet-pro- pulsion units. SUSPENSE! A cafrte"landing" system In- vented by Capt. J. H.Brodieof the U.S.A.A.F. was uifed towards the end of the w&for A.O.P. types as show,; here. After the planehooked the hanging loop friction device brakes it to astandstill within the limits of the supporting cable. foot of this page, hasbeen seconded from his post to become the Per-manent Secretary of a new office which theGovernment has decided to establish under theresponsibility of the Duchy of Lancaster. This new office willhandle the affairs of the British element of theControl Commissions for Germany and Austria. During Sir ArthurStreet's absence, Sir Wil- liam Brown will act asPermanent Under-Secre- tary for Air. News in. Brief A W.A.A.F. corporal, who chanced tobe the 100,000th passenger carried by a wing of R.A.F. Transport Commandoperating for Service personnel between Croydon and the Continent, was pre-sented with a bottle of champagne on- arrival at Croydon. With the wine shealso received a " happy landing " letter and the congratulatj«8Hfcgf the CO. The Joint Aircfeft was established on Eept and is believed- tol Hjfve Anglo-America Sir Arthur Street, Permanent Under-secretary for Air, who has been seconded to a new Government office. World War II, has been dissolved bv Mr.Robert P. Patterson, the U.S. Secretary of War, with the approval of the BritishAir Committee. It furnished the com- bined Anglo-American machinery for acontinuous review of aircraft production, standardisation in production, and forallocation of deliveries according to tactical requirements. nger aircraft and airport build-ings ate among the many things which thfc; Ceitral Institute of Art and Design,' icii Sir Charles Tennyson is chair- win ts to see planned and. decoratedin a rrjlniier likely to gain international prestige for British industrial art. TheIns^rflute is campaigning for an am- ious programme to make Britain theart centre of Europe, • * * The entire share capital of KentAlloys, Ltd., has been purchased by Dawney, Day and Co., Ltd., but thepolicy of the former will remain un- changed under the general-managershipof Mr. F. H. Hoult. The sale was sanc- tioned by the Ministry of Supply and Air-craft Production after a recommendation by the board of Short Brothers, Ltd. * * * Lt. Gen. Sir \V. G. Lindscll has beenappointed by the Government to secure the orderly release of requisitioned fac-tory space now urgently needed for th« expansion of home and export trade toprovide full employment. Among 24 more Government factories recently allo-cated to manufacturers is one on the Watford By-pass, in which Savage andI'arsons, Ltd., will produce electrical equipment, and one at Walton, Livrr-pool, acquired by D. Napier and Son, Ltd., and the English Electric Co., Ltd.,for the manufacture of aircraft engines and for electrical engineering.
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