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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 0014.PDF
FLIGHT JANUARY 3RD, 1940 THERE Austers Away!T HE first two Auster three-seaters tocome off the peacetime production line at Taylorcraft's factory at Kearsbywere handed over to their respective pur- chasers—business men from Birminghamand Nottingham—a few days before Christmas. For Long Range Patrol A NEW patrol aircraft for the U.S.Navy has been announced by New York radio quoted by Reuter, and iscalled the Midwing. Beyond the bare statement that it isa land-based twin-engined type of some 4,600 h.p. with a range of 5,000 miles,and that it carries a crew of seven, no details have been released at the timeof writing—not even the maker's name. Alvis Aircraft Engine MENTION that the firm had "de-signed a g-cylinder radial aircraft engine of medium horse-power to meetwhat we believe to be a most urgent post- war requirement," was made in the chair-man's statement to shareholders of Alvis, Ltd., at the recent annual generalmeeting. Mr. Nicholson added that it had beendecided to put in hand a small number of these engines to meet existing andlikely enquiries "for installation in cer- THE JET DRONE, KDN-i, used in a demonstration of radio control by the U.S. Navy at Atlantic City, was released from the Catalina and then controlled by theHelldiver. The potentialities are obvious. tain civil prototype machines" to be produced during the next 12 months. It will be remembered that Alvis intro- duced a range of radial engines before the recent war, one of which was the 9-cylinder Leonides of 450 h.p. A Celebrated Name THE Bristol firm of Aero Engines,Ltd., as announced by the chair- man, Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, in hisspeech at the annual general meeting re- cently, is to change its name to that ofDouglas (Kingswood), Ltd., and its post- war programme is centred on the pro-duction of Douglas motor cycles, begin- ning with a 350 c.c. model recently RECORD POSTSCRIPT: During an informal party at the Royal Aero Club onDecember 19th, a certificate of performance was presented to Group Capt. H. J. Wilson, A.F.C., the air speed record holder, by Lord Gorell, chairman of the club.Among many other well-known aviation, people present was Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur Tedder, G.C.B. described in The Motor Cycle, and theDouglas industrial truck. During the war, this firm has beenengaged in the manufacture of aircraft wings and other units, industrial trucks,and several models of Douglas fiat-twin engines (a type synonymous with thename) employed in radar equipment, generating sets and other war purposes. Airworthiness RequirementsT HE Air Registration Board announcethe issue of eleven additional sub- sections to British Civil AirworthinessRequirements. Numbered A.24 to A.27 and C.I to C.7, these deal mainly withtests of piston engines. B.C.A. Requirements and amendmentsare obtainable at a price of £2 2s. for the complete series (half-price to licensedground engineers) from the Air Registra- tion Board at Brettenham House, Lan-caster Place, Strand, London, W.C.2. Christmas Ambiguity '"FHE rush inseparable from going to•*• press with our December 27th issue before the Christmas holidays must beheld responsible ior the somewhat am- biguous wording of the inscription undera diagram on page 672, which may have given the impression that the diagramrepresented a Halford H.I jet engine. Actually, of course, it showed a"straight-through" combustion system on engines with double-sided imptiib^jpirThe Halford uses a single-sided one, which does away with the need for acentral bearing. To Teach AdministrationW ITH the object of formulating andexpounding the basic principles and technique of organisation, admin-istration, and leadership, there is shortly to be established the AdministrativeStaff College for which a suitable site outside London is at present being con-sidered. The students will be young civil ser-vants, trades union officials, and busi- ness men who will work together inteams on typical modern problems and
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