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1946
1946 - 0098.PDF
JANUARY 17TH, 1940 HERE AND THERE the R.A.F. (including the VolunteerReserve and Special Reserve), the Auxili- ary Air Force, the Women's AuxiliaryAir Force and Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service. Former members otthe R.N.A.S., the R.F.C. and the Women's Royal Air Force are also elig-ible for membership. It is hoped to arrange a meeting forall members early in the New Year and for the club to be taken under the wingof the R.A.F. Association. In the mean- time, subscriptions should be sent to thePublic Auditor, c/o The Manager, Pro- vincial Bank, Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin,Eire. Exclusively Yours ONE of the more amiable by-productsof war's grimmer moments is the "escaping" club; for example, theCaterpillar Club for those who have " hit the silk" in dead earnest, the GoldfishClub for those who have returned to base via a rubber dinghy, and the WingedBoot Club for those who have hoofed it home over the African desert.A less general organisation is the "319 Club," whose members are drawn fromthe first batch of R.A.F. pupils to go to the U.S. for flying instruction. Theirhon. secretary is Mr. A. W. Hayward, 5, Radnor Court, Kenton Lane, HarrowWeald, Middx. (Tel.: Grimsdyke 345), who would like to hear from all membersin order to arrange a reunion. Incidentally Flight often receives en-quiries about clubs of this kind and, as some have more or less petered out, weshould like to hear from the secretaries of those still functioning so that we canpass on the " gen." EXPERIMENTAL AMPHIBIAN : Designated the XPBM-5A, this amphibiousversion of the Martin Mariner patrol-bomber weighs 30 tons and is claimed to be the biggest of its kind in the world. News in Brief IT is announced that the Fokker air-craft factory at Amsterdam is to build aircraft for the Dutch Governmentin order to save foreign exchange. In the meantime, K.L.M. has lecentlyacquired 14 Skymasters from the U.S. The Society of Model AeronauticalEngineers is circularising club secretaries, the trade, and influential persons inter-ested in aviation, setting forth a seven point programme ranging from technicaleducation to the establishment of a cen- tral headquarters in London, and sup-ported by a message from Sir Frederick Handley Page. The use of photo-graphs as "silent salesmen " in Britain'sexport drive is the idea behind a '' Photo-graphy and Export Exhibition" to bestaged soon after next Easter by the Insti-tute of British, Photo- graphers. This shouldinterest firms in the aviation industry,and full details can be had from the Insti-tute at 49, Gordon Sq., London, W.C.i.(Tel. Euston 3143.) • * • Flight is authori-tatively informed that there is no foundationfor the reports that the Secretary of Statefor Air, Viscount Stansgate, intends toresign his office. Vis- count Stausgate ac- TUDOR'S TANK-AGE. Three flexible containers with acombined capacity of 1,170 gal. of fuelfit into this tunnel in the wing of theTudor I ; they are drawn into positionby cables. cepted his post without any stipulationthat he was only prepared to hold his appointment for a limited period. * • J» The Canadian Air Minister, Col. theHon. Colin Gibson, arrived in Britain recently to begin an inspection of allR.C.A.F. units overseas, especially those of the occupation force. He landed atNortholt in the Canadian Prime Minis- ter's silver Liberator and was accom-panied by the Deputy Air Minister, Mr. H. F. Gordon, and the Air Secretary,Group Capt. T. Macfarlane. * * » The death is reported on New Year'sDay of Mr. Ernest A. C. Dell, chief draughtsman to Tecalemit, Ltd., whosuccumbed to an attack of pleurisy after an illness of only a few days. He hadbeen with the company for more thaii 13 years. * * * Mr. E. L, Gandar Dower, managingdirector of Allied Airways, is one of a party of six M.P.s who left Croydon lastweek by Transport Command Dakota to visit Austria for the purpose of study-ing social and housing conditions in that country. * • * An aircraft modellers' scaled drawingof the D.H. Vampire, with various fuse- lage, wing and tail boom sections shown,is one of the features of the January number of Model Aircraft, the journal ofthe Society of Model Aeronautical Engi- neers. With this issue, the journsiappears in a new and enlarged form. * * • Mr. E. Hudson has retired from theboard of Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., after 25 years as a director; for 20 years healso acted as the company's secretary. His place on the board has been takenby the present secretary, Mr. A. F. Jopling, who joined the present companyshortly after its incorporation in 1936. * * * In the article on " Heathrow Airport,"on page 37 of last week's issue, reference was made to the removal of silt fromgravel pits which obstructed the con- struction of the main runway. The figuregiven should have read "600,000 cu. yd."
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