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1946
1946 - 1477.PDF
AUGUST IST, 1946 FLIGHT 109 HERE AND THERE form (flown out from England) is1,500 ft to 2,000 ft. At lower altitudes the tablets are smashed and scattered bythe forward velocity. "Flight" Instructional Posters IN order to meet the growing need forinstructional matter concerning jet ^as turbine engines, Flight is pro-^^g a number of explanatory drawings as posters, suitable for display in fac-tories, classrooms, clubs, libraries, etc. The first three posters to be publishedare of the Rolls-Royce Derwent, the de Havilland Goblin II, and the MetrovickF/3 Gas Turbine. Each poster measures 3oin x 2oin andis printed in black on stout paper. The price is 4s net for each poster; postageand packing in cardboard tube is 8d for a single copy and gd for two or threecopies. Orders can now be placed and remit-tances should be addressed to the Pub- usher, Flight Publishing Co., Ltd., Dor-set House ; Stamford Street, London,S.E.i. /THE R.A.A.F. has handed over 36 air- strips in the Commonwealth to theCivil Aviation Department, and an addi- tional 122 have been listed for disposal. * * . * y A recent flight from the Cape toJohannesburg airport in 2 hr 6 min by a Gloster Meteor of the S.A.A.F. isclaimed as a record for this 790 mile trip. • # •Wing Cdr. Falk, chief experimental pilot of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., who »was injured in a flying accident last* month, is now happily reported to beout of danger and to be progressing favourably in hospital. # * * Air Marshal* George Johnson, Com-mander of the R.C.A.F. in Europe, re- ceived the Legion of Honour at a cerev^mony, at the French Air Ministry last week, attended by the CanadianAmbassador to France, Maj. Gen. G. P. Vanier. * * » The formal signing of an agreement in /London next month will complete the negotiations between the British andSouthern Rhodesian Governments for the new air training scheme for R.A.F. pilotsand navigators in Rhodesia. Earlier this 3'ear Air Marshal Sir Roderick Hill ALPINE SPORT: A Swiss Si8 high-performance sailplane at the catapult launchingsite at the top of the Muottas Muraigl mountain in the Engadine, not far from St. Moritz. In the valley is Samaden airfield, the highest in Europe. New$ in headed an Air Ministry mission toSouthern Rhodesia to discuss the pro- posed scheme, and agreement wasreached without any difficulty. ... y Flight regrets to record the death ofWing Cdr. F. A. Swoffer, M.B.E., who was appointed Controller of the Statesof Guernsey Airport when it was first opened in 1939 and, despite failinghealth, had been engaged on its rehabili- tation since the end of the war.* * * ^/ To-day marks the inauguration of the'' air department'' of the Czecho- slovakian National Security Corps(police), whose job will be to supervise air traffic and to hunt dangerouscriminals. The creation of air police in Britain was suggested some time agoby a Member of Parliament, but was turned down by the Home Secretary.The Croix de Guerre with p one of the highest French decorationsfor gallantry—has been awarded to Miss Phyllis Latour, now on the staff of EastAfrican Airways, for her services a's a British agent behind the German linesin France when a section officer in the W.A.A.F. She made several parachutedrops to work with the Maquis and » was awarded the M.B.E. some monthsago. That the motor industry had teen re-sponsible for over 80 per cent of the s peak war production of aircraft engines ywas mentioned by the Minister of Sup- ply, Mr. John Wilmot, when he openedthe new headquarters of the S.M.M. & T. in London on the occasion of thetrade's "Golden Jubilee" celebrations. » • # Inventor or co-inventor in nearly 200 .^rubber patents, Dr. D. F. Twiss has retired after 32 years' service as chiefchemist to Dunlop. It was his early experiments which resulted in the self-ventilating type of sponge rubber which is so widely used in aircraft.* * # The London offices of the GravinerManufacturing Co. have now been trans- ferred from Osterley tg^No 53, Pall Mall,London, S.W.i. ~" BIGGEST BOMBER : The Consolidated-Vultee XB-36 (six Double Wasps) is towed out for taxying tests at Fort Worth, Texas. Weighing over 100 tons this is the world's largest bomber. The tip of the fin is 55 feet high—equivalent to a five-storey building.
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