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1946
1946 - 1723.PDF
SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1946 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE marked the close association of their two.countries and the spirit of comradeship which had united our arms throughoutthe war. "The reputation of the R.A.F. was very safely left in yourhands," he said. " Theirs is the Glory" A FILM with the above title, tellingthe story of Arnhem, is to have asimultaneous premiere in London, Arnhem and Ottawa, and will be releasediii 60 British towns on Tuesday, September 17th, the second anniversaryof the famous battle. , Very fittingly, no credits are beinggiven to the individuals who have made this film, which has no professionalactors; the only credit is to the men of ' the 1st Airborne Division who have re-enacted the epic struggle. A special performance in aid of theAirborne Forces' Security Fund is to be given at the Gaumont, Haymarket, at7.30 p.m. on September 17th. Pi)- WALKING AWAY WITH IT. Flight does not often publish pictures of crashes, but not every day can a pilot escape uninjured from such a complete " write-off "as this Meteor. The lucky man was W/O F. V. Ryan. HAVING lowered the England-Australia-New Zealand record, the Lancaster, Aries, was scheduled to leaveNew"Zealand for the Fiji Islands yester- day (after Flight had gone to press) andto fly on to Sydney to-morrow. \y- # * * • It is hoped, .within the next threemonths, to move the aviation activi- ties of the Royal Aero Club from gjPiccadilly to Londonderry House, Park Lane, and to establish the new associatemembers at headquarters there. • • * Brentford and Chiswick Model Flying /Club is to hold its annual Gala Day on1' Hounslow Heath on Sunday next, Sep-tember 8th. Prizes in the various con- tests are to the total value of ^30. # * * y/ The Glasgow branch of the R.Ae.S. isholding its first meeting of the season at Prestvvick Airport on Thursday, Septem-ber 26th, at 7.30 p.m. It will take the form of 15mm " lecturettes" by anymembers previously notifying the secre- tary of their desire to contribute. s According to the British United Prfefe,ten U.S.A.A.F. Mitchell bombers in fly- ing trim have been handed over to theChinese-owned Central Air Transport Corps by the local office of the U.S.Liquidation Commission. This, says the Shanghai message, is " in apparent directeontravention of U.S. federal regula- tions " News in Brief The P-80 which some weeks ago flewfrom Long Beach to New York in the record time of 4hr 13mm (with the helpof tail winds of well over 100 m.p.h.) has now flown from New York to Boston,a distance of 175 miles, in aimin 5osec- —an average of slightly over 558 m.p.h.Wind conditions were not stated, u # * # Howard Hughes, the Americanmillionaire pilot, who w:.s seriously in- jured some weeks ago when an aircrafthe was flying crashed into a house, was reported recently to be out of hospitaland staying with friends in Hollywood. But he will still have to spend most ofhis time in bed for several more weeks. Mr. Norman R. A. Biles has resignedfrom his position as publicity manager with Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., to takeup a post in a similar capacity with John Fowler & Co. (Leeds), Ltd. He is suc-ceeded at Brough by Mr. Clifford Hollo- well who was formerly with FaireyAviation Co., Ltd. * /The Falkirk Rolling Mills,^designed and operated for the Government duringthe war by the British Aluminium Co , Ltd., have now been acquired by themfor commercial purposes. In addition to heat-treated alloys for aircraft, the millswill produce sheet and coiled strip aluminium for many other purposes. * phenol formaldehyde type. A corre-sponding specification far the amino- plastic (urea) materials has now beenissued by the British Standards Institute. This specification (B.S.1322 : 19^6) de-fines two types of materials according to their properties, and further types willbe added later. Copies may be had from the B.S.I. Publications Dept., 28, Victoria Street, S.W.i, price 2s.* * * Three U.S. dive-bombers>^practisingover Lake Erie, mistook a cabin cruiser for their target vessel and scored a directhit on it. The cruiser was completely burnt out and the owner, rescued by afishing boat, is in hospital suffering from shock and minor injuries. The real tar-get vessel was seven miles away ! AIRSTRIP No. 30 For some years there has beenBritish Standard specification for syn- thetic resin moulding powders of the Outlining a number of defects in thepresent radar equipment, Capt. Sam Saint, manager of American Airlines' de-velopment section, says that radar in its present form cannot be relied upon tooheavily for airline navigation. As the image on the screen of the search typeradar is not three-dimensional, there is the danger of a ridge being mistaken fora river and a hill for a lake. * " £/' The Cow per factory at Olney has beenacquired by Lodge Plugs, Ltd., to aug- ment the output of their Rugby worksfor the home and export markets. Addi- tional plant is to be installed in the Olneyworks, which the company operated during the war as a shadow factory forM.A.P.
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