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1946
1946 - 2219.PDF
NOVEMBER 7TH, 1946 HERE AND THERE Division of the League to serve as a Federal centre for branches to be formed in the various States. Not So "Daffy" WHEN 72-year-old Mrs. Norah Cal-laghan, of Glasgow, announced that she proposed to fly to Australia to seeher sister in Melbourne, friends and family tried to dissuade her.S^But she went. "^Moreover she went by way of Paris,New York, and Vancouver, and arrived in Sydney recently, having thoroughlyenjoyed her 15,000-mile flight. '' They said I was ' daft ' to think offlying to Australia alone at my age," she said on arrival, '' bat I had a won-derful trip and wasn't a bit air sick." Good for you, Granny ! FLIGHT tributed by George Philip and Son.Meanwhile, by way of a contrast in activities, Mr. Chichester himself, astro-nomical tables and all, is attending the P.I.C.A.O. Conference as a delegate. Hot News ''FHE way these Fleet Street sleuths get•*- hold of red-hot news items with which to stagger their breathless readershas always aroused our envious admira- tion. Consider, for example, that recentstory about the three Austers (" Baby " planes, of course) which left Lympne forSouthern Rhodesia. Now by itself, there is nothing frightfully startling aboutthat; the makers, in fact, will assure you that it is quite usual for an Auster tofly any old distance provided you keep feeding it with petrol and oil—they makethem that way. But trust the bright boys of the'' dailies '' to spot the real news in this DAINTY "DIESEL": This elegant flying model parasol monoplane designedand built by Mr. Derek Dent (ex-R.A.F.) has a span of 42m and an all-up weight of lib 2 oz. The power unit is a Frog "100" compression-ignition engine of 1 c.c. Playtimes AMONGST the variegated and evenA surprising activities of Mr. Francis Chichester is that of producing gameswith an aeronautical flavour. Among these are jig-saw puzzles with almostserious possibilities—since each one is made up from an aviation map-section.Those who fly and know their England will find them instructive as well asamusing, and those who don't do either will still find them very entertaining.The sections used with the new series of puzzles have been specially designed andprinted for the purpose, and are an im- provement even on those of the original tax—are dis- g ^<?ries for which five-hundred-thousand ^Ax-Service maps were employed. The /^puzzles—at 2S gd AIRSTRIP . otherwise almost humdrum happening. Remembering the Northcliffian dictumabout men and dogs biting each other, one sleuth (evidently brighter than therest) at once spotted, and duly recorded, that " the three pilots were in loungesuits: two of them wore trilbys." Why they did not set forth on their7,060 mile trip in the conventional bathing trunks and straw boater willprobably never be known ! Brisk Business S ORDERS are "pouring in" from allover the U.S., particularly from farmers, for light aircraft to be used forbusiness and pleasure, according to the Aircraft Industries Association in Wash-ington. At the end of August, continues thestatement, there were orders for 48,155 private aircraft waiting to be fulfilled. STRIKING EFFECT : The nose oi «.nAustralian Skymaster after flying through a violent hailstorm It musthave been noisy inside !• News in Brief '"THE appointment of "safety in--*• spectors " to ensure all possible pre-' cautions against accidents was announcedlast week by Air France. Avro XIX aircraft (civil developmentof the faithful Anson) have now supplied to Ethiopia, Iraq, Egypt, andEire, and for the use of all British Air Attache's abroad. • # • The 10,000th passenger to travel onChannel Islands Airways' Wayfarer was recently given a free passage home fromJersey and, on arrival at Northolt, was presented by a " Bristol '' representativewith a plastic cigarette-box containing 100 cigarettes. * * * The I.A.T.A. general meeting inCairo, attended by 250 representatives and thought to be the biggest gatheringof airline operators ever held, went into ' closed session on Wednesday of last weekto consider the 25-page report of the Association's director-general. SirWilliam Hildred. A new exhaust rrruffler for light aircraftengines has been introduced by the Ryan Aircraft Company, of San Diego, Calif.,who claim that it eliminates 90 per cent of the exhaust noise. They add, however,that much remains to be done to quieten the airscrew, which (as we all knew) con-tributes a great deal to the noise factor.
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