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1947
1947 - 0069.PDF
JANUARY I6TH, 1947 FLIGHT u ^f * 01 0 THE To " 7/ie Few "T HE KING is to unveil the Battle of Britain Memorial in Westminster Abbey on Thursday, July 10th. Regal Record 1/T HE Duke of Gloucester's Avro York,Endeavour, recently flew from Hobart, Tasmania, to Canberra in therecord time of ihr 55mm. The distance is giver* as 575 miles, sothis means a point-to-point average speed of exactly 300 m.p.h, , Interim Uniforms v AIRPORT staffs under the Ministry•**• of Civil Aviation are being issued with blue battledress uniforms, completewith badge, beret and greatcoat. These will be free of charge, but clothingcoupons will have to be surrendered for them. The battledress, which, though warmand serviceable, cannot be described as smart and is so patently a minor legacyof war, is only a temporary provision—or "interim type" to quote official sources—and will be replaced later by a more attractive uniform specially designed forM. of C.A. airport staffs. According to PlanvJ UST before Christmas the Press Asso-ciation put out a report that, after concluding his tour of R.A.F. units inGermany, Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas, AEROVANGUARD : The first Miles Aerovan to be delivered to Central AfricanAirways seen arriving at Lusaka airfield, Rhodesia, where air transport is now teing developed very rapidly. Under-Secretary for Air, telephoned hissecretary in London and said : " It's rain- ing here; I shall not fly back." The P.A. has since issued a correctionto this report which reads as follows: — '' Several days before Mr. de Freitasreturned from his tour of R.A.F. Sta- tions in Germany, it had been arrangedthat he should use the local C.-in-C.'s aircraft for touring the Command, andthat he should return by the land and sea route used by men going on leavefrom Germany to the United Kingdom., Not only did Mr. de Freitas not dis-cuss the weather with anyone, but no rain fell and the weather was ideal forflying." Part-time ConsultantS IR ROBERT WATSON-WATT hasrelinquished the full-time appoint- ments which he held as Vice-Controllero£ Communications Equipment under the Ministry of Aircraft Production, andScientific Adviser on Telecommunica- tions under the Air Ministry. Sir Robert is taking up private work,but he will also continue to devote part of his time to/consultant work for the LUCKY LADS : Here are the four lucky A.T.C. cadets who are to serve as assistant stewards in the four Vikings of the King's Flight during the Royal tour of S. Africa.(L. to R.) F/Ss D. W. England, B. M. Laven, J. L. Price, and I. G. Beattie, with their special overseas kit, at North Wea'.d R.A.F. Station. Government, and will act as ScientificAdviser on Telecommunications to the Ministry of Supply, A*i'r Ministry, Minis-try of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transport. Sir Robert has had a distinguishedcareer in the Government service. After serving in the D.S.I.R. he went to theAir Ministry in 1936, arftl became Director of Communications Develop-ment there. During the war he held important Government posts in theradar and telecommunications field. Spreading Wings S A CCORDING to Mr. B. F. Giles, who**• is in charge of Trans World Airlines' south-eastern service, it is intended toextend the newly opened route between Washington and Bombay to Shanghaiand increase the frequency to three trips a week as soon as the necessary equip-ment becomes available. This airline's Skymaster, appropriatelynamed Taj Mahal, made the inaugural trip to Bombay from the U.S. capitallast week in 45hr 48min, calling at Karachi en route. Actually it got a bitbehind schedule owing to bad weather. The Taj Mahal carried some 4,0001b offreight which, beside U.S. mail, included equipment for the Bombay terminal andsome American cameras. ^_ The C.B.I.M. ^M R. J. W. STEPHENSON. C.B.E., adirector of British South American Airways Corp., Ltd., is one of the 25members of the first Council of the British Institute of Management underthe chairmanship of Mr. C. G. Renold. A wide range of commercial and in-dustrial experience is represented by these 25 councillors, who have agreed to serveat the request of Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade. It is stressed that members of thiscouncil, however, have been appointed in their personal capacities and not asrepresentatives of any organization. Three additional members represent theFederation of British Industries, the T.U.C., and,the Civil Service. U.S. Turbine Deal 1/ T^XCLUSIVE rights in the U.S. avia- -*—' tion field to certain gas turbine system patents and applications of the Ljungstroms Steam Turbine Co., have been acquired under a long-term agree- ment by the Wright Aeronautical Cor- poration. This Swedish engineering firm has
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