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1947 - 0152.PDF
CA- 112 F LI G JANUARY 30TH, 1947 THE1 FRONTIER EXERCISE : TempestUs of No. 152 Squadron, India Command, simulate an attack ona convoy. Details on p. 126. A Braw Laddie TT7HATEVER may be the outcome ofVV the enquiry into the Dakota acci- dent in Kent (it is still in progress atthe time of writing) one person at any rate is clearly worthy of commendation,namely the 17-year-old apprentice steward, Arthur J. Hagan. Arthur Hagan's calm courage hasalready been commented upon during the hearing, and his former comrades in theA.T.C. squadron in bonny Dundee have every reason to feel proud of him. At present Hagan is in Ashford Hos-pital with a badly broken arm, and we wish him a speed ' recovery. Rainmakers ? ATTEMPTS to produce rain by**• sprinkling clouds with dry ice from aircraft are reported by the Sydney,Sun, which added that some officials of the Council of Scientific and IndustrialResearch, said to be responsible for the experiments in co-operation with theR.A.A.F., had refused to confirm the story, although others had acknowledgedthe truth of it. Dr. E. B. Kraus, Austrian-born seniorofficer of the Council's physics section, who was named as in charge of the ex-periments, went further than refusing t> confirm, he flatly denied that any .suchflights had been'made, though the idea was "in th« stage of discussion."But the Australian newspaper, one of the highest repute, sticks to its story(while duly recording the denials)* and even adds the details that a Beaufighterwas used for the job, and flew from Mascot airfield. Tweed and Tagus OUR enterprising friends North of theTweed have now started a series of holiday cruises by air from Prestwick toPortugal, allowing the tourists a 14-day sojourn at Estoril, a pleasant little holi-day resort near Lisbon. The inaugural flight, enjoyed by Mr.Tom Johnston, chairman of the Scottish Tourist Board; Mr. E. R. Boyd, chair-man of the Glasgow Chamber oi Com- merce ; and five Scottish newspapereditors and their wives was made recentty. College of AeronauticsG /C. R. C. HOCKEY, D.S.O., D.F.C.,and Mr. N. S. Muir, B.Sc., A.F.R.Ae.S., who have been appointedheads of the Department of Flight and the Department of Propulsion respec-tively at the College of Aeronautics. Botli have distinguished careers. MARSUPIAL : The BeH XS-i supersonic research aircraft being secured setni-internally on a B-29 Superfortress. The pilot enters the cockpit from the interior of the bomber which, for the Bell's first flight under power, released itat 27,000 ft. This new view .shows^nidercarriase and rocket venturi detai's. The former officer, who was Inspectorof Air Accidents before the recent war, has piled up some 4,000 hrs flying in 75different types, while Mr. Muir went to America with Sir Roy Fedden's technicalmission, later joining the Directorate of Special Projects under Dr. Roxbee Cox.He returned to the U.S. in May, 1944, with the Gas Turbine Mission, and re-mained in Washington as chief of the Engine Development Branch of theBritish Air Commission until his release by the M. of S. last September. Flying Doctor Services ABOUT half the Commonwealth ofAustralia is covered by flying doctor services. At the present time more than130,000 miles are flown annually, and many thousands of medical consultationsare given by wireless. Over 250 wireless outposts, most ofthem with landing grounds, have been established throughout the continent, sothat advice may be given, special visits flown, or arrangements made to bringpatients to hospitals. Typical Example A CORRESPONDENT to Flightrecently referred to the way in which the daily Press invariably makes themost of every air accident in order to cash in on the public's love of being hor-rified, but shows little interest in out- standing examples of safe operation, theresult being to create an exaggerated impression in the public's mind of theactual degree of risk in air travel as com- pared with surface transport, and thusto hamper civil aviation. Reports in the "dailies" of how aB.O.A.C. Constellation recently cbm- pleted an Atlantic crossing on threeengines were a brilliant example of this unfortunate attitude, in that they wentout of their way to present the incidj as a narrow escape from disaster whenit was nothing of the kind. Comments subsequently overheard ina London tube by a member of Flight's staff clearly showed how this false im-pression had been soaked up by the public. A "Story" at Any Price?T HERE is, of course, nothing remark--.,able in a modern four-engined air- craft completing a lengthy flight on threeengines, and the fact that this Constella- tion was at 17,000ft when one enginepacked up indicates that it was a fair distance out from Gander at the time.Moreover, it was the easy direction as
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