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1947
1947 - 0333.PDF
MARCH 13TH, 1947 FLIGHT 211 HERE AND THERE North of England services have reporteda certain amount of icing on some jour- neys, but nothing very serious. The only appreciable interference withthe English Division network has been in the south where, at Bristol, Cardiffand Croydon the grass airfields became waterlogged, resulting in some cancella-tions. New Labs NEW research laboratories at Bore-ham Wood, with a floor area of 50,000 sq ft, have been set up by ElliottBrothers (London), Ltd., the old-estab- .lished specialists in measuring instru-' merits and specialized equipment. The new organization will be in thecharge of Mr. J. F. Coales, O.B.E., M.A., M.I.E.E., who was, from 1930 to3937, engaged on research for the Admir- alty Signal Establishment into radiodirection finding. Throughout the war he was responsible for the development ofall gunnery radar in H.M. ships. , P.R.O. Changes • E . A. ("CHRIS") WREN, whosehighly individual caricatures of air- craft are internationally acclaimed, hasjoined the S.B.A.C., as press relations officer, in succession to James Stanton,whose chief occupation will now be public relations director for the Lockheed Air-craft Corp. in the U.K. and Europe. Mr. Wren had pre-war experience asa commercial artist and writer and joined 604 Squadron, A.A.F., in 1932.During the war he specialized in aircraft recognition training and was Recogni- SKYSTREAK : One of the two new Douglas Skystreak transonic researchmachines. Built for the U.S. Navy the aircraft shown is alternatively designated D-558. A General Electric TG 180 axial-flow turbine jet is fed through a bifurcatedduct from a nose intake. The wing area is 150 sq ft; wing loading 65 lb/sq ft (55 lb/sq ft at landing); span 25ft and length 35ft U tion Training Officer to Combined Ops.before and after D-Day. He transferred to Intelligence for a period and in Julylast year took over the editorship of the Inter-Services Aircraft Recognition Jour-nal, which post he retained until his de- mobilization early this year.In his new job Sir. Stanton has already left for a three weeks' visit to Europe. SPINNING TRIALS COMPLETED THREE new types of metal airscrewsproduced by the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., have recently passed theirspinning trials at the R.A.E. All three are of the two-blade controllable-pitchvariety with electrical or mechanical con- trol. The Gyrodyne airscrew, which will be*in the starboard stub wing of the Fairey helicopter, is of 7ft diameter and weighs,complete, 70 lb. This airscrew will pro- vide most of the forward thrust for the Gyrodyne and will have electrical pitchcontrol. The larger of the other two is also 7ftin diameter but weighs only 45 lb. The smaller, which is designed for use withengines of the Cirrus Minor capacity, weighs but 37J lb and has a diameterof 5ft gin. Later models of these are to be adapted for both electrical andhydraulic pitch control. Prototype airscrews are still in thecourse of 100-hour bench tests. NEW FAIREY AIRSCREWS : On the left is the model specially designed for theFairey Gyrodyne, the other two are for light aircraft. Some details of size and weight appear above. D I COL. JOHN MANBY, O.B.E., I.A.,has been appointed public relations superintendent for British European Air-ways. During the war he was, in ad- dition to other activities, Inspector ofWelfare for all Indian troops and Con- troller of Indian E.N.S.A. * • • Red Star, the Soviet military news-paper, claims a world's record for Col. Romanyuk, who celebrated his 1,500thparachute jump by making it from the stratosphere. No exact height is quoted.Oxygen apparatus was carried but only a standard parachute was used. * • • Denis Dickson has recently been ap-pointed general manager of Southampton Air Services, Ltd. He has been Hyingfor over twenty years and during the war did a lot of test flying, latterly with theFairey Aviation Co., Ltd. .# # * Mr. A. McVie, B.Sc, has been ap-pointed commercial director of Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., in succes-sion to Mr. C. W. Eve, who is retiring. * * # The Canadian Defence Minister, Mr.Brooke Claxton, has announced the establishment of a school at Rivers,Manitoba, for instruction in airborne operations. * * • Mr. D. C. de la Cour has recently beenappointed technical sales representative of the aircraft division of Automobile &Aircraft Services, Ltd., at Byron House, 7-9, St. James's Street, London, S.W.i. * • • F. W. Haywood, Ph.D., B.Sc.,F.R.I.C., D.L.C., F.I.M., has been ap- pointed to the board of Wild-BarfieklElectric Furnaces, Ltd., Watford, Herts., as Technical Director. Dr. Haywoodjoined the company in 1938 as chief metallurgist, and has been responsiblefor numerous important developments.
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