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1947
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MARCH 20TH, 1947 FLIGHT 233 THE HEIR TO FAME : The LincolnAries 17, successor to the famous Lancasters, was lately christened atE.A.N.S. by Lady Coningham. Nene Tudor IT is learned that the first Avro Tudorto be powered with four Rolls-RoyceNene jet units will be the long fuselage version of the Tudor I (85ft 3111 overalllength) as ordered by B.S.A.A. In our recent article "Tudor Topics," a Tudor11 was mentioned. "'*.'_• Record of Rocketry DUE to the extraordinary interest ofthe subject and the limited capacityol the Science Museum lecture theatre, many applicants for tickets had to berefused admission to a British Inter- planetary Society film show last Satur-day evening. German films illustrated the development of rocket power to landvehicles, aircraft and missiles. Some ex- cellent shots of the Hs 293, 294 and 298,the X-4, .Rhein.tophter and Enzian were included. .... Dutch House WarmingT HE Fairey Aviation Company hasopened an office at 8, Huyggens- straat, The Hague, to deal with theirDutch business. A warming party was given recently at which many importantpersons were present, including Rear Admiral Feteris, Captain J. J. C. C.Bennik (who is to succeed him). Cap- tain II. Shaper (Flag Officer Air), alsothe Director of Combined Air Training, Colonel Aler. Among the official guestsfrom the British Embassy were Rear Admiral G W. Waller, Captain R. Jef- iries, KM. (JNaval Attache) andG/C. J. Heber Percy, R.A.F. (Air Attach^). Guests were received by MajorM. E. A. Wright and F/L. Massey Hil- Fairey directors. SUPPORT FOR BRABAZON I : Amachined forging for the Bristol Brab- azon undercarriage. The original,weighing nearly I2oolb, was the largest hand forging ever made by High DutyAlloys. It was machined by Dowtys who are making the undercarriage. Seabee Production Line EPUBLIC have delivered 440 Seabee-v amphibians to date, and 62 of these have been sold to customers outside theUnited States. A four-seater with a use- ful load of slightly over 1,000 lb, the Sea-bee sells in America for 6,000 dollars. In remote areas where there are lakes andrivers but no airfields their employment is obvious. FOR COLD CLIMES : The Canadian-designed and-built D.H. Chipmunk with skiundercarria Se. The Chipmunk (D.H.C-i) is intended as a Tiger Moth replacementwith ;ncreased performance Entomological LongevityT HE dc Havilland Company reportfrom Canada that despite its some- what ancient design, the D.H. 83C FoxMoth is still in demand as a Canadian bush freighter. A Fox Moth was alsorecently exported to South Africa. The Canadian branch of the de Havil-land Company, at the request of owners and operators, applied to the Depart-ment of Transport for aii increase in the gross weight of the Tiger Moth sea-njane to 2,000 1b. This has been granted lor the D.H 82C with'Edo Boats. 200 Times OverA RRIVING at London Airport at thecontrols of a B.O.A.C. Constella- tion last week, Capt. Lionel Messengercompleted his 200th Atlantic crossing by air. Capt. Messenger holds the recordfor transatlantic crossings but some other B.O.A.C. pilots run him close withfigures approaching the 190 mark. A Prophet is Not Without Honour . . . " A LOT of people in this country are•**• not going to like it if, some time about 1950, they see jet propelled Britishtransport planes'shuttling between New York and San Francisco at a speed of500 m ph. or better, while our own planes will be unable to do better than300 m.p.b , but it looks like it is too late now to prevent this from happening."—Mr. Glenn Martin, speaking before the Aviation Sub-committee of the SenateInterstate and Foreign Commerce Com- mittee. P-50 DevelopmentsT WO weeks ago we commented on theapparently small wheels of the Fercival Prince (type P-50); it now ap-pears that they are in fact to be larger than was indicated in the preliminaryG.A. drawing. Pressure will be 38/40 lb/sq in, suitable for grass airfields.Other features in the G.A. which do not appear in their final state are the rearend of the engine cowlings, and the fin. rudder and tailplane which are likely tobe slightly bigger. Rotarians to AmericaA SMALL mission left this count _, lastSaturday in the Queen Elizabeth to study rotary-win^ developments inAmerica. The mission inculdes G/C. R N. Liptr«t, representing the Ministryof Supply, Dr J. A. ] Bennett ap rep-
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