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1947
1947 - 0378.PDF
234 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE resentative of the helicopter panel of theA.R.C., and W/C. R. A. C. Brie, -who is going on behalf of the Ministry of CivilAviation. A series of lectures and fly- ing demonstrations has been arranged,and the mission will be away some four to six weeks. It will attend the ThirdAnnual Philadelphia Forum of the American Helicopter Society from March27th to March 29th. ROYAL PILOT : The Shah of Persia,Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlevi, at the controls of his Beechcraft. He iswearing the uniform of C. in C. of the Persian Air Force. A.A. Adopts R.A.T.O.G. IT has been announced that all Conrtract Air Cargo machines belonging 'to American Airlines will in future haveprovision for Jato rocket-assisted take- off. The present fleet of seven DC-4Sand four more due for delivery are con- cerned. This follows a recent recordflight using Jato at take-off, from Mexico City to Philadelphia on which the DC-4flagship, St r Joseph, carrying.more thannine tons of bananas, flew 1,950 miles non-stop in iohr 2omin. C.A.C.D.'s director said: "Jato hasmore than proved itself commercially. We are certain of improvement in eco-nomy of operation through the regular use of Jato assisted take-offs.'' Taking Up the Gauntlet r^APT. W. B. (BILL) CALDWELL.^ senior pilot of the Channel Island Airways, who has flown across the Chan-nel nearly 5,000 times since 1933. recently had an interesting experience. Shortly after taking off from South-ampton airfield in a de Havilland Rapide he noticed a glove lying on the lowermainplane. It "belonged to one of the airport ground staff who had beenattending the plane just before it took off.Bill managed to prevent the glove being whipped away by the airstream.and at the end of the 100-mile cross- Channel flight it was there. Only whenhe touched down at Jersey airport did the glove fall off on to the landingground. A couple of hours later when he re-turned to Southampton he handed the glove back to an astonished member ofthe airport staff. Antarctic Weather A ROYAL Australian Air ForceLiberator recently made a 13-hour meteorological flight over Antarcticwaters. This was the first peacetime long-distance flight by the R.A.A.F. andalso the first time that air weather in- vestigations have been carried out as aroutine flight so far south. An Expert on Experts npALKING to the boys on prize givingJ- day at the Whitgift School, Croydon, Marshal of the Royal Air Force LordTedder, remarked that '' Specialization is one of the most dangerous tendenciesof the last 30 or 40 years. It had given us experts, not wise men." Another othis remarks was " I am very sceptical about experts. Logic had led to all theisms, which had landed us in two wars in this century." A UNO EFFORT : Ferdinand Danton,a French painter, who has been sent from Addis Abbaba to Prestwick,Scotland, to do the exterior decoration of three American Dakotas forEthiopian Air Lines. News in Brief /CONFORMING to present practice,v^ Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., now engaged in producing Furies and Sea Furies, haveinstituted a five-day week for all works employees. Avros also close both officesand works on Saturdays. * * * The appointment is announced of Mr.Desmond de Villiers to the post of chief test pilot to de Havilland Propellers,Ltd. Mr. de Villiers has been assistant test pilot to de Havillands for the pastthree years, and served previously in Coastal Command. • * * The name of Technical Products, Ltd.,distributors for the Shell Chemical Co., Ltd., has been changed to ShellChemicals, Ltd. The address, 112, Strand, London, W.C.2, remains the A. W. Roebuck, Ltd., have been appointed main concessionaires for Specialloid aero piston rings for the London area. Supplies are available at their new premises, ij2, C.t. Portland Street, W. 1 At the request of the President of theBoard of Trade, Mr. W. B. D. Brown, M.B.E., managing director of GlacierMetal Co., Ltd., has agreed to serve on the first council of the British Instituteof Management. * * * Mr. H. A. Francis, of the Common-wealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia will be visiting England shortly and canbe contacted at Austral Development, Ltd., 95, Gresham Street, London, E.C.2. * * * A new company, Wild-Barfield (SouthAfrica) (Pty.), Ltd., has been formed in the Union in collaboration with E. S.Mowat and Sons, who have been the British firm's agents in South Africa formany years. The registered offices are at 51, Milne Street, Durban, Natal. * * * A decision to form a Bristol Branchof the Air League was carried at a recent meeting held under the chairmanship ofMr. Ashley Hall. The meeting was ad- dressed by Mr. E, Colston Shepherd,Secretary-General of the League, and by G/C. FuUjames, organizer of the South-ampton Branch. A Midwinter Night's Dream. Mr. B. W. Blaney, for many ywith ' the Rolls-Royce company and during the; war in charge of repairs andservice at Rotols, has been appointed general manager of the m->tor car divisionof Jack Olding and Co., Ltd. * * • Mr. G. A. T. Burdett has joined thePlessey company, sales promotion department, as press officer.# * * Interest in the Cunliffe-Owen Con-cordia is growing apace. Mr. T. B. Murray, the firm's sales manager, hasjust returned from a trip to Belgium." Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden andFrance, where he reports good results
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