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1947 - 0429.PDF
MARCH 27TH, 1947 HERE AND THERE the achievement of man as driver. Asecond series of colour plates is being com- piled to be published in the near future.Copies of this portfolio can be obtained from Dorset House, Stamford Street,London, S.E.I, price 5s net (postage y\ extra). Flying Meeting Cancelled '"PHE recent bad weather has been-*- responsible for holding up the pro- gramme of the Wiltshire School of Flyingand it has been decided to cancel the flying meeting which the Wiltshire Fly-ing Club was to have held on April 5th. The Royal Artillery Aero Club is holdinga rally on June 14th and 15th at High Post, to which visitors will be verywelcome. Miss Blandish Was Lucky WHEN sea communications betweenthe Scilly Isles and the mainland were interrupted by the recent severeweather, an aircraft of Island Air Ser- vices was chartered to fly flowers to themainland for transportation to the wholesale markets, thus saving thegrowers considerable losses. Mr. Hills- Grove-Hills, the pilot and owner ofIsland Air Services, made seven trips a day to Penzance for three weeks. Real Export A YEAR ago the Swedish Governmentsigned contracts with de Havil- lands for a large number of Vampires,for a further supply of Goblins, and for the licence to manufacture Goblins inSweden. Being entirely satisfied with the aircraft and engines, the SwedishGovernment now plans to manufacture the Vampire. Not only so, but it haspurchased a large number of Ghost engines and is negotiating for the manu-facture of the Ghost as well as the Goblin. The new contracts bring thetotal value up to several million sterling and thus represent a very large contribu-tion to British exports. , TANDEM TEST : A Martin Marauder with an experimental undercarriage of atype proposed for high-speed aircraft with thin wings. The two main wheels are in tandem, with two small steadying wheels outboard. Note how the fuselage has been stiffened to take the rear wheel loads. A Mach and Learn RECENT Notice to Airmen warnspilots that pilotless model aircraft will be operated within an area of 1.1.5miles radius, centred on Lat. 49 deg. 53 min. N., Long. 06 deg. 50 min. W., 14miles W. of Bishop Rock, Scilly Isles, during the period of six months fromApril 1st, 1947. These aircraft may be seen diving from about 40,000ft. Testswill take place only in daylight and no more than three aircraft per week shouldoperate. They are, of course, the Vickers tran-sonic models described in Flight of July nth, 1946. Another "First" THE Royal Aero Club has just issuedNo. 1 F.A.I. Helicopter Aviator's Certificate to W/C. R. A. C. Brie whothus shares with a small number of other pioneers the distinction of a No. 1 cer-tificate. The first Aeronaut's Certificate (balloons) was issued to C. F. Pollockin 1905. Then followed the heavier-than- air No. 1 to Col. J. T. C. Brabazon (nowLord Brabazon of Tara) in 1910, the first airship certificate to Col. Capper in 1911,and the first glider certificate to C. H. ADOPTED : Production orders have already been placed for the North American B-45,the prototype of which (XB-45) made its first flight at Muroc on March 17th, and is shown here. In layout this fine-looking four-jet bomber resembles the Consolidated-Vultee XB-46, illustrated in Flight of February 6th. It has a span of 89.5ft. Lowe-Wylde in 1930. In addition tothese "firsts," a special certificate was issued for the first out-and-home cross-country flight of 100 miles. The first to qualify was Col. S. F. Cody, whoflew from Laffan's Plain to Shrewton and back on December 6th, 1911. Thisspecial certificate was abandoned when the "A" and "B" licences were intro-duced after the first v orld war. News in Brief EIRE is now included in the Rollasondistribution of the Seabee amphibian. * * • The Northern Heights Model FlyingClub has received permission again this year to use the Hawker airfield atLangley for their Gala Day. The meet- ing will be held on July 20th and everyeffort is being made to make it even better than last year's. • * * An agreement was signed in Londonon March 19th between B.E.A. and Trans-World Airlines to form a jointGreek airline with Greek interests. B.E.A. have been negotiating for sometime with the Greek Government. T.W.A., who are shareholders in theGreek company T.A.E., have agreed to join forces. Lt. Col. W. G. H. Miles, EuropeanRegional representative of P.I.C.A.O., lost his life in an aircraft accident nearNaples on March 8th. After represent- ing the U.K. at the first session of theCommunications Division of P.I.C.A.O. he was appointed to the staff of thatorganization early lastj year. * • # Among the 25 new Fellows of theRoyal Society elected last week are A. Cdre. Frank Whittle, for his distin-guished work on jet propulsion, and VV. J. Duncan, professor of aerodyna-mics at the College of Aeronautics, for his contribution to an understanding offlutter and related elasticity and vibra- tion problems of aircraft. # # • A new instructional film is being madeby Technique Film Productions for Rolls-Royce, Ltd. It will be in twoparts, the first describing elementary principles and their application to theDerwent V, while the second will be for more advanced students and will explainthe design in detail. The film is to form part of the equipment of the R.-R. in-structional school at Derby.
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