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1947
1947 - 0523.PDF
APRIL IOTH, 1947 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE in the air for 7 days, 2 hours and 18minutes without landing and without refuelling. It is to be assumed that muchof the time was spent with engine throttled right down or even stoppedaltogether. Soviet Air Transport ACCORDING to the Russian journal•tl. Isvestia, Soviet passenger air trans- port has greatly increased during recentmonths, and the total volume of freight delivered by air within the U.S.S.R. isj(ttiow five times greater than before the war. Great importance is attached tothe expansion of air communications with health resorts in the south, and connec-tions to Moscow, Prague, Stockholm and other cities are being improved. Radar in CanadaL ONG-RANGE radar stations are to bebuilt by Cahada in the far north this summer. Mr. Louis St. Laurent,Minister for External Affairs, who made this announcement, did not disclose theexact locations of the two stations, but stated that they will be operated in con-junction with other stations in U.S. terri- tory (presumably in Alaska). Thestations will help air and marine naviga- tion, and American personnel are to lenda hand until such time as Canadians can be trained for the work. Airport Transport OEVERAL advantages are claimed for*J electric propulsion of airport vehicles, not the least being absence of fire risk.Recently, Mr. Lindgren, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Avia-tion, witnessed at Heathrow a demon- stration of several Morrison-Electricars.These vehicles combine maximum load- ing space with convenient loading heightand are suitable for passengers as well as luggage. The demonstration was alsoattended by Air Marshal Sir John d'Albiac, commandant, and Mr. R. C.Pugh, airport manager, and by repre- sentatives of the principal air lines. Mr.Lindgren drove one of the vehicles by wa ' of a trial. f 313 LIGHT AND POWER : On the NorthAmerican XB-45 four-jet bomber pro- totype, now on test for the U.S. Armyat Muroc Dry Lake, a landing light is installed between the two iet intakes ELECTRICAL PROPULSION : SSL FOR SMOOTH ENTRY : An aircraftwing, built entirely of glass fibre, recently tested in America. It wasfound to be up to strength requirements but no weight figures have been issued. News In Brief OUR contemporary, Canadian Avia-tion, reports that Air Spray, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Hunting group, isbuying a Bell helicopter to investigate its use in pest control. # # * The same journal states that in theRoyal Navy cold-weather tests of flying equipment the engine of the Vampire wasfound to freeze at a temperature of 54 deg C below zero.• * # After being withdrawn from servicesince last October, the " Languedoc "- 161 has been reinstated. It is now fittedwith de-icing equipment, and four machines of the type are in service on AirFrance's Paris-Oran-Casablanca route. # # # Mr. II. R. Haerle has been appointedtechnical manager, and Mr. D. A. Higgs engineering salt's manager, of theHymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., of Red- ditch, the makers of compressed-airequipment for aircraft. * " * # Mr. W. F. List, who has joined theboard of directors of C. C. Wakeneld and Co., Ltd., has spent some 20 years inIndia and South Africa managing Castrol affairs. Mr. L. M. Broadway, who hasbeen with the firm for 27 years, has also been made a director. * * # Changes at Portsmouth Aviation, Ltd.,are that Mr. Edgar Granville has become chairman and managing director, whileMr. L. M. J. Balfour becomes vice- chairman and managing director. Mr. I).Escott, formerly general manager, has joined the board as works director. VV. S. Shackleton, Ltd., announce thereturn to the firm after war service of S L. Beard, Mr. Shackleton's co-director,and Mr. S. Mallett, the firm's accountant. Mr. W. H. Boultwood, who is in engin-eering sales, has been with Shackleton longer than any other member of thestaff, and finally Mr. Keith Shackleton, who has made quite a name (or himselfas an artist, has joined the newly formed marine department.
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