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1947
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FLIGHT JUNE 19TH, 1947 ACCURATE PARKING: For-tunately for the enthusiasts who lent their cars to make a " park,the skilful handling of a good aircraft enabled S/L. Bristowe toplace his helicopter neatly in place at the Westland-Sikorskydemonstration. High HonourT O mark his ten years' chairmanshipof tlie Anglo-Swedish Society and his work for the extension of industrial andcultural relations between the two coun- tries. Lord Sempill has been created anofficer of the Grand Cross of the North Star, a high honour instituted by theSwedish Royal House 250 years ago. The investiture was made by Mr. B. G. Prytz,until recently Swedish Ambassador in Britain who made the journey to Londonly for the occasion. American Aircraft ShowT HE 1947 American National AircraftShow is scheduled to take place some time in November. Probable location ofthe show is Navy Pier, Chicago. It had been planned to hold two shows, one onthe West Coast, another on the East, but now only one will take place. Air-Road Tours AIR CONTRACTORS, LTD,, an-nounce that motorists desirous of touring the Continent are now able tocut out all the trouble and delay in- volved in shipping their cars to the Con-tinent. Early next month two people will drive their car to Croydon airport,straight into a Miles Aerovan, which will then rly the car and passengers to LeTouquet. Arrangements are thorough, even to the issue of petrol coupons, sothat the car may be driven straight from the arrival airfield to the nearest town,where the Continental allowance of fuel is issued. Things to Come A MECHANICAL Handling Exhibitionis to be held in the National Hall. Olympia, from 15th to 21st July, 1948.The exhibition, the first of its kind, is being promoted and organized on a non-profit basis by the monthly journal Mechanical Handling, published bythe Louis Cassier Co., Ltd., an associated company of Iliffe and Sons Ltd. Any surplus remaining after chargingexpenses will be refunded to exhibitors. Leading associations in the industry arecollaborating with the organizers to make it completely comprehensive and nationalin scope and character. While special attention will be directed to the exporttrade neither effort nor expense will be spared in creating an exhibition that will be of outstanding value in the development of home markets. Quart in a Pint PotD RAWING attention to our inscriptionto the photograph of the Ghost Vam- pire (June 12th, page 545), de Havillandsassure us that, despite the extra 2,ooolb of thrust, the fuselage of the Ghost Vam-pire is exactly the same diameter as that of the Goblin-engined version. TheGhost has a diameter just over 3111 greater than the Goblin. R.A.T.O. Refills TpXPLAINING, in everyday terms,-*-* production of fuel elements for take- off-assisting rockets, a Texas firm saythat they were able to find just the right kind of asphalt with which to mix oiland chemical. The black fuel mixture was next poured as a syrupy liquid intoa mould, and, after hardening, was wrapped in linen tape ready for insertionin the steel bottles which are attached to the aircraft. The asphalt keeps themixture from exploding by feeding a little of the fuel at a time as it heats up. Large Order '"THE U.S. Army Air Force is being•*• equipped with the world's largest bomber, the XB36, details of which werepublished in Flight, Jan. 9th. A hun- dred of these machines have been orderedfrom the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation—the first of them was sche-duled to be finished last week at the company's plant in Fort Worth, Texas.It will be delivered to the A.A.F. in July and all deliveries are expected to be com-plete by tiie middle of 1949. The machines will be consigned to the EighthAir Force which is at present equipped with Super Fortresses. Netherlands ActivitiesF URTHER information has been madepublic of the Fokker Netherlands Associated Aircraft Factories, Inc.,organized last February. Management will be in the hands of a board of com-missioners composed of four members, three of whom will be selected.as repre-sentatives of the three merging companies —Fokker, Aviolanda and Schelde—and the fourth member common agreement.Production of aircraft will continue at the Fokker factory in Amsterdam andthe Aviolanda factory at Papendrecht until the proposed new factory is con-structed. The new company is engaged in developing and producing passenger,training and military aircraft and in the repair and conversion of present types. free Service /^•ELLON, Ltd., is offering a prize atV^ the B.G.A. National Gliding Contests being held at Bramcote airfield, Leics,June 2ist-2gth, It is to be awarded to the club scoring the most points and con-sists of 15 gallons of Cellon dopes and finishes to be supplied during the twelvemonths following the contest. A Cellon service van will be in attendance at thegliding contests for servicing competitors' machines free of charge. Air Agreement A RECIPROCAL air agreement hasbeen signed in New Delhi between India and Holland which in its mainessentials follows the pattern of the air transport agreement signed by India andthe United States in November, 1946. Dutch air lines follow a route throughEurope, Persia, Karachi, New Delhi, Calcutta, Burma, Siam and Malaya tothe Dutch East Indies and beyond in both directions. Under the agreement, Indian air linesare given the right to fly from India through the Near East and EuropeAmsterdam and Rotterdam, or throuji? Burma, Siam and Malaya to Bataviajj.'Sourabaya, Koepang and beyond in bot%: directions. «; ' '•*?*'•• Flying Irishmen fvF IFTEEN crew members of Aer":Lingus Teoranta have been under-' going a course of training in the opera-tion of four-engined aircraft under the tutelage of T.W.A. The trainees, com-prising captains, first officers, flight engineers and radio operators, havebeen attending T.W.A.'s international training school at New Castle Air-port to qualify them for operation of Constellations and Skytnasters. Thecourse gives captains and first officers
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