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1947
1947 - 1072.PDF
FLIGHT JULY 3RD, 1947 ERE THERE Looking Back "~THE fiftieth anniversary of the Mar--*• coni Company falls on July 20th this year and a commemoration brochurehas been produced as a souvenir for the Convention of Marconi Associates whichis being held in London to celebrate this event. The brochure, lavishly illus-trated with photographs, tells the story of the developments of the Marconi Com-pany from 1897 to tne present day. Wild OatsI N Australia, the Civil Aviation depart-ment has granted a licence to Agri- cultural Aviation Services, Ltd., whichwill allow the company to engage in crop dusting, land fertilization and the sowingof seed from the air. First job of the company, under a contract with theBrisbane City Council, will be the spray- ing of Mangrove swamps near Brisbanewith liquid D.D.T. for the destruction of mosquitos. Quiet Please T ATEST from America is an aircraft•*-* reported to be as quiet as a glider even when flying as low as 300ft over-head. It has been developed and demon- strated at Langley airfield by theNational Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, and embodies all knownmethods of noise suppression. A major feature of the machine is its five-bladedairscrew, which rotates at a slower rate than the orthodox two or three-bladedairscrew and so, it is claimed, reduces noise to a minimum. Aerial Prospecting TTELICOPTERS again came into the-»--*- tiews last week when it was an- nounced from Toronto that Hans Lund-berg, a pilot-geologist, is exploring the forests of Northern Ontario in a helicop-ter fitted with metal divining equip- ment. He is prospecting for metaldeposits on behalf of private explora- tion and mining interests and will cover DOUBLING UP : One of the features of the Rolls-Royce exhibit in the static display at the Derby Airport recently (see FligM last week) was a model, shown ghosted and sectioned above, illustrating the suggested layout of a pair of air- screw turbines, geared to coaxial airscrews and built into a single nacelle. 125,000 square miles of territory in theHudson Bay area. If this present test is successful helicopters may becomestandard exploration equipment in the development of Canada's mineral re-sources. Navigation Research AT the first meeting, held last week,of the Institute of Navigation, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, the AstronomerRoyal, accepted nomination as Presi- dent of the Institute. Air Chief MarshalSir John Slessor presided at the meet- ing, when pressure pattern flying andrelated techniques were discussed. Papers were read by F/L. L. F. Banks, D.F.C.,of the Empire Air Navigation School; Mr. J. S. Sawer, M.A., of the Air Min-istry Met. Office; Mr. E. W. Pike, of B.O.A.C. ; and S/L. Fraser, of the In-stitute of Navigation. The aim of the Institute is to stimu-late and co-ordinate research and de- velopment work in navigational prob-lems. Well Tied A SINGLE-ENGINED 65 h.p. aircraftbought at an American Army sur- plus disposal sale for £75 was flown2,300 miles from Berlin to Shannon, Ireland, via Brussels, Croydon and Bel-fast, in 20 hours' flying time. The pilot, an American ex-air force mechanic,stated that he was forced down in the Russian zone of Germany, but took offagain a#er tying up the petrol filter witfi IJK necktie ! 40 h.p. Conversion - HPHE Ultra Light Aircraft Association -»- are hoping to obtain a development grant to assist them in obtaining a suit- able U.L.A. engine. Mr. W. A. Weaver, managing director of the Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., who is a pioneer in aviation and built and flew his own air- craft in 1905, has undertaken to convert one of his existing engines, a 40 h.p. flat four, air-cooled side-valve type, if the development grant can be obtained. B.O.A.C. Booklet "PULL marks must go to B.O.A.C. forJ- the production of an excellent little booklet which is now being distributedto those of its staff whose job.it is to handle passengers. Entitled " SellingSeats by Service," it is designed to stress some of the small points which pas-sengers appreciate and remember, and it succeeds very well. The illustrationsby Raff (who created that animated character P/O. Prune), besides beingwitty, add a great deal of punch to the general message. Extending Service T JNDER a new scheme introduced byv-' B.O.A.C. in co-operation with other transatlantic operators, passengers overthe Atlantic route may now choose the airport from which they wish to begintheir return flight. Previously an air traveller whose business, for instance,took him from London to New York and back to Britain from Montreal, had to TEST FLIGHT : The Martin XB-48, photo- graphed on its first take-off. This view clearly shows the un- orthodox tandem-type undercarriage which re- tracts into the fuselage and the two outboard steadying wheels. The grouping of the six jet engines and the full- span flaps are also in- teresting features to note.
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