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2IST, 1947 FLIGHT tQI THERE FOR RADLETT: An Avro Lancastrian fated with twj D. H. Ghost turbine; will be featured in the S.B.A.C. display at Radlett at the end of the month. The D. H. Ghost engine develops 5,000 Ib;. thrust. I Aircraft for Czechoslovakia "N accordance with an agreement signed. at Prague on February 19th, the British Government is to provide Czecho-slovakia with aircraft and equipment. Three fighter squadrons totalling 72Spitfires, a fighter-bomber squadron of 24 Mosquito Vis, and -a communicationflight of three Austers and one Anson, are among the aircraft destined forCzechoslovakia. Some of these machines have already been delivered, and the re-mainder are to be sent as soon as pos- sible. • Award AT a special investiture ceremony atthe American Embassy on Monday, August 18th, Dr. H. Roxbee Cox, direc-tor of the National Gas Turbine Estab- lishment and president-elect of theR.Ae.S., was decorated with the Ameri- can Medal of Honour with Silver Palm.He was awarded the medal for '' excep- tionally meritorious service to theGovernment of the United States from September, 1941, to September, 1945, inconnection with the development of turbo jet and turbine aircraft engines." DOWN TO EARTH : The photograph on the right shows ihe first demzmtra.ion of the Martin-Baker ejection seat test tower. It was made at Denham and erected in the U.S. Navy Yard Philadelphia. Since this test the U.S. Navy are fitting the Martin-Baker ejection seat as standard equipment in their fighter aircraft. »*-< ON TEST: The Bell XR-/2 has recently undergone preliminary tests at Buffalo, N.Y. Designed and built for the A.A.F., the machine carries two crew and three passengers, or alternatively one crew, two litters and one attendant. It has a top speed of 105 m.p.h. Vic/cers' Acquisition T7TCKERS-ARMSTRONGS, LTD., an-V nounce that they have acquired the sole manufacturing and selling rights inthis and other countries of the Scott High-Speed Rotary Newspaper PrintPress and other presses from Walter Scott and Co., Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.The presses, which are of the very latest design and identical with those atpresent manufactured in America, will be known as the Scott-Vickers Press andwill be made at the Vickers-Armstrongs' works, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Getting the Bird '"THE Air Ministry is considering a plan•*• to use pedigree falcons to keep R.A.F. ^airfields free from wild birdswhich, in some areas, are a constant danger to aircraft. In charge of train-ing the falcons is Mr. Ronald Stephens, of Shropshire, who during the wartrained falcons to hunt and kill enemy carrier pigeons. The A.M. makes it clearthat should the scheme come into opera- tion the falcons will not be used to huntand kill wild birds but only to dis- courage them by their presence. Flying Beaver '"PHE Canadian de Havilland Beaver•»- (D.H.C2), an illustration of which was published in our issue of May 22nd,made its first flight on August 16th, piloted by W/'C. Russell Bannock. De-signed specifically for the Canadian bush operator, the Beaver should be a usefultype in many other parts of the world. Rescue by Glider rpXPERIMENTS are now being con- -*-•' ducted in America with a glider life- boat designed for the U.S. Coast Guard for use in air/sea rescue operations. The idea is that the "boat," which is de- signed as a glider with detachable wings and tail unit would be towed behind a search aircraft and upon sighting the sea disaster it would cast off, land on the sea, detach its wings and tail unit and then operate as a normal motor boat. Navions to Continue THE Ryan Aeronautical Company of-•- San Diego has bought the design and manufacturing rights of the four-seaterNavion from North American Aviation Inc., who recently announced that theyhad ceased production of this aircraft. The work of setting up production facili
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