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1947
1947 - 1473.PDF
5EPTEMBER 4TH. FLIGHT 343 HJRE AND THERE through the walls for overhaul. At thefront of the hangar, which is 84ft long 30ft wide and 30ft high, there are eighttall doors of tubular steel construction covered with canvas. In the side wallsare large apertures at wing height, de- signed so that large aircraft can beaccommodated. Small sliding ports in- corporated in the construction of therear wall allow an engine, which has been disconnected, to be taken through thehatch by means of a Clark lifting truck. King Neptune Airborne PASSENGERS flying from Entebbe toN'Dola recently in a Viking ownedby Airwork, Limited, were provided with a novel diversion while '" crossing theline." King Neptune (alias a super- numerary member of the crew) appearedmagnificently garbed, complete with gilt- paper crown and cotton-wool beard, andcarried out the usual rites associated with this ceremony. The men wereshaved with a cardboard razor and the women powdered, and the six childrenaboard sunilariy dealt with, much to their delight. The 23 passengers werethen duly issued witb a certificate signed "Neptune Rex" absolving them fromfurther "treatment" from the sub- marine world. HEADROOM: Co/. Doug/a*, C.B.f., A.F.C., chairman of de Havilland's South African company, who is 6ft 3in in height, finds he can stand comfortably under the centre section when inspecting tte prototype Airspeed Ambassador. BREAK-AWAY; The detachable air trailer portion 0/ the ingenious new Miles Mbb, a description of which appears on page 2S2, is towed away from the airfield. The trailer carries its own road wheels and tow-bar. Model JetA N unofficial speed record for modelaircraft was set up at a St. Al trans model aero club rally last week, when ajet-propelled model belonging to Mr. M. Guest, of Bushey Park Model FlyingClub, attained a speed of 98 m.p.h. Digging In? A REPORT that the U.S. Army issupervising the digging of huge caverns under the mountains of NewMexico, as a defensive measure against a possible third World War, appeared inan American paper, the Denver Post, last week and caused some consternationon the other side of the Atlantic. The U.S. War department, however, refusedto comment on the report. S1AI.A BRANCH of the Society oi LicensedEngineers, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. W. V. Laxton, has beenformed at Bovingdon Airport. The hon. secretary is Mr. P. J. Stabbias and theassistant secretary Mr. R. N. Dallin. The branch already has 43 associatemembers and 10 student members, and lectures and visits to various aircraftmanufacturers have been arranged. Tliose interested in joining should com-municate with the hon. secretary. Functional Furniture A MILES Aerovan belonging to EastAnglian Flying Services, Ltd., took off from Southend recently en route forJersey. Aboard the aircraft were eight suites of furniture. The suites consistedof sectional furniture which is specially constructed by Lee Bridge Industries,Ltd., to enable it to be packed into con- fined spaces. In fact, because of itsunique constructional design, a com- plete suite stacks into the space "nor-mally occupied by an easy chair. The appropriate trade name given this sec-tional furniture is "Airborne." Sub-zero Tests A T the invitation of the Ministry ofSupply, a representative of the Dunlop Aviation Division recentlyvisited the Winter Experimental Estab- lishment at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,where equipment tests were carried out by the Ministry and the R.C.A.F. Air-craft tyres, wheels, brakes and gun-firing equipment, designed and developed atthe Dunlop rim and wheel works at Foleshill, Coventry, were also tested andproved satisfactory under Arctic condi- tions at Fort Nelson and Fort Churchill.A visit was also paid to Snag airport in the Yukon, where temperatures as low as114 degrees of frost have been recorded. News in Brief It has been reported in the daily Press that a flying bicycle is to be shown at the exhibiti n of inventions, the "Concourse Lepine," opening at the Pare des Expositions in Paris on Sep- tember 13th. * * • Statistics published by B.E.A. reveal that 69,602 passengers travelled on B.E.A. aircraft during the month of July. This figure shows an increase of 25.3 per cent over the June total. • * * Six aircraft, four Consuls, an Anson and a D.H. Flamingo belonging to British Air Transport, Ltd., last week flew 46 people, among whom were 31 Danes, to the Southport Flower Show. The trip was organized by the Lea Valley Growers' Association. It is reported that the NetherlandsGovernment is seeking the use of the R.A.F. Airport 14 miles north of Singa-pore for the use of the K.L.M. Amster- dam-Batavia service. # * # An extraordinary General Meeting ofthe Air League of the British Empire will be held at Kinnaird House, 1, Pall MallEast, S.W.i, on Thursday, September 25th, at 2.30 p.m. * * • Howard Clayton-Wright, Ltd., an-nounce that they have now transferred the whole of their organization and theirassociate companies, Harrisflex Bearings, Ltd., and Clayflex, Ltd., to new premisesat Wellsbourne House, Wellsbourne, Warwickshire. The new telephone num-bers of the companies are, Wellsbourne 316/7/8.
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