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and AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Editorial Director Editor Assistant Editor • Art Editor • G. GEOFFREY SMITH. M.B.E. • C M. POULSEN • MAURICE A. SMITH, D.F.C (WING CDR., RAF.V.R.) . JOHN YOXALL FIRST AERONAUTICAL MZKLY IN THE W>RLD •• FOUNDED WO9 Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Flightpre*, Sedist, London. Telephone : Waterloo 3333 (50 lines.) COVENTRY : 8 - 10, CORPORATION ST. Telegrams : Autocar, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry 5210. BIRMINGHAM, 2: KING EDWARD HOUSE, NEW STREET. Telegrams : Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone : Midland 7191 (7 lines). MANCHESTER, 3 : 260, DEANSGATE. Telegrams : Iliffe, Manchester. Telephone : Blackfriars +412. GLASGOW. C.2: 26B. RENFIELD ST. Telegrams •• Iliffe, Glasgow. Telephone : Central 4857 No. 2020. Vol. Lll. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Home and Abroad : Year, £3 I 0. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper September 11th, 1947 6 months, £1 10 6. Thursdays, One Shilling. HUe Outlook Remembering the LivingM ONDAY next marks the beginning of Battle-of- Britain Week, and the various events which are planned, such as fly-pasts of large formations, and opening to the public a number of Royal Air Force stations, will serve as a reminder of what the nation owes to those gallant few who stood between us and invasion in that grim September of 1940. That debt we shall forget at our peril. A more permanent memorial is formed by the scroll bearing the names of those who died, and by the window of remembrance in the Royal Air Force Chapel in West- minster Abbey. Between them, these two memorials immortalize the names of the dead and, by means of the crests worked into the design of the window, the living squadrons of the R.A.F. In our remembrance of those who gave so unstintingly everything they had, even life itself, we should not for- get those whom they left behind, nor the many who sur- vived the ordeal but upon whom that ordeal has left scars which can never be effaced. To them also do we owe a debt of honour as great as, and more material Ahan, that so richly earned by those who gave their (/jf\=& in the heat of battle. 'Aany are condemned by wounds and injuries to a life of pain and suffering," with only the memories of their "Greatest Hour" to sustain them. They and their families deserve all the help we can give them to- wards making life bearable. Of those who gave their lives that we might live, many left dependents in straitened circumstances. For the sake of the dead, who grudged not their sacrifice, but whose one great anxiety was for those dear to them, we must see to it that their trust is not in vain. There is no better nor more practical way of justifying that trust than by contributing to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. That organization has done and is doing magnificent work in helping those who have fallen by the wayside; who for one reason or another, through no fault of theirs, are deprived of the means for living as they are entitled to live; who have children' whose education is a problem. In those and many other ways the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund is deserving of all help that any of us can give. • The cover of this week's issue, symbolic in its design, has been presented by Rolls-Royce to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund; a gesture worthy of a great name. We hope many others will follow that splendid example. But help in the form of money is also needed. So let all of us make a Battle-of-Britain resolution to contribute something, as much as our means will allow, towards maintaining and increasing the scope of the great task which that organization has undertaken. In so doing we shall, in some small measure, prove ourselves worthy of the trust not only of "The Few" but of those who carry on the great tradition which they established. Shop Window 1947R ADLETT is the word on everyone's tongue in aviation this week. There, statically and aero- dynamically, the British aircraft industry, or at least that part of it which qualifies for membership of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, shows to the thousands of invited representatives of this and other countries what it has to contribute to the world's progress in aviation. And a very fine contribution it is. Last week we expressed our regret that the British taxpayer is not allowed to see for himself the wonderful products for which he helps to pay. Partly for his benefit, and also in order to give our many visitors from overseas a lasting record of British aviation material, we have made this week's issue a survey of the aircraft industry. In planning the pages we have tried to pre- sent the information, factual and pictorial, in as con- venient a form as possible, so that the issue should not only be attractive to the eye but of practical usefulness
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