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272 F LI G SEPTEMBER IITH, 1947 BRABAZON'S HOME : The immense size of the partially completed Brabazon hangar at Bristol dwarfs the car and workers pictured beside it. Concrete flooiing will cover eight acres and a further 6| acres of con- crete apron will be laid in front of it. De HaviUand Scholarships 'T'HE de Havilland Educational Council-*- has decided to grant ten scholar- ships yearly to outside applicants en-titling them to the full engineering apprenticeship training without paymentof fees. The new scholarships are open to well-educated British boys, and acertain number will be available to appli- cants from the British colonies andDominions. The training offered occupies about four years from the age of seven-teen, so candidates, who must be spon- sored by their school authorities, shouldapply before their seventeenth birthday. The de Havilland Aeronautical TrainingSchool, Hatfield, Herts, to which appli- cation should be made, lias turned out1,450 trained technicians since its in- auguration in 1928. Marine Gas TurbineI N the issue of Flight, of August 28th,we commented in these columns on development work with gas-tnrbineengines undertaken by the Admiralty. Further details now released reveal thatthe first watercraft to be powered by a pas turbine has been taken to sea by theRoyal Navy, and preliminary tests are proceeding satisfactorily. The gas tur-bine now under trial has been developed by the Metropolitan Vickers ElectricalCompany, Ltd., and has been installed in H.M. motor gun boat 2009. It drivesthe central shaft of the craft and takes the place of one of the three 1,250 b.h.p.petrol engines which formerly powered her. The M.G.B. 2009 installation isessentially an experimental one. Height of Success ACHIEVEMENTS of British gliding•**• experts in America are being closely followed by the gliding fraternity in thiscountry. News of the latest success came last week from California, where Mrs.Naomi Allen beat an International record for women glider pilots when she soared10,400ft above, the point of release to a maximum height of 14,400ft. Herflight, which beat the previous American record of 7.200ft, made last July by MissJennie Bennis, was officially recorded by the Soaring Society of America. Reading Garden PartyK EN WALLER, Miles test pilot, de- monstrated the M.08 for the first time to the public at a garden party organized by the Reading branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society held on Saturday, September 6th, at Woodley airfield. Reading. American delegates to the Anglo-American Conference were guests of the Royal Aeronautical Society at this event. ROYAL INTEREST: Major General Prince Firuz, Inspector General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, with Mr. F. H. M. Lloyd Sales manager) watching a demonstration of a Hawker Sea Fury piloted by Mr. Humble, Hawker's chief test pilot. Holiday Airfield MEMBERS of the flying fraternity are'to be the guests of Mr. W. E. Butlin at his holiday camp at Pwllheli,North Wales, from September 2oth-22nd, when he officially opens Broom Hallairfield, a flying base adjacent to his camp. Invitations have already beensent out to flying clubs and owners of private aircraft, and a large gathering isexpected to attend the party. Broom Hall airfield is not yet marked on anymap, but its position is given as 520 55' N., 4° 22' W. . .. News in Brief Because of the shortage of shippingaccommodation, India's cricket team, which is to tour Australia later in theyear, is to travel from India to Australia by air. * * * The first three members of theW.J.A.C. to receive training in glider flying have gained their "A" glidingcertificates after a week's course at the London Gliding Club. They are adjutantJoan Donovan, sergeant Joyce King and lance-corporal Phyllis Weir. * * • American sources have reported that for the first time a V2 rocket is to be fired somewhere in the Atlantic from a warship, the 45,000-ton U.S. aircraft carrier Midway. * * # Twelve pilots in B.O.A.C., all of whomhave flown over a million miles, hay^ been promoted to Senior Captain fiisWclass. The Corporation now have a total of nineteen personnel with that rank—the most senior in the Corporation's air- crew. * * * Moscow radio has reported that Elena Vladimirskaya, Soviet woman para- chutist, has made a delayed drop from a height of 18,000ft. The descent was made without oxygen apparatus. * # * In an article on the M.68 which appeared in last week's issue of Flight we inadvertently referred to the Mer- chantman as being equipped with four Cirrus Major engines. This should, of course, have been four Gipsy Queen 30s.
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