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1947
1947 - 1878.PDF
4Q2 FLIGHT OCTOBER 30TH, HERE AND THERE the new airport at idlewild. Queen's,which has been renamed the Now York International Airport by the Port of NewYork Authority which operates it. An invitation to participate in the exhibitionis to be sent to foreign nations. Strato-CollegeM AKING an important contributiontowards increasing the safety of, and spreading general knowledge aboutits aircraft, the Boeing Aircraft Company at Seattle is now running a StratocruiserSchool for airline technicians. The school is operated on similar lines to theFlying and Superfortress schools estab- lished by Boeing during the war whicfitrained more than 40,000 men to main- tain and service these aircraft. Australian RequirementsI T is learnt that the Australian Govern-ment is seeking a number of modern carrier aircraft from Britain, to be usedin the two aircraft carriers, which are to oe added to the Royal Australian Navy(reported in Flight last week). No de- cision has yet been reached on the typeof aircraft to be used, but it is possible that Seafires and Fireflies may be pur-chased. It is estimated that each carrier requires about 35 aircraft. K.LM. Personnel Honoured 'HPEN members of K.L.M. have beenJ- honoured by Queen Wilhelmina in a recent Birthday Honours list: Mr.J. A. G. Sandberg, President of the Council of Management becomes a Knightof the Order of the Netherland Lion; Mr. J. Martin and Mr. H. Veenendaal, vice-presidents, were made Officers of the Order of Oranje Nassau; and Comman-der L. Sillevis, a senior pilot, was made Knight of the Order of Oranje Nassau.Gold Medals of Honour were awarded to traffic and technical personnel. Radar in Alaska JT is understood ttiat £18,250,000 isbeing spent by the United States on building 'radar stations, bomber andfightei airfields, and underground com- mand posts in Alaska. The Air ForceHigh Command has disclosed that over a hundred flights have been made over theNorth Pole and its vicinity to test men and equipment. - Viking Record! WHAT is thought to be arecord flight for any twin- engined aircraft was accom-plished recently when a Viking operated by Airwork, Ltd., onthe Sudanese Government's leave scheme left Wadi Haifa—530 miles south of Cairo—and touched down at Blackbusheairport at 8.40 p.m. the same day. The aircraft, which hadno passengers en board at the time, was piloted by CaptainN. E. Waugh. Stars in the SkyI T is possible that passengerson long - distance South African a' liners will soon beable to sit back and watch their favourite film stars while flying.It i» stated that airline officials in that country are satisfied TAKING THE STRAIN: On the production model of the Consolidated Vultee 8-26 the two I Win wheels ftted to the prototype model have been replaced by eight 56in wheels pro- viding a greater area over which to distribute the bomber's27t,000lbweight. In comparison the Braba- zon's 2o5,000lb is sup- ported by twin 62in wheels on each oleo leg. with a recent test carried-out in a Skymaster vv it circled over joh;burg and 16 mm, were screened,gramme included a" fea- ture film and two Techni-colour cartoons and it is believed to be the firsttime a cinema show has been held on board a S.African airliner. Savings Chief T7OLLOWING the death this year of -L Field Marshal Sir Cyril DeverelL who controlled the Savings Movement in the Forces, Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck, K.C.B., C.B., O.B.E., has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the National Savings Committee, an honorary posi- tion which will give -him charge of the Services national savings organization. During the late war Sir Richard served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff'at the Air Ministry, a rank he held until his retire- ment last year. U.S. Production DownM R. P. ECHOLS, President of the U.S. Aircraft Industries Associa- tion, has told President Truman's Air Policy Commission in Washington Chat the production of fighting aircraft in the U.S. is lower to-day than at the start of 1939. Declaring that from the low point in 1939 it took the industry five years to hit the peak output, Mr. Echols said that a well-organized and maintained planning programme "is the only way to fully meet the problem of maintain- ing* preparedness at a cost which the country can stand." News in Brief ""THE Third British Commonwealth•*• and Empire Lecture will be delivered this year by Mr. James Bain, of Trans-Canada Airlines. The lecture is to be held to-day, Thursday, October 30th, at6 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Institu- tion of Civil Engineers, Great GeorgeStreet, S.W.i. . , * * * Mr. J. A. V. Watson, O.B.E., Pub- licity Manager of C. C. Wakefield, has been promoted Personal Assistant to Mr. Alonzo Limb, the Company's Joint Managing Director. In addition to his new appointment, Mr. Watson will con- tinue to control Castrol publicity activities. * * * Mr. H. G. Stanley, C.B.E., a director of the Champion Sparking Plug Com- pany, Limited, together with Mr. M. F. Sperryn, Secretary, left Heathrow Air- port for the U.S.A. last week in connec- tion with the expansion programme with which the Champion Company is plan- ning to meet the Government's export target. Two Swedish ships held up by engine trouble in transoceanic ports have lately received assistance from Scandinavian Airlines, A who delivered spare parts to the * ships from a factory in South Sweden. Tests of the effects of "near misses" with bombs, mines and torpedoes on warships in Loch Striven in the Firth of Clyde are being carried out by the Admiralty. One cruiser, three British destroyers, an ex-Ger- man destroyer and other smaller craft are being used for the trials. The Admiralty statee that everything possible is being done to ensure that the. trials do not conflict with the interests of the public in any way.
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