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1948
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JANUARY IST, 1948 F Li G H 7 PIGEON PORTRAIT : An impression left in dust on a wet window in Holborn by a pigeon in full flight, which is referred to below. Air Travel as an Aid to ShippingA DIRECTOR of D.N.L. and chair-man of S.A.S., Mr. Ths. S. Falk, has been elected president of the Nor-wegian Shipowners' Association. In a recent speech Mr. Falk said that astraffic promoted more traffic, air services would not take passengers from ship-ping, and by enabling shipping execu- tives to make more extensive contactsand market studies, rapid air travel was of great benefit to shipping. Acceleratedsnpply of spares for ships held up by breakdowns and transfers of crews hadalso the greatest possibilities. N.P.L Appointment TTHE Council of the Royal Society has •*• appointed Sir Frederick Handley Page to represent the R.Ae.S. on the General Board of the National" Physical Laboratory. Unique Record of Flight A PIGEON recently flew into a newlyglazed window in a building in Holborn, and left a unique " dusto-graph" with dust shaken out of its plumage on to the wet window by theimpact. The photograph on this page was taken by Mr. George Miles, of J? Gilchrist Studios, Ltd., at the requestof Dr. A. P. Thurston. So clear was the dust impression that the tongue in theopen beak showed clearly. The body was not found and it is presumed thebird recovered; probably he imagined that he had hit the sonic barrier. Pact with PeruP ERU and the U.K. have signed abilateral air pact, each country giv- ing the other landing rights and facilitiesfor scheduled air services including ser- vices between Peru and certain Britishcolonies. ..•--: -.- Far East Engineering Society AN engineers' societ)' which is later tobe a branch of the British Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers has beenstarted in Singapore.. The organizer is Mr. Charles Short, of Qantas. Fivemembers have been accepted and ten more applications have been receivedfrom employees of Qantas and Malayan Airways. Bonanza Ambulance ib.ifance q©nv**sipn for the iour-Bonanza has iy the makers. In this GERMAN INSTRUCTORS with airmen at Buckeburg on one of the fifteen one-month courses provided for airmen and airwomen by B.A.F.O. In this case the subject is chemistry, and among further courses to be started is " garage repairs." form, the machine carries I luce—pilot,patient and nurse. The patient has a special stretcher which < .HI he loadedover the leading edge of the starboard wing. H. M. Hobson Directors A NUMBER of appointments have•**• been made to the board of H. M. Hobson, Ltd. The new directors areMessrs. A. J. Aiers, C. Clifford, N. V. Dams, T. Simpson and P. H. Stokes.Mr. W. M. Iliffe has retired from the board. Long-range MissilesI T is estimated that nearly 2,000workers will be employed in develop- ing long-range rockets in Australia,where a new township to house some of them is being built near Adelaide. Faireys in AustraliaO WING to an error in transcription,the appointment of a Faircy repre- sentative in Australia was incorrectlyreported in our December 25th issue. It is A. Cdrc. F. Kirk, O.B.E , who hasbeen appointed to this position. Airlines' ComplaintW HEN the Prime Minister of Austra-lia expressed his intention to fly to New Zealand for a holiday in hisprivate Dakota, the Air Board decided that on safety grounds a four-enginedaircraft should be used. Private opera- tors complained that there were twice-dailv T.E A scheduled flying-boat ser- vice.-; available, and that the use of anR A.A.I . Liberator would waste 2,500 gallons of petrol. Fire Detector A NEW iire detector for aircraft hasbeen introduced by Control Pro- ducts Inc., Harrison, N.j., U.S.A. TheCPJ detector actuates the alarm system, it is claimed, in under the allowable fiveseconds when exposed to a temperature of 2,000 deg. F., and also indicates " fireout" rapidly. The weight is approxi- mately one ounce; normally open cir-cuits requiring no relays are used, and ihe device, is hermetically sealed. Two New Wind TunnelsA N all-steel wind tunnel, with a work-ing section 9ft by 7ft and highly- linished welded joints, is nearing com-
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