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1948
1948 - 0155.PDF
JANUARY 29TH, 1948 FLIGHT 135 SERVICE AVIATION ANCIENT MARINER AND FFESH-WATER SAILOR : A pleating flasnoack to tne summer, wnn tne prototype Seajang in we tee 0/ fo The Seafang is capable of over 475 m.p.h. ; a good clean Swordfish might achieve ISO m.p.h (slightly down-hill). Jet Noise A CERTAIN uneasiness has been pro-moted by press articles on thealleged physical effects of flying turbo- jet aircraft and of work on turbo-jet testbeds. According to information from the Directorate-General of Medical Ser-vices, Air Ministry, R.A.F. pilots of jet aircraft do not complain of noise in theair, apart from alight transitory fatigue and deafness. Most of the complaintsconcerning noise are from personnel en- gaged on servicing and running up jetunits on test. "On present evidence, obtained from ground measurements," itis stated, "there is no reason to expect injurious results to «;"ots from flying jet-propelled aircraft.' ,^ken special measuring equipment canbf^pferfocted, the order of vibration and noise frequencies and intensities and oftheir possible effect on animals or man will be investigated. Pending develop-ment of this apparatus, work has begun at the R.A.F. Institute of AviationMedicine, Farnborough, Hants, on the development of instruments which willbe ready for air trials during the coming summer and which will be used inapplied physiological studies. Air Commodore Scarrott AIR COMMODORE GEORGE ^CAR-ROTT, until recently Senior Equip- ment Staff Officer at Air Headquarters,British Air Forces of Occupation (Ger- many), has taken up fresh duties asSenior Air Staff Officer at the head- quarters of No. 41 Group, MaintenanceCommand, at Andover. He was born in October, 1896, at Tamworth, Stafford-shire, and educated at Tamworth Grammar School. In the 1914-18 war heserved in the Warwick Yeomanry and the Royal Flying Corps before transfer-ring to the Royal Air Force in 1918. During the greater part of the recent warhe was at Air Ministry on equipment duties. Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements K.A.F. House for Edinburgh THE R.A.F. benevolent Fund willcontribute the money for tiie con- struction of an R.A.F. house at theThistle Foundation Settlement, Edin- burgh. The Foundation is a settlementspecially designed to permit disabled officers and men to live with theirfamilies, and receive such medical treat- ment as they require. It consists ofspecially designed houses and a clinic, and is open to officers and men who undernormal conditions would have to be separated from their families. TheR.A.F. house should be available to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund during 1948.It will always be occupied by a disabled airman or officer nominated bv the Fund. theress for Reserve Officers •pEGULATION dress for officers of the-tv R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve and the •Royal Auxiliary Air Force is war servicedress for all times on duty, including attendance at the officers' mess afterduty hours. Those who have service dress mav wear it after dutv hours. SubsSubstantive PromotionT HE flow of substantive promotion forairmen and airwomen which lapsed during thewar is shortly to begin again,and the tCoysH Air Force will maintain joint promotion rosters for men andwomen Previously airwomen were not granted substantive rank, but those whoundertook extended service during the first six months of the extended servicescheme will be given substantive rank equal to that granted to airmen similarlyqualified. It will be granted to other airwomen on extended service in accord-ance with establishment vacancies. tfa " I think I'm due for a ' Major ' this week." Denmark RemembersU NDER this same title reference hasalready been made in these columns to a Danish publication They Died forUs. A copy of this book has now been received. It is a beautifully printedmemorial to those Allied airmen who lost tlvir lives in Denmark during thesecond world war and contains numerous photographs of war graves. The pub-lishers are The Scandinavian Publishing Company, Copenhagen K, 25-^7, Kob-magergade. Not YetM R. GEOFFREY I)E FREITAS,Under-Secretary o[ State for Air, speaking to members of the R.A.F. atGibraltar during his tour of units in Gibraltar and Malta, said: "You sawin the papers a few days ago that Presi- dent Truman's air policy commission hadrecommended that the United States Air Force be increased to nearly 7,000 first-line ay-craft and that the United States i.-
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