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1948
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FEBRUARY 12TH, 1948 FLIGHT AVIATION SERVICE •night STRIKE FIGHTER : The camera registers the contra-rotating Rotol airscrew driven by the Rolls-Royce Eagle 24-cylinder flat-H engine of the Westland Wyvern T.F.I. Prototypes of this latest deck-landing aircraft are now on trial. "* C.-m-C.'s Visit to Saigon AIR MARSHAL SIR HUGH P.LLOYD, C.-in-C. A.C.F.E., visited Saigon between January 23rd and 25th.He renewed old associations with French Air Force units which served under his:ommand in North Africa in 1943 and 1944. The visit was made at the invita-tion of General Valluy, Acting High Commissioner for French Indo-China andC.-in-C. French Forces in Far East, who, vvith General Bodet, C.-in-C. of FrenchAir Forces in Far East, met him on arrival. Air Marshal Lloyd paid tribute to theextremely generous assistance and co- operation given by French authorities tothe R.A.F. at Saigon. Without French aid, he said, the staging post there couldnot have been the success it was. '"•" Met. Beaus. NO. -84 Squadron of the R.A.F.,equipped with Bristol Beaulighters and based at Changi, Singapore, is now-responsible for supplying information concerning weather conditions overlarge parts of Malaya, Sumatra and the Strait of Malacca, having taken over themeteorological reconnaissance commit- f nts of the recently disbanded No. iSirma) Squadron. The Commandingicer is S/L. D. R. Turley-George,D.F.C. Each morning a Beaufighter leaves Changi and flies to Butterworth,sending out meteorological reports every fifteen minutes. In order to gain themaximum advantage from these flights the crews at the same time carry outnormal training, including single-engined, low-level and instrument flying. The air-craft returns from Butterworth the fol- lowing morning, again transmitting re-ports, at 15-minute intervals, of the weather through which it is flying. Itlands back at Changi some four hours later after a flight of between 800 andQOO miles over the Strait of Malacca and the east coast of Sumatra. Meanwhile,the next'Beaufighter will have flown up to Butterworth to continue the cycle. There are often some very bad weatherregions around the northern tip of Sumatra. Monsoon clouds close down to400 feet from sea-level and heavy rains reduce visibility to nil in places. TheBeaufighters often have to rely on instru- ments when only 200ft above the sea. Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements R.A.F.V.R. Navigators and • , 'v Signallers R.A.F.V.R. recruiting of navigatorsand signallers has opened. So far only pilots have been accepted for thepost-war R.A.F.V.R. The first Reserve Centres to take volunteers are in theLondon Reserve Group—No. 83 Reserve Centre, Stanmore Park, Middlesex, andNo. 84 Reserve Centre, Chessington, Surrey, whose flying schools are at Pans-hanger, Herts, and Fairoaks, Surrey, respectively. Announcements will bemade when more schools are readv to begin recruiting. Training — initiallyrefresher—will be done in Ansons. Joining to-day when the R.A.F.V.R. hashas been in operation a year, navigators and signallers will have the advantageof doing so when units are in a better position to develop social activities. , Candidates for navigators will be re-cruited from those who have qualified as air navigators, navigator/bomb aimers,navigators / wireless operators, or navi- -gator/radio operators. Signallers will berecruited from ex-R.A.F. wireless operator flying personnel. The normal age limitsare from 18 to 30, but applicants of higher age will be considered. Volun-teers are required to undertake five years' ser%-ice and according to previous rankwill be appointed on entry to the com- missioned or non-commissioned rankappropriate to the peacetime Royal Air Force. Annual training obligations are:fifteen days' continuous training (which may be met by an equivalent total ofshorter periods taken separately) and approximately 130 hours' non-continuous flight" photograph. ROYAL M.T • Seen in The Mall before delivery to H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, this 27 h.p. six-cylinder Daimler—a wedding present from the R.A.F.—bears a registration which was surrendered by a private motorist some months ago. Sergeant Basham and Corporal Turnbull, seen here, made the delivery.
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