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1948
1948 - 0370.PDF
FLIGHT MARCH ISTH, 1948 HE THE U.S. Aircraft for TurkeyT HE first group of 12 American Doug-las Invader light bombers granted to Turkey under the U.S. aid schemehave arrived, piloted by American ferry pilots. Brigadier General Hoag, head ofthe U.S. air mission to Turkey, is super- vising the deliver^' of the aircraft.Demonstration flights are to be given with these machines shortly. The Royal Aero Club TPHE annual general meeting of theJ- members of the Royal Aero Club will be held at 119, Piccadilly, VV.i, onWednesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. The agenda contains a recommendation of thecommittee for an increase in the annual subscription, up to 10 guineas for townmembers and 7 guineas for country mem- bers, for new members making applica-tion after March 31, 1948. A.T.C. Boxing Finals TTHIRTY-FOUR A.T.C. finalists-*• from all over the country will fight out the Corps' National Boxing Cham-pionships at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Friday, March 19th, begin-ning at 7 p.m. Seventeen events are listed, nine junior and eight senior, eachscheduled for three two-minute rounds. Juniors are from 15J to under 17 andseniors from 17 to uuder 19, on January 1st, last. The public may attend. "Freighter's" American TourA Bristol Freighter, G-AGVC, returnedtowards the end of last month from a demonstration tour of Canada and theAmericas. After the tour, which lasted five months, was completed, a series offreighting flights was undertaken in Canada and South America, whichbrought the total flying time to 638 hours. During this time 100,000 miles werecovered in extremes of temperature and ENTE-TAINMENT: HeressTidwn over tUe^Jitames below Tilbury, the Goodyear Duck was inspected by " Flight," and is reported upon on pags 307. with all manner of cargoes, includingdamaged aeroplanes, bags of cement and meat. The pilot throughout the tour wasMr. Tim Sims, director of British Avia- tion Services, Ltd. (Montreal), theBristol North American agents. Award and Appointment T'HE Daniel Guggenheim Medal, pre-J- sented on behalf of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers and UnitedEngineering Trustees Inc., has been awarded to Mr. L. D. Gardner for out-standing achievements in advancing aeronautics, particularly conceiving andorganizing the founding of the Institute of Aeronautical Science. Another itemof news from the U.S.A. is the appoint- ment of Mr. T. P. Wright, formerly Ad-ministrator of Civil Aeronautics, to be director of the Research Foundation ofCornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. World's Biggest Bomb ' AN unarmed bomb weighing 21 tonshas been dropped in a penetration test at Muroc Army Air Base, California,from a specially equipped B-29 Super- fortress. In addition to studying thepenetration qualities of such a missile, ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY COMPAMONS : in our associated journal, the "Autocar," March 12th, an interesting comp/rison is drawn between the Armstrong Siddefey Python airscrew-turbine and the A.S. Typhoon car. Comparative figures for weight, power and cost are given. Python : 3,670 sh&ft h.p., 3,1051b. weight, and estimated to cost between £20,000 and 130 000/ Tvfihcon Saloon :J0 h.p., 3,0241b. weight, cost £975. the U.S.A.A.F. wished to study the effecton an aircraft when such a great weight was suddenly released. Prior to this ex-periment the heaviest bomb that had been dropped was one weighing 12^ tonsused in experiments last winter in Ger- many by the R.A.F. and the U.S.A.A.F. Cow/air Deliveries Delivery of Convair 240 airliners toAustralia will be made from San Diego eastwards via Labrador, Iceland, Scot-land, France, Egypt and other stops to Darwin. By using this route T.A.A,will save dollars as, were they to fly the Pacific route, extra tankage at a cost uf$40,000 would be required. All petrol will be bought in the Sterling area andfrom London passengers will be carried under charter to B.O.A.C. The crewswill travel from Sydney to San Francisco via the Pacific to collect the aircraft andwill« thus encircle the globe en these delivery flights. Provisioning H.M.C.S. MagnificentI N order to prevent encroachment onBritish stocks of food and supplies when the new Canadian Navy aircns<carrier H.M.C.S. Magnificent is co^ sioned in Belfast this spring, sufficiestores to maintain 1,000 men at sea ifjjp 3 months have been brought into Belfastby the Canadian aircraft carrier 'Wurriffl,. These stores have been transhipped in.preparation for the new vessel's journey to Canadian waters, and include eightmonth's supply of clothing and a quan- tity of mess equipment but not, ofcourse, perishable foods. Kitchen Cupboards AT Omaha, U.S.A., United Air Linesare establishing one of the biggest "kitchen cupboards" in America.Nearly a milion dollars' worth of table equipment must be maintained in first-class order for serving the present daily average of 13,000 meals in the air. This" cupboard " contains more than 119,000 cups, 73,000 knives, forks and spoons,31,000 casseroles and 11,000 thermos bottles and each month nearly $25,000worth of these articles have to be re- placed. How nice it would be if someordinary catering establishments in Britain could follow this example!
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