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1948
1948 - 0436.PDF
366 APRIL IST, 194S Confidence A\F OUR weather forecasters who are soconfident of their powers of predic- tion that they have agreed to be sacked ifthey fail to forecast more than one storm out of ten, are to form part of the staff ofan American airline, according to a re- port published recently. Tractors for Export AN order valued at between ^10,000and ,£11,000 has been completed and despatched by David Brown Tractors,Ltd., to the Royal Iraqui Air Force. Originally developed for hauling heavybombers of the R.A.F. these heavy in- dustrial tractors have found a firm mar-ket in the Middle East particularly in the oilfields. It is expected that export orderstor these tractors will exceed /i,000,000 this year and output is being increasedas fast as steel supplies will allow. Miles Break-up HPHE outcome of protracted negotia-J- tions to keep the Miles Aircraft Company, Limited, together is thatarrangements have been made by the Receiver for the closing down of theaircraft section and the development of the other sections of the business, i.e.,the manufacture of duplicating machin- ery and fountain pens. To ensure theorderly liquidation of the assets of the aircraft department an agreement hasbeen entered into with a leading aircraft manufacturer, rumoured to be HandleyPage, Limited, to take over the control and management of that department andthereby to complete certain of the cur- rent 'contracts under conditions whichwill ensure that the assets are realized as far as possible on a going-concern basis. Record Drop Claimed SERGEANT-MAJOR LES VALENTINof a French parachute regiment has claimed a world record after jumpingfrom a Halifax at nearly 24,000 feet and not opening his parachute until he wasabout 3,000 feet from the ground. The duration of his "free drop" was re-ported as 109 seconds—over a minute and a half—and was performed withoutthe use of an oxygen mask, near Pau, in south-western France. Taxiway Identification AT certain airfields, it is announcedin M.C.A. Notice to Airmen No. 101, it has been found difficult in condi-tions of poor visibility to distinguish, from the air, between runways and taxi-ways, adjacent to one another. To prevent confusion in such conditions thetaxiways are to be made easier to identify by having white or yellowdiamonds painted upon their surfaces at 200ft intervals and in pairs, one orr eitherside of the centre line. ROOM WITH A VIEW: The private stateroom in one of the two V.V.I.P. Tudor Ills. A toilet adjoins. Interior decoration was completed by Armstrong Whitworth''s, and the clever use in a pressurized hull of paired portholes with a large common frame gives / the good look-out and pleasing impression of a much larger window than would, in fact, be practical in such an aircraft. US. " Pack-Plane" A CONTRACT has been placed by theU.S. Air Force with the Fairchild Aircraft Division, to design and developa military transport aircraft with a detachable fuselage. The plan visualizesa type of aircraft which could land supplies at an advanced base or impro-vised airfield and, leaving one fuselage on the ground detached, rapidly be VICTORY SIGN : A new inn named the " Battle of Britain " has just been built at Shears Green, Northfleet, Kent, not far from Gravesend Airfield. An enemy Arft was shot down a few hundred & from tpe site. attached to another fuselage alreadyfilled with casualties to be evacuated. Thus several fuselages would be accu-mulated by relatively few '' prime movers/' and these could be used asmedical huts, storage shelters, command posts and repair shops. The primemovers would be so constructed that they could fly without the detachableportion of the fuselage if required. The designs specified by the U.S.A.A.F. calllor a 9-ton payload and range of 2,000 miles. Maps for Passengers B.O.A.C. have produced for the interestand convenience of passengers, maps of the routes over which they will fly.Attached to these coloured maps are descriptions of the countries and districtswhich lie on the route, and the peopi'lb who inhabit them; these notes have be«?!|written by Mr. Geoffrey Harrison. D.H. Journal THE official organ of the D.H. Aero-nautical Technical School, The Pylon, Volume VII, No. 2, has now beenpublished. This issue of the journal presents a striking appreciation of thelate Geoffrey de Havilland. In an article on propulsion and jets, Mr. C. C.Walker, C.B.E., A.M.I.C.E., F.R.Ae.S., discusses his topic in an interestingmanner which can be easily understood by those of only moderate technicalexperience. Valuable Suggestions T TNITED AIR LINES expect to save*-' 30,000 man-hours annually, repre- senting an estimated cost of $37,699,through adopting suggestions submitted last year by their employees. Theawards for ideas totalled $27,795, indi- vidual payments averaging $13. Thehighest award was $1,000 to a building maintenance mechanic for a new type of
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