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1948
1948 - 0437.PDF
APRIL 1ST, 1948 FLIGHT 367 HERE AND THERE filing system. In 194G the highest awardwas $2,500 for an infra-red cockpit lighting system. R.GS. LectureW ING COMMANDER DOUGLAS N.KENDALL, O.B.E., managing director of the Photographic Survey Com-pany, an associated company of the Hunting Aviation Group in Canada, iscoming to England shortly for a brief visit. On Monday, April 19th, he willlecture to the Royal Geographical Society on "Aerial Magnetometer Surveys" andit is expected that the lecture will be ^hded by many leading geologists. Test Pilots Committee AT the G.A.P.A.N. meeting on Feb-ruary 5th, Group Capt. Bulman reported on two meetings of the testpilot section of the Guild and the S.B.A.C. regarding the setting up of acommittee to advise the Ministry of Supply in the approving and grading oftest pilots and airfields. Agreement had been reached to set up a joint committeefor the purpose. Owing to the retire- ment of Mr. J. E. D. Scott from theposition of hon. secretary to the Guild's test pilot committee, his place has beentaken by Major J. Cordes. Butlins Aerial Week-ends T3UTLINS, LTD., have altered the•D dates of two of the aerial week-ends arranged to take place at their holidaycamps this year. The opening of Skeg- ness airfield, which was due to take placeon June 26th and 27th, as reported in Flight, March 18th, will now take placea fortnight earlier, and the aerial week- end at Broom Hall arranged for June12th and 13th has been postponed a fort- night ; in fact, the week-ends chosen arethe same but the sites have been switched. Easter in HollandA PARTY of 20 schoolgirls from theHarrow College for Girls left from London Airport on March 25th byK.L.M. Skymaster for the Easter holi- days, which they spent with friendsat JJ Dutch school. This party was taken by the headmistress, Miss Pulling,who is the founder and owner of the Harrow College. It is hoped that a returnvisit of girls from the Kopjes School, Bloemendaal, will be made by air laterin the year. SUBSONIC NIGHTMARE : An unusual if not exactly aeronautical machine constructed by aero-engineering students of Bristol University for their Rag-Day Procession. To prevent confusion the notice reads : "No connection with the little place at Filton." News in Brief The estate of Mr. Orville Wright, who died at Dayton, Ohio, in January, has been valued at ^267,000. # * * Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill will succeed Sir Richard Southwell as rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology on October 1st. * * * Two aircraft were chartered throughLane's (Aircharters), Ltd., to fly a com- plete film unit to Belfast to film theWorld Flyweight Championship on March 23rd.# * # Mr. W. McClelland, F.C.A., managingdirector of Stenor, Ltd., Richmond, has been appointed managing director ofSimmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., and Sim- monds Products, Ltd. These newappointments will not affect Mr. McClelland's duties with Stenor, Ltd. * * # Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Avia-tion, attended the annual civic dinner of the Harrow Urban District Councilon Friday, March 19. Replying to the toast " The Guests," Lord Nathan spoke She insisted old bey, says it matches her "New Look." of the position of Harrow and Northoltairfield, referring to the local landmarks and the development of S.B.A. at theairport. * * * Mr. A. Hittinger, managing director ofthe National Benzole Company, Ltd., has been appointed chairman of thecompany in place of Mr. J. H. Olliver, who has retired. Mr. G. A. Hebden be-comes deputy chairman and Mr. R. J. Smith is appointed a director. * * * According to recent information work on the Australian rocket range at Woo-mera is progressing; 130 miles of water pipeline is being laid from Whyalla anda large airfield, subsidiary air strips and roads are under construction. Progressis also being made with the construction of technical buildings and a model per-manent township for 2,000 people. * * * Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, B.A.C. Salesdirector; has left by air for the Argen- tine where he will open the Bristol NewType 170 overseas sales campaign. It is his third visit to the Argentine and, ason a previous visit, he is accompanied by Mr. Colin Harvey of the B.A.C. Salesdepartment. * * * The first Bristol New Type 170 to leaveFilton took off on its delivery flight to France on March 18th. The purchasers—Compagnie Air Transport (Paris)—plan to use two of these freighters to carryfruit between North Africa and England. The delivery flight was performed by anall-French crew. * * * The Minister of Civil Aviation hasappointed Mr. R. W. N. B. Gilling to be his private secretary in successionto Mr. R. D. Poland. Mr. Gilling left the Air Ministry to join the PlanningDivision of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in Feb., 1946. He was later Secretaryto the Commonwealth Air Transport Council for a year.
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