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1948
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APRIL 22ND, 1948 white shirts and dark ties by men, .andwhite open-neck blouses for feminine wear. T.C.A. believe that neat andpleasing personal appearance goes hand in hand with courtesy and efficiency, andthat the new dress will catch the eye ol the travelling public M.o.S. Appointment M R. J. W. TRURAN, Senior HandlingTechnical Officer at the A and A.E.E., Boscombe Down, has beenappointed Ministry of Supply West Coast representative in the L'.S. He leaves forAmerica to-day, April 22nd. Mr. Truran came to Boscombe Down from Martle-sham and at the outbreak of the war joined the R.A.F. and has remained atthe A. and A.E.E. ever since. He finished as a Wing Commander with the A.F.C.jnd at the end of the war took up his appointment of senior handling technicalofficer. A.B.A.C Ball TICKETS for the second annual ballof the Association of British Aero Clubs, to take place at the Dorchester onFriday, April 30th, as announced in Flight, March 18th, are expected to beoversubscribed. The ball is in aid of a fighting fund to make private flyingavailable to the widest possible section of the public. The organizers. LadyDaphne Straight, wife of Mr. Whitney Straight, A.B.A.C.'s chairman, andG/C. G. H. M. Miles, vice-chairman, have disclosed that one club in the Lon-don area has taken a block of 100 tickets. As the number is limited to 600, thosewishing to attend should make applica- tion without delay. Touring Guide to South Africa AN air touring guide prepared by theprivate aviation division of the Federation Aeronautkjue Internationale,dealing with the routes from the United Kingdom to South Africa, has recentlybeen published. It can be obtained through tile Royal Aero Club Aviation 445 THE ANSWER'S A LEMON : A Bell 47-0 Utility Helicopter spraying i secticide dust on q citrus grove in Texas. Helicopters are being increasingly employed for this type of work in orchards and over ground crops. Centre at Londonderry House, 19, ParkLane, London, W.i, price £1. To anyone contemplating a flight bythe east or west routes to Africa the in- formation it contains will be invaluable.On the subject of preflight planning full details are given regarding passports, visas, carnet du passage en douane, fuelclearance and permits, maps, currency and health regulations, and food rations.It also contains route maps, tables of courses and distances, details of airfieldsand facilities, and a section on radio aids. 77ie Tudor V A PRELIMINARY examination ol theTudor V was carried out at Man- chester on April 7th, by Mr. J. W,Booth, chairman of B.S.A.A., Air Cdre. H. G. Brackley,the new chief executive and Mr.J. W. Kenny, who were very im-pressed with the aircraft, six of• which have been ordered byB.S.A.A. for their South Americanroutes. Designed to carry 44 passen-gers and a crew of five the aircraftwill have a pay- load of 8,5001b,and a still - air range o f 2,500miles. The cruis- ing speed is ex-pected to be 290 m.p.h. DUMMY RUN : The Ministry of Supply have worked out a "Stand- ard airman " who has been made and already christened Horace ; he is 6 ft. tall and weighs 200 Ib. Here he is having his equipment tested in on ejector seat tower. News in Brief Aer Lingus will increase theii cargorates by 2d per kilo from April 18th, on their routes from Dublin to London,Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester and Rome. Air Marshal Wilfrid Curtis, chief of theCanadian air staff visited Filton on April 13th to inspect the Brabazon. Hearrived in this country on April nth, and is to visit R.A.F. Stations and com-mands during his stay. * « # A. Cdre. Fielden, Captain of theKing's Flight, has inspected a number of New Zealand airfields which may be in-cluded in the Royal visit and has left for Australia where he has also made atour of inspection. * • • Capt. A. P. W. Cane, of B.O.A.C, hasrecently been awarded the Master Pilot's Certificate by the M.C.A. He is FlightCaptain of B.O.A.C.'s No. 2 Line, based at Hum, operating Lancastrians andYorks to Africa and India. He has 9,000 hours flying to his credit. * * * Prof. Sir John D. Cockcroft, director ofthe atomic energy research and develop- ment establishment at Harwell, has beenawarded the James Alfred Ewing Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers forhis contributions to the science of en- gineering in the field ol research * * * The Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd., hasdrawn up a scheme of reorganization in- volving the formation of a new holdingcompany—Refinery (Holdings), Ltd.— which will acquire the shares of the Man-chester Oil Refinery, Ltd., in exchange for its own shares. The chairman ofPetrochemicals, an associated company said recently that he welcomed develop-ments of plants producing chemicals from petroleum as an important contri-bution to the economic future of the country.
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