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1948
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584 FLIGHT AY 27TH, 1948-. POWER ASSISTED GLIDER: On its recent demonstration tour in Portugal the Bristol new type 170 carried an Olympia glider, manufactured by Elliotts of Newbury who built Horsa gliders during the war. i A frozen lake which, due.to a change in /weather conditions, subsequently be- /came slushy. Since he considered a wheels" take-off would be impossible, Hamble Display IR SERVICE TRAINING, LTD., staging an "Open Day" at wllmiB ^^-^ «v,»^ ^ i...^—, Hamble on July 3rd, which will include / or at any rate dangerous, Mr. Vandergrifta flying display, largely executed by th R.A.F.V.R., and demonstrations of well- known modern aircraft from various air- craft firms. In the evening there will be competitions of model aircraft and racing cars. The local A.T.C. units are giving their full support as programme sellers, guides, etc., and all proceeds are to be donated to the R.A.F. Association and the British Legion. P. R. Fowler Joins AST.F LT. LT. P. R. ... FOWLER has joined the aircraft division of Air S^yice' Training at Hamblesas chief test pilot. He/ joined the R.A.F. iii 1938 and served as a fighter pilot in the war. A graduate of the Em- pire Test Pilots School, he was at the R.A.E. at Farnborough before his appointment with A.S.T., Ltd. F L P. R. Fowler. ImprovisationD URING a night over Alaska, Miles Yandergrift was forced down by bad weather and alighted on the surface of a took some wooden planks from a trapper's cabin in which he had been sheltering, fashioned a pair of skis and attached them to his aircraft. He took off suc- cessfully and landed safely at his home airfield after being reported overdue for four days. i $abena's 25th Anniversary ''Y""Y^ account,of recent accidents, Sabena v-' haye decK^d to postpone the cele- bration tt* their 25th anniversary, which was tehave bettTrfeld from May 28th 31st in the Regie des Voies Aerienne§ 45**Avenue des Arts, Brussels. .display of British airfield and airt equipment is, however, to be put on at the same address. Among the British constructors represented are: Cossor Radar, General Electric, I.T.D., Pye, Rotax, Shell Petroleum Co., and the Sperry Gyroscope Co. Southampton to Keep Schneider Trophy Aircraft A HOME has been found for N.248,the Vickers-Supermarine S6 flown by the winning 1929 and 1931 Schneider Trophy teams. It was this machine which was repaired in two months just before the 1931 contest after it had FINNISH INSPECTION : Captain Y. O./tiirila, the senior pilot of Aero 0,'Y, the Finnish airline company, studies the Ambassado/s control layout from the second pilot's seat of the prototype. With him is Gffneral L. Grandell, the managing director. Mr. John Corby. crashed into Southampton Water on .1 practice flight. The N.248 was housed at Southampton Airport but, when this was taken over by the M.C.A. last month, the aircraft was offered to the Royal Aero Club and to Cranwell. Local feel- i ing, however, caused the M.C.A. to offer• -<\ to keep it at Southampton AirporJ and provide facilities for it to be displayed. D.H. Appointment N >--;M R. JOHN CORBY, O.B.E., M.A., hag been appointed area manager for the de Havilland Enterprise in the Far East. He left Hatfield on May 12, for his second tour of the area. After a tour of operations during the war as a bomber pilot, Mr. Corby, who was awarded the O.B.E. and the Croix de Guerre for special operational duties, was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer in India. Golf ContestT HE Aero Golfing Society are to hold the contest for the Flight Challenge ; Trophy at the Royal Mid-Surrey course\| at Richmond on Tuesday, June 1st. The competition will be over 18 holes medal play, off handicap. Bristol's Portuguese Demonstration AFTER a very successful demonstra: ^ tion visit to Portugal, a Freighter . d version of the Bristol New Type ijo~te-\.2. turned to Britain on May 19th. The 4Q[ Portuguese military and civii authorities' were greatly impressed by the demon-' stration, which included'the transport of p,ooo lb of live shells from Portella to Tancos, a cargo of tar weighing 8,000 lb from Ota to Sintra, and the delivery of an unserviceable army truck from Alverca to Esphiho. One of the military' loads carried comprised three jeeps and 12 soldiers. Trial loadings of equipment included Bofors and six-pounder 'anti- tank guns, and track-laying vehicles. The Lisbon press were enthusiastic about the Freighter, which was piloted by Mr. A. J. Pegg, B.A.C. chief test pilot, accompanied by Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, '•ales director. Sudan Rail StrikeD URING the recent strike of the Sudan Railways, Sudan Airways, the flying operations of which are man- aged by Airwork, Ltd., played an im-
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