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62 HERE AND THERE damaged machine was completely dis- mantled and brought down mostly by pack horse; parts too large to be taki'n down the pack horse trail to the valley below had to be manhandled by tin- salvage team, necessitating, in the case of the cockpit, a haul over a -ooft slope. Dunlop PopularityA T the recent annual general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Sir George Beharrell declared that Dun- lop wheels, tyres and brakes were now fitted to almost every new type of British aircraft. Pneumatic accessories for the operation of power plant and air- frame controls and flame-proof hose, he added, are used by a large number of British aircraft constructors and opera- tors and also by an increasing number of customers abroad. Self-marking TargetF IGHTER pilots practising air gunnery will now be able to learn the results of each shot whilst they are actually firing, by means of a self-marking target invented by Saab. Known as the Hit Indicator BT-13, this target is primarily intended for towing by aircraft. Attached to the target is a transmitter, shaped like a bomb, which transmits sound impulses caused by shots hitting •the target back to the towing machine, where they can be read off and the results radioed in turn to the pilot of the attacking machine. Flying-boats Have a Future •pOLLOWING a visit to the Belfast J- factory of Short Brothers and Harland Ltd., the Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Ministry of Supply, Mr. J. Freeman, said that in his personal opinion flying-boats have a very con- siderable future and he did not think Short Brothers and Harland would have any great difficulty in selling to the rest of the world types of aircraft produced at their works. Some of the aircraft produced and which were seen by the Minister include the Seal and Amphibian, the Sunderland conversion, the Sandring- ham, the Solent and the Shetland. On the Service side machines include the Sturgeon 1 and 2, and the Sunderland 5. Northern Air DisplayS PONSORED by the City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an air display is to be held at Newcastle Air- port, Woolsington, on Sunday, July 18th.; The theme of the display will be the dei velopment of air transport, both passen- ger and freight, and the sponsors hope enough support will be forthcoming to provide a static exhibition in addition to the usual display features. Leading in- FLIGHT 15TH. 1945 MILD AND BITTER : According to the inventor of this strange machine, Mr. Willard R. "~ Custer, it has made a number of brief flights with Mr. Frank D. Kelley, of Hagerstown, * Maryland, U S.A., president of the National Aircraft Corporation, at the controls. One is i apt to wonder how the "Custer Channel Wings," resembling halves of barrels, provide f sufficient lift for sustained fight! > News in Brief 1" A Bell helicopter, piloted by Capt. J. Youell recently landed on the roof of the seven-storeyed shop of Galeries Lafayette, in Paris, after a flight from Folkestone. •? terests in the aircraft industry have been approached, and the airport manager, Mr. P. K. Campbell, has also asked the R.A.F. to co-operate. New Book on MetallurgyI N order to modernize and combine their two former books Molybdenum in Steel and Molybdenum in Cast Iron, the Climax Molybdenum Company of Europe, Limited, are preparing a new volume which is to be distributed with- out charge to those interested. It is en- titled Molybdenum: Steels, Irons, Alloys, and intending recipients are in- vited to approach the company at 2 and 3, Crosby Square, London, E.C.3. Constellations and CosmicsR EGULAR consignments of nuclear emulsion plates are now being flown from London to Sydney by arrangement between the University of Melbourne and Qantas Empire Airways The plates are used in connection with the study of cosmic ray activity and are stowed in suitable positions in the Constellations. On arrival in Sydney the plates, which will have recorded the track of cosmic rays at high altitude en route, are transhipped to Melbourne University for processing. South African PostM R. J. W. P. ANGELL has resigned his post as repair and service manager at Miles Aircraft, Ltd., and has joined de Havillands as technical and service manager of their South African Company. He expects to leave for Johannesburg about July 20th. PRIMER PERFORMANCET HE following are the latest performance and weight figures for the Fairey Primer ab initio trainer, determined in maker's trials and at Boscombe Down: — 145 h.p. D.H. GIPSY MAJOR 10 Weight empty 1,360 Ib All-up weight 1,960 Ib Wing loading [ 1.8 Ib/sq ft Power loading 13.5 Ib/h.p. Max. speed (s.l.) 134 m.p.h. Cruising at 2,300 r.p.m 122 m.p.h. Min. speed (without flaps) 57 m.p.h. Min. speed (with flaps) 1 m.p.h. Climb (s.l.) 900 ft/min Absolute ceiling ... 19,500ft Service ceiling . 17,300ft Cruising range 383 miles 155 h.p. BLACKBURN CIRRUS MAJOR III Weight empty 1,3601b All-up weight 1,960 Ib Wing loading 11.8 Ib/sq ft Power loading ... ... ... 12.65 Ib/h.p. Max. speed (s.l.) 141 m.p.h. Cruising at 2,200 r.p.m. Min. speed (without flaps) Min. speed (with flaps) Climb (s.l.) Absolute ceiling Service ceiling Cruising range 125 m.p.h. 57 m.p.fc, 51 m.p.h. 940 ft/min 18,800ft 16.800ft 376 mites Russian model aircraft designer Mik- hail Vassilchenko has claimed a new international distance record for a hydroplane flight of 22J miles. * * « -; The wreckage of an aircraft located near Monto, Queensland, has been iden- tified as an American transport aircraft reported missing between Rockhampton and Brisbane in November, 1943. There were seven Australians and five Ameri- cans on board at the time. * * • • '., . The experimental rocket range in Cen- tral Australia, some 230 miles north of Adelaide, has been declared a prohibited area for aircraft except with the permis- sion of the Superintendent of the Long Range Weapon Establishment. * * • The Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,' announce that their aircraft equipment division, under the direction of G/C J Horniman, has moved from 53a, Pall Mall, and as from July 5th the new address will be Poyle Mill Works, Coin- brook, Bucks. * • « The Committee of the Royal Aero Club have decided to invite donations, limited to one pound, towards a portrait of the late secretary-general of the R.Ae.C, Lt. Cdr. H. E. Perrin, whose death on April 9th was announced in Flight, April 15th. Capt. E. Newling has been commissioned to paint the portrait from a photograph of Lt. Cdr. Perrin. * » * -p When asked in Parliament by Mr. '* Platts-Mills if he would invite the appropriate U.S. authorities to supply him with details of the XS-I supersouic rocket aircraft in order that the power system could be adapted for use in "British aircraft, the Minister of Supply, Mr. G. R. Strauss, said that it was not in the public interest to answer that question. T
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