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n8 JULY 29TH, 1948 TRIPLETS : The new Merlin-powered version of the Boulton-Paul Balliol (Mark 2) is seen in the foreground, with the Balliol I (Mamba turbo- prop) and the Mercury-engined P.108 prototype. The Mark 2 displays the latest pattern of cockpit enclosure.THE New Merlin-powered Fighter T)OWERED by two Rolls-Royce MerlinF engines driving four-bladed contra rotating airscrews, a new interceptor andnight fighter has been produced by the Argentine Secretaria de Aerotecnica,Cordoba; maximum speed of the new machine, which has already started flighttrials, is expected to reach 437 m.p.h. The aircraft has been designed anddeveloped by Senor Pallavicino of the Institute Aerotecnico using materialsmostly produced in Argentina. The machine has a wing span of 49ft 3m, atotal wing area of 364 sq ft and a fuse- lage length of 38ft 8in. Tribute to the Nene OUR American contemporary AeroDigest pays a graceful tribute to the Rolls-Royce Nene. . The heading and sub-title to an article in the July issue are: " The Nene Passes with Honors "— "Only a remarkable jet engine could sur- vive the gruelling tests imposed by the engineers at P. and W. Aircraft Divi- sion..'' Incidentally, the official American designation of the Nene is Pratt and Whitney J 42-P-8. American AidH AVING been told that streptomicinmight effect a cure for her husband who was dangerously ill, Mrs. F. Georgeof Epsom, Surrey, tried in vain to obtain a supply of the drug and eventuallyappealed to the American Overseas Air- lines for help. Mr. Jack Kerns, A.O.A.station manager, has now presented Mrs. George with 120 grams of the drug. R.A.F. and R.N. at'Lord's THE inter-Services cricket match be-tween the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, played at Lord's on July 23rd and 24th, ended in a draw. In the first innings the R.A.F. scored 216, largely aided by a brilliant 123 from F/O. Lunsdaine, the Scottish rugby international, and the Navy 227, F/L. A. C. Shirreff, the Hampshire county player, taking 5 wickets for 94. In their second innings the R.A.F. declared at 188 for 8—A/C. A. Rayment scoring 108, F/L. R. Murphy 38—-leaving their opponents 178 to get to win. However, when the Navy had lost 8 wickets for 128 runs and victory for the R.A.F. was in sight, play was brought to a close. Display Organization A VERY informative andvaluable pamphlet deal- ing with the organiza- tion and control of air dis- plays and flying meetings has been added to the help- ful literature issued by the Royal Aero Club. Guidance on and the duties of control officers, provision of ground telecommunications appara- tus, safety of persons and property, control of specta- tors, and airfield traffic control is given in a clear and comprehensive manner. The Appendices contain extracts from the Air Navi- g a t i o n (Consolidation) Order, 1923. THE SHAH AT ODIHAM: The Shah of Persia inspecting the cockpit of a Vampire at Odiham. Shortly after he left the RA.F. station the Lock- heed Snooting Stars arrived from America. Housing at BristolB RISTOL Housing Committee has promised to assist in providing houses for B.O.A.C. employees who are being transferred from the maintenance base at Dorval, Montreal, to Filton. under the dollar-saving scheme, key men arrive in October. Bristol PostM R. F. J. CHARD, who succeeds Mr. A. Latham as production manager for the Bristol Braba- zon project, has been production manager of the experimental department since 1945. He joined Bris- tols in 1924, was ap- pointed service mana- ger in 1937 and became works mana- Mr. F. J. Chard ger (Aircraft Division) in 1941. Russian Pioneering Claims ACCORDING to the Soviet News •** documents have been discovered in the Leningrad archives which claim that the first flying machine was invented by Captain Alexander Mozhaisky in Russia 25 years before the Wright Brothers constructed their aircraft. It is said that the inventor devoted 35 years of life to designing a heavier-than-air fly- ing machine and received no assistance from the Czarist government, and all his experiments were conducted at his own expense. It is claimed that in 1881 his invention was patented, and that the aircraft took the form of a boat-shaped monoplane, the propellors of which were driven by a steam engine constructed by Mozhaisky himself. According to the documents discovered Mozhaisky de- signed ailerons for lateral control 30 years earlier than Farman, and his flying machine was constructed in 1882 in which vear it succeeded in rising, but lost its balance. Hawker ActivitiesE XPORT contracts to a value of £14million were mentioned by the chair- man, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, at thetwelfth annual general meeting of the Hawker Siddeley Group, Ltd. A num-ber of advanced military aircraft were being developed and a new four-engineo
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