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1948
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AUGUST 5TH, 1948 FLIGHT 147 CANADIAN CAPERS: These two spectacular "prangs" will no doubt carry the minds of ime readers back to the days of intensive pilot production under the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme. The R.A.F. Stearmans merged at Bowden, Alberta, and the R.C.A.F. Ansons got together at Gimli, Manitoba. Damage was slight in both cases, and no-one was hurt. In contrast to the wide-open Stearman originally used for elementary instruction in California and Florida, the 330 h.p. Jacobs engines of the Anson II are heavily winterized. HERE AND THERE Ypenburg Contest "PHE Second International Squadron J- Flying Contest for the Ypenburg Cup this year will form part of the cele- brationsjj»t-the Hague to commemorate the,,iertfriding of the city 700 years ago. The date of the contest, organized by the Royal Netherlands Aero Club, xms to haVe -been August 8th but this hal now- been altered to September i2th^jfertici- pants are expected to arrive atTT^nburg airfield 011 September nth and an official reception and banquet have been arranged by the Hague Municipal Autho- rities. New Norwegian Seaplane SUCCESSFUL tests have been completedwith a new seaplane called the C5, constructed by the Norwegian Company Wideroes Flyselskap. Built at Fornebu, near Oslo, this aircraft has been specially designed by Birger Honningstad for Nor- wegian conditions, and is powered by a 320 h.p. engine. Capable of carrying five passengers, the C5 can also be fitted up as an ambulance, there being a large door on each side of the fuselage to enable a stretcher to be taken aboard easily. Timken Expansion . , '"THE expansion of the resources of *- British Timken, Ltd., undertaken to meet the home demand for tapered roller bearings and to enable the firm to ob- tain a substantial share of export busi- ness, is now almost completed. A show day has been arranged for August 28th, , •and in conjunction with this a series ofV Conferences, to be attended by repre- sentatives of 30 different countries, has been organized Dutch Honour H.R.H. PRINCE BERNHARD OFTHE NETHERLANDS on July 27th presented G/C. C. S. Morice,D.S.O., M.C., of Dunlop's aviation division, with the insignia of Commanderof the Order of Orange Nassau, conferred upon him by Queen Wilhelmina. G/C.Morice commanded No. 121 Wing R.A.F. at Volkel in 1944 and, statesthe citation: " through his excellent work he greatly contributed to theliberation of the Netherlands." For helping to establish the first completeairfield after the Normandy landing he received the D.S.O.; in face of heavyenemy shelling the airfield was com- pletely equipped and operating in eightdays. Aero Golfing SocietyT HE Summer Meeting of the Aero Golfing Society was held on Tuesday, July 20th, at Coombe Hill Golf Club. In the morning competition the Jubilee Challenge Cup, presented by W. A. Bristow, was won by the Society's new Secretary, W. G. Metcalfe (Handicap 6) with a score of 35^ points. The runner- up was P. Q. Reiss (Handicap 7) with a score of 35^ points. In the afternoon F. Grainger and W^R. Silcock won the foursome competition for the Aeroplane Goblets. Babies OnlyP LACED out-of-bounds to all passen- gers unless accompanied by children, a new baby nursery has been opened by Western Air Lines at Los Angeles airport. still receive occasional complaints from readers who are unable to obtain a regular copy of Flight. A small , increase in paper supplies now permits most demands to be satisfied, and readers who experience difficulty in obtaining weekly copies through their newsagents should advise the publishers direct. Regular subscriptions for postal copies of the journal can again be accepted. The bay lounge, as it is called, contains full facilities for washing, changing and feeding babies, as well as toys and play pens for older children. The reason given" for opening the new nursery is that young children make up one-third of the travelling public to-day. Nuffield ClubT HE paragraph appearing under the above heading on page 55 of Flight of July 8th might have been construed as indicating that membership of the Nuf- field Club is not required in order to ob- tain overnight accommodation. The paragraph in question emanated from the Air Ministry, but it is now pointed out by the Nuffield Club that annual sub- scriptions are still necessary. News in Brief A Soviet air designer has recently been awarded a Stalin prize amounting to 200,000 roubles, equivalent to about ^9,090, for designing a new type of high power aero engine. *. * * The price of the standard four-seater Ryan Navion aircraft has been increased by §240. Attributed to increased costs of materials and accessories the increase now brings the cost of this machine to $8,990. Aircraft of R.C.A.F. Air Transport Command have begun training flights which will bring machines to this coun- try two or three times a month. The flights, a resumption of a wartime train- ing scheme, will terminate at Lyneham, Wilts. * * * •••••/'' The Netherlands Government has pur- chased fifteen new Harvard trainers from the Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd., who are also overhauling a further ten Harvards supplied to the Dutch by de Havilland Aircraft, Toronto. * * * The Secretary of State for Air, the Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, K.C., M.P., .recently flew to R.A.F. Station, Scamp- ton, to see the B.29 Superfortresses of the U.S.A.F. and to meet the officers and men of the American Group at present based at Scampton for training exercises. * * * A radio-controlled model aircraft witha range of 2 miles has been built by a Mr. -Bassett, a Doncaster garage proprie-tor. The Radio Control Society are en- deavouring to obtain permission to useBarton airport, Manchester, for the test- ing out of the model. * * * We regret to announce the death of Sir Clifford Copelaad Paterson, at Wat- ford. Sir Clifford, who was 68, was for 30 years director of the research labora- tories of the General Electric Co., Ltd., and won a Faraday medal in 1945.
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