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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1557.PDF
SEPTEMBER I6TH, 1948 F LIGJffa 361 SERVICE AVIATION NAMELESS NEWCOMER: Britain's formidable selection of interceptors has been further strengthened by the new Hawker N.7/46 Naval fighter, claimed to have an unusually long range in addition to its already proven high speed and manoeuvrability. Details of the N.7/46 appear in "Military Aircraft Notes " on p. 340 of this issue. Appointments IR VICE-MARSHAL W. L. DAW-SON, C.B., C.B.E., has been ap- pointed Commandant of the School ofLand/Air Warfare, Old Sarum, with effect from October 18th, 1948. A.V-M.Dawson has been A.O.C. Air H.Q., Levant, since September, 1946. Air Commodore J. S. Griffiths, C.B.,C.B.E., has been appointed Senior Ser- vice Accountant at the Air Ministry.Formerly Command Accountant Officer for Technical Training Command, A.Cdre. J. S. Griffiths succeeds A. Cdre. H. F. Fuller, who is retiring. The following appointments in No. 66(Scottish Reserve) Group have also been announced. G/C. J. S. Newbigging isto be Senior Air Stag Officer of No. 66 Group, and will also act as Deputy tot Air Officer Commanding. W/C.C. Ollason will be Senior Officer in rge of Administration, and W/C.M. G. Pearson has been appointed Com- manding Officer of No. 3603 (City ofEdinburgh) Air Defence Unit. "Thor 11" for CanadaA LIAISON team of officers selectedfrom the Air Ministry, the Empire Air Armament School, and the Centra]Gunnery School, was due to leave last Saturday in the Lincoln Thor II on a visitto Canada, flying via Prestwick and Goose Bay to Ottawa. The purpose of the visit is to demon-strate to the R.C.A.F. the latest arma- ment devices and to exchange views onair weapons training. The team, led by G/C. C. M. Heard, C.B.E., DeputyDirector of Training (Weapons) at the Air Ministry, consists of S/L. F. A.Colemah, Weapons staff, E.A.A.S.; S/L. C. F. Bradley, D.S.O., pilot attack in-structor C.G.S.; S/L. T. B. Jones, Direc- torate of Armament, Air Ministry; F/L.R- McCurdy, D.F.C., Gunnery Leader, A Q Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements E.A.N.S.; and the Rev. R. W. Hanson,padre at the E.A.A.S. S/L. K. G. Hubbard, D.F.C., is cap-taining Thor II, the remainder of the crew are: Pit. II P. N. Farley (2ndPilot); F/L. S. W. Close, D.F.C. (Navi- gator—he will also lecture on radarduring the tour); F/O. E. C. McCleland- Hope (Flight Engineer); P/O. N. J.Gardner (Wireless Operator); and Sgt. C. Allan (Fitter). Thor II is fitted with the latest arma-ment and radar equipment, and has already flown more than 90,000 miles onsimilar visits. Refresher Courses for Reserve Officers T~>EFRESHER training courses lasting-£»- fifteen days (which may be reduced to seven days in exceptional cases) areto be held for ground officers of the R.A.F.O. and R.A.F.V.R. Former flying-control officers will goto stations where flying control systems are in operation. Fighter controllerswill normally go to a sector operations centre, or ground control interceptionstations in Fighter Command; there will also be vacancies at the Control and Re-porting School at Middle Wallop. New Brevets for R.C.A.F, THE Royal Canadian Air Force isintroducing two new types of flying badge, so that all aircrew will weardouble wings. Previously only pilots wore the full wings and other aircrewreceived the single-wing badge as in the R.A.F. The R.C.A.F. has now onlythree categories of aircrew, pilot, radio- officers and radio-navigators. First ofthe new radio-officers' wings have been awarded to classes passing out from theradio school at Clinton, Ontario. Single wing badges previously awarded will beretained until the wearers are trained under the new categories. More Vampires in U.S.A. "OILOTS of the R.C.A.F. gave crowds-L at the Cleveland National Air Races an example of the amazing high-speedaerobatic qualities of the Vampire 3 on the 4th, 5th and 6th of this month. TwoVampires took part in the flying display and a third was on view in the staticexhibition. V.I.P. Valetta T 7ICKERS are producing for TransportV Command a V.I.P. version of the standard Valetta equipped to carry fromnine to fifteen high-ranking officers or other important personages in a singlelarge cabin. Range has been increased to 1,347 miles and 20 per cent reservein still air at a height of 10,000 feet and normal cruising speed. This permits useof the V.I.P. Valetta over all normal trunk routes, and a distance such as anon-stop flight to Malta. Normal seating is for nine passengersin three rows of three seats in the for- ward portion of the cabin, the rear partcontaining two tables and six chairs for meals or conferences. Alternatively,fifteen passengers are carried, the chairs and tables giving place to six passengerseats. All seats may be adjusted to two positions and are built to withstand aload of 25 g. Furnishing and upholsterv
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