FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1794.PDF
5°8 HEREAND THERE Marathon Flight PlannedA PARTY of American airmen are saidto be planning a "stunt" flight involving staying in the air for a periodof 1,000 hours continuously. This would necessitate remaining airborne for nearly42 days, and replenishments of fuel, oil and victuals would have to be takenaboard during flight. Enquiries for in- surance aie, according to reports from theCity, meeting with a lukewarm recep- tion. New U.S. AttacheM R. E A. LISTER, acting Chief ofthe American State Department's aviation division, arrived in England onOctober 22nd to take over the appoint- ment of Civil Air Attache to GreatBritain. He is to succeed Mr. L. Satter- thwaite, who is returning to the U.S. toan appointment, not connected with aviation, in the State Department. P. Masefield at GlostersT O gain personal experience of flightat speeds around 600 m.p.h. Mr. Peter Masefield, Director-General ofLong Term Planning at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, visited the Gloster Air-craft Company on October 13th. At the invitation of the company Mr. Masefieldwent for a flight in the Meteor 7 Trainer, piloted by S/L. Waterton. FLIGHT OCTOBER 28TH, 1948 DEL/VERY FLIGHT : The TU-2 bomber crash-landed at Linz, Austria, by two Soviet Air Force lieutenants who, at their own request, are remaining in American hands. A sergeant who accompanied them has voluntarily returned, together with the aircraft. Visible points of interest are the two dorsal gjn positions, and the pilot's field of view for dive-bombing. Sabotage Suspected in AustraliaI N Australia the Acting Administratorof the Northern Territory has officially announced that 60 gallons of water wererecently found in a 10,000-gallon bulk installation containing aviation fuel.Sand and leaves were found in a mobile tanker for refuelling air liners at Darwin.Experts are of the opinion that these substances could not have got into thetanker unless deliberately introduced. Detectives are investigating the dis-covery and samples are being analysed. Fastest Jet Yet ACCORDING to Lt. Gen. G. E.n Stratemeyer, Chief of the Air De- fence Command, U.S.A.F., a rocket-powered research aircraft, the XS-i, has llown at a speed of 1,000 m.p.h. Thisannouncement was made in the course of a speech in Detroit on October 21st. BRISTOL BREDA : Fitting Rotol airscrews to the Breda-Zuppata 308, which is powered by four Bristol Centaurus engines. The 308 has a wing span of 138ft and can carry 48 passengers plus a crew of seven. FIRST LORD RETURNS : Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, photographed before boarding a B.W./.A. Viking for Jamaica, after visiting the Home Fleet in the West Indies. Left to right: Admiral William-Powlett, Naval Secretary to the First Lord, Lt. Cdr. A. D. S. Murray, general manager, B.W.I.A., Viscount Hall, Admiral Sir K. McGrigar, C-in-C, Home Fleet, Li. Cdr. McCrum, and Sir J. Lang. Pacific Bases REPORTS from Melbourne state thatthe Royal Australian Navy and Air Force expect to be operating fromthe former American base in the Pacific at Manus Island in about six months.The naval operations centre at Lombrum Point is to be re-established as anadvance base capable of expansion in an emergency. A permanent air base atMomote is also to be established; engi- neers are to go to Manus Island shortlyto put the base in order. Scottish Services Protest •JSJUMEROUS protests have been made-^ from the north of Scotland regard- ing the proposed withdrawal, due to takeeffect from November ist, of the Shet- land - Aberdeen - Edinburgh - London airservice. This suspension would mean that there would be no air link betweenthe Scottish capital and London, and the only direct flights would be by thetwice-weekly Glasgow-London service. In the north, Aberdeen travellers arelikely to be most inconvenienced since, there being no service between Aberdeenand Glasgow, they will have to travel by t rain to Glasgow to pick up the serviceto London. Mechanical Handling Papers AT the recent Mechanical HandlingExhibitioi and Convention, papers were read by various authorities onmany aspects of mechanical handling A large number of requests have beenreceived for reprints of these papers
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
