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1948
1948 - 1835.PDF
NOVEMBER 4TH, 1948 F L I G French Show for B.B.C. AIR FRANCE have made arrangementsto fly the entire theatrical cast of Lido, from Paris to London on November9th, for the television broadcast of their show which is to be made on that date.Two Skymasters will replace the usual Languedocs on this occasion and the timeof the service has been advanced four hours to suit the performers. One Sky-master will carry 50 people including the cast, and the other their " props." Afterthe performance the company will return to Paris on November 10th. Short's Board Changes MR. D. E. WISEMAN has resignedthe joint managing directorship of Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., bu•'is retaining his seat on the board. Rear Admiral M. S. Slattery, C.B., F.R.Ae.S.,R.N. (Retd.), hitherto joint managing director with Mr. Wiseman, has nowbecome sole managing director. Mr. F. C. How, C.B., Under Secretary,Ministry of Supply, has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the board causedby the resignation of Mr. E. B. Bowyer, C.B., made necessary by increased pres-sure of his official duties with the Ministry of Supply. British Instruments for Canadair Fours /CRITICS of the Government's decision^ to purchase 22 Canadair Fours for use on B.O.A.C.'s Atlantic and MiddleEast routes, may be gratified to learn of Mr. Whitney Straight's stipulation tofit British instrumentation systems throughout these aircraft. The latest de-velopment along these lines is that the Canadair" s astro-domes are to be replacedby a British periscopic sextant made by Henry Hughes and Son, Ltd. Thissextant was exhibited for the first time at this year's S.B.A.C. Display. Mr.P. F. Everitt, designer of the Hughes ACADEMIC ADAPTATION : The NC 1071 advanced trainer, first French aircraft with two turbojets, was adapted from the piston-engined NC 1070 naval torpedo-bomber. Type and thrust output of its power units are unspecified, but maximum speed is expected to be between 380 and 430 m.p.h. sextant, has recentlxXrefoA^rfrom Mon-treal, with a cxmtracjjfco supply 22 such sextants^foVJQj,/raraa3\Fours. #In theHughes ra^taTlation,/a inetfSting' hatch. DESIGN EXHIBITION: H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent examining a model of the DH 108'y/ith Sir Geoffrey de Havilland at the Design for Industry Exhibition which she opened at Burlington House, Piccadilly, on October 26th. built into the skin of the aircraft as apermanent fixture, houses the safety locks for maintaining pressurization, andthe sextant is constructed as a separate sealed unit. The latter, in its "up" position protrudes only 3m above theskin of the aircraft. When the sextant is in the " down " position, a link motion \ ensures that the hatch will close flushwith the skin of the aircraft and prevent leakage of cabin pressure. Northrop YB-49 Trials TN the course of a recent endurance testflight, a Northrop YB-49 eight-jet fly- ing wing remained air-borne for ninehours, 30 minutes; this is claimed to be the longest period for which a jet pro-pelled machine has remained in the air. Flying on a course between Muroc airbase, California, and Arizona the speed given for the distance of 3,458 milesflown was 382 m.p.h. not counting 27 minutes flying at a reduced speed pre-paring to land. The flight was made at between 35,000 and 40,000 feet. Althoughheavily laden with fuel the YB-49 took off at a weight below its designed all-upweight of 213,000 1b. U.S. Military Aid Plans AS part of a scheme lor close militaryco-operation between the U.S. and Western Europe, it is reported fromWashington that plans are being worked out to make available to Britain rawmaterials and machine tools under a military aid programme to be submittedto Congress next January. It is con sidered that, due to the present state ofthe American aircraft industry and the demands of her own forces, few Ameri- . MR. FREEMAN'S VISITS : Left,'Mr. A. J. Freeman, Joint Parliamentary Secre- tary M.O.S., seen in a Rolls Royce works labora- tory with Mr. Hives the Managing Director, with whom he toured the works. Mr. Freeman alss visited Armstrong Whit- worth's works and saw the Apollo which is near- ing completion. Right, Mr. Freeman on the wing of the Bou/ton Paul Balliol 2. His visit to this firm is referred to on page 536.
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