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1948
1948 - 1880.PDF
564 FLIGHT NOVEMBER IITH, 1948 HE THE French NenesS INCE the publication, in the preced-ing issue of Flight, of a photograph depicting the French NC 1071 jettrainer, it has been learned that the power units are Eolls-Royce Nenes, asbuilt under licence by Hispano Suiza. Pathfinder BallA .V-M. D. C. T. BENNETT, Patronof the Pathfinder Association, now engaged on the Berlin air lift, flew backfrom Berlin to attend the Pathfinder Ball, which took place at the DorchesterHotel, Park Lane, on Saturday, Novem- ber 6th. Aviation Petroleum ConferenceA N international conference to discussthe world marketing and distribu- tion of aviation petroleum products tookplace at the Esso Training Centre at Elizabeth, New Jersey, during October,which was attended by representatives from marketing areas in 45 countries.The conference, sponsored by the Mar- keting Co-ordination Department of theStandard Oil Company (New Jersey), in- cluded technical training sessions atseveral American aviation plants, as well as a demonstration of a new system ofaircraft refuelling for the U.S.A.F. Pilots of Missing Aircraft TracedA FTER two months investigation bySpecial Branch detectives into the disappearance last September of Beau-fighter and Halifax aircraft from Britain it is understood that detailed reportshave been sent to the Home Office, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Direc-tor of Public Prosecutions. Several of the pilots believed to have flown the air-craft out of this country have been traced and have made statements to thepolice. There is a possibility that actions against these pilots may be brought foralleged contravention of customs and emigration regulations. TEST PILOTS AT AVROS : Members of the Seventh Test Pilots' Course from the Empire Test Pilots' School, Farnborough, recently visited factories of A. V. Roe Ltd., at Wood- ford and Chadderton and also the Rolls-Royce establishment at Hucknall. Here Mr. S. D. Davies, Avro's chief designer, is explaining a metal-to-metal bonding process to S/L R. E. Hovercraft, C.F.I. G. H. Miles Joins Airspeeds T TNTIL recently director and chiefU designer of Miles Aircraft. Mr. G. H. Miles has joined thestaff of Airspeed, Ltd., as assistantchief designer. Be- sides his extensivedesign experience Mr. Miles has flownmore than seventy types as a test pilot.He will be based at the Airspeed Christ-church factory where design, developmentand production work on Ambassadors isin progress. Mr. A. E. Ellison, who has been responsiblefrom the start for the detail design of the Ambassador, has now been appointedchief development designer. Berlin Air Lift Cost "DEPLYING to a question put by SirXv Waldron Smithers in the House of Commons on November 1st, Mr. Mayhew, Mr. G. H. Miles. TESTING RAMJETS : After a year's experimentation with ramjet power units a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star has flown with two such propulsion units mounted on the wing tips After flying on the Allison turbojet the 20-inch diameter ramjets were ignited and the gas turbine switched off. This F-80 is said to be the first piloted aircraft to fly on ramjets alone. Under-Secretary of State for ForeignA&iirs, stated that up to October 26th theNgxtra cost to the Exchequer of theBgrfja air lift was approximately 2JjGoo,ooo. The actual cost per week,was stated, varied according to the number of sorties, which depended to.some extent on the weather, but the average weekly cost during October was^185,000. No information was available s tt) the costs shouldered by the U.S.A. Tribute to R. Kronfeld CINCE the accident to the General Air-i>J craft tail-less glider in which Robert Kronfeld met his death, reported inFlight, February 19th, there has been a growing desire amongst those who knewhim and his work to pay tribute to his memory. It has been proposed, there-fore, that a fund should be created by public subscription, the main objectiveof which should be the encouragement of the gliding and soaring movement inwhich Kronfeld held a pre-eminent posi- tion. A committee has been constitutedfor the purpose of making this appeal and receiving subscriptions, and thiscommittee consists of Messrs. F. F. Grocombe, B. A. G. Meads, J. LaurencePritchard, S. Scott Hall, Lord Semphill, B. S. Shenstone, P. A. Wills and L. A.Wingfield, who is chairman. Those wish- ing to support this project should sendsubscriptions to Mr. Lawrence Wingfield, c/o the Royal Aeronautical Society, 4,Hamilton Place, W.i, marked "Kron- feld Memorial Fund." Combustion Chamber Development A RMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS,•<-">• Ltd., of Coventry, makers of the Python and Mamba gas turbines, havedeveloped a new type of combustion chamber which is to be produced inAmerica. The arrangement will result in an important addition to the country'sdollar earnings. It is understood that the combustion chamber is of thevaporizing type in which the fuel-air mixture is pre-heated as it enters thecombustion chamber. Such a design was B 8
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