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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1969.PDF
Editorial Director G. GEOFFREY SMITH, M.B.E. Editor -CM. POULSEN and AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Assistant Editor - Art Editor - - JOHN YOXALL MAURICE A. SMITH, D.F.C (WING CDR. R.A.F.V.R.) FIRST AERONAUTICAL WEEKLY IN THE WORLD •• FOUNDED WO9 Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Flightpres, Sedist, London. Telephone : Waterloo 3333 (63 tines.) ST. BIRMINGHAM, 2 . MANCHESTER, 3 : GLASGOW, C.2 : KING EDWARD HOUSE, 260, DEANSGATE. 26a RENFIELD ST r NEW STREET. Telegrams : II if f e, Manch es ter Z.,' „.„ i.. Telegrams : Autocar, Coventry. Telegrams : Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone: Blackfriars 4412(3 lines) Telegramt : Hiffe, Glasgow. 5210. Telephone : Midland 7191 (7 lines). Deansgate 3595 (2 lines) Telephone: Central 48S7 COVENTRY: 8-10. CORPORATION Telephone : Coventry SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Home and Abroad : Twelve months, £3 Is. Od. Six months, £1 10s. 6d. BY AIR: To any country in Europe (except Poland). Twelve months, £5 Is. 0J. Six months, £2 10s. Sd. To Canada and U.S.A. Six months, $16 No. 2083. Vol. LIV November 25th, 1948 Outlook Thursdays, One Shilling A Canadian LeadM INISTERS of Civil Aviation, past and present, have expressed their sympathy with the British flying clubs, and have " looked into the matter " time and again. So far, however, the looking does not appear to have produced any visible results. The clubs are, with a few exceptions, faced with extinction unless action is taken. Some of the excuses put forward by Government spokesmen have had an air of reasonableness. Others the reverse. Some time ago the Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation used the feeble excuse that it was difficult to sort out the young men who could well afford to pay for their flying from those who needed Government assistance. Canada takes a different view. The Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, re- cently announced a grant of 300 dollars to young men trained under the Canadian Government's subsidy plan for producing a greater flow of pilots. A grant of 100 dollars will be made to clubs and flying schools for every pilot turned out. In addition to that, the young men will themselves receive 100 dollars upon completing training and qualifying for a Transport Department licence. Should a young pilot desire to join, and be accepted by, the R.C.A.F. Re- serve or Auxiliary, he will be awarded another 100 dollars. Mr. Howe expects some 1,500 young men will take advantage of this offer, and expressed the view that the sum of 450,000 dollars would bring considerable benefits by encouraging greater use of Government airports and airfields, more development of airfields by private enter- prise, foster the growth of a healthy light aircraft in- dustry, and serve to develop a large repair and accessory business. , .,.. While conditions are not exactly the same in this country as in Canada, it does appear likely that com- parable benefits would accrue if our own Government would take steps, adjusted to our own requirements, to do something more than "look into the matter." But immediate action is needed if our clubs are to be saved. Problems and SolutionsT HAT the helicopter is emerging from the purely experimental stage and has reached a point where, the basic principles being now fairly well under- stood, it has become possible to turn attention to de- tailed improvements, was demonstrated by the combined all-day discussion held last Saturday, jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Association and the Helicopter Association of Great Britain. The fact that such a joint meeting could be held is also proof that the Association is now "accepted" by the older body as an institution the membership of which includes technicians of high repute. That the Association should have attained this status in such a remarkably short space of time is a welcome indication of worth. An all-day discussion is difficult to arrange satisfac- torily, but on this occasion a new method had been adopted, which was both logical and satisfactory. The two papers read during the morning session outlined the problems ahead and criticized certain helicopter fea- tures. In the afternoon, three lecturers explained on behalf of their firms what their particular solutions to the problems are. W/C. Brie has had very long experience of rotary- wing aircraft, and as head of the Helicopter Unit of B.E.A., which has been making experimental mail runs during the summer and is still continuing with develop- ment work, he is in a particularly good position to state the operational point of view. Captain Liptrot is not only Deputy-Director of Re- search and Development at the Ministry of Supply, but
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