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1948
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622 FLIGHT NOVEMBER 25TH, 1948 THE Russians Fly British CPECIALLY chartered by B.E.A. to»-5 take a Soviet Mission of 15 delegates to Sydney, Australia, for the fourthsession of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, a Dakota wasdue to leave Northolt on November 22nd. The delegation planned to leave onNovember 20th but were delayed 011 their way to London by mechanical troubleand weather. For this flight, the longest charter ever arranged by B.E.A., thecrew of the Dakota has been increased from five to seven. Hard LuckW HEN making a forced-landing be-tween Fairbanks and Anchorage in Alaska on November 21st, the Proctorpiloted by Mrs. Morrow-T,ait was damaged. Happily neither she nor Mr.Michael Townsend, her navigator, was injured. A rescue aircraft went to thescene of the accident to pick up Mrs. Morrow-Tait and Mr. Townsend and flythem to Elmford Airfield, Anchorage. The temperatujp at the time was about30 deg. F. below zero. Whatever view- may be taken as to the value of suchflights it is unfortunate that Mrs. Mor- row-Tait should have had this mishapwhen she had completed a large propor- tion of her round-the-world flight. Heston ExhibitionI N conjunction with Air Britain, theHeston Community Aviation Club are organizing an exhibitiq^ and display-to take place at Heston Jn the Heston Junior School Hall on Sajurday, Novem-ber 27th. Features ft this display, which will be openeayaJf 3 p.m. and will TAILLESS WONDER: The U.S. Navy's Chance-Vought XF7U-I deck-landing fighter, tt.e initial trials of which have lately been completed in Maryland. It appears that bulky after- burners are fitted aft of the twin axial-flow Westinghouse turbo/ets. remain open until 9.30 p.m., are to bean official attempt on the British Model Aircraft Speed Record for control linemachines, a model aircraft competition and an exhibition of model flying bysome of the country's leading experts. Stands at this exhibition have beentaken by the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Ultra Light Aircraft Association, Spcn-son Developments, Ltd., The Aircraft Recognition Society and Air Britain. Tempests to India SIX Tempests were recently flown toCawnpore, India, for Hawker Air- craft Ltd., on behalf of the RoyalIndian Air Force. Five of the pilots were provided by Airwork, Ltd., andone by Hawkers. All the Airwork pilots served in the R.A.F., four of them beingholders of the D.F.C. The routf taken PRUNED : Not a transport development of the Meteor 4 but a Canadian Avro Anson 5 which made a rough landing on the ice of Lake Chipewyan, damaged its starboard wing and, in sub-zero temperatures, underwent an amputation of 9\ feet of the port wing-tip to match. Mr. Tom Fox, the pilot who flew the racy-looking result off the lake, reported good flying characteristics although aileron control was " none too positive " and 28in of boost was required to maintain safe flying speed. The abbreviated Anson few to McMurray, where wheels replaced skis, and thence to Edmonton. We are indebted to " Canadian Aviation " for the photograph. was via Marseilles, Malta, El Adem,Nicosia, Baghdad1, Sharjah, Ahmedabad and so on to Cawnpore. All pilots re-ported an excellent performance from their machines which, with extra drop-tanks, had a range of 1,700 miles. R.A.A.F. Lectures on JetsA PARTY of seven jet Hying expertsheaded by Grp. Capt. J. W. Edwardes-Jones arrived at Lavcrtcn,Australia, in a Lancaster on Novem- ber gth. They are giving a series oflectures on jet flying technique and air/sea warfare developments atR.A.A.F. Stations throughout Australia. The objects of the lectures, which willalso cover all aspects of anti-submarine warfare, are to prepare R.A.A.F. per-sonnel for the Vampires which are due for delivery from the de HavillandBankstown factory early next year. W.J.A.C. Scholarships T/"EMSLEY FLYING TRUST has-•-*• promised to treble the number of scholarships to be offered •. by theWomen's Junior Air Corps to their mem- bers next year, bringing the number tonine. For several years the W.J.A.C. have awarded at least two scholarshipsannually, consisting of complete free training for a pilot's "A" Licence.Four girls have already qualified for their licences, and received their wings. Australia's Surplus Aircraft SERIOUS concern is felt in Australiaat the alleged neglect by which large numbers of R.A.A.F. aircraft have beenallowed to deteriorate. At many R.A.A.F. stations surplus aircraft, con-sidered by the Air Board to be too valuable to be released through DisposalsCommission for sale, have been left un- guarded for long periods after beingpicketed out for storage purposes. In many cases components and instrumentshave been removed, sometimes with a*e and hacksaw, until a large number oraircraft are, for all practical purposes worthless. In some instances where .the . 0
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