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1948
1948 - 2175.PDF
DECEMBER 23RD, 1948 743 HERE AND THERE routes and comments on radio facilities.Copies of this guide may be obtained, price £1 (or 15s to national aero and fly-ing clubs) from the F.A.I., Londonderry House, Park Lane, W.i. Navion Production TN exactly a year since the Ryan Aero--*- nautical Company began production of the Navion, 500 of these aircraft havebeen turned out. Before Ryans took over manufacture, North American Avia-tion had built more than a thousand of these aircraft. Deliveries of the Navionduring October amounted to 74 machines and thus exceeded the previous highestmonthly figure of 71 recorded during June, normally the peak of the sellingseason. Ryans are at present working on a i\ million dollar U.S.A.F. contractfor 158 L-17B Navion liaison aircraft and spares equivalent to approximately60 further aircraft. The first of these military liaison aircraft has been de-livered and has been handed over to the U.S.A.F. at Wright Field for acceleratedservice testing. Atom Bomb Film December 14th the film show givenby the Royal Aeronautical Society and Mr. William Courtenay was attendedby a capacity audience. After Mr. Courtenay's colour film of Their Majestiesthe King and Queen, and H.R.H. Princess Margaret at Cranwell on theoccasion of the presentation of the King's Colours, which was followed by a film ofthe Berlin airlift, the official U.S. docu- mentary showing the atom bomb experi-ments at Bikini in the Pacific was exhibited. This was a truly awe-inspir-ing film which, besides indicating the ex- tensive and thorough preparations forscientific observation and recording of the experiments, includes many excellent'' shots'' of the two atomic explosions and their effects on the target area. THE MODERN POTTER: Assembling the combustion chambers of de Havilland Goblin gas- turbines now in quantity production for both home and export orders. Each Goblin has sixteen ,_: ... combust/on chambers which are double walled. News in Brief A GLIDER pilot in Sydney, Australia,with only four hours flying time to his credit recently took a sailplane to a height of 10,000 feet between Camden and Bankstown. He landed safely at Camden airport. * * * The new bar at Ringway Airport hasbeen surfaced with Formica, a new laminated plastic made by De La RueInsulation, Ltd. The material is proof against cigarette burns and stains. * * * The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.,have appointed Mr. E. J. Boorman to be chief chemist. Mr. Boorman wasvformerly head of the Esso Development "dp., Ltd.'s research group, which hejotted shortly after the war. SUPER ACE JN CAIRO: Two Chrislea Super Aces, on their way to Rhodesia where they have been sold save demonstrations at the Embala airport, Cairo, before a gathering of enthusiasts t?Ahl Col IIP I Rvan the S B.A.C. representative in the Middle East. Left to right: THPrLeSoLanDaoud, President of the Royal Aero Club of Egypt; Kama! el Din Kotby, Execute Misr Aeronautical Institute; Col. Ryan and Mohammed Rushdy Bey, mar,aging director of Misr Airlines. The first of the 22 Cawadair Foursbeing built in Montreal for B.O.A.C. has been transferred from the assembly linefor fitting out with navigation and pas- senger equipment. The completion of theaircraft is expected to take about three months and the machine will be readyfor delivery early in 1949. * # * Cargo and air freight-handling officesof Pan American World Airways on December 6th moved to Princes Arcade,190, Piccadilly, or 37, Jermyn Street, W.i. The new premises are under thesupervision of Mr. George Batson. * * • G/C. W. A. Rollason, Chairman ofW. A. Rollason, Ltd., of Croydon, is at present in hospital recovering from aminor operation. It is not expected that he will be able to return to business untilthe end of January, 1949. * * * A report from Nanking on the subjectof British aircraft operated by the Chinese air force states that out of 240Mosquitoes delivered to the Chinese air force 66 were wrecked during take-off orlanding and only eight aircraft remain operational. * * # The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Admini-strator, Mr. Del Rentzel, arrived on December 13th at London Airport for abrief visit to Britain. He is here for in- formal discussions on problems connectedwith air navigation and air traffic control. * * * The Atomic Research Station, Harwell,is now marked from sunset to sunrise by a red beacon flashing fifty times perminute. Pilots are instructed in Notice to Airmen, No. 423, that when flying inthe vicinity of this beacon, to keep at. a. minimum height of 1,500ft. •; , * * * ;, . f Commenting on America's military and strategic position in Japan resultingfrom the Communist advances in China, Gen. Mac Arthur is reported as havingasked for more ships, aircraft and nien. The nth Airborne Division's return,:,tothe U.S. is said to have been cancelled. B 13
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