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1949
1949 - 0103.PDF
JANUARY 2OTH, 1949 FLIGHT THE Supermarine's NewestT HE bare fact may now be reportedthat a new Vickers-Supermarine single-seat experimental aircraft poweredby a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, is desig- nated by the type number "510." French Vampires ,-"" A LTHOUGH details have yet to be-£*• agreed, it may now be confidently reported that de Havilland Vampire jetfighters will be produced in France under licence. Rolls-Royce Nenes, built byHispano-Suiza, will be installed. Mean- time, the French may acquire Goblin-Vampires. Though less powerful, these machines possess qualities which may notbe reproduced in the final French version. Bristol's Egyptian Agents FOLLOWING the arrival in Egypt ofCaptain K. J. C. Bartlett," sales director of Bristol Aeroplane Company, it has-been announced that Misr Airlines have been appointed sole Bristol agents for Egypt and the Middle East. Arrangements are being made for the joint establishment of a maintenance base for Bristol engines, and for the exchange of technical staff. Blackburn Apprentices' Tii,v Presentation NAIAD ON THE RRAKE : During his recent visit to the Acton works of D. Napier and Son, Sir Ben Lockspeiser examined a Naiad airscrew turbine being tested on a Heenan and Froude dynamometer. He is seen here with Mr. H. G. Nelson, managing director right) and Mr. Sammons, chief engineer (left). 119 successful apprentices the work of j. Fozzard was the most outstanding. He succeeded in obtaining the London External B.Sc. degree in Aeronautics with First Class Honours, his course work whilst at the Technical College be- ing judged the best in the country. The awards were presented by Capt. N. W. G. Blackburn, joint managing director of the Company. United Flying Clubs' Ball ORGANIZED by the Association of v^ British Aero Clubs and Centres in aid of their Fighting Fund to make private flying available to the widest possible section of the public, the third annual United Flying Clubs' Ball is be- ing held at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, on March nth. This Ball has been described as one of the biggestTHE 18th annual distribution of meritawards to apprentices at Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., was held recently and njivate flying social events of the year,was attended by Mr. Robert Blackburiv/and those who have attended on former who welcomed to the presentation Mir\. occasions will be aware of the extremelyp F. Walker, Principal of the Hulnical College, and Mr. \V.*-Barn, of the Aeronautical De>Rartmen Ja^>high/styeaf's fc whirih has been set. This:io7rNvill, it is hoped, surpass cV-m former years. Tickets, GETTING A GRASP : The Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Air (n:orest camera), photographed with Sir F. Handley Page when he visited the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood on January 14th. The assembly work they are watching is on the leading edge of a Hastings wing. B 13 price two guineas each, may be obtained from any A.B.A.C. Club or Centre, or the Association at Londonderry House. Swedish. Ejector SeatsE JECTOR seats are being fitted toSAAB B18B and T18B aircraft of the Royal Swedish Air Force. Althoughthese aircraft are now out of production they will remain in service for at leastanother two years; both pilot's and navi- gator's positions will be equipped withthis type of seat, which is also fitted as standard to the single-engined SAABJ21A fighter. All new SAAB-built military aircraft, including the latest jetfighters the J21R and, the J29, are to be similarly equipped. Long Distance Bonanza T^LYING a Beechcrait Bonanza J- equipped with wing-tip long range tanks, a photograph of which appeared in Flight, January 13th, Captain Bill Odom on January 14th set up a new distance record for light aircraft (sub- ject to the usual confirmation) by flying from Honolulu to Oakland airfield, San Francisco, non-stop. Capt. Odom, who in 1947 piloted Milton Reynolds, the American pen manufacturer, round the world in 79 hours, had intended to fly the Bonanza from Honolulu to New York, a distance of over 5,000 miles. However, after crossing the coast he met head winds which increased fuel consumption and caused him to turn back to San Francisco. The previous distance record stood at 2,061 miles to the credit of a Russian airman ; Capt. Odom's flight covered 2,375 miles and took 22 hours 6 minutes. The Avro LiftT O what extent Avro aircraft are con-tributing to the success of the Berlin airlift, both R.A.F. and civil, is wellbrought out in the brochure recently published by the publicity departmentof A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., called Avro on the Air Lift. Profusely illustrated withvery good photographs this booklet describes the Berlin supply operationsfrom the Avro viewpoint. Of the Tudors' performance details are given of the out-standing part played by "the aircraft which had been turned down before they
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