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1949
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152 FLIGHT FEBRUARY IOTH, 1949 ister about the charter companies, and it was scarcely surprising that Lord Pakenham quoted from the state- ment issued by the British Air Charter Association to prove that these companies are satisfied that they have, as he put it. " come pretty well out of these proposals." Last week we pointed out that we should have used less polite language. Lord Swinton made what appears to us a rather sur- prising suggestion. He thought the time had come when the Ministry of Civil Aviation should be abolished and made a section of the Ministry of Transport. It may be agreed that, as Lord Swinton said, circumstances have changed greatly since the Ministry was formed in 1944, but we doubt if it would be wise to merge it now with another Ministry. Let us have economies in the Min- istry of Civil Aviation headquarters, by all means, but as Lord Pakenham pointed out without attempting to express any opinion as to his own redundancy, it would be a mistake to imagine that any merger would greatly reduce the number of staff. Surely the outside staff needed for the various "aids," and for airports, etc., would need to be much the same whether headquarters were M.C.A. or M.O.T. A Royal Charter /CONGRATULATIONS to the Royal Aeronautical I i Society on attaining the dignity of being granted a Royal Charter. By this act His Majesty the King has set the seal of approval upon the Society of which, in 1922, he became Patron while he was Duke of York, and of which he has remained the Patron ever since. British aviation owes much to the present Royal Family. Not only is the King the Patron of the Royal Aeronautical Society, but Princess Elizabeth is Grand Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, while last summer Her Majesty the Queen graced the CONTENTS Outlook - - .... Jet Liners for Short Range .... Here and There A Day at Cranwell Civil Aviation in the Lords - - - Antarctic Air" Survey - - - - - No. 3 Fighter Squadron - - - - Power for Helicopters .... Civil Aviation News - - - — Giant's Ancillaries - - - - - Correspondence ..... Service Aviation ..... Chilly Mission - - Forthcoming Events page 179 - 151 153 - 157 - 159 - 161 - 163 - 164 166 - 171 - 175 - 178 - 180 • 181 Northern Heights Model Flying Club Gala with her pre- sence, and gave a tremendous impetus to the model fly- ing movement by offering a cup for competition. And, of course, His Majesty maintains the King's Flight with which members of the Royal Family have travelled extensively. The R.Ae.S. has not reached its present status without a struggle. Formed in 1866 by a few men to advance the knowledge of aeronautics, at a time when many held flight by a heavier-than-air machine to be impossible, the Society kept the torch alight by lectures and meet- ings. By 1918 its contribution to the art and science of aeronautics earned for the Society the honour of being granted the Royal prefix, but financially it was not until 1939 that the foundation of an endowment fund made its future secure. To that fund the aircraft industry and many public-spirited individuals contributed a total oi more than /ioo.ooo. YORKSHIRE STUKA: The latest version of the Blackburn Y.A.I (S.28,43) naval dive bomber and torpedo aircraft, which is characterized by reduced dihedral (3 deg.) and power-operated controls. For the testing of the controls the machine will shortly be delivered to Boscombe Down. The Bristol Centaurus 59 engine gives a top speed of 370 m.b.h. at 18,000 ft. B 2
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