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1949
1949 - 0293.PDF
FEBRUARY i7.TH, 1949- F.UGHT. HERE -.-AND THERE R.A.F., which began on January 19% and ended on February 8th. Winter " Lift" an Outstanding Achievement ADDRESSING members of the U.S. •** Air Force at Burton wood" on February 3rd, Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Secretary of State% for Air, paid a tribute to the work of their Service on the Berlin Air Lift. He stated that the '' battle of trie winter '' was nearly won —an outstanding achievement w-faich it should be possible to surpass daring the summer months. DM. Technical AppointmentsF OR some years the chief stressman of the de Havilland Aircraft Company, Mr. R. H. T. Harper, A.F.R.Ae.S., has now beea appointed chief structural e»-> 1. Harper, A.F.R.Ae.S., and Mr. A. W. lorry, A.FJKM.S. gitteer. This is a new technical appoint- ment at -de Havilland's. Mr. Harper has Tor some time been responsible not only for the Stress Office but also for trie Structural Test House, the High Altitude Chamber and associated activities. Mr. Harper, whose career has from its earliest da3's been devoted to stress analysis, joined B.H.'sin 1937. Mr. A. \V. T-orry, A.F.R-Ae.S., has been appointed chiefstressman and, under Mr. Hafper, tdtkes charge of the Stress Office. Mr. Torry alsojoined de. Havilland's in 1937. U.S. Helicopter Tour A 'STANDARD Hiller 360 Helicopter left"£*• San Francisco on January 24th for what is claimed to be the longest cross-coiCitry flight ev^r undertaken by a com- mercial aircraft of this type. Scheduled tolast over two months, the tour will cover most of the United States, and is in-tended to demonstrate the utility and dependability of toe helicopter to bothGovernment and civilian circles. The Hiller 360, which is now in production,is powered by a 175 h.p. FraaUia «n- j.gine, and cruises at 85 m.p.h. Useful SuggestionsS UGGESTIONS submitted to UnitedAir Lines \by its employees during jJ9j^wni, J4jAestimated, save the com-p3ny Swflj a quarter of a million dollars. During the year an average ofone out of every two of the 10,000 em- "ployees submitted suggestions and ap-proximately one-quarter of the 5,740 suggestions submitted were adopted, forwhich cash awards totalled $23,500. PRIZE fUCHT : Douglas Moore, art ex-G/oster Aircraft apprentice, was taken for a flight in the Meteor 7 trainer -as a special award to the best apprentice in 1948. In this photograph he is seen with S/L Watenon (left) aid Mr. K. Watson, Apprentice Supervisor (right). The flight lasted about 30 minutes. News in Brief T'HE Ministry of Civil Aviation an-nounce that Mr. G. S. Lindgren Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A.,lias appointed Mr. A. H. K. Slater to be his private secretary. Mr. Slater wasborn in Aberdeen and served during the war as a gunner. * * * •••'-•' H. R. Matthews, previously assistant to the general manager of Trans-Austra- lian Airlines, has resigned to take up a position as general manager of the Travel Division of Ansett Transport In- dustries, Ltd. * * * A B.C.P.A. DC-6 on charter to Trans- Australian Arrlines broke both the Syd- ney to Brisbane and the Brisbane to Sydney records on the same day. The distance between the two cities is 471 miles and on the outward journey this was covered in 1 hour 34 minutes and on the return trip in 1 hoar 47 minutes. THREE CLEAR N B.10 February 8th marked the 30th anni-versary of the London-Paris air service, claimed to be the -world's oldest regular *service. The firsf crossing took place in "*" 1919 with a Forman-Goliath carrying 15passengers; the journey took 2$. hoars * * • •« - , The General Electric Co., Ltd., has> recently announced the appointmentof Mr. O. \V. Humphreys, B.Sc., F.Inst.P., A.M.I.E.E., as manager ofthe Wembley research laboratories. Mr. Humphreys joined the staff of the labora-tories in 1925 and during the war was engaged on heating problems connectedwith Fido installations at airfields. * * * The Hunting Aviation Group inCanada has announced the formation of a new- air survey company to be knownas Photographic Surveys (Western), Ltd., with offices in Vancouver. Thenew company will engage in all phases of air survey including air photography, ^map making and aeromagnetic survey- ing- . .»• # * Temporary permission has beengranted by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics .-•: Board for United Air Lines to assist in •%the movement of military cargo between , ••" Air Force bases and cities served by thecompany. Application to serve these bases was made last November when theneeds of the Berlin Airlift curtailed the military services' domestic operations. * * * Pilots have been warned by the M.C.A.in Notice to Airmen No. 474 that a cap- tive balloon, nsed for naval gunnerytraining is being flown southeast of the Isle of Wight. This area has alreadybeen designated " Hazardous to Avia- tion '' arid the balloon, which cannot beclose-hauled, is at a. height not exceeding i,oooft;'- '•. By night it is. flown in the ;icinity "e3;' BeFnbria'ge hut carried 96 'Ms:-••'•••; •-;•••-; -•-..,-. "•• --• -.. B I
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