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1949
1949 - 0573.PDF
APRIL 7TH, 1949 FLIGHT 395 HERE AND THERE which is to be held at Elstree on EasterMonday, April 18th. There will also be bombing and parachute-dropping demon-strations. Proceeds will go to the Sol- diers,' Sailors' and Airmen's FamiliesAssociation; the price of admission will be 2s 6d, with half-price for children. "Flight" IndexT HE index to Vol. LIV (July-Decem- ber, 1948) of Flight is now available. Copies may be obtained (at is i£d, or 5s 4d with binding case, postage included) from Flight Publishing Co., Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford St., London, S.E.i. Air-PhilatelyT HE late Sir Lindsay Everard's col- lection of air-mail stamps is to be disposed of by Francis J. Field, Ltd., the air stamp experts of Sutton Coldneld. Occupying 70 volumes, the collection in- cluded almost every stamp prepared for aerial postage, whether or not its issue was developed. 1 Wolverhampton Air Race IT is hoped that between 50 and 60pilots will compete in the 1949 Good- year Trophy open handicap, which is tobe held at Wolverhampton on Saturday, May 28th, in conjunction with the Wol-verhampton Aero Club's display. Cash prizes totalling £190 will be awarded,the winner receiving ,£100 and a replica of the trophy. All flying clubs will receive details ofthe race, which is sponsored by the- Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Gt.Britain), Ltd.; non-club-members should apply to the Wolverhampton Aero Club,The Airport, Wolverhampton. The race is open to professional and amateur FEARFUL FULFILMENT; By continuous repetition of this hazardous-looking operation, Bill Harris (at controls) and Dick Riedel hope to keep their Aeronca Sedan airborne for 1,000 hours. An earlier attempt by the two pilots to beat the 27-day endurance record was cut short by a crash landing last November. - pilots flying any civil-registered piston- engined aircraft, and will comprise three left-handed circuits, each of approxi- mately 21 miles. N.Z. Air Pageant FORMATION aerobatics by threeHarvards of the R.N.Z.A.F. were a highlight of a display organized by the Royal New Zealand Aero Club at Man- gere, Auckland, on March 20th. A rope •of 50 lb breaking strain, which linked the Harvards throughout their performance. SrCfcjfPViiiiwroken when they landed, An Oiympia sailplane was also demon- strated', and there was single-engined formation flying by Dakotas. r French Record ""PHE world's duration record for a J- single-seat glider returning to its take-off point was captured by a French pilot, M. Guy Marchand, of the Aero- Club Vauclusien, on March i6th-i8th. M. Marchand was airborne for 40 hr 55 sec in a Nord 2,000, which is a French ver- sion of the German Meise high-perform- ance sailplane. Germany held the pre- vious record for over 15 years, with a 364-hour flight by Kurt Schmidt in a Grunau Baby on August 3rd-4th, 1933. News in Brief T ODGE PLUGS, LTD., announces the -L' appointment of Mr. F. M. Sayers, O.B.E., us general manager. * * # The Northrop XF-89 Scorpion two-seat, twin-jet all-weather fighter, which is being tested by the U.S.A.F. at theMuroc experimental base, is reported to have a maximum speed of over 625 m.p.h. ••:••" * # # Three Hawker Tempests were recently flown by Airwork pilots from Blackbushe Airport to Cawnpore. The journey took 6| days; the actual flying time was approximately 20 hours, bad weather grounding the aircraft for a time at Nicosia and Baghdad. No servicing was carried out en route. * * • . ••-' . Replying to a recent criticism that the giant B-36 bomber can operate from only three bases in the United States, the U.S.A.F. has disclosed that, fully loaded, the aircraft can work from 41 American airfields. At a lightened, end-of mission, weight of 200,0001b it can land at 285 more U.S. bases. AT FORT WORTH: Mr. "Bill" Pegg, chief Bris- tol test pilot, has re- cently been flying the B-36 bomber at the Con- vair Corporation's Texas plant. He is seen above with Mr. Gus Green, flight manager (right). All B-36s will acquire the additional power of four J-47 turbojets, mounted in underslung wing-tip "pods," as shown on the right. c t
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