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1949
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440 FLIGHT APRIL 2IST, 1949 EducationalT HE name Varsity T.i has been selected for the new Vickers 648 advanced trainer, described in Flight of March 17th. North American Defence CANADAIR, Ltd., of Montreal, maybuild the 670 m.p.h. North Ameri- can F-86 fighter. Mr. Howe, Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, an- nounced on April 13th, that America had granted the Dominion a licence to manu- facture the aircraft. Airways Appointment TTOLLOVVING the appointment of Mr.-T J. W. Booth, Chairman of B.S.A.A., to the board of B.O.A.C., the Ministryof Civil Aviation announces that the major corporation's chief executive, Mr. Whit-ney Straight, has joined the board of B.S.A.A. without further remuneration. Breguet's Newest "DOWERED by four S.N.E.C.M.A.- •*- Argus inverted vee-12 engines of 580 h.p., the Br^gtiet 892 Mercure is a medium transport laid out on Marathon lines, but of greater capacity. A twin- engined variant, styled 890-H is under development. One-way Boomerang OF flying-wing design, a guided missiledeveloped by the Aeronautics Divi- sion of Australia's Commonwealth Scien- tific and Industrial Organization is reported to have jet units flanking its warhead. The power plant should be ready for testing late this year. Flight trials on the Woomera range will follow. FRENCH FREIGHTER : Undeterred by the loss of the first prototype Cormoran (N.C. 211), the Aerocentre organization has completed and flown the second example, here shown. The pilot was M. Dellys. A Cormoran fuselage was a showpiece in the Paris Salon of I94T> "Swept" Attacker Flying AS most readers will have probably sur-mised, the Vickers-Supermarine 501, existence of which was lately revealed, is a development of the Attacker with swept-back wing and tail surfaces. Designed for investigation of problems associated with flight at and beyond the speed of sound, it has so far proved " very satisfactory" during flight trials. AIRLINES and AIRPORTS N EXT week's issue of Flight,dated April 28th, will bespecially devoted to the latest de- velopments in airport and airlineoperation. Articles by specialists, colour maps 0/ Britain's home andoverseas air routes, and reviews of equipment, will be included. Apreview of British exhibits at the Paris Aero Show will also be given. Car Ferry Re-opened RUN successfully on a charter basis lastsummer, the Lympne to Le Touquet car ferry re-opened as a scheduled service on April 13th. Single fare for a car up to 14ft long with four passengers is £27; Silver City Airways' Bristol Freighters make the journey in 20 min. ALL FOR ONE : Bombs, torpedoes, guns, ammunition, fuel and pilot together make up a new record disposable load, totalling 14,179 Ib, carried by a single-engined aircraft. The machine responsible is a Martin AM-1 Mauler (3.000 h.p. P. & W. Wasp Major), which recently flew at an all-up weight of 29,332 Ib—0 3,8/2 Ib increase on its best previous figure. Service Soccer APRIL 13th proved an unlucky day foiR.A.F. Station St. Athan, when its soccer team was beaten 2—1 at Uxbridge by the Halton eleven in the Service final. Howley and Forde scored for Halton, and the St. Athan goal was .scored by Fox. Officers' Welfare THE Newton Driver Services Club, atRustington, Sussex, which is to be opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on April 23rd, provides opportunities for rest and recuperation for officers, particularly those whose health suffered from wartime injury or captivity. Non-profit-making, and with bedroom accommodation for 40, the Club has a miniature golf course, sports deck, library, gymnasium and boat-building shop. It has been founded by Mrs. Newton Driver, who, during the war, established and ran the English Speaking Officers' Club at her home in Park Lane. High-speed Research /CONDITIONS for achieving Mach ^—' numbers of up to 5 can be produced in the new supersonic wind-tunnel built by North American Aviation of Los Angeles, California, and described in the May issue of Aircraft Production, pub- lished next Monday. This issue also contains a further article on the manu- facturing technique adopted for the Handley Page Hermes IV and Hastings aircraft, another on the air-cooled copper cylinder heads developed for Bristol sleeve-valve engines and a review of pro- duction equipment at the forthcoming British Industries Fair at Birmingham, Naval Broadcaster Honoured IN recognition of his services as apublicist for the Navy, and for Naval Aviation in particular, Capt. A. M. Kimmins, O.B.E., R.N. (ret.), has been appointed the first Honorary Commander of a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron. His command is No. 1832 Squadron, equipped with Sea- fires, which operates from Culham. Capt. Kimmins was one of the first naval pilots to fly solo and make deck landings. After breaking his back in a ski-ing accident in Switzerland he turned to a successful writing career. He re- joined the Navy during the I "unich crisis, after a series of well-remembered broad- casts on wartime operations, he became Chief of Naval Information in the Pacific. n 10
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