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1949
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FLIGHT MAY 5TH, 1949 THE Shooting Stars at MaltaT WELVE Lockheed F-8os of the U.S. Air Force, from. Fuerstenfeld- bruck, Germany, are at present based at Malta for two weeks of gunnery practice. Farnborough Again TT is HOW definitely announced by the A- Society of British Aircraft Construe- /tors that its 10th Flying Display and '• Exhibition will be held at Farnborough from Wednesday, September _, 2th, to Sunday, Septembjer__iitn. 1949- The public will be a3mittecT on the ioth and nth. Technical Token SENIOR officers of Aer Lingus made anovel presentation to Mr. John Lev- don, who retired recently from chair- manship of the company after 12 years. Their mark of esteem consists of a clock, thermometer and barometer mounted in three intermeshing spur gears, machined from solid metal and mounted on a sec- tion of airscrew blade from the first Aer Lingus DC-3. A.T.C. "Junior Flights"N OW that the age of entry for A.T.C. cadets has been lowered to 14 years, it has been decided to maintain higher standards of smartness, and give leadership training to N.C.O.s, by adding a "junior flight" to each squadron. Such flights will consist of probationary cadets without uniforms, and those who have not attained first-class status. JETS FOR EXPORT : Gioster Meteor 4s and 7s are prepared for delivery to the Belgian Air Force. Although their red, white and black roundels cannot here be distinguished from R.A.F. markings, it will be noticed that the fin tricolour extends below the tailplane. Promising cadets of good bearing will be eligible for promotion to *Uie main squadron. PORTRAIT FROM PARIS: "Mike " Lthgow appraises a model of the Supermarine 510, a raked development of the Attacker, with which he hopes to record some impressive Mach numbers. GETTING THE B/RD : Air. John Deny, D.H. test pilot, with the Coupe Montana trophy, which was awarded to him by M. Dissat (right) for a 45-min. Paris-Cannes flight in a Vampire 5. U.S. Helicopter Record AttemptT HE Sikorsky S-52-1 helicopter, piloted by H. E. Thompson, is reported to have averaged 129.616 m.p.h. in four passes over a 3-km course at Cleveland 011 April 27th. Subject to confirmation, this is an increase of 5 m.p.h. on the speed ot the Fairey Gyrodyne when it <-staWished the present helicopter record. Alt the AnswersL ATEST of B.O.A.C.'s pilots to be awarded his Master Pilot's Certificate is Capt. B. C. Frost. In addition to holding all the licences procurable— namely, Air Transport Pilot's Licence, First Class Navigator's Licence, Mainten- ance Engineer's Licences, and P.M.G. Air Radio R/T and W/T Licences—he is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, an Associate Fellow of the R.Ae.S., and an Associate Member of the ;:. Institute of Transport. Born in 1909, Capt. Frost joined Im-. [ " perial Airways in 1936 and participated in the Mercury-Mayo pick-a-back trials 51938. He served with Coastal Com- the first two years of the war, the Short flying-boat Cabot yj Tt was lost by enemy action in N«J?prway. There are at present fewer than 50 Master Pilots in the British Empire. Scandia "Fans" NEW four-bladed reversible-pitch air-screws for the Twin-Wasp-powered Saab Scandia airliner have been shipped to Sweden by the Hamilton Standard propellers division of the United Aircraft Corporation. Specially designed lor the " Scandia, the new airscrews incorporate the highest-lift aerofoil ever used by Hamilton Standard. They are expected to provide sufficient reverse thrust to cut the aircraft's landing run by one third. Bristol Bullfreighter? ON behalf of the Crown Agents forthe Colonies, British European Air- ways have chartered a Bristol Freighter from Silver City Airways to fly a herd of cattle from this country to Malta. The "passengers"—three bulls and 30 / cows—are being sorted into loads for four successive flights, the last of which is due to be made on May 10th. The cost to the charterer is said to be about £3,000. British Gliding Achievement SUBJECT to official confirmation, Mr.Philip Wills, Chairman of the British Gliding Association, broke the British single-seat glider distance record last Sunday, with a 230-mile flight from Hatfield to Gerrans, Cornwall. Mr. Wills was flying his own Weihe sailplane. He described conditions at first, as "rather difficult." "On the outskirts of London I was quite low—between 1,200 and T,500ft—and juggling madly for height," he stated. Airborne for six hours, after a towed take-off, he reached a maximum height of 5,200ft. Canadian Explanation /"* AN ADA'S decision to build undef v-^ licence the North American F-86 fighter is no reflection on either Britain or the de Havilland Vampire—at present
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