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1949
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MAY 5TH, 1949 FLIGHT 525 HERE AND THERE the R.C.A.F.'s standard intercept er.This was stated by the Canadian Deience Minister in the House of Commons,Ottawa, on April 28th. Mr. Claxton said that during the warthe Commonwealth Air Training Plan had been threatened by a lack of spareparts and engines for British-designed aircraft. According to an Americansource, 100 F-86As will be built by Canadair, Ltd., of Montn al. Fair EnoughI N a written answer to a question con- cerning the accuracy of the Easter week-end weather forecasts, Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Air Minister, stated that the situation had been finely balanced, with risks of rain that the meteorologists could not ignore in their forecasts. Although weather forecasts could not at present be more than assessments of probabilities, he continued, their general accuracy within the last few years had been 85-88 -per cent. Within recent months accuracy had improved to 90 per cent for forecasts of rain or no rain in the London area. Power Trio TDROGliESS with three different types -t of power plant is reported by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The rocket unit for the Bell X-2, raked-wing suc- cessor to the supersonic X-i, is in the final stages of development by the com- pany's propeller division, while the Typhoon turboprop has been shown pub- licly for the first time. Driving a four- bladed airscrew, this unit has been test- flown in the nose of a Boeing B-17 For- tress, which, it is claimed, n able to maintain height with all four Cyclones feathered. The Curtiss-Wright Turbo Cyclone is said to offer a 20 per cent increase in thermal efficiency, compared with a normal piston-engine. This compound unit will be installed in later versions of the Lockheed P2V Neptune patrol bomber. . . , TAKING THE AIR: After some years of inactivity this pre-war Chilton single-seater with Garden Ford engine is flying again. A few of these attractive little machines are being, or hase been, reconditioned, and this one, seen near Rickmansworth, is owned by Mr. H. Bilborough (pilot in the photograph) and Mr. J. Milli of the Denham Aero Club. :•••••" Air "Gunners"T RAVELLING in two parties of twelve, the Arsenal Football Club will leave London Airport for Rio de Janeiro on May 9th and uth, flying on the regular B.S.A.A. services. The 6,000- mile journey is scheduled to take 33 hours. A V^uo Aeradio Affairs YEAR of flying control and com- munications operation by Inter- national Aeradio, Ltd., on behalf of Allied Control, Austria, was celebrated by a small gathering at Schwechat, Vipnrin, on "April 28th. The company's assistant operations manager, W/C. R. C. Lawes. left London by air the pre- vious day for an extended tour of the Far East, where he will investigate civil flying control, communications and main- ol Aeradio equipment. -.-••••• Jet Transports *• CA P T A I N EDDIE 'RICKEN BACKER, president of Eastern AirLines, is reported to have stated that hiscompany has issued to manufacturers a specifi-cation for a4o-passenger, four-jet airliner. In a review of jet(ransport progress. Avia- tion Week says that costis the biggest obstacle to U.S. plans. It concludesthat "any (U.S.) jet transport developmentnow seems certain to lag far behind both British THE NEXT BEST THING: As all full-sccte flying is banned to Germans, the model movement in Ger- many hjs a particularly keen following. This high- perfcrmance sailplane is being demonstrated at a meeting in the Freich Zone of Berlin. and Canadian projects." From theDominion, good progress is reported with the Avro-Canada C-102 four-Derwent airliner. N.P.L. Open DayM EMBERS ot the industry will havean opportunity to acquaint them- selves with the wide range of scientificresearch undertaken at the National Physical Laboratory, when the annualOpen . Day is held on Thursday, May 26th, from 1430-1800 hours. On thefollowing day the Laboratory will be " At home" to university and Governmentdepartment visitors. Representatives of industrial firms notalready familiar with the work of the N.P.L. are invited to apply to theDirector, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, by May 14th. News Briefin "PORTSMOUTH branch of the -t League is to hold an air party at the city airport on June 19th. . . ^ The winning team in the Southamp- ton Junior Football League Competition was that representing Air Service Train- ing, Ltd., of Hamble. * * * t>rooklands Aviation, Ltd., state that they and their managing director, Mr. J. W:" Massey, have withdrawn their financial interest in the College of Aero- nautical Engineering, of Wimbledon and Hanworth. The interest has now been acquired by the Principal, Mr. C. H. Roberts. * * » The order recently given by the U.S. Secretary of Defence to stop construction of the 65,000-ton aircraft carrier United Slate^ is believed to be responsible for the resignation of Mr. John L. Sullivan, American Secretary of the Navv. «• « -r- Mi. 11. Cj. Herrington, director and general manager of High Duty Alloys, Ltd., was presented with a silver cigar- ette box w lien he handed over the chair- manship of the Aluminium Development Association Executive Committee to Mr. F. G. Woolard
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