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1949
1949 - 0886.PDF
MAY 12TH, 1949 FLIGHT 577- t- • • •• •- -» SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements " GROUP'S " NEWEST : The two latest products of the Hawker Siddeley Group pictured together at the recent Woodford display. Framed by the pugnacious nose of the Avro Shackleton reconnaissance bomber is the Hawker P. 1052 experi- mental fighter, due shortly to attack the London-Pi CFS. Reunion J\ REUNION dinner for past members "• of the staff of the Central Flying School will take place this year at R.A.F. Station Little Rissington, Glos. Past members who have not received in- vitations are requested to forward their addresses to the Hon. Sec, C.F.S. Reunion, at the above address. Those unable to attend are asked to send ad- dresses for record purposes. Cambridge "At Home1'T HE successful show held at CambridgeAirport last Sunday by No. 5 Re- serve Centre opened the "At Home"season for the R.A.F.V.R. Three Spit- fires of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squad-ron, R.Aux.A.F., flew from Biggin Hill to start the display; their appearancewas followed by a demonstration of the Prentice. In both the annual formationflying and spot landing competitions between Tiger Moths of Cambridge Uni-versity Air Squadron and No. 22 Reserve Flying School, the visitor^were victorious. C.U.A.S. won the first event with87.5 per cent, and the spot- landing contest with F/O.Park's two touch-downs of 80yd mean error. With a total of 373marks to the School's 225, the University thus holdsthe team trophy—a silver bowl with a capacity ofone gallon. High-speed flight was represented by aMeteor 4 from Duxford, and personnel of the Para-chute Training School, Upper Heyford, jumpedfrom a balloon. A gliding display was given by No.105 A.T.C. Gliding School and Cambridge UniversityGliding Club. In some events, pilots' R/T com-mentary was relayed. New Barracks Ope INSTALLED : Formerly A.O.C.-in-C. Fighter Com- mand, Air Marshal Sir William Elliot has now taken up his new appoint- ment as chief staff officer to the Minister of Defence. He is seen at his office at the ministry. RADIO INSPECTORS: Seen at Negombo, Ceylon, are members of the Inspectorate of Radio Senrices, with the crew of the Lancaster Iris in which they toured the Far East recently. Those Shown art:—(Bock row, L to R.) Sgt. Billing, fitter; F;L. barber, navigator; W C. Bone. /.R.S. / / (Staff); fll. Stone, captain: F/L. Faraday, /.R.S. /// (Staff); S/L Ward, Air Ministry. (From row) FjO. Austin-Clarke. engineer; FlL. Robertson, signaller: G'Cj&oon, Inspector of Radio Services (Staff); A.V-M. Addison. Director-General of Unices (Staff): C!C. Blair, A.C.F.E.; WiC Irvin. I.R.S. (Staff). _ ened THE iirst of a new typeJ- of barrack block was opened by Mr. ArthurHenderson, the Secretary of State fur Air, at theCentral Flying School, Little RLssington, onFriday, May 6th. Hous- ing 100 airmen in 84.single-berth a n d f o u r four-berth cubicles, theblock was described by Mr. Henderson as a verygreat improvement on anything which had pre-viously been known in Service life. He an-nounced that a total of 53 such buildings should becompleted within 12 months, and plans hadbeen made to build more. The cubicles of the new block containsingle beds and built-in fittings in- cluding Compactum wardrobes, writingdesks, cabinet radiators and bed-head lighting. There had been a tendency in the past,said Mr. Henderson, to look upon the Ser- vices as something separate and distinctfrom the civilian community. That was not so. Servicemen were, after all, butcitizens in uniform, and were just as much a part of the community as their civiliancounterparts. They would be provided with standards of accommodation com-parable with those in civil life. R.A.F. Appointment IT is announced that A.V-M. T. C.Traill, C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C., has been appointed Director-General of Per-sonnel (II) at the Air Ministry. Last December, A.V-M: Traill becameAir Officer in Charge of Administration at Maintenance Command H.Q., beforewhich he had commanded No. 12 Group, Fighter Command since May, 1946. •• Before taking charge of No. 83 Group,B.A.F.O., at the end of the war, he was Director of Tactics at the Air Minis-try for 18 months. A.V-M. Traill is 50, and joined the Navy as a midshipman in
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