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1949
1949 - 1104.PDF
JUNE I6TH, 1949 697 HEREAND THE Rare Ranks FOR the first time since the end of thewar, The Air Force List (published by H.M. Stationery Office at 12s 6d) is available to the public. In the first issue, dated April, 1949, one page, out ©f nearly 600, is sufficient for the names of master aircrew serving in the E.A.F.: Master Gunner G. B. Holland has the distinction of being the sole representa- tive of his rank listed. In the remaining aircrew categories there are five master navigators, 11 master* engineers, 24 master pilots and 41 master signallers. Jet Precedent THE honour of being the first passengerin a transatlantic jet aircraft has been claimed by a U.S.A.F. public rela-tions officer, Lt. Col. C. Newlon. He landed at Manston on June 9th in aLockheed TF-80 Shooting Star trainer, flown by Lt, Col. "Dave" Schilling,who last summer led the first American jet crossing of the Atlantic. This secondflight consisted of 15 Shooting Stars— four of them two-seaters—which madethe crossing in 15 days, via Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. FromManston they flew on to Germany. FRENCH TEST-BED : The Languedoc 161, a regular caller (in Air France colours) at London Airport, takes on an unfamiliar, overpowered air as a test aircraft for the Arsenal 24H engine. Two of these units, driving five-bladed airscrews, replace the Languedoc's inboard Pratt and :; Whitney Twin Wasps. The 24H is rated at over 4,000 h.p. JET-TOJET: Their dazzling airframes bold against a dark sky, four Republic F-84 Thunderjets make one of the most striking fighter formation pictures yet seen. The machines belong to the 14th Fighter Group . U.S.A.F., based at Dow Field, Maine, and tfee photographer was a fifth Thunderjet ~ pilot, Capt. J. T. Nelson. Ahead With Helicopters WITH the claim that the company isnow the world's largest manufac- turer of commercial rotary-wing aircraft, United Helicopters, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, announce that deliveries of the three-seat Hiller 360 now total three aircraft per week. Russian EnginesT HE Soviet AS-90 eighteen-cylinder radial engine, of the type used in Lavochkin fighters and the Tu-70 (deve- loped from the Superfortress), is rated at 2,100 h.p. for take-off. Another recent engine—the M-120—delivers, 1,800 h.p., and the M-300 is reported to have a 3,000 h.p. rating. % French Air Budget Complaint DURING a debate on the French mili-tary budget last week, it was an- nounced that of the £385,000,000 total,18.7 per cent would be allotted to the Air Force. Some deputies were critical ofthis proportion, and demanded that it should be larger. The National Assemblyalso learnt that the Air Minister, M. !eau, had expressed the intention of ordering 100 Dassault 450 Ouragon jetfighters. An Annual Opportunity WITH the object of assisting a suit-able candidate to undertake ad- vanced work or study in aeronautics, theRoyal Aeronautical Society has insti- tuted a "Charter Scholarship." Nor-mally, the scholais-hip will run for a year, but should the Council of the R.Ae.Sdecide that the work and the student would benefit from an extension, suchan extension would be granted. Al- though not essential, some higher degreeor post-graduate diploma should result from the studies undertaken Candi-dates for this year's scholarships should apply to the Society, at 4, HamiltonPlace, Park Lane, London, W.i, not later than June 30th. The closing datein subsequent years will be June 1st. Address on Air PowerP AST and present developments andthe future prospects of aviation were discussed in an address on "TheEconomic Consequences of Air Power," delivered by J. Carlton Ward, jun.,before the Library of Congress and the National Air Council of America onMarch 7th. Speaking of the guided missile for bomber interception, Mr.Ward, who is the, chairman of the Fair- child Aircraft Corporation, expressedthe opinion that, in an emergency, this weapon could be quickly perfected.Copies of the lecture, and others in the series, may be obtained free on applica-tion to the Publications Section, the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. News in Brief T OCKHEED'S new penetration fighter,-*-' the XF-90, which was illustrated in Flight of May 26th, made a successfulfirst flight on June 4th. * • • North America's latest fighter project,the XF-93, is reported to differ from the record-breaking F-86 Sabre mainly in airintake arrangements. It has flush fuse- lage inlets and a pointed nose in place ofits predecessor's " straight-through " nose intake. * • * Formerly a flight lieutenant in the R.A.A.F., Mr. Frank J. Shaw has beenappointed Australian representative for the aviation technical sales departmentof Smiths Aircraft Instruments, Ltd. He will be attacned to S. Smith andSons (Australia) Pty., Ltd., the re- cently formed subsidiary of the BritishSmiths Group. * » • Soutbsea Common was, on June 9th, the scene of the first helicopter arrivalon a parade ground by an admiral, when the C.-in-C, Portsmouth, Admiral ofthe Fleet Sir Algernon Willis, flew to the King's birthday ceremony in a Hover-fly 1. To-morrow, June 17th, Admiral A E. Smith is due to visit the Mayorof Portsmouth from his flagship, the Missouri, also bv helicopter.
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