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1949
1949 - 1273.PDF
JULY 14TH, 1949 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE air navigation specialists made a similarvisit several months ago. The R.C.A.F. party, which is stayingat the Central Flying School, Little Ris- Biflgton, Glos., arrh ed from Canada ina Lancaster. ; Helicopter Tour 1Fjp\!URING a tour of American air bases, , |i/ started on May 22nd and recently [concluded, the Kaman twin-rotor heli- copter carried more than 1,000 passen- gers and "flight-checked" some 200 j helicopter pilots for flying this type of ^eraft. With the makers' chief test pilot, ..'.,-W. R. Murray, at the controls, daily •-flying time averaged 5^ hours. Studying the Meteor • TT WENTY officers and warrant officers ;. -*• of the Danish Navy and Army Air Forces, under the command of Capt. ,' Wickmann, are taking a course of in- struction on the Meteor airframe at the . Gloster factory. The pilots are also: receiving flying instruction on the Meteor 7. After two weeks they will proceed to Rolls-Royce to familiarize themselves with the Derwent, and, having returned home, will form an instructional nucleus for the operation of Meteor 4s. Denmark is understood to be contemplating a separate and unified Air Force. ••. • Hydro fin Challenge THE designer of the unconventionalHook Hydrofin—a marine craft with an undercarriage carrying surfaces ofaerofoil shape, upon which it planes—has '.issued a speed-contest challenge to other- marine craft of approximately 18-Jft • 'length and 150 h.p., to be decided duringCowes week (July 3oth-August 6th). The Hydrofin, which is driven by a Pobjoyengine and airscrew, was described in Flight of November nth, 1948. Con-currently with the Cowes challenge, owners of model Hydrofins powered byJetex 350 rocket units are invited to take part in a contest. INFORMATION EXPORTED: The supply of British jet fighters to friendly foreign countries has entailed far more than mere delivery of aircraft. Denmark, for instance—which recently ordered 20 Meteor 4s—has sent service representatives (seen above) to the Gloster Aircraft Company for a two-week course of instruction, as' related in the adjacent paragraph. News in. Brief MORE than 50 de Havilland Beavershave now been delivered (to Europe, Africa and Canada) and otherorders are on hand from South America. * * * An R.A.F. Anson pilot, F/L. Adams, last week spotted fire on a Martlesham, Suffolk, farm and called up his station control, which sent a fire-fighting jeep to the scene. * * * Mr. Peter Thorn, oriiy son of the lateCapt. S. A. ("Bill") Thorn and a test pilot at the Avro Woodford Works, wasrecently married to Miss June Isobelle Prall of Cotes Hall, Stafford.* * * As from July 1st, Rediffusion, Ltd.,makers of radiocommunications and electronic equipment, have changed their AIRCRAFT CARRIER: Repairs and overhauls of many different makes of aircraft are under- taken by the Fokker works at Amsterdam, and all but the biggest (Skymosters and Constella- tions) are transported between the factory and Schiphol by canal barge. This picture of a Dutch Army Spitfire passing a lifting bridge in the city was sent by an Amsterdam reader, Mr. A. N. Viterwijk, jr. A tunnel mouth accounts for the curious "rudder." title to Redifon, Ltd. Their addressremains at Broomhill Road, London, S.W.18, but the telephone number is nowVANdyke 5691. • « » Mr. O. J. Tapper, late of the EssoAviation Organization, has taken up a position in the central public relationsdepartment of the de Havilland Aircraft Company. During the war he new a,"a lieutenant commander in the Fleet Air Arm. # # *S/L. B. Wal- ford, with F/LH. W. H. Tudor and three N.CO.s.has been seconded by the R.A.F. tothe Royal Geo- graphical Societyfor the Norwegian- British - SwedishAntarctic Expedi- tion, 1 94 9-52,which is to leave for Queen MaudLand in Novem- ber. Two Austenwill be taken, for photography, re-connaissance and supply-flying; they will operate on skis from the ice-floes. • • * Mr. Alex Fraser, vice-chairman ofGirling, Ltd., the brake manufacturers, is to fly to America on July 28th for abusiness tour in company with Mr. J. \V. Kinchin, chief engineer.* * * Camera-users will find helpful the Standard Guide to Exposure, publishedby The Amateur Photographer in accordance with the new B.S.I. Stan-dards. (Price yd by post, Diffe & Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street,London, S.E.i.) # * » On the resignation of Mr A E. Nicholson (who retains his seat on the Board), Mr. J. J. Parkes, managing director of Alvis, Ltd., has been appointed chairman. Mr. R. \V. Rut- ledge becomes deputy chairman and financial director. S/L Brian Walford. F 11
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