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154 FLIGHT AUGUST IITH, 1949 Defence College Commandant VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ( HARL1>DANIEL, ..who until May. \\a. Third St-a Lord, is to succeed Air Chit tMarshal Sir John Slessor as Command- ant of the Imperial Defence College onSept. 19th. As already announced, bu John becomes Chief of the Air Staff onJan. 1st. R.Ae.S. Commonwealth LectureM R. E. II. AT KIN, F.R.Ae.S., chit Idesigner, airframe division, A. \ Roe (Canada), Ltd., is to deliver theFifth British Commonwealth and Empire Lecture of the Royal Aeronautical So-ciety. It will be given at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, at 6 p.m. onThursday, September'15th. Australian Caterpillars IN Australia, the counterpart of thefamous Caterpillar Club (the qualifi- cation for which is an emergency para-chute drop) is known as the Roo Club; it is sponsored by the Dominion Para-chute Company. Badge Nor 126 was recently presented to a pilot of No. 77R.A.A.F. Squadron, while another air- crew member was awarded an engravedparachute packing stick for his second jump in 12 months. HONOURING AIR LIFT VICTIMS : A combined Allied memorial service, attended by leading members of the Western Occupational Powers, held recently was at Fassberg, in the British Zone of Germany, in honour cf military and civilian personnel who have lost their lives in the Berlin Air Lift Longer Staff College Courses AT present of nine monthj> duration,R.A.F. Staff College courses are to be extended to a year—at Bracknell fromnext January and at Andover from May. Battle of Britain Service A Battle of Britain thanksgiving ser-vice is to be held in Westminster Abbey on September 15th. Next-of-kin, Battle of Britain pilots and retired R.A.F. officers should apply for -tickets (by September 5th) to the Under- secretary of State, S.4(d), Air Ministry, Whitehall, London, S.W.i. Scholarship WinnerTV 1IE first Royal Aeronautical Society.'Charter Scholarship for the year 1949-50 has been awarded to Mr. J. A. Dunsby, a student of the society. He willcarry out research work at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. FORTY YEARS BACK "A scries of provisional regula-tions, constituting a 'rule of the road' for aeronauts, has beendrawn up by the Commission Aerienne Mixte . . . When flyingat night all machines must have a red light on the left and a greenlight on the right which can be seen both from the front and the side. . . white lights must be placed at the farthest point forward and thelowest part of the machine."— From "Flight" of August yth. 1909. , IF KITE NO FLY... A demonstration of the Focke-Achgelis Fa. 330 rotor kite, as flown or observation from U-boats, was to have been given last week at Calshot, but a gusty wind removed 0 rotor blade and the attempt had to be abandoned. SI. F. j. Cable, helicopter test pilot at the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment, is seen in the pilot's seat just after ihe mishap. Atlantic Rush-hourT HE United States Military Air Trans-port Service is flying 567 United States airmen across the Atlantic in fourflights. Globemasters carrying 95 pas- sengers and crew are flying to Sculthorpethrough Bermuda and the Azores. The number of passengers on each aircraft isalmost certainly a record, since the pre- vious largest Transatlantic passengerload is believed to have been 87. Flying Clubs' Convention 'T'HE Association of British Aero Clubs-*- and Centres is to hold, on Saturday, September 3rd, what is hoped will be thefirst of a series of annual summer con- ventions. The venue is White Waltham •Airfield, Maidenhead. As the event is intended mainly to be an opportunityfor social meeting and discussion of current affairs between club members, B 6
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