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1949
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i8o FLIGHT AUGUST IITH, 1949 Service Aviation G/C. J. H. Edwardes-Jones, C.B.E.,D.F.C., A.F.C., Central Fighter Estab- lishment. R.A.F.; G/C. J. M. Cohu,C.B.E., R.A.F. Station, Brize Norton; G/C. A. Earle, C.B.E., Senior Person-nel Staff Officer, Technical Training Command; G/C. G. N. E. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, C.B.E., Deputy Director of Technical Administration, Air Ministry. 'ITie object of the I.D.C. course, whichnormally lasts a year, is to train senior officers of the Commonwealth fightingservices and civilian officials in the broadest aspects of imperial strategy.Selection of R.A.F. students is normally restricted to air commodores and groupcaptains. The college is at Seaford House, Belgrave Square, London, S.W. Fourth Britannia Shield Contest the past three years a feature of the Battle of Britain W«ek celebra- tions has been the competition for the Britannia Shield among Service sports- men from nations whose armed forces took' part • in the Battle or were assembled on British soil between 1940 and 1945- Five nations—Belgium, France, theNetherlands, Norway, and Great Britain (represented by the R.A.F.)—took partin last year's competition, and the same five, with the probable addition ofGreece, will compete again this year. The teams will be accommodated duringBattle of Britain Week at R.A.F. Station, IJxbridge, where they willarrive on September 2and, receiving an official welcome there on the followingmorning. As in the past two years, the contests will culminate in the boxingfinals and the presentation of the shield in the Empire Pool Arena, Wembley, onFriday, September 16th. This year the shield will be presented to the winningteams by the French Ambassador. Other events will be the cross-countryrace from R.A.F. Station, Halton, Bucks, on the Wednesday afternoon,the fencing and the boxing preliminary bouts and semi-finals at R.A.F. Station,Uxbridge, on the same day, and the shooting at Bisley on the Thursdaymorning and afternoon, followed by the swimming at Eltham Baths, S.E.9. Appointment THE Air Ministry announces the ap-pointment of Ait Vice-Marshal Douglas Macfadyen, C.B.E., as Assist-ant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) at the Air Ministry, from August 1st, 1949- Air Vice-Marshal Macfad^en has beenDirector of Plans at the Air Ministry since last January, after attending acourse at the Imperial Defence College. At the outbreak of war he was com-manding No. 105 Squadron, Advanced Striking Force, and in January, 1940,was engaged on administrative planning duties at Headquarters, British AirForce in France. In July, 1940, he was appointed to the Directorate of WarOrganization at the Air Ministry, and during 1941 and 1942 he commanded inturn the R.A.F. Stations at Chelveston, Northants, and Mildenhall, Suffolk. Heserved on organization duties at Head- quarters, Eastern Air Command, fromNovember, 1942, and at Headquarters, North-West African Air Force, fromMarch, 1943. Returning home at the beginning of 1944, he was appointedDirector of Policy (Air), and in October, 1945, Director of Policy. He becameCommandant of the Officers' Advanced Training School at R.A.F. Station,Digby, Lines, in August, 1946. Seletar RegattaT HE fourth post-war regatta ofR.A.F. Seletar Yacht Club attracted over 80 entries. In addition to thosefrom the Seletar club there were partici- pants from the R.A.F. Changi YachtClub, the Naval Sailing Club and the Far East Land Forces Sail-ing Club, Singapore, and the Royal Singapore Sailing Club. The Sele-tar club has 200 members, owns 50 sailing boats of all kinds, and has anattractive club-house overlooking the Straits of Johore. The majority of themembers are airmen, serving at the R.A.F. maintenance base at Seletar,but airwomen are taking an increasing interest in the sport. There were nine races in the regattaand in all but two events R.A.F. com- petitors gained either first or secondplace. Lady Lloyd, wife of Air Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd, C.-in-C. Far EastAir Force, presented the prizes. Testing Overseas Airfields THE Aii Ministry Works Directoratehas almost completed a comprehen- sive testing programme to determine therunway strength of overseas airfields. During the war hundreds of airfieldswere built in various parts of the Com- monwealth and Empire. They wereconstructed rapidly, to ad hoc specifica- tions, of such materials as were availablelocally, and were adequate for the imme- diate wartime requirements. With theintroduction of larger aircraft and the development of peacetime air routes, itbecame necessary to determine accur- ately the bearing strength of certain ofthese airfields, and thus ascertain what types of modern aircraft could usethem in safety. The task was given to the Air Ministry Works Directorate, andduring the past 18 months the runways of more than 60 overseas airfields innearly 20 different countries have been tested. Testing is done with a special machinedeveloped by Air Ministry engineers. This is a bridge-like structure with sideramps on which lorries are driven to provide the load. The machine can takea total load of 40 tons, but is normally loaded at about 25 tons, the weightbeing transmitted to the runway surface through a jack and bearing plate. Bear-ing plates of different sizes can be fitted to represent the contact area of differentsizes of aircraft tyres. Runway surface deflection caused by - the load ismeasured, and other effects noted. The machine is made of light alloy, and canbe dismantled into small sections for air transport. ; r . Reunions . _ F is intended to hold a reunion onOctober 14th of all who served as officers or aircrew in No. 92 Squadron.Applications should be made to W/C. J. A. Kent, Experimental FlyingDepartment, R.A.E., Farnborough, Hants, before September 15th. • .j. * • # rS.: : '.-• No. 2 A.D.U. (M.E.) is holding itsthird Reunion Dinner in Manchester on Septembei 24th. Former members whowish to attend should write to H. H. Wynn, " Llangorse," Legh Road,Knutsford, Cheshire. m COUNTY CAMPERS: Officers 0' No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., with one of their Vampire Is at Sylt, N.W. Germany, during their IS-day annual camp. From left to right (front row) are Ft. J. Timmis (flight commander), S'L. R. C. T. Goodwin (CO.), and Ft. J. Button, DS.O., D.F.C. B 32
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