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1949
1949 - 1422.PDF
i86 FLIGHT AUGUST I8TH, igjg EREAND THE In Full Swing SILVER CITY AIRWAYS carried onAugust 5th the thousandth car to be taken across the English Channelsince the ferry service began in April. Sixteen regular trips are now flown dailybetween Lympne and Le Touquet. Operation "Witch-Doctor" UNDER the unofficial "code-name"above, the R.A.F., in conjunction with I.C.I., Ltd., have recently con- ducted rain-making experiments over Tees-side. A Wellington from Middleton St. George made three sorties, and on two occasions succeeded in producing rain by dropping " Drikold "—the I.C.I, trade-name for solid carbon dioxide—on suitable clouds. SR/A.I Accident A PROTOTYPE Saunders-Roe SR/A.ijet fighter flying boat—the machine retained by the company for research— turned over and sank after appearing to strike driftwood during the alighting run after a test flight. Lt. Cdr. E. M. Brown, senior Naval test pilot, who was flying the machine, escaped from the cockpit unhurt. Owing to the depth of water, it is not certain whether or not the SR/A.i can be salvaged. London • N.Z. Race '""PHE organizers of the international-»- air race from London to Christ- church, New Zealand, to be held in 1953,and for which £30,000 in prize money is offered, state that it is hoped toannounce entry conditions towards the end of this year. There will be speedand handicap sections, and it is possible that a separate airliner class will be in-cluded. The New Zealand Government has announced its approval of the eventand is interested financially, and the British Ministry of Civil Aviation hassignified its interest, while the de Havil- LOOKING AHEAD: This manufacturers' impression of the Python-powered Westland Wyvem J.F.2 torpedo-fighter in service reveals a new configuration for the fin and rudder, seen to be considerably taller. There appears to be a camera-port aft of the roundel. land Company has already sent in an entry. The organizers (Canterbury Inter- national Air Race Council, 116, Hereford Street, Christchurch, N.Z.) are repre- sented in this country by the race com- mittee of the R.Ae.C. Sweden Orders Jets FIVE hundred Saab J-29 Ghost-powered jet fighters have been ordered by the Swedish Air Force, according to a report from Stockholm. Fairey Rockets NEWLY registered in Adelaide, with anominal capital of £1,000,000, the Fairey Clyde Aviation Company is de- voted entirely to long-range weapon work, under contract to the Ministry of Supply. A research organization is to be set up at Salisbury, 12 miles from Adelaide. Death of Air Attaches THE British Air Attache in Ankara,A. Cdre. G. Bartholomew, and his assistant, W/C. S. N. L. Maude, D.S.O., D.F.C., were among the seven people killed when a Turkish aircraft crashed at Ankara last Sunday. W/C. L. G. Bur- mand, who had arrived in Turkey the previous day to replace W/C. Maude, was also killed. The party was on its way to Smyrna to meet Vampires of No. 32 Squadron from Cyprus, the visit of which is reported to have been postponed. JETLINER: As related on this page, the Avro Canada C-102 (above) made its first flight on Wednesday of last week. It is powered by four Derwent 5s, adapted for civil use. Quick ClipperA RECORD Gander-London flight of 307 m.p.h. was made on August nth by the Pan American Airways stratocruiser Clipper America. It was piloted by Capt. F. Jacobs, who set up a New York-London record of 9 hr 46 min in April, His latest record flight took 6 hr 48 min. International Gas-Turbine InstructionT O mark the assembly of the largest international course so far accepted by Power Jets (Research and Develop- ment), Ltd., an informal luncheon of welcome was held last Sunday at 25, Green Street, W.i, the Company's Lon- don premises. Thirty-two "students" representing fifteen countries are now busily engaged at Lutterworth on the intensive three-week course—one of the series held at regular intervals by this private company, one of whose main objects is to foster and encourage the use of gas turbines of all types. Jetliner's First Flight Wednesday, August 10th, the Avro Canada C-102, to be known as the Jetliner, which is powered by four Rolls- Royce Derwents, took off from Malton, Ontario, for a first flight lasting one hour. Its crew of three consisted of H. J-: ("Jimmy") Orrell and Don Rogers, the chief test pilots of, respec- tively, the British and Canadian Avro concerns, and Bill Baker, flight engineer. They reported that the new airliner, which is designed to carry 50 passengers at 430 m.p.h. and 43,000ft, handled "easily and effortlessly." Earlier this year Don Rogers made a tour of the Hawker Siddeley Group factories in Britain to gain experience of flying jet aircraft. It included a visit to Avro Canada's parent company at Woodford, where, with Orrell, he flew the Nene- powered Tudor VII research airliner. New Australian Trainer yT WO prototypes of a new basic trainer have been ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. The aircraft—the first project of the Commonwealth Air- craft Corporation's post-war design staff; —will be a low-wing monoplane with fixed undercarriage, powered by a single 445
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