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FLIGHT, 27 October BROCK'S BENEFIT: A check will confirm that thirty-six 5-inch rocket projectiles supplement the six "50-calibre" guns of this Republic F-84 Thunderjet, in short-range ground-attack trim. The desirability of internal stowage and automatic launchers will be evident; but meantime the Ministry of Supply might do well to follow this American example of ingenious adaptation. As recorded below, the first Thunderjets to arrive in this country landed at Prestwick on Sunday. HERE and THERE "DESERVE Command has offered faeili- -tv ties for glider training to A.T.C. members of an approved school at Ar- dale, Essex. The Children's Committee of the L.C.C. has commented: "We consider that this activity has a positive training value for the type of boy who becomes a delinquent through a desire for adventure, and we have decided to allow boys to be taught gliding, subject to parental consent being given in writing in each individual case." Superforts for the R.A.F. ? WITH a report from Washington thatthe way has been cleared for Britain to receive—on loan or as a gift —up to 100 B-29 bombers, the well- worn "Superfortresses for the R.A.F." story has lately been revived. No com- ment is forthcoming from the Air Ministry. Though technically superior in certain respects to the Avro Lincolns now in R.A.F. service, the B-29 is much inferior to the B-50 Stratobomber now being issued to U.S.A.F. units and em- ployed on a limited scale during Exercise Bulldog. The problems of adopting an American-type bomber are more exact- ing than is commonly appreciated. Spares have to be laid down (though these, in any case, exist in this country for the use of the U.S.A.F.) and ser- vicing and operating experience must be accumulated. Austers in the Antarctic THE R.A.F. Antarctic unit, com-manded by S/L. B. Walford, which will accompany the joint Norwegian- British expedition to Queen Maud Land, has taken delivery of its two Auster 6s. The airtraft are painted orange to facili- tate recognition against a white back- ground, and are equipped with wheels and skis. Operating from the pack-ice, they will seek a passage through it for the expedi- tion's ship, the 700-ton Norwegian sealer Norsel, and will reconnoitre for a suitable camping site. The Norsel leaves Oslo on November 15th, and will call at London on November 17th. S/L. Walford's command will be the first R.A.F. unit to operate in the Antarctic, and its five members were selected from 250 volunteers. Empire Air Memorial i^OOPER'S HILL, in Surrey, which V_^ overlooks the Thames at Runny- mede, will be the site of a memorial to some 20,000 members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth who were killed in action in Britain and N.W. Europe during the war and have no known grave. . '."•'-' ROYAL POSTING : Recently, when joining his ship, the destroyer Chequers, the Duke of Edinburgh flew to Malta in a Viking of the King's Flight— the first occasion on which one of the Royal Family has travelled by the Flight on taking up Service duty. Historic Turbojets A SPECIAL article in this issue recallsthe flight-testing of early British turbojets in the Gloster E.28/39 The first of these historic units to fly, the Wi, has this week been presented to the nation by Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., while the WiX, the pre-flight version, ir being given to the United States as a symbol of Anglo- American technical collaboration during the war. The ceremonial reception of the Wi and the speeding of the WiX on its jour- ney to America were due to be performed yesterday at the Science Museum, South Kensington, by the Minister of Supply, Mr. Strauss. The formal handing-over of the WiX will take place at the Smith- sonian Institute, Washington, on November 8th. Transatlantic Thunderjets THE fourth crossing of the Atlantic byjet aircraft was completed last Sun- day, when two Republic F-84 Thunder- jets landed at Prestwick. R.A.F. Vam- pires made the first crossing—from east to west—and there have since been twc flights by U.S.A.F. Shooting Stars. The leader of both the previous American crossings, Lt.-Col. Dave Schilling, flew one of the F-84S. Their visit is officially stated to be for the purpose of "co-ordinating opera- tional and training techniques with the R.A.F." The Thunderjets will be based at Tarrant Rushton, Dorset, the airfield from which Flight Refuelling, Ltd., are operating the Gloster Meteor, equipped for air refuelling, which recently re- mained airborne for 12 hours. The U.S.A.F. is said to have shown con- siderable interest in the new technique employed by this experimental Meteor. Second Delivery MR. CHRISTOPHER DYKES,B.O.A.C's assistant chief of tech- nical development, lectured in Hull last week to the Brough Branch of the R.Ae.S. on operating factors likely to affect the design of future civil aircraft. His lecture was condensed from one de- livered at the Anglo-American Aero-
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