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1949
1949 - 2019.PDF
FLIGHT, 22 December 1949 78.5 HERE AND THERE. .. also agreed toquarters for the three years. provideR.A.F. 300 married over the next Power Parley A NUMBER of papers of direct aeronau-tical interest will be delivered at tlu: Fourth World Power Conference, which isto be held in London from July 20th-15th next year. Among the British lecturerswill be Mr. F. Owner and Dr. S. G. Hooker, of the Bristol Aeroplane Com-pany, Ltd. Copies of the provisional pro- gramme of the conference can be obtainedfrom the Conference Offices, Fourth World Power Conference, 414, Cecil Chambers76-86, Strand, London, W.C.2. Gala Benefit the evening of Wednesday, Decem-ber 7th, in the presence of the Duchess of Kent, a gala performance ofthe comedy Three Men on a Horse was given at the Scala Theatre, London, bythe Stock Exchange Dramatic anil Operatic Society, in aid of the Royal AirForce Benevolent Fund. Among the dis- tinguished guests in the audience wereLord and Lady Riverdale, A.V-M. Sir John and Lady Cordingley, Air MarshalSir Hugh Saunders (Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force) and Air Comman-dant Dame Felicity Hanbury. " Operation Backfire " AT the film show organized by tlieBritish Interplanetary Society and held on December jrd at the ScienceMuseum, South Kensington, three films were presented. Operation Backfire, showing theassembly, transport, fuelling, and firing of German A-4 (V-2) bombardmentrockets during the British-conducted Cuxhaven trials was of outstanding in-terest. Faster than Sound dealt with the test flight of the Vickers air-launchedsupersonic rocket model but was less in- formative; presumably the film- wasproduced for exhibition to the general public, and it suffers by reason of its"over-popular" treatment. Part of DOWN THE HATCH : Unlike the majority of jet fighters, the two-seat, twin-jet Douglas Skyknight all-weather fighter is not equipped with ejector seats. Instead, the pilot and radar operator can make emergency exits beneath the fuselage, yia a gravity chute. One of 22 successful tests of the chute (at speeds up to 450 m.p.h.) was photo- graphed in sequence from an accompanying aircraft, and also (right-hand strip) from the wing-tip of the Skyknight itself. that excellent film Atomic Physics wasshown in view of the possible use of atomic energy for rocket propulsion. The Interplanetary Society is to becongratulated on the vigour with which it seeks to promote study of rocket engi-neering, astronomy, electronics and asso- ciated sciences. Record in Comfort TX)M LANPHIER, a former U.S. fighter-»- pilot, recently made what is claimed to be the fastest passenger flight round theworld by commercial airlines. The jour- ney, which was to com-memorate the anniver- sary of the WrightBrothers' first flight, took four days 23hr7min. Mr. Lanphier left Washington on Decem-"ber 2nd and, after flying 22,000 miles, returnedon December 7th. On his flight he carried amessage from President Truman, which he de-livered last week at the annual Wright Memorialceremonies at Kitty Hawk. SOUTH AMERICANVAMP : Capt. Buenaven- tura Vivas and Lt. Roose-velt Abuianza, of the Ven- ezuelan Air Force, inspecta D.H. Vampire at Hatfield. The fust Vampire wasrecently delivered to Venezuela—twelfth nationselect the type. NEWS IN BRIEF THE Women's Junior Air Corps, whichclaims to be the only youth move- ment with its own aircraft (a FairchildArgus), was recently given a Link Trainer by Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.* » # Mr. George Wiltsher has been appointedpublicity manager for both the car and the aircraft engine sides of Alvis, Ltd., Cov-entry, as from December 1st. Before join- ing Alvis he occupied executive posts intwo well-known advertising agencies. # # # The application of " Claytonrite " self-sealing weatherstrip for vehicle and air- craft windows is the subject of a brochurefrom Howard Clayton-Wright, Ltd., Wellesbourne, Warwicks. The materialhas been used on the Westland-Sikorsky and Bristol helicopters among others. # » « In a letter to the Editor, the Johannes-burg Assistant City Librarian expresses gratitude to readers who have respondedto her second request [Correspondence, November 3rd] for a long-out-of-printissue of Flight. " Once again," she says, '' the response has been prompt andgenerous." Flight, too, is very appreci- ative of this co-operative spirit amongits readers. # # * In describing, at the annual generalmeeting, considerable extensions being made at the Hamble works of FollandAircraft, Ltd., the chairman mentioned "a department for the practical applica-tion of plastics to aircraft . . . for which work we are covered by orders." Amongother work in hand (in addition to a sub- stantial Vampire*component contract)were wings for the Venom and Chip- munk and "important projects" for theBristol Aeroplane Company.
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