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1949
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S34 FLIGHT, 29 December 19+9 CORRESPONDENCE The Editor of "Flight" does not hold himself responsible for the views expressed by correspondents in these columns. The names and addresses of the writers, not necessarily for publication, must in all cases accompany letters. WITH reference to the usefulness of " Airmet" as an aid,upon which there has been some correspondence in your columns during the past year, we enclose photographs indicat- ing our method of making full use of the broadcast, in the hope they may be of some interest. The weather "actual" and "forecast" reports are copied when transmitted, and also the "actuals" on the half-hour: sea-level pressures are then plotted upon a blackboard out- line of the British Isles and isobars drawn as indicated, fronts and wind velocities then being superimposed. Over the past eighteen months we have found this method to be more than useful and, as in our case, where there is no possibility of seeing a synoptic chart at base, the plotting of "Airmet" sea-level pressures gives a very good picture of frontal systems and gradients over the British Isles. Brough, E. Yorks. W. G. CROOKS. Senior Navigator, North Sea Air Transport, Ltd. be very reluctantly forced carefully to store some of the pro- posed exhibits and make arrangements for others to be shown in those countries where individual enterprise is not frowned upon.- ,-- R. G. J. NASH. Weybridge, Surrey. • •--•?• [It would be most regrettable if oiir correspondent's efforts were eventually nullified by opposition of the kind he men- tions. Flight is convinced of the desirability of establishing such a historical collection whilst suitable exhibits are still available and is, indeed, already taking steps to co-ordinate the suggestions of several persons interested in similar projects.—ED.] ,-..•. _i,.: :. ..-'""•";.;: _:; " "":_•*"'' (Right) How North Sea Air Transport—see first letter—plot Airmet broadcasts. Above is a section of one of their airfield-weather reports prepared from the same source. THE MUSEUM PROJECT TN view of the fact that yourself and also many of your A readers have shown interest in my scheme for a museum of early mechanical transport to be opened in a semi- or non- built-up area, I thought it might possibly prove of interest to give you some details on how this scheme has progressed in the meantime. Since the war I have made eleven unsuccessful attempts to get the scheme passed on various sites in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. The latest attempt, the eleventh, concerned a site on a main road in Surrey a little more than 20 miles from London and with good transport faciJities in an area zoned for this type of building, but with definite country outlook. The scheme included the building for the museum; and car and cycle parks suitably shielded from the road and with lawns, flower beds and seats. The scheme was turned down by the planning committee, the chairman remarking that the site was unsuitable for such a dull subject. One member of the committee asked: "Why not let the scheme go ahead? ", but all the others followed the chairman's lead. Incidentally, I noted the results of their deliberations in one of the county papers, on the main news page, and the Editor kindly printed a letter from me in a subsequent issue in which I stated that we had 46,000 visitors to a small exhibition arranged in 1939 for five weeks only and which only included four aircraft from the collection and, in addition, a number of interesting engines, papers, maps, photo- graphs, etc. I felt that this was an adequate answer to the statement that this was a dull subject. At the present time I know of three similar projects operat- ing in America with great success, and one has reopened in Italy. These are mainly interested in the automobile, and none includes exhibits that could be shown here—over 70 various bicycles and tricycles dating from 1818 and about ten aircraft covering the 1909-18 period. Unless some suitable site is forthcoming before long, I will In Brief J. E, D. Harrison, of 166, Portland Crescent, Stanmore, Middlesex, writes that "many young people today are in- terested in flying but cannot get to know others with the same interest; they cannot afford to join the flying clubs, so other than joining the R.A.F., W.R.A.F., or A.T.C.etc., which are too military for the liking of many, they have to be content with sitting at home and reading aviation journals." He feels that enthusiasts like himself would be very willing to support a correspondence club or discussion group concerned with aviation matters. •. T«•• Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 21. 24. 28. 28. 31. 1 4. 8. 8. 8. 9 13. 17. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Aircraft Recognition Society: Hurricane Trophy Contest. K.Ae.S. (Belfast) : " Recent Development in Aircraft Production Engineering," by Prof. Connolly, B.E., F.R_Ae.S. Helicopter Association: "Pest Control and the Helicopter." by Dr. W. E. Ripper, F.R.E.S. Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers : " Dowty Electro- hydraulic Systems," by Neville J. Home. Society of Instrument Technology : *' Continuous Gauging of Thread or Wire," by L. C. Evans, M. Groneck and H. G. Lee. Royal United Service Institution : " Aircraft for Army Uses," by Lt.-Gen. R. N. Gale, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. British Interplanetary Society : " Effects of Interplanetary Flight " (discussion). R.Ae.S. (Weybridge) : " Aerodynamic Consequences of Flying High and Fast," by W. G. A. Perring, C.B., F.R.Ae.S., A.M.I.N.A. British Interplanetary Society (Manchester) : Astronomical Observatory Visit. R.Ae.S. (Belfast) : " Rocket Propulsion and Interplanetary Flight," by A. V. Cleaver, A.R.Ae S. R.Ae.S. : " Producing a Prototype Aircraft," by C. T, Wilkim, A.F.R.Ae.S. Institute of Transport : Brancker Memorial Lecture—A.V.-M. D. C. T. Bennett, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Institute of Navigation : " Air Traffic Control," « symposium of papers.
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