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1950
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FLIGHT, 5 January 1950 HERE and THERE New A.S.T. Students FIFTY officers and N.C.O.s of theIrani Air Force will shortly begin a period of aeronautical training in Britain, by an arrangement between the Iran Government and Air Service Training, Ltd. The majority of them will take a coarse in aircraft engineering at Ansty, near Coventry, and the others will be trained as pilots at the com- pany's flying school at Hamble, Southampton. Testing the Brabazon SPEAKING to members of the BristolJunior Chamber of Commerce last week, "Bill" Pegg, chief Bristol test pilot, said that the Brabazon had com- pleted 26 hours' flying in 13 test flights to date. Additional equipment, added between each flight, had increased the time taken to accumulate flying hours. The Brabazon, said Mr. Pegg, had put Britain on the aviation map fairly and squarely. If the Americans tried to" build a similar aircraft it would be seven or eight years before they could operate it. Referring to test-flying, he said that pilots should not be classed with circus performers or wall-of-death riders " There are risks, of course, but they are well assessed and discussed before they are taken." D.H. Engine Appointment IT is announced that Mr. John Griersonhas joined the staff of Mr. H. Buck- ingham, business director of the' de Havilland Engine Company, and that he will undertake general executive duties relating primarily to the interests and problems of civil and Service users of D.H. engines. Well known both as a pilot and an author, Mr. Grierson has been Deputy Director of Civil Aviation in the British Zone of Germany for the past two years. His flying experience dates from 1925, and includes service in the R.A.F., some notable long-range flights in Gipsy- NENE-POWERED f Although at present classified as "experimental," France's largest jet aircraft, the SO4000 (two Roll-Royce Nenes) is taking shape as a promising jet- bomber prototype for the French Air Force. This first photograph shows it under construction at the Courbevoie works of S.N.C.A. du Sud-Ouest. engined Moths, seven years as a test pilot (during which he took part in flight- testing the first "Gloster jet aircraft), and a period in charge of whale-spotting Walruses in the Antarctic. Star Trailer FACE-LIFT: New nasal configuration of the North American YF-86D, latest version of the record-holding Sabre jet fighter. In addition to the extended nose, the YF-86D is also notable for the provision of an afterburner in the rear fuselage, increasing the power of its J-47 turbojet. STRATOJET IN CIVVIES : This impression of a four-jet airliner is stated by the Boeing Company to illustrate one of its several recent design studies. Like the six-]et Boeing B-47 Stratojet, to which it bears an obvious relationship, the desi n is seen to have "pod" power-units slung beneath thin, swept-backwings. Shortage of fuel-space, other than in the fuselage, would appear to be one major disadvantage of such a layout. _ petition between 'oyees of the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company, the name Buckaroo has been selected for the com- pany's 145-h.p. T-35 primary trainer The name—which means a bronco-bust ing cowboy—was chosen 10 mark the air- craft's association with the State o) Texas. The first production Buckaroo is due to be completed this month, and although no U.S.A.F. orders for the type have been announced, the manufacturers report that interest has been shown by a number of overseas countries. Bristol S. African Representative AIR COMMODORE J. H. C. WAKEhas been appointed I he Bristol Aeroplane Company's re^nesentative foi South Africa, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa. Until his recent retirement from the_ R.A.F., A. Cdre. Wake was Deputy Director of Military Aircraft Research and Development at the Ministry of Supply (Air). His Service experience long and vs and included years of test-flj a t Martlesham eath, a period as ground in- structor of the R. A. F. College, Cranwell, and close contact with the industry while Assistant Chief Overseer of the wartime Ministry A.Cdre. of Aircraft Pro- j. H. C. Wake, duction. Lively Latins ACCORDING to recent reports from -^*- the Argentine, parachuting has be- come a fairly popular pastime. It is recorded, for example, that Vincente Bonvisuto, an N.C.O., recently broke his own parachute-jumping record by was
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