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12 FLIGHT', 5 January T950 , HERE AND THERE--- making 100 descents from a Piper Cubin just over eight hours. At a flying club near Buenos Aires, a19-year-old girl made nine jumps, also from a Cub, in 40 minutes; and a new-note was struck by another intrepid lady> who used two parachutes in succes-sion, discarding the first, during a single descent. A third Argentine aviatrix, Senora deOyamzu, recently set up a new record for the greatest number of loops com-pleted in. succession. Flying a 65 h.p. El Boyero light aircraft, she looped nofewer than 237 times, at a reported rate of "six flings a minute." Spotters' Contest THE third annual contest of the Air-craft Recognition Society is to be held in the Science Museum, South Ken-sington, at 4-30 p.m. on Saturday. January 21st. Competing teams wilsach consist of three persons, not undei the age of 16, representing any ServiceMr civilian organization interested in air- craft recognition, and the test comprises35 flying views of modern aircraft. The winning team will receive fromMr. Peter Masefield, the president of the Society, a trophy consisting of a solidsilver model of a Hurricane, at present held by the Barking Aviation Club.Entry forms, together with a fee of 7s 6(1, must be sent to the chairman,Mr. E. G. A. Wilton, Laymorna, Tay- mount Rise, London, S.E.23, before nextSaturday, January "th. MUSTANGS AT KITTY HAWK : North American F-51 Mustang piston-engined fighters of the U.S.A.F. in spectacular passage over the Wright Brothers' hilltop memor- ial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The fly-past was part of the celebrations com- memorating the 46th anniversary of the first powered flight. BROUGHT UP TO DATE : B.O.A.C.s director of technical development, Mr. A. C. Campbel'-Orde, was one of the first British airline captains, and also a test pilot, during the inter-war years. He is seen leaving the second prototype Ambassador after a flight made during a recent visit to the Airspeed factory at Christchurch. Not So Fast LAST week's report in the LMS AngelesTimes that the Bell X-i research aircraft had flown at Mach 3—a speed of practically 2,000 m.p.h. at the alti- tudes involved—drew an official state- ment from the U.S. Air Force, to the effect that the X-i had flown " hundreds of miles per hour faster than sound," but that specific figures were still secret. Recent reports of specific speeds were described as incorrect. The Bell X-i first achieved supersonic speed on October 14th, 1947, and the latest X-iA version is said to have a maximum designed speed of 1,700 .p.h. (approximately Mach 2.6) at ,000ft. The X-iA is fitted with" a ,000-lb thrust rocket-unit with turbo- pump fuel system. Its endurance^ is | minutes at full thrust. NEWS IN BRIEF THE Argentine Air Force is reportedto have shown interest in the Saab Scandia twin-engined transport, which was demonstrated recently in Buenos Aires Mr. Stephen J. Mattock has been ap- pointed publicity manager to Venner Time Switches, Ltd., New - Maiden, Surrey. He previously held posts with Rolls-Royce, Ltd., the General Electric Co., Ltd., and in technical journalism. • * • Avica Equipment, Ltd., is the newtitle of Aviation Corporates, Ltd., 53, Pall Mall, London, S.W.i. The changehas been made in order to identify the firm more closely with its American com-pany, Avico, Inc., Portsmouth, R.I. * • • Mr. J. G. Scott, who recently joined Electro-Hydraulics, Ltd., Warrington, has been appointed supplies manager of the firm. For a number of years Mr. Scott was with General Aircraft, Ltd., Feltham, and Miles Aircraft, Ltd., Read- ing, in various capacities on the material- supply side. Miss Thorn, daughter of the late Capt. S. A. ("Bill") Thorn; Avro chief test pilot, is to marry Lt. Cdr. E. D. Han- son, a test pilot at R.N.A.S. Anthorn, Carlisle. The engagement is announced of F/L. Duncan E. de la Hoyde to Miss Stella Howse; both were formerly at the Royal Aero Club, and Miss Howse is now with R. K. Dundas, Ltd. * • * At the recent annual meeting of the Air Transport Section ,of the London Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. Vivian Holman was elected chairman of the section in succession to-Mr. J. S. Wills, and Mr. A. M. Desoutter was re-elected deputy chairman. * # * S/L. Bob Moore, who for the pastthree years has been chief experimental test pilot to the Swedish Saab firm, andbefore that was a Rolls-Royce test pilot, is to act as technical representativeof the Royal Swedish Air Force and Saab in London. He can be communicatedwith c/o the Swedish Embassy, 29, Port- land Place, W.i. » * • Orders for helicopters and spare parts placed recently with the Kaman Aircraft Corporation by the U.S. Navy and Coastguard have raised the company's "military backlog" to nearly £40,000. The new contJ^ts cover helicopters and spare parts to* be delivered during the year, and two previous Navy orders were for helicopter research and develop- ment. Appearing this month, the 1949-50 F.B.I. Register runs to over 1,000 pages in which nearly 6,000 firms in British industry are catalogued under cross- referenced headings. The register is published at 25s (with special terms to F.B.I, members) jointly by Kelly's Directories, Ltd., and Iliffe and Sons Ltd. Home orders should be addressed to the first-named firm at 196, Strand, London, W.C.2, and overseas orders to the latter, at Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.i.
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