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1950
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FLIGHT, 12 January 1950 HERE AND THERE- on aerodynamic grounds and because, it was said, grit was liable to cause im- peller damage. Canadian Naval Record TWO Sea Furies of the Royal Cana-dian Navy recently made a non- stop flight from Malton Airport, outside T-ronto, to H.M.C.S. Shearwater, the R.C-N. Air Station at Dartmouth, N.S., in the record time of one hour and 54 minutes. Piloted by Lt. Cdr. R. A. Creary and Lt. E. A. Myers, both attached to the 10th Carrier Air Group at Shearwater, they made the 825-mile trip at 20,000 feet at an average ground speed of 435-5 m.p.h. Sea Furies of the R.C.N.—that Service's fastest aircraft— are overhauled by A. V. Roe Canada, Ltd., at Malton. Nord 2200 Airborne BEFORE making the successful firstflight of the Nord 2200 naval jetlighter at Rteu-Villaroche on December 16th, Claude Chautemps, chief test pilotof the SrN.C.A.N., is reported to have flown a Vampire to gain preliminary ex-perience of jet technique. This new French fighter, which is powered by aRolls-Royce Nene, has an estimated maximum speed of 590 m.p.h. Wing andtail surfaces, of generous area, are moderately swept-back; a straight-through induction system, with "flat- tened" nose intake, is employed. TheNord 2200 was the 32nd French proto- type to make its appearance in 1949. French Scientific Instruments AN exhibition of French scientific in-struments is to be held at the Science Museum, South Kensington,from February 9th to 26th, under the patronage of the Cultural and Commer-cial Counsellors to the French Embassy in London. The exhibition has beenorganized by various official bodies, whilst instrument manufacturers and re-search workers are also contributing. The occasion will provide a compre-hensive survey of French scientific- instrument technology, and there willalso be a section on atomic physics arranged by the Commissariat a 1'EnergieAtomique. A number of lectures will be given during the exhibition, which willIK- open to the public. PEACEFUL RUSSIAN : The Yak-16 ten-passenger feederliner, powered by two Ash-2J 700 h.p. radial engines, is now in service with Aeroflot on the shorter internal Soviet routes tt is used also for airline crew training. High-Flying Fledgling CUBJECT to F.A.I, confirmation a new^ altitude record for light aircraft of all-up weight between 1,100 and 2,200 lbwas established on December 31st at Montreal by William Wegler. This 21-year-old pilot, who had obtained his licence only two months previously,climbed to 20,000ft in a four-seat, 145 h.p. Cessna 170. The present record isheld by Mile. E. Boselli, of France, who flew a Piper Cub to 19,000ft in May lastyear. NEWS IN BRIEF IT is announced that toe Airscrew Co.,Ltd., of Weybridge, is in future to be known as the Airscrew Co. and Jicwood, Ltd. " , * * * To commemorate the fiftieth anni-versary of the founding of the National Physical Laboratory, a -reception is tobe held in the rooms of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,London, at 8 p.m. on January 30th. * * *Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd., makers of electrical equipment—includ-ing aircraft generators and other com- ponents—announce the retirement oftheir chairman, Mr. P. C. Cooper-Parry, O.B.E., M.C., J.P., F.C.A., for reasonsof health. He is succeeded by the managing director, Mr. F. V. Pipe,A.M.I.E.E., while Mr. Guy Smith, F.C.A., is appointed to the board. LLTRA-UGHT AMPH^AN : t>esi$med in bis spare time by T. Eklund. a Finnish aeronautical engineer, the TE-1 single-seat amphibian is powered by a Poinsard flat- twin engine of 28 h.p. The designer is reported to be working on a more powerful two-seat development of the TE-I, which cruises at about 73 m.p.h. High Duty Alloys, Ltd., deserve creditfor an idea which other firms might use- fully copy—the publication of a neatbrochure giving full information on how to reach their various factories and whereto stay when visiting. •• * * The engagement is announced of Mr.Peter Cellier, son of the late Frank Cellier, to Nonie Erica June Pashley,daughter of Mr. C. L. Pashley, M.B.E., A.F.C., chief instructor of the SouthCoast Flying Club. * * * • •Entitled Hydra Small Tools, a hand- somely bound 205-page catalogue—which also contains a number of engi- neering data tables—has been publishedby Hall and Pickles, Ltd., Port Street, Manchester, 1. * * >- S/L. A. E. Tilley, A.F.C., left by airfor Karachi on December 29th to take up his new appointment as chief instructorto the International Aeradio (Pakistan), Ltd., wing of a radio-training organiza-tion in Pakistan. * * • •Airwork, Ltd., has secured a contract at Royal Naval Air Station, Brawdy,Wales, for civil operation of the heavy- twin conversion unit and for flying inconnection with the Royal Naval Air- craft Direction Centre, Kete. Opera-tions were due to begin last week. * * * Consisting mainly of very varied and useful engineering data and conversiontables, a 42-page illustrated booklet has been produced by Earle Bourne and Co.,Ltd. (metal-tube specialists), of Heath Street South, Birmingham, 18, to com-memorate their 75th anniversary. * * * Dunlop's latex - foam - upholstery factory at Walton, Liverpool, is beingenlarged by .the acquisition of the adjoining works of Reckitt and Colman,Ltd., while still further capacity for the manufacture of Dunlopillo cushioning isto be made available by the erection of new plant at Fort Dunlop. * -* * Mr. H. E. Broadsmith, F.R.Ae.S.,M.I.N.A., M.I.MechE., has been ap- pointed an Australian consultant toSaunders-Roe, Ltd., and their associated companies. Closely associated with theAustralian interests of A. V Roe, Ltd., from the time of the first world war, andsubseqaently with A. V. Roe in England, he joined S. E. Saunders, Ltd. (later re-named Saunders-Roe and Co., Ltd., in 1929 as director and general manager,being joint managing director from 1939 to 1945.
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