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1950
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hLIGHT, 9 February 1950 185 HERE AND THERE- time sacrifices still lived in the heartsof the Belgian people. It is hoped that a further similar visifwill be arranged next summer and that the party will again include boys fromthe R.A.F. Benevolent Fund's own school at Vanbrugh Castle, Bfackheath. Warned Off /CONTROLLED areas of 100 miles'V^ radius have been established round the major atomic production centres ofthe United States, together with a 10,0- mile-deep zone along the coast from Nor-folk to Maine. Special fiight-plann must be filed, and aircraft violating the newrules may find themselves intercepted by U.S.A.F. fighters. Reward for Efficiency THE winner of the Women's Junior AirCorps "Flight to Australia" com-petition, chosen from seven finalists by a selection board in London, is Unit Cdr.Doreen Pennell. Candidates, who had to have exceptionally good records of ser-vice, were required to write a number of essays, including one on the future ofcivil aviation. Miss Pennell, who is top- marker in W.J.A.C. Link trainer in-struction at Birmingham, will be re- warded by a B.O.A.C. flight to Australiaon March 9th. Stratospheric Thought-reading T 1STENERS to B.B.C. programmes-L' last week heard the most remark- able of the Piddingtons' thought-readingbroadcasts, when Mrs. Piddington, in a B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser on a trainingflight over the west of England, accur- ately repeated (over the aircraft R/T.system) thoughts "transmitted" by her husband in a London studio. Capt. W. S. ("Bill") May, the Cor-poration's C.F.I, at Filton, left the flight deck during the broadcast to say a fewappropriate words to listeners. Inci- dentally, clarity of speech was easily thebest we have ever heard from an aircraft in the air; modulation was perfect, andthe only background noise was the gentle rumble of the four Wasp Majors. TURBOPROPOSITION^fSome time ago it was suggested that the Convairliner would be suitable in rnai*y"ways to take turboprop power units. The suggestion is now being serioinfyeo«rt^»i;ed, with two Allison T-38 turboprops in mind. The illustration shows ho^Aviation Week's artist thinks it might look. Incidentally, Convair produced the first American tur*bop"fop installation, the XP-81 (TG-100 in the nose, 1-40 in the tail). '? ^ NEWS IN BRIEF THE R.A.F. has disbanded its flightof falcons, formed experimentally to clear airfields of other birds. # * * * Tliis year's R.Ae.S. garden party is again to be held at White Waltnam, by permission of the Ministry of Supply and the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd. Sunday, May 14th, is the date. # * # Capt. David Barclay, M.B.E., com- mander of B.E.A.'s ambulance flight, has been admitted by His Majesty the King as a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John. # * # In appreciation of hospitality shown by the airport commandant and his staff during the visit paid by the Belfast Branch of the R.Ae.S. to Nutts Corner, the committee has endowed a tree. It was planted recently in the garden area Of the airport by th R.Ae.S. Branch chair- man, Rear Admiral Slatterv. THREE IN HARMONY : Differing only in mark (and possibly Mach) number, and in colouring, these three Gloster Meteors were recently seen at their makers' airfield at Moreton Valence—a Mk. 8 for the R.A.F. and " Fours " for Denmark and Egypt. Mr. Alex Fraser, vice-chairman ofGirling, Ltd., left England on January 26th lor a month's business tour ofSouth Africa in connection with the ser- vicing of Girling products.» * * Mr A. D. Young, M.A., A.F.R.Ae.S.,has been appointed to succeed Prof. W. J. Duncan to the Chair of Aero-dynamics at the College of Aeronautics. He was formerly at the R.AtE. * * * The Aircraft Golfing Society is to holda dinner-dance at the Hyde Park Hotel, London, on Friday, April 28th. Tickets(30s) from the hon. secretary, Mr. Brian D. Songhurst, 55b, Woodville Gardens,London. W.5. * * *Pliofilm, produced by the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. at Wolverhamp-ton, is now being used in the prepara- tion of Fibreglass blankets for aircraft-interior soundproofing. The Pliofilm outer "skin" acts as an efficientmoisture-proof container. * * #Ashdowns, Ltd., Knowsley Road, St. Helens, Lanes, announce that they artnow in a position to meet American specifications for glass-cloth and glass-cloth/cotton-cloth laminates for aircraft ducting, wall and floor linings, andother applications. * * # Adhesive packaging-tape is extensively used ill the despatch of spare parts, and firms handling work of this kind will be interested in the new high-speed auto- matic tape-dispenser marketed by John Gosheron and Co., Ltd., Gayford Road, London, W.12. It delivers cellulose 01 paper tapers accurately to predetermined lengths. * * f: Formed by a body ot engineers ior the purpose of organizing visits by British members to factories abroad, the En- gineers' Educational Travel Club (West- minster), Ltd., has already arranged visits, to take place this year, to Italy, Norway, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the U.S.A. Details are obtainable from the secretary, at 35, St. George's Square, London, S.W.i.
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