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1950
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FLIGHT, 2 March 1950 HERE AND THERE . . . stated that Australia is playing a '' bigger and better part'' in the general research and development of armaments; there were "more things going on" than the activities at Woomera. Belgium's Air Arm OEVIEWING tor the Belgian Senate theXV country's military resources .under the Brussels and North Atlantic Treaties,M. Deveze (Minister of Defence) described the air force as "an efficientweapon." At present on order from Britain were 50 Meteors, 20 Spitfires andi2 Mosquitoes. R.A.F. A. Remembrance T\UEIN<J 1949 R.A.F. Association *J branches throughout Britain g&ve ^15,047 to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. Of that sum, £8,860 was raised by branch activities during Battle of Britain Week. A recent performance of Three Men on a Horse by the Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society brought £729 for the Fund. Mighty Atom MUCH of the success of the intriguingFouga Cyclone powered - glider, demonstrated so effectively at the repent Miami meeting, is due to its Pimene' power unit. The Turlaomeca company, makers of this miniature turbojet, have announced an increase in the power out- put of the Pimeae\ now rated at 242 lb thrust instead of the former figure of 220 1b. The new rating was established on February 18th, after successful comple- tion of two consecutive and uninterrup- ted runs of 150I1X under I.C.A.O. condi- tions. No attention was required during either period. Development of the Tur- bomeca series of small turbojets was out- lined in Flight of January 12th. Met. Meeting AS part of the celebrations markingthe centenary of the Royal Meteoro- logical Society, a symposium is being held at Oxford from Tuesday to Friday, March 28th-3ist. Leading meteorolo- gists from the United States and several European nations will be among the speakers and subjects of discussion will include Physics of Cloud and Precipita- tion, Structure of Weather Systems, the General Circulation, and Climatic Change. Those to whom meteorology is an important study may be able to obtain tickets if they make early applica- tion to the assistant secretary of the Society at 49, Cromwell Road, London, S-W.7. ..,.,,,.. - CAi NEXT IN THE QUEUE : First of the Reserve,units to retfeive their D.H. Chipmunks are the Oxford and Cambridge Squadrons. Oxford received theirs on February 3rd and on February 17th it was the turn of the C.U.A.S. Above, at Cambridge, are seen (left to'right) Mr. R. H. Melville (Permanent Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Air), F/L. Bailey (ferry pilot), S/L. Godfrey (C.F.I.) and W.'C. C. H. Simpson (CO.). NEWS IN BRIEF DATES of the National Gliding Con-tests have been put forward a week. Details will be found in '' From theClubs" (p. 283). * * * S/L. Basil Arkell, whose demonstra- tions of the Cierva Skeeter will be remembered by S.B.A.C. Show visitors, is on his way to South Africa, where he is to investigate the possibilities of British helicopter sales. * * * A British Plastics Exhibition—the first trade show to represent the whole industry—is to be held at Olympia in June next year. The organizers will be • British Plastics, one of the journals pub- lished by Associated Iliffe Press. * * * J. Maclean, a junior draughtsman of Short Bros, and Harland, Ltd., has gained the distinction of being the first Northern Ireland candidate to win the Hele-Shaw Memorial Prize and Bronze Medal of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. * * * Mr. Jess W. Sweetser has been ap- pointed assistant to the president of the Glenn L. Martin Co., and will be in charge of sales and contract administra- tion. He was with Curtiss-Wright dur- ing the war, and was subsequently appointed advertisement director oi .Esquire magazine. ^-.•.,„. ., v Mr. E. J. Waddmgton, A.C.A., andMr. R. P. H. Yapp have been appointed directors of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.,with effect from March 1st. Mr. Wad- dmgton will retain the office of secre-tary. * * * Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd., announcethe opening of a Canadian branch at 2271, Bloor Street West, Toronto, 9.Stocks of Wolf tools, accessories and spare parts are supported by a coast tocoast after-sales-service, Mr. |ohn Best is in charge. Positive Prevention oj Corrosion byA.C. Compounds is the title of a bro- chure recently issued by Manchester OilRefinery (Sales), Ltd., 2, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2. These compounds areprepared in five different grades for spe- cific purposes. ,.„,, At the general meeting of -de Ifawfl- land Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., Mr. P. C. Garratt (vice-president) said the .<jom- pany's manufacturing activities had now reached a point at which the repair and maintenance side, though still impor- tant, accounted for only about a third of the business. Messrs. W. E. Nixon and R. E. Bishop, both of the English company, were elected to the board. . ..„, POWERFUL NUC^KTS: SincrTie*,thirty-eight Halifaxes and 150 Hercules engines have been reconditioned for various civil or military duties^y Airtech, Ltd. JHere are seen six Mark 6 Halifaxes, now fully operational, which were despatched recently from Thame Air^rj^toJief^BM^Ehe nucleus from which the Royal Pakistan Air Force will fcrm its bomber squadrons. Airtech1* associates, British American Air Services, are ferrying the aircraft east.
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