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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 0707.PDF
FLIGHT. 13 April 1950 459 AMERICA'S ANTI-SUBMARINE TEAM X,,\ T HE six types of aircraft illustrated have been adoptedby the U.S.A.F. or U.S. Navy to combat submarines, especially those equipped with the Schnorkel breathing device, as shown here (lower left). The types are (1-eft, reading down) : K =type "blimp," Douglas Skyraider and Martin Mercator, and (right) Grumman Guardian, Martin P5M-1 and Lockheed Neptune. The Skyraider and Guardian were designed specifically for carrier operation and the blimps are frequently rearmed and refuelled from the deck. Rocket-assisted deck take-offs have been made by Neptunes, but are not normal. Reference to these machines is made in the leading article in this issue. Future developments will include the service-testing of anti-submarine helicopters and fitting of compounded piston engines in certain types of aircraft. Mr. H. GRINSTED RETIRES Tuesday, April 4th, there occurred at the Ministry oi Supply a heart-warming event of the kind all too rarely associated with Government departments. But civil servants are human beings, and the very large number of his friends ;md colleagues who were present to pay tribute to Mr. Harold Grinsted on his retirement from the position of Director of Aircraft Research and Development was in itself a mark of ihc high measure of regard in which he is universally held. Mr. S. Scott-Hall, Director General of Technical Develop- ment (Air), said that it was a long time ago thai Mr. Griiisted came into aeronautics; he had, in fact, joined the Royal Air- craft Factory at Farnborough in 1912, and, at the invitation of Col. O'Gorman, took over the almost legendary "H" department. Thereafter, he held a number of important posts at the Establishment, finally becoming deputy head in charge of development. Then, in KJJT, he was transferred to head- quarters in London and began the work with which his name will always be associated. Mr. Scott-Hall said that he had received a great number of letters from many famous people, but he would only quote from one of them, that from Mr. N. E. Rowe, his predecessor, who had written: "We all know him (Mr. Grinsted) as a man of the greatest integrity, not only personally but in all his work, so that only the highest standard is good enough for him." It had been thought that the best way of showing apprecia- tion of Mr. Griiisted was by starting a fund for the purchase of an annual prize to be awarded to the best student at the R.A.E. Technical College. The idea had originated with Mr. K. T. Spencer, and the bulk eft the organization was the work of Mr. F. O. Thornton. Mr. Scott-Hall then stated that in the name of all subscribers and friends, it gave him the greatest pleasure to present to Mr. Grinsted a book of signatures as a mark of all that he had done for British aviation. Mr. Griiisted, in accepting the book, said that he was over- come by the occasion; he had particularly wanted to avoid a collection, for he knew what the cost of living was nowadays, but when he learned the purpose to which the subscription would be devoted he felt he eould not refuse.
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