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486 FLIGHT, 20 April 1950 HERE and THERE Royal Display \ 7AMPIRES and Lancasters took part V in a flying display for Princess Eliza- beth at Luga, Malta, on April 12th. Accompanied by A.V-M. N. H. D'Aeth, A.O.C., Air H.Q., Malta, the Princess made an extensive tour of the station. Hopes Dashed MR. AND MRS. BOB BIXBY returned to San Fransisco on April 13th after a gallant, but unsuccessful,attempt to beat the late Bill Odom's round-the-world record of 73hr 5min.Their converted Mosquito was held up twice by engine trouble—at Calcutta andTokyo "Fido" Awards THE Royal Commission on Awards toInventors . has recommended total payment of £5,000 in settlement of claimsconcerning "Fido," the war-time devel- opment for dispersal of airfield fogs. TheCommission advises that ,£3,000 be shared between Mr. A. C. Hartley, Mr. F. Gilland Mr. D. A. Fox, and that Dr. H. R. Fehling and Dr. P. O. Rosin shouldshare £2,000 Publication Suspended AFTER the war, many R.A.F. officersformerly imprisoned in Stalag Luft III and Tarmstedt subscribed towards publication of an account of the marches in which they took part in Germany. Publication of the story has now been indefinitely suspended, and subscribers who wish to have their money refunded should write to Mr. Aidan Crawley, the "Under-Secretary of State for Air, at Air Ministry. King Charles Street, London, FOR EXPORT ALSO : Bearing Danish Air Force markings, this de Havilland Chip- munk is the first of its type to be built in Britain to an overseas order. Toronto- made Chipmunks, however, are serving with the Canadian, Belgium, Siamese and Egyptian air forces, and they are in civil use in six oih;r countries. S.W.i. Money unclaimed v ithin three months will be given to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. In Camera AIR photographs of a damaged planta-tion were produced as evidence in a recent Newcastle court case, when four men were fined for stealing trees owned by the High Sheriff of Northumberland. The pictures were taken by an ex-R.A.F. detective. Another Gliding Record TV/TR. G. H. STEPHENSON, flying his-J-VJ. own Olympia sailplane, has added a third notable British gliding perform-ance to those reported on page 506. On Sunday last, he flew from Redhill toThruxton and back without an inter- mediate landing, a distance of 126 miles.The previous out-and-return record (114 miles) for the United Kingdom wasset up by Mr. C. J. Wingfield in 1948. Mr. Stephenson — "Steve" to theBritish gliding fraternity—made, in 1939, the first glider crossing of the EnglishChannel. On his latest flight, which lasted 4 hr 55 min, he reached a heightof 10,300ft on the return journey. BOMBED SITE ? Extensive damage to the Paris-bound B.E.A. Viking Vigilant, origi- nally believed to have been caused by light- ning, is now thought to have been the re- sult of an explosion. The Viking was " put down " safely at Northolt by Captain Ian Harvey, and the only injuries were sustained by the stewardess. Earlier in the day, Vigilant had been refuelled at Geneva ; Swiss Fed- eral authorities are now co-operating with Scotland Yard in i n vestigati ng the theory of sabotage. The Viking's survival is indeed a tribute to sturdy Vickers design and construction. "Brab." for London WTHIN a few weeks, it is hoped, theHome Counties will be afforded an opportunity of seeing the Bristol Braba-zon at close quarters, when it visits London Airport for landing and take-offtrials. The tests will last about a week New Aircrew Opportunities THE Air Ministry's new scheme fortraining more National Servicemen as aircrew appears to be a step towardrilling the current need for gunners an engineers. Under the new scheme, some400 National Service volunteers will be trained annually in these aircrew cate-gories. After six weeks' recruit training, prospective gunners and engineers willundergo, respectively, four months' and six months' aircrew instruction. Somewill complete their 18 months of National Service on operational bomber squadrons Baltic Search Abandoned SHORTLY after the British steamerBeechland picked up an empty dinghy in the Baltic last Sunday, theU.S.A.F. announced abandonment of the widespread search for the ConvairPrivateer Naval patrol aircraft which had been missing since April 8th, ThePrivateer, which was carrying a crew of 10, was on a training flight from Wies-baden, Germany, to Copenhagen. Russian allegations that "a B-29"was flyiug over Latvia on the day in question so far provide the only clue tothe Privateer's disappearance. The Russians claim that U.S. aircraft openedfire on Soviet fighters, which counter- attacked, driving it out to sea. Ameri-can authorities point out, however, that the Privateer was unarmed, and that itwas not likely to have been over Latvia, some 300 miles off its course. American Mass Air Manoeuvres SOME 60,000 troops and 600 aircraftwill be employed in the airborne manoeuvres, the largest ever held inpeace-time, planned by the U.S. Services to take place in late April and early May.Known as Exercise Swarmer, the opera- tion will consist of an attempt to seizean "airhead" in North Carolina and maintain it entirely by air transport andsupply. Initially, 8,000 paratroops will attemptto capture an airstrip for supporting transport and troop-carrier aircraft.Landing, by " D-Dav plus three" at a \\
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