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1950
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FLIGHT, 27 April 1950 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements New C.RE. Commandant '- AIR COMMODORE W. J. CRISHAM,C.B.E., is announced as the new Commandant of the Central FighterEstablishment; he succeeds A.V.-M. D. F. W. Atcherley, C.B.E., D.S.O.,D.F.C., who is now Senior Air Staff Officer at Fighter Command H.Q. The new Commandant, who is 43,spent most of his war service in Fighter Command. He commanded, successively.23 Squadron (night intruders) and fighter sectors at Kirton-in-Lindsay and Tang-mere. In September, 1944, he joined u Group H.Q., and, early in the followingyear, became Air Officer in charge of Administration, Second T.A.F. K.A.F. and Royal Tournament ONE of the most successful features oflast year's Royal Tournament at Olympia, a display of R.A.F. parachute training in all its stages, will again be a part of this year's pageant—to be held at Earls Court from June 7th-24th in- clusive. Over 130 instructors of No. 130 Parachute and Glider Training School, Upper Heyford, will take part. This year the Air Force will also pro- vide the massed bands display, consist- ing of the Central, Regional and W.R.A.F. Bands. Members of the R.A.F. Regiment will demonstrate con- tinuity drill—demanding teamwork and precision without words of command— DUAL TRAINER : Slingsby Sedbergh trainers, now being delivered, form a useim ano welcome addition to the gliding equipment of the A.T.C. Piloted by F/L Marsh, CO. of the Gliding School at Kenley, one of the new two-seaters is being winch-launched. and the R.A.F. will also be represented in the guard of honour and P.T. ex- hibition. R.A.F. Regatta T^HE ROYAL AIR FORCE ROWING -I- CLUB will hold its annual regatta near Caversham Bridge, Reading, on Saturday, May 6th, at 2 p.m. R.A.E. Survey in Africa EXCEPT for a short break in 1947, theLancasters of No. 82 Squadron, R.A.F., have been engaged on photo- graphic survey work in East and West Africa since the beginning of 1946. They have photographed 420,000 square miles of the African continent, including 60,000 square miles of Kenya and Uganda in the last two months alone. Previously, they bad operated over the CHIPMUNK CHECK-UP : Mr. Aidan Crawley, the new Under-Secretary of State for Air, last week visited No. I Reserve Flying School at Panshanger, Herts. He is shown inspecting one of the School's Chipmunks, accompanied by W/C. C. A. Pike, A.F.C., who has been CO. at Panshanger since 1935, and an instructor since 1927. Gold Coast. The transcontinental movewas made with the assistance of Trans- port Command, which provided Hastingsfor lifting groundcrews and stores Flight, March 23rd). Four 82 Squadron Lancasters recentlyset out from Nairobi to begin survey work in Tanganyika and the Protec-torates of Basutoland and Bechuanaland. Two of the Lancasters, based on Tabora.in Western Tanganyika, will photograph an area in which a link between the rail-ways of Tanganyika and Kenya is pro- jected. This operation, if adverseweather conditions do not interfere, will probably be completed by mid-August. The other Lancaster detachment, flyingto the Transvaal, will establish its base at the South African Air Forces H.Q. atZwartkop, near Pretoria. Within a month, once again if the weather isfavourable, they will photograph the whole of Basutoland before moving toBechuanaland. Desert covers much of this country, and it is only the populatedsouth-eastern region that the Lancasters will concentrate upon in two months ofoperations. This, assignment over, the two Lancasters will fly to Tanganyika toassist in the rail-link photography. Two Dakotas will fly in to the detach-ments such photographic equipment and ground persontial as the Lancastersthemselves are unable to earn-. Through- out the operations, these aircraft will cir-culate each area weekly, flying films to Nairobi and aircraft spares and suppliesto the detachments. New A.T.C. Trophy ALTHOUGH he retired from the •i* R.A.F. last October, as A.O.C.-in-C, Reserve Command, Air Marshal Sir Alan Lees has maintained a close link with the A.T.C. by presenting to the Corps a silver cup, for competition between all squadrons unattached to schools. The cup will be awarded to and held for a year by the most efficient squadron during the preceding 12 months; the first presentation will take place next Christ mas. Marks will be awarded for good discipline, dress and general turn-out, maintenance of kit and equipment, and
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