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1950
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6o6 FLIGHT, 18 May 1950 HERE and THERE To See for Himself THE Australian Minister for Air andCivil Aviation, Mr. T. VV. White, D.F.C., began last Monday a two-week tour of British aviation centres, having expressed hopes of flying in the Comet, Brabazdn and other British types. " To keep up to date in the air," said Mr. White, •" we must know the British picture thoroughly. I want to ensure that Australia has the very latest in both defence and civil machines." His first port of call was the D.H. works at Hat- field. Shackleton—A Note on NoiseF the description of the Avro Shackle- ton, which appears in the photo- gravure pages of this issue, the sugges- tion is advanced that the cockpit noise- level might be substantially reduced if thicker Perspex were used for the side windows and if Rolls-Royce cross-over exhaust manifolds were fitted. Hardly had the pages concerned gone to press when news came of a decision to incor- porate these very improvements in pro- duction Shackletons for Coastal Com- mand. Thus, the comfort of the cockpit will approach more nearly the unusually high standard set by the rest of the crew accommodation. Air Minister's Forecast - - J , DURING a recent visit to the R.A.F.bomber station at Waddington, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Air, told aircrews that a new British four-jet bomber was on the way. This, it was hoped, would place Britain in the forefront of bomber development. Mr. Henderson appreciated Bomber Com- mand's disappointment at having to use foreign aircraft (a reference to the B-29) but we had to realize, he said, that it was in our own interest to have very close relationships with the U.S.A. The B-29S would be used during a transi- tional stage pending re-equipment with a more advanced bomber. ' Flight " photogra TOWN HOUSE : For London members of the R.A.F.V.R., the new "Reserve Centre in Hallam Street, W. I., will provide excellent training and recreational faciuTh»™i«itik.«i minimum of travelling. The Centre was opened last Friday by the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Mr. Aidan Crawley (fourth from right); with him are seen (left to right) Air Marshal R. M. Foster, A.O.C.-in-C, Reserve Command, Air Marshal Sir William Dickson. Air Member for Supply and Organization, and S/L. D. C. Colebrook, CO. King's Cup Amendments SOME amendments to the King's CupRace entries (published in Flight of Mav 4th) were notified by the R.Ae.C. last week. Entries No. 15, R. A. Walky (Hawk Trainer) and No. 17, Lady Mar- garet Stewart (Miles Whitney Straight— pilot, L Rumbold) are withdrawn; No. 22 (the Miles M.18 to be flown by R. Porteous) is transferred from entrant R. G. Pilkington to T. W. Hayhow ; and No. 26, Lt. Cdr. J. G. Crammond's Par- nail Heck, is to be flown by R. G. Kent instead of by the entrant. - . . ... R.Aux.A.F. Air RaceO N the first day (July 7th) of the R.A.F. Display at Farnborough, Meteors, Vampires and Spitfires of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force will compete for the Cooper Trophy. They will fly two laps of a 36-mile rectangular course, and will be handicapped according to their official performance figures. When the display is repeated on the following day, auxiliary air drill will replace the race. Finalists will lie drawn from the first five pilots in the preliminary heat at Linton-on-Ouse on June 4th, and the FROM THE SOUTH WEST: The S.O. 6025, latest product of the Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques de Sud-Ouest, and a direct development of the S.O. 6020 Espadon, displayed in the Paris Salon last year. This fearsome-looking machine has a booster rocket in addition to the Hispano-Suiza Nene turbojet. first three in the heat at West Mailing on June nth. The Linton heat will decide representatives for the 13 Auxiliary squadrons in Fighter Command 12 Group; pilots from the seven n Group squadrons will be chosen at West Mailing. Last year the competition was held during the National Air Races at Elmdon; the winner was F/L. Bowden of No. 502 Squadron, flying a Spitfire. ... In Smaller Packets DEVELOPMENT ol a new type (ifcasing is reported to have permitted the production of smaller atomic bombs,' capable of being carried by jet bombers and fightertbombers. The new bombs, according to a Washington source, are "not necessarily less powerful" than the weapons used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, despite the decrease in size. Modernized Thunderjet T~\ESIGNATED YF-96A, a new fighter , J—' has been developed from the Re^ public F-84 Thunderjet and is now ready for initial flight tests. In fuselage form, it retains the straight-through induction system and overall appearance of the F-84, but swept-back, square-cut wings and tail unit have been added, and the design performance is considerably higher. The YF-96A's main undercar- riage assembly, retracting inwardly into the wings, is of unusually wide track The power unit- is an Allison J-35 turbojet. Civil Census A RECENT survey made by theAmerican Civil Aeronautics Board shows that 15 per cent of the transport aircraft used by the world's scheduled airlines (excluding those in Russia) were manufactured in Britain. America has produced 78 per cent of the 3,775 air- craft included in the survey. This total includes no fewer than 1,095 DC-3S—far and away the most widely used type. Next on the Jist
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