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1950
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636 FLIGHT, 25 May 1950 NEWS of the WEEK BRISTOL 171 MARK 3: This is the designation of the latest Bristol helicopter, a scale model of which (shown on the left), will be displayed in Brussels next month. The sectional drawing shows the 4/5-seater abin and the new nose. THE WILBUR WRIGHT LECTURE THIS evening, May 25th, the 38th Wilbur Wright MemorialLecture is to be delivered before the Royal Aeronautical Society at 6 p.m. in the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution, 21, Albemarle Street, London, W.i. The speaker is Sir Richard Fairey, M.B.E., Hon. F.R.Ae.S., who has chosen as his subject Some Aspects of Expenditure in Aviation—a modest title under which he has prepared a remark- able review of a formidably large and intangible subject: it is, in effect, an analysis of the human effort put into world aviation, both military and civil, since the days of the Wright Brothers, and Sir Richard has taken the dollar—as the least unstable yardstick by which such effort can be measured—as his standard of comparison MAJOR T. M. BARLOW MANY of his friends in the Industry and the Services willlearn with sorrow of the death, at his home at Itchenor, of Major Thomas Morgan Barlow, after a long period of illness. Maj. Barlow has been, for the past five vears, ^jecial technical consultant to the Fairey Aviation \ * % ~* >*** * ' Co., Ltd., from which he retired - * •< as a director in 1945. He was educated at Wrekin College and Birmingham University, and apprenticed to Siemens Dynamo Works, Stafford. He held a special engineering appointment in the Home Office, until, in 1915, he joined the R.N.A.S. At the end of that war he became Chief Technical Officer at Martle- sham, whence he went to Fairey's in 1924, becoming a director in 1928. In 1935 he was the prime mover in the opening stages (and well into the war) of the firm's works at Heaton Chapel, Stock- I>ort. This formidable task, begun in the press of pre-war expansion, was admirably carried out, and the weigr was accentuated by responsibility for the adjacent Errwood Park works, where Fairey's built Halifax and Beaufighter air- craft under a management arrangement. Major Barlow, who was vice-president of the Royal Aero- nautical Society in 1936-7, will be long remembered by his friends, in the Society and elsewhere, for his good company and cheerful temperament. •,>••*" R.Ae.S. FELLOWS AT the annual general meeting of the Royal AeronauticalSociety, held recently at its London headquarters, the following elections of Fellows and Companions were made:—^Honorary Fellows.—Robert Blackburn, O.B.E., A.M.Inst.C.E M.I.Mech.E., M.I.P.E., Sir Richard Fairey, M.B.E., T. O. MSopwith, C.B.E., Lt. Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., D.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, A.F.C. Fellows.—J. L. P. Brodie, M.I.A.E., M.I.Mech.E., Air Vice-MawhalJR. O. Jones, C.B.. A.F.C., E. J. Richards, M.A., P. L. Teed, K. \V. Wtytehead, C. T. Wilkins.Honorary Companions.—Marshal of the R.A.F. The Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, G.C.B., K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., Air Marshal Sir AlecCoryton, K.B.E., C.B., M.V.O., D.F.C., Major Sir Hew Kilner, M.Q, C. G. Grey. ADASTRAL DRAMATICS Scala Theatre, recently, when the Adastral Players ventured to present the play And No Birds Sing, an audi- ence comprising members of the Air Ministry and Ministry of Civil Aviation and their friends were warmly appreciative of the performers' efforts. Although the pace was a trifle leisurely at times, the producer developed his characters well, and all concerned are to be congratulated on a good show. The orchestra of the R.A.F. Central band, under W/C. A. E. Sims, added to the evening's entertainment. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Ma> 25. MayMay MayMay June June June uneJune June June June June June June June June 27-29. 27-28. 28-29. 29.2-4. 3.3-4. 3-4. 4.4. 4 10. 10 10.10-25. II.15-18 R.Ae.S. : 38th Wilbur Wri»h Memorial Lecture, by Sir Richard Fairey. M.B.E , Hon. F.R.Ae.S. Champagne Rally, Epernay-Hivot. Bembridge and Sandown Aero Club : Rally. Ailes d'Azur Rally, Cannes. West London Aero Club: S.S.A.F.A. Display, White Waltham. Tyrol Rally, Innsbruck. Derby Aero Club : " At Home " and Display. " Wines ol Anjou " Rally, Angers. Ultra Light Aircraft Association : Rally, Fairwood Common. F.A.I. : General Conference, Stockholm. Aero Club of Normandy : Acrobatic Competition. Ragosine Trophy Navigation Competition, Rearsby. Aero Golfing Society : Match v. A. and A.E.E., Boscombe Down. Blackpool and FylJe Aero Club : " At Home." Darlington Flying Display. Brussels Internationa! Aeronautical Exhibition. FSte Aerienne d'Orly, Paris. - Benelux Air Tour. June 16. Institute of Navigation : " A Survey Flight to South Africa," by J. L. Cowan ; " Light-aircraft Navigation, * by Michael Townsend. June 16-19. Aero Club de Roustillon ; Perpignan Rally June 17-18. Normandy Rally. June 17. Wolvsrhampton Aero Club : King's Cup Race. Juna 18. Wolverhampton Aero Club : Goodyear Trophy Race. June 23. Institute of Navigation : "Aeronautical Charts," by T. St. Barbe Freer. June 24-26 Le Touquet Rally. Jul» 1-3. R.Ae.C. : Members' Deauville Rally. July 2. Northern Heights Model Flying Club : Gala Day, Langley Airfield. July 2-9. Aero Club of Italy : International Air Week. July 3-16. Aero Club of Sweden : International Gliding Contests. Orebro. July 7-8. Royal Air Force Display, Farnborough. July 8. Wiltshire Flying Club ; "(At Home." July 8-10. R.Ae.C. : Members' La Baule Rally. July 14-16. Cognac International Rally.
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