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1950
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654 FLIGHT, 25 May 1950 SERVICE AVIATION . . . surpassed display of Service pageantry, the Tournament is to be held at Earls Court from June 7th-24th inclusive. At the R.A.F. School of Physical Training at Cosford, 46 members of the W.R.A.F. practised the P.T. display which they will present in conjunction with the VV.R.A.C. and W.R.N.S. In the hangars at Cardington, two W.R.A.F. nursing orderlies and 130 R.A.F. personnel rehearsed a compre- hensive demonstration—including con- trolled drops with pre-opened parachutes —of the paratroop training given to the Army by the R.A.F. Uxbridge was the scene of a full-dress parade of the R.A.F. massed bands, together with men of the R.A.F, Regiment who will display con- tinuation drill. Navy in 1952—Regulars Only IN two years' time, seven years will bethe minimum period of service in the Royal Navy, although there may bespecial concessions for Sea Cadets. At the moment the Navy's National Serviceintake is only 2,000 a year, many of whom serve in shore establishments. A certain number of conscripted men,however, are being accepted for flying training as pilots and observers,designed to fit them for service in R.N.V.R. Air Squadrons. They under-take to spend five years in the R.N.V.R. on completion of 18 months in the R.N.;thus, it is hoped, ex-National Service- men will in three years' time havereplaced R.N.V.R. aircrews who served during the war. S.S.A.F.A. Air Display WHITE WALTHAM, on Whit Mon-day, May 29th, will be the scene of a large-scale flying display, to beheld for the Soldiers', Sailors^ and Air- men's Families Association. The organi-zers, the West London Aero Club, have been promised the support of theR.A.F., R.N., the Army and the U.S.A.F. Meteors from Tangmere will give anaerobatic display and there will be demonstrations of parachute jumping IN MALAYA: Framed by the silver wing of a Dakota transport. Spitfire 22s cf Far East Air Force stand at readiness on the "front line" airstrip at Kuala Lumpur. from a balloon. Sea Furies will per-form in formation and B-29S and B-50S of the U.S.A.F. will fly over. Amoagexhibits in the static section will be a cockpit mock-up containing a dummypilot in an ejection seat, which will be operated during the display. Specialtrains are to be run at reduced fares from all stations to Maidenhead, andthere will be a bus service between Maidenhead and the airfield. Mason Memorial Prize IN the first annual competition amongRoyal Air Force squadrons for the '' Imshi'' Mason Memorial Prize for weapon efficiency, the award has been won jointly by No. 284 Squadron and No. 6 Squadron. The prize is an in- scribed bronze plaque presented by Mrs. Teresa Mason in memory of her son, Ernest Mitchelson Mason, D.F.C., who was killed in action on February 15th, 1942, while leading Nos. 94 and 112 Squadrons against the enemv in the Middle East. MEDICAL INSPECTION : Air Marshal P. C. Livingston, Director-General of R.A.F. Medical Services, recently made a tour of Far East Air Force. He is seen (right) in the children's ward at Changi Hospital, Singapore, accompanied by A. Cdre. A. Briscoe, Prtncipal Medical Officer, F.E.A.F., and F/L. D. A. Evans, Medical Officer in charge. The Cooper Trophy AS mentioned in last week's issue,R. Aux. A.F. units will compete for the Cooper Trophy on the first day of the R.A.F. Display at Farnborough. The trophy was originally presented by W/C. Geoffrey Cooper, M.P. for Middles- brough West. The first race, at Lympne in 1948, took the form of a high-speed map-reading competition in which the course was disclosed to the pilots only ten minutes before take-off. The winner was S/L. H. S. L. Dundas, D.S.O., D.F.C., of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron, who flew a Spitfire. Last year's contest, at Elmdon, Birm- ingham, was a straightforward handicap race, the winner being F/L. W. Bowden, of No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron, also flying a Spitfire. This year, the handicap race will be flown round two laps of a 36-mile circuit. R.O.C. Recruiting IN April, 178 men and 67 womenapplied to join the Royal Observer Corps. The applications in each of the five R.O.C. areas were: Southern area, 51 men, 16 women; Midland area, 43 men, 24 women; Western area, 36 men, 13 women; North-Western area, 22 men, 9 women; Scottish area, 26 men, 5 women. All areas still need volunteers. An A.T.A. Memorial ' IN St Paul's Cathedral, on September23rd, Lord Beaverbrook will unveil a mehiorial to the 173 men and women members of the Air Transport Auxiliary killed on flying duties during the war. Lord Beaverbrook was the first Minister of Aircraft Production and played a lead- ing part in forming the ferry service. Operating from 15 airfields throughout the United Kingdom, A.T.A. delivered nearly 310,000 aircraft. This feat—• effected for a loss of under three-quarters of one per cent—is all the more remark- able when it is remembered that the majority of the pilots were over age for the R.A.F. and had never flown a Ser- vice aircraft before entering A.T.A. The memorial is a rectangular stone plaque, headed by the winged badge of A.T.A.; it is the work of Mr. F. P Morton. .*• \ V \ ,\
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