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682 FLIGHT, 8 June 1950 HERE and THERE Vampire Flight-Refuelled OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Supplyand R.A.F. officers "saw flight- refuelling tests of a D.H. Vampire over Tarrant Rushton on June 2nd. Conference Contingent AT the F.A.I. Conference, which con-cluded in Stockholm last Sunday, the Royal Aero Club was represented by Col. R. L. Preston, Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, Sir Harold Whittingham, Maj. R. H. Mayo and Mr A. F. Houlberg. At Bramcote Next Saturday A FIRST-CLASS flying display," tobe opened by the First Sea Lord, is promised to visitors attending Navy Day at R.N. Air Station Bramcote, near Nuneaton, next Saturday. Admission is free, with a small charge for car parking. Balliol Contract A CONTRACT for a "considerablenumber " of Balliol T.2 advanced trainers for the R.A.F. has been placed with Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., of Wolverhampton, the designers of the aircraft. This news follows the announcement some weeks ago that the Balliol had been adopted for Service use. Transatlantic Avros A. V. Roe Canada, Ltd., announcethat the C-102 Jetliner (four Rolls- Royce Derwents) and CF-100 long- range all-weather fighter (two Rolls- Royce Avons) will this summer fly the Atlantic from Gander, Newfoundland, to Shannon, Eire. Both machines will DEMOTED : According to informaOon \received with the accompanying picture | (a very poor photcgrapb which has shad to be considerably retoucha*rf|SJLjL reproduction) the Soviet Yak-kSj^et^Tfighters shown are "specially assigned | lor the training of fighter pilots." It [is, in fact, hkely that this type—the earliest jet in Russian service—is nowbeing relegated to second-line duties. appear at the S.B.A.C. Display at Farnborough in September, and during April next year the Jetliner will tour Europe and possibly the Middle East. There has been no change in the position with regard to the with- drawal of overtime working by a section of the printing industry? A slight reduction in the number of pages in Flight accordingly continues to be unavoidable. The Brussels Show NEXT Saturday, June 10th, theBrussels Aeronautical Exhibition is due to open at the Grands Palais duCentenaire and will remain open until Sunday, June 25th. In connection withthe show, helicopter demonstrations will be made daily from the forecourt, whilelight aircraft will be flown at Grim- bergen Airfield, with the Benelux Rallyon June 18th; military and large civil machines will be demonstrated at Mels-broeck Airport from the 10th to 24th; DISTINGUISHED : As recorded last week. R.Ae.S. awards were presented before the Wilbur Wright Lecture. Seen after the ceremony are (left to right) Mr. G. R. Edwards, vice-president; Maj. G. P. Bui man, president; Mr. C. G. Grey, who pluekily attended, after his White Waltham mishap, in order to receive an Honorary Companionship ; and Maj. F. B. Halford, who gained the British Gold Medal. and at Antwerp-Deurne Airport on June25th there will be a final display. R.A.F, aircraft are to take part. There is fairly strong British repre-sentation in the exhibition, both by air- craft firms and component manufac-turers; advance details were given in Flight of April 13th. King's Cup Withdrawals T^HE Royal Aero Club announces two •*- withdrawals of King's Cup Race (June 17th) entries: No. 22, T. Hay- how's Miles M.18 (pilot, R. Porteous), and No. 39, Dr. J. Williamson's Dove (N. E. Waugh). We understand that the M.18 has been written-off in a crash in which, incidentally, Mr. Porteous was not concerned. For the benefit of the King's Cup competitors, Cellon, Ltd., announce that their service van will be at Wolver- hampton from June 15th to paint—free of charge—easily removable racing marks. Jet NewsI TEMS of news interest revealed at re- cent annual general meetings of air- craft firms include the development— mentioned by Sir William G. Verdon Smith at the 40th Bristol meeting—of '' a large turbojet with a very low fuel con- sumption "; as Sir,William had already referred to the Proteus turboprop, it may be assumed that something even more powerful is on the way. At the 83rd A.G.M. of Vickers, Ltd., Lt. Gen. Sir Ronald M. Weeks, in report- ing on the firm's aviation activities, said that orders for an additional 36 Attackers had been received. The Attacker (Nene turbojet) is in production for the Royal Navy. Canadian Honour MR. DENNIS K. YORATH, ofEdmonton, past president of the Royal Canadian Flying Ckibs' Associa- tion and prominent in Canadian civil flying activities for more than 20 years, has been awarded the McKee Trophy for 1949. The Trophy, presented annually since 1927, is for meritorious service in advancement of Canadian aviation. The citation covering the award to Mr. Yorath refers to his " outstanding contri- bution to advancement in the field of aviation during 1949." The McKee Trophy was donated by -*••*%» \
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