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tin*. FLIGHT, 8 June 1950 NEWS of the WEEK R.A.F. DISPLAY FLY-PAST SIX Commonwealth countries, the U.S.A., France, theNetherlands and Belgium will be represented in the massed fly-past of 225 aircraft which will form the culmination of the R.A.F Display at Farnborough on July 7th and 8th. The majority of the aircraft will be drawn from 38 R.A.F. and R.Aux A.F. squadrons. Australia will be represented by a R.A.A.F Lincoln; New Zealand by two crews from No. 24 (Commonwealth) Squadron, who will fly the only York trans- port in the fly-past; South Africa also by a crew from No. 24 (Commonwealth) Squadron, flying a Valetta; Canada by a Dakota; Pakistan by two Furies; and India by a Dakota. The U.S.A.F. will provide 27 Superfortresses; France six Vampires; and the Netherlands and Belgium six Meteors each. The fly-past will be divided into two sections, the first comprising flying boats, transports and bombers, flying between 1,000 and 2,000ft, and the second composed entirely of single- seat fighters, flying at between 900 and 2,000ft. The order will be: —First Section.—Six Sunderlands (Coastal Command), six Dakotas (Transport Command), one Dakota (R.C.A.F), one Dakota (RoyalIndian Air Force), one Valetta (S.A.A.F. crew), one York (R.N.Z.A.F. crew), six Hastings (Transport Command), 27 Super-fortresses (U.S.A.F.), 60 Lincolns (Bomber Command), plus one Lincoln (K A.A.F.). (The Lincolns, drawn from Nos. 1 and 3 Groups,will fly over the other aircraft at 3,ooo-4,oooft in a two-minute " stream," representing the night-bombing tactics of the late war.)Second Section.—24 Spitfires (R.Aux.A.F.), 24 Hornets (Fighter Command), 24 Vampires (Fighter Command and R.Aux.A.F.), 24Meteors (Fighter Command), two Furies (Royal Pakistan Air Force), six Vampires (France), 12 Meteors (Belgium and the Netherlands). DERBY "AT HOME" THIS year's Display and "At Home" held at Derby lastSaturday, June 3rd, was mainly a domestic affair, butfine, ^varm weather tempted many local families ("father works for Rolls-Royce") to accept the open invitation to thepublic. The well-arranged flying display suffered little interferencefrom the heavy haze, although the high-speed pilots found the poor visibility trying. Some smooth, well-judged formationflying by four pilots of 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., under the leadership of F/L. G. J. Beardsall,opened the display, and S/L. Porteous followed with polished Auster aerobatics, "swivelling," low-down manoeuvres, and, alittle later, crop-dusting, including a dust-traced loop. Thanks to the wind, portions of the crowd were also dusted. Nothing short of astounding was W/C. T. Heyworth's(deputy chief test pilot of Rolls-Royce, Hucknall) demon- stration of the Avon-Meteor's climb performance, especiallyits immediate surge sunwards on opening up the Avons while flying at near stalling speed. In addition to the Harben Memorial Trophy Race, won thisyear by F/L. Findlay, with F/L. Mallorie second and S/L. Loveridge third, there were further demonstrations of crazyand high-speed flying by S/L. H. A. G. Smith (Tiger Moth) and F/O. D. C. James (Meteor 7), respectively. The inevit-able parachute descent by Major Willans, and a fly-past by visiting aircraft, completed the flying programme. Mrs. J.Harben then presented the Harben Memorial Trophy to the Race winner. MILES CASE ACQUITTALS AFTER a trial lasting 17 sitting days, an Old Bailey juryon Friday stopped the case against F. G. Miles and Sir William Malcolm Mount, and they were discharged. Mr. Miles was formerly chairman and managing director ofMiles Aircraft, Ltd., and Sir William was financial executive. They had appeared on charges of inducing people to acquireshares in the company by making a misleading forecast and dishonestly concealing a material fact in a prospectus. Twenty of the original 24 counts were thrown out beforethe defence was reached. The prosecution alleged that the defendants gave a misleading forecast that for 1947 the profitcovering the production of aircraft would have been ^75,000, whereas there was a substantial loss. It was alleged that they recklessly made the misleadingstatement that the company had orders on hand which were sufficient to ensure production for the following two years, andthat they dishonestly concealed the fact that a profit foi the manufacture of aircraft in 1947 was unlikely. Both men said that they believed every word of the pros-pectus was true. They genuinely thought that a profit of £75,000 from the production scheme was a reasonable estimate. After the acquittal, an application for costs was disallowed.Mr. Miles is quoted as saying that the defence had cost well over ^20,000. Mr. Miles—who, of course, was the designer of the long andsuccessful series of training, racing and other aircraft bearing his name—has not forsaken his aeronautical interests and hewill now be able to devote the whole of his energies to his present enterprise at Redhill. APRIL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS AS briefly reported last week, exports of British aircraft,engines and accessories fell slightly during April in com- parison with the previous month, though the loss was to some extent counterbalanced by a drop in imports. Detailed figures, as analysed by the S.B.A.C., were as follows: — Exports ,.._., ._ .->•-.•"• £101 complete aircraft ' I,8I5,O5B 163 aircraft engines 493,264 1,895 rubber tyres 38,731 Accessories to value of 972,134 £3,319.187 Four complete aircraft Accessories to value of Imparts 608,937 771,997 £1,380,934 Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totals* ... _iS Quarterly Export Totals 1947 £ 3,748,036 5,950,422 7.704,089 7,377,881 £24,750,428 1948 £ 7,115,729 6,568,138 5,766,315 5608,525 £25,058,707 1 1949 £ 9,377,091 6,459,596 10,223,492 8,154,998 £34,215.177 1950 £ 8,939,396 (3,319.187) — * Adjusted in accordance with Board of Trade amendments. TAYS ON TEST: This Vickers Viscount proto- type— the second — is the first British aircraft to be powered with Rolls-Royce Tay turbo- jets. It has been flying satisfactorily for several weeks. A development of the Nene, the Tay, in its present (R Ta I) form delivers 6,2501b static thrust. Being amenable to higher speeds, and having a pressurized cabin, has a much greater research value than the Nene-Viking. ~
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