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FLIGHT, 22 June 1950 CORRESPONDENCE The Fdttor of -Flight" does no! hold himselj responsible for the views expressed by correspondents m these columns.The Editor of tltgM aoj j r publication, must m all cases accompany letters. The names and Plea for Posterity Radial Hangars YOUR leading article of June 1st, 1950, brings from moanother of the very few letters I have felt compelled towrite to the Press. The last was ten years ago. In your last paragraph you write: "What is now required is an effort to consolidate and complete existing records 01 the various makers, and then to ensure, by means of docu- mentation, pictures, models or actual specimens, that students of aeronautical history shall be enabled to pursue their wort or hobby with greater facility and assurance than is at preseut P°Th e eRoyal Aeronautical Society has for some time been col- lecting what records it can, but there is much that is missing ; much too, that would clothe the bare bones of aeronautical history with the living reminiscences of those who played such a vital part in the 1907-1925 years. The Society will welcome any such reminiscences to add to its store for students oi history to draw upon. But I feel that more than this is required. (Here 1 writs as an individual and not as the Secretary.) I would like tc see representative aircraft and aircraft engines, from 1909 on- wards to date, preserved somewhere for fully fledged aircraft engineers, students and others to study—for the pioneers knew a little more about flying when there was little power than do some present-day pioneers of speed with all the power they want J. LAURENCE PRITCHARD,London, W.i. Secretary, the Royal Aeronautical Society. Quid Pro Quo F your issue of June 8th, in the article entitled "Canada'sGrowing Industry," you refer to the recent U.S. Senatehearings at which various witnesses expressed concern about the American handicap in the jet-transport field. Our national airlines have been forced to operate American aircraft since the war, and although there were squawks from many quarters, the employment of foreign aircraft was un- avoidable if British services were to be internationally com- petitive. Surely the same state of affairs now arises in reverse with regard to the American operation of British gas-turbine- nowered commercial tvpes. This, to me, seems an admirably just tit-for-lat. " CLAUDE ALDBURY. Edinburgh. UNDER the heading " Design for a Radial Hangar," in theJune 8th issue of Flight, the following statement is made :"Even before the war the radial principle was applied to passenger terminal buildings . . . but as far as we are aware it has never been tried in the planning of hangars." I was sure that I had seen this hangar shape in a photo- graph years ago, and after much time looking through my files I find that on page 342 of Flight dated November 2nd 1939, there is a photograph showing what appears to be a hangar of radial design, having a hexagonal shape, a* Alhambra, California. S. G. SEAGER London, YV.6. [One up to our observant correspondent. Though the Cali- fornian hangar was of far less comprehensive design, it was unquestionably radial. By a coincidence a member of Flight's staff" visiting the 'Brussels Show saw two circular hangars at Grimbergen airfield.—ED.] B.E.A.'s Scottish Routes FOR the sake of the record, your paragraph of June 1st onthe Scottish Advisory Council's appeal to Sir Stafford Cripps to exempt the Scottish services of B.E.A. from the additional tax on fuel needs a comment. The council are reported to describe the routes, especially those to the northern and western islands, as uneconomic, to be operated only as social services. The italics are mine. I seem to recall that the old Scottish Airways made a good thing of these routes, both for the public and themselves, with no appeal to the then harbinger of woe. London, S.W.5. ROBERT LACY. • [Purely on a charter basis, with regular flights where the demand warrants them, some of these routes might be good business propositions, but any comparison between B.E.A.'s services and those of Scottish Airways should be qualified from the point of view of desirability rather than profitability. We doubt, for example, whether even Scottish Airways could have made a good thing out of 305 ambulance flights in one year ; and in many cases B.E.A. also provides the only means of regular communication between the islands and the main- land for passengers on urgent business, and for freight and mail.—ED.] More Birthday Honours IN Flight last week (p. 719) we gave details of the principalBirthday Honours in so far as aviation was concerned. It is now possible to publish additional names—those who are recipients of the M.B.E. and B.E.M. in the Civil lists (Service honours and awards are detailed on p. 750). ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Members (Civil) H E Boulter, Chairman, Sheffield Committee, Air TrainingCorns- E E. Crouch, senior executive officer, Air Ministry; D. Follows, secretary, British Air Line Pilots' Association; C. T. W.Hursty senior draughtsman, Armaments Design Establishment, Ministry of Supply; C. V. Lane, signals officer. Ministry of Civil•\viatiorr F Law, superintendent, Propeller Test Department, de Havilland Propeller Co., Ltd.; A. W. Lewis, higher executive officer.Ministry of Civil Aviation; H. D. Mirams, superintending inspector. Aeronautical Inspection Service, Air Ministry; L. C. Pace, startsuperintendent, London Airport, British Overseas Airways Corpora- tion- W F Pilbrow, higher executive officer. Ministry of CivilAviation- H A. R. Rubery, superintendent, machine shop, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.; W. J. Russell, production manager, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Crayford; H. J. Tarran, higher executive officer Air Ministry F C. Toze, senior executive officer, Royal AircrattEstablishment, Farnborough; H. C. Tryon, research engineer, D. Napier and Son, Ltd.; A. R. Turner, assistant supervisor experi-mental department. Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.; F. Woods, President of Committee, No. 1349 (Woking) Squadron, Air Training Corps. BRITISH BMP1RE MEDAL (Civil) C H Deare, Squadron Warrant Officer, No. 633 (Newport HighSchool) Squadion, Air Training Corps; C. Dodds head steward, British European Airways Corporation; F. N. Ford, Barrack Officer,K AF Station Uxbridge; H. H. Freeman, chargehand fitter, Duniop Rubber Co Ltd.; D Gerrard, chargehand of fitter drivers, RoyalNaval Air Station, Arbroath; W. H. Kitchmg, assembly shop foreman, Teddington Controls, Ltd.; K. E. Lucas, assistant patternshop foreman English Steel Corporation, Ltd.; C. W. Matthews, experimental fitter, Douty Equipment, Ltd.; S. W. T. Morgan,foreman, Grade I, Ministry of Civil Aviation; E. Nicholls, superin- tendent inspector, Saunders-Roe, Ltd.; A. W. J. Ramsay, trafficsuperintendent, No. 7 M.U., R.A.F. Quedgeley; A. Stark, principal, foreman of stores, No. 21 M.U., R.A.F. Fauld; C. R. Thompsor |senior scientific assistant, H.Q. 90 Group, R.A.F. Medmenham; J. H. Tunaley, chief maintenance electrical foreman, English SteelCorporation. FORTHCOMING EVENTS June 23. Institute of Navigation : "Aeronautical Charts" by T. St. Barbe Freer. June 24. Science Museum, South Kensington ; Reopening of National Aeronautical Collection. June 24-26. Le Touquet Rally. July I. De Havilland Technical School : Parents' Day, Panshanger Airfield. July 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 10-lb. Fourth World Power Conference, London, to include papers on gas turbines, by M. Roy ; Dr. D. M. Smith ; F. Owner with Dr. S. G. Hooker ; W. Karrer ; L. N. Rowley with B. G. A. Skrotski ; and J. S. Alford. July K-16. Cognac International Rally. .; July 16. Redhill Flying Club : " At Home." " ' : July 16. Auster Rally, Resrsby. July 28-31. Orange Rally, France. July 22. Yorkshire Aeroplane Club ; International S.B.A.C. and Air League Cup Races, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds. July 23. St. Albans Model Aero Club : Annual Rail), Handle/ Page Airfield, Radlett. July 22-23. Aero Club de Touraine : Tours Rally. .-'"'•
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