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1950
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FLIGH'i, 29 June 1950 HERE and THERE High-Speed H.P.s ^THAT Handloy Page technical re--*• sources '' have been and are fully em- ployed in the design and construction ofhigh-speed aircraft under contracts foi the Ministry of Supply" was recentlymade known at the annual general meet- ing of the company. Fairey 17's Carrier Trials THE Fairey Aviation Companyannounces that its G.R.17 anti-sub- marine aircraft has successfully com-pleted its first deck-landing trials on H.M.S. Illustrious. The Fairey 17,which is powered by an Armstrong- Siddeley Double Mamba coupled airscrewturbine unit, thus becomes the first turboprop aircraft to land on a carrier.The first deck take-off and landing were made by Lt. Cdr. G. R. Callingham. Modellers' Big Day A CLASSIC '' in the model aeronau-tical world is due to take place this Sunday, July 2nd, when the NorthernHeights Model Flying Club holds its annual gala day at Langley Airfield, nearSlough, Bucks, by permission of Hawker Aircraft, Ltd. There will be the usualcontest for the Queen's Cup, and classes for rubber-driven, motor-powered andcontrol-line models and gliders. Tearing Off a Strip TUST in case the Royal AeronauticalJ Society is looking for a new attrac- tion at its next Garden Party, we com-mend '' an amazing announcement from the office of William P. Kyne, generalmanager of the Bay Meadows track and a host of the California Air Show." It tellsus that " Miss Leslie Charles, 24-year-old brunette .... will leap out of a speed-ing airplane Sunday next and, without thinking of the risk, will drop 10,000 757 A*1^ " ^w^^^1-- [£&.•••' ^^KyRr^v* jAgpo^: "•". • ^jj.* ASSAULT EXERCISE : The U.S. Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virginia, is experi- menting with the use of helicopters as assault transports. Marines are shown during a recent exercise, having just disembarked from a Piasecki HRP-I feet, all the while casting off garments like Gypsy Rose Lee." ...:.. /- . ••* •" » •• •Great Expectations DISCUSSING performance of the AvroCanada CF-100 twin-jet all-weather fighter, S/L. Bill Waterton said recentlythat " when figures in relation to this air- craft are disclosed they will startle not There has been no change in theposition with regard to the with- drawal of overtime working by asection of the printing industry. A slight reduction in the numberof pages in Flight accordingly continues to be unavoidable. Forthe same reason, reports of week- end events may in some cases bedelayed. All journals printed in London aresimilarly concerned to a greater or lesser extent. only the public but aviation people." Later this summer, the CF-100 is expected to make the first non-stop Atlantic cross- ing by a jet aircraft; it will fly to Britain from Montreal via Gander and Shannon. King's Cup Newsreel A LTHOUGH shown in the " first run " •**• cinemas in the latter half of last week, a British Movietone News contain- ing pictures of the King's Cup Race and the Brabazon's visit to London is still cir- culating in various parts of the country, so enthusiasts anxious to see this film(Edition No. 1098a) chance to do so. may still have a TECHNICAL TRIO : Seen on arrival at Idlewild, New York, recently, are, (left to right) Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff; Dr. R. Cockburn, Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry ; and A.V-M. C.B.R. Pelly, Assistant C.A.S. (Technical Requirements). They are in America for talks with Air Chief Marshal Sir George Pirie, of the British joint Services Mission in Washington. NEWS IN BRIEF BOTH the Anglo-American Oil Com-pany and Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., announced on June 21st that the price oitheir aviation petrol, grade 100/130, had been reduced by a halfpenny per gallon. * * * The Cierva Autogiro Co., Ltd., statesthat it wishes to acknowledge the large number of telegrams, letters and verbalmessages expressing sympathy at the loss of Messrs. H. A. Marsh, F. J. Cableand H. J. Unsworth as a result of the accident to the Air Horse on June 13th* * * Mr. R. B. Mancus, test pilot toBoulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., recently arrived at Cairo in order to demonstratethe Balliol T.2 trainer to the Roya] Egyptian Air Force. It is expected thatother countries whose governments have shown interest will also be visited whilethe aircraft is abroad. * * * The Editor of The Pylon, magazineof the de Havilland Aeronautical Tech- nical School, is anxious to contactformer students. The desirability of forming an "old boys' association"among the 1,900 men who have qualified from the school is being considered.Letters should be addressed to The Editor of The Pylon at Hatfield.
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