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1950
1950 - 1370.PDF
" HERE and THERE Quickly to LisbonM R. JOHN DERRY, the de Havil-land test pilot, last Sunday flew a Vampire 5 from Hum to Lisbon—wherehe was tp give a demonstration the next day—in 2 hr 14 min. His average speedfor the journey was approximately 380 m.p.h. Coventry Air-race "DAGINTON, near Coventry, is to be-D the venue for this year's Siddeley Challenge Trophy contest. The city ofCoventry has taken the opportunity to turn the occasion—Saturday, Septem-ber 2nd—into a full-scale air day» It will be under the aupsices of the Coven-try Corporation, the Royal Aero Club and the Coventry Aeroplane Club. Balliol Abroad A BOULTON PAUL Balliol T.2advanced trainer, as now in ser- vice with the R.A.F., recently completeda successful demonstration tour of the Middle East. During the trip it visitedCairo, Baghdad, Damascus and Beirut; it was flown by officers of the Egyptian,Iraqi, Syrian and Lebanese air forces. There were no untoward incidents dur-ing the journey and no replacements were lequired for the airframe or theRolls-Royce Merlin power-unit. Tem- peratures as high as no deg in the shade(in Iraq) caused no ill effects; in fact, coolant replacement ,was not necessaryat anv time. FLIGHT, 20 fitly s EAST_MOOR ^MALTON AND SCARBOROUGH BURN ^ HOWDEN RACE-COURSE : This six-sided, 100 kmcircuit is the course for the S.B.A.C. and Air League Challenge Cup races tobe held at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, next Saturday (see paragraph overleaf).The smaller course is tor the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club's race for light aircraft,to be held on the same day. The racing programme, which begins at 2 p.m., isbeing supplemented by an air display. A slight reduction in the number of pages in "Flight," and some delay in reporting events, continue to be unavoid- able as a result of the withdrawal of overtime working by a section of the printing industry. First A.T.C. Solo? PROBABLY the first A.T.C. cadet tofly solo under the new Air Ministry flying scholarships scheme is Sgt. S. 1.Turner, of No. 981 Squadron, who is under the tuition, at Strathtay Aero^lb, of Mr. David Kay, the C.F.I. Sgt. Turner, who is 17, began training dur-ing the week-end of July ist-2nd. The following week-end, on July 10th, heflew solo after receiving a total of 6hr 15mm dnal instruction. The newscheme provides for 200 cadets to be trained to the private-pilot's-licencestage each year. New Power Units SOME brief details have been officiallyreleased of new types of gas-tur- bine power units. The latest mark of deHavilland Goblin turbojet is designated DGn. 5, and mention is made of theRolls-Royce Avon RA.3. The Arm- strong-Siddeley Python ASP.i andASP.2 turboprops develop, lespectively, 3,670 h.p. and 4,100 h.p. ; a new Arm-strong-Siddeley turbojet is the Viper ASV.i, which produces. 1,5001b statictnrust. This unit is a short-life, experi- mental version of the Adder, which is*in turn a pure-jet development of the Mamba turboprop. " Flight " photographs. HEDGE-HOPPEfc-: Tl» company ofSpray and Win, Ltd., recently demon- strated at Panshanger the capabilities oftheir Tiger Moth converted for crop- dusting. Flying at 8ft in still air, theaircraft is claimed to cover 100 acres in an hour. On the left is shown thedusting equipment (of a type developed in America), consisting of a venturi be-neath the fuselage fed with insecticide from a hopper in the front cockpit. Ambassador Mishap WHILE landing at Hum last week,the first production Airspeed Am- bassador suffered failure of a link inthe starboard undercarriage leg. Its fuse- lage under-surface, starboard nacelle andstarboard airscrew were damaged, but the aircraft withstood the impact sowell that it was able to be flown back to Christchurch for repairs a few days later. Australian Appointment IT is announced that Mr. HanfordStevens, who hitherto has been United Kingdom representative of -theAircraft Production1 Division of the Aus-tralian Department o: Supply, has now "beenappointed senior re- presentative, in Lon-don, of the Depart- ment. He will remainactively interested in aircraft productionmatters, but in view of the wider scope ofhis responsibilities, he will be assisted inthis particular sphere by Mr. Charles A. Weetman, formerly of Melbourne. D Mr. H. Stevens. To Australia by Gemini AFTER • flying to Melbourne fromEngland recently, Mr. Tony Vigano, a restaurateur, wrote of his aircraft:'' The Gemini behaved perfectly all the \vay . . . She cannot be bettered for aprivate owner and surely this 14,000- mile trip has proved it." Mr. Viganowas accompanied by Mr. Arthur Barnard, a former pilot in the Fleet AirArm. During the flight they landed at 43 airfields in 20 different countries. Like Capt. Bradshaw's Proctor(mentioned overleaf) the Gemini was supplied by W. S.* Shackleton, Ltd., of
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