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214 FLIGHT, 24 August 1950 HERE AND THERE . . . The jets are not intended for use on take-off or normal flight, but only for giving extra speed in attack (or defence). Foranti-submarine warfare, the " newest detection devices" are installed. Land, Sea and Air T TNITS of the Mediterranean Fleet, thev-J U.S.N. 6th Task Fleet and the Army, supported by R.A.F. and NavalAviation aircraft, were engaged in Defence Exercise Malta 1950 from Augusti7th-aoth. Like Highway Two, held two weeks previously, the exercise was con-cerned with the defence of convoys to Malta. Farnborougk Flight-Refuelling TfLIGHT-REFUELLING of a Meteor •F promises to be one of the outstand- ing items on the programme for the forthcoming S.B.A.C. Display at .Farn- borough. The tanker aircraft will be a Lincoln and the method employed will be the '' probe-and drogue '' system developed by Flight Refuelling, Ltd. The operation has only once before been performed in public—at Beaulieu last September. With present equipment, Flight Re- fuelling can achieve an aerial pumping- rate of 250-300 gal/min, and an increased rate of 500 gal/min is envisaged. Since the Meteor has only to connect the Lincoln's cone-ended refuel- ling hose with its own nose-mounted probe (which, incidentally, weighs but 281b) before the flow begins, replenish- ment of the fighter's internal tanks is achieved in little over a minute. America's Auxiliaries FOLLOWING the withdrawal—for usein Korea—of a number of Mustangs from squadrons of the American Air National Guard (a force equivalent- to. though larger than, Britain's R.Aux.A.F), the delivery of jet fighters has been stepped up. Aircraft destined for the 24 A.N.G. fighter groups include, it is reported, F-86 Sabres, F-84E Thunderjets and F-94 Shooting Star night fighters. Twelve of the squadrons already have jets—six fly Shooting Stars and six have earlier-mark Thunderjets. According to the latest American statistics, the first-line aircraft strength of the A.N.G. consists of 223 Douglas B-26 Invader light bombers, 122 Shoot- ing Stars, 11 r Thunderjets, 926 Mustangs and 543 Thunderbolts. There ire, in addition, large numbers of trans- ports and trainers FRANCE'S FIRST jet bomber is the S.O.4000, powered by two Hispano-Suiza-built Rolls-Royce Nenes. The M.I air-launched glider and M.2 (R.-R. Derwent) were pro duced as scale models to investigate design problems with the 4000. The S.O.M.2 has achieved over 600 m.p.h. and tests with this useful research aircraft are continuing. Canadian Sabres AS mentioned last week, the firstNorth American F-86 Sabre to be built under licence by Canadair, Ltd.,made an initial flight at Dorval, Mon- treal, on August gth. Captain " Al "Lilly, chief test pilot to Canadair, flew the aircraft. The flight was witnessed by severalsenior Government, R.C.A.F. and Cana- dair officials, including Mr. Brooke Clax-ton. Defence Minister; Air Marshal W. A. Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff ; andMr. J. G. Norman, executive vice-presi- dent of Canadair. The Canadian con-tract, signed over a year ago, is for 100 Sabres. The first Canadair-built Sabreis powered by a 5,000-lb thrust General Electric J-47 turbojet, but the possi-bility of employing the Avro Canada Orenda has been considered. NEWS IN BRIEF "THE F.A.I, has officially confirmed J- Mr. L R. Colquhoun's 100-km closed-circuit flight at 241.88 m.p.h. in a Supermarine Seagull as a world record. It was set up during the Air League Challenge Cup Race at Sherburn-in- Elmet on July 22nd. * * * In the list of award-winners for 1949- 50 issued by the Institute of Transport appears the name of Capt. H. K. Gordon-Burge of Aer Lingus. He receives the Bristol and White-Smith Air Transport Student Prize for his Critical Analysis of Post-war Airline Accidents. * # * Mr. G. R. Jones, who completed a five- year apprenticeship with the Gloster Air- craft Company in September, 1949, has been awarded an S.B.A.C. scholarship to the College of Aeronautical Engineering, Cranfield. The scholarship is for a two- year course, and is valued at ^275 per year. * * # The trustees of the Busk Aeronautical Studentship (awarded annually in PACKET PLUS : Developed from the C-II9 Packet, the Fairchild C-120 Pack Planehas a completely detachable lower fuselage, capable of carrying 20,0001b of equipment or 66 troops, to permit quicker turn-round. It is seen on its recent first flight. memory of Edward Teshmalker Busk,who was killed flying an experimental aircraft in 1914) announce that thestudentship for 1950-51 has been won by Mr. Robert Westley of the Collegeof Aeronautics, Cranfield. • * • At the recent annual general meeting of Oldham and Son, Ltd., the battery manufacturers, it was announced that negotiations had been completed with the Indian Government for the establish- ment of a company in Madras under the title of Oldham and Son, India, Ltd. This will be the firm's third overseas enterprise, the others having been estab- lished in France and South Africa. • * • Employees at the Barkingside factoryof Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., engaged on the production of aircraft instruments,have shown such interest in the forth- coming S.B.A.C. Show that the manage-ment has arranged coach transport to Farnborough for 100 employees onSaturday, September 9th—the first '' public '' day. • • • .Mr. F. jy. Dellar, sales director ofCossor. JMHar, Ltd., left England by ; B.Q.A r3C. oft'3August 15th for an exten- sive tour of the Middle and Far East,lie will visit Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the Malay Peninsula, Siam,Burma, India, Kuwait, Persia, Bahrein, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and Italy.' * *' * Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 49, Park Lane, London, W. 1, who for the past lour years have distributed silicones for the Dow Corning Corporation of America, announce that they are to begin their manufacture in this country. Silicone products have applications in a great many fields, including the manufacture of insulating materials, hydraulic fluids, resins and varnishes and silk-one rubber.
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