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1950
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FLIGHT, 16 November 1950 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements VICTORS : Members of No. 617 Squad- ron are seen marching to Buckingham Palace to receive from H.M. the King the Laurence Minot Trophy (below, right). A report on the presentation appears overleaf. \. V\ \ Jefs for the Far East T7AMPIRES are now being flown from * the United Kingdom to re-equip fighter squadrons of the Far East Air Force. The 8,850-mile journey to Singa- pore will represent the longest jet-aircraft delivery flight undertaken by any air force. Airfields in France, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Burma and Siam will be used. With the co-operation of the Governments concerned, the route has been surveyed and organized for the ferry- ing of the jet fighters. R.A.F. Appointments AIR VICE-MARSHAL S. D. MAC-DONALD, C.B.E., D.F.C., has been appointed to the newly created post of Inspector-General of Air Training, Western Union. He was formerly Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Training). In his new post, A.V-M. MacDonald, working with a combined staff from the participating countries, will be re- sponsible for co-ordinating and improving flying-training methods of all the Western Union nations. The Inspectorate-General will be represented " in the field " by the Western Union Examining Squadron (see Flight of May 11th, 1950). A.V-M. MacDonald is succeeded as A.C.A.S. (Training) by A.V-M. T. N. McEvoy, C.B.E., who has commanded No. 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group, Home Command, since January, 1949. The appointment is also announced, as Director-General of Organization, Air Ministry, of A.V-M. A. C. H. Sharp, D.S.O., A.F.C., who has until recently headed a special department formed to follow up certain aspects of Exercise Ariel, the C.A.S.'s Conference held in May, 1949. "510" Deck-landed E excellent low-speed handling qualities of the Supermarine 510 Nene-powered research fighter were con- vincingly demonstrated on November 8th, when this high-speed prototype made successful deck-landings on H.M.S. Illustrious in the English Channel. This was almost certainly the first occasion on which an aircraft with swept-back wing and tail surfaces has made deck-landings and take-offs. The "510" is a direct development of the Attacker, which is in production for Naval Aviation. Its performance is un- disclosed but, at the time of the 1949 Farnborough Show, it was stated to have equalled the world's speed record (670 m.p.h.) in a shallow dive. Twelve land- ings were made on the Illustrious on November 8th, four by each of three pilots, and trials were continued the following day. Vampires for New Zealand HAVING ordered a number of Vam-pires for the R.N.Z.A.F., New Zealand becomes the fourteenth nation to adopt this fighter for home defence. Lord Tedder Honoured TN the Senate House at Cambridge on -*• November 10th, Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord Tedder, Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, was elected Chancellor of the University in succession to the late General Smuts. Glider-pilot Memorial TRIBUTE will be paid to 551 fallen -*• members of the Glider Pilot Regi- ment (and members of the R.A.F. who flew with them) when a memorial window and book of remembrance are dedicated in Salisbury Cathedral on December 9th. The Bishop of Salisbury will conduct the dedication service and Field-Marshal Vis- count Alanbrooke, Colonel-commandant of the Regiment, will be present. The Glider Pilot Regiment and Transport Command will provide guards of honour and there will be a parade of representa- tive detachments from all the regiments and corps flown into battle by glider pilots. Civil Squadron NOW in process of formation at Black -bushe is the first Auxiliary Transport Squadron, No. 622, which is to be opera- ted by Airwork, Ltd. Most of the squadron establishment of 57 officers and 107 airmen will be recruited directly from Airwork, Ltd., but the R.A.F. will provide a regular adjutant and six N.C.O.s. No. 622 Squadron, which is so far the only unit of its kind (although the scheme is obviously capable of being ex- tended to other companies), is adminis- tered by No. 62 (Southern) Group, Home Command, the A.O.C. of which is A.Cdre. C. A. Stevens. The Squadron will operate Airwork Vikings for most of its Service training— which, in any case, largely overlaps routine commercial activity—but the R.A.F. is supplying two Valettas, pre- sumably to facilitate training in supply- and troop-dropping and glider-towing. These military duties will be practised during the annual training period. Home Fleet Exerriiaes SHIPS, submarines and aircraft willtake part in Naval manoeuvres in the Bay of Biscay and Western Approaches later this month, when units of the Home Fleet returning from Gibraltar will be " attacked" by home-based submarines and aircraft. The Home Fleet will include the light fleet carrier Vengeance (wearing the flag of Rear-Admiral C. E. Lambe, Flag Officer, Third Aircraft Carrier Squadron), the cruiser Cleopatra and a number of destroyers. Air support will be provided by Sea Furies and Fireflies from the Vengeance, Lancasters and Sunderlands of Coastal Command, night-fighter Mosquitoes and Lancasters from thh- Central Signals Establishment. The
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