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1950
1950 - 2064.PDF
310 SERVICE AVIATION . . -. for the aircraft to prevent the ingress ofsnow to the Hercules engines, nose, con- trol surfaces and undercarriage. Thelatest methods of de-frosting, de-icing, and oil-dilution will be employed. This is not the first occasion on whicha Freighter has operated in the Arctic; an earlier version visited Edmonton,Yellowknife and Knob Lake, Labrador, during a 1946 demonstration tour of theAmericas. The "Aries" Record T^OLLOWING confirmation of a•*• London-Khartoum flight on October 20th-21st, three official point-to-pointrecords now stand to the credit of vari- ous R.A.F. aircraft named Aries. Thelatest record was set up by S/L. J. C. T. Downey, D.F.C., in an Avro Lincoln(Aries III) when he flew from London to Khartoum, at an average speed of220 m.p.h., in 14 hr 23 min. The pre- vious record (180 m.p.h.) was made lastMay in a Commando of the Egyptian Air Force. The two earlier records referred to—London-Darwin and London-Wellington —were set up in August, 1946, by anAvro Lancaster, Aries I, captained by A. Cdre. (now A.V.-M.) N. H. d'Aeth.Like the original Aries, the Lincoln now bearing this name has been modified bythe addition of L'ancastrian-type nose and tail fairings. New Duty for the Hastings A S mentioned in these columns last•**• week, the Handley Page Hastings is now going into service with the CoastalCommand meteorological squadron at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland. In thisrole, it promises to be a more efficient and more comfortable aircraft than theHalifax, which it replaces. There is a set routine for the 1,600-mile Atlantic weather flights made by the squadron every day. From a pointoff the Irish coast the aircraft heads out over the ocean in a south-westerlydirection, flying at 1,500ft. Every 60 m FLIGHT, f€i November 1950\ AMBULANCE SERVICE : The first casualties of the Korean campaign to be brought back to Britain were aboard this Transport Command Hastings, from Singapore, which landed at Lyneham on November 22nd. As an ambulance, the Hastings can carry up to 32 stretcher-cases, 24 walking patients, four attendants and medical supplies. Reference to another version is made below. miles observations are made of tempera-ture, humidity, cloud conditions and visi- bility. Every 230 miles the aircraftdescends to about 200ft to obtain an estimate of sea level pressure and tem-perature. After proceeding thus for about 800 miles it again descends to sealevel, then makes a spiral climb over a fixed point to a height of 18,000ft, makingobservations at 11 selected levels on the climb. It then flies eastwards at 18,000ftfor about 300 miles, continuing to take observations at 60-mile intervals, makes aspiral descent to record sea level data for the second time, then returns to base at1,500ft following the same procedure as on the outward flight. INSCRUTABLE EXPRESSION on the "face " of the Short S.B.3 anti-submarine aircraft. The redesigned fuselage nose—presumably housing search radar—and Mamba turboprops of this new carrier-borne type distinguish it from the Mer/in-powered Sturgeon target-tower, from which it was developed. The Sturgeon, incidentally, is now going into service with the Navy. Average duration of flights will bereduced from nine to eight hours owing to the higher cruising speed of the Has-tings. When the crews have gained more operating experience with the new air-craft the route may be extended and the altitude of the 300-mile high-level leg in-creased to take full advantage of the Hastings' greater range and better all-round performance. Groves Prizes Awarded THIS year's L. G. Groves MemorialPrizes and Award, granted annually from a sum of money placed at the dis-posal of the Air Ministry by Major and Mrs. Groves in memory of their son (anR.A.F. meteorological observer killed shortly after the war), were presented atthe Air Ministry on November 22nd. Major Groves gave away the prizes andAir Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff, presided. Therecipients were as follows: — S/L. A. J. Barwood, M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P., of the R.A.F. Institute of Avia- tion Medicine, received the Prize for Air-craft Safety. His research in the laboratory and his practical studies in thefield have, it is stated, made an outstand- ing contribution to the protection of fly-ing personnel against temperature and climate.Dr. Frank. Pasquill, B.Sc, of the Meteorological Office, was awarded thePrize for Meteorology. His investiga- tions into the exchange of heat and watervapour between grassland and the stratum of air immediately above it hasyielded results of much interest to theory of turbulent diffusion, and of great valuein its application to evaporation prob- lems affecting agriculture and the fore-casting of visibility and fog. The Meteorological Observers' Awardwas presented to M. Pit. B. C. J. Calnan (now released), who completed over 90met. sorties, involving over 820 hours' flying. His meritorious service and devo-tion to duty were a valuable contribution to the success of his squadron's long-rangemeteorological sorties.
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