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FLIGHT, 14 December 1950 549 members representing any recognizedclub, society or body interested in recog- nition, or the Services or Royal ObserverCorps. The winning team will be pre- sented with the Trophy by Mr. PeterMasefield, president of the Society. Fur- ther details are available from the chair-man, E. G. A. Wilton, " Lamorna," Taymount Rise, London, S.E.23. New Records A GLIDER flight and several model-aircraft performances have been homologated by the F.A.I. S. R. Laroy-Mansson (Sweden) established a new soaring record for distance with fixed goaland return to starting-point when, on July 7th, he flew 242 miles in a WeiheSelO4. The world duration record for model aircraft was captured by L.Sikirine (U.S.S.R.) on August lStli; his 9.8 c.c.-engined model flew for4 hr 2 min 30 sec. Of ten otbgr new model records, Hungary holds sixfour and France one. STRAFER : 'Lt. Andrew Johnson, seen climbing flying.Shoatiag Stirs** g^ K for # t/re United Nations forces. R.Ae.C. Films THE next film show at LondonderryHouse for members and associate members of the Royal Aero Club, to beheld on December 14th, will consist of three pictures: Air Progress (concerningdevelopments in America); A de Havil- land Diary, and Pegasus (depicting thework of the airborne forces). The pro- gramme begins at 6.15 p.m. and runs foran hour and a quarter. EASY AND PLEASANT " : Since its first flight ai Soscomfae Down about three months ago the Avro 707B delta-wing research aircraft, a new flying picture of which is presented here, has made more than 100 flights. On all occasions the pilot was W;C. R. J. Folk who reports the 7076 " on easy and pleasant aircraft to fly.1' The total flying time accumulated to date is about 25 hours. NEWS IN BRIEF DURING her recent visit to England,Her Majesty Queen Juliana appointed as an Officer of the Order of OranjeNassau W/C. J. C. G. Bell, sales manager of the Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd. * * * Mr. C. Colin Cooper announces thatthe registered address and London offices of C. B. Helicopter Hire, Ltd., have beenmoved from 45, Bloomsbury Square and 30, Chelsea Square, and combined inSuite 115/120, Abbey House, West- minster, London, S.W.I. * * * Leaflets issued by the Airscrew Co. andJicwood, Ltd., Weybridge, Surrey, de- scribe the firm's extensive range of pro-ducts in the field of airscrews, wind-tunnel and ventilating fans, and components inthe different varieties of Jicwood. The firm has capacity for sub-contract work,in timber, sheet metal and other materials. * * * Flying people who are also sailingenthusiasts—and their numbers are many —will be interested in the new YachtingWorld Diary as a Christmas-gift idea. Signal codes (in colour), the Morse code,navigation data, results of classic races, design data and international safety regu-lations, are among the 52 reference pages. Published by Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., DorsetHouse, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I, the diary is obtainable from booksellers at 9s 2d (including purchase tax) or by post from the publishers at 9s 5d. * # * A "repeat" of S/L. John Derry's lec-ture on High-speed Flying (summarized in Flight last week) is to be given beforethe Weybridge Branch of the R.Ae.S. on Wednesday, January 10th, and not onanother date inadvertently given in a re- cent list of forthcoming events in thesepages. * * * Mr. E. W. C. Wilkins, M.A., B.Sc,F.R.Ae.S., has been appointed to the Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at theFouad I University in Cairo, and will be leaving England next month. He joinedthe Bristol Aeroplane "Company in 1934, eventually becoming chief technician andlater chief airworthiness engineer; in 1947 he was appointed Tutor in EngineeringScience at Oxford University, * * * Noise and Vibration in Industry is thetitle of a brochure issued by A. E. Cawkell, electro-acoustic engineer, 7, Vic-tory Parade, Southall, Middlesex. It sum- marizes experience accumulated over anumber of years m the investigation, measurement and reduction of these ord-inarily undesirable characteristics, and reviews some specialized equipment avail-able for such work. FOR THE FARMER : This single-seater, reminis- cent of the " midgets " designed for the Ameri- can Goodyear Trophy Race, illustrates a new approach to the problems of aerial crop-dusting, seeding and pest-control. It was designed and built by the personal aircraft research centre of the A. and M. College, Texas. The outer wing- sections have provision for internal hoppers.
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