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FLIGHT, 21 December 1950 MEDICINE MEN: Illus- trated here are two aspects of the arduous work under- taken daily by doctors of the R.A.F. Medical Research Laboratory at Farnborough. (Left) Wearing an Arctic survival suit, one doctor has spent two hours at "40 below " without ill-effects ; his refrigerated companion demonstrates feelings in- duced by a mere 40 seconds in the same ice-box without protective clothing. On the right, oxygen masks and pressure waistcoats are being tested against the effects of rapid de- compression, a problem of particular topical interest. 179 success throughout the campaign. But further increases in the activity of the Communists' Mig-15s might eventually force the U.S-A.F. into employing the 670-m.p.h. F-86 Sabre. The first British jet aircraft likely to see service in Korea is the Gloster Meteor 8, 36 of which have been ordered by the R.A.A.F. With Mamba and Nene Ashton Progress SINCE the review The Yield of theYear (pages 583-596) went to press it has been learned that the Ayro Ashton has completed 38 flights, totalling a little over 37 hours' flying. On flight No. 30 (November 1st), the aircraft was flown for the first time at it gross weight of 82,0001b. It is now being equipped with pressurizing and other equipment. Airgunnery ? VISITORS to the National Schoolboys'Own Exhibition in the Royal Horticultural Society's Halls at West- minster, London, will be encouraged to pierce holes in the fuselage of a Meteor— in order to provide Halton apprentices with an opportunity to demonstrate their skill in quick repairs. Boys will also be admitted to the Meteor's cockpit. The Exhibition will be opened on January 1st by Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry, A.O.C.- in-C, Fighter Command. COLD WAR : Snow-plough at work on the airstrip at Hamhung, Korea. In the back- ground are L-5 (Sentinel) A.O.P. aircraft. progress is reported with one of ^J the lesser-known French prototypes —the turbojet- and turboprop-powered Breguet 960 naval strike aircraft, which was illustrated in Flight of November 16th. The first prototype, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mamba I (in the nose) and a Rolls-Royce Nene (in the mid-fuse- lage), is expected to fly next month. It is reported that a second prototype will have new versions of the British power units —the Mamba 4, said to have a rating of 1,800 h.p., and a Nene up-rated to nearly 5,600 lb thrust. Maximum de- signed speeds of the first and later versions of the Breguet 960 are as 530 m.pA. and 590 m.p.h. re- J Designed for operation from carriers against submarines or surface vessels, the aircraft will carry 1,800-2,600 lb of bombs and rockets, or a torpedo. It has no guns. With wing-tip tanks, its endurance is expected to be over four hours; all-up weight is about 22,000 lb. NEWS IN BRIEF IT is announced that Mr. V. St. J. G.Van der Byl has been appointed joint aviation manager of Shell-Mex and B.P.. Ltd. * * * A reunion of those who were with A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., at Manchester or Hamble before 1915 is being organ- ized by Mr. J. C. C. Taylor, Flat 2Z, Artillery Mansions, Victoria Street, Lon- don, S.W.I. * * # Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.: announce an arrangement whereby Diesel Equipment, Ltd., of Uxbridge, will manufacture a range of generating and lighting sets incorporating the Armstrong Siddeley diesel engine. * * * Tubular Construction Systems, Ltd., 135 Battersea High Street, London, S.W.ll, have published leaflets giving details of their portable crush barriers3 which should be of interest to air-display organizers. The units—familiar to Farn- borough Show visitors—are strong, com- pact and easily assembled. * • » In appreciation of his former work as an executive of Scandinavian Airlines Sys- tem, Mr. Peter H. Redpath, now sales vice-president of Canadair, Ltd., has been awarded the Royal Order of Knight of the Dannebrog by the King of Denmark. He has already been similarly honoured by Norway and Sweden.
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