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1951
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FLIGHT, 4 January 1951 HERE and THERE Venoms by Bristol DE HAVILLAND'S own production ofVenom intercepters is to be supple- mented by the Bristol Aeroplane Com-pany, which is undertaking Venom manu- facture at the request of the Ministry ofSupply. The Bristol company's aircraft division is also engaged on long-termdevelopment of guided missiles; and the engine division, it was recently an-nounced, is to build Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets to meet increased defence re-quirements. Employment in Bristol's Air- craft Division has been increaskig forsome time past, and the new programme will, of course, mean its maintenance at ahigh level. Hvdrofin Claims A RRIVING in New York, Mr. Christo-•£*- pher Hook, the British inventor of the Hydrofin airscrew-driven craft, statedthat the Admiralty had begun to take some interest in the anti-submarine pos-sibilities of the Hydrofin. " It cannot be torpedoed," said Mr. Hook. He claimeda speed of 50 m.p.h. and said that single- seater models would cost about £350. "Mel" Aircraft Lost A HALIFAX of the R.A.F., engaged on**• a meteorological flight and carrying a crew of eight, was seen by members ofthe crew of the Fleetwood trawler Flanders to crash into the sea about 15miles south-west of the island of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, on December 29th.Wreckage was found and a B.E.A. Dakota, flying from Stornoway to Glas-gow, diverted to circle the area until re- lieved by an R.A.F. machine. Capt. A.Hadley, pilot of the Dakota, reported see- ing an R.A.F. dinghy half overturned. "LIGHT BLUE TOUCH PAPER . . . . ' Arriving boys' Exhibition, which runs until January 13th, and of I7in diameter. Ministry of Supply and Canuck and Orenda Production SIR ROY DOBSON, president of AvroCanada, has announced that the com- pany is going ahead immediately with new assembly lines for the CF-100 twin- jet heavy fighter and the Orenda axial- flow turbojet. "The Canuck," said Sir Roy, " is now recognized by the Royal Canadian Air Force as the front-line fighter for over-the-Pole warfare." The Orenda has been fully tested in the F-86 Sabre fighter and may later be used to power Canadian-built Sabres. Journalist Honoured AMONG the names in the New YearHonours List is that of Mr. R. W. Haddon, C.B.E., upon whom a knight-hood is conferred. Mr. Haddon is deputy chairman of Associated Iliffe Press (whosecontrol of 33 journals—among which is included Flight—makes it the largesttrade Press group in the world) and a director of various of its subsidiary com-panies. As managing editor of Farmer and Stock-Breeder, and as chairman of the STRATOFREIGHTER JANKER : Refuelling a B-50D Superfortress by the Boeing ••flying boom " method is a KC-97A Stratofreighter, adapted as a tanker. The standard Stratofreighter carries 135 fully equipped troops, 83 litter patients with medical supplies and attendants, or up to 68,0001b of freight. at the New Agricultural Hall for the School- is this British experimental rocket—20ft long R.A.F. exhibits are well patronized. Ministry of Agriculture's PublicityAdvisory Committee, he has had much to do with the country's food production;he was, incidentally, responsible for the famous slogan " Dig for Victory." From1940 to 1946 he was chairman of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund, which raisedapproximately £8T million. Gliding Record Claim "jVTR. MARTIN WARNER, of the Syd--*•»-*• ney Soaring Club, claims an Empire glider height record of more than26,000ft—-4,662ft higher than the British record. A new world record of 42,000ftwas claimed last Saturday by an American, Mr. William S. Ivans. Meteors for Japan '"PHE resident minister for Australia,J- Mr. E. J. Harrison, announced on December 29th that a number of officersand airmen of the Royal Australian Air Force had arrived in Great Britain byair from Australia to study the mainten- ance and operation of the Meteors latelyacquired by the R.A.A.F. After com- pletion of their courses, said Mr. Har-rison, they will go to Japan, where the R.A.A.F. squadron to be re-equipped isbased. As already reported, the Meteors are Mk. 8s, of the type now beingdelivered to R.A.F. squadrons. Smiling Through nPOWER: " Stratocruiser KZ—you are-*- landing downwind on the wrong runway." Pilot: " Roger. You can't be too care-ful." —from the de Havilland Gazette,which, among a number of " Christmas specials " that have reached us during re-cent weeks, deserves special mention for its sustained high level of dry wit with agenuinely aeronautical flavour. Invaders versus Rebels A MERICA is sending 30 Douglas B-26**• Invader light bombers to the French forces fighting the Vietminh rebels inIndo-China. Until they received 40 Grumman Hellcat fighter-bombers last
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