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1951
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34 FLIGHT, 11 January 195 HERE AND THERE. . tinued use as a bombing-range by the R.A.F. and U.S.A.F. It is rumoured tfaift, in order to avoid friction—particularly undesirable at the present juncture— the Americans would be prepared to forgo their rights to the use of the island as a target. Getting No Place Fast WUTING of the Super Constellation,eventually to be offered with turbo- props but now fitted with piston engines,an American contemporary innocently gives us our first New Year smile: " Oneof tomorrow's jets is now airborne, but it's flying on reciprocals." Brab. II Goes Ahead IN spite of the increased demands of there-armament programme, states the Bristol Aeroplane Company, work on theBrabazon II prototype is continuing. The Brabazon II (or Type 167/2) is the ver-sion designed for direct transatlantic operation; it will have eight paired Pro-teus turboprops. The Helping Hand THE re-opening of several moreR.C.A.F. airfields was forecast last week by Mr. Claxton, Canada's Ministerof Defence; he said that it had been de- cided substantially to increase the train-ing facilities already offered to the air forces of the North Atlantic Treatycountries. Causing a Flap "DEFERENCES in the newspapers to-tv " an aircraft with wings that flap like a bird's" can be attributed to the factthat the French Rey R.I experimental monoplane (two 220 h.p. Renault 6Q) lastweek made its maiden flight at Melun Villaroche, near Paris. It has wingswhich, by an clastic-linkage system, vary their incidence automatically in turbulent SIX-GUN STING: Disclosed in this newly-released drawing of the Northrop Scorpion twin-je: night and bad-weather fighter, now in production for the U.S.A.F., are the six 20 mm guns and multiple fuel tanks. A speed of 600-m.p.h order is officially claimed. air; and the pilot has an overriding con- trol by which he can impose any desired angle. The aircraft is entirely orthodox in appearance. Canuck Coming Here ? TWO Avon-powered prototypes of theC.F.100 Canuck have now made over 150 test flights. One of them is likelyto be brought to this country following a request by the C.A.S., Marshal of theRoyal Air Force Sir John SlessiT, who recently visited the Avro Canada works. It will be recalled that a proposed visitof the C.F.100 to the 1950 Farnborough Show was cancelled in order that thedevelopment programme should not be interrupted. Graphic Intelligence TT is reported from New York that-*- R.A.F. staff officers in Washington have attended the screening of Russiandocumentary films, captured in Korea and showing recent Soviet fighters, includingthe Mig-15. NEWS IN BRIEFI T is announced that W. A. Rollason,Ltd., and Rollason Engines, Ltd., have moved their head offices from CroydonAirport to Terminal House, Victoria, London, S.W.I (Sloane 0611). Speaking at theannual general meet- ing of S. Smith andSons (England), Ltd., Sir Allan Gordon-Smith, K.B.E., D.L. (chairman), said thatSmiths Aircraft In- struments, Ltd., hadachieved record sales during the past year.A field service and installation advisoryservice were now features of thedivision's world-wide activities. APPROVAL: Inspecting a Lockheed F-94 at the makers' Rurbank (California) plant are members of a technical supply delegation from the North Atlantic Treaty countries. Left to right: Robert Kink- head, U.S.A.; hi. E. Hancocke of the Minis- try of Supply, chairman of the delegation; Col. Noel Daum, France; Col. Carlo Alippi. Italy; and Ing. en Chef Gaston Fournier, France. A £30,000 three-storey extension to theworks of the Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co., Ltd., was opened recently byMrs. Laure Dormer, widow of the late Mr. H. A. Dormer, the company's firstchairman. * * * The whole of the ground-floor spacein the National Hall, Olympia, has now been allotted to exhibitors at the BritishPlastics Exhibition and Convention (June 6th-16th), and the first floor is filling. Theexhibition is organized by the journal British Plastics. The Hawker Siddeley Group last week announced a fall of rather over £760,000 in profits for the year ended July 31. The figure is £4,798,717 as against the pre- vious year's £5,562,548. The news came as no surprise to shareholders, who had been previously warned by Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith that the 1948-49 profit was "ex- ceptional"; nevertheless, their dividend is maintained by a final 17? per cent, making 32j per cent as before. * # * A number of staff re-appointments andredesignations are announced by the British Aluminium Co., Ltd. Their effectis that Mr. G. W. Lacey is director in charge of sales; Mr. R. G. H. Linzee ^director in charge of establishment; Mr- G. A. Anderson is general sales manage:(with responsibility for the routine work of the sales division); and Mr. H. H. Cundell is home sales manager, following the formation of an export sales department,under Mr. P. J. Ferguson, Mr. M. J. J- Richards is now in charge of the Scottishoffice.
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