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1951
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FLIGHT, 18 January 1951 63 HERE AND THERE. . . Balliol has already visited there. OfCanadian types, American pilots have test-flown the CF-100, while the U.S.Army and Air Force have purchased six de Havillaad (Canada) Reavers, two ofwhich are to be" tested in Alaska. On the reverse side of the picture, two F-86s areon test here; a number of these fighters— Canadian- and/or American-built—arelikely to be supplied to the R.A.F. Bird-flight Explained A NEW exhibit contained in four largecases at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, explainsthe mechanics of bird-flight. Annotated illustrations and models show how birdstake off, fly, glide, hover, dive and land, and skeletons are used to explain their"airframe" structure. About-face HTWO of Japan's leading military-aircraft-*• designers, Saburo Horikoshi and Kiro Honjo, are reported to be workingin a technical-executive capacity for the U.S.A.F. at Tachikawa air base nearTokyo. Horikoshi was responsible for the Zero fighter and Honjo for the Bettybomber. Marstrand Tyre Award THE Royal Commission on Awards toInventors has recommended an ex- gratia payment of £2,250 to Maj. O. J.Marstrand, inventor of the twin-contact aircraft tyre. Taken up by Dunlops, whorecognized its value for preventing tail- wheel shimmy without restricting man-oeuvrability, the Marstrand tyre came into general use during the war. Outsize TransportsT HE construction of large semi-rigidor rigid airships to serve as long- distance fuel tankers, or for trooping, isadvocated by Mr. P. W. Litchfield, chair- man of the Goodyear Tyre and RubberCo. The U.S. Navy, as is well known, has consistently used small non-rigids—" blimps "—for patrol and training duties. America, also, has a monopoly of theworld's helium supply. F'T FOR A PRINCESS ; Carefully cocooned, the first of the coupled Proteus turboprops for the big Bounders-Roe flying-boats leaves Bristol for Cowes. Each of the three aircraft now under construc- tion will have four coupled and two single Proteus units. TWENTY-FOUR ROCKETS of 5/n calibre are seen snugly disposed beneath the swept wings of a Republic F-84F fighter on test at Muroc. This latest addition to the Thunderjet family is faster, has a longer range, and carries more armament than its precursor, the F-84E, now serving in Korea. Span is 34ft, length 38ft, and height 14ft. NEWS IN BRIEF MR. H. A. R. BINNEY, C.B., has beenappointed director and secretary of the British Standards Institution in suc-cession to the late Mr. Percy Good, C.B.E. • * * Le College of Aeronautical Engineering" lold a dance on February 9th, at enil Galleries, Chelsea. (Ticketsfrom the College Office, 102 Sydney Street, London, S.W.3.) • » # " Antisep" water-miscible cutting oilfor machine tools, including automatics, is the subject of a brochure from EdgarVaughan and Co., Ltd., Legge Street, Bir- mingham, 4. • # » Sir Thomas G. Spencer, M.I.E.E.,managing director of Standard Tele- phones and Cables, Ltd., has been electedchairman of the board. He succeeds the late Sir Frank Gill, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.,who died last October. # * * Firms willing to receive visitors at their factories during the Festival of Britain are asked to communicate with Mr. S. D. Cooke, Council of Industrial Design, Til- bury House, Petty France, London, S.W.I (Victoria 8484). • • * Among the names which figured in the New Year Honours list was that of Mr. A. R. Driessen, Eastern Area branch manager for British Insulated Callender's Cables, Ltd. Since 1941 Mr. Driessen has been prominently associated with Air Training Corps activities in the Eastern Counties, particularly in regard to gliding training; he was responsible for the film Wings for the A.T.C. He is now District Gliding Officer for the A.T.C. Eastern Area. * • * In Flight of January 4th there appeared an item concerning Jenolite A.C.I alu- minium cleaner and degreaser, based on information supplied by the makers. They now ask us to state that A.C.I does not, in fact, carry A.R.B. approval; it is not the Board's practice to grant approval of such preparations, as they do not fall within the class of materials prescribed in Chapter A6-7 of Section A, British Civil Airworthiness Requirements, as re- quiring A.R.B. approval. PRACTICAL FASHION: London Airport fire- crews are testing a new type of helmet. It is of small diameter, to facilitate ingress through narrow apertures, and has a heat-resistant plastic visor. Designed by the M.C.A. in con- junction with Jas. Hendry, Ltd., of Glasgow, it is made by the latter.
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