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1951
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|OO FLIGHT, ) March 951 wm- i PARIS PARTY: Among those present at the recent opening of the R.A.F. Association's new continental H.Q. in Paris were (left to right): Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck; Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir John Slessor; A. V.-M. George; Gen. Larminat; and M. Livry Level, formerly R.A.F. and now a Deputy of Paris. SERVICE AVIATION . . . deliveries are expected towards the end ofthis year. Hastings C. Mk 3s have been ordered. This version has the later Her-cules 737 engines, which should confer better performance and reliability. Both the Hastings 2 (as now beingdelivered to the R.A.F.) and Hastings 3 have an all-up weight of 8o,ooolb, com-pared with the 78,0001b of the Mk 1. Payload thereby benefits by an increase of9 per cent, and ultimate range is extended to 4,000 miles. Navy's Rugby Success BY beating the Army fifteen 11-3 pointsat Twickenham last Saturday, the Royal Navy became the winners for 1951 of the Inter-Services Rugby Football Tournament. It was a well-deserved win by the livelier team. Previously the Navy had beaten the R.A.F., 6-5 points. It is the Navy's first success since the war. The R.A.F. meet the Army in the final match of the Tournament at Twickenham on March 31st. Mobile Radio Exhibition A MOBILE radio servicing exhibition,devised by the R.A.F. Central Servic- ing Development Unit, is now engaged ona three-month tour of radio and radar factories all over the country. Its purposeis to give to the industry a more complete picture of the total radio installation inmodern military aircraft and to acquaint designers, by personal contact, with theproblems involved in maintaining the complicated equipment in efficient workingorder, using National Service manpower. Examples of specific good and bad designfrom the servicing aspect are displayed in three mobile classrooms, exhibits beinglabelled in red to denote bad design, or in green to indicate good design. Makers'names are not shown. A team of experienced N.C.O.s, underthe command of a flight lieutenant, is travelling with the exhibition. It is con-sidered that the spoken word is even more valuable than the exhibits themselves inputting over the problems and in suggesting improvements. The radio industry welcomed the sug-gestion that the exhibition should visit factories. The London area has alreadybeen covered, and during the next few weeks the exhibition will visit factories inSalford, Manchester, Edinburgh, Rugby, Leicester, High Wycombe and Ilford.Altogether 28 factories are being visited. In recent years the R.A.F. has devotedmuch attention to simplifying the servicing of aircraft. Static aircraft exhibitions havebeen arranged at which representatives of the aircraft industry could see examples ofhow thoughtless placing of equipment requiring frequent attention could createdifficulties for the maintenance crews. The new mobile exhibition represents the firstattempt to deal specifically with radio and radar equipment. It is also the first timethat equipment has been taken to the industry at its own factories for demonstra-tions of this type. Air Ministry Appointment THE appointment is announced ofA.V.-M. R. G. Hart, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., as Director-General of Technical Services (II) at the Air Ministry. He succeeds Air Marshal C. W. Weedon, whose appointment as Controller of ROTARY RESCUERS: The R.C.A.F. is using Sikorsky helicopters as part of its Search and Rescue organization. Members of a helicopter- crew pictured during 0 recent search are Cpl. Burrow, L.A/C. Greenough and S/L McLeish. Engineering and Equipment was announced recently. A.V.-M. Hart, who is 52, has commanded No. 90 Group since February, 1949, and was previously Director of Technical Policy at the Air Ministry. R.N.V.R. Flying Time DURING 1950, the four R.N.V.R. airsquadrons flew a record total of over 7,000 hours. The greatest individual total—2,749 hours—was contributed by the largest squadron, No. 1832 at Culham,which made 176 deck-landings during its ten-day spell of carrier training in H.M.S. Theseus. The only R.N.V.R. anti-submarinesquadron, No. 1830, is equipped with Fireflies and is based at Donibristle, nearDunfermline. No. 1830 Squadron's 1,851 flying hours during 1950 included a flightby 16 of its aircraft to Malta, via Marseilles and Rome, for annual training. Thisconsisted of anti-submarine exercises with the Mediterranean Fleet. The unit's non-aircrew members were flown to Malta in a chartered Dakota. Flying times of the other two squadrons,Nos. 1831 (Stretton) and 1833 (Bramcote), were respectively 1,471 and 1,031 hours.Both took part in inter-Service exercises during the year and 1833 Squadron went tosea in H.M.S. Illustrious. The R.N.V.R. squadrons, other thanNo. 1830, are equipped with Seafires. A second Firefly squadron, however, isnow being formed at Culham and will eventually be based at Ford. Reunions > .A.F. Stations Hurn, Harwell, Riven-R hall, 38 Group and Airborne Forces Old Comrades Association.—Annual re- union dinner at the Paviours' Arms, West- minster, London, on Saturday, April 7th,, at I9oohr. Details from W. Scrivens, 54, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. Headquarters Bomber Command Asso- ciation of Officers.—Sixth annual reunion at H.Q., Bomber Command, High Wycombe, Bucks, on Saturday, May 19th, 1951. Details from the Hon. Secretary of the Association at the above address. H.Q. 44 Group and O.A.C. Gloucester. —Third reunion dinner (stag) for officers on Friday, March 16th, 1951. Details from T. Morris, 17, Hyde Park Street, Lon- don, W.2.
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