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1951
1951 - 0492.PDF
306 FLIGHT, 16 March 1951 HERE AND THERE 1951 S.B.A.C. Show IT has now been definitely decided thatFarnborough will again be the scene of the S.B.A.C. Flying Display and Exhibition,to be held from September n-i6th. The first four days—Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday—will be technicians' and guests' days; the public will be ad-mitted on the Saturday and Sunday. A Canberra for Australia IN preparation for Australian productionof the Canberra, one of these aircraft is likely to be flown to the Commonwealth byan R.A.A.F. crew; an announcement about the method of delivery was expected earlierthis week. A newspaper report, on March 8th, that a Canberra would attempt a 24-hour flight to Australia, using flight- refuelling, was officially described as"misleading and inaccurate." International Gas-turbine Courses OVERSEAS engineers visiting Britain for the Festival or the S.B.A.C. Show will be able to take advantage of two "inter- national" courses arranged by the School of Gas Turbine Technology, Farnborough, to coincide with these events. Both courses are of post-graduate standard and cover the design and application of gas turbines (industrial and for aircraft) in a three-week syllabus. The first, coinciding with the early part of the Festival of Britain, lasts from May 27th-June 15th; the second is from September i6th-October 5th. Bristol's Royal Visit FOLLOWING the cancellation of Chel- tenham Races, which they were to have attended on March 8th, H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. Princess Margaret made a 50- minute lunch-time visit to the Bristol BEAMONT IN BALTIMORE: With a typically brilliant demonstration of the Canberra for members of the Martin Company at their Maryland plant, W/C. Roland Beamont put an appropriate seal on the agreement reported elsewhere in this issue) permitting the American company to manufacture the English Electric bomber for the U.S.A.F. The Martin audience were greatly impressed. Aeroplane Company's works and airfieldat Filton. They were welcomed by Mr. Brian Davidson, the company's commercialdirector and, after signing the visitors' book in Filton House, drove to the Brabazonassembly hall, where their entrance was cheered by a group of workers. The Queenand Princess Margaret were introduced to a number of Bristol executives, includingMr. A. E. Russell, chief designer; Mr. F. M. Owner, chief engineer; Mr. EricRoss, company architect; Mr. R. S. Brown, general manager (aircraft division);and Mr. F. D. Chard, Brabazon production manager. Then the Royal party met Mr. A. J.Pegg, chief test pilot, and members of the Brabazon crew. They spent 15 minutes inside the vast aircraft, and showed great interest in its construction and controls. "Her Majesty," reported Mr. Pegg, "in- sisted on going into the wings and behind the engines." A picture appears below. A. Cdre. Oliver Honoured RECENTLY appointed Deputy Lieuten-ant of the County of Staffordshire is A. Cdre. John Oliver, manager of theaviation products department of the Good- year Tyre and Rubber Co. of Great Britain.A. Cdre. Oliver, who served for 30 years with the R.F.C. and R.A.F., is presidentof the Wolverhampton Aero Club. France's Fastest AT Istres, on March 5th, the MarcelDassault 452 Mystere reached a speed of 674 m.p.h.—the fastest ever attained by aFrench aircraft, and 2 m.p.h. in excess of the world's speed record. The Mystereis a swept-wing version of the Nene- powered Ouragan fighter. Progress of the B-52 LIKE the new four-jet bomber ordered forthe R.A.F., the Boeing B-52 is to be produced "from the drawing-board," anda contract will shortly be placed for this heavy bomber. Designed to succeed the B-36, the B-52is basically a larger version of the swept- wing, six-jet B-47, which is in production.Pratt and Whitney are reported to be developing the J-57 axial-flow turbojet forthe B-52; the unit is said to have made UNEXPECTED HONOUR: As reported above, H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. Princess Margaret visited the Bristol Aeroplane Company's works at Filton last week. They are seen inspecting a Perspex model of the coupled Proteus with (left to right) Mr. F. M. Owner, Mr. Brian Davidson and Mr. "Bill" Pegg.
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