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23 March 1951 333 control could too readily induce a sloppy acceptance of the averageor even of the second-rate. Every encouragement, therefore, needed to be given to men who showed they could personallyrise above such standards. "Otherwise," said the Admiral, "we shall assuredly decline inworkmanship and craftsmanship in the next generation, and our industrial leaders of the future will find themselves quite unableto compete with their opposite numbers in other countries." It was distressing, he continued, to read of stoppages caused bymen indulging in petty recriminations as to whether a certain job was some particular person's business or not. What would mensay if the Press reported the loss or damage to one of His Majesty's ships in a fog, which, it could be shown, was caused by a disputebetween a signalman and a seaman look-out as to whose job it was to report the sighting of rocks ahead ? Greek Airlines to be merged IT has been announced by the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. S.Venizelos, that the three Greek airlines are to be merged with effect from July 1st. They are T.A.E., A.M.E., and HellenicAirlines. The merger is designed to effect economies in adminis- tration and other expenditure, and will be accompanied by a re-organization of existing timetables. T.A.E. has received financial backing from Trans World Airlines, and Scottish Aviation, Ltd.,is financially interested in Hellenic. Convertible Aircraft TECTURING on "Convertible Aircraft" at a joint meeting of••—' the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Helicopter Association in London, on March 17th, Capt. R. N. Liptrot, C.B.E., B.A.,expressed the view that "the lower the degree of convertibility, the better are our chances of success." Capt. Liptrot describedseveral possible "convertible" configurations, and recalled the Herrick "Vertoplane" of 1937. "I would say that from nowonward," he told his audience, "every helicopter design should have small wings, or at least provision for adding them duringdevelopment, since the advantages they confer are so outstanding." A report of Capt. Liprrot's unusually interesting paper willappear in a forthcoming issue. -, ..j^.-.--.).-:..-r,-^? v~v. -^ .- METEORS IN THE MAKING at the new Schipol works of the Fokker Company. Dutch production of Gloster Meteor 8s for the Benelux Countries is to be supplemented by assembly of British Meteor com- ponents in Belgium by Avions Fairey. Four-jet B-47A DEVELOPMENT of the Boeing B-47 six-jet bomber-designated B-47C—is powered with four Allison J-35-A23 jet units, delivering greater thrust than the six General ElectricJ-47S at present installed in Stratojets. The standard J-47 delivers about 5,200 lb thrust, whereas the J-35-A23S are expectedto produce nearly 10,000 lb apiece. Brabazon for the Paris Show TT is learned from France that on the occasion of the 19th Salon•*- International de l'Aeronautique—which, as already announced, will take place between June 15th and July 1st—the BristolBrabazon will make its first flight outside the British Isles. It is intended that the Paris Show this year shall be rather moreelaborate than in the past, and a large number of aircraft which cannot be accommodated in the Grand Palais,or are intended forflight demonstration, are to be assembled at Le Bourget. It is to this airport that Mr. Pegg is expected to take the Brabazon. Viscounts for Air France AS we go to press we learn, with considerable gratification, of- an order which was announced by Air France last Monday— for six Vickers Viscounts. It is understood that these machineswill be introduced on the company's London-Paris route, where, incidentally, they will be in direct competition with aircraft ofthe same type which are to be operated by British European Airways. Delivery of the first machine of the order is expected in early1953, shortly after B.E.A. take over then own first Viscount. ANGLO - AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURING a ten-day visit to New York in January, Capt. J.*•* Laurence Pritchard, retiring Secretary of the Royal Aero- nautical Society, discussed with officials of the Institute of theAeronautical Sciences the arrangements for the Third Anglo- American Aeronautical Conference, to be held at Brighton fromSeptember 3rd to 7th. The R.Ae.S. has now announced some details of the arrange-ments, and issued a provisional list of the ten American and ten British papers which will be read. Only members of the R.Ae.S.and/or the I.Ae.S. will be admitted as delegates to the Conference, which will take place at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. The lectureswill be delivered in the mornings and afternoons of the period Tuesday, September 4th, to Friday, September 7th, starting at9 a.m. each day. In addition to the technical sessions, arrange- ments are being made for delegates to visit places of interest,including the 1951 Exhibition, and to attend special evening func- tions. Following the Conference, opportunities will be given tothe American delegates to visit aircraft firms, and to attend the S.B.A.C. Display at Farnborough. The provisional list of papers is given below. American Paperslinear and Non-Linear Aerodynamics of Low Aspect Wing-Body Combinations at Sub and Supersonic Speeds—A. H. Flax andH. Lawrence (Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory). Structural Problems of Future Aircraft—Nicholas J. Hoff (PolytechnicInstitute of Brooklyn). Aeroelasticity and Flutter—I. E. Garrick (Aeronautical Research^ Scientist, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, N.A.C.A.). .ransonic Aerodynamics—John Stack (Assistant Chief of Research,Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, N.A.C.A.). Jynamic Stability and Control—W. F. Milliken, Jr. (Manager FlightResearch, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory). Propellers for High Speed Aircraft—George Brady (Curtiss-WrightCorporation). Flight Safety—J. Lederer (Daniel and Florence Guggenheim AviationSafety Centre, Cornell University). Jet and Rocket Propulsion—L. Dunn (California Institute of Technology).High-speed Hydrodynamic Development—-E. G. Stout (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation).Jet Efficiencies—George Schairer (Boeing Airplane Company). British PapersAdvances in Aircraft Structural Design—G. T. R. Hill (Sometime Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University College, Universityof London). Reduction of Drag by Distributed Suction—Prof. Sir Bennett MelvillJones (Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering) and S/L. Head, R.N.Z.A.F.Influence of Size on the Performance of Jet Engines and Some Estimates of the Resultant Effects on Aircraft Performance—S. J. Moyes andW. A. Pennington (National Gas Turbine Establishment). Flight Development of Thick Suction Wings—L. P. Coombes (Chief ofthe Division of Aeronautics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia).Some Aerodynamic Advances—A. Fage (Superintendent of the Aero- dynamics Division, N.P.L.).Engineering Problems of Aircraft Operation—B. S. Shenstone (Chief Engineer, B.E.A.).Aircraft Structures—A. H. Hall (Research Officer, Structures Laboratory, National Research Council, Canada).Some Problems of Turbine Transport Operations in Europe—K. G. Wilkinson (Project and Development Branch, B.E.A.).Plastics and Plastic Structures—J. E. Gordon (Principal Scientific Officer, Chemistry Department, R.A.E., Farnborough).Material Properties for High Altitude Operation—Dr. T. P. Hughes (Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Head of Chemistry Department,R.A.E., Farnborough).
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