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1951
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FLIGHT, 27 April 1951 495 HERE AND THERE turers' part in the supply of these fighters,Mr. Robert Kinkead will shortly set up a London H.Q. as director of the Europeandivision of the Republic Aviation Corpora- tion. Until recently with the DefenceSupply Board of N.A.T.O., Mr. Kinkead has also served in various capacities withFairchild, Boeing and United Air Lines. Canadian Observer Corps PLANS are under way in Canada for theestablishment of a civilian ground observer corps to supplement the R.C.A.F. early-warning radar network. Total member- ship of the new corps—similar in organiza-tion and function to those in Britain and the U.S.A.—is expected to be 150,000 men,women and youths, most of whom will be unpaid part-time volunteers. Louse in the House BIRMINGHAM and District AviationClub were recently presented with a Pou-du-Ciel (Sky-louse—or, more popu-larly, Flying Flea) by Mr. J. A. Fortey, an engineer. This tiny ultra-light aircraft,of the type originally designed by Henri Mignet in 1934, had reposed in Mr.Fortey's bedroom for nearly three years. Explaining his unusual choice in furniture—which proved unpopular with his wife —Mr. Fortey is reported as saying:"I sat in the cockpit each morning to get the hang of the controls. Then I lostinterest." The Pou was originally moved into (and finally out of) the bedroomthrough the window. A Giant Resurrected LITTLE has been heard of the 32oft-span,150-ton Hughes Hercules flying-boat—the largest aircraft in the world—since itsbrief "hop" during taxying tests three- and-a-half years ago. Now reports fromAmerica indicate that the huge boat will resume its flight tests in May. There iseven speculation on the possibility of using the Hughes for experiments in nuclearpower for aircraft. The Hercules is powered by eight 3,ooo-h.p. Pratt andWhitney Wasp Major radials, although the question of using "buried" turboprops inthe wings—as in the Saunders-Roe Prin- cesses—has been studied. Construction isentirely in processed plywood. During the aircraft's 42-month spell in dry dock,numerous modifications have been made at a cost of $10,000,000. GIANTS' LAIR: Carswell, Fort Worth, Texas, is a major base for B-36 bombers of the US.A.F.; it is also the site of the huge Convair factory where the aircraft are built. This scene—from the service side of the airfield—shows installation of one of the six 3,500 h.p P. and W. Wasp Major pusher power plants. The operation entails heavy lifting equipment and a fair-size groundcrew. Swedish Paratroops PARACHUTE troops are to be trained forthe Swedish Army at a new centre now being set up in Central Sweden. Instruc-tors for the school are being trained under the direction of officers who have studiedparatroop operations in America, Britain, France and Belgium. The Swedish AirForce's transport strength might have to be increased as a result; at present itslargest transport aircraft are 12-passenger Ju 86KS. IN BRIEF "ELECTED to the board of the Northern•*-' Aluminium Co., Ltd., is Mr. C. P. Paton, B. Eng. (Canada), general worksmanager. * * * Radio Aids to Navigation, by F. S.Barton, M.A., B.Sc. (Principal Director of Telecommunications Research and Devel-opment, M.O.S.), is among the papers to be read (on July 26th-27th) at the 1951Convention of the British Institution of adio Engineers. "They were refused an airfield licence, but got one for ship NEW HEATHROW HANGAR: Now being erected for M.C.A. at London Airport, this three-bay hangar is chimed to be the largest of its type ever built in aluminium alloy (each bay spans 150ft, with clear-doorway openings l?5f£ wide by 30ft high). The designers are S.M.D., Ltd., Slough. American Airways have presentedihy for a new "payload" contest at the .E. Whitsun meeting (May 13th-14th), first major model-flying event in the F.A.I. Calendar. The Handley Pageairfield at Radlett is the venue. M.A.: Of the eight candidates who passedcompletely Part I of the A.F.R.Ae.S. Examination in December last, seven camefrom the Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering. They wereR. S. Dabbs, D. A. Drane, E. Mowforth, C. R. Raynham, B. S. Shergill, I. H. Smart,and F. I. V. Walker. The firm of B. O. Morris, Ltd., of Coven-try, makers of Morrisflex flexible-shaft and industrial finishing equipment, announcethe appointment of H. S. Royce as director and general manager and of Mr. M. B. E.Masters as sales director. Mr. Royce was with Rolls-Royce, Ltd., of Derby, andduring the war was loaned by them to the Ministry of Aircraft Production; he alsospent some time with the British Purchas- ing Commission in the U.S.A. Mr. Mas-ters has been with B. O. Morris for several years as sales manager.
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