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1951
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18 May 1951 583 Hucknall Attracts 75,000 AS the Appeal Director, Air Chief Marshal Sir" Philip Joubert should have good reason for satis- faction over Whit-Monday's air display at Hucknall, Notts., for a crowd of somewhere round 75,000 attended, and S.S.A.F.A. funds will benefit accor- dingly. Of an excellent flying show we shall have something to say next week. Jacqueline beats Jacqueline FLYING a French-built, Nene-powered, Vampirefrom Istres on May 12th, Mme. Jacqueline Auriolj daughter-in-law of the French President,set up a new women's record over the 100 km closed circuit at 818.181 km-hr (508.8 m.p.h.). This beatsMiss Jacqueline Cochrane's (U.S.A.) record of J468 m.p.h. •: A remarkable coast-to-coast flight has been madein the United States by Max Conrad, who took a Piper Pacer from Los Angeles to New York in 23 hr 44 min 31 sec. dickers' Festival Exhibition SO that overseas visitors to the Festival of Britain may gain animpression of the present-day activities of the Vickers group of companies, the organization has staged an elaborate exhibitionat Vickers House, Broadway, Westminster. It is their first compre- hensive display of its kind since the war and includes many strikingexhibits representative of the aviation, ship-building and general engineering work of the group. Bearing in mind the exhibition's relation to the Festival ofBritain, the aeronautical section is devoted mainly to the commer- cial application of aircraft, and the subject is illustrated by someexcellent photographs and models. The exhibition is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,from Mondays to Fridays (Bank Holidays excepted), and admission is by ticket, obtainable on request from Vickers, Ltd., at the aboveaddress. Sapphire in the States MR. H. T. CHAPMAN, Armstrong Siddeley managing director,has now returned to England after completing arrangements for the first phase of the Sapphire licensing programme with Curtiss-Wright. Within two months of the agreement being signed his firm had delivered a British-built Sapphire, and test runs had started in America; shortly afterwards several British experts in tool design, metallurgy and accountancy joined a production team in the Wright plant at Detroit. The production schedule involves about 1,700 parts and the ordering of 1,600 special machine tools for the Wood Ridge plant, where production will be undertaken. Work is now going ahead on converting drawings of the Sapphire from British standards to American, and materials are being changed because some of those at present in use are not obtainable in the U.S.A. Curtiss-Wright engineers may work to wider tolera but how far they can do so without compromising performanc FIRST OF ITS KIND: Last week the Editor was fortunate enough to be 06/e to examine the new Fokker S.I4 side-by-side jet trainer at Schiphol, and to see its first engine runs and taxying. Mr. Sonderman reported unusually promising handling on the first fast-taxying tests, and by now he will most probably have taken it off on its maiden flight. The engine is a Rolls-Royce Derwent, and twin Martin-Baker seats are installed. It will be at the Paris Salon. Possible appearance of a military flying boat to succeed the Short Sunderland (see reference on page 581). Four turboprop units would be installed. be determined by simultaneous runs of a British Sapphire and an American-built example on parallel test-beds. The first few Sapphires will incorporate British-built parts and will be built to British standards, but a shift to U.S. standards, and the gradual production of the ail-American engine, will follow. By early summer the American company should be able to begin production. The full scale of the American production programme is not known, but the Sapphire will also be built by the Buick company, and the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company have been sub- contracted for parts under a multi-million-dollar contract. A Sapphire has already been installed in an F-84F Thunderjet and the same power plant has been mentioned for a version of the Boeing B-47 and for the Martin XB-51. Mr. T. W. White's Appointment FROM Canberra last week came news that Mr. Menzies, theAustralian Prime Minister, had nominated Mr. T. W. White for the post of Australian High Commissioner in London. Formerly Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, Mr. White will succeed Mr. Eric Harrison. This news will be particularly welcome to all who met him when he paid a brief visit to this country a year ago on his way to an I.C.A.O. confer- ence, for he is a cheerfully ap- proachable personality with in- terest in all aviation matters. This is undoubtedly a legacy of his earlier career, for he learned to fly before the First World War and embarked as a captain with the first flying unit to leave Australia after the war broke He served in Mesopo- tamia and was taken prisoner by the Turks in 1915, but eventually contrived to escape to Russia in 1918. His war-flying service earned him a D.F.C., and he was twice mentioned in des- patches. For five of the inter-war years Mr. White held an Army com- mand, and during the Second World War he rejoined the R.A.A.F. and came to this country; then, as an acting group captain, he was in command of the big reception depot for Dominions aircrews at Brighton, and of a similar unit at Bournemouth. * Now 63 years of age, Mr. White is a founder member and a past president of the Australian Aero Club; he is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The date on which he will assume his new duties has not yet been fixed. Sussex Open Day SQUADRONS of the Sussex Wing A.T.C. were reviewed byA.V-M. H. J. Seward, C.B., C.B.E., A.O.C. No. 61 Group, on the occasion of an R.A.F. open day at Shoreham last Saturday. The flying events—including another astonishing display by the Patrouille d'Etampes—will be described in our next issue. At Wolverhampton Next Saturday ENTRIES for the Goodyear Trophy Race at Wolverhamptonnext Saturday, May 26th (start 3 p.m.) total 19. Pilots and aircraft are as follows:T. W. Hayhow (Aiglet), D. C. Jemmett (Hawk), J. Rush (Falcon), H. Wood (Proctor), W. H. Creber (Auster 5), R. R. Paine (Hawk),E. F. Wild (Auster 5), L. F. Mason (Hawk), W. A. Bower (Autocrat), R. Walley (Auster), J. C. Cairns ( ), D. Everall (Auster), I. A. Forbes(Nighthawk), W. P. Bowles (Messenger), A. E. Coltman (Hawk), M. A. Smith (Gemini), A. L. Cole (Comper Swift), G. Reid Walker(Piper Super Cruiser), F. Dunkerley (Miles M.28). nces : will Mr. T. W. White
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