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1951
1951 - 0938.PDF
FLIGHT, 18 May 1951 585 HERE AND THERE . . . committees and representatives; amongthese are a Licensing Panel, Civil Aircraft Specification Committee, ExaminationsPanel, Industrial Relations Panel, Dorothy Spicer Memorial Essay Committee, arepresentative on the M.C.A. National Civil Aviation Consultative Council, anda representative on the B.S.I. Committee responsible for standardizing identificationmethods on aircraft pipeline systems. The general secretary of the S.L.A.E., whoseoffices are at Finsbury Circus House, Blomneld Street, London E.C.2, is Mr.Peter F. Murray. Another B-36 Lost THE U.S.A.F. lost another B-36 recently, in a crash during a sandstorm at the Kirt- land Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Twenty-two of the 24 men on board lost their lives, and other aircraft on the field were damaged by the fire. This is the sixth B-36 to be lost. Marine V.P. VARIABLE-PITCH marine propellers are something of a rarity, but one is employed on the new motor collier Wandsworth, mainly to facilitate handling during her routine passages on the Thames. By a co- incidence, two firms well known in the aircraft industry are associated with the production of the screw: J. Stone and Co., Ltd., of Deptford, made the main components and the blade-attachment bolts are of Henry Wiggin's "K" Monel . metal. Versatile Test-Pilot APART from his duties as chief test pilotof Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Mr. H. J. Penrose, O.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., A.M.I.N.A.,is a keen ornithologist and, in quite a different sphere, a professional yacht-designer. In the current (May) issue of our associated journal Yachting World thedesign supplement features the new "Sheer- line" cruiser from his drawing board—an inexpensive sailing vessel of ij tons displacement and 19ft overall length;Aeromarine, Ltd., Emsworth, Hants, are Ae builders. otogran THERE WAS I ... The disrespectful behaviour of the crew of this Swordfihi^pilot, Mr^fidter Twiss) proved highly diverting to the guests at the R.Ae.S. Garden Party, described last week. IN BRIEF WELL VENTILATED by a Communist bullet is the canopy of this South African Air Force Mustang, pilot FjL. Potgeiter. THE GIPSY'S REVENGE: A few seconds after this photograph was taken of a Tiger Moth inverted over Durban, the engine stalled, obliging the pilot (as we reported in "Flight" of May 4th) to make on emergency landing at Durban Airport. His chief worry was the loss, while inverted, of a prized silver pencil; his comment, "It was a case of the old piston engine getting its own back on me," His name, Sir Frank Whittle. ' EXTENDED wing-tips, increasing thespan from 59ft to 61.5ft, were noted on the Short Sealand which visited theRoyal Aeronautical Society Garden Party, reported last week. Important orders forthe Sealand may soon be announced. * * * Dr. C. F. Bareford, who is head of theMilliard electronic research laboratory, has been made a director of MilliardEquipment, Ltd. * * * The latest addition to the list of aircraft in which G.E.C. Heavy Alloy is used—for rudder and elevator balances—is the Per- cival P.56. * * * A new former-head designed by Chamber-lain Industries, Ltd., Staffa Road, London E.io, as an accessory to their two-stagehydraulic tube-bending machine greatly increases the capacity of that equipment. * * * A treatise on zirconium—a "new" metal having outstanding corrosion-resistance— is a feature of No. 8 issue ofMurex Review. The material is being produced for the first time on a commercial scale in this country by Murex, Ltd., Rainham, Essex. * * * Used on the interior panelling of thefirst B.O.A.C. Comet, "SaR-ReZ" is a new liquid plastic finish for wood. Madeby Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd., it will be featured on their stand at theBritish Plastics Exhibition (Olympia, June 6-i6th.). * * * Speaking at the annual general meeting of the R.F.D. Co., Ltd.—whose aero- nautical products include life-rafts (one type with an inflatable weather cover) and gunnery-training equipment—the chair- man said that over 75 per cent of the turn-over in 1950 had been on export orders. * * * "Tygan" woven p.v.c. plastic fabric, as used in aircraft upholstery, and "Tyglas" woven glass fabric—an efficient medium for fireproofing, electrical insulation, filter- ing and other purposes—were shown recently at the opening of the new show- rooms of Fothergill and Harvey, Ltd., at 103 Mount Street, London, W.i. Another special-purpose fabric exhibited was "Fly- screen", a variant of "Tygan" for screening purposes in the tropics.
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