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1951
1951 - 0980.PDF
25 May 1951 613 Wilbur Wright Lecture MR. A. E. RAYMOND, of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, is to deliver the 39th Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture before the R.Ae.S. on September 10th; his subject will be announced later. Not So Fantastic IT is reported that in five years the mem- bership of the British Interplanetary Society—once regarded by many as some- thing of a "crank" organization—has grown from 270 to 1,200, and that new members are joining at the rate of 70 a month. The possibilities of space travel by rocket are, of ccrse, the Society' • chief interest. Stepping Up TO allow more capacity for their produc- tion of jet fuel-system components, Joseph Lucas (Gas Turbine Equipment), Ltd., are shortly to take over the Broadgreen, Liverpool, works of Elexcel, Ltd., a sub- sidiary of the Automatic Telephone Co. They will operate the factory on behalf of the Ministry of Supply. Twin-Jet Racer CENTRE-PIECE of the Fouga stand at the 19th International Aeronautical Salon, opening in Paris on June 15th, will be the Lutin twin-jet avion de competition, capable of 500 km/hr (310 m.p.h.). At le Bourget, in company with the jet-powered Cyclope II and Gemaux I, will be a CM. 101R piston- engined transport, having two auxiliary Pimene turbojets. Airmet's Appeal THE 21,500-signature petition for the restoration of the Airmet weather service is shortly to be presented to the Government. Of the total number of signatures, 4,370 are from people with aviation interests and 5,898 from agriculturists. Delivering the presidential address of the Royal Meteoro- logical Society last week, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, retiring president, made a strong plea for the restoration of the service in a redesigned form. DROPPING A PACKET: Fairchild have recently been flight-testing a new four-wheel-bogie undercarriage for the Packet, making use of the impact-measuring attachments seen here. Strain-gauges transmit readings'.to oscillographs carried in the hold. Prestwick Display Cancelled AS a result of various complicating factorswhich have arisen, the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association air dis-play at Prestwick, fixed for July 7th, has been indefinitely postponed. Aid for France TWELVE Thunderjets, the first of this type to be received under the U.S. aid programme, were handed over to the French Air Force at Rheims on May 17th in the presence of General Eisenhower. France has so far received about 120 fighters and light bombers, plus an undis- closed number of B-26 Invaders delivered direct to Viet-Nam. R-R. Scottish Production EXECUTIVES of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., have arrived in Glasgow to discuss the pre- liminary plans for the new engine factory at East Kilbride. It is hoped that the plant will be ready for production within a year. It is estimated that the 3,500 workers will eventually be employed. Rolls-Royce have also leased smaller factories in adjoining areas. Aeronautical Influence OPERATED by a 900 h.p. vee-twelve Fiat engine, a 150 m.p.h. wind tunnel of 8ft 6in working diameter is in use at the Mandello, Italy, works of the Moto-Guzzi company for windage tests on racing motor cycles. As well as the usual balances for measuring resistance, the aeronautical wool-tufting system is used, on both machine and rider, to show the breakaway of airflow. A description of the test methods employed appears in the May 17th issue of our assoc- iated journal The Motor Cycle. NOT PRESS DAY in "Flight" offices, but U.S. airmen dumping surrender leaflets from a Dakota of the U.S. 374th Troop Carrier Wing over Korea. The slipstream causes some of the leaflets to fly around as the bundles are pushed out of the open hatches. IN BRIEF IT is reported from Toronto that RussellIndustries, Ltd., will spend $i| million on capital expansion this year, of which$1 million will be for a new plant devoted to aircraft gearbox production.* * * Mr. E. S. Pearse, A.F.R.Ae.S., A.M.I.Prod.E., who was at one time senior sub-contracts manager at Vickers' Wey- bridge works, and was subsequently with the Hunting group, has been appointed works manager of Quickfit and Quartz, Ltd., Stone, Staffs, manufacturers of laboratory and industrial glassware. MR. A. HILLIER, O.B.E., F.C./.S., A.F.R.Ae.S., who has completed 35 years' ser- vice with the Sperry Company. His colleagues have presented him with an oil painting of him- self. Mr. A. G. Brownsill has been appointed London manager of the Goodyear aviation service division. His duties will largely be at London Airport and at Northolt, where he will have an office. Goodyear disc brakes, it may be recalled, are in use on B.O.A.C. Argonauts. * * * The B.B. Chemical Co., Ltd., Leicester, commenting on Mr. H. Povey's R.Ae.S. lecture on Comet construction methods (Flight, April 27th) wish it to be known that the Bostik solutions referred to by the lecturer were special adhesives and sealing compounds prepared for the particular job mentioned.
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