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1951
1951 - 1073.PDF
668 FLIGHT, 8 June 1951 ITALIAN STYLES: A "Flight" artist's impressions of two forthcoming jet aircraft by Macchi and Fiat. The swept-wing single-seater fighter is the Macchi MB. 324 and the straight-wing tandem- seat trainer the Fiat G. 80. the trouble—presumably by radio—Kun- dert drove a jeep on to the airfield, closed- in on the aircraft, and (so the story goes) held down the tail while standing in the jeep and driving with one hand. P.S. to S. of S. MR. T. C. G. JAMES has been appointedprivate secretary to the Secretary of State for Air, ia succession to Mr. A. L. M.Cory, recently promoted. Magnesium Control THE Ministry of Supply has announcedthat control of the distribution and use of magnesium and its alloys will come intoforce on June nth. Supersonic Wallops A PARTIAL lifting of security bans onnews of the Wallops Island, Virginia, guided-missile range is reported to haverevealed that test models have reached 30-mile altitudes and attained 3,000 m.p.h.Many models fly for only two minutes before plunging into the Atlantic. TO TEST CF-100s: Peter R. Cope, who, as we recorded last week, is joining Avro Canada, Ltd., as a test pilot. He has held a similar post with Armstrong Whitworth—another member of the Hawker Siddeley Group—for the past 15 months. Ambitions Achieved WINNERS of Women's Junior Air Corps flying scholarships are Miss Beryl Harding of Ilford, Essex, and Miss Mavis Johnson of Croydon, Surrey. They will receive flying instruction at Southend and Redhill respectively. Distinction for Airline Pilot B.O.A.C. Senior Captain William L.Stewart, who has now been flying for some 20 years, has become the first airline pilotof Canadian nationality to be made an Associate Fellow of the Royal AeronauticalSociety. Captain Stewart was one of the first pilots (if not the first) to complete 100North Atlantic flights. Comfort for Quadrupeds - A NEW "luxury" type of horse-box hasbeen developed by Australian National Airways for the transport of racehorses intheir Bristol Freighters. Measuring 5ft high by 7ft long, the boxes are open at bothends, so that a horse can be walked right through them, and five or six are carried atone time, according to the length of the journey. De-icing for all THE electro-thermal de-icing techniquesdeveloped during three years of research work by the Low-temperature Laboratoryof the National Aeronautical Establishment at Ottawa are to be made available for useon commercial aircraft throughout the world. Mr. John L. Orr, head of thelaboratory, made this announcement in a recent speech at the annual meeting of theEngineering Institute of Canada. Courses at Harwell PHYSICISTS and engineers who wish toobtain specialized knowledge of electronic instruments used in nuclear physics, radiochemistry, and work with radio isotopes, are being offered a course at the AtomicEnergy Research Establishment, Harwell. The opening course, of one week's dura-tion, starts on July 27th. Application should be made as soon as possible : detailsare obtainable from the Electronics Divi- sion, A.E.R.E., Harwell, Didcot, Berks. IN BRIEF TTHE chairman's report of British Insu- -Mated Calender's Cables, Ltd., to bepresented at the annual general meeting on June 14, mentions the use of B.I.C.C. Cables in such notable aircraft as the Canberra, Comet and Viscount.* * * For the past three years public relationsofficer to Exide and associated companies, Mr. Richard Clements, B.Sc, leaves at theend of this month in order to devote his full time to his Hertfordshire farm. * * * H.F. heating equipment, electronic con-trol apparatus, resistance-welding machines and television equipment are among theproducts on view at the new industrial- application showroom recently opened byPhilips Electrical, Ltd., at Brixton. * * * W/C. R. H. Stocken has recently beenappointed aeronautical consultant to J. Stone and Co. (Charlton), Ltd., a firm wellknown for airframe and engine castings in magnesium and aluminium alloys, and forcopper-bearing alloy castings. W/C. Stocken also represents, in this country,the Societe Industrielle Suisse of Neu- hausen, and Interavia S.A. Publications of Geneva. * * * An agreement has been concluded between Smiths Aircraft Instruments, Ltd., Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., and K.L.M., whereby K.L.M. are appointed official service and repair organization in the Netherlands for Smiths, Kelvin and Hughes instruments. Sales will continue in the hands of the existing Netherlands representatives, Technische Handelmij Hollinda N.V., whcse headquarters are at Lange Vijverberg 13, The Hague. TAKING IT HOME: W/C. Zahir Ahmed, C.F.I, of the North Indian Flying Club, left England recently to fly a new Auster Aiglet tc Lahore, Pakistan, a distance of 5,000 miles; h( planned to take, ten days. An additional fuel tank has been installed in the rear of the cabin and, with an external auxiliary tank makes the Aiglet's total capacity 43 gals.
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