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1951
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776 FLIGHT, 29 June 1951 SERVICE AVIATION . . . Training Command, has been appointed to a similar post at H.Q. M.E.A.F. He will have the acting rank of air commodore. In Naval Aviation, Captain W. T. Couchman, D.S.O.i O.B.E., R.N. is to succeed Rear Admiral E. W. Anstice, C.B, as Flag Officer Flying Training. For the past year Capt. Couchman has commanded H.M.S. Ganttet, the air station at Eglinton. He is a qualified pilot and was in command of H.M.S. Glory in 1946 before becoming Director of Naval Air Organization and Training in 1947. In his new appointment he will have the acting rank of rear admiral. "Flight" photograph GJC. £. G. WATT, who^d the successful Fighter Command team at ths^jecent SA.A. Bisley meet. Sir Keith Park on the R.N.Z.A.F.A CCORDING to Press reports, Air *• Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, speak- ing in Auckland on Thursday of last week, described the Royal New Zealand Air Force as being "in a parlous state." He added "The Government might be asked to give support to the aero clubs by pro- viding work directly connected with national defence, such as training at remunerative rates so that they could at least remain in being." Sir Keith, during the war, held the appointment of Allied Air Commander-in- Chief in South-east Asia. Brigands Grounded WING to a number of accidents that have recently occurred—there have been three in the last three weeks—all the Brigands operating against the bandits in ^'Flight" photograph AFTERNOON OFF-DUTY: Sir Hugh and Lady Walmsley receiving their guests ot^o garden given fay the A.O.C.-in-C. and officers of Flying Training Command H.Q,., at ShmfielaPark, Reading, on Wednesday of last week. iya are grounded until further notice, b announcement has been made as to the cause of the mishaps. Orenda—Canuck FliesT HE first Avro Canuck CF-100 long- range, all-weather fighter to be powered with Orenda turbojets (the prototypes had Rolls-Royce Avons) flew for the first time on June 20th. Mr. Don Rogers, the pilot, said after the flight, "The twin Orendas bring out the CF-100's best and most powerful performance characteristics." Production for the R.C.A.F. is under way. A photograph and details appear on page756. New R.A.F. CamouflageN EW camouflage schemes, varying according to the class of aircraft con- cerned, have been approved for the R.A.F. and are gradually being introduced. Medical Technician Branch AIRMEN with the necessary qualifica-tions serving in the medical and dental trades of the R.A.F. are now eligible for commissions in the newly formed R.A.F. Medical Technician Branch. All candi- FOR H.M.S. "EAGLE"? Production Vickers-Supermarine Attackers being prepared for flight- testing. Note the new dorsal fin which is now standard. dates are required to hold relevant civil professional qualifications and special leave may be granted to likely candidates in order that they may study and qualify. Airmen must be between the ages of 35 and 40 years and will be commissioned as flying officers. Pilots for the Queen's SquadronN O. 600 (City of London) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., of which the Queen is the Hon. Air Commodore, has a limited num- ber of vacancies for National Servicemen as pilots; pre-selection as a pilot for No. 600 Squadron virtually ensures the candidate obtaining a commission. Before the war pilots came to the squad- ron mostly from Lloyds and the Stock Exchange and were taught to fly. Now, because of the greater complication of modern aircraft and of flying generally, only pilots already trained can be accepted. While this has complicated the intake of pilots it does give others the opportunity of being commissioned in this unit. No. 600 is the senior R.Aux.A.F. Squad- ron, and its associations with the City of London are as closely linked now as they have been during the whole quarter of the century of its existence. For a town head- quarters the squadron shares Finsbury Barracks with the Honourable Artillery Company. Wallls Trust Fund THE inventor of the special mines usedby the R.A.F. to destroy the Mdhne and Eder dams in 1943, Mr. B. N. Wallis, is to devote to the education of children of R.A.F. men the entire proceeds of the £ 10,000 award which he received. The money will be used to set up an educational trust at Christ's Hospital in conjunction with the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. 'A Cadet Exchange AS part of the international exchange- scheme, 51 Canadian Air Cadets have been chosen to tour Britain and the United States. Fifty cadets from the United Kingdom, plus one each from Norway, Sweden, Holland and Denmark, will tour Canada as the balance of the exchange.
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