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1951
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FLIGHT, 6 July 1951 9 STUDYING FORM: Built to investigate a new Handley Page wing form, the H.P. 88 (first depicted in "Flight" lastwsek) isajointHandley Page end General-Aircraft venture. The fuselage is of Supermarine origin. Dive- brakes of large area are mounted on the fuselage sides. HERE AND THERE . . . on the deck of the S.S. Campania, the exhibition ship visiting the port for Bristol's Festival celebrations. Second Canberra for U.S. THE second English Electric Canberrajet bomber to be delivered to the Glenn L. Martin Co. for flight testing will fly theAtlantic this month. Fraises a 1'Helicoptere STRAWBERRIES picked at 6 a.m. in Warwickshire one day last week were on the tables at an Olympia, London, luncheon a few hours later. They had been flown down by an S-51 helicopter on the regular B.E.A. Birmingham-London service. Atom-test Types AIRCRAFT employed by Joint Task Force III in connection with the recent atomic-weapons tests at Eniwetok Atoll included 33 Boeing B-17S, 12 Boeing WB-29S (weather reconnaissance), four Boeing B-50S, two Boeing SB-17s, one Boeing XB-47, ten Lockheed P2VS, ten Lockheed T-33S, six Lockheed F-8os, two Grumman SA-i6s, one Douglas C-54, five Douglas C-47S, 16 Convair L-13S, six Stinson L-5S and four Sikorsky H-5S. Of this number, 22 were pilotless "drones." Film Men— ACTORS in the Battle of Britain filmHawks in the Sun, now being made at R.A.F. station Kenley, include RichardLeven, an ex-fighter pilot who left the Service as a wing commander with aD.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar and Belgian Croix de Guerre; Humphrey Lestoq (radio's"F/O. Kite"), who was a Spitfire pilot and a D.F.C.; John Barry and Harold Siddons,who were both R.A.F. pilots; Cyril Ray- mond, who was a wing commander onfighter-control duties; Ronald Adam, another ex-controller; and cheerful cockneyactor Harry Fowler, re-playing his war- time rank of A.C.2. —and Machines THE original story for the film was written by W/C. A. J. Pelham Groom—who was at Biggin Hill at the time of the Battle— and he is also acting as technical adviser, so accuracy may be expected. Most of the flying is being done by a serving officer in the Hurricane He, Last of the Few— suitably modified, we understand, to resemble a Mk I. Other, non-airworthy Hurricanes have been loaned by the Air Ministry and Hawkers, and a few Spitfires will be seen. The original title of the film, incidentally, was Angels One Five—to our mind a far better one than Hawks in the Sun. It will be remembered that a recent American flying picture, with the title Twelve O'clock High, was well received by the public. IN BR] WORK has started on extensions to theHiller factory at Palo Alto, Cali- fornia, which will treble present produc- tion-space for their Navy HTE and Army H-23 helicopters. * * * Mr. William Martin, who assisted in the building of the original Bristol Box-kite biplane, has died at the age of 90. He was made assistant works manager at Filton in 1914 and retired in 1932. Reorganization and expansion of the factories of H. M. Hobson, Ltd., is to be financed by the issue of new capital: an increase from £200,000 to £400,000 is to be proposed at a meeting on July 18th. A leaflet from Photoflight Ltd., Elstree Aerodrome, Herts, gives examples of aerial photography which they undertake for public authorities, commercial organiza- tions and private individuals. Complementing their London show- rooms (359-61, Euston Road, N.W.i, and Liverpool Road, N.i), F. J. Edwards, Ltd., have opened premises at James Street, Birmingham 3, where their sheet-metal- working machinery, presses and machine tools are demonstrated. THE SECOND ARROW: Designated Pulqui (Arrow) II and built by the Instituto Aerotechnico at Cordoba, Argentina, this Nene-powered fighter was designed by Professor Kurt Tank, formerly of Focke-Wulf. A top speed of 655 m.p.h. is claimed. With his chief assistant, Carlos Maria Choel, and Brigadier Alberto Ferro Sessarego, Professor Tank was due to attend the display at Le Bourget last Sunday. He may also visit London and other European capitals. In the current (July 6th) issue of Metal Industry—the only British journal dealing exclusively with the production, fabrication and use of non-ferrous metals—is a com- prehensive review of metallurgical instru- ments on view at the British Instrument Industries Exhibition now in progress at Olympia, London. * •* * A scheme for training those concerned in the maintenance and installation of scientific instruments in industry has been adopted by the City and Guilds of London Institute; courses will be held in technical colleges. Details are available from the City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, 31, Brechin Place, London, S.W.7. At a luncheon in connection with the 200th anniversary of the discovery of nickel and the 50-year jubilee of Mond Nickel, Mr. L. K. Brindley (managing director) said that the vast increase which had occurred during the past two years in America's demand for nickel had been reflected here, where a priorities system had had to be arranged; the Government had given his company excellent co-operation in this scheme. Mond were now obtaining 13 million tons of nickel ore a year— equivalent to 25 tons a minute.
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