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1951
1951 - 1363.PDF
62 FLIGHT, 20 July i95l HERE AND THERE Canberra Deliveries IT is now learned that the second east-west transatlantic flight by an English Electric Canberra is unlikely to take place before late August. The first delivery to Aus- tralia, however, is expected to be made this month. American Super-Carrier THREE years will be required to buildthe 59,900-ton aircraft carrier, ordered for the U.S. Navy. With a length of 1,040ftand width of 252ft it will be by far the largest vessel of its kind. The "island"will be retractable to give a completely flush flight deck. Third Anglo-American Conference THE Royal Aeronautical Society announces that the number of registra- tions for the Third Anglo-American Con- ference to take place at Brighton between September 4th and 7th, has greatly exceeded expectations. No applications can be accepted after July 23rd. New Napier Factory NEGOTIATIONS are in progress for theconstruction of a factory at Bootle, Lanes., to be jointly operated by D. Napier andSon, Ltd., and the Ministry of Supply, for the production of Rolls-Royce Avonturbojets. More than 6,000 workpeople are likely to be employed. The probablesite—at present open grassland—is some 70 acres in extent. COMPOSITE POWERED, with an Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop and a Hispano Nene turbojet, is the Breguet 690 deck-landing strike aircraft, the first prototype of which is shown. A land-based single-seater development is envisaged. Naval Day R.N. Air Stations Gosport and Lee-on- Solent announce that they will be holding their combined annual air display at the latter station on September 1st. Dorothy Spicer Essay Contest THE 1952 Dorothy Spicer Memorial Prize Essay Contest is announced by the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers. Open to licensed engineers within the British Commonwealth, the competition is for a paper (up to 5,000 words in length) on any one of a wide variety of subjects concerned with aircraft maintenance and operation. The closing date is not until February 29th next, but prospective com- petitors are advised to make early applica- tion, for entry forms and rules, to the S.L.A.E. general secretary at Finsbury Circus House, Blomfield Street, London E.C.2." Atlantic Jet Pilot Honoured THE Harman International Trophy, givento America's outstanding pilot of the year, has been awarded to Col. D. C. Schilling inrecognition of his flight-refuelled crossing of the Atlantic in an F-84E last September,when he flew from Manston to Limestone, Maine, in ten hours. Another Thunderjetaccompanied him, but its pilot had to bale out over Labrador. THE FEET OF A GIANT: First views of the new bogey undercarriage in place on the Blackburn and General Aircraft Universal Freighter. The close-up shows the "sponson" and also strut, but not the fairing between the two. FASTEST AND HIGHEST: As already recorded, Douglas test pilot Bill Bridgeman, whose portrait is reproduced here, has flown faster and higher than any other human being. His mount was the Douglas Skyrocket. IN BRIEF 1 THE various grades of Klinger jointings,with compressibility and resilience data and a guide to selection for a wide variety of applications, are dealt with in an attrac- tive colour-printed brochure newly pub- lished by Richard Klinger, Ltd., Klingerit Works, Sidcup, Kent. s ' * * * Flight regrets to learn of the death, which took place suddenly on June 27th, of Mr. H. C. Mills, managing director of the Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., London, S.W.11. * * * A. C. Wickman, Ltd., the Coventry machine-tool specialists, have changed their name to Wickman, Ltd. * * * At the recent annual general meeting ofC. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., Mr. L. W. Farrow, C.B.E. (chairman), said that thenew Stanlaw plant was almost complete and was already providing the major part of thegroup's oil production. It included a unit for the production of special additives. * * * A "Besco" pocket-book of conversion tables and other data, with a number of pages of graph paper for note-taking, has been prepared by F. J. Edwards, Ltd., 359-361, Euston Road, London, N.W.ij andVobtainable from them at 3s.
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