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1951
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614 FLIGHT, 16 November 1951 HERE AND THERE Danish Air Force Commander DENMARK'S new Air Force chief is Col. Finn Lambrechts; he succeeds Lt. Gen. Bjarne 0en, who has been appointed Nor- wegian representative at General Eisen- hower's headquarters. Col. Lambrechts, who was commissioned in the Navy in 1921, obtained his wings in 1924. For the past five years he has been A.O.C. the Vestlandet Air Command. The Mighty Mouse SINCE a variety of hawk which feedsprincipally on field-mice deserted the Cape Province (South Africa) area, the mice haveincreased to such an extent that their burrowings have undermined the runwayat Kuruman Airport. It has been declared unfit for use, and may have to be relaid. Instantaneous Bearing FOR over a year past, Marconi Type AD. 200 V.H.F. direction-finding equipment has been installed at the English Electric Company's airfield at Warton and at de Havillands, Hatfield. So successful has the equipment proved that at least four other installations are shortly to be made. The console in the control tower is furnished with a dial graduated in 360 deg and, when an aircraft "speaks" to control, its bearing is instantaneously registered on the dial. The pilot can thus immediately be told his bearing-to-base. A Danish A.O.P. DEVELOPED from the KZ VII Lark, a new light aircraft, the KZ Xs has been produced by Skandinavisk Aero Industri, Copenhagen. Designed by K. G. Zeuthen and Bjorn Andreassson and first flown in October, it is a two-seat brSced-high-wing monoplane with a fixed divided under- SABRE SHIPMENT: F-S6s of No. 410 Squadron, R.C.A.F., being taken aboard the Canadian Carrier "Magnificent" for ferrying to Glasgow, where they were due to arrive early this week. Of the 48 aircraft, 38 received full transit-preservation treatment; the rest were temporarily protected. carriage and a tailwheel. It is powered by a 145 h.p. Continental with a constant- speed airscrew. It is to be used as an air observation post for the Danish Army (12 have already been ordered) and for this reason the seating has been placed in tan- dem; there is room for an additional seat. Leading dimensions are: Span, 30ft ioinj length, 21 ft 4m; height, 6ft 11 in; all-up weight, i,875lb;maximumspeed, i33m.p.h. Argentina Upside-down THE latest looping "record" has been achieved by an Argentinian woman pilot with 862 consecutive loops (in 250 minutes) in an American light aircraft; she claims this as the best-yetby a woman. Evidently she was inspired by the 1,090 loops made recently in a Piper Cub by an Argentinian flying-club instructor. Recognition Classic ENTRIES are invited by the Aircraft Recognition Society for its annual competi- tion for the Silver Hurricane Trophy, at present held by the West London Aviation Club. The 'contest is to take place in the lecture theatre of the Science Museum, South Kensington, at 4.30 p.m. on Satur- day, January 19th, and A. Cdre. C. H. Vasse, C.B.E., Commandant of the R.O.C., has consented to act as independent um- pire, while Mr. Peter Masefield, M.A., F.R.Ae.S., will present the trophy. The contest is open to three-member teams representing recognized clubs or other bodies interested in aircraft; details are obtainable from the hon. secretary, Mr. G. B. Pollinger, 15, Tavistock Street, London, W.C.2. Recruiting Drive DESCRIBED by a local newspaper as "one of the most attractive and well-laid- out recruiting centres in the country," the R.A.F. Recruiting Centre at Eden Street, Kingston-on-Thames, is reported to have dealt with over 600 candidates for aircrew and groundcrew duties since last June. Development Mission A MISSION to discuss closer co-ordina- tion between Australia and the United Kingdom on aircraft and equipment development is on its way to Australia by air at the invitation of the Australian government. Due to arrive in Australia tomorrow, November 17th, the party is headed by Mr. S. Scott-Hall, Director- General of Technical Development (Air), Ministry of Supply. The other members are: A. Cdre. H. V. Satterly, Director of. Operational Requirements (A), Air Minis-' try; Mr. W. G. Downey, Assistant Secre- tary, Air Division (Ministry of Supply); and Mr. S. F. Follett, Director of Instru- E. 1 .r .J. ; AKE A LOOK: The variety of uniforms typical of the Empire Test Pilots' School .,..... i * idence at Hucc/ecote recently, when a party visited the Gloster works. On the extreme left is S[L. Waterton, the Company's chief test pilot; ••Cartwheel" Zurakowski, assistant C.T.P., is second from right; third from right is Mr. E. S. Greenwood, technical sales manager.
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