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1952
1952 - 0180.PDF
"Flight" photographs (Jop left) G/C. D. C. McKinley, the present Chief Instructor at the R.A.F. Flying College, with G/C. H. W. Mermagen, the C.I. designate. (Top right) The team for New Zealand get their weather briefing from the met. officer, Mrs. Press. (Bottom left) The Alaskan team in their special cold-weather Clothing. (Bottom right) S/L Lawrence and FJL Sparrow demonstrate the adjustable fur-rimmed helmet fitted to Arctic flying suits. SERVICE AVIATION . . . will return to Singapore via Townsville, Australia, and again follow the trunk route back to Britain. The long-range Lincoln Aries III was next away, at 09.00 hr on Wednesday January 9th. In command was S/L. R. G. Oakley, with two navigators, F/L. D. F. H. Grocott and F/L. A. D. Jillings, both of whom took part in the trans-polar flight made in the same aircraft last September. Aries has tankage for 4,600 gallons of fuel, which gives a still-air range of approxi mately 4,000 miles and an endurance of 23 hours. With this performance available, the timetable allowed for Singapore to be reached with only one stop—at Bahrein in the Persian Gulf. From Singapore Aries was scheduled to fly on to Japan, stopping only at Clarke Field at Luzon in the Philippines, and reaching Haneda, near Tokyo, on Janu ary 15th. These long hops must have been extremely tiring for a team of ten cooped up in a bomber fuselage. From Tokyo visits will be made to see the Australian Meteor Squadron, No. 77 R.A.A.F., and units of the U.S.A.F. in action in Korea. On the return flight from Singapore stops will be made at Negombo, Ceylon, and Habbaniya. Leaving at the same time as Aries was another Lincoln, SX 953, with S/L. R. S. Radley as captain. This aircraft is to make a round trip of 22,500 miles to Australia and back. While in Australia visits will be made to R.A.A.F. H.Q., to the new college at Point Cook and to bomber and fighter squadrons. The most interesting visit of all, however, will be to the Guided Missile Research Establishment at Woomera. Last of all to leave was the Hastings, WD 499, carrying the two teams visiting Canada and Alaska. This aircraft also left on the morning of Wednesday, January 9th, under the captaincy of G/C. D. C. McKin- ley, the present Chief Instructor of the College. From Ottawa the Alaskan team proceeded under S/L. J. T. Lawrence to the U.S.A.F. Base at Elmendorf. While in Alaska they will study the cold-weather operation of military aircraft and will also carry out survival exercises, testing the special clothing and equipment issued to each member of the team. The Hastings making this trip has been fully winterized but will not stay with the Alaskan team : it will return to Canada to transport the other College party on its visits round the R.C.A.F. bases. When these calls are completed the aircraft will proceed to Eielson in Alaska to pick up the other team and return to England via Dorval, Bermuda and the Azores. If all goes to schedule on this 100,000- mile venture, the six teams should fore gather once more at R.A.F. Flying College Manby on February 6th—it has been sug gested that a line-abreast finish across the airfield would display a delicate touch of finesse! The return to Manby will leave about a fortnight to elapse before the course ends These two weeks will be occupied in writing, reading and discussing reports. A guest night in the mess will mark the conclusion of the course. "Flight" photograph A. Cdre. S. R. Ubee, the Commandant of the R.A.F. Flying College at Manby, Lincolnshire. G.D. for R.A.F. Regiment Officers PERMANENT R.A.F. Regiment officers, aged 25 years or under, may now volunteer for a period of service with the General Duties (Flying) branch of the R.A.F. They will be considered for either pilot or navigator duties and, following training, will serve for five years in opera tional units. At the end of their detach ment they will resume their original ground defence role. Hon. Air Commodores for A.C.A.F. F IVE State Governors have accepted ap pointments as Honorary Air Com modores of squadrons of the Australian Citizen Air Force. Gen. Sir Dallas Brooks, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Governor of Victoria, will command No. 21 (City of Melbourne) Fighter Squadron and Gen.
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