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FLIGHT, n April 1952 435 HERE AND THERE same struggle. Capt. Brown will also show Air Force Fighter Kills, a U.S.A.F. film of the 1939-45 war. The programme will conclude with the colour documentary Memphis Belle, illustrating the history of a B-17 from production to war service. Short Circuits WITH the not-very-explicit name of "nacelle-tester", a new device developed by the Bogue Electric Manufacturing Co., of New Jersey, is said to be capable of checking 200 aircraft electric circuits in, it is claimed, less than ten seconds. Hand- testing the same circuits would take several hours. The Grosser Knechtsand THE West German Government has pro posed to the British Government that the R.A.F. should limit to two years its use of the Grosser Knechtsand—a sandbank near Cuxhaven—as a bombing target. Professor Walter Hallstein, head of the West German Foreign Ministry, has said that this was one of several proposals made during negotiations concerning the use of the sandbank as a substitute for Heligoland, restored to Germany on March 1st. The Professor added that the use of the sand bank could be extended for a further two years if necessary. Automatic Astro-Navigator A RETIRED captain of the U.S. Navy, Robert E. Jasperson, has developed a "dis tance-measuring" navigational device based upon the Zerbee Celestial Fix-finder. This latter invention was patented in 1950 and uses declination, G.H.A. and altitude of two selected celestial bodies to give the observer's latitude and longitude auto matically. With Capt. Jasperson's modifi cations, the latitude and longitude of the observer's destination is supplied to the apparatus and an immediate course-to- WYVERN'S "OPPO.": A new view of the Douglas AID Skyshark, American counterpart of the Westland Wyvern carrier-borne strike aircraft. The power plant is an Allison 7-40 turboprop, composed of two separate T-38 units. steer and distance-to-run are presented. The captain is also the inventor of an astro-controlled autopilot for guided mis siles; once this device has been set upon two stars it is claimed to continue to function even if one, or both, of them is temporarily obscured. Helicopter Profit "A MODEST net profit" of a little over $ 120,000 (£42,860) is shown in the recently issued annual report of Hiller Helicopters. The company believes that it ranks among the top producers of helicppters so far as 1951 deliveries were concerned; security restrictions forbid disclosure of output, but sales rose from $£ million in 1949 to $ii million in 1950 and over $6| million in 1951. Air-minded Royal Family ON April 1st, H.R.H. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard left Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, on a three weeks' tour of the United States and Canada. They travelled in the K.L.M. DC-6 Princess Beatrix PH- TPT. Before she left, Her Majesty ex pressed herself as be ing very happy about the journey. Prince Bernhard—who regu larly pilots the Royal Dakota—said that, although many in the Netherlands were worried that the Royal couple should travel by air so frequently, he considered air tra vel "as safe as travel by car, and some times even more so." PROGRESS CHASER: Equipped with Marconi walkie-talkie and mounted on a Corgi with sidecar, this B.E.A. tarmac observer has a wide variety of duties concerned with the ex peditious handling of aircraft on the ground. He is seen alongside the Elizabethan R.M.A. "William Shakes peare," now in sche duled service. IN BRIEF INDOOR recreational facilities for the 2,700 employees of the Plessey Com pany's Swindon works are provided by a new social club which was opened on March 14th by Mr. T. White Wilson, executive director. * * * McMichael Radio, Ltd., have appointed Genaire, Ltd., Municipal Airport, St. Catherines, Ontario, as their agents in Canada for electronic and electrical equip ment applicable to the aircraft industry. * * * Organized by Aircraft Trade Shows, Inc., an international exhibition of aircraft components and equipment is to be held at the Hotel Park Sheraton, New York, from June 17th to 19th. * * * The American Library, 41 Grosvenor Square, London, W.i (Grosvenor 9000, extn. 447 or 448)—a U.S. Embassy depart ment—has established an industrial tech nical publications. (loan and reference) section. * * * Referring to a recent note on the appoint ment of W/C. C. E. Payne as their Aus tralian agent, W. A. Rollason, Ltd., of Croydon Airport, ask us to say that the announcement which they issued should have referred to "W. A. Rollason, Ltd., and Rollason Engines, Ltd." as the com panies concerned. * * * A new edition of Aircraft Gyroscopic Flight Instruments has been published by the Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. This edition, the fifth since 1946, contains a new chapter on the Zero Reader and also introduces a comprehensive explanation of gyro-horizon turn errors. The book, re arranged to be completely up-to-date, is more than twice as long as the original edition. The price is 3s 6d. •* * * The Society of Licensed Aircraft En gineers announces that, in connection with the Notification of Vacancies Order, 1952, the Society's employment bureau (which is licensed annually by the Corpora tion of the City of London) has been accepted as a scheduled employment agency by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. The S.L.A.E. offices are at Finsbury Circus House, Blomfield Street, London, E.C.2.
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