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1952
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488 FLIGHT, 25 April 1952 HERE AND THERE Viscount Trenchard in America AT present on a three weeks' tour of Canada and the U.S.A. are Marshal of the Royal Air Force Viscount Trenchard (and Viscountess Trenchard. In Ottawa they are the guests of Sir Alexander Clutterbuck, the High Commissioner, and of Mr. Vincent Massey, the Governor- General. Scottish Airfield for U.S.A.F. KIRKNEWTON Airfield, some eight miles from Edinburgh, has been taken over by the 3rd U.S.A.F., possibly for use as a maintenance base, and an advance party is billeted in an Edinburgh hotel until accommodation is available at the airfield. The airfield was originally a satellite of Turnhouse, but has been on a "care and maintenance" basis since 1944. Cadet Exchanges this Summer AS in previous years, a three-way exchange scheme is to operate in August for air cadets of Great Britain, Canada and the U.S.A. This year, 25 members of the A.T.C. and the C.C.F. (R.A.F. section) will go by air to the U.S.A. for two weeks; a further 25 will go to Canada and, for the same period, 25 cadets from the U.S.A. and 25 from Canada will visit Britain. R.Ae.S. Garden Party IN a notice to members, the Royal Aero nautical Society reminds them that tickets of admission to the R.Ae.S. Garden Party (White Waltham, June 15th) are strictly confined to members and their guests, and are limited in number. London Tattoo THIS summer a torchlight tattoo will be held at the White City in aid of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association. It will take place on the even ings of July 14th, 15th and 16th. Among the 18 bands participating will be one from the Women's Royal Air Force. Ford to Build J-57S A LICENCE is being negotiated between the Pratt and Whitney division of the United Aircraft Corporation and the Ford Motor Co. of Detroit, whereby the latter will build the J-57 turbojet. Ford is already licence-producing the Wasp Major in Chicago, and the J-57 will gradually take over the plant as the piston-engine output tapers off. Production of the J-57—a high-pressure axial engine with dual compressors —is likely to be very considerable; both the new U.S.A.F. heavy bombers will take eight J-57S each. SHOOTING STAR ON SKIS: This F-BO, crash- landed in the tundra 75 miles N.W. of its Alaska base nearly three years ago, was reconditioned by a reclamation crew. Light- alloy skis were fitted and, recently, the aircraft was successfully flown out by Lt.-Col. William F. benedict. Jato assistance was used. Air Council Sees a Film THE film Campaigning in Korea, made by Mr. William Courtenay, O.B.E., MM., was recently shown, in the Air Ministry private cinema, to members of the Air Council. Mr. Courtenay also gave a commentary. Marine Napier ILLUSTRATIVE of the work of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., in fields other than that of aircraft-engine manufacture is a new lightweight Diesel, giving up to 2,500 b.h.p., which they have designed for use in small craft of the Royal Navy. It is a two- stroke (as is the Nomad), with three crank shafts arranged triangularly—hence its name, the Deltic. Trials, reported to be very successful, are proceeding in a former German E-boat. T imktT GENERAL SURROUNDED: This picture, from a Communist source, shows according to the caption, Chinese C.-.in-C. Chu Teh with girl pilots during a ceremony at Peking Airfield. A.V-M. R. A. GEORGE, C.&.E., M.C., Britain's popular Air Attache in Paris for the past seven years, and now returning to this country, receives a token of appreciation from M. Jacques Allez (right), president of the French Aero Club. It is a silver salver engraved with the signatures of 58 French friends. R.A.F. Reserves Club Dance THE Royal Air Force Reserves Club dance is to be held at the Criterion Restaurant, London, W.i, on May 2nd. Dancing will be from 7.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. to the music of Chris Stone and his orchestra, and tickets, which have been limited to 300, are obtain able at 25s from the Secretary, S/L. W. A. G. Goldsworthy, at 38, Hill Street, London W.i. The Pathfinders' Dinner MOST of the members of the Air Council have signified their intention of attending the fifth annual dinner of the Pathfinder Club, to be held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on May 7th. Speakers will in clude the High Commissioner for Aus tralia, the Secretary of State for Air, the Chief of the Air Staff and the C-in-C. Bomber Command. The Pathfinder Associ ation, incidentally, reports a record financial year, "due entirely to the continued and increasing support of members."
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