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1952
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582 FLIGHT, 16 May 1952 HERE AND THERE U.S. of S. in a Canberra MR. GEORGE WARD, Under-Secretary of State for Air, flew for an hour last Friday in a Canberra from Bassingbourn. His pilot was F/L. David Roberts, who, until recently, was A.D.C. to the Governor-General of New Zealand. Swedish Interest in Helicopters DR. G. HISLOP, Ph.D., B.Sc, M.I.Mech.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., who is in charge of B.E.A. helicopter development, is flying to Stockholm, at the invitation of the Swedish Institute of Engineers, to deliver a lecture on May 27th on the operational economics of helicopters. Bigger Banana UNDER development for use as a stan dard U.S.A.F. transport and rescue heli copter, the twin-rotor Piasecki H-21 flew for the first time on May 5th. The H-21 is a twenty-seater, powered by a Twin Wasp; it is, therefore, appreciably larger than previous Piasecki helicopters, most of which have been built for the U.S. Navy. General Vandenberg ALTHOUGH Gen. Vandenberg, the Chief of Staff of the U.S.A.F., is reported to be progressing favourably after a major opera tion, it is felt that his health will not stand up to the strain of his position and that a successor will shortly have to be appointed. The hypothetical short list of candidates includes the names of Generals LeMay and Twining and Lt.-Gens. Norstad, White and Kudir. Lengthy and Lonesome FUTURE deliveries of U.S.-built fighters to N.A.T.O. air forces will be made by flying the aircraft—F-84E Thunderjets— across the Atlantic. Aircraft of this type have already been flown by the U.S.A.F. to Prestwick, via Labrador, Greenland and Iceland, representing a ground distance of some 3,855 miles. N.A.T.O. countries are also to receive numbers of Lockheed T-33 trainers, but it is not known whether air- delivery will be attempted with these aircraft. Ninety Degrees North FROM the headquarters of the U.S.A.F. Alaskan Air Command at Anchorage comes the announcement that a ski/wheel-equipped Douglas C-47 landed on pack- ice at the geographic North Pole on May 3rd. This is the first such polar landing to have been made; the party spent over three hours gathering meteorological and geophysical data before leaving for Fletchers Island—which floats about 135 miles from the Pole—where preliminary IN MEMORY OF PIONEERS: This design for the Alcock and Brown memorial at London Airport has been executed by the sculptor William MacMillan. Though it has not yet been officially approved, it is understood to be a very likely choice; t/ie final decision rests with Lord Brabazon. reports were prepared. This island, incidentally, has been occupied by three U.S.A.F. meteorological observers—put down by an aircraft—since March. XB-51 Lost ONE of the two Martin XB-51 triple-jet attack bomber prototypes is reported to have crashed at Edwards A.F.B., Muroc, California. The Other Fireflies TWELVE Fairey Firefly 12ft sailing dinghies were recently delivered to the R.A.F. Sailing Association's new centre at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, where they were ceremonially accepted by A. Cdre. A. W. B. McDonald, commodore of the R.A.F.S.A., in company with a number of senior officers. The 12 dinghies are named after historic Service aircraft types —Fawn, Gamecock, Hawfinch, Iris, Night- hawk, Osprey, Plover, Seagull, Siskin, Swordfish, Tomtit and Woodcock. The R.A.F.S.A., which is open to all ranks, has adopted the Firefly as the standard class for its centre after experience with the craft in competition with others at stations at home and abroad. A.T.A. Ceremony ON Saturday, June 7th, at 3 p.m., the Air Transport Auxiliary Association is to dedicate an A.T.A. flag at White Waltham Church. A re-union, and the A.G.M., will follow at 5 p.m. at the airfield. Critical Appraisal MEMBERS of the Air Board of the N.A.T.O. Standardization Military Agency visited Melun, near Paris, last week in order to obtain first-hand evidence of the quality of two Dassault Mystere proto types. The chairman of the board is A. Cdre. Guy Hayes, R.A.F. IN BRIEF \f R. DUNCAN SANDYS, the Minister -"•*• of Supply, recently visited the Handley Page works at Cricklewood and was shown the company's latest production developments. * * * Mr. E. C. Tyler, who for many years has been commercial manager and secre tary of Reynolds Tube Co., Ltd., has been appointed a director. Fifty years of manufacturing at the Rugby works of B.T.H., Ltd., were celebrated by 250 members of the firm at a luncheon on May 2nd. * * * When Ferranti, Ltd., held their recent staff dinner at Manchester, 60 members of their Edinburgh factory staff were flown there and back in two Pionairs chartered from B.E.A. * * * Mr. Howard R. Davies, a famous T.T. Race rider of the 1920s and founder of the H.R.D. motor cycle business, has been appointed Midlands sales manager of the Philidas (self-locking nuts) division of Whitehouse Industries, Ltd. He served in the R.F.C. during the 1914-18 war. * * * The associated companies Columbus, Ltd., and R. G. Dixon and Co., Ltd., of Wembley, Middlesex, specialists in indus trial and other floor-cleaning equipment, have formed a single marketing organiza tion to be known as Columbus-Dixon, Ltd. TWO AIRMAIL COVERS of topical interest to philatelists; they commemorate (left) the first one-day service to Johannesburg by a B.O.A.C. Comet (May 2nd-2rd) and (right) the survey flight to the Falkland Islands byjsn Aquila Airways Hythe, which left on April 21st and returned on May Bth. BYA!R MAIL PAR AVION the Siitor, \-v\V —Z FLIGHT, ~~ Jliffe & Sons tda±ied» Dorset ifoase, Stafford Street, 'yams* s.s.i.
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