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23 May 1952 623 Fortieth Wilbur Wright Lecture THE Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture is generally regarded as an occasion in aviation, and a fitting climax to the many lectures presented during the winter and early spring. This year's paper will be presented by Sir Harry M. Garner, C.B., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., Chief Scientist, Ministry of Supply, under the evocative title Prophecy and Achievement in Aeronautics. A large audience is foreseen for this classic lecture—the fortieth in the series—which is to be held, as usual, under the auspices of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The venue is the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, London, S.W.i, at 6 p.m., on Thursday, May 29th. A Model's 105 m.p.h. SUBJECT to confirmation by the Models Commission of the F.A.I., a new world speed record of 105 m.p.h. for a model aircraft powered by a 2.5 c.c. engine was established last Sunday by Peter Wright of the St. Albans Model Aero Club. He was competing in the eliminating trials held by the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers at R.A.F. Station Chigwell to select a British team for the World Control-line Model Championships to take place at Melsbroek Aerodrome, Brussels, in July. Mediterranean Forecast PREDICTING that the N.A.T.O. commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean will be not a soldier nor a sailor, but an airman, G/C. Hugh Dundas says in the Daily Express that such a choice is strongly favoured at Supreme Allied H.Q. "If hot war stilrted," he writes, "the Mediterranean admirals would have their work cut out defending themselves from stray jet bombers and at the same time keeping the sea supply lines open. "There is only one element which spans the whole area. That element is the air. The navies and the armies alike will be ham strung unless they have land-based air power to support them. "That is why an air supremo is an obvious choice for the Mediterranean. It is not only good strategy. It is also a sensible way of solving the political differences and of soothing the national prides and prejudices which have made this problem the most thorny that N.A.T.O. chiefs have yet had to solve." Malayan Helicopter Plea IT is believed the authorities concerned in the struggle against the Communists in Malaya have put in a strong plea for the pro vision of a considerable helicopter force, naming as a target figure three squadrons of eight aircraft each. Asked to comment on this, Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, C.-in-C. Far East Air Force, said: "The Air Force would gladly operate more helicopters on behalf of the security forces if the supply and development position permitted them to be sent to Malaya in any numbers. Personally, I think anything we can do to lighten the hardships of travel through the jungle by the ground forces would be an excellent thing, in addition to the obvious technical benefits of using such aircraft. It would plainly be valuable if we could deliver 10 or 20 fresh fighting men to a remote jungle area by helicopter with no previous warning of their movement." Business Odyssey THE portrait reproduced here is of a man particularly well known (and well liked) in the aviation industry over very many years—Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, sales director of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Ltd. He has just left England on a 22,000 miles round-the-world business trip by normal airline services. The main purpose of his tour is a visit to Japan for general market research; he is to spend eight days in Tokio to survey prospects in the aviation industry. En route to Japan, Capt. Bartlett will visit Karachi to discuss points arising from the operation of Bristol Freighters by the R.P.A.F., and after leaving Tokio he will return to England through Canada, calling on the Bristol engines organizations in Vancouver and Montreal and the Bristol Aeroplane Co. of Canada, Ltd. He will thus bring his post war mileage total on "Bristol" business trips to well over 100,000 miles, including, in recent years, some 60,000 miles flown in Bristol Freighters on oversea demonstration tours. Copt. K. J. C. Bartlett FIREFLY BY FREIGHTER: The thousandth Fairey Firefly sailing dinghy to be built at Hamble being loaded into a Silver City Bristol Freighter at Eastleigh, Southampton, as mentioned in the paragraph below. Triphibious Tourjsm AN original "triphibious" operation was executed last Friday by Silver City Airways and the Fairey Aviation Company, through its subsidiary Fairey Marine, Ltd., of Hamble, Hants, to prove how quickly and easily small sailing dinghies can be flown to France for a day's racing, or for export to overseas buyers. But this was no ordinary dinghy, for Nona is the 1,oooth Firefly-class boat built by Fairey Marine in five years—a record for any boat-builder. With it to Cherbourg went helmswoman Jennifer Alexander. Dismantled and mounted on a road trailer, a Firefly dinghy measures only 15ft long, 6ft 6in wide and 4ft 9m high. This is about the same as an average 12 h.p. car, which means that it can be flown to France for £12 on Silver City's Lympne to Le Touquet service, or £15 on the Southampton-Cherbourg or Southend-Ostend air ferry. In the case of an export boat, this works out considerably cheaper than surface transport, as no special crates or packing are needed and the fare includes full insurance cover from take-off to touch-down (surface carriers charge up to 331 per cent extra). And, of course, on a normal trip in search of a day's sport, boat, trailer, car, owner and passengers can all travel on the same aircraft. Vickers' Board Appointments FOLLOWING the relinquishment by Commander Sir Robert Micklem, C.B.E., of all his various offices in the Vickers' organization and his subsequent death on May i3th,it is announced that the following appointments have been made by Vickers- Armstrongs, Ltd.:—Sir James Reid Young, C.A., F.C.I.S., to be chairman; Maj-Gen. C. A. L. Dunphie, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., to be managing director, engineering works and shipyards; and Mr. E. J. Waddington, A.C.A., to be director of administration. All three were already directors. Major Sir Hew Kilner, M.C., continues as deputy chairman and managing director of the aviation side of the business. The Comet and D.M.E. REFERRING to a passage in a recent Flight article on the Comet, in which crew-criticisms of D.M.E. were quoted, Ferranti, Ltd., state that, if the remarks were taken to refer to the Ferranti 1,000 mc's equipment, they would be inaccurate. The firm says that this equipment has flown a considerable number of operational hours, and that on no occasions have there been any doubts on the questions of range, identification or aerials. Installations have been flown in Ministry of Supply Comet aircraft by G/C. John Cunningham with quite satisfactory results as far as the limited experiments allowed, but, due to the fact that it was impossible to manufacture beacons for installation along the Comet route before the services began, B.O.A.C. crews have, up to the present, had no experience of the equipment. Ferranti add that the British and American governments have from the very beginning agreed to develop this equipment and to support each other on the installation of the system in 1954. Whereas an American manufacturer can obtain orders for the whole of the American continent from his own government, the British manufacturer has the problem of selling to many governments before he has a worth-while production run.
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