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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1954.PDF
66 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Sir James Robb at the Palace HER Majesty the Queen received Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb at Bucking ham Palace on July 8th and invested him with his insignia cf office as King of Arms of the Order of the Bath. Comet Flight for the Duke THE Duke of Edinburgh, who has already sampled the pleasures of flight in the de Havilland Comet, will renew his acquain tanceship when he returns from the Olympic Games in a Comet of B.O.A.C. on August 4th. The aircraft will call at Oslo en route, and will arrive at London Airport on August 5th. "The Club" Closing IN accordance with the decision of the Committee, the Royal Aero Club will close from Saturday, August 9th, to Sunday, August 24th (both dates inclusive) for the annual staff holiday. Hospitality will be extended to members by the Public Schools Club and the Royal Air Force Club. The premises at 119 Piccadilly, London, W.i, will reopen on Monday, August 25th. Link Hydro Trainer THAT admirable Service journal, The Roundel, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, illustrates and briefly describes the proto type Link Hydro Trainer, which is not yet in production. Powered with a 25 h.p. marine-type engine the Hydro Trainer is equipped with the usual flight and engine controls. The maximum height attainable above the water in which the device is operated is about 4ft, and the mounting is a hollow streamlined column which extends to the submerged parts. Span is about 7ft. The Hydro Trainer is designed primarily for use following the Link visual training DC-8 Gossip AMERICAN Airlines, who are the largest buyers of civil transport aircraft in the world (possibly excepting the Soviet government), are reported to have given the Douglas company "a verbal commit ment for a quantity of jet airliners" and interestingly, to be in favour of a straight wing in preference to a swept wing. Not only is the straight wing reported to keep landing speeds low, but it is alleged to permit the carriage of heavier loads. The powerplant of the Douglas transport—a preliminary reference to which appeared in Flight of June 20th, and which is autho ritatively stated to be on the drawing boards—is generally thought to be the efficient Pratt and Whitney J-57, although General Electric are also in the picture. The "DC-8" designation is not con firmed. There was, incidentally, a DC-8 project some six years ago—a twin-Allison airliner pushed by shaft-driven propellers in the extreme tail. Sallies from the Rallies THE recent La Baule and Deauville rallies provided the usual quota of amusing incidents, expressions and literal trans lations. We recall, for example, the drowsy pilot-pianist who when offered an after- midnight snack replied, "One egg is un oeuf for me." While he and other guests sought excitement in small bars and cafes —no one wishing to be au dessus de son gare—it was said that there were several 4F men enjoying the luxury of the casino. We discovered that the translation of the symbol was "funds fiddled from the firm." A line-shoot in halting French overheard at the bar was concerned with the "grand avion de bombardement" with which "pendant la guerre" the gentleman con cerned had "crumped a poche of Boche" at nearby St. Nazaire. . At La Baule a well-known charter operator hired a Renault 4CV which was promptly christened Olley's trolley. We are now wondering if the International Gliding Contest competitors at Cuatro Vientos have discovered that cudnto le gusta? does not mean "what is the wind strength ?" Fast at Low Level, Too THE Vickers Valiant is frequently to be seen gracing the evening sky over Surrey, and often enough, incidentally, its sound and shape are confused with those of the more familiar Comets, to be seen in increasing numbers in the same area. One evening last week, instead of making its customary leisurely circuit and approach to land, or astonishing climb skywards, the big bomber was seen to make a high-speed low-level run in a southerly direction. It commenced with a gentle dive to about 1,500 or 2,000ft: the four Avons roared, and leaving behind the faint black trail usually denoting high thrust, they propelled the graceful machine towards the horizon with conspicuous lack of delay. British North Greenland Expedition NOW on its way to Iceland in the Nor wegian sealing vessel Tottan, the British North Greenland Expedition will later be assisted by five Sunderlands of R.A.F. Coastal Command and two Transport Command Hastings. The Sunderlands are from No. 230 Squadron and will be com manded by S/L. J. S. Higgins, D.F.C., A.F.C. The first, captained by S/L. Hig gins, was due to leave R.A.F. Station, Pembroke Dock, South Wales, on July 15th or 16th, carrying the leader of the Expedi- BEAU SABREUR: A North American F-86Sobre bears down on its target at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, Nevada, "rippling" its 5in tier-stowed rocket projectiles. One of the R.P.s is seen at the very instant of leaving its pylon attachment on the port side.
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