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6 March 1953 275 HERE AND THERE The R.Ae.S. Garden Party THE Royal Aeronautical Society an nounces that its garden party this year is to take place on Sunday, June 14th, at the de Havilland airfield at Hatfield. Suburban Crescent THE Handley Page Victor was seen over London's north-west suburbs on Tuesday of last week. It was on its way from Bos- combe Down to its maker's airfield at Radlett. Accommodating the Comets WORK on the new factory for Rolls- Royce (Australia) Pty., Ltd., is starting at Mascot Airfield, Sydney, this week. Em ploying 200, the plant will be mainly devoted to the servicing of turbojets in commercial aircraft. Independent Services Approved APPROVAL of the following scheduled services to and from North-West England was announced on February 28th, too late for inclusion in the table on page 314 of this issue : Hunting Air Transport, Ltd.: three internal, from Newcastle to Boving- don, Manchester and Glasgow; five inter national, from Newcastle to Oslo and Stockholm, Amsterdam and Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Basle, and Paris. B.K.S. Aerocharter, Ltd.: two "inclusive tours," from New castle and/or West Hartlepool to Paris and to Basle. Each service is approved for a seven-year period, and is subject to the usual conditions. Helicopter Forum THE 1953 Forum of the American Heli copter Society is to be held in Washington from May 14th to 17th. A number of mem bers of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain are to attend. R.A.F. History on T.V. A TELEVISION film similar to the current American-made Victory at Sea, but dealing with the war operations of the R.A.F., is to be prepared for the B.B.C. Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert is to be chair man of the committee that will make selections from official films. Records Confirmed THE F.A.I, has confirmed the England- Australia records made by the Canberra on January 27th. Official figures are : London- Karachi, 8 hr 52 min 28.2 sec (441.8 m.p.h.); London-Darwin, 22 hr o min 21.8 sec (391.2 m.p.h.). Also confirmed is the "air line" record by a Viscount on January 22nd : London-Cologne, 1 hr 10 min 17 sec (282.9 m.p.h.); Cologne-London, 1 hr 15 min 41 sec (262.703 m.p.h.). TRIANGULAR REPORT: Since receipt of a report from the Korean area that a Russian delta had been sighted, we have eagerly awaited the inevitable "unconfirmed illustra tion from an unstated European source via America." Here it is. The design is attributed to designer B. /. Cheranovsky, and is said to have a top speed of over 650 m.p.h. A.S.T. Appointment APPOINTED director of training to Air Service Training, Ltd., Hamble, is G/C. Edward Warfield, C.B.E., D.F.C., who retired from the R.A.F. on January 17th after 17 years' service. SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News R.A.F. Sabres AT present visiting Canada, Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, the Deputy Chief of Air Staff, has said that the Canadian Defence Minister, Mr. Brooke Claxton, has assured him that the R.A.F. will receive its first squadron of Canadian- built F-86 Sabres during the present month. Canada has agreed to supply the R.A.F. with a total of 400 Sabres, which are now being built in Montreal by Canadair Ltd. A first batch, which arrived in this country on January 2nd, is being used for pilot con version and experimental flying. G/C. Sir Louis Greig WE regret to have to record the death, last Sunday, of G/C. Sir Louis Greig. He was 72 years of age. Sir Louis, who was a close personal friend of the late King George VI, joined the R.A.F. shortly after its formation in 1918, after having served in France with the Royal Marines. While he was the Duke of York, the late King was taught to fly by G/C. Sir Louis Greig and the pair were doubles partners at Wimbledon in the All-England tennis tournament in 1926. In the 1939-45 war Sir Louis acted as personal air secretary to Sir Archibald MAPLE-LEAF COMET: Seen at Hatfield before departure for Canada is the first of two Series 1a Comets for the R.C.A.F. The first to wear roundels, they will be used as V.I.P. transports. Sinclair—now Viscount Thurso—when he was Secretary of State for Air. Last May Sir Louis was appointed a member of the executive committee of the King George VI Memorial Fund. New Cyprus Airfield A REPORT from Cyprus says that the island's new heavy bomber airfield (first mentioned in Flight, January 16th last) is to be sited at Episcopi, in the south. The cost is expected to be in the region of £6 million. The new airfield will adjoin an army base and will form part of the plan to build up a focal point in Cyprus of Britain's air power in the Middle East. Hard-working Helicopters THE nine Westland-Sikorsky Dragonfly helicopters which No. 705 Squadron, R.N., took over to Holland to help in the flood rescues, flew a total of 402 hours with out either engine or airframe troubles. A total of 810 people were rescued—80 of them by winch. F/L. Kearns rescued 147 people in one day and Lt. Cdr. Speed ing, also in one day, brought out no. The latter, on one occasion, had seven people in the cabin in addition to himself and flew with this load for 45 minutes. The Dragonflies were also used to fly Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard and mem bers of the Dutch Government. Reunion T HE annual reunion of No. 524 Squadron will be held tomorrow, Saturday, March 7th, at the Clarence Hotel, Whitehall, London, at 6.30 p.m. On Saturday, March 14th, No. 1 S.F.T.S.(I) Ambala will hold its sixth reunion. Particulars from S. C. Booth, 70, Arbery Roadj Bow, London, E.3.
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