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FLIGHT, 10 April 1953 449 HERE AND THERE TANDEM TRAINER: Although the Russian IL-28 bomber is slightly larger than the Canberra, its fuselage does not permit the installation of side-by-side seats. This U-IL-28 trainer version, there fore, adopts a rather unusual layout, probably with the pupil in front. Many have been seen in the Berlin area during the past two years. Air-corridor Discussions THE Anglo-Russian conference on safety measures in the Berlin air corridors, pro posed by Gen. Chuikov, the Russian commander-in-chief in Germany, opened on March 31st at Karlhorst, the Soviet headquarters in Berlin. On the next day, the meeting was continued at British H.Q. For reasons of policy, and in order not to prejudice the negotiations, officials had orders not to make public statements. Oxford Loses Another Race AFTER eighteen months' comparison of the Viscount with other aircraft, says a writer in Aviation Age, T.C.A. finally made their choice; he adds, "It is fairly certain that the Convair 340, the Martin 4-0-4 and the Airspeed Oxford were considered, and the final choice narrowed down to the Convair 340 and the Viscount." All-down Weight INITIATIVE shown by the captain of a U.S.A.F. Skymaster was responsible for the successful completion of a transatlantic crossing in difficult circumstances on March 24th. Operated by M.A.T.S., and with 30 Servicemen on board, the aircraft was flying from Newfoundland to Prest- wick via Iceland. Diverted from Iceland by thick weather, it was ordered to proceed direct to Prestwick, but unexpectedly strong head-winds were encountered. Realizing that it would be a question of touch-and-go with fuel supplies, the cap tain ordered several thousand pounds' weight of freight and baggage to be jettisoned. The aircraft was some hun dreds of miles out from Prestwick but, cruising gently at 5,000, it managed to get in—with 15 minutes' fuel remaining. Hispano Founder Dies THE founder of the Hispano-Suiza firm, M. Marc Birkight, has recently died in Switzerland, at the age of 75. Pathfinders' Annual THE Pathfinder Association and Club is holding its sixth annual dinner on May 7th, at the Dorchester Hotel, London. Radio Models Contest MODEL aircraft events, under F.A.I, rules, will be included in the annual inter national contests of the International Radio Controlled Models Society, to be held at Southend-on-Sea on July 25th and 26th. Polar Flight NOW in the early stages of an ambitious Arctic flight is Maner Lualdi, the Italian aviator-journalist who has made a number of record-breaking and other long-distance flights. Accompanied by Max Peroli, he is making the flight in commemoration of Roald Amimdsen, the great Norwegian polar explorer who, 25 years ago, lost his life in an attempt to rescue the crew of the airship Italia. Lualdi's aircraft is a four- seat Ambrosini S.1002 Girfalcon (145 h.p. Alfa Romeo no), to which a ski under carriage will be fitted for the final stages of the flight. Lualdi, who is being followed as far as Oslo by a ground-crew in an Alfa Romeo jeep-type vehicle, reached Toussus- le-Noble, France, on March 29th. He plans to continue via Brussels, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. R.Ae.S. in Singapore MEMBERS of the newly formed Singa pore branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society recently heard an inaugural address by Air Marshal R. O. Jones, Con troller of Engineering and Equipment, Air Ministry. He traced the Society's pro gress from the time of its formation in 1866 to the present day, when the 24th branch had come into being in Singapore. Lectures ranging in subject from the role of the helicopter in modern warfare to the physiological aspects of flying are being held, and the branch intends to organize a garden party and flying display. ASLIB Conference THE Aeronautical Group of ASLIB held its 2nd annual conference at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, over the week-end March 28th-29th. Over 70 delegates were present, including repre sentatives from six countries abroad. Sixteen pre-prints were prepared and the discussion evolved chiefly around the N.L.L. scheme of aerodynamic classifica tion and the relative merits of various forms of abstracts. Perhaps the most valuable feature of the conference was the opportunity it afforded for meeting the representatives of such bodies as N.A.C.A., N.L.I., N.A.E. (Canada), and others. ROUND FOR EAST AFRICA, a specially equipped Percival Survey Prince, G-AMOT, left Bovingdon last week to make a geophysical search for oil by means of the magnetometer technique. Hunting Geophysics, Ltd., are carrying out the operation for Hunting Aerosurveys, whose deputy aviation manager, Capt. F. Brown (right) is seen saying farewell to the pilot, Capt. R. V. Keeling, and the fight engineer, J. J. V. Flavin. KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN, whose country is at present threatened by locust swarms from the Red Sea coastal plains, learned much about modern methods of fighting such invasions when he visited Pest Control, Ltd., at Cambridge. Here he is seen in conversation with the company's managing director. Dr. W. £. Ripper; in the background is a Hiller 360, In which, piloted by Mr. J. Harper, he had his first helicopter flight.
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