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17 April 1953 477 which reported hearing an aircraft circling the district in thick weather on Friday afternoon. Continuing bad weatfier, however, hampered the search on Saturday. Later, there was a report that an aircraft had flown low over Arnoldstein, on the Austo-Italian frontier, and ski patrols set out to search the neighbouring peaks. On Sunday the search was centred on the Dobratsch mountain area, where shepherds had also spoken of having heard an aircraft on Friday; new snow hampered ground operations, but a number of search-sorties were flown by Yugoslavian aircraft. G/C. D. A. Garner, British Air Attache in Belgrade, flew to Vienna on Sunday to co-ordinate the search. In view of the low night-Temperatures in the mountains, local authorities were pessimistic as to the lost pilot's chances. Three Handley Page Appointments TT was announced last week that Mr. G. C. D. Russell, A A.F.R.Ae.S., has been appointed assistant managing director of Handley Page, Ltd., and of its subsidiary, Handley Page (Reading), Ltd. Mr. Russell joined the parent company in 1919 Above, left and right, Mr. G. C. D. Russell and Mr. G. R. Volkert; right, Mr. J. H. S. Green. as an engineering apprentice. In later years he has held a number of technical and administrative posts and, during the war, was personal assistant to Sir Frederick Handley Page. Afterwards, he became secretary of the company. Mr. G. R. Volkert, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., has been appointed technical director of the Reading company. His association with Handley Page began in 1912 when, at the age of only 21, he took charge of the design department. He went to Japan in 1921 as a member of the British Aviation Mission and, on his return in 1923, became chief designer to the company. Retiring after the war, he nevertheless continued his association as a design consultant. Mr. J. H. S. Green, A.C.A., has been appointed secretary and chief accountant of both companies. He joined Handley Page early in 1951 as assistant accountant, and has been chief accountant' since March, 1952. The Berlin Air-corridor Discussions FROM German press reports of the four-power talks on air safety in the Berlin air corridors, it appears that immediate agreement on the Russian proposals is unlikely. At the suggestion of Lt-Gen. J. T. Podgorny (leader of the Russian delegation) the scope of the original Anglo-Russian talks had been widened to include France and the U.S.A., and the four-power discussions began on Tuesday, April 7th. The Russian proposals, made at the meeting at Karlshorst on April 8th, are stated to involve the substitution of the existing three corridors, each of 20 miles' width, by one 60-mile corridor between Berlin and Hanover. The three corridors now in use join Berlin with Hamburg, Hanover, and Frankfurt respectively. Further proposals demand that the use of the air corridor by armed military aircraft be strictly prohibited; that all aircraft using the corridor fly between 1,000 and 4,000ft (instead of below the present maximum altitude of 6,000ft); and that longer advance SERVICE AND CIVIL: As reported on page 496, the crews of the R.C.A.F. Comets are making familiarization flights, using the B.O.A.C. South African route. One of the pilots, S/L J. B. Dickson, is seen with Capt. £. £. Rodley, who supervised the first flight. On the trip, Capt. Rodley became the first airline pilot to complete 1,000 hours on Comets; on reaching Rome, he received a message of congratulation from Mr. John Profumo, Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A. warning be given, through the Air Safety Centre, of flights. It is thought that the proposed changes are so drastic that prolonged consultation by the three Western Powers will be necessary. The new scheme has obvious disadvantages for aircraft approaching Berlin from either Hamburg or Frankfurt, and the proposed reduction in the altitude ceiling would be dangerous, especially as all aircraft would be concentrated on the one route. The widening of the corridor seems unlikely to provide any effec tive compensation. The prohibition of corridor-flights by armed military aircraft has in fact been an unwritten rule for some time, and no such aircraft has been flown by the Western Allies to Berlin; but the imposition of a definite prohibition for the future may well be unacceptable. New Met. Office Chief THE Secretary of State for Air has approved the appointment of Professor O. G. Sutton, C.B.E., D.Sc, F.R.S., J.P., to succeed Sir Nelson K. Johnson, K.C.B., D.Sc., A.R.C.S., as Director of the Meteorological Office on the latter's retirement next autumn. Prof. Sutton is at present Bashforth Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham. Dr. Sutton, who was born in 1903 and educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Jesus College, Oxford, began his career in the Government Scientific Service at the Meteorological Office in 1928. In recent years much of his time has been spent in armament research. In 1941 he was placed in charge of research in chemical defence, and in 1943 he became Superintendent of Tank and Armament Research. Towards the end of the war he was appointed Chief Superintendent of the Radar Research and Development Establishment at Malvern, in succession to Sir John Cockroft. This post he held until 1947, when he went to Shrivenham. He was Scientific Adviser to the Army Council in 1951. Dr. Sutton is one of the Royal Society's representatives on the Meteorological Committee, and is chairman of one of the sub committees of the Meteorological Research Committee. N.Z. Race Control-point Eliminated IAST week-end the Royal Aero Club announced an amendment J to the rules for the England to New Zealand Race. Giving details, the Club said that, in view of representations made by accepted entrants in both sections of the race, further considera tion had been given by the records, racing and competitions committee to the possibility of dispensing with the intermediate control point in the general region of Basra. "It has always been realized" (continues the statement) "that the elimination of any specific intermediate control point would not only simplify control of the race, but would give competitors greater freedom in their staging over the route and in making their arrangements for refuelling. Now that the full entry list is known the committee takes the view that it is feasible to dispense with the control point on the understanding that competitors will be required to produce evidence that they have taken a south easterly course between England and New Zealand." Race condition No. 1.6 has been amended accordingly. To provide the required evidence, competitors must have their race log-books officially stamped by the appropriate aerodrome authori ties at any one refuelling stop between longitudes 30 deg east and 120 deg east along the route.
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