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1953
1953 - 0598.PDF
592 FLIGHT, 8 May 1953 SERVICE AVIATION . . . from the R.N.V.R. and one is Australian. Sixteen Seafires will appear, eight each from No. 766A and No. 1833 Squadrons. No. 849 will provide eight Skyraiders, and 56 Sea Furies will come from seven naval fighter squadrons—three R.N., three R.N.V.R. and one Canadian. Eight two- seater Sea Hornets from No. 809 will be there and 16 Avengers—eight each British and Canadian. The faster and more modern aircraft come towards the end. There will be three Gannets and eight each of Vampires and Meteors. Nos. 736, 800, and 803 are each providing eight Attackers and No. 806 the same number of Sea Hawks. There will, in addition, be a number of prototype fighters. The programme for the day is as follows : At 1500 hr H.M.S. Surprise, preceded by the Trinity House vessel Patricia, and escorted by H.M.S. Redpole (acting as the Admiralty Yacht) will leave the south rail way jetty for Spithead. As the Surprise approaches, saluting ships of the Fleet will fire a royal salute of 21 guns. At 1530 hr H.M.S. Surprise will enter the review lines and Her Majesty the Queen will review the Fleet. At about 1710 hr H.M.S. Surprise will anchor at the head of "E" line, and at 1735 the fly-past by naval aircraft will take place. Later, the Queen will dine on board H.M.S. Vanguard, and from 2230 to mid night the Fleet will be illuminated, with a firework display from 2250 to 2300. The Last Spitfire AT a ceremonial parade on Thursday of L last week, at Singapore, Air Marshal Sir Alfred Clifford Sanderson, A.O.C-in-C, F.E.A.F., presented a silver model of a Supermarine Spitfire to No. 60 Squadron, R.A.F., which was the last unit to fly Spitfires on operations. The final sortie was against targets in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore, on January 1st, 1951. The model, which was accepted by the commanding officer, S/L. W. H. Mills, stands i8in high and was presented jointly by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., and Rolls- Royce, Ltd. No. 60 is now flying Vam pires. C.F.S in Middle East HEADED by W/C. D. G. Lyster, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., who com mands the Examining Wing of the Central Flying School, a team of nine members of DAWN PATROL: A Vampire of No. 78 Fighter Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, starts up in'the half-light of early morning for an attack on the Suez Canal defences during exercise "Session." the Wing left Little Rissington on April 27th for the Middle East. Travelling in a Valetta, the team will visit R.A.F. units in Malta, Cyprus, Aden, Iraq and Egypt and are expected to return to Britain on May 21st. The purpose of the tour is to check instrument flying and to discuss piloting technique. This, it is felt, will help to ensure that all new ideas in operational flying are fed back to the Central Flying School so that flying instruction never falls behind operational developments. Jets for University Squadrons ? AT the recent annual dinner of the k Manchester University Air Squadron, A.V-M. T. N. McEvoy, Assistant C.A.S. (Training), was asked if he knew when the squadron would be re-equipped with jet trainers. He was non-commital in his reply, but recalled that Air Marshal H. T. Lydford, A.O.C-in-C. Home Command, had previously said, when proposing the toast of "The Squadron," that the Univer sity Air Squadrons were getting a Harvard or two in the meantime. S/L. J. T. Collyer, the commanding officer, gave a brief outline of the unit's activities during the past 12 months. He said that an encouraging proportion of PAST AND PRESENT: Some of the commanding officers of No. 1 Squadron who assembled at Tangmere for the recent presentation of the Sovereign's Standard: G/C. E. 0. Grenfell, WjC. H. R. Allen, A.V-M. T. N. McEvoy, A. Cdre. R. W. Chappell, S/L R. B. Morison (the present CO.), A.V-M. Sir Charles Longcroft and Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert. "Fliaht" ohotoaraph those who had left, had entered the R.A.F. on regular commission, in addition to those who had entered for National Service only or had joined the R.Aux.A.F. G.U.A.S. Chapel Window T O perpetuate the relationship of the Glasgow University Air Squadron with the University of Glasgow, a sum of £1,500 is being raised to install a stained- glass window in the University chapel. W/C. M. Bunce, the commanding officer, would be pleased to receive contributions from past and present members, and from any other persons who would like to associate themselves with the project. H.M.A.S. "Sydney" O N Anzac Day (April 25th) the Austra lian carrier Sydney entered Grand Harbour, Malta, for a short stay on her way to Britain for the Coronation Review. A memorial service held in the ship was attended by His Excellency the Governor of Malta, senior officers of the Services and representatives of No. 78 Wing, R.A.A.F., stationed at the R.N. Air Station Hal Far. A day's exercises with H.M.S. Indomit able and other ships were carried out before proceeding to Gibraltar en route for Ports mouth, where the Australian vessel was due to berth last Wednesday. The Australian Coronation contingent on board Sydney numbers 240, and in cludes four holders of the Victoria Cross and four of the George Cross. No. 79 Squadron H AVING now been re-formed for some while, No. 79 Squadron wishes to contact past members of the unit. The squadron tie has been redesigned with black and gold diagonal stripes, the black salamander and red flares being super imposed on the gold. These ties may be obtained direct from the squadron, c/o Information Division, Air Ministry, White hall Gardens, London, S.W.i. Reunion A GAIN, the annual re-union of No. 619 • Squadron is to be held at the Magpie and Stump in the Old Bailey, London, with G/C. Birch in the chair. The date of the gathering is May 16th and particu lars may be obtained from P. S. Osborne, c/o A. R. Heathcote and Co., Ltd., Bernard Works, Sylvester Gardens, Shef field 1.
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