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1953
1953 - 0778.PDF
772 FLIGHT, 19 June 195: HERE AND THERE French-built Vipers IT is learned that negotiations have been completed between Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., and Avions Marcel Dassault for the manufacture, under licence, of the Viper turbojet. There is to be a ceremonial signing and an official announcement at the Paris Show on July 2nd. Comet Initiation THE R.C.A.F.'s first Comet flew from Beirut to London last week in 5 hr 22 min, an average speed of 422 m.p.h. S/L. R. Lloyd, R.C.A.F., was in command of the aircraft, which was completing a 14,000-mile training trip to Colombo and back. Second S.A.4 Delivered THE second prototype of the S.A.4 (four Avons) has been delivered by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., to the Ministry of Supply. The aircraft has car ried out successful trials since last August, the system of flying controls in particular proving satisfactory, and it will now be used by the M.o.S. for the development of new and secret equipment. Church Stretton's Big Day A MAJOR flying display in the North this summer will be the Naval Air Day at Church Stretton, near Warrington, on July 25th. Support is being given by the aircraft industry, and present indications are that the machines to be demonstrated by firms' pilots may include the Saro Princess, Vickers-Supermarine Swift, Boul- EIGHTEEN CANBERRAS photographed near Folkestone during the rehearsal for the Queen's Birthday Fly-past; as related on page 798, the final operation was curtailed by bad weather. ton Paul Sea Balliol, Bristol 173 helicopter, English Electric Canberra, Fairey Gannet, Westland-Sikorsky S-51 and Short Sealand. There will also be a three-hangar static show. N.Z. Race Caravanserai CARAVAN sites will be available at London Airport from October 3rd to 8th, for firms wishing to be represented during the period immediately preceding the start of the London-Christchurch (N.Z.) Air Race. Application should be made to Mr. L. w*. Green, Deputy Aerodrome Manager, London Airport. Percival Appointment RECENTLY appointed works manager at the Luton factory of Percival Aircraft, Ltd., is Mr. F. W. Buglass. Previously he had spent some eight years with Boulton Paul Aircraft as production manager, and prior to this he had had 18 years' experi ence with Blackburns as production engineer and in the drawing office. Fokker Share Deal ACCORDING to reports from The Hague, the Dutch Government will dispose of its shares in the Fokker Aircraft Com pany to a leading group of bankers within the next few weeks. The Government agreement to loan Fokkers £i| million for BIRTHDAY OUTING: June 27th will be the 21st anniversary of the first public appearance of the Blackburn B.2 trainer, at the first S.B.A.C. Show at Hendon in 1932. That the Brough company has Since progressed to rather heavier metal is amusingly shown by this photograph, taken shortly before the B.2 left for the R.A.F. Garden Party at Hatfield last Sunday. the development of two prototype F-27 Friendship twin-engined transports, which has already been approved by the Second Chamber, is conditional on this sale of stock. For Camera Buyers A SPECIAL issue of the Amateur Photo grapher, to be published on July 1st, will contain a comprehensive guide giving par ticulars of nearly 200 cameras available on the British market. Honours Amendment THE caption to the portrait of Capt. J. Summers, of Vickers-Armstrongs, in our "Coronation Honours" page last week, should have been followed by the letters "C.B.E.," as correctly given in the list on the same page. T-36 Order Cancelled AS a result of the United States Govern ment budget cut certain aircraft contracts have been cancelled. Among them, we learn, is the order for 227 T-36S to be built by Canadair, Ltd. It has been estimated that the contract was worth some £35 million. Canadian orders for similar air craft were cancelled at the same time. Showing Them How MR. JOCK STILL, one of the English Electric Company's production test pilots, left by air for Venezuela on June 10th for a visit of from one to two months. He is scheduled to give a number of Canberra demonstrations, and will assist the Vene zuelan Air Force in the introduction of their new aircraft. For most of the visit he will be stationed at Maracai Air Force base. CanCar and Norseman FROM Montreal comes news that the Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd., has sold manufacturing rights in Norseman aircraft to a syndicate headed by R. B. C. Noorduyn, designer and vice-president of the original company, Noorduyn Aviation, Ltd., which ceased production of Norse- mans early in 1946. The sole object of the new syndicate is to provide spare parts for existing Norseman aircraft. Engineless 500 Miles RUSSIA is reported to have asked the F.A.I, to confirm a new world gliding record set up by a Soviet pilot, M. Ilchenlo. Flying a two-seat sailplane, with a passen ger aboard, he is claimed to have covered 830 km (nearly 520 miles), from Moscow to a point near Stalingrad, in nine hours. The world record in this class is held by I. Kartachev, who flew 619.75 km in 1938.
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