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1953
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8o6 FLIGHT, 26 June 1953 HERE AND THERE A 504 for South Kensington AN Avro 504, which has been in a bomb- damaged museum in Hull, is to be trans ferred to the aeronautical collection at the Science Museum, South Kensington. Globemastcr Accident A TAKE-OFF crash near Tokyo on June 18th, involving a U.S.A.F. C-124 Globe- master carrying troops back to Korea after leave, earned the melancholy distinction of being the worst accident in aviation his tory; 122 passengers and the crew of seven lost their lives. Suggestions are now being made in America that all C-124S should be grounded pending full investigation; it is pointed out that 330 men have been killed in five Globemaster accidents in a little over two years. Rene Fonck Dies THE great French ace of the First World War, Rene Fonck, died in Paris last week at the age of 59. He was credited with shooting down no fewer than 75 enemy aircraft; six of them fell to his guns during two patrols flown on the same day. In 1926 he attempted a flight from New York to Paris, but the aircraft—a three-engined Sikorsky S-35—crashed on take-off and Fonck's two companions lost their lives. Come to Light IT is now learned that the trouble which prevented Capt. Hackett, of Silver City Airways, from reaching Canada first with a batch of Coronation films was not in the fuel booster-pump for the ferry-tank of his Canberra. In actual fact, a wire had become disconnected in the pump-actua tor circuit, and thus it was impossible to set the pump in operation. A. A. BAILIE, of A.V. Roe, Canada, Ltd., has assumed the former duties of R. D. Armstrong, director of finance and administration. Mr. Bailie retains his title of comptroller: Mr. Armstrong has gone to Canadian National Railways. CLINCHING THE DEAL: Fiat's Professor Vittorio Valetta (left) "puts it there" with North Ameri can's J. H. ("Dutch") Kindelberger while General Umberto Tolino beams. The three parties had lately negotiated the signing of a licensing agreement for the Italian manufacture of the F-86D, a specimen of which forms the background to this amiable scene at the North American plant. Spreading Safety A NEW quarterly has been added to the ranks of the various official and semi official periodicals concerned with safety in aviation. Entitled Air Safety Digest, the new publication is produced by the Cornell Guggenheim Aviation Safety Centre, of 2 East 64th Street, New York 21, U.S.A. delivered Avon istry of Supply. Tributaries "THE name 'Avon' no longer indicates a particular engine, but now represents a family of engines. There are various marks ... in service. . . . Both the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., and the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., have now engines to the Min- It is particularly satis fying to us that engines produced by these companies are of the highest quality, and have carried out the strenuous Govern ment type-tests without difficulty." — Lord Hives, Rolls-Royce chair man, in his state ment circulated in advance of the an nual general meet ing to be held on July 14th. "He's been saluting like that ever since he flew the Gannet" On Call AN S-55 helicopter of the U.S.A.F. 66th Air Rescue Squadron at Manston, Kent, will have stand-by crews from dawn to dusk throughout the summer, ready to respond to distress calls of all kinds, Ser vice and civilian. "If a child floats away on a rubber raft and we can get there quicker than a boat," said the squadron's opera tions officer, "we will send the helicopter." Pig-lift IN 1909 Lord Brabazon of Tara "proved" that pigs could fly, by taking one as a pas senger. Now, 44 years later, Eagle Aviation announce that they have secured a charter to carry 123 from this country to Jugo slavia. The animals will travel by DC-3, in six consignments. Filton Festivities TOMORROW, June 27th, will be a busy day at Filton. In the morning, Sir Walter Monckton, Minister of Labour and National Service, will lay the foundation- stone of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's new apprentice-training school. In the afternoon the apprentice prize-giving and the company's annual sports will be held. Airliners v Ships THE effectiveness of airline competition was recently admitted by a shipping execu tive, Capt. Anthony Cayzer, a director of Clan Line Steamers, Ltd. According to the Financial Times, Capt. Cayzer ex pressed the view that the days of large passenger ships were numbered, adding : "I am also sorry to say I think that in the not-too-far-distant future aircraft will begin to take high-grade cargo from ships." The speaker visualized ships of the future as having wave-skimming hydroplane-type hulls powered with gas turbines. "No Droop" Rotors ALL the U.S. and foreign patents of the Landgraf Helicopter Company, of Los Angeles, have been acquired by the Rotor- Craft Corporation, of Glendale, California. The patents apply principally to the design of the Landgraf "rigid-blade" rotor which, it is claimed, will appeal to commercial- helicopter operators by reason of the absence of blade-droop, thus facilitating safe entry or exit of passengers whilst the rotor is in motion. The Rotor-Craft Cor poration was founded in 1944, and up till now has operated as a research and develop ment organization.
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