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1953
1953 - 1061.PDF
21 August 1953 215 YOUR FARNBOROUGH SPECIAL ALWAYS eagerly awaited, the annual "Britain's Aircraft Industry Number" of FLIGHT is to appear on the eve of the S.B.A.C. Show. It will be dated September 4th—a fortnight hence. Constituting a complete review of its subject and there fore a valuable work of reference to be retained during many months to come, it will deal fully with current British aircraft and engines; major equipment will be described; and there will be a directory to hundreds of firms in the "ancillary" industry. Reproduction of illustrations will benefit from the fact that the major part will be in photogravure; in addition, some photo graphs will be printed in four colours. The demand is always heavy, so readers who have no regular subscription are advised immediately to place an order with their newsagent. This issue—the largest single number FLIGHT has ever produced—will be priced at 2s. The racing aircraft will have only minor modifications and, with stops of 45 min for refuelling and maintenance, should reach Christchurch in a little over two days. It has a range of 3,000 miles and a maximum speed of 325 m.p.h. An Australian Air Force Canberra completed, on Sunday, a 14,000-mile familiarization trip of the Far East and rhe South Pacific in 28 hours flying time in preparation for the contest. The pilot was S/L. P. F. Raw, R.A.A.F. News of the preparations for the race by R.A.F. Canberra crews is given on page 228. A Westland Appointment HIS many friends in the aircraft industry will hasten to con gratulate Harald Penrose, O.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., A.M.I.N.A., on his new appointment as sales manager of Westland Aircraft Ltd. Mr. Penrose has been Westland's chief test pilot for the past 22 years, but his association with the company goes back as far as 1925 when, as a student taking an aeronautical and engineering course at the London University, he spent a "works period" at Yeovil. He learned to fly at the famous Bristol Flying School, where "Cy" Holmes was his instructor and Cyril Uwins (now managing director of the Aircraft Division of Bristols) was C.F.I. and chief test pilot. He first joined Westlands in 1926 and was associated with Capt. G. T. R. Hill in the design and building of the Pterodactyl series of tailless aircraft. In 1928 came his first test flying as a pilot —he had previously been flight observer—on Widgeon and Wes- sex monoplanes. His promotion to chief test pilot came in 1931, in succession to Louis Paget, and he made the initial flights on all the Westland types that followed the Wallace. Test pilots do not ordinarily build up vast totals of flying hours, but Penrose has approximately 5,000 hours on 250 types—ranging from rotary-engined biplanes to modern jets. Harald Penrose is a man of many parts. Whilst his chief interest and hobby has always been flying, he is also a writer of historical stories and an authority on such diverse subjects as sailing, "air archaeology" and bird watching. He has designed no fewer than 36 boats and yachts. NEW ANGLE: Having been flown for the past seven months with 50 deg of sweepback on its mainplanes, the Short S.8.5 adjustable-wing re search aircraft is now on tzst, as shown, in the 60 deg configuration. The third phase of develop ment calls for a still further increase—to 69 deg In addition to Mr. T. Brooke-Srrilh, Short's chief test pilot, Ministry of Supply pilots have flown the machine with 60 deg of sweip. Mr. Harald Penrose. SOFT-FLOWING, SHARP CUTTING: In this first-released picture of the Australian-built North American F-86 Sabre, powered with a Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, the enlarged intake and one of two gun-ports are in evidence. Thirty-millimetre armament has been mentioned. A.V-M. W. A. D. Brook I T was only a week ago, on this page, that we announced the appointment of A.V-M. W. A. D. Brook, C.B., C.B.E., to the post of Vice-Chief of the Air Staff; he was to take up his new duties, with the acting rank of air marshal, at the end of this month. Now, unhappily, we have to record his death, which occurred in an accident to a Meteor 7 which he was flying from Coningsby on Monday. The aircraft struck the ground near Stafford, 20 minutes after take-off. A.V-M. Brook, who was 52 years of age, was commissioned in the R.A.F. in 1921. For two years during the war he was S.A.S.O. at No. 4 Group, Bomber Command, and from August 1944 until the Japanese surrender he was Director of Plans (Air Staff), first at H.Q., Air Command, S.E. Asia, then at Supreme Allied H.Q., S.E. Asia. His post-war appointments were: Director of Policy (Air Staff), Air Ministry; Deputy Chief of Staff at H.Q. Allied Air Forces Central Europe; and (from September 1951) A.O.C. No. 3 Group, Bomber Command. He leaves a widow and three sons, with whom all who knew him, in the Service and elsewhere, will express deep sympathy. Tomorrow's Race at Coventry BAGINTON Airfield, Coventry, is again the venue for the Siddeley Challenge Trophy Race, last of this year's "Nationals." The race will be the main item in the Air Day programme organized by the city's aerodrome committee. After the formal opening by the Lord Mayor at 2.45 p.m., flying will continue until 7 p.m. As reported on page 237, the race will decide the British Air Racing Championship. Entries are:— No. 12 15 16 24 32 35 39 41 45 46 73 74 77 87 90 94 95 96 98 Club Auscer F.C. ... London A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Newcastle A.C. Liverpool A.C. London A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Vintage A.C. West London A.C. ... Northampton A.C. ... Southern A.C. Hampshire A.C. Brough F.C. ... Wolverhampton A.C. Coventry A.C. Lancashire A.C. Vintage A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Elstree F.C Pilot C. Gregory W. P. I. Fillingham L. S. Loveridge ... A. A. Brough G. C. Wright ... W. P. Bowles ... D. C. Jemmett ... A. W. Bedford ... MissS. M. Leaf ... A. J. Spiller A. S. K. Paine ... P. Hillwood G. R. I. Parker ... L. Roper ... P. Blamire F. Dunkertey J. Rush R. R. Paine J. N. Somers Aircraft Taylorcraft plus D Hornet Moth ... Auster 5 Tiger Moth 2A... Hawk Trainer ... Messenger 2A ... Hawk Trainer ... Miles Whitney ... Straight I Hawk Major Leopard Moth ... Proctor I Proctor I Proctor 5 Proctor I Gemini IA Gemini IA Falcon 6 .. Hawk Speed 6 ... Gemini 3A Reg. G-AHGZ G-ADUR G-AIGR G-AMLH G-ALOG G-AJYZ G-AKPE G-AEUJ G-ACYO G-ACMA G-AHNA G-AIEY G-AHWR G-AHBS G-ALZG G-AKKB G-AECC G-ADGP G-AKDC
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