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246 FLIGHT, 28 August 1953 HERE AND THERE Through the Australian Barrier DURING a demonstration at Avalon, Victoria, last Friday, watched by Mr. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, an Avon-Sabre was dived from 52,000ft, reaching 700 m.p.h.—or, according to some reports, "at 900 m.p.h. for five seconds." Angular Brood MORE than one reader has had the good fortune to see during the past few days a formation of five Avro deltas in the Hamp shire/Surrey area. This comprised the Vulcan and four 707s, and its activities are believed to be not unconnected with the S.B.A.C. Display. Australian Scientist's Recognition AMONG those recently elected to Fellow ship (F.C.G.I.) of the City and Guilds of London Institute, in recognition of the con tribution each has made to the industry in which he is engaged, appears the name of Mr. L. P. Coombes, D.F.C., B.Sc, F.R.Ae.S. Mr. Coombes is chief superin tendent of the aeronautical research laboratories of the Australian Government's Department of Supply and Development. Long-range Jets TWO formations of F-84 Thunderjets of the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing left Turner Field, Georgia, on August 19th- 20th to fly to Lakenheath, Suffolk, and to a U.S.A.F. base in French Morocco— distances of 4,485 miles and 4,475 miles respectively. They made the flights non stop over unstated routes, flight-refuelling on the way. The object of the exercise, it was stated, was to test the- global mobility of American fighter forces. The Laken- heath formation consisted of 20 aircraft under the command of Col. T. S. Olds, Commander of the 40th Air Division, *HHM RUNNING FROM A BOGIE is the S.E. baroudeur ground-support aircraft, some notes on which appeared in our issue of June 26. The rocket-propelled launching trolley has already been arrested by its automatic brake and is ready for retrieving and reloading. U.S.A.F., and they are staying here for about a fortnight before returning to the U.S.A. The formation's journey consti tuted the longest non-stop flight ever carried out by single-seat jet aircraft. "FLIGHT" AND FARNBOROUGH "Britain's Aircraft Industry"— September 4th: A detailed review, forming a valuable work of reference, of British aircraft and engines; notes on new equipment and a directory to the "ancillary" industry; and a guide for S.B.A.C. Show visitors. This issue—the largest Flight has ever produced—will be priced at 2s. Farnborough Report — Septem ber nth: Vivid, fully illustrated descriptions of the flying and the new aircraft seen on the opening days of the Show. Price is. as usual. Farnborough Review — Septem ber 18th: A detailed appraisal of the week's flying and a further descrip tion of the "static" exhibits; is. 0 Orders should be placed with newsagents without delay. Aid for the S.A.A.F. G.C.A. has been installed at the South African Air Force Station at Langebaan- weg, Cape Province, a training station where, amongst others, pilots for the S.A.A.F. squadron in Korea were trained. ROTOR-COACH, proposed by Saunders-Roe to meet &.E..A. requirements and depicted here would carry upwards of 50 passengers over ranges greater than 100 miles. A model will be shown at Farnborough. Saro Designer's Fellowship CHIEF DESIGNER to Saunders-Roe, Ltd., Mr. M. J. Brennan, B.Sc., has lately been elected a Fellow of the Royal Aero nautical Society and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Brit. I.R.E. President FOR a second year, the council of the British Institution of Radio Engineers has elected as president Mr. W. E. Miller, M.A. (Cantab.), editor of Wireless and Electrical Trader. Dutch Aerobatic Competition FLYING their Meteor 8s, the famous "Four of Diamonds" team from No. 327 Sqn., Royal Netherlands Air Force, won the recent aerobatic contest for a challenge cup offered by the Royal Aeroclub of the Netherlands. Second was No. 860 Naval Sqn., in Sea Furies, and third was a Harvard team from Holland Training Command at Gilze-Rijen. Battle of Britain Service A THANKSGIVING service will be held at 3.15 p.m. on Sunday, September 20th, in St. Paul's Cathedral. Applications for tickets (from widows and bereaved parents of Battle of Britain aircrew, and from re tired R.A.F. officers) should be sent to the Under Secretary of State, S.4(d), Air Ministry, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.I. Canberra Innovation IT is now known that the Martin-built B-57 version of the English Electric Canberra is fitted with a revolving bomb- bay, originally developed on the Martin XB-51 and described and illustrated in Flight of August 14th. It may be recalled that this device was developed to obviate turbulence which may be occasioned by the opening of conventional bomb doors and to overcome other difficulties attendant on re'ease at high speeds. Incidentally, the first production B-57 (picture on page 258) made its delivery flight to the U.S.A.F. from Baltimore on August 21st. Conference Overflow THE Royal Aeronautical Society an nounces that, as the number of delegates to the Anglo-American Conference will be so great, the lecture-venue is to be changed from Senate House, University of London, to the nearby Friends House, Euston Road. The order of the lectures, as given in our issue of July 31st, has also been to some extent altered. Attendance is limited to delegates, but others will be welcome at the opening ceremony (9.30 a.m., Tuesday, September 13th) and the closing (4 p.m., Thursday, 17th).
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