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524 FLIGHT, 16 October 1953 HERE AND THERE A New A.T.A.F. A NEW Allied Tactical Air Force came into being on October 14th; with Head quarters at Izmir, Turkey, and under the command of Maj. Gen. Eaton, U.S.A.F. It is known as 6th A.T.A.F. Component formations, provided by Greece and Turkey, are destined to support Allied Land Forces, South-Eastern Europe. Aircraft for the Royal Tour SPEAKING in Montreal on October 7th, Sir Miles Thomas described rumours that the Queen might use a Comet for her Commonwealth tour next year as "uninformed nonsense." He said that Her Majesty would fly to Bermuda in a Strato- cruiser—"this route has not yet been tested for the Comet." B.B.C. British Air War Film LUFTWAFFE films of raids on London, and German pictures of R.A.F. raids on Hamburg, are to be included in a B.B.C. television film series on air warfare, to be broadcast in the winter of 1954-55. Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert will be technical adviser during preparation of the series. The Pioneers Move In PRESTWICK Pioneers, recendy adopted for service in Malaya, are now undergoing trials near Singapore. Two have been assembled at R.A.F. Station Seletar and two more are expected to arrive from Scotland before the end of the year. They will be used principally for communica tions and casualty-evacuation duties from airstrips used in the fight against the Communists. Cierva Prize Essay THE Helicopter Association of Great Britain has issued rules for the 1953 Cierva Memorial Prize essay competition. Prizes of £35 and £15 are offered for technical essays on selected aspects of rotating-wing flight. Entry is not restricted to Association members, and entrants may be of any nationality; but—to encourage the younger generation—they must be under 25 at the closing date, December 31st next. Details are obtainable from the Association, at Londonderry House, Park Lane, W.l. Mr. "Joc^" Simpson VICE-PRESIDENT of the Long Beach Division of Douglas Aircraft, Mr. "Jock" Simpson, died at Santa Monica on October 5th, at the age of 54. The son of an Orknev crofter, he served in the R.F.C. and R.A.F. during World War I, then emigrated to America. He has held increasingly responsible posts at the Long Beach plant, which today employs 30,000. P/O. (Mrs.) Willis WIFE of Mr. C. H. Willis, who is hon. treasurer of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators, and himself a practising V.R. pilot, Mrs. "Benny" Willis recendy be came the second Englishwoman to receive her R.A.F. wings. The instructional course diat she took was one composed of University students, at Feltwell; she was the only woman on the course, and she passed out ninth from a total of 20. Mrs. Willis served in the A.T.A. during the last war, and has flown something in the region of 50 different aircraft types. She SONIC MONSTER: From this aspect the Avro Canada CF-100 appears so bluff and bulky that it is hard to credit its proved supersonic capabilities. The example pictured in this striking close-up is a Mk 3 machine, with eight 0.50in guns in the belly. It is on the strength of the CF-100 O.T.U. at North Bay, Ontario. holds the rank of pilot officer, and she and her husband are the only man and wife commissioned in the Reserved They have four children. Swiftly Home ON Thursday of last week Lt.-Cdr. Lithgow flew the Swift F.4 back from Libya, landing at Chilbolton an hour earner than expected. Some further notes on his speed-record flights appear on page 540 of this issue. Dowry Canadian Expansion ON Tuesday last, October 13th, the new Dowty factory at Ajax, Ontario, was due to be formally opened by A.V-M. D. M. Smith, Canadian Air Member for Tech nical Services. Some 150 visitors were afterwards to be entertained by Mr. G. H. Dowty (chairman) at a reception at the Royal York Hotel, Montreal. Mr. Jablonsky Claims Again MEMBERS of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors learned details of D. H. Mosquito construction when, last week, they heard claims by Mr. Bruno Jablonsky and Jablo Propellers, Ltd., arising out of the use of "improved wood," initially (in 1935) for airscrews and later for airframes. In May this year Mr. Jablonsky was awarded £15,000 in recog nition of his work on wooden airscrews. Overload PLANNING recent charter flights for American business and other organiza tions, Sabena arranged for their DC-6s to overfly Shannon on the westward trips, assuming that their passengers would want to reach home as soon as possible. In nearly every case the proposal brought emphatic protests; Shannon, it seems, is regarded as a refuelling stop—for whisky. On one flight, says Sabena, a party of 68 American telephone girls purchased over 250 bottles (at 10s. 6d. each—duty free). DOWN—AND OUT: During his last-moment attempt to reach England in time to compete in the New Zealand Race, SjL A. J. R. Oates, D.F.C., ran out of fuel and put down his Mosquito 41 on the Burma Coast. It was bitter luck for the pilot, who nevertheless deserves congratulations on a skilful forced landing. This photograph was taken in the Cocos Islands,
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