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610 FLIGHT, 6 November 1953 HERE AND THERE Youthful C.A.S. APPOINTED Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Air Force at the age of 38 is Col. Einar Tufte Johnsen, who now assumes the rank of major-general. New Engine Types MENTION may now be made of three new marks of gas-turbine power unit: the de Havilland Gyron DGy.l, Rolls-Royce Avon RA.23 and Rolls-Royce Conway RCo.3. In addition the existence of the Napier Nomad NNm.7 is revealed; what ever other improvements have been made in this version, it certainly marks a notable increase in power—to 3,467 s.h.p.; and no doubt the total e.h.p. will be con siderably greater than this. The Small Gas Turbine THE potentialities of the small gas turbine formed the subject of a lecture to be given last Wednesday, November 4th, to mem bers of the Brough branch of the R.Ae.S. The paper was by Mr. F. R. Bell, who was appointed chief designer (engines) to Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., early this year. Mr, Bell, who was engaged on gp.s-turbine development with Rolls- Royce during the war, was in charge of the research work which produced the gas tur bine for the Rover car. Blackburns, of course, have a particular interest in small power units of this type, for they hold the Turbomeca licence in this country. SECRET ENTRY ? Our post has been noticeably swelled since an advertisement appeared last week (page 16) depicting an unfamiliar-looking aircraft apparently on its way in the race to New Zealand. Some readers identified the "Canberra" correctly; others remained puzzled. It was the R.-R. Trent-Meteor 1, first turboprop aircraft to fly, and here shown with the Editor at the controls. An "In the Air" description appeared on March 18th, 1948. For Machining Big Blades PRODUCTION is to begin next month in a new factory which de Havilland Propellers, Ltd., have acquired at Edmon ton, in North London, for machining operations on hollow-steel blades. The components to be made at Edmonton will, in the first place, be for the airscrews on die Bristol Britannia, and a second pro duction line will turn out blades for those of the Blackburn Beverley. The main D.H. airscrew factory is at Lostock, Lancashire. Fit For the Job THE Fairey "envelope tooling" system of production proved its value in an unusual way recently, when two Gannets undergo ing urgent M.o.S. trials collided on the ground and were badly damaged. Com ponents just off the assembly jigs were sent straight to the M.o.S. establishment and fitted there and then. This inter- changeability enabled the trials to proceed after a delay of only a few days. World Power Conference THREE lectures on "British Develop ments in Gas Turbines" will be given at next year's Rio de Janeiro meeting of the World Power Con- v ference. Sir Harold .«hg Roxbee-Cox (Chief ss Scientist, Ministry of Fuel and Power) will deliver the introduc tory lecture; a paper on Gas Turbines on Land and Sea will be given by A. T. Bow- den (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.) and R. J. Welsh (English Electric Co., Ltd.), and Prof. W. R. Haw- diorne, Professor of Applied Thermo dynamics at Camb ridge, will lecture on Gas Turbines for COMMONWEALTH CHIEFS: Col. "Rod" Douglas (left), chair man of the de Havilland South African company, meets Mr. P. C. Gar- ratt, managing director of the Canadian com pany; one reason for Col. Douglas's visit was to discuss the poten tialities of the Agricul tural Beaver, latest version of the well- known D.H. Canada type. Aviation. Details of the meeting, which is to take place from July 25th to August 8th, may be obtained from the British National Committee, World Power Con ference, 201-2 Grand Buildings, Trafal gar Square, London, W.C.2. Sports Planner MR. HAROLD GILLMAN, director- general of the F.A.I., was in Yugoslavia last week to discuss the organization of aeronautical Olympic Games and the second World Parachuting Contest. U.S.N. Strength THE U.S. NAVY is now operating 9,940 aircraft, according to figures revealed last week by Mr. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy. Of 1,129 ships in commission, 14 are aircraft carriers. Wandering Wool FOR a year, a South Australian grazier had searched on horseback for 300 lost sheep. Then, a few weeks ago, he enlisted the aid of a neighbouring Auster owner— and the pilot spotted the flock in two hours. They were in thick scrub only 15 miles from the grazier's home. First In SINCE the atomic-bomb test at Woomera three weeks ago, the names have become known of the crew which took a Canberra, equipped with collecting-scoops, through the cloud of radio-active vapour six minutes after the explosion. The pilot was W/C. G. H. Dhenin, who is Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Flying) at Bomber Command H.Q.; and with him was G/C. D. A. Wilson, a radiology specialist at the Central Medical Estab lishment. R.Ae.C. Film Show THE first of this winter's Royal Aero Club film shows will be held at London derry House at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17di. The film will be M.G.M.'s The Secret Land, a factual record, in Technicolor, of the U.S. Navy's South Polar survey, commanded by Admiral Byrd. Admission is confined to R.Ae.C. members and their guests. Car Test Data FOR the third year in succession, our associated journal The Autocar has re printed in book form 30 of its representa tive road-test reports on new cars. Cover ing in 96 pages 22 current British vehicles and eight of French, Italian, German and American origin, The Autocar Road Tests 1953 is now available at 5s (postage 4d) from the publishers, Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, S.E.I.
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