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1954
1954 - 0014.PDF
FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Next Farnborough THE S.B.A.C. has announced the dates of next September's Farnborough Show: Tuesday the 7th to Sunday the 12th inclusive. New York Show THE second "international aviation trade show" is to be held this year (May 5th-7th) in New York. There will be 98 stands on one floor of the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue. Good School THE C-in-C. of the Norwegian Air Force, Lt-Gen. Finn Lambrechts, has announced the continuation of the training of Norwegian pilots in Canada; he signed a new three-year agreement during his recent visit to Canada. Fiat's Sabres THE first shipment of Sabre components for assembly by Fiat in Turin left the United States shortly before Christmas. To be designated F-86K, Fiat-built Sabres will have four 20 mm cannon instead of 24 x 2.75in rockets. Honourable Veteran A MAURICE FARMAN biplane which took part in the Tsingtao campaign—Japan versus Germany—in World War I was among the exhibits at powered-flight jubilee celebrations held by the Japanese Aeronautical Association. For Boys of all Ages MODEL aircraft exhibits—with a special helicopter feature—form a prominent part of the National Schoolboys' Own Exhibi tion, now open (10 a.m.-8 p.m. until January 13di) at the Horticultural Halls, Westminster. Admission is Is. PROGRESS IN TWO SCIENCES: Long-term patients in Davy Ward 3 at Clare Hall Hospital, South Mimms, hit on the ingenious idea of aircraft rr.odels and photcgrcphs as a motif in the hospital's Christmas ward-decorating competition. The theme linked progress in T.B. treatment with progress in aircraft design, and the skill of doctors with that of aircraft designers. An appeal made to the industry for the loan of models met with "a magnificent response." Avon-Mystere Flies THE first Marcel Dassault Mystere IVB, powered with a Rolls-Royce Avon RAJ turbojet of 7,700 lb thrust, made its first two flights on December 16th, piloted by Colonel Rozanoff. The airframe is the first of a pre-production batch of Mysteres, some of which will have the S.N.E.C.M.A. Atar and others Avons. Rotor-hours Record? HAROLD W. SYMES, a pilot of Heli copter Air Service, Inc., of Chicago, recently completed 3,000 hours of flying with that company. Before he joined them, in November 1949, he had flown 1,500 hours on helicopters, and it is believed that his total of 4,500 hours is a world's record for rotating-wing flying time. For Recognition Teams CLOSING date for entries for the All- England Recognition Contest has been extended to January 10th. Principal details of the event, which takes p'ace on January 23rd, appeared on page 804 of Flight for December 18th. Entry forms are obtain able from the Hon. Secretary, Aircraft Recognition Society, 39/40 Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. PIONEERS OF BRITISH AVIATION gathered at Farnborough on December 14th to ccrrmcmcrate the fifty-year anniversary of powered flight. Here seen btfere the dir.nei—w/i/ch we nfcrlcd last week—in the Directors' Mess are (left to right), Sir George Itcmscn, Major F. M. Green, Sir William Farren, Mr. R. McKinnon Wood, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Sir Melvill Jcnes, Mr. P. Crosson and Mr. S. 8. Gates. C.P.A.rComet Memorial INSCRIBED "They gave their lives in the advancement of flight," a memorial has been erected in Karachi to the crew of the C.P.A. Comet which was destroyed there last March. Attended by the British and Canadian High Commissioners, the memorial was consecrated at a ceremony on December 17th. Percival Appointment CONCURRENTLY with the appoint ment of Mr. F. H. Pollicutt as chief designer to Percival Aircraft, Ltd., as recorded in Flight of December 4th, Mr. R. K. Page has been appointed chief technician. Thirty-eight years of age, Mr. Page joins the Luton firm from Westland Aircraft, Ltd., where he has been assistant chief designer (projects) for the past four years. Sky-Sign FOLLOWING successful installation of neon-light advertising on an Auster now operating in Singapore, equipment has now been fitted to a similar aircraft for use in this country. Frames msasuring lift long by 2ft 6in wide, fitted under each wing, are each divided into 16 sections pro/id ng for the assembly of various neon-tube characters. A 24 v battery supplies current which is stepped up to 240 v by rotary converters, and then to 5,000 v by a trans former. The initial advertisement, in brilliant red and green, is for a well-known brand of cigarette. Take your Choice "YOU may not fully comprehend the true magnitude of today's United States air power. But I will state unequivocally that it is superior to that of any other nation" —Admiral Radford, chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington on December 17th. "The United States should have, but has not, the strongest air force in the world" —Gen. George C. Kenney, president of the Air Force Association, at a recent Press conference. The 'offensive capabilities of the U.S.A.F. are now stronger (in quality though not in quantity) than those of the Russians "by a pretty good margin"—Gen. Twining, U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff, quoted by United States News and World Report, December 22nd.
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