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1954
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314 FLIGHT, 3 September 1954 "N ,\n HERE AND THERE Heli-ferry THE new Wesdand-Sikorsky S-51 acquired by Silver City Airways took off from Lympne last Friday on the first of the series of cross-Channel proving flights for which the company has received M.T.C.A. approval. A freight service is to be inaugurated on April 1st next. Yeager in Europe THE first man to exceed the speed of sound, Major Charles ("Chuck") Yeager, has been posted from the U.S.A.F. Flight Test Center, Edwards A.F.B., California, to be staff operations officer at H.Q. 12th U.S.A.F., Ramstein, Germany. Lockheed C-130 Flies THE first military transport aircraft de signed expressly for turboprop power— Lockheed's C-130, with four Allison T56s —made its first flight from the Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, to Edwards Air Force Base a few days ago. The pilot, Stanley Beltz, kept the new prototype air borne for 61 minutes. CF-ioo Accident—"Zura" Safe AVRO CANADA test pilot Jan Zurakow-ski (formerly of Gloster Aircraft), escaped from a CF-100 all-weather fighter on August 24th when the machine caught fire over Toronto after what is described as an explosion. His flight observer, John Hiebert, is said to have fatally delayed his bale-out, having insisted on "throwing some secret equipment overboard" when the fire occurred. This equipment was re covered later not far from the spot where "Zura" landed. The accident, and Zura- kowski's parachute descent, was witnessed by thousands of people, and a delegation is said to have thanked him for steering the aircraft away from populated areas. New Chief Scientist APPOINTED to succeed Sir Harold Rox-bee Cox as chief scientist of the Ministry of Fuel and Power is Mr. K. T. Spencer, C.B.E., M.C., B.Sc.(Eng.), F.R.Ae.S., A.M.I.C.E. Between the wars Mr. Spencer WHIRLIGIG: This striking pattern was traced by lights on the tips of one rotor of a Kaman HTK-1 which took off, hovered and climbed away during a iinft exposure. The use of such lights is well established in helicopter research, but Kaman Aircraft 0nd the U.S.N. Bureau of Aeronautics are investigating th'hr^possibilitien's navigation lights. was at the R.A.E., Farnborough, and in £ Beetle War 1935 was transferred to the Air Ministry. In 1940 he went to M.A.P. and throughout the war was concerned with the expansion of aircraft research and development here and in the Commonwealth countries. To wards the end of the war he was seconded to the A.R.B. He was a member of the first Brabazon Committee, and in 1946 he established the Airworthiness Section of the provisional International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal. He joined the Ministry of Fuel and Power in 1950. Poles Apart >•"" IN the caption to a photograph illustrating an article on Polish gliding in our issue of July 23rd (page 107)-tne name Alexander Yrkevich should/nave read Alexander Manockow. ^ A Swift Lost THE crash of an R.A.F. Vickers-Super-marine Swift near Thaxted, Essex, last week was taken as an indication that the type—temporarily grounded after a crash last May—is now back in squadron service. The pilot, from Waterbeach, used his ejec tor seat at 10,000ft and descended safely. JAP JET : Basically an improved—and, we suspect, Americanized—version of the Ne-20 turbojet developed in Japan in 1944-5, the prototype JQ-1 has been completed and may be run in "a few weeks." Here, Mr. Kita Kenji, president of Fuji Heavy Industries, is shown alongside; a brief description of the engine was given in'oor "Power Units" issue of April 9th last. FIVE light aircraft have been lent by the Soviet Governmenttp-ftght outbreaks of Colorado beetle jn-*Hungary. They are to be used to spray insecticide over the in fected area Or potato fields. R.C.A.F.'s London P.R.O. AFTER three-and-a-half years as R.C.A.F. public relations officer in Lon don, F/L. "AJ^'Hviarshall returned to Canada last^feek. He is succeeded by F/L. J. E. Palmer. A New "Flight" Handbook COMPLETELY rewritten and greatly enlarged in size and content, the fifth edition of Flight HatuUrfoh. appears next week. Illustrated b^Sl7 photographs and drawings, plus 12/farge fold-out drawings of aircraft and^ engines, this 282-page handbook is designed to meet the needs of all who Mquire basic information on the subject.iof aircraft, engines and the theory of flight. A study will provide valuable preparation for those entering aviation^professionally; it will also assist the yovfiiger reader towards fuller under standing of the technical matter that appears in Flight each week. Flight Handbook, fifth edition, will be on sale next Monday, September 6th, price 15s, or may be ordered (postage 8d) from the publishers, Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I. Guided-missile Progress ANOTHER new edition of a Flight book appearing next Monday is the second o: Development of the Guided Atissile, by Kenneth W. Gatland, F.R.A.S. Although the first edition appeared only two year: ago, progress in this field has been so rapid that an immense amount of ne; information is incorporated; for exampit, the table of characteristics which was important feature of the first edition no" provides data on no fewer than 140 rocket-powered missiles from eight countries. Price and publication details are identic I with those quoted above for Fugrt Handbook.
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