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FLIGHT, 7 January 1955 HERE AND THERE To Teach New Luftwaffe FOUR R.A.F. pilots have transferred tothe U.S.A.F., under a mutual exchange system, in order to train pilots of the newWest German Air Force. They will be based at Furstenfelbruck, where T-6 Har-vards and T-33 Shooting Stars will be available. The West German Air Forcewill consist of about 80,000 officers and men, and 1,300-1,400 aircraft. A planningstaff has long been working in Bonn. Former Production Chief Dies THE death occurred, in Jersey last week,of Brig-Gen. Sir William Alexander, at the age of 80. During the First World Warhe was Controller of Aircraft Supply and Production, from 1917 to 1919. Young People's R.Ae.S. Lecture THE subject of a Royal AeronauticalSociety lecture to young people, due to take place in London yesterday, January6th, was Great Events in Aviation. The author, Mr. Peter G. Maseneld,M.A.(Eng.),F.R.Ae.S., F.I.A.S., described the more significant famous flights, illustrating themby specially drawn track-charts. Long-Range Missile Testing IT is officially announced that the UnitedStates Government is negotiating an arrangement with Great Britain to extendthe U.S.A.F. guided-missile range at Banana River, Florida, to St. Lucia, inthe Windward Islands, and to Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic. Under a1950 agreement the proving ground at present stretches from Florida through theBahamas to Puerto Rico. This news has HIGH ADVENTURE: Many who knew the Burnelli design when it was taken up in this country before the war by Cunliffe Owen Aircraft, Ltd., will have their memories jogged by this picture of an aircraft of similar type. It is to land the main party of an Arctic expedition at the North Pole next March. Built since the war by Cancargo, the Load master, as it is known, will carry 20 expedition members and 41 dogs from Alert, on the northern tip of Canada. been linked with the following extract fromthe recently published annual report of the Northrop Aircraft Company: "The com-pany continues development of the Snark B-62 pilotless bomber under a programmethat began in 1946. Northrop maintains an operating facility at the Air Force's mis-sile test centre at Florida, where a proving programme is currently being carried outjointly with the U.S. Air Force." For the Record AMONG reprints, in brochure form, fromrecent special numbers of Flight is British and Commonwealth Aircraft, reprintedfrom the August 27th and September 3rd special issues. Giving descriptions andspecifications in 51 fully illustrated pages, it is obtainable by post at 2s 3d from Iliffeand Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I. Super Sub-contracting IN their review of 1954 activities theBoeing Airplane Company report that throughout the year they continued theirbroad sub-contracting programme for the production of the B-47 Stratojet, B-52 FOREIGN AIR ATTACHES photographed during a recent visit to the Brentford factory of the Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd. Left to right: S/L. D. A. Peacock, D.F.C. (escorting officer), Lt. F Gomez, of the Dominican Republic; Co/. G. Marin, Chile; Col. A. L. Haley, U.S.A.; Lt.-Col. J. K. Sarvanto, Finland; Lt.-Col. E. Sand berg, Norway; and Lt.-Col. M. Dahlan Djambek, Indonesia. Stratofortress, KC-97 Stratofreighter, andModel 707 jet tanker/transport. The Wichita Division alone now has 1,868 sub-contractors and suppliers throughout the nation, nearly three-quarters of them—byGovernment definition—"small business firms employing less than 500 persons."In turn these suppliers buy from other sources, about 79 per cent small firms. M.T.C.A. Gets Its Teeth Into It ON page 25 of this issue is a photographof a crash-rescue power-saw demonstration at London Airport. Since the page closedfor press, we have learned from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation that equip-ment of this kind is to be provided at London Airport, Prestwick and Hum bythe end of this month, and at other major airfields shortly thereafter, •-;•-. The Sapphire-Vautour IT is announced that the third prototypeof the S.N.C.A.S.O. 4050 Vautour, illus- trated in Flight of December 17th, is fittedwith two Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 6 turbojets, each of over 8,000 lb thrustThe claim is advanced that the high thrust and low fuel-consumption of the Sapphire,together with its compact size and low specific weight, give the aircraft greatlyenhanced performance. Production ver- sions will have S.N.E.C.M.A, Atars. Creeping Like Snail? ONE of the attractions at the Schoolboy's IOwn Exhibition (Royal Horticultural Halls, I Westminster; open until January 13th) islan Air Trainers' AT. 100 transport-aircraft I simulator, erected on the Shell-Mex and IB.P. stand. Young visitors are invited tol "fly" the aircraft over a set course and arelafterwards given a trace of the track they! have actually followed. Other items in thelexhibition include models and photographs! of aircraft and guided missiles on the|English Electric stand. Bringing It Home RADIO AUSTRALIA reported last weeklthat Capt. Frank Roche and his wife ha<j| arrived safely at Cairns after an event' 'flight from England in a D.H. Rapid which they are to use for ambulance duties!(page 828, Flight, December 10th). ^ the Timor Sea section of the flight a sevestorm damaged the aircraft windows an rain flooded the cabin. There was also'radio fire, which Mrs. Roche extinguishe Frank Roche is the author of the artic"Bush Pilot's Album," in this issue.
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