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166 FLIGHT, 11 February 1955 HERE AND THERE Royal Inauguration for L.A.P. IT is announced that the new terminalbuilding and facilities at London Airport are to be formally inaugurated by HerMajesty the Queen on December 16th. The F-100 Grounding THE three-month ban on the flying of theNorth American F-100 Super Sabres is reported to have been lifted, "followingmodifications which include the fitting of a new vertical tail." This, if confirmed,is of particular interest in that the first major modification made to the F-100 afterearly flights was reduction in rudder size. Production Vulcan ? - AN Avro Vulcan, serial-numbered XA889and having a silver finish (except that the lower "mandible"—presumably housingradar—was black), was seen flying from Woodford on February 4th. Although themakers have nothing to say on the matter, it may confidently be assumed that XA889is the first production Vulcan, the two pro- totypes being numbered VX770 and VX777and finished wholly in white. Brancker Memorial Lecture ON Monday next, February 14th, the 1955Brancker Memorial Lecture of the Institute of Transport is to be delivered by SirArnold Hall, F.R.S., MA, F.R.Ae.S., Director of the R.A.E. His subject will beThe Influence on Civil Aviation of Some Current Researches. The meeting, whichwill take place at 5.45 p.m. in the Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London, W.I, willbe open to visitors, without ticket. Pilot and Doctor Honoured PILOT at one time or another of almostevery type of aircraft used in American high-speed flight research, Scott Crossfieldof Edwards A.F.B. received the Lawrence Sperry Award for 1954, presented at thehonours night dinner of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. The award recog-nizes his "important contributions in aero- nautical flight research especially attransonic and supersonic speeds up to Mach 2." Presented on the same occasionwas the John Jeffries Award, this year's recipient being James P. Henry, M.D.,for "outstanding contributions to the SUPER MIG: This im- pression of Russia's Mig-17 fighter is based on official U.S. Navy information and differs in detail from that in our previous issue. Note especi- ally the wing-form. Complete accuracy at this stage cannot be guaranteed. advancement of aeronautics throughmedical research." Dr. Henry, who is chief of the acceleration unit of the AeroMedical Laboratory at Wright Air De- velopment Center, did valuable work inthe development of the partial-pressure altitude suit. G. de Havilland Trophy Awarded THE Royal Aero Club announced lastMonday the award of the Geoffrey de Havilland trophy for 1954 to Lt. J. R. S.Overbury, R.N., in recognition of his London - Amsterdam point-to-point re-cord on July 29th last, when, flying a Hawker Sea Hawk, he made the journey at571.5 m.p.h. The trophy is awarded to the British pilot making the best speed in anofficial record attempt or race during the year. Firefly Tugs for India ON the morning of February 5 th the firstof a batch of converted Firefly Is, ordered for target-towing duties by the IndianNavy, left the Fairey base at Hamble on its delivery flight. Firefly tugs have alreadybeen supplied to the Royal Navy, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. P. and W. Wrights IN no field of aeronautical activity hasrivalry been keener than between the two great American producers of air-cooledengines, Wright and Pratt and Whitney. But such is the pattern of internationaldevelopments that the Canadian Pratt and Whitney company is now preparing to LORD BRABAZON, who was flying aero- planes in 1909 and was 71 last Tuesday, with the "skeleton" on which, a fortnight ago, he won the Cresta Run Coronation Cup. He covered the course at an average speed of 44 m.p.h.—implying some 80 m.p.h. on the faster stretches. build Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines forinstallation in de Havilland Canada-built Grumman CS2F-1 anti-submarine air-craft. Initial contracts cover a hundred machines. The version of the Cycloneselected is the R-1820-82. Radar Airfield PERSHORE AIRFIELD, Worcestershire,which was completed during the war, is to be used by the M.o.S. Radar ResearchEstablishment, Malvern, for flying opera- tions in connection with radar develop-ment. One runway is to be extended by about 500 yards. A Boeing Birthday CONGRATULATIONS to Boeing Maga-zine (editor, Jim Douglas) on celebrating its 25th year of publication. In the birth-day issue the first editor, Harold Crary— who recently retired from the post of vice-president (sales), United Air Lines— recalls the earlier days. Sales Talk THREE weeks ago the Jordan Governmentannounced that it intended to develop an air arm and was approaching Great Britainwith a view to securing aircraft. Last week Jordan Radio reported that the ItalianMinister in Amman had informed Jordan's Defence Minister that Italy was m a posi-tion to supply all the aircraft needed. The Italian offer, said the report, was beingstudied. A Helicopter in N.Z. NEW ZEALANDERS are soon to havetheir first sight of a helicopter in opera- tion. Mr. O. G. James, of HelicopterServices, Ltd., Hamilion has securedGovernment permission to use a Hiller 12B for general commercial work, includ-ing crop-spraying, publicity, and charter flying. Mike Meager, a Hiller test pilot,will spend some weeks in New Zealand instructing the new owners in helicopteroperation. Italian Loss DUE to be flown from Florence to NewYork by Maner Lualdi, the new Nardi FN.333 amphibian has been destroyed inan accident during a makers' test flight. Maj. Nello Valzania, one of the most ex-perienced Italian test pilots, was carrying out stalling trials when the aircraft entereda spin from which it did not recover. At the time of going to press it is not knownwhether Maj. Valzania escaped. It was he who broke the world 1,000 km closedcircuit record for aircraft under 500 kg with the Rondone F.4 last December.
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