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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 0467.PDF
8 April 1955 467 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Cranwell ParadeF OR the passing-out parade of the 64thEntry to R.A.F. College Cranwell last Tuesday, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur G. M.Sanders, Commandant of the Imperial De- fence College, consented to be the review-ing officer. He was also presenting the Sword of Honour, but the General Dutiescadets received their wings on the previous day from A. Cdre. H. Eeles, the Com-mandant of the College. The prizewinners were: Sword ofHonour, Chance Memorial Prize and Abdy Gerrard Fellowes Prize, Sen. U/Off.F. M. A. Hines; Queen's Medal and Air Ministry Prize for Imperial and WarStudies, U/Off. J. F. Merry; Sassoon Memorial Prize, Sen. U/Off. D. N.Cousins; R. M. Groves Memorial Prize, Sen. F/Cdt. S. M. V. Situnayake; Dick-son Trophy and Michael Hill Memorial Prize, Sen. U/Off. J. N. Sawyer; HicksMemorial Trophy, U/Off. R. Horsfield; R.U.S.I. Award, Sen. F/Cdt. C. A. Her-bert; Air Ministry Prize for Equipment Studies, Sen. F/Cdt. D. A. McArthur. R.Aux.A.F. AppointmentsT HE Air Ministry has announced theappointment of W/C. R. K. W. Glover, D.F.C., to command No. 3605 (County ofWarwick) Fighter Control Unit. During the war W/C. Glover became the gunneryleader of No. 61 Squadron. The appointment is also announced ofW/C. H. S. Linthwaite to command No. 3604 (County of Middlesex) FighterControl Unit. W/C. Linthwaite is a specialist air gunner and controller, servingin the former capacity with Nos. 215, 149 and 15 Squadrons and as a controller atTain, Ayr, Turnhouse and Portreath. RJV.F. Yacht Club A FULL programme for 1955 has been•**• tentatively arranged by the R.A.F. Yacht Club, which has its headquarters atHamble, Hampshire. There are three dinghy meetings: Firefly meeting for theNaini-Tal Challenge Cup, August 13th- 14th; handicap meeting for open to half- decked and open centreboard boats up to20ft l.o.a. and Flying Fifteens, June 25th- 26th; and ladies' race, September 17th-18th.Other events include a rally in the Beaulieu River, June 4th; seamanship race,June 5th; race to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, July 30th; and race from Yarmouth toHamble, August 1st. Air Traffic Control Board "EXPECTED to function in a manner*-J similar to that of the Examining Wing of the Central Flying School, an Air TrafficControl Examining Board has been estab- lished at R.A.F. Shawbury, Salop. Under the new scheme, within two yearsR.A.F. Air Traffic control officers all over the world should have been examined andcategorized according to ability and experi- ence. Thereafter examining teams willvisit stations at home and abroad to make half-yearly re-categorizations and stan-dardization checks. For controllers there will be both writtenand practical examinations and the top categories will be required to handle high-density traffic, to deal with three or four simultaneous descents and to carry outradar talk-down procedure. The first officer to command the newboard is W/C. G. A. L. Elliot, D.F.C., who has eight years' experience of airtraffic control in various parts of the world. Halton Passing-out Parade AT Halton, last Wednesday, the LordL Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, was to be thereviewing officer at the passing-out of the 71st Entry of aircraft apprentices. TheQueen's Colour was paraded. The prizewinners of the 71st Entrywere: Cranwell Cadetship, Beauchamp Memorial Prize and Air Ministry Prize(General Efficiency), F/Sgt. App. A. E. Thomson; Quinton Memorial Trophy,Sgt. App. H. Gordon; Pioneer Trophy, Crebbin Robinson Cup and Air MinistryPrize (Air Frame Fitter), A/C. App. R. L. Dodd; Azhar Memorial Shield,A/C. App. M. S. Islam; Elliott Memorial A party of 22 officers and members of London University Air Squadron who spent last week in Germany. The Commanding Officer, W/C. I. J. Spencer, D.F.C., is in the centre. The party flew in a Handley Page Hastings, which was fitted with an experimental pannier. On his way home from his recent visit to the Mediterranean, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh paid a short visit to the R.A.F. in Gibraltar. He is seen being greeted by A. Cdre. G. G. Barrett, C.B.E., A.O.C. Gibraltar. Prize, Sgt. App. P. G. Turner; Air Min.Prizes (Highest in All Subjects and Educa- tional Subjects), Sgt. App. F. O. Hutch-ings. Air Min. prizes were also awarded to Cpl. App. J. E. Hughes, Sgt. App. D.S. Watson, L. App. D. E. Whitley, L. App. B. Perryman, A/C. App. A.E. G. Best, A/C. App. F. H. Smith, A/C. App. G. J. Smith, A/C. App. H. Milton,A/C. App. J. M. Newton. Locking Parade ON Tuesday last A.V-M. A. F. Hutton,C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Director- General of Engineering, was due to reviewthe passing-out parade of the 71st Entry of No. 1 Radio School, Locking, com-manded by W/C. S. Linnard, D.F.C. Over 800 apprentices were on parade. Kenya Awards 'T'HE Queen has been graciously pleased•*• to approve the undermentioned awards to members of the Royal Air Force for ser-vice in Kenya. Extracts from the citations covering the awards are added. C.B. G/C. D. J. Eayrs, C.B.E., D.F.C. Servingas Senior Royal Air Force Officer, East Africa, at R.A.F. Eastleigh, Nairobi, from October1952 to June 1954, G/C. Eayrs was principally responsible for the conduct of air operationsagainst the Mau Mau. His task was to build up the air organization to a state at which itcould support the intensive operations of the forces employed. The task, and the respon-sibilities laid upon him, were for months far beyond the normal resources available, but hemaintained his organization continuously in a high state of morale and efficiency. He wasinvolved in all questions of joint planning and co-ordination of policy for the employment ofair forces, established R.A.F. relationships with the Army, civil administration and civilianpopulation upon a most excellent footing and maintained the morale and keenrlBSS of theR.A.F. at very high level. G/C. Eayrs is now Officer Commanding R.A.F. Station Cranwell. M.B.E. F/L.S F. D. Edge and C. H. Edgar. Incommand of No. 7 Provost and Security Detachment at Eastleigh from the start of the
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