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1955
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544 EAGERLY AWAITED: By the end of the year, Bomber Command should be piling up experience with the most compact and potent aircraft for its size yet built—the Ayro Vulcan B.I. The Bristol-powered delta may be compared with the Valiant (p. 570), designed to less exacting requirements and already in service. Faraborough Jubilee Postponed TO avoid a clash with next month's generalelection, the date of the Royal Aircraft Establishment's 50th anniversary celebra-tions has been changed to July 7th-9th. It is understood that Princess Margaretwill visit the Establishment on the 7th. The Double Film Premiere THE second-night premiere of The DamBusters film—on May 17th—will, after all, be honoured by Royal attendance: theDuke and Duchess of Gloucester are to be present. Princess Margaret is to attendon the first night. Major French Air Rally A LARGE-SCALE air rally is to takeplace at the time of the 21st Salon de PAeronautique. The principal organizerof the rally, M. Edmond Cornu, has announced that two groups of 50 aircraftwill follow two routes across France and neighbouring countries, arriving togetherat Le Bourget on June 15 th for the Private Aviation Day. The President of Francehas consented to be patron of the rally. Strange Accident A VARSITY which had taken off fromR.A.F. Station Thomey Island last Monday night on an unauthorized flightdisappeared in mysterious circumstances. It was said to have been piloted by anairman who had been engaged on aircraft maintenance at the station and who wasbelieved to hold a civilian pilot's licence. As darkness was falling the aircraft waspursued towards London by the duty flight commander, F/L. J. Smiles, inanother Varsity, in the hope that he would HERE AND THERE be able to guide the pilot in to a landing.Contact was lost, however, and eventually it was learned that the aircraft had crashedon a house in Northern France, causing a number of casualties. Constellation Search A SALVAGE vessel of the Royal Navy,H.M.S. Barford, is attempting to raise the wreckage of the Air India Constellationwhich was lost off the Great Natuna Islands on April 11th. U.S.A.F. Accidents AIRCRAFT accidents in the United StatesAir Force declined last year for the fourth year in succession. There were 20 crashesper 100,000 flying hours in non-combat operations, compared with 38 during thesame number of hours in 1950. Fifty per cent of the total of 1,873 flying accidentsin 1954 were due to human error. The Late Maj. Halford FOR the information of those who maywish to attend, and who may not have seen our announcement last week, we repeathere that the Memorial Service for the late Major F. B. Halford, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S.,M.S.A.E. (chairman and technical director of the de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.) willbe held at Christ Church, Down Street, London, W.I, next Thursday, May 5th,at 11.30 a.m. For Safer Production THE third Safety and Factory EfficiencyExhibition organized by the Birmingham and District Industrial Safety Group is tobe held for one week from June 24th at Bingley Hall, Birmingham. WORLD AIR POWER TO a total of about 70, theworld's air forces—their constitu- tion, equipment and command—will be reviewed in detail in the special Military Aviation Number ofFlight appearing on Friday, May 13th—>a fortnight from now. Specialdata tables will also be given in reference to all types of military air-craft of any significance at present in service anywhere in the world.There is certain to be a heavy de- mand for this greatly enlarged issue,and we suggest that readers should place orders with their newsagents. A.D.A.'s New President AT the annual general meeting of theAluminium Development Association held in London last week, Dr. Horace W. Clarkewas elected president. Dr. Clarke, who is chairman and managing director of JamesBooth and Co., Ltd., was a pioneer in the development of Duralumin in this country,and of the early high-strength aluminium alloys used in Britain's first all-metalaircraft. Education and Industry THE principal speaker at the PublicSchools Careers Masters' Convention, held recently in Liverpool, was Sir RonaldNesbitt-Hawes, who is the English Elec- tric Company's chief of educational ad-ministration. In his speech, Sir Ronald stressed the contribution made by the pub-lic schools to industry and commerce; he also mentioned that companies today wereprepared to spend as much as £1,500 on the training of one young man. FRIENDLY RIVALS: In a golf match between the Royal Air Force and the aircraft industry held recently at the Wentworth Club, the R.A.F. won by a substantial margin after two rounds of foursomes over 36 holes. Competi- tors seen in this photograph are, left to right, Mr. W. T. Gill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, Sir Roy Dobson and Air Marshal SirHarold Lydford.
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