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1955
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712 FLIGHT, 27 May 1955 HERE AND THERE Royal Heron Delivered THE specially prepared Series 2 Heron forthe Queen's Flight was taken over by the Duke of Edinburgh and S/L. Gordon atHatfield on Thursday last week. On the previous day the aircraft had made a shortflight during which the Duke took the con- trols. Notes on the equipment of themachine, and interior and exterior photo- graphs, appeared in Flight of April 1st. For the Nation ON loan to the Science Museum since1926, the 1910 Antoinette monoplane has been presented for permanent inclusion inthe Museum's National Aeronautical Col- lection by its owner, Mr. Robert Black-burn, chairman of Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd. The machine, of particu-larly graceful and striking design, was brought to this country by Hubert Lathamin 1910. Fun o' the Fair WHITSUNTIDE air events round-up:Whit-Monday: National Air Races and S.S.A.F.A. Display at Yeadon, near Leeds—see page 743; Royal Netherlands In- ternational Air Display at Ypenburg;Women's Junior Air Corps Flying Display (with Service participation) and Rally,White Waltham, near Alaidenhead—2 p.m., admission 2s, children Is, cars with occu-pants 10s; Aero Club of Ireland's Display at Weston Aerodrome, Leixlip, near Dub-lin. Whit-Sunday (11 a.m.-6 p.m.) and Whit-Monday (10-5): Society of ModelAeronautical Engineers' British National Championships, R.A.F. Station Water-beach, near Cambridge—admission by programme, price 6d, car parking 2s 6d. Handicappers Wanted ? 1955 AWARD in the Dorothy SpicerMemorial essay competition organized by the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineersgoes to Mr. R. A. Fry, A.R.B. surveyor— for the third time. He gained the prizefor a paper on "Inspection Aspects of Air- craft Fatigue." The S.L.A.E. Gold Badgefor 1954 has been awarded to Mr. J. Leeson of the B.E.A. Helicopter Unit for a paper ONE OF SEVERAL Hunting Paixitot i-JJ fiwoiti toi in* i\o>". Unqi Air Force. The first batch of four left Bovingdon on May 18th on the first leg of their delivery flight, led by G/C. P. Heal, A.F.C., air adviser to the Royal Iraqi Air Force. The other machines were piloted by Lt-Col. Wadood Faraq, Lt-Col. Mahmoud Shakir, and Lt-Col. Kaleel Shafik. which, says the Society, has proved of ex-ceptional value in introducing helicopter engineering to maintenance engineers pre-viously unfamiliar with such aircraft. The awards were announced at the Society's12th A.G.M., held in London last Satur- day, when Sir Frederick Tymms gave anaddress on International and National Regulation of Airworthiness. World Air Forces Data THE demand for the special Military Avia-tion (World's Air Forces and their Aircraft) Number of Flight, published on May 13th,was even heavier than expected, especially from air forces and government depart-ments abroad. Arrangements had, how- ever, been made to hold a limited numberof copies in reserve to meet further appli- cations from such sources, and these maybe obtained at normal price; orders should bear indication of their official origin. Operation Handclasp TAKING part in the goodwill missionof the above name, four U.S.A.F. Re- public Thunderjets have flown non-stopfrom Tokyo to Australia, as forecast in Flight of May 13th. Theylanded, on May 21st, after being over 12 hours air-borne, at the R.A.A.F. base at Williamtown,N.S.W., having refuelled in flight over Guam, overMomote, in the Australian territory of New Guinea,and over Townsville, North Queensland. Mr.Athol Townley, the Aus- tralian Minister for Air,has described the flight as FAMILY GROUP: Assembled at Turin are (right) six types of Fiat trainer—in the fore- ground the newly tested G-H2 (Nene), the G.80-3B (Goblin) and G.80-1B (Gob- lin), G.59 (Merlin), G.49-2 (Wasp), and—most distant —the G.46 (Alfa 115-lter). 500th CROSSING of the North Atlantic is the reason for the modest smile on the face of Capt. S. VV. A. Scott, a B.O.A.C. senior captain, 1st class. He is the first British pilot to reach the 500 a "dramatic demonstration of aerial effi-ciency ... of deep significance for Aus- tralia." Doctors found that the Thunder-jet pilots were in excellent physical and mental condition and not unduly fatigued. Russia and the Canadian Fair THE Soviet Ambassador to Canada, Mr.Dimitri Chuvakhin, has announced that the Soviet Union will exhibit "its latest air-craft" at the Canadian International Air Show next year. He added that Russiawould have taken part in this year's show (which is being held in connection with theInternational Trade Fair at Toronto from May 30th to June 1st) but invitationsarrived too late for preparations to be made. Filton to Malton ANOTHER exhibit for the Toronto Fairwill be a Bristol Sycamore, which last Tuesday began its export journey fromFilton under its own power—it was flown to Avonmouth Docks, where it landedalongside the ship Gloucester City; its rotor was then removed and it was lifted onboard by a 10-ton crane. The aircraft will give demonstrations at Malton Airportduring the Show.
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