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1955 - 0826.PDF
824 FLIGHT, 17 June 1955 HERE AND THERE Aerial Defuelling TWO KB-29 tankers recently got intotrouble over Langley A.F.B., Virginia, when engines "ran away" and threatenedto throw airscrews. The tankers were overweight for landing, and the captainsdid not want to jettison their transferable fuel, so a number of F-84Fs were sent upto draw loads of fuel from them, burn it off at low level, and come back for more.The rescue operation was successful and both tankers landed safely. ...., Naval Air Day, on— R.N.A.S. Eglinton, Northern Ireland, isholding its "air day" this Saturday, June 18th. The station houses the Naval AirAnti-submarine School, and its new Fairey Gannets will figure prominently in theprogramme. —and off ANOTHER Naval occasion fixed for June18th was to have been an open day by the R.N. Electrical School, Worthy Down,Winchester, but we now learn—after our "forthcoming events" list on page 852 hadgone to press—that the event has been cancelled. Agricultural B-17 - S ^ FROM Yakima, Washington, birthplace ofthe new Lamson L-101 Air-Tractor and centre of American agricultural aviationdevelopment, comes the accompanying photograph of what is claimed to be theworld's largest spraying aircraft. A modi- fied B-17, it is operated by Central Aircraft,Inc. With four engines to give a high safety factor over built-up areas, the B-17was used to spray the trees of the city of Lansing, Michigan, in a war on the larvae CITY SPRAYING: This striking photograph shows the converted B-17 (see accompanying paragraph) making a spraying run over trees surrounding the state capital building of Lansing, Michigan. Its target is, oddly enough, the caterpillar of the gipsy moth. of the gipsy moth (Ooneria Dispar). Spray-ing was carried out 200ft above tree-top level, and the converted bomber madeseveral passes between high buildings in the centre of the city. The aircraft cancarry approximately 24,000 lb of insecticide and spray 4,000 acres per hour. On The Air THE final B.B.C. broadcast in the Escapefrom the Elements series will describe the use of the aircraft ejector-seats; RaymondBaxter will comment on an ejection by S/L. Fifield from a Meteor 7 piloted byCapt. John Scott, chief test pilot to the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. S/L. Fifieldhimself hopes to describe his actions at the critical moment. This programme can beheard in the Home Service on June 22nd. Another B.B.C. feature with strong aviationinterest will be The High and the Mighty, a radio play adapted from Ernest Gann'sbook (Home Service, June 25th). Models at Halton THE many model-flying enthusiasts whoannually attend the gala day of the Northern Heights M.F.C.—held for manyyears past at Hawker's Langley Airfield— will go this year to R.A.F. Station Halton.Sunday week, June 26th, is the date, and the programme (which begins at 10 a.m.)will include the contest for the Queen Elizabeth Cup, to be given this year for thebest performance by an A.2 class glider. Thirty-six Years After AMONG guests at a party held in Londonlast week to mark the publication of a new book, The Flight of Alcock and Brown(by Graham Wallace, published by Put- nam), was Capt. E. S. J. Alcock, brother ofSir John Alcock. Also present were Mr. Couch and Mr. Chidsey, who serviced theVimy which, in June 1919, made the first west-east non-stop Atlantic crossing; theyare still employed by Vickers-Armstrongs. TO HUSH THF HUNTER is the purpose of this new running-up pen recently commissioned at Dunsfold. Basically, the installation resembles that used by Vickers-Supermarine at South Marston (described in our issue of October 8th, 1954) and was similarly designed by Mr. Quentin Reeves to employ a Detuners, Ltd., silencer.
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