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1955
1955 - 0896.PDF
FLIGHT> 1 July 1955 HERE AND THERE Conservative's Air Committee AIR COMMODORE A. V. Harvey hasbeen appointed chairman of the Air Sub- Committee of the Conservative M.P.s'Defence Committee. The new vice- chairman is Dr. Reginald F. Bennett,formerly secretary, and W/C. E. Bullus is now secretary. Misdirected Bouquet IN the fast and furious air displays nowin full spate on the Continent positive identification of pilots is seldom easy, if,indeed, possible. A case in point was the excellent Canberra demonstration at LeBourget, praised on p. 871 of Flight last week, wherein the pilot was, in fact,"Johnnie" Squier and the aircraft a P.R.7. The T.4 (Peter Hillwood) haddemonstrated earlier in the week. German Jodel MORE than one claim has been made re-garding the first German-built powered aircraft to be completed since Germany re-gained her sovereignty. Last week we re- ferred to a powered glider for which thisdistinction was claimed. Another aircraft in the running is the Jodel Bebe, con-structed by Hubert Zuerl, editor of Aero. It is learned that he started the engine forthe first time in Munich on the first morn- ing of "freedom". Mr. Zuerl is understoodto have secured construction rights for the Jodel in Germany and Austria. Jets for Lot? THE director of Polish Airlines LOT,Sergiusz Minowski, recently stated during a radio interview that "on long-rangeroutes his airline will soon begin the intro- duction of jet airliners of Polish construc-tion." Services from Warsaw to Belgrade and Tirana (Albania), later extending to STRICTLY EXPERIMENTAL, in that it is intended as a test bed for supersonic airscrews, advanced turboprops, and for investigating the feasibility of turboprop fighter aircraft, is the Republic XF-84H. The turboprop is an Allison 754, and the airscrew by Aeroproducts. • Salonica and Cairo, are planned. He alsostated that short-range services were to be flown by Polish-built helicopters. Weather in London AIR MINISTRY-sponsored meteoro-logical exhibitions are being held in various cities to mark the centenary of theMeteorological Office. In addition to exhi- bitions in Manchester, Birmingham andCardiff, a complete met. forecasting unit may be seen at work at the Army and NavyStores, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. It will remain open and souvenir charts andforecasts will be available until mid-day Saturday, July 9th. Navigational Gold Medal RECIPIENT of the Gold Medal of the In-stitute of Navigation for 1955 is Capt. Philip Van Horn Weems, U.S.N. (ret.).This is the Institute's premier annual award, and the citation reads, 'for his out-standing contributions to the general ad- vancement of air and surface navigation URGENT CARGOES—according to a Soviet caption to this picture—are transported by the light amphibians shown. They are attached to the Caspian fishing industry, and are seen approaching a floating cannery "in the open sea." over a period of more than thirty years."Outstanding among Capt. Weems' many contributions are his precomputed staraltitude curves and the introduction of Greenwich Hour Angle into the naviga-tional almanacs. His textbook Air Navi- gation is among the best known. The Provost Accident WHEN recording the recent flying acci-dent in which Mr. J. F. Arnold and Major Mahdi Salih, of the Iraqi Air Force, losttheir lives, reference was made to the air- craft concerned as a Jet Provost. In fact,the machine involved in this accident was a production piston-engined version forthe Iraqi Air Force. Mystere Delta Flies A MAIDEN flight of 15 minutes isreported to have been made on June 25th by the delta-winged Marcel DassaultM.D.55O intercepter, designed to use the composite power of two ArmstrongSiddeley Viper turbojets and a liquid-fuel rocket. The pilot reported that theflight was "completely satisfactory." The Duke's Helicopter Course REFERENCE was made recently to theinstruction in helicopter flying which the Duke of Edinburgh is currently receiving.We are informed that the aircraft which is being used for the first ten or so hours isa Royal Navy Hiller H.T.E. 2. It has not been announced which other types theDuke will fly when he has become pro- ficient on the little Hiller, but presumablyit is the intention that he should be able to fly the S-55 which is now included inthe fleet of the Queen's Flight. Questions on Sky-Shouting IN the House of Commons last week theMinister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter, was asked what ac-tion he was taking to regulate the broad- casting of advertisements from low-flyingaircraft, to which he replied that, in con- nection with the possibility of a revisionof the Air Navigation Order, he had re- cently consulted the local authority asso-ciations on this subject and he was now considering their views. At present con-trol of aircraft engaged in advertising was confined to the normal safety rules, exceptthat leaflets could not be dropped.
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