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1955
1955 - 0998.PDF
110 FLIGHT Australian Bristol Appointment ELECTED director and general manager of the Bristol Aero-plane Co. (Australia) Pty., Ltd., is Mr. C. H. Tucker, O.B.E. For the past three years he has been general manager of the company. Mr. Tucker, who wasborn in London, has spent a considerable part of his busi-ness career in the West of Eng- land. He joined the BristolEngine Division in 1942 as busi- ness manager at the Corshamshadow factory and held other executive posts with the organiza-tion before taking up his duties in Australia. He was made O.B.E. inrecognition of war-time services as commanding officer of theHome Guard unit at Cosham. Mr. C. H. Tucker. Maj. L. W. F. Turner WE regret to learn of the death, at Blandford, Dorset, of Maj.Lewis W. F. Turner, well known as a pilot before and during World War I. He was 72 years of age. He qualified as a pilot at the Grahame White School at Hendonin 1911, his certificate being numbered 66. Between then and the outbreak of war he held instructional and "chief pilot" postswith a number of companies operating at Hendon, and he also flew in Russia, for the Kennedy Aviation Co.He won numerous awards in racing and other flying competi- tions at Hendon and elsewhere, and he is believed to have beenthe first pilot in Great Britain to fly at night. In 1914 he joined the R.F.C. as an air-mechanic pilot and by1916 had attained the rank of squadron commander. In September 1917 he was assistant commandant at the School of Technical Training, Halton. MARS AND VIKING: In a recent experiment at Blackbushe, a Sugg Solar Mars gas-turbine generator unit was used to start the Hercules 634 engines of a "long-nosed" Viking IB of Airwork, Ltd. Both engines were running in under 25 sec; had circuitry permitted, they could have been started simultaneously. The Mars was driving a generator with an output of 28 V at 625 amp max. and 500 amp continuous. FAR, FAST AND HIGH: First announced in our last issue, the English Electric Canberra P.R.9 is stated to be capable of operation "at altitudes well above the ceiling of present-day fighters." The first machine, shown above, has a P.R.7-type forward fuselage, but a Mk 8 type layout (with more room for special navigational equipment) will be the production standard. South African Sabre 6s 'T'HE South African order for Canadair Sabre 6s-•• (Orenda 14)), referred to on page 118 of this issue, is for two squadrons and full spares and involves asum of more than $10,000,000 (about £3,571,000). Although the aircraft could be supplied almost atonce from current production, first deliveries are to be made in nine months' time and the order will becompleted three months later. The tender was initially made at governmentrequest by Canadair's representative in South Africa, but S.A.A.F. pilots also went to Germany to assess Sabre6s belonging to the R.C.A.F.'s 1st Air Division. The S.A.A.F. squadron in Korea for some time operated with F-86F Sabresobtained on hire from the U.S.A.F. A SKEETER ferry from Bembridge Airport was provided for Air Marshal Sir John W. Baker, Controller of Aircraft, M.o.S., when he visited the Saunders-Roe works at Cowes. He was met by Capt. E. D. Clarke (managing director), on right, and Mr. R. V. Perfect (sales director). Canadian Helicopter Surveys HELICOPTER reconnaissance of the geology of the QueenElizabeth Islands, in Canada's far North, will head the list of new projects by the Geological Survey of Canada, theMinister of Mines and Technical Surveys, Mr. G. Prudham, announced recently. From the main base at Resolute, NorthwestTerritories, subsidiary bases will be set up, from which two helicopters will operate throughout the season. The bases havebeen carefully selected so that helicopters will not have to operate over open water. Another helicopter project, Operation Thelon, will continuethe Department's air reconnaissance policy and will employ five geologists to map over 60,000 square miles of Northwest Terri-tories, in the south-east part of the district of Mackenzie. Mr. C. Dunsford regret to record the death of Mr. C. Dunsford, B.Sc,A.F.R.Ae.S., of the de Havilland design department. After serving in the Royal Artillery during the 1914-18 war Mr. Duns-ford joined the Fairey Aviation Company in 1921, eventually becoming drawing-office manager at the Hayes works.In February 1946 he went to the design department of de Havilland at Hatfield, where he was ultimately placed in chargeof design progress and planning in connection with Vampires and Venoms. In November 1951, when the development workon these aircraft was transferred to the company's Christchurch division, Mr. Dunsford continued in charge of it there. He waslatterly chairman of the S.B.A.C. standardization committee. Mr. Dunsford leaves a widow, a son at present serving in theRoyal Navy, and a married daughter.
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