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150 FLIGHT, 29 July 1955 HERE AND THERE The SeaMaster Flies THE first flight of the Martin SeaMasterfour-jet flying-boat was made at Baltimore last week. The great boat, which is poweredwith four Allison J71 turbojets, was air- borne for two hours. Designed primarilyfor mine-laying, it is also suitable for photo- graphic reconnaissance, having a top speedof over 600 m.p.h. and the ability to cruise at 40,000ft. U.S. Airfield Construction Funds THE American House of Representativeshas approved a sum of $2,360,530,000' (about £845 million) for airfield construc-tion, half of which will be used for new bases outside the U.S.A. The measure hasstill to be approved by the Senate. Poland's Jets THE 10th anniversary of Poland's "libera-tion by the Red Army" was marked on July 22nd by military parades and by a fly-past over Warsaw. A commentator re- peatedly stated that the "flights of twin-jetbombers escorted by jet fighters" were of Polish construction, as were jet fighterswhich, at the end of the fly-past, "flew over Warsaw at the speed of sound." India and the Vautour A FLIGHT was recently made by W/C.Akut, air attache at the Indian Embassy in Paris, in the bomber version of theS.O.4050 Vautour. Supersonic speed was achieved in a dive. India is known to bein the market for twin-jet bombers, and has displayed very close interest in theEnglish Electric Canberra. Gesture IN recognition of his invention of the scoopnet—which, used by Naval helicopters, has already saved at least four lives at sea with-in a few months—Lt-Cdr. John Sproule has been awarded £30 from the HerbertLott Naval Trust Fund (Mr. Lott died in 1947 and bequeathed his fortune to theAdmiralty, to establish a fund to reward personnel "who devise or improve Navalequipment which would encourage battle efficiency"). Co-inventor of the net withLt-Cdr. Sproule was C.P.O. Stewart Lock; he receives £20 from the fund. MAGYA POSTA reveals these stamps as a new Hungarian issue. Air- craft types include stan- dard trainers (basic design being that of the Biicker Jungmeister and Bestmann), an undistin- guished-looking transport (Yak-16?), sailplanes and twin-canopy parachuting. The highest denomina- tion illustrates the ubi- quitous Mig-15. Models and Inventions THIS year the Model Engineer Exhibitionis being held jointly with the Exhibition of Inventions. Both are at the New Horti-cultural Hall, Westminster, from August 17th to 27th. In Short REJOICING in the handy name ofV1 i e gtuigmotorenoliekoelergeluidsgolven- wasmachine, equipment for cleaningengine oil-coolers and other components by ultrasonic waves has been developed bythe K.L.M. maintenance base at Schiphol. Persian Airfield Contracts TEHERAN RADIO reports that an agree-ment has been signed with a British firm of consulting engineers (not named) forthe expansion and development of Mehra- bad Airport in Teheran and five otherPersian civil airfields. Power for Weight A NEW American light aircraft engine, theNelson H-59, is stated to give 40 h.p. a* 4,000 r.p.m. for a weight of 39.6 lb andfuel consumption of 3.6 gal/hr at full powt and 2 gal/hr at cruising power. The H-5is a flat four with a capacity of 993 c.c. The Rapier or the Bludgeon? A REPORT of the International Council otMilitary Sports states that the best sport for pilots is fencing. Experts of the ItalianAeronautical Medical Research Centre, who contributed, said that "there is a pro-found analogy between aviation and fenc- ing." The fencer combats ... a thinkingperson and the struggle is fought at terribly AUSTER FOR AUSTRIA: Seen on the right are Robert Elias (left), C.F.I. of the Austrian Rescue Squad and the Graz Flying School, with Fried- rich Truley, chief para- chute instructor of the Rescue Squad. They were recently at Rearsby to collect a specially equipped Auster Autocar for the Austrian Red Cross authorities. LT-CDR. 1. S. SPROULE, whose invention of the helicopter scoop net (see above) has been recog- nized by an award from the Lott Trust Fund. close quarters and with movements of light-ning rapidity." The Air Ministry stated that fencing "seems to go down betteramong hot-blooded nations. . . Nearly everybody in the R.A.F. would put Asso-ciation football first, with a good deal of emphasis on other team games like Rugbyfootball." Fiat Turbojets IT is reported that the Italian Fiat com-pany is designing three new turbojets, ranging in thrust from 1,100 lb to 6,600 lb. Heavy Work T " ACCORDING to reports from New Zea-land, 50 Cessna aircraft used for aerial top- : dressing have been grounded for under-carriage inspection by order of the D.C.A., Mr. E. A. Gibson. This step follows fourundercarriage failures, and it seems pos- sible that in future the all-up weight maybe restricted to that for normal passenger load instead of the agricultural load. Olympic Airlift AUSTRALIAN and overseas airline com-panies are combining to arrange for the transport of great numbers of visitors toAustralia for the Olympic Games in Mel- bourne next year. Representatives ofthirteen airlines and the Department of Civil Aviation have formed a committeeknown as the Olympic Games Air Trans- port Co-ordination Committee, which willmeet regularly to decide the best measures to bring in the greatest number of visitors.Schedules will be planned to prevent con- gestion. There will be no reduction of faresbetween Australia and Europe or North America during the Olympic period.
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