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FLIGHT, 5 August 1955 207 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Prince Bernhard Promoted 'X'HE Queen has been graciously pleased•*• to approve the promotion of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands to thehonorary rank of air vice-marshal in the R.A.F.V.R. In his new rank he was reviewingofficer at the passing-out parade of No. 65 Entry at the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, onJuly 26th. He presented the sword of honour to Sen. U/Off. T. R. Morgan. In his address, Prince Bernhard—whois a pilot of considerable experience— stressed the danger and folly of low flyingand showing off in jet aircraft. A really efficient air force, he said, required a rigidflying discipline based on self-discipline. Brawdy's Air DayR IVALLING Ford's programme on thesame day R.N.A.S. Brawdy gave an air display for 10,000 spectators on July23rd which included aerobatics by such widely assorted aircraft as an Olympia,a Chipmunk, a Provost, a Hunter, three Vampires and a Meteor 7. Helicopters opened the display by tow-ing welcoming banners over the crowd and were followed soon afterwards by fourShackletons from St. Eval flying past on four, three, two and one engine respec-tively. Four Sunderlands later also flew past, feathering and unfeathering variousof their airscrews. Aerobatics by the Hunter (from Chiven-or) contrasted with an air drill demonstra- tion by Gannets and a rocket-assistedtake-off by Fireflies of No. 1831 Sqn. R.N.V.R. At this juncture Lt-Cdr. Croftsshowed the Olympia's silent paces. The Provost hailed from Ternhill and H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, whose honorary promotion is referred to here, inspects the cadets at the passing out of No. 65 Entry from Cranwell on h 'y 26th. was flown by F/L. Curry; and one ofthe manoeuvres performed by Mr. Bell, Airwork instructor, in the Meteor 7, wasan upward bunt from 100ft. F/O. Goad- by, from Chivenor, made half a bunt down-ward out of a tail-slide in the Chipmunk. Formation aerobatics in three Vampiresfrom No. 502 Sqn., R.Aux.A.F., based at Filton, were led by F/L. Wingate just afterCapt. Rayner had made a parachute jump. The afternoon's programme ended witha mass fly-past and stream landing by Sea Hawks, sixteen of which were on the run-way together after touch-down. .; Sea Furies in Denmark '"THE Southern Air Division, R.N.VJR.,-1 under the command of Cdr. G. M. Rutherford, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R.,paid a visit to the Danish Air Force base at Vaerlose, near Copenhagen, during theweek-end before last. They flew their Sea Furies from their base at Benson to Vaer-lose via Falkenburg, Holland; and during the second leg they carried out exerciseswith a Danish naval vessel. Six years ago the Division, then basedat Culham, visited Gardamoen, in Nor- way. The latest flight is the first visit byreserve forces to Denmark. Inspector of Mountain Rescue FOR the first time since the originalmountain rescue unit was formed in Anglesey during the war, a full-timeInspector of Mountain Rescue has been appointed. He is S/L. A. R. Gordon-Cumming, a fighter pilot, R.A.F. moun- taineer and one-time member of the AirMinistry Selection Board. There are eight R.A.F. Mountain Rescue Units in GreatBritain and one in Cyprus, the latter unit having been formed during the last year.The teams, made up of volunteers, give assistance not only to crews of crashedaircraft but also to civilians. During 1954 the home teams saved thelives of 33 people and recovered the bodies of several others. S/L. Gordon-Cummingwas educated at Eton, joined the R.A.F. in 1943 and served as an instructor in The Norton Sword being presented to Tech. Cdt. Griffith by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Baker at the Henlow passing-out parade referred to on this page. South Africa and England before joiningNo. 73 (Fighter) Squadron in Malta. He will supervise the training and work of allMountain Rescue Units and organize desert and jungle rescue teams overseas. R.A.A.F. Antarctic Beaver T'HE R.A.A.F. Flight of the Australian•*• Antarctic Division recently took over the Beaver which was bought by the Aus-tralian Government for them and assem- bled by de Havillands at Bankstown,N.S.W. The handing-over ceremony, per- formed by the Rt. Hon. R. G. Casey,Minister for External Affairs, and Air Marshal Sir John McCauley, Chief of theAustralian Air Staff, took place at the Government factory at Fishermens Bend.The Beaver was then demonstrated by the leader of the Antarctic Flight, F/L.D. Leckie—who was awarded the A.F.C. for his part in the 1954 Antarctic Expedi-tion—and flown to Laverton. Valiant?Accident T'HE crew of a Valiant lost their lives-•- when the aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from R.A.F. Station Witteringon July 29th. They were S/L. E. R. Chalk, the captain; F/L. A. G. Allen, second pilotand engineer; F/O. T. S. Corkin, navi- gator; and F/O. A. R. Lyons, signaller. R.A.F. Appointments HPHREE important appointments recently*• announced by the Air Ministry are those of A.V-M. D. Jackman, C.B., C.B.E.,to be Director-General of Equipment; A. Cdre. M. L. Heath, O.B.E., to be Director-General of Personnel (II), with the acting rank of air vice-marshai; and A. Cdre. G. L.Worthington, C.B.E., to be A.O.C. No. 40 Group, Maintenance Command, also withthe acting rank of air vice-marshal. A Sultan Visits Upwood f~\N Thursday of last week, His High-^-' ness Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, accompanied by SirBernard Burrows, British Political Resi- dent in the Persian Gulf, visited R.A.F.Station Upwood, Hunts. A royal guard of honour was mounted and the Queen'sColour was paraded. The Sultan inspected members of the Liverpool University Air
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