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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1136.PDF
250 FLIGHT, 19 August 1955 HERE AND THERE New U.S. Air Secretary NOMINATED to succeed Mr. Talbott asSecretary for the U.S. Air Force is Mr. Donald Quarles, 61, Assistant Secretaryof Defence for Research and Development. Mr. Talbott resigned early this month aftera Senate sub-committee had inquired into his outside business interests. Earl's Court Beat-up AT the Radio Show (August 24th-Septem-ber 3rd), G.E.C. are to give a special sound- reproduction demonstration for which theyhave recorded, at Hatfield, the sound of a D.H. Venom passing overhead at 100ft."Uncanny realism" is promised. Belgian Medal Awarded THE Belgian Government has awardedthe Medaille D'Or de L'Ordre de la Couronne to Mr. Victor R. Godfrey, whofor over 30 years has been on the staffs of the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., and AvionsFairey of Gosselies. New'Breguet Administration FOLLOWING the recent death of M.Louis Breguet, a meeting was held at which a new administration council was elected,consisting of MM. Antoine Breguet, Syl- vain Floirat, Rene Fould, Lucien Gillet,Georges Hereil (representing S.N.C.A.S.E.) and Georges Glasser (representing JETS FOR CLANCY: Boeing's 707 jet tanker-transport prototype has now been fitted with a flying-boom refuelling system, more streamlined than on the KC-97. Similar booms are scheduled for the KC-135, already in production for the U.S.A.F. (Civil 707 pictures, p. 274). S.N.C.A.S.O.). M. Floirat is to be direc-tor-general; he will be assisted by M. Jean Gandilhon as general manager and M.Gillet as general secretary. The capital of the company is shortly to be increasedfrom 212,400,000 to one billion francs. Valiant Amendment THE official distance covered by the M.o.S.Valiant on the first leg of its Australian journey, the record-breaking stretch fromLondon to Baghdad, differs slightly from the figure reported last week; the statutemileage, covered in 4 hr 51 m 28.8 sec, was 2,543.072. Mountain Air Ambulance TWO British climbers who lost their wayon the Dent Blanche and suffered frostbite and other injuries were flown down from ahut, at an altitude of 13,000ft, by the famous "mountain pilot" Herman Geiger.He made two sorties in his Piper Cub to bring down the men, one of whom wasa stretcher case. "DEEP STRATA" SURVEY: Sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation, the first large-scale airborne magnetometer survey in Great Britain started on August 11th. Derby Aviation, Ltd., in co-operation with Canadian Aero Service, Ltd., of Ottawa, have equipped an Anson for the purpose. Dr. Stubblefield, assistant director of the Geological Survey, and Dr.W. Bullerwell, director Geophysics Department, will supervise. Others concerned include (I. to r.):R. R. Paine (technical director, Derby Aviation), R. Wallis (pilot, Derby Aviation), P. 0. Blass (Decca), T. Rowlands (project manager, Canadian Aero Service), H. A. Roxburgh (managing director, DerbyAviation), Homer Jensen (commercial manager, Canadian Aero Service), W. DesLaurier (i/c. data, Canadian Aero Service). PROMISED FOR FARNBOROUGH "CLY-PASTS by Valiants and•*• Hunters of the R.A.F. will be in- novations at the S.B.A.C. display nextmonth. On the three public days (September 9th-11th) the Hunterteam of No. 54 Sqn. will perform. In each day's "trade" display, thefirst group to take the air will be led by a Fairey Gannet T.2 andwill include the Eland-Ambassador and also the Short Sperrin with ade Havilland Gyron turbojet in the lower port nacelle. The second groupwill be the Hunting Percival Provost, Auster Aiglet Trainer (to be replacedby the A.O.P.9 on the private days), Scottish Aviation Prestwick Pioneer,Percival Pembroke and de Havilland Heron. Then will follow the EnglishElectric Canberra B.8, Hawker Hun- ter F.4 and Olympus Canberra; andthese in turn will give way to heli- copters—a Bristol Sycamore andType 173, a Saunders-Roe Skeeter 6, Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, Westland S-55and the latest development of the Westland S-51, the Widgeon. The newFairey ultra-light may also be in on the act. A formation of Short Seamewlight anti-submarine aircraft is to fly over, to be followed by the HandleyPage Herald, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer, Vickers Valiant, BristolBritannia 100 and de Havilland Comet 3. Before the Comet has landed thePercival Jet Provost will be airborne, to be followed by the English ElectricCanberra P.R.9, Avro CF-100 and D.H.I 10. Next come production-typeVickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bombers, andthe display will end with the Folland Gnat, two new marks of Hunter (pre-sumably the F.6 and Hunter Trainer), a Supermarine Swift F.R.5,a Gloster Javelin and the Fairey F.D.2 delta-winged research aircraft. (Thedimensions of this last-named machine have just been announced as span27ft, length 52ft). The long-awaited English Electric P.I will appear on thefirst three days only. In connection with the Show, fourspecial numbers of FLIGHT are appearing, as follows:—August 26th (Friday next): Com- monwealth Aircraft Industries. September 2nd: Britain's AircraftIndustry. September 9th: FarnboroughReport. September 16th: FarnboroughReview.
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