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1955
1955 - 1353.PDF
FLIGHT, 9 September 1955 467 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News The Duke at St. Athan N October 14th H.R.H. the Duke ofEdinburgh is to visit Royal Air Force Station St. Athan, South Wales. A Standard for No. ioo Sqn. DURING the latter half of next month aSquadron Standard is to be presented to No. 100 Sqn., now based at Wittering,near Peterborough, and commanded by S/L. C. P. H. Hunkler. Former membersof the squadron interested in attending die ceremony are invited to get in touch withthe squadron adjutant at the above address. "New World" Progress BETWEEN August 16th and 19th theCanberras of No. 139 (Jamaica) Sqn., engaged in Operation New World, visitedBritish Guiana and Trinidad. The flying display given near Georgetown, capital ofBritish Guiana, is reported to have drawn the largest crowd ever assembled in thecolony. All shops and schools were closed for the occasion, and large crowds alsoassembled in a number of outlying towns over which the Canberras later flew. On the way to British Guiana, one of dieescorting Hastings received a severe jolt- With a Gannet wing- fold as background, the High Commis- sioner for Australia, Sir Thomas White, K.B.E., D.F.C., and Lt.-Cdr. G. Jude, R.A.N., discussed the formation of the first R.A.N. jet squadrons at Culdrose recently. ing from turbulence, and repairs to thewing skin outboard of the engines had to be made as a result. Apart from turbulence,the main hazard at this time of year is the local brand of hawk, known as the jimcrow. A Canberra struck one a glancing blow with its nose and the bird appearedto disintegrate in the engine intake. An- other Canberra, flown by S/L. Ashworth,collected a swarm of small birds while fly- ing through the smoke hanging over a sugarfactory. On August 18th the force moved toTrinidad in preparation for the third major demonstration of the tour. Plans wereslighdy altered here, so that by holding the demonstration over a park in Port of Spain, the capital, most of the 120,000 inhabitantswere able to see it. A passenger during one of the flights was Rex Potter, a Trinidadianwho is a candidate for a R.A.F. cadetship. Service Conditions Report THE Air Council is now studying a reportsubmitted by a team of senior officers and scientists after a year of experimentsat R.A.F. Benson. Activities, both on and off duty, were closely observed, and time-and-motion studies made in order to analyse methods of work with a view toimproving them. Airmen were also asked to give honest opinions on conditions ofservice. Among suggestions which were Probably the first air-to-air picture ever taken of the traditional bomb-burst break from formation aerobatics, the view on the left shows the team of Hunter F.ls of No. 54 Sqn., Odiham, performing the manoeuvre vertically downwards out of a loop in box formation. They are giving performances during the public days at the Farnborough Show. (Right) Brand-new Venom F.BAs of No. 6 Squadron break from echelon over their present base at Habbaniyah. The Mk4 Venom, with powered ailerons, is also going into service with squadrons in Germany.
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