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1955 - 1356.PDF
470 FLIGHT FROM ALL QUARTERS fast times, the average speed for the total distance working out atabout 305 m.p.h. The outward flight was delayed by "crazing" of the co-pilot'swindscreen some 200 miles out of Cairo late on Friday night. The aircraft turned back to Cairo and a replacement panel was flownout by B.O.A.C. scheduled service on Saturday; it was fitted in time for the Britannia to leave Cairo early on Sunday, arriving inJohannesburg that night. The aircraft was expected to return to London within a day or two and may have left on a second provingflight before these words appear. The "false start" from Cairo, incidentally,, involved some 2\ hrflying additional to that noted above. No great significance is attached to the windscreen incident, which did not affect pres-surization. HIS LEVEL BEST: Col. Horace A. Hanes with the F-100C Super Sabre in which, as related below, he raised the world's speed record—sub- ject to confirma- tion — to 822.135 m.p.h. First Supersonic World Speed Record A NEW world speed record has been claimed for Col. Horace^ Hanes, U.S.A.F., who twice flew a North American F-100C Super Sabre over an 18 km course over the Mojaye desert at anaverage speed of 822.135 m.p.h. The height at which the attempt was made has not been disclosed, but is reported to have beenabout 40,000ft. Speeds for each run were 870.627 m.pJi. and 773.644 m.p.h. (M = 1.32 and 1.172). The flight was made on August 20th, but was not announceduntil September 3rd, at the National Aircraft Show at Philadelphia. Until official confirmation is received, the present record, set upby Lt-Col. P. Everest in an F-100A almost two years ago at a speed of 755 m.p.h., still stands. :; - V.1000 "Under Consideration" "DEPORTS that the R.A.F. is reconsidering its order for theAV Vickers 1000 jet transport were partially endorsed in a guarded statement made last week by the Ministry of Supply. The state-ment said: "The future of the V.1000 in its military and civil forms is under consideration in the light of the probable per-formance of the aircraft and the general transport aircraft situation here and overseas." Sir Miles Thomas, chairman of B.O.A.C,said recently that his Corporation was awaiting a proposal from Vickers on the V.C.7, the projected civil version of the V.1000. The R.A.F. order for the V.1000 was officially announced thisyear in the Memorandum to the Air Estimates. According to an unconfirmed newspaper report, the number of aircraft involvedis six. A prototype is well advanced in construction at Wisley, though it has not yet been officially stated whether production hasbegun. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Conway by-pass turbojets in buried installations, the V.1000 is designed to cover long rangesat high subsonic speeds. The civil version would be capable of carrying 100-150 passengers, and of making the Atlantic crossingnon-stop in both directions. Cumberbatch Trophy for Silver City : "COR "magnificent work on the cross-Channel air ferries," Silver•*• City Airways have been awarded the Cumberbatch Trophy by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. The trophy, whichis awarded annually for outstanding contributions to or achieve- ments in air-transport safety, will be presented to A. Cdre. G. J.Powell, Silver City's managing director, on November 4th. The award marks eight years of operation, involving well over60,000 Channel crossings, without an accident resulting in injury to a passenger. Britannia Proving Trials Begin /COMMANDED by the flight superintendent of B.O.A.C.'s^ Britannia fleet, Capt. A. S. M. Rendall, Britannia G-ANBC set off from London Airport last Friday on the first of a series ofpre-service proving flights. Previous overseas flights by Britannias have been operated by Bristols to obtain measurements of basicperformance under high-altitude, high-temperature conditions. Aboard 'BC, which is the third production series 100, were52 crew-members and observers from B.O.A.C. and Bristols. Johannesburg, destination for the first proving flight, wasreached in 20 hr 21 min flying time in three stages with refuelling stops at Cairo and Entebbe. No attempt was made to establish Two Armstrong Siddeley Appointments AS we briefly reported last week, A. Cdre. H. M. ("Toby")Pearson, C.B.E. has joined Armstrong Siddeley Motors for R.A.F. liaison duties. Until recently he was Assistant Chiefof Staff (Intelligence) on Sir Basil Embry's staff at Fontainebleau. Before the war he spent several years as an R.A.F. flyinginstructor, was subsequently attached to the Peruvian Air Force, and in 1936 was sent to Madrid during the Spanish Civil War,with the nominal title of Assistant Air Attache, Paris. At the outbreak of war in 1939 he was commanding No. 54 Sqn. atHornchurch, and in March 1940 he became Wing Commander Training at No. 11 Group. Subsequently, as a specialist in nightdefence problems, he held various appointments in Fighter Command. Later he was S.A.S.O. in No. 85 (Base Defence)group. After the war he went to Lima again as Air Attache and then to the Air Ministry as Deputy Director, Air ForeignLiaison. A. Cdre. Pearson. F/L Frost Also briefly mentioned in these columns last week was theappointment, as Armstrong Siddeley chief test pilot, of F/L. Thomas Peter Frost. Now 32 years of age, F/L. Frost receivedhis flying training in Rhodesia in 1943. He was a Bomber Com- mand pilot until 1946. He was then posted to C.F.S., and aftercompleting his course there was appointed an instructor with Flying Training Command, where he remained until 1952. Afteran E.T.P.S. course he was at Boscombe Down from 1952 to 1955. During this period he carried out early flight trials on theAvro Vulcan. The R.A.F. "at Home" TOMORROW, Saturday, September 17th, 46 R.A.F. stationswill be open to the public in connection with Battle of Britain Week, and in aid of Service charities. To the stations listed lastweek should be added four in Wales and one in the Isle of Man. The full list is as follows: — Buckinghamshire—Halton. Cambridgeshire—Duxford. Cheshire—Hooton Park. Cornwall—St. Mawgan. Devon—Chivenor. Essex— Debden. Gloucestershire—Filton, Little Rissington. Hampshire—Andover, Thorney Island. Kent—Biggin Hill, West Mailing. Lanca- shire—Kirkham. Lincolnshire—Binbrook, Hemswell. Middlesex—Hendon. Norfolk—Horsham St. Faith. Northumberland—Acklington. Oxfordshire—Benson. Shropshire—Shawbury. Somerset—Locking.Staffordshire—Cosford, Lichfield. Suffolk—Wattisham. Surrey— Headley Court. Sussex—Tangmere. Warwickshire—Castle Bromwich,Wellesbourne Mountford. Wiltshire—Hullavington. Yorkshire—Cat- terick, Church Fenton, Leconfield, Lindholme, Norton, Thornaby.Scotland—Bishopbriggs, Dyce, Kinloss, Leuchars, Turnhouse, West Freugh. Wales—Pembroke Dock, Porthcawl, St. Athan, Valley. Isleof Man—Jurby.
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