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1955
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476 FLIGHT, 16 September 1955 THE FOUR HUNTERS of No. 54 Sqn. which gaye such an impressive aerobatic demonstration at Farnborough, strikingly caught against a thinly veiled sun by "Flight's" camera. On the right are the four members of the team—left to right, standing, are F/0. P. V. L. Hamilton; Captain R. G. Immig (the leader, a U.S.A.F. officer on exchange posting); F/0. B. J. Noble; in front is P/0. K. R. Curtis. HERE AND THERE Royal Visit to Avro THE A. V. Roe establishments at Chad-derton, Lanes, and Woodford, Cheshire, are to be visited by the Duke of Edinburghon November 8th. Hunters for Peru - ; v THE first order for Hunters receivedfrom a country outside Europe was announced during Farnborough week byHawker Aircraft, Ltd.; they stated that they had concluded with GeneralManuel P. Garcia, head of the adminis- tration of the Peruvian Air Force, "asubstantial order" for these aircraft. More Skyways Flights to Cyprus THE frequency of the Skyways "colonialcoach" Crusader service to Cyprus will be increased from fortnightly to weeklyfrom October 5th. Announcing Govern- ment approval for the increased fre-quency, Skyways say that it "will enable agents to offer passengers greater adapt-ability in travel itineraries, and will also better serve the travelling public, who haveusually found the service fully booked." New Height-Record Bid? ACCORDING to a report current duringthe S.B.A.C. Show, an attempt will shortly be made by English Electric to beat the65,876ft aeroplane altitude record estab- lished recently (subject to F.A.I, confirma-tion) by Bristol test pilot Walter Gibb in the Olympus-Canberra. The challenger,said the report, would probably be Roland Beamont, English Electric's chief test pilot,flying a lightened Canberra P.R.9 with Rolls-Royce Avon 206s. To beat Gibb'srecord, Beamont would have to exceed the latest record height by three per cent, oralmost 2,000ft. SOUND AND FURY: This dramatic photo- graph, taken at the launching of an English Electric "test vehicle," conveys a vivid im- pression of the tremendous power generated by the missile and its boosters, the flames of which can be seen. Note the flying stones. Woman Instructor's Scholarship THE Women's Engineering Society, whoadminister the Amy Johnson Memorial Fund on behalf of its sponsors, are offer-ing for open competition a scholarship of £150 to aid a selected woman holder ofa Private Pilot's Licence to qualify for an Assistant Instructor's Certificate. Detailsof qualifications are obtainable from the secretary of the scholarship committee,Miss I. J. Ferguson, 104 Holden Road, Finchley, London, N.12. I.A.S.-C.A.I. Meeting SOME 400 aircraft-industry engineersand executives are expected to attend the second annual joint meeting of the Insti-tute of the Aeronautical Sciences and the Canadian Aeronautical Institute, to beheld on November 3rd and 4th in Ottawa. Bomber Station Honoured ON September 7th, the Freedom of theBorough of Huntingdon was presented to R.A.F. Station, Wyton. The Under-secretary for Air, Mr. George Ward, attended the presentation ceremony,when the Mayor, Councillor Kenneth Beaton, handed over to the CommandingOfficer, G/C. S. G. Wise, a casket con- taining the scroll. This gives the stationpersonnel the privilege "of marching through the streets of Huntingdon on allceremonial occasions with bayonets fixed, colours flying, drums beating and bandsplaying." CD. Helicopter AT a ceremony at South Bank, London,last Wednesday, a helicopter was due to be taken over by the Home Office for aseries of Civil Defence reconnaissance and communications experiments. It is a Whirl-wind chartered from B.E.A. Fortunate Escape ONLY the pilot was injured—and butslightly—when a R.N.Z.A.F. Hastings with 25 aboard crashed at Darwin onSeptember 9th after meeting a flock of hawks just as it was getting airborne. Itis reported that the bodies of the birds choked the air intakes of all four enginesand stopped them. The lack of injuries was attributed to the fact that the air-craft had rearward facing seats.
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