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1955
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FLIGHT, 25 November 1955 HERE AND THERE .", . , Hercules School A FLIGHT Crew Training School forU.S. pilots and flight engineers who will operate the Lockheed C-130 Hercules ofthe U.S.A.F. is being opened by the Lockheed-Georgia aircraft plant atMarietta. Ground school and flight transition training will be provided fornearly a hundred pilots and flight engineers. S.L.A.E. and C.G.L.I. FOLLOWING the liaison establishedbetween the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and the City and Guilds of Lon-don Institute, the S.L.A.E. is now offer- ing annual cash prizes for the best exam-ination results in C.G.L.I. syllabuses No. 174, Aircraft Servicing and Mainten-ance, and No. 175, Aircraft Electrical Maintenance. 799 DIRECTOR ATOMIC WARFARE "Look, helium bomb." Fish Freight PEOPLE of the growing towns and com-munities of N.W. Queensland and the Northern Territory could hardly imaginea few years ago having fresh sea fish as food, but an air freightage scheme has made thispossible. The fish—some 20,000 lb a month—are caught in the Gulf of Carpen-taria, transported to Normanton, and then flown in chartered refrigerated aircraft to STAND FROM UNDER! Aerial top-dressing of pasture land, as widely practised in New Zealand, can be spectacular. The aircraft is a Piper PA-IB-A operated by Airwork (N.Z.) Ltd. Mount Isa, the big mining town, for distri-bution. The Queensland State Government pays 6d per lb subsidy on the air freightbetween the Gulf and Mount Isa. Encouraging Expression IN order to encourage a greater flow oftechnical articles from within the radio and electronics industry, the Radio Indus-try Council has decided to present six annual premiums of 25 gns each for writers—who must not be professional journalists —of such articles. Details are obtainablefrom the Radio Industry Council, 59 Russell Square, London, W.C.I. Australia's Aluminium A PLANT has lately been inaugurated in-Tasmania which will produce enough alu- minium to meet all Australia's peace-timeneeds. Located at Bell Bay, near Launces- ton, it has taken seven years to build andcost £A10i million. The opening cere- mony was performed by the Minister ofSupply, Mr. H. Beale, who poured the first ingot bearing the imprint of a boomerang,which is the trademark of the Australian Aluminium Production Commission. TheOpposition Leader in the Federal Parlia- MINISTERIAL GUEST: A recent visitor to the Gloster factory was Lord Carrington, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence. In this group are seen, left to right, Mr. R. V. Atkinson works director (Gloster Aircraft Co.), Mr. E. W. Shambrook (director and secretary), Mr. P. G. Crabbe (managing director), A. Cdre. Silyn Roberts (Director of Aircraft Research and Development, M.o.S.), Lord Carrington and Mr. G. Wheeler (Under-Sec, Min. of Defence). ment, Dr. Evatt, described the project as vital to Australian defence. For Yorkshire Spotters A RECOGNITION contest is being heldby York Aviation Group on January 7th, with a team trophy as well as an individualprize. Details from Mr. M. Cox, 12 Green Lane, Acomb, York. Canada's Missile EXHIBITED by Canadair at the AirIndustries and Transport Association's annual meeting at Quebec recently was aguided missile on which test firings are continuing. The original design was by theCanadian Armament and Development Establishment (GARDE) at Valcartier.Successful ground and air launchings (the latter from F-86s and CF-lOOs) have beenmade. Reindeer and Helicopters •'•• REINDEER herds in the tundra of north-ern Siberia are being supplied with fodder from helicopters. In addition, kolkhozes(collective farms) in isolated snow-bound districts are being kept operational by heli-copter lifts of medical supplies, fresh vege- tables, mail and—naturally—copies ofPravda. Another report, from Eastern Europe, says that five landing stages forhelicopters are being built which will pro- vide for helicopter services between thecentre of Warsaw and the suburbs. African Radar Chain . JOHANNESBURG RADIO reported re-cently that the British Colonial Office has agreed to allow South Africa to carryout surveys for sites for radar stations forming part of a radar defence chain inthe territories situated north of South Africa, i.e., Bechuanaland, Swaziland andBasutoland. The report added that during the last session of the South African Par-liament Mr. Francois Erasmus, Defence Minister, announced that such a chain willbe built to form part of South African defence arrangements. Five millionpounds sterling has already been set aside for the purchase of equipment. Small Town, Big Airfield BUILT as a heavy-bomber base duringthe war, an airfield near Katherine, 220 miles south of Darwin, Northern Australia,may be reopened to serve the little town as an airport. It has a 150-ft main runway,2,500 yards long.
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