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1956
1956 - 0070.PDF
70 FLIGHT, 20 January 1956 RING WING: Immediately suggestive of the French B.T.Z. coleopter is this projected Kaman annular-wing aircraft, for which the U.S. Office of Naval Research has awarded a research contract. As this artist's impres- sion suggests, it is designed to rise vertically and cruise horizontally. Florida-launched Satellite THE first American earth satellite is to belaunched from Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida, where there is already amissile test centre. Migs Supplied— PART of a formidable consignment of armsrecently received by Egypt from Czecho- slovakia, two squadrons of Mig fightersflew over Cairo for the first time on January 15th. —but not Harvards THE Egyptian Ambassador to Canada, Mr.El Husseini El Khatib, speaking in Ottawa on January 13th, described as "absolutelyfalse" reports that 25 Harvard trainers had been shipped from Canada to Egypt. Palace Appointment IT has been announced from BuckinghamPalace that S/L. H. M. Chinnery, A.F.C., is shortly to be appointed Equerry to theDuke of Edinburgh in succession to W/C. Beresford Horsley, M.V.O., A.F.C. Bristol to Stockholm AT the invitation of the Swedish RoyalInstitute of Technology, Dr. S. G. Hooker was delivering a lecture in Stockholm lastTuesday on Modern Powerplants for Air- craft. He is a director and chief engineerof Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd. R.A.A.F. Canberra Trainers PILOTS and navigators of the RoyalAustralian Air Force were to leave Adelaide on Wednesday of this week for the UnitedKingdom. They will ferry back two of nine English Electric Canberra T.4 dual-controltrainers for the Australian Government. PRIVATE EYE: Senior officers of Scotland Yard and H Q. Western Command recently saw a demonstration of air-to-ground TV from a Bristol Sycamore helicopter. Mr. J. G. M. Downs, Pye technical representative discusses the camera installation with (I. to r.) S. Wheal, N. Dark and J Big wood. HERE AND THERE Sea Hawks for Dutch Navy THE Royal Netherlands Naval Air Servicewill receive 30 Hawker Sea Hawks—the first jet aircraft to be acquired by thisService—under M.D.A.P. Two squadrons will be formed and embarked in the carrierKarel Doorman, now being rebuilt. The Graphic Mind THE aircraft industry's need for illustratorscapable of improving the presentation of technical information was referred to byC. Baker, A.R.Ae.S., technical publications manager of Handley Page, Ltd., when headdressed members of the Technical Pub- lications Association at University College,London, on January 10th. The sequence of assembling an intricate mechanism wasoften difficult to describe in words alone and illustrations were essential to simplifythe explanation. CAPT. M. LUBY, R.N. (Ret), who has been appointed vice-chairman of Rotax, Ltd., fol- lowing the retirement of Mr. C. H. Dutton, C.B.E., from routine activities. Capt. Luby retains his post of general manager. R.Ae.S. Prize for Cranfield A NEW annual award, the Royal Aero-nautical Society Prize, is to be made to the best student in any one department at theCollege of Aeronautics, Cranfield. The prize, of £10 value, has been donated bythe Society and will be awarded for the first time at the end of the current academicyear. : America's Spanish Bases THE American Under-Secretary for De-fense, Mr. Robertson, stated at a Press conference in Madrid recently that theAmerican air bases in Spain will be far enough advanced to be used "in case ofemergency" towards the end of this year. R.Ae.C. Film Show THE next film show at Londonderry Housefor Royal Aero Club members and their guests will be on Thursday, January 26th,at 6.15 p.m. The programme will consist of Finland with Blue-White Wings, a filmloaned from Finnair; Northern Lights, an Arctic air route survey film; and films of the1931, 1933 and 1934 R.A.F. Displays. Insurance Appointments THE directors of the British Aviation In-surance Co., Ltd., announce that Mr. K. J. Anderson has been appointed chief tech-nical officer of their air safety and survey division, and Mr. H. Caplan assistant chieftechnical officer. Space Speaker GUEST speaker at the next meeting of theLondon Society of Air Britain (7 p.m., February 8th, Caxton Hall) will be Mr.Patrick Moore, F.R.A.S., F.B.I.S., the astronomer and author, whose subject willbe The Conquest of Space. Yorkshire Recognition Contest TWENTY-EIGHT teams competed in theannual recognition contest of the York Aviation Group, held at No. 20 Group,R.O.C. headquarters. Thirty slides were shown for one second each and the ultimatewinners were Y.A.G. "A" team, with Y.A.G. "B" team and Guisborough/Smea-ton R.O.C. tying second. Individual results were: 1, H. Heard; 2,1. Evans; 3, P. Cox.
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