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1956
1956 - 0184.PDF
182 FLIGHT, 17 February 1956 HERE AND THERE Egyptian Ilyushins REPORTS from Egypt say that in addi-tion to Mig fighters the Egyptian Air Force has Russian jet bombers; a number ofIlyushin 11-28 light bombers have been seen. It is believed that they were flownin via Syria. Temco Jet Trainers THE Temco Aircraft Corporation, of Dal-las, Texas, is designing and building a small two-seater ab initio jet trainer designatedModel 51. It will be offered for civilian and military pilot-training in the U.S.A.and overseas. One-Dollar Airport IT is reported from Paramaribo that Pan-American World Airways are willing to sell Zanderij Airport to the Surinam Govern-ment for the price of one dollar, conditional upon their exemption from landing fees fora period of 20 years. The offer follows a recent Government decision, taken on theadvice of an American expert, that it will be considerably less costly to improve thepresent airfield than to build a new one. Verticality THE Board of Piasecki Helicopter Cor-poration are putting to shareholders a resolution that the company's name bechanged to Vertol Aircraft Corporation. The new name is intended to "emphasizethe development and production of air- craft with vertical take-off and landingcharacteristics." Prizes for Treatises THE Royal Society of Arts is again offeringthe Howard Prize of £50 for a treatise on mechanical motive power, and the Fother-gill Prize of £20 for a descriptive essay or model embodying a new idea for the pre-vention or suppression of fire. Details are obtainable from the Royal Society of Artsat 6/8 John Adam Street, London, W.C.2. IN THE FASHION: Seen in this drawing to be of advanced design, the Molyneux XM-1000 will be Australia's first heli- copter (apart from a single-seat proto- type model due to fly shortly). A five- seater, it will have a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine, will weigh 4,000 Ib all- up, and have a range of 350 miles. Big Reunion PLANS are alreadyin hand for the third R.F.C.andR.N.A.S.Reunion, to be held on August 31st nextat the Hyde Park Hotel, London. De-tails and tickets will be available shortly.The first big re- union was held in1947 at London- derry House and thesecond in 1952 at the Dorchester,London. The Pentland Firth Rescue THE Admiralty has received a messageof gratitude from the Norwegian owners of the 9,862-ton freighter Dovrefjell, whosecrew of 41 were taken off by helicopters when the vessel went ashore on the Pent-land Skerries on February 3rd. The aircraft —two from R.N. Air Station Lossiemouthand one from R.A.F. Station Leuchars— TAIL-FIRST COMET: This Comet fuselage was recently moved by Field Aircraft Services, Ltd., from Farnborough to Cardiff. It is G-ALYU, which was tested in the R.A.E. tank, and which is now being used by the M.T.C.A. at Cardiff for passenger escape tests. made a series of flights between thestranded vessel and a field near John o' Groats. High seas made it impossible forlifeboats to go alongside, but the helicopters were able to winch up the men in spite ofthe fact that spray was rising 100ft high. For Speeding-up Production OVER 250 exhibitors will be participatingin the fifth Mechanical Handling Exhibi- tion, to be held at Earls Court, London,from May 9th-19th. The organizers are Mechanical Handling, Dorset House, Stam-ford Street, London, S.E.I. Any More for the A2D? TWO potent war machines have come offsecond best this week, one apparently at the hands of a printer, the other in processof French/English translation. In Bill Bridgeman's new book, The Lonely Sky,the Douglas A2D Skyshark carrier-borne attack bomber is captioned as the Skylark,and in a catalogue of French aircraft the Marcel Dassault Mystere IVB is confi-dently described as a "dreadfull ground attacker." World Model Championships FOLLOWING the British success in Ger-many last year, the Society of Model Aero- nautical Engineers is organizing this year'sworld championships for power-driven models. Organization is likely to costsomething like £1,000, and the Society (whose headquarters are at LondonderryHouse, Park Lane, London) is inviting con- tributions from all who are interested inthe development of aeromodelling. The contests are to be held at Cranfield over theAugust Bank Holiday weekend.
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