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208 PLIGHT, 24 February 1956 SNUGGLING UP: We illustrated last week a Republic RF-84F being loaded on to a Convair RB-36 mother ship. In the left-hand picture above the machine is seen, from the bomb bay of the RB-36, hooked on in the air. The right-hand view shows a McDonnell F-101A Voodoo long-range supersonic fighter positioning for a boom refuelling from a Boeing KC-97 tanker. Probe/drogue gear is also a standard fitting. HERE AND THERE B.E.A.'s New Deputy Chief HITHERTO British European Airways'director of operations, Mr. Anthony H. Milward has been appointed deputy chiefexecutive under Lord Douglas of Kirtle- side, chairman and chief executive. President's Aviation Adviser A FIRST World War pilot and now vice-president of the Eastman Kodak Com- pany, Mr. Edward P. Curtis has beenappointed President Eisenhower's special assistant to direct long-range study of U.S.requirements in aviation. Over 900 Downhill IT is reported from Paris that a MarcelDassault Super Mystere jet fighter (Rolls- Royce Avon turbojet with reheat) hasrecently been dived on several occasions at speeds exceeding 905 m.p.h. TheSuper Mystere was already known to be capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Jindivik Figures FOLLOWING the acquisition by Americaof a licence to construct the Australian- designed Jindivik pilotless aircraft comesnews of interest in Sweden. Selling price of the Jindivik is understood to be about£14,000 sterling, and although only 15 Jindiviks are to be made in America immediately—for demonstration purposes—the order may be increased to 50. Maxi- mum speed is between 500 and 600 m.p.h.,service ceiling at least 50,000ft, endurance 1-1J hr, initial rate of climb 8,000ft/min,and time of climb to 50,000ft 16 min. Manoeuvrability is excellent at highaltitudes. New Zealand Air League ? A MEETING was convened in Welling-ton, New Zealand, recently by Sir Matthew Oram, with a view to forminga New Zealand Air League. There were representatives from many parts of thecountry. A.R.B. Board Appointment THE Air Registration Board hasappointed Mr. R. H. Jannens, underwriter to the British Aviation Insurance Com-pany, to succeed the late Capt. A. G. Lamplugh on the Board. Sycamore in Mexico ' On February 7th, after a 2,300-mile ferryflight from Winnipeg, a Bristol Sycamore helicopter began a programme of flightdemonstrations at a meeting of the Inter- national Aeronautical Federation inMexico City. Mr. R. J. Reynolds (presi- dent) and Mr. Vic Symonds (sales EX PERI ENCED TRAINEES at R.A.F. Station Feltwell are I. to r., Mo/'. Hermann Wehnelt, Maj. Ger- hard Barkhorn and Maj. Walter Krupin- ski, of the German Air Force. Their in- structor here is F/O. L W. T. Brown. The three German pilots served with distinc- tion in the war-time Luftwaffe. They are now "refreshing" on Hunting Percival Pro- vost trainers. manager) are among those representingthe Bristol Aeroplane Co. of Canada (1956), Ltd., which company has organizedthe visit. When the Federation meeting ended on February 17th the Sycamore wasto set out on a tour of the principal Mexican cities. Aviation Film Show ON Wednesday, March 7th, at 7 p.m. inCaxton Hall, Westminster, the London Society of Air Britain is holding a filmshow. The programme will consist of the M.G.M. picture Command Decision andtwo S.A.S. films, Over the Top of the World and Cleared for Take-Off. One A3D Confirmed WHEN a Douglas A3D Skywarrior twin-jet carrier-borne attack bomber developed undercarriage trouble over the MojaveDesert, in California, the crew of three circled for four hours before parachutingto safety. The A3D—valued at about £715,000 sterling—was then chased bythree U.S.A.F. jet fighters and shot down 20 miles north of Edwards A.F.B. Sir Frederick's New Honour SIMULTANEOUSLY with Sir AnthonyEden, Sir Frederick Handley Page, chair- man and managing director of HandleyPage, Ltd., has been elected an Honorary Associate of the Royal Institute of BritishArchitects. The distinction is a mark of Sir Frederick's work in the field of techno-logical education and of his contribution to design in the broadest sense. An Appeal to Industry L A PROJECT to train more engineers forBritish industry has been launched by University College, London. New build-ings, at a cost of £2m, are planned to accommodate about 600 graduates, and itis hoped that the present yearly output of 70 graduates will in time be stepped upto about 200. The appeal is to all sec- tions of British industry, whose demand—as Lord Strang recently pointed out in making the appeal—for qualified tech-nicians continues greatly to exceed the supply available.
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