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1956
1956 - 0349.PDF
FLIGHT, 30 March 1956 349 CARRIER BASED: Two Bristol Sycamores make a pleasant picture in company with H.M.A.S. "Vengeance." In service with the Royal Aus- tralian Navy since January 1953, they have done useful work that has included flood rescue ("Vengeance's" three Sycamores, with shore-based helicopters, saved 70 lives in the New South Wales disaster). HERE AND THERE Otters for India ? INDIA'S Defence Ministry is reported tobe considering the purchase of several D.H.C. Otters for the use of the IndianAir Force. An aircraft of this type has been flown to India for demonstrations. Ordnance Board Appointment THE Ministry of Supply has announcedthe appointment of A.V-M. J. Marson as president of the Ordnance Board, in suc-cession to Rear-Admiral S. A. Pears, R.N.(Ret.). Sark Helicopter A HELICOPTER was due to land onSark last Monday—the first form of mechanized transport ever to be allowedthere. Operated by an Irishman, Mr. Ivon Donnelly, and his partner, the Hon. LukeWhite, it may be used to fly perishable foodstuffs from Guernsey during the holi-day season. Vertols for Algeria RECENTLY the French governmentannounced that 100 helicopters would be "immediately purchased" for operationsagainst the rebels in Algeria. It is now known that "a large number" of these willbe 20-seat, tandem-rotor machines of the same design as the well-known H-21CWork-Horse, made by the Vertol Com- pany of Morton, Pennsylvania. This com-pany is the former Piasecki firm, from which Frank Piasecki recently broke awayto form his own organization. SILVER WINGS on a gilt garland will be worn by pilots of certain ranks in the new West German Air Force. Navigation Litigation A FEDERAL court in Washington hasawarded a British firm a $1,375,211 (£491,150) judgment against Bendix Avia-tion Corporation concerning use of patents for aircraft navigation sextants during thelast war. The award went to Smiths Merica Corporation, a local subsidiary of theowners of the patent, S. Smith and Sons, Ltd. The judge ruled that the British firm had a proper claim to collect on royaltiesdue for use of the patents by the American company between 1943 and 1945. Coun-sel for Bendix had argued that they were entitled to use the patents without royaltyunder a war-time agreement between the British and U.S. governments. Manpower Up Again FIGURES issued recently show that, dur-ing December 1955, employment in the Aircraft industry stood at 248,400, an in-crease of 9,400 over the total for December 1954. This is the second highest figurerecorded since the war, the November 1955 total being the highest at 249,000. Towards Standardization WASHINGTON RADIO reported re-cently that Britain and the U.S.A. have ten- tatively agreed on common standards forjet engines, following a series of meetings in Washington between representatives ofthe Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Ministry of Supply, the Air RegistrationBoard, the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, and other interested bodies. Welding and the Commonwealth IT is hoped that there will be consider-able support from overseas for the first British Commonwealth Welding Confer-ence, which is to be held in London and at Saltburn-by-Sea, Yorks, from June 17th-19th, 1957. Details are obtainable from the organizers, the Institute of Welding(C.W.C.), 2 Buckingham Palace Gardens, London, S.W.I. Fatigue Conference AN international conference on the fatigueof metals is to be held in London from September 10th to 14th. The sponsorsare the Institution of Mechanical Engi- neers, with the American Society ofMechanical Engineers co-operating, and a follow-up meeting will be held in theUnited States in November as part of the A.S.M.E. annual meeting. STING WITH BRAINS: Northrop's F-89H Scorpion is the first aircraft to go into service armed with active-homing missiles. Each of its wing-tip pods now bears rails for three Hughes GAR-98 Falcon weapons, in addition to spin-stabilized rockets stowed inside.
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