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1956
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FLIGHT, 27 July 1956 145 HERE AND THERE Javelins for 29 Squadron ADDRESSING members of No. 29Squadron on the occasion of presenting their Standard at Tangmere on July 18,Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, Chief of the Air Staff, said that the squadron'sMeteor night fighters would shortly be replaced by Javelins. Helicopter Appointment IT is announced that Mr. AndrewMcClements, A.R.T.C, M.I.Mech.E., until recently senior principal scientific officer atthe Ministry of Supply and formerly chief engineer of B.E.A.'s helicopter unit, hasbeen appointed helicopter development manager of Bristol Aircraft, Ltd. Mr.McClements, who is 43, will be respon- sible for all development work at the com-pany's Weston factory. Ultra-Lear Agreement ONE of the biggest American manufac-turers of aircraft equipment, Lear, Inc., recently announced that it had concludeda ten-year licence agreement with Ultra Electric, Ltd., London. This will give Learexclusive rights to make and sell in the U.S. the gas turbine control equipment de-veloped by Ultra. The agreement includes a ten-year renewal option. Sea-Legs for Whirlwind THE assistant chief test pilot of WestlandAircraft, Ltd., Lt-Cdr. Roy Bradley, R.N.R., recently made 48 engine-offalightings on the sea at Calshot, Southamp- ton, in a Mk. 2 Whirlwind G-AOCZ, fittedwith inflatable pontoon gear. These tests, observed by A.R.B. officials, were carried ONE OF THE FORTY-EIGHT: Lt-Cdr. Bradley making one of his engine-oft on-the-water alightings at Calshot (see "Sea-Legs for Whirlwind," below) during trials to obtain A.R.B. . . .... . clearance tor amphibious operation. out to demonstrate the machine's perform-ance in the air and stability on the water and in order to gain clearance for civiloperation with pontoons. The normal undercarriage had been replaced by atubular structure which spreads the pon- toons widely. During the sea-trials theengine was cut at altitudes varying from 400ft to 60ft. Classic Car Race THE next two issues (today's and August3) of our associated journal The Autocar will be special numbers covering theLe Mans race, which is being held this week-end. Compact Victory THE so-called "powder puff air derby," anall-women event held annually in the United States, has been won by Mrs.Frances Bera, a flying instructor from Los Angeles. Mrs. Bera, who was competingin a Beechcraft Bonanza, won the race last year and in 1953. Over To You THE Polish Ambassador in Washington,Mr. Romuald Spaskowski, recently lodged an oral protest with the U.S. State Depart-ment, alleging that U.S. aircraft had violated Polish air space. This followedsimilar charges by the Soviet Union that American machines had penetrated almost200 miles over Russian territory in the Grodno region and stayed for more than IN THE ARMY NOW: A Saunders-Roe Skeeter Mk 6 in a highly appropriate setting—haying regard to the news given on an earlier page concerning this useful little machine. r ~ ' •""""• 90 minutss. In an account of the meetingbetween the Polish Ambassador and the U.S. Deputy Under-Secretary of State,Mr. Robert Murphy, it was stated that Mr. Spaskowski claimed the U.S. aircraft were"jets flying at high altitude." The State Department has since issued an officialdenial that U.S. aircraft have flown over Soviet territories. Military Aircraft Reviewed A SPLENDIDLY illustrated referencework, Military Aircraft of theWorld, by the Associate Editor of Flight, is to be pub-lished by Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., on Tues- day next, July 31. A 60-page reprint fromFlight for June 8 forms the bulk of the booklet, and is accompanied by an eight-page art supplement in which modern Service aircraft are seen in settings whichare picturesque and in some cases highly dramatic. The price of the publicationis 3s 6d net (postage 6d). Cyprus Helicopter THE need for "a big helicopter whichcould operate over the Cyprus mountains" was stressed recently by Field MarshalSir John Harding. Speaking to R.A.F. and R.N. personnel at Nicosia airfield, hesaid : "We need a machine to hover in the rarified tropical atmosphere over theisland's mountains and forests. We need something bigger than Sycamores and arenow experimenting with Whirlwinds. Maybe we want something even bigger—but I usually ask for what I want and what I ask for I get, if it is available." Travelling Met. Exhibition BETWEEN August 3 and 26 a travellingmeteorological exhibition of interest to the general public and to schools has its firstshowing in a Leicester museum. From September 7 to 30 it will be at Notting-ham, then at Burton in January and War- wick in February. Instruments will beshown working and a whole day's charts from the Central Forecast Office, Dun-stable, will be on view. The exhibits have been prepared by the Meteorological Officein conjunction with the Information Branch of the Air Ministry. Inside Information NINETEEN R.Aux.A.F. officers recentlyvisited the English Electric guided weapons development centre and factoryat Luton and Stevenage. The officers, from No. 500 (County of Kent) Sqn.,based at West Mailing and No. 3500 (County of Kent) F.C.U. at Margate, arethe first "part-time" Air Force members to be given details of new weapons ofthis kind. They were told when the first English Electric missile would go intoservice and what its role would be, and were given other information which isstill withheld from publication.
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