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1956
1956 - 1542.PDF
698 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE F-84Fs for the Luftwaffe AT Fiirstenfeldbruck airfield, Germany,on November 13 the first delivery of American F-84F Thunderstreaks to thenew Luftwaffe is due to take place. These 20 aircraft are intended to form part of asquadron commanded by Maj. Barkhorn. French F-86Ks FIRST deliveries of Fiat-built NorthAmerican F-86Ks have been made to the 13th Escadre of the French ler C.A.T.A.C.at Lahr, Germany. Three F-86K.S were flown by French pilots from Istrana, Italy,to Lahr last mon h and 31 Americans are helping to train pilots and ground crews. Turboprop Challenger A BRISTOL Proteus 705 is the intendedengine for the car now being designed for an attempt by Mr. Donald Campbell on theworld land speed record of 394 m.p.h., set up by the late John Cobb in 1947. Camera Crane CARRYING a 260-lb Vista-Vision camera,a Bristol Sycamore is being used by a French film company on location in Spain.The aircraft was flown out from Croydon to Almeria in Southern Spain, by Mr.John Crewdson, who specializes in helicopter charter work. Jet Provost in America A HUNTING Percival Jet Provost Mk 2has completed its evaluation visit to the R.C.A.F. at Ottawa and Trenton, Ont.,and is now being inspected by the U.S. Air NAVIGATION BY NUMBERS: Figures five feet long, painted in the Automobile Association colours of yellow on a background of bronze blue, positioned by roadside telephone boxes and visible from a height of 1,000ft, form the Association's latest kindly aid for aerial "drivers." Key leaflets are being prepared showing the numbers and locations of the boxes. Force and Navy in the Washington area.While in America the aircraft is being ser- viced by the Hunting associate company,Field Aviation Co., Ltd., of Oshawa Air- port, Ont. When the machine was inCanada it was flown by a number of journalists who, it is reported, spoke wellof its handling characteristics. Harmon Trophies Awarded ON October 23 President Eisenhower pre- sented to Mme. Jacqueline Auriol and G/C. John Cunningham the Harmon Trophies awarded to them earlier this year [see Flight for August 10, p. 211] for out- standing contributions to aviation. Excelsior YESTERDAY (November 1) two U.S.Navy officers were due to make an attempt on the world altitude record for balloons ADOLF G ALLAN D, wartime head of the German fighter forces, came to England last week to attend the launching of the new book, "Fly for your Life," the story of W/C. Stanford-Tuck. He is here looking over the names on the famous autographed table-top at the White Hart, Brasted, Kent, where the party was held. Standing round him are (I. to r.) Battle of Britain pilots Tony Bartley, Brian Kingcome and Robert Stanford-Tuck. by ascending to about 75,000ft from theMinneapolis, Minn, area in a pressurized aluminium gondola suspended beneath aplastic balloon. The present record, 72,375ft, was set up in 1935 by CaptainsO. A. Anderson and A. W. Stevens of the U.S. Army. Gen. Doolittle N.A.C.A. Chairman ON October 17 Lt-Gen. James H.Doolittle, who led the B-25 attack on Tokio during the last war, became chair-man of the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He succeedsDr. J. C. Hunsaker, who is retiring after 15 years as chairman. Bells in the U.K. THE firm of Hordern-Richmond, Ltd.,of Haddenham, Bucks, have recently completed a satisfactory type-test of Bellhelicopter rotor blades. The company are United Kingdom representatives for Bellhelicopters. Across the High Frontier A HELICOPTER flew over the Andes forthe first time in history when on Octo- ber 17 a U.S. pilot, Joseph Massmann,took a Bell 47 from Santiago de Chile to El Plumerillo airport, Mendoza, Argentine.The minimum height of the Uspallata Pass is over 13,000ft, and the crossing was madeat an altitude of 19,000ft in 1 hr 40 min. Too-low Solo AT Brentwood, Essex, last week, StanleyDavid Foster, a musical director of Roll Gardens, Ilford, was fined £10 and orderedto pay £2 Is costs for flying at under 1,000ft. It was alleged that people in Shen-field could easily read the aeroplane's regis- tration letters. Mr. Foster, who pleadedguilty, said his altimeter showed 700ft, which he considered a perfectly safe height. Pictorial Aviation RUSSELL ADAMS, chief photographerof the Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., is to judge the entries in the national aviationphotographic exhibition to be held by the London Society of Air-Britain on Wednes-day, November 7, at Caxton Hall, West- minster. He will also screen a number ofhis own colour films. Further details of the meeting are obtainable from Gerald V.Pollinger, 76 Dean Street, London, W.I (Gerrard 7888). .
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