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'-'fit 776 FLIGHT, 16 November 1956 FROM ALL QUARTERS . . . Peter Twiss Honoured THE Derry and Richards Memorial Medal has been awardedfor 1955 by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators to Peter Twiss, "for his work on high-speed delta aircraft leading upto the world air speed record runs." The research flights were carried out during 1955, and the record runs took place this year.The medal will be presented to Mr. Twiss at a banquet to be held by the Guild in the Mansion House next spring. Sponsored by employees of the de Havilland Aircraft Co.,Ltd., in memory of the late John Derry and Tony Richards, who lost their lives in a D.H. 110 at the 1952 Farnborough Display,the medal is awarded by the Guild annually for experimental flying. The two previous holders are W/C. J. H. Heyworth andW/C. R. P. Beamont. Orpheus 2 Type Test MAINTAINING its promise of rapid and successful develop-ment, the Bristol Orpheus turbojet has completed a declared type-test at 4,520 lb (BOr.2 rating). It is expected that the M.o.S.will grant a letter of approval at this rating and the engine is scheduled to go into production for the Folland Gnat next year.It is also announced that "in order to obtain clearance for the temperatures which would be obtained at the operational-neces-sity rating at altitude, the engine was run at Orpheus 3 ratings, resulting in observed thrusts of over 5,000 lb during the whole ofthe running at take-off rating." The size of the fuel pump neces- SHOT UP: A flak-damaged D.H. Sea Venom of No. 893 Squadron, H.M.S. "Eagle," returns from a Middle East strike and lands-on without benefit of wheels. sary for Orpheus 3 output (4,850 lb) precludes easy installationin the Gnat, so an additional pump was fitted to supply fuel at the required rate. The Orpheus 2 and 3 are otherwise identical,and the limitation on fuel-flow ceases at about 10,000ft and above. The engine has thus already been proved at the full 4,850-lbrating; the "over-5,000-lb" results were fortuitously due to the fact that, at the time of the test, the air temperature was wellbelow i.s.a. conditions. As we announced last week, Finland has become the seventhcountry to buy the Orpheus. It was previously selected to power the Fiat G-91, already flying in Italy, together with the Breguet1100 Taon and Dassault Etendard VI (France), the Hispano HA.300 (Spain), the Ikarus B-12 (Yugoslavia) and the FujiTIF-1 (Japan). Antarctic Air Activity AT McMurdo Sound, in the Antarctic, a landing strip has been^*- created by pumping sea-water from beneath rough pack ice to form a smooth frozen surface. It has been made for use byAmerican aircraft during operations connected with International Geophysical Year research. A C-124 Globemaster has flown inwith stores and altogether 500 tons of equipment and 300 tons of fuel are to be landed. Meanwhile Australian aircraft, operating from the Common-wealth's Antarctic base at Mawson, have discovered an uncharted ice shelf gulf, a hundred miles long, near Amundsen Bay inEnderby Land, about 400 miles west of the base; they have also observed a gigantic new glacier flowing down from the Antarcticmountains to Prydz Bay. Technical Manpower Forecasts HPHE annual output of qualified scientists and engineers in-•- Britain should be increased by over 60 per cent by 1966 and 100 per cent by 1970, according to a recently published report(Scientific and Engineering Manpower in Great Britain: Is. 6d., H.M. Stationery Office). The document contains the results ofenquiries into the respective short-term and long-term demands for scientists and engineers made by the Ministry of Labour andthe Committee on Scientific Manpower of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy. Of an estimated 134,700 qualified scientists and engineers (i.e.those with a University degree or equivalent qualification) in this country, the Ministry's survey indicates that some 43 percent are at present employed in the manufacturing industry. Aircraft manufacture is stated to employ 4,300 qualified scientistsand engineers, equivalent to 1.9 per cent of the total number employed in that industry. The proportion of such qualified staffengaged on research and development is stated to be "well above average" in the aircraft industry, the "average" figure for themanufacturing industry as a whole being 45 per cent. PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION Mr. Eisenhower's Latest Constellation '"TRAVEL may broaden the mind, but it can equally absorbA much of the precious time of busy men. The modern solution is to turn travelling time to good account; and in the past decade,a flourishing market in aircraft furnished as offices, boardrooms and sleepers has been developed for the top executive. Few men can have such urgent demands upon their time asthe President of the United States of America. Mr. Eisenhower, now facing a new four-year term of office, has used a successionof specially-equipped Constellations for some years—ever since, in fact, he was presented with one by the U.S. Government whilehe was commander of S.H.A.P.E. in Europe. On the eve of his recent re-election, the President paid a first—and non-political—visit to Burbank to thank the employees of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for the good service that hehad received from his three personal Constellations. Each air- craft has been called Columbine—no Shakespearian reference, butcalled after the state flower of Colorado, which was Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower's home. The presidential aircraft on the tarmac wasColumbine III, a new Super-G in the restrained anonymity of U.S.A.F. markings, and lacking any of the external embellish-ments that might be expected of a Head of State. Far from flamboyant, interior furnishings are well-styled andcomfortable; drop-down bunks supplement the airline seats; and heavy carpeting and padded soundproofing of the cabin compart-ment divisions reduce the noise to a presidentially appropriate level.
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