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1956
1956 - 1644.PDF
806 FLIGHT FROM ALL QUARTERS Civil Airlift for the Hungarians SEVERAL practical moves to help Hungarian refugees by theuse of aircraft were made last week. A Viking of Eagle Aviation, Ltd., took off from Blackbushe for Vienna last Fridaymorning loaded with supplies, and a DC-3 chartered by the Institute of Directors left Lympne for the same destination thatafternoon with four tons of food and medical requirements. Both were due to bring back refugees to this counry. The Royal AeroClub informed the International Help for Children organization that 30 of its members had offered to fly their own aircraft—ranging from Doves and Rapides to Proctors and Austers—at their own expense to Austria to bring back refugee children. Last Sunday the British Red Cross headquarters in Londonsaid there would be a regular airlift of three aircraft a day from Linz, Austria, to Blackbushe carrying Hungarian refugees. Theseflights would each bring about 30 people, accompanied by a Red Cross official. The service is due to continue for two or threeweeks, until the 2,500 homeless Hungarians accepted by Britain— some of whom are travelling overland—have arrived. Furthernotes on air transport of the refugees appear on p. 835 of this issue. Egyptian Balance Sheet CJPEAKING at Mold, Flintshire, last Friday on the Egyptian^ operations, Mr. Nigel Birch, the Secretary of State for Air, said that there had never been better co-operation between theServices. "Nowadays people often speak of the desirability of all three Services being merged into one," he went on. "I donot myself believe that this would be of benefit. I believe we should act in accordance with the Arab proverb, 'keep yourhearts together and your tents separate'." The Air Minister UPLANDS TO MARVILLE: The ceremony which recently marked the send-off of No. 445 Squadron, R.C.A.F., from its base at Uplands, near Ottawa, to take up NATO duty at Marville, France. The CF-lOOs of the squadron—one of four all-weather fighter units for Europe—are seen to be camouflaged in the standard R.C.A.F. grey and green. HUSTLER: Glimpsed during its first flight, on November 11, is the first Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber. The flight lasted 38 min. Under-fuselage weapon pods will take air-to-surface missiles, counter-measures equipment, or a bombing system, and auxiliary rocket motors will confer a high-supersonic "dash'1 performance. added that the operations had shown how merciful the exerciseof air power could be "provided your force is well trained and its technical equipment good enough. In the event, the greatfleets of Russian aircraft were neutralized at the cost of only very few lives." Figures for casualties in the Egyptian operations were givenlast week in the Allied Forces Communique No. 38, issued from Cyprus. For the R.A.F., these showed three officers and oneairman killed; no wounded; no missing. Two R.A.F. aircraft were lost, one through enemy action and the other as the resultof an accident. Royal Naval casualties were: — one officer killed; no wounded; no missing. Six R.N. aircraft were lost, four ofthem through enemy action and two as the result of accidents. When the aircraft carrier Theseus was on her way to Malta lastFriday, with Allied wounded aboard, a Shackleton of R.A.F. Coastal Command dropped emergency medical supplies. Thisoperation was carried out in a storm and the captain of the aircraft, F/L. R. Buckwell, said afterwards: "Dropping instruc-tions were passed to us by radio as we could not see the ship, due to a huge rain cloud in the area." The Shackleton made tworuns alongside Theseus at 150ft and released the supply con- tainers over sea markers which had been laid by the carrier. Twohelicopters which were already airborne picked the canisters up and took them on board within about a minute. U.N. Air Force "O EPLYING to questions in the House of Commons about the*-*• provision of an air component for the United Nations force in Egypt, Mr. A. D. Dodds-Parker, Foreign Under-Secretary,said last week that the United Kingdom could see nothing in principle against the addition of such a component, and perhapseven a Naval one. Doman in France A DOMAN LZ-5 helicopter, a product of Doman Helicopters,•'*- Inc., of Danbury, Conn., is now in Europe for demonstra- tions and has completed an official flight-test evaluation by theFrench Air Ministry at Bretigny. The French Government are interested in its potentialities as a weapon carrier. A maker'sannouncement states that the LZ-5 was tested "both in a standard, enclosed passenger-carrying version and as a skinlessmilitary tactical helicopter". The demonstrations are being sponsored by Marcel Dassault, and the machine was taken toFrance at the invitation of the French Ministry of Defence. THUNDERBIRDS: So named is this U.S.A.F. demonstration team, mounted on North American F-100 Super Sabres. It is to be hoped that the photographer who secured this spectacular take-off picture was wearing ear-defenders.
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