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842 FLIGHT,30 November 1956 ALPINE ALOUETTE: The capabilities of the Alouette II, described on the previous page, are illustrated in the above photographs of recent alpine rescue tests at Wallberg, Upper Bavaria. Right, the operations are discussed by the district leader of the Bergwacht (voluntary mountain-rescue organization); a medical officer of the Bundeswehr, Col. Gotzl; and the French crew. HERE AND THERE C-13Os for the U.S.A.F. DELIVERIES of the Lockheed C-130Hercules, the first turboprop transport air- craft to be used by the U.S.A.F., are dueto begin early next month to the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing of the 18th Air Force,Tactical Air Command, at Ardmore A.F.B., Oklahoma. No Private Airlift ON November 19 the Royal Aero Clubadvised 30 of its members who had volun- teered to fly their own aircraft to Austriaand bring back Hungarian refugee child- ren that their services would not now berequired, owing to the large-scale airlift which had been organized. A.B.A.C. Century WITH the enrolment of the Tiger Clubas an associate member, the number of member-clubs of the Association of BritishAero Clubs and Centres has reached the record total of 100. The pre-war maximumwas 73 active clubs, and the current num- ber has grown over the past ten yearsfrom 36. Long Weekend AN announcement by the U.S. Air Forcefrom Baltimore last Sunday said that a B-52 had been airborne for 32£ hours during theweekend. The aircraft covered 17,000 miles and, according to a Strategic AirCommand spokesman, was refuelled "several times." It was one of eight B-52smaking simulated nuclear-bomb attacks in the area of the North Pole. Rebuilding Through Music HER ROYAL HIGHNESS the Duchessof Gloucester attended a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on November26, which raised £2,000 towards the cost of rebuilding the "oranges and lemons"church of St. Clement Danes. When com- pleted, the church will house ten Books ofRemembrance commemorating more than 125,000 men and women who lost theirlives while serving in the Commonwealth air forces in and between the two worldwars. Atomics Explained A SERIES of courses designed to informgovernment officials, business executives and non-technical industrialists of thenature and potentialities of atomic energy is being held in Paris from January 13-26next year. The general title is Atomic Energy Courses for Management, and fulldetails can be obtained from the director, R. Maxil Ballinger, 145 East 49th Street,New York, 17, or Boite Postale 169, Paris 16. Seven big U.S. industrial organizationsinterested in nuclear-power development are named as sponsors of the programme. ABOUT GUIDED MISSILES PRINCIPALLY by reason ofsecurity restriction, information about guided-missile developmentsis apt to appear in small quantities at irregular and infrequent intervals.Yet close and expert study reveals that, in the aggregate, very muchmore has been (and can be) disclosed than might be imagined. Just howmuch will be apparent from next week's issue of Flight, which will bea special guided-weapons number. The work of every nation engagedon missile development will be re- viewed; and we can claim that neverbefore has any journal presented such a comprehensive appraisal ofevery type of missile known to be under development. In addition,design, development and trials methods will be discussed. Favoured Forty IN looking back over the records of B-47production (the last of the U.S.A.F. order was delivered a few weeks ago) Boeingsfound that, in the five-and-a-half years since the first of over 1,300 of the bigbombers was wheeled out from the Wichita plant (numerous others have been builtelsewhere), a total of exactly 40 "non-mili- tary persons" were authorized by theU.S.A.F. to make flights in them from MEMBERSHIP CARD of the Stratojet Club (see paragraph above); with it goes a gilt B-47 lapel badge. On the right—a 1954 flashback—Member Maurice Smith boards a B-47, watched by test pilots Rod Randall (left) and Maurice Norum. 20 STRATOJET (LIB THtS fS JO CE«TJF* THAT KtW ;N THf BOEING 6 «?' 5TIUTCTJTT A; WICHITA >;«NSAS. ON. April JLt_12S* _ Wichita. Now each of the 40 has beenmade a member of the "Stratojet Club." Among them is the Editor of Flight, whowas authorized to handle the controls of a B-47 and contributed an "in the air" articleto our issue of August 20, 1954. Polish Prototypes A REFERENCE in the article, by J. B.Cynk, on "Polish Aircraft Development," to the C.S.S.lOa (Flight, November 16,page 780) should have read: ". . . powered by a Walter Mikron III engine of 65 h.p.The second prototype, known as C.S.S.lOc, was fitted with a 105 h.p. Walter Minor4/III engine. Only the prototypes were completed." Photographic Christmas Gifts OUR associated journal Amateur Photo-grapher is publishing a special Christmas Presents Number on December 5, whichwill include much useful information on choosing photographic goods as gifts, aswell as many practical articles on Christ- mas photography. Copies, price Is. 3d.as usual, are obtainable from all newsagents, or direct from Dorset House, StamfordStreet, London, S.E.I.
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