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1957 - 0036.PDF
36 FLIGHT, 11 January 1957 HERE AND THERE For D.H.I 10 Crew-training FIRST M.o.S. contract for a D.H.I 10simulator goes to F. G. Miles, Ltd. They are the first aircraft firm in Great Britainto enter the electronic flight-simulator field. Farnborough Date DATES of this year's Farnborough Showhave been announced by the S.B.A.C.— Monday, September 2 until Sunday, Sep-tember 8 inclusive, with the usual public admission on the last three days. M.o.S. Appointment APPOINTED Director of AircraftMechanical Engineering Equipment Re- search and Development, M.o.S., isMr. E. A. Poulton. He succeeds Mr. R. Graham, due to retire last Wednesday. Wingless Wonders in the Way PARTLY because a penguin populationmakes aircraft landings hazardous, the U.S. Navy is moving the site of its InternationalGeophysical Year station in the Antarctic from Cape Adare to Cape Hallett, which isalso more accessible by ship and provides a larger area for conversion into a landingstrip. Rubber Industry President NEW president of the Institute of theRubber Industry is Mr. A. S. Bishop, man- aging director of the Goodyear Tyre andRubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. Asso- ciated with the rubber industry for over40 years, he played an important part in the introduction of the "giant" tyre for roadvehicles in the early 1920s. Indian Ocean Staging-post THE airfield on Gan island, in the AdduAtoll group of the Maldive Islands, is to be re-established by the R.A.F. and oper-ated as a staging post, following consulta- tion between the Maldivian and U.K.governments. The islands lie some 400 miles south-west of Ceylon, and the Ganbase will ensure a direct air link from Britain to Australia and the Far East. Limited Snark Production IN our "guided missiles" issue of Decem-ber 7 last we remarked that it was unlikely that the Northrop SM-62 Snark bombard-ment missile would be built in quantity. On December 21 it was announced inWashington that the U.S. Air Force have placed a production contract; this is stillnot for a bulk quantity, but for "a limited number of continuing tests." • : - i Industry Comings and Goings LAST week there was a spate of aircraftindustry announcements of end-of-the- year retirements and New Year appoint-ments. In addition to those detailed on other pages of this issue, the followingmoves have taken place and will be en- larged upon in our columns next week:Mr. W. A. Hargeaves has retired from the THE DUKE AND THE 'DRESSERS: As recorded last week, the Duke of Edinburgh recently watched a flying display of agricultural aircraft near Christchurch, New Zealand. His Royal Highness is here seen inspecting (left) the Edgar Percival EP.9 and (right) the Auster Agricola. Board of Blackburn and General Aircraft;G/C. "Tim" Morice, Dunlop aviation sales manager, has retired; Mr. Ralph R.Warren is appointed Westland personnel manager; Mr. R. V. Browne goes to managethe new Avro research establishment at Salisbury, South Australia; Mr. A. I. Fen-wick succeeds Lt-Col. L. F. R. Fell as public relations manager for Rolls-Royceaero engines; and Mr. Sidney E. Veale becomes Press officer to Napiers. New Noratlases DESIGNATED Nord 2506, a forthcomingdevelopment of the French Noratlas twin- boom transport is to have slotted flaps topermit operation from shorter runways and an undercarriage partially retractable on theground to afford easier access to the freight- hold. Air brakes, and possibly TurbomecaMarbore booster units, will also be fitted. Another Noratlas development is the Nord2504, intended as an anti-submarine crew- trainer. Five are on order. Bristol to Montreal FROM Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., comes theannouncement that Mr. Paul Falconer, who has been one of their test pilots since 1950,has taken up a similar appointment with Mr. Paul Falconer. Canadair, Ltd., in Montreal. (Canadair arebuilding under licence a maritime recon- naissance version of the Britannia for theR.C.A.F.) Paul Falconer flew Mosquitoes in Bomber Command during the war, wassubsequently posted to Transport Com- mand, and on demobilization joined BritishSouth American Airways, flying Yorks and Tudors. He has some 5,000 hours on 58types, including 500 hours on Britannias. Clear-water Spotter SLOWED by ice in the Weddell Sea, the Trans-Antarctic expedition's motor vessel Magga Dan has been making good use of her Auster aircraft, S/L. John Lewis, O.C. the ship's R.A.F. detachment, sig-nalled to the Air Ministry last week that the ship was entering heavy pack ice andthat diree reconnaissances had been flown. "Aircraft and ancillaries first class," headded. Later in the week S/L. Lewis made further sorties which enabled thevessel to find her way out of pack-ice three feet thick. "Open Skies" Dates REVISED dates for some of the "OpenSkies" photographic exhibitions in the pro- vinces (see Flight last week, pages 4-6) areas follows: Manchester, February 5-11; Leicester, March 26-April 1; Belfast, May20-28; Cardiff, June 18-24. Louis Bleriot Lecture THE production director of Sud-OuestAviation, M. Badre, is to deliver the Tenth Louis Bleriot Lecture before the RoyalAeronautical Society on March 7. His subject will be New Methods in AircraftProduction. N.Z. Helicopters UNTIL recently there were two helicop-ters in New Zealand, a Bell and a Hiller. Now another has been imported by anAmerican concern, Kern Copters, Inc., who will initially undertake agricultural con-tacts and may later, with additional aircraft, extend their scope. LA.S. President THIS year's president of the Institute ofthe Aeronautical Sciences is Mr. Mundy I. Peale, president of Republic AviationCorporation. He succeeds Mr. Edward R. Sharp, director of the N.A.C.A. FlightPropulsion Laboratory, and is the 25th president of the I.A.S. Oklahoma in Park Lane A COLOUR film of America's NationalAircraft Show at Oklahoma City last September will be screened at the RoyalAero Club's film show on Thursday, January 24 (Londonderry House, membersand their guests only). The film was made by Mr. William Courtenay, who will givea commentary. Happy Inauguration A NEW branch of the Vickers managementmess came into use at Wisley on New Year's Day. Previously, test pilots andother members of the management staff at Wisley attended the Weybridge mess,which involved an eight-mile round trip by car each lunch-time. Guest of honouron the opening day was Mr. G. R. Edwards, managing director of Vickers-Armstrongs(Aircraft), Ltd., who was appropriately congratulated on his knighthood, whichhad been announced that morning.
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