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1957
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62 FLIGHT, 11 January 1957 SERVICE AVIATION . . . Royal Air Force Promotions ""THE half-yearly promotions which were•*• published on January 1, and became effective on that date, include the confirma-tion of air marshal rank for several act- ing air marshals. They are Air MarshalsH. L. Patch, A.O.C-in-C. M.E.A.F.; Sir John Whitley, Air Member for Personnel;s A. McKee, A.O.C-in-C. Transport Com- mand; The Earl of Bandon, C-in-C. 2ndT.A.F.; and R. G. Hart, Controller of Engineering and Equipment, Air Ministry.Confirmed in the rank of air vice-marshal are Acting Air Vice-Marshal A. A. Adams,Chiefs of Staff Representative on Disarma- ment, Ministry of Defence; and ActingAir Vice-Marshal J. F. Hobler, A.O.A. M.E.A.F. C.F.S. Affiliation ' I 'HE first affiliation between a regular-*- R.A.F. establishment in this country and its opposite number in another Com-monwealth air force has now been officially approved by the Queen. It is between theR.A.F. Central Flying School at Little Rissington, Glos, and the R.N.Z.A.F. Cen-tral Flying School at Wigram, South Island. The New Zealand unit is commanded eitherby a R.A.F. officer on exchange, as at present, or by a R.N.Z.A.F. officer who hasserved on the C.F.S. staff in Britain. The reason for the affiliation is to fostera close relationship by a regular exchange of information and by extension of hos-pitality to members visiting each others' country. Navy Uses Britannias TPO facilitate the recommissioning of the*- destroyer Comus at Mombasa, the Admiralty has chartered Bristol Britanniasfrom B.O.A.C. to bring out the new ship's company. Last Sunday 90 officers and men,half the ship's company, left London Air- port to fly to Entebbe, Uganda, where theywere being picked up by East African Air- ways Dakotas. The other half of the crewwas to leave London in a Britannia early this week. The old ship's company wasreturning to Britain in the same aircraft. "Bob" Martin of Wittering •"THE many who knew F. ("Bob") Martin,-*• for 30 years barman in the Officers' Mess at R.A.F. Wittering, will be grievedto learn of his death in a road accident. He leaves a widow and two children. An officer at Wittering has written thefollowing appreciation: — "Wittering and the Royal Air Force havelost a loyal servant, well known to the many who have passed through the portals of theOfficers' Mess from the days of C.F.S., 11 F.T.S., during Fighter Command's tenure afterMunich and war days, through the occupation Lord Hailsham, Firsi Lord of the Admiralty, being hoisted by winch into a Naval Whirl- wind after opening the National Boat Show at Olympia, London, recently. by C.S.D.E. and now as the birthplace of the'V' Force in Bomber Command. "Bob, as he was known to all, joined Witter-ing in 1926 as a batman and started barkeeping duties which were to last for the next thirtyyears. Having brewed the beer in his father's pub in Stamford, he was in his true elementwhen the first 'official' bar opened in the mess early in the war. To see him on a Saturdaynight, handling the orders of a crowded bar, was to marvel at the brain that could retainfigures in three dimensions, produce the goods and account for them, the whole time keepingup a repartee suitable for each customer. "He never forsook his bicycle; rain, shine,snow, ice or bombs, he pedalled, it is estimated, some 75,000 miles in the employment of theservice he loved." Mauripur Closed THE R.A.F. staging post at Mauripur,the last of many such posts on the sub- continent of India, has now been closed. Itwas most recently under the direct control of H.Q. British Forces, Arabian Peninsula,at Aden. In future R.A.F. aircraft passing through Pakistan on their way to the FarEast will stage through Karachi Interna- tional Airport under arrangements agreedwith the Pakistan Government. Mauripur was originally established over25 years ago; and, even now, the mooring masts and a hangar erected for the airshipsR.100 and R.101 are still standing. When India aid Pakistan were made sovereignstates in 1948, the R.A.F. station became a staging post on the large Royal PakistanAir Force Base which was then established. Aircraft of many nations could regularlybe seen on the airfield on their way to all parts of the world. Last year no fewer than940 military aircraft of 13 different types were refuelled and serviced and 4,437 pas-sengers were dealt with. The Movements Section unloaded 107,873 lb of freightwhich arrived by air. 1956 Hack Trophy "pOLLOWING the annual assessment of*• the 17 university air squadrons in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GlasgowUniversity Air Sqn. has been awarded the Hack Trophy for 1956. Nottingham U.A.S.was second and Manchester third. Glas- gow won the trophy in 1954 and Notting-ham came second in 1955. The Hack Trophy was originally pre-sented in 1943 by W/C. E. J. Hack. The competition includes flying and writtentests for six selected officer cadets in each squadron, and inspection of the squadron'sground and flying-training facilities and its organization and record. Christmas Charities IN the busiest Christmas season since1945, fifty units in 2nd A.T.A.F. col- lected over £4,000 for gifts to variouscharities. These included Christmas parcels, clothing and cash gifts for German orphans,displaced persons, Hungarian refugees and the blind in Britain. More than 2,000 Ger-man children attended Christmas parties and shows organized by officers and airmen. Staff College Lecture Team AT the end of this month a team of six**• officers of the R.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, led by the Commandant, A.V-M.S. C. Elworthy, will visit the U.S.A.F. Air Command and Staff College at MaxwellA.F.B., Alabama. The team will give lec- tures on the role of the R.A.F., as part ofthe curriculum of the American college. After three days at Maxwell, the teamwill fly to Canada for a three-day visit to the R.C.A.F. Staff College at Toronto. Sunderlands Retiring AS we go to press it is announced that**• two of the remaining three R.A.F. Sunderland squadrons are being disbandedat the end of this month. They are Nos. 201 and 230 at Pembroke Dock. TheSunderlands will be replaced by Shackle- tons and the squadron numbers may beretained. The remaining unit is No. 205/209 Sqn. at Singapore. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. 11. 15 Helicopter Association; "Analogue Computor Develop menr with Reference to Helicopter Applications." by B. H. Venning, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.C.G.I., A.M.I.E.E. R.Ae.S.: Graduates and Students Section: N. E. Rowe Medal Competition: "Possible Flight Paths for Helicopters," by P. F. Sutherby. "Fins," J. Wolkovitch. 16. Kronfeld Club: Film Show. 23. Kronfeld Club: "Flying Reminiscences," by C. A. Nepean Bishop. 24. R.Ae.S.: Main Lecture: "Aeronautical Research in Hol- land," by Prof. Dr. Ir. H. J. van der Maas. R.Ae.S.: Section Lecture: "Design for Production," by E. D. Keen. 2. British Interplanetary Society: "Accelerations in Flight," by W/C. F. Latham. 7. R.Ae.S.: Main Lecture, at Halton: "Synthetic Training Methods in Aviation," by W. Makinson. 29. Feb. 12. Joint R.Ae.S. and Helicopter Association Lecture: "Vibra- tion Problems Associated with the Helicopter," by 0. L. L. Fitzwilliams, A.F.R.Ae.S. May 24- June 2. Paris Aero Show, Le Bourget. « Sept. 2-8. S.B.A.C. Show, Farnborough. R.Ae.S. Branch Fixtures (to Jan. 30):— Jan. 14, Henlow, "Aircraft Control," by Prof. G. A. Whitfield; Southampton, A.G.M. and Film Show. Jan. 16, Christchurch, "Prob- lems and Prospects in Civil Air Transport," by P. G. Masefield; Brough, "Gliding," by J. C. Neilan; Leicester, "The Noise of Jet Engines," by F. B. Greatrex. Jan. 17, Bristol, "Wind Tunnel Instru- mentation," by J. R. Anderson. Jan. 18, Birmingham, "Aerial Survey," by Mr. Dawe. Jan. 24, Bristol, "Application of Wind Tunnel Results to Aircraft Design," by M. Wilde. Jan. 30, Preston, "Diving and Under- water Engineering," by I. Fraser; Southampton, "Atomic Energy for Aircraft Propulsion," by J. E. Perkins; Weybridge, "Electronics and the Aircraft Industry," by Dr. C. F. Bareford.
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