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132FLIGHT, 1 February1957 EXECUTIVE FOR A DAY: Thh striking interior—which included special curtaining and beds, and a panelled galley, cloakroom and toilet—was prepared in V/i days by Lufttronsport Union for a single V.I.P. charter flight for a "prominent shipowner. Afterwards the Viking reverted to its workaday guise as a freighter. An account of this operator's Viking work was published in our issue of July JO last. HERE AND THERE Missile Co-operation PLANS for joint Franco-German researchinto guided missiles were recently announced after a visit by Defence Mini-sters of the two countries to the French rocket ranges at Colomb-Bechar in theSahara. Some of the research is to be shared and Germany will probably providemoney and technicians for French tests in the Sahara and elsewhere. Catapult Designer Honoured THE inventor of the steam catapult for air-craft carriers, Mr. Colin Mitchell, has been awarded the Newcomen Society's Medalfor "oustanding contributions to technical progress in the use of steam." Instrumental Identification MEDIUM GREY has been adopted as thestandard instrument-panel colour for U.S. Navy aircraft; the dials will remain black.Some new machines already have the new scheme, and older aircraft will have theirpanels repainted during major overhauls. Luftwaffe Strength DURING his tour (as guest of Gen.Nathan Twining, U.S.A.F. chief of staff) of United States aircraft factories and AirForce bases, Lt-Gen. Josef Kammhuber stated that the West German Air Force,which he commands, would have 1,326 fighters and fighter-bombers when itreached full strength in 1961. Helicopter Old Hand FROM Piasecki Aircraft Corporationcomes news that Mr. Henry Blankenheim has joined the company as production andfactory manager of its Philadelphia plant and the premises recently acquired from Bellanca at New Castle, Delaware. Mr.Blankenheim, whose aviation associations go back to shortly after the First WorldWar, was responsible for the Piasecki H-16. He has been with the Brewster, Sikorskyand Kellett aircraft companies and was with the Piasecki Helicopter (now Vertol)Corporation from 1946 until he joined Piasecki. Breguet Turnover AN announcement from the SocieteAnonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet says that M. Jean Gandilhon hasresigned as general manager and been elected a member of the Board. He is suc-ceeded as general manager by M. Henri Ziegler, who is already a director. It isalso stated that the company's turnover had increased from Fr. 3.5m in 1955 to Fr. 5min 1956, and with orders in hand should reach Fr. 6m in 1957 and Fr. 8m in thefollowing years. Car Bargains OUR associated journal The Autocar pub-lishes today (February 1) an enlarged special-feature issue containing current in-formation on the used-car market, with practical advice as to choosing, and pur-chasing. In addition all the regular features are included. Kaman Nuclear Division THE formation in Albuquerque, NewMexico, of a nuclear division of the Kaman Aircraft Corporation has been announcedby the company's president, Mr. Charles H. Kaman. The division will engage in"systems analysis and research in the fields of nuclear ordnance and propulsion."Kaman Aircraft, the announcement adds, IN DISGUISE: This French Spad with Hispano-Suiza engine was apparently thought to be German when the designer of a 1914-18 war memo- rial window in Swaff- ham Prior Church, Cambs, depicted it with a black cross on its fuselage. Under- neath is the aggres- siYe inscription: " Though they climb to the Heavens thence, I will bring them down." has for the past two years been doing work in the application of certain aeronautical devices to the special weapons field. Softening the Blow A PNEUMATIC safety-cushion designed to reduce the risk of injuries in airliner crash landings has been invented in America by Mr. Assen Jordanoff, a pioneer CRASH BARRIER: Mr. Assen Jordanoff demon- strates his inflatable air cushion, described in the accompanying paragraph. designer. He is demonstrating it—witha French poodle to illustrate the protection afforded to a child on its mother's lap—ina photograph on this page. The cushions, which are rubberized bags stored on therear of airliner seats, can be inflated in three seconds by a button on the pilot'scushion. The device is shortly to be pro- duced by Micro-Moisture Controls, Inc.,of Mineola, Long Island, N.Y. C-119s Withdrawn EIGHT of the twelve R.C.A.F. C-119sused to transport United Nations Emerg- ency Force troops from Italy to Egypt arebeing withdrawn, the other four remaining at Capodichino airfield with some 200Canadian personnel. R.C.A.F. head- quarters, announcing this, have said fourOtters and two Dakotas will be operated from Abu Sueir airfield for reconnais-sance and communications duties.
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