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1957
1957 - 0501.PDF
503 AIR RADIO PIONEERS gathered in strength, as described below, at a luncheon to mark the retirement of Mr. J. M. Furnival as manager of Marconi Instruments, Ltd. Here, left to right, are Sir George Nelson, chairman of English Electric; Mr. P. Horsfall, Marconi director; Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir John Salmond; and Mr. Furniyal. MOVING DAY: The Fairey Rotodyne has recently been moved from Hayes, Middlesex, to the makers' airfield at White Waltham, Berks, for final assembly. The S9tt fuselage and the 47ft wing are seen on the road. The Rotodyne will carry forty passengers or a 10,000 Ib payload over stages up to 400 miles. No Yeadon Races TTHE first round of this year's National Air Races and the Royal-•- Aero Club aerobatic competition, due to be flown on June 10, will not after all take place at Yeadon. This was decided at a meeting there on April 7 and in aletter written the following day Mr. L. S. Dawson, director of Yeadon Aviation, Ltd., said that the main reasons were "thelateness of the Air Ministry's decision as to whether Service participation would be allowed and also the Air Ministry LandsDepartment intimation that they would require a large addi- tional rent for the use of the aerodrome on that day. "Why this should be so we have no idea," the letter continues,"as they are not involved in any financial commitments in any way. On working the figures out very carefully, we feel that weshould be starting with a guaranteed loss even if we had perfect weather for the event." The Royal Aero Club was hoping to announce this week analternative venue—or venues—for the National Air Races' first round and the Aerobatic Competition. Air Radio Pioneer Retires A LUNCHEON was given in London on April 9 to mark•**• the retirement of Mr. J. M. Furnival—one of the pioneers of air radio—from the position of general manager of MarconiInstruments, Ltd. The host was Sir George Nelson, chairman of the English Electric group of companies; and many well-knownpersonalities in the field of aeronautical radio development were among the guests, including Marshal of the Royal Air Force SirJohn Salmond, Mr C. S. Franklin, Capt. H. J. Round, A.V-M. Sir Victor Tait, Lt-Col. C. J. Aston, Prof. R. Whiddington,A. Cdre. A. D. Warrington-Morris, Capt. H. Shaw, Mr. A. W. Whistlecroft, Mr. F. S. Mockford, Mr. R. D. Bangay, Maj. B.Binyon, Mr. S. G. Newport and Mr. F. H. W. Gilmour. W/C. C. I. Orr-Ewing, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State forAir, was also present. Mr. Furniyal's association with airborne radio began when,as a captain in the R.F.C. in World War 1, he worked on the development of airborne wireless telephony. He received, overBrooklands in 1-915, the first ground-to-air voice transmission to a heavier-than-air machine. Mr. Furnival was later concernedwith experiments made at the Wireless Testing Park at Biggin Hill. He also took part in the first demonstration of inter-aircraft telephony to the Air Staff in France in 1917. No. 55 Sqn. made further demonstrations and Nos. 11 and 18 Sqns.were equipped for Service trials. Mr. Furnival joined the Marconi Company in 1919, whentheir aeronautical-wireless section was first formed. He was soon appointed chief of the new Field and Air Department, which posthe held until 1934 when, after further expansion of the company, he became manager of the aircraft wireless establishment whichhad been formed at Hackbridge. It was in 1942 that he was appointed to the post from which he now retires. His connec-tion with the company is not entirely severed, for he is being retained as a consultant. Autair African Operations AFTER demonstration flights in Kenya and Tanganyika a• Bell 47G-2 helicopter owned by Autair has been transported in a Dakota to Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, where for the rest ofthis year it will be operating on behalf of a copper-mining company. The 47G-2, the design of which makes it particularly suitablefor work under conditions of high temperature and altitude, was flown from London Airport to Nairobi at the end of last monthin a York freighter of Hunting-Clan, reaching Eastleigh on March 29. This transportation was effected [as depicted inFlight last week, p. 468] without dismantling the helicopter's tail unit; only the rotor was removed. In its East African demonstrations, at Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaamand elsewhere between April 1 and April 9, the Bell has been flown by Autair's chief pilot, Capt. Lincoln Lord, who aimedto show its abilities in particular to organizations carrying out survey and geological exploration work. Autair hope there willbe sufficient response to justify placing a machine in East Africa and setting up a permanent local operating company. ODD BEDFELLOWS: April 4 was the 24th anniversary of the Indian Air Force, and in this parade at New Delhi (with Premier Nehru saluting from a jeep) there appeared between two II-14s a resplendent Vickers- Armstrongs Viscount— one of two supplied.
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