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622 FLIGHT, 10 May 1957 HERE "v- AND ! THERE Von Karman on Lanchester YESTERDAY, May 9, the first LanchesterMemorial Lecture was due to be delivered before the Royal Aeronautical Society byDr. Theodor von Karman, who is an Honorary Fellow of the Society and chair-man of the NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development.The lecture was announced by the Society as "an appreciation by one of the greatestliving authorities on aerodynamics of a great English aerodynamicist." German Fighter Pilot's Death HEINZ BAER, who held the rank oflieutenant-colonel in the Luftwaffe and who was credited with 200 Allied aircraftshot down during the last war, was killed when a Zaunkoenig ultra-light which hewas flying from Waggum airfield, near Brunswick, crashed from 100ft on April 28. Short-Field Grumman IT is unofficially reported in the U.S.A.that the "high-performance observation' aircraft" under development by Grummanfor both the U.S. Navy and Army will fly in 1959. It is to be a 350 m.p.h. short-field aircraft with a very good power/ weight ratio. Powerplants will be eitherLycoming T53s or G.E. T58s, driving large propellers. Designation will be VOXfor the Navy and AO for the Army. Sycamore Rescues Sycamore AFTER being forced to make an auto-rotational landing in the Australian National Airways' Sycamore helicopterYarrana in wild country near Mount Sorrel, some 19 miles from Queenstown, Capt.Max Holyman and his passenger were rescued after 41 hours by another Sycamorefrom the R.A.N. Air Station at Nowra. Water in the auxiliary fuel tank was thecause of their misadventure, which occurred while the aircraft was on charter to anAustralian mining company. A rescue party which reached them on foot was alsopicked up by the R.A.N. Sycamore. EN FAMILLE: More than ever a family affair is the firm of F. G. Miles, Ltd. Seen with the new Anglo-French H.D.M.105 ("Flight," April 19) and with Hurel-Dubois sales manager Emil Escande (left) are Mrs. "Blossom" Miles; her husband "F.G."; daughter Mary; Corinne Miles and husband George; and Susan Miles and husband Jeremy (F.G.'s son). Met. for the Million THE Air Ministry's travelling Meteoro-logical Office Exhibition opens in Coventry tomorrow, May 11, and will stay there forthree weeks. Holland Wants Civil Trainers THE Dutch Government, which needsabout 30 new aircraft for basic training of airline pilots, is evaluating a BeechcraftMentor, a Saab 91C and a Piaggio. Dutch Air Force Base THE Royal Dutch Air Force is to put intooperation this year a new base known as De Rips, near Deurne, about 30 miles fromthe West German border. Jet fighters are likely to be stationed there, and also atDeelen, near Arnhem. S.B.A.C. Educational Grants THE Royal Aeronautical Society remindsintending applicants for British Aircraft Constructors' educational grants (whichthe R.Ae.S. administers) that the closing date for this year's applications is June 30.The grants are designed for the assistance of young men who are unable, for financialreasons, to obtain training in aeronautical engineering. Holders of the grants areexpected to qualify for a technical grade in the R.Ae.S. Applicants (who should COMMEMORATIVE of the first east-west and first double crossing of the Atlan- tic (by the airship R.34 in July 1919), this monument, erec- ted by the Air League, was unveiled by the Duke of Hamil- ton and Brandon at East Fortune (point of departure) on May 4. Five mem- bers of the original crew were present at the ceremony. A replica of the monu- ment is to be erected at Mineola, near New York. address their inquiries to the Secretary, Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London, W.I) should be between the ages of 16 and 18 on September 1 this year. New French Air Attache HAVING completed his tour of duty asFrench Air Attache in London, General de Brigade Aerienne A. Puget has left thiscountry and is succeeded by Col. J. de Loustal. Runnymede Memorial Service THIS year's Service of Commemorationat the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, will be held nextTuesday afternoon, May 14, at 3.15 p.m. Previously the service has been a morningone; on this occasion—the fourth—it is being held in the afternoon to facilitateattendance by relatives and visitors from overseas. WS-125A Cut Back FOR the second time in six years the U.S.Air Force has decelerated its Weapon System 125A for a nuclear-powered bom-ber. Companies contracting are Pratt and Whitney and General Electric (propulsion)and Lockheed and Convair (airframe). Donald Quarks, Secretary for the AirForce, claimed last week that the existing programmes would put into the air anuclear-powered research aircraft; what was wanted was a supersonic bomber. Thecurrent year's spending has therefore been cut to about one-quarter of the $600moriginally voted. The Growth of Club Flying A LETTER published in our Correspon-dence columns on April 26 questioned a statement by Mr. Airey Neave, Joint Parlia-mentary Secretary to the Ministry of Trans- port and Civil Aviation, who was reported(Flight, March 29) to have said in a Com-.. mons debate that "140 operational flyingclubs" were now in existence. The writer of the letter challenged this figure, statingthat it must have included the Flying Groups also. Reference to Hansard showsthat this was in fact the case: there Mr. Airey Neave is recorded as saying: "Thereare today 148 operational flying clubs and groups in the United Kingdom, as com-pared with about 50 in 1948. That shows how this keenness is growing."
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