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1957
1957 - 0787.PDF
FLIGHT, 14 June 1957 HERE AND THERE Yugoslavian Gnats? THE managing director of Folland Air-craft, Mr. W. E. W. Petter, was in Belgrade last week to discuss possible sale or produc-tion of the Gnat in Yugoslavia. Woomera Rumour Denied AUSTRALIA'S Minister of Supply, Mr.Beale, has described as "without founda- tion" rumours that Britain was consideringthe removal of all her nuclear and guided- missiles testing facilities from the Woo-mera Range to Christmas Island. Orenda Production Award AT the recent annual general meeting ofthe Canadian Aeronautical Institute, Earle K. Brownridge was presented with the1957 McCurdy Aviation Award. Mr. Brownridge is vice-president, manufactur-ing, of Orenda Engines, Ltd., and the honour was in recognition of his "concep-tion, introduction and development of manufacturing methods used in the Orenda ALL BUT FLOWN: Two Spitfires—which taxi into the arena under the power of their Merlins— are armed and refuelled during the "Malta G.C." setpiece at the Royal Tournament, which continues at Earls Court, London, until June 22. The nearer aircraft is an L.F.1XE. production programme." The award was presented personally by the Hon. J. A. D. McCurdy, who in 1909 made the first powered flight in Commonwealth. Major M. E. A. Wright A MEMORIAL service to Major MauriceWright was held at Christ Church, London, W.I, on June 6. The Rev. Howard Marshallofficiated, and an address was given by Sir FIRST OF 50: The first two Sycamores for the Luftwaffe left Bristol's Weston fac- tory on May 31 for Germany. They will be used for ambu- lance work, air-sea rescue and general transport duties. SCIMITAR—the new fighter /bomber for the F.A.A.—demon- strated at Le Bourget by Lt-Cdr. M. J. Lithgow. It was an- nounced on that occasion that the machine can be used for reconnaissance or can carry mines. Note in this "Flight" photograph that the nosewheel is seen to be "cocked." Frederick Handley Page. A.V-M. W. L.Freebody represented the Air Council and the Royal Air Force, while the Minister ofSupply was represented by Mr. K. W. Matthews and the Ministry by Mr. S. O.Norman. Major Wright, a director of the Fairey Aviation Company for 32 years, diedon April 27. Bristol's B.E.47 ANNOUNCED thrust for this advancedand efficient turbojet is now 6,000 to 8,000 lb. The previous figure was 6,000 lb. The Blackpool Run-Down AT a meeting last week of the North-West Regional Board it was stated that a further 500 workers at Hawkers' Black-pool factory may be laid off by mid-July. Atlantic Beeches TWO Beech L-23 (Twin Bonanza) liaisonaircraft of the U.S. Army are scheduled to fly the Atlantic this month to evaluate thefeasibility of flight delivery of Army air- craft to Europe. The L-23s will have extratankage giving an ultimate range of 1,600 miles, and will take four days for the flightto Germany via Labrador, Greenland, Ice- land and Scotland. Ice and No Ice A RECENT report, quoted in these pages,contained a reference to the work of the Falklands Islands expedition in surveying"40,000 square miles of the world's most southerly ice-free area." The statementwas a misleading one, but the true facts can be found in an article published onpages 802-805 of this issue. :t..... .v
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