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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1003.PDF
27 December 1957 999 based at Nicosia; in an emergency, whileit flew the short distance to Akrotiri each man would leave his work and put onparachute harness with a five-foot-long pack weighing 60 lb. Tentage and heavierequipment is coupled to freight parachutes ready to be thrown from the aircraft. Air Corps Colonel TT was announced recently by the WarA Office that General Sir Hugh Stockwell (Colonel, Royal Welch Fusiliers and MalayRegiment) has been appointed Colonel Commandant, Army Air Corps. Photographic Memento A UNIQUE set of photographs depict-•**- ing some of its earliest aerial activities during the last war is to be presented toNo. 4 Squadron by one of its former mem- bers, F/L. D. A. Drewitt. He took themwhen flying as observer and air gunner in one of the squadron's Lysanders during theGerman advance into Belgium in May 1940. F/L. Drewitt, who was then anL. A/C. and later won the D.F.M., is at H.Q. 2nd T.A.F.; No. 4 Sqn is now basedat Jever and equipped with Hunters. R.A.F. Scholarships APPLICATIONS for the next competi-•**• tion for R.A.F. scholarships—to be held next February and open to boys notless than 15 years 8 months old on the last day of that month—should be made notlater than December 31. The scholarships are awarded by the Air Council to assistboys to remain at school to qualify for later entry into the G.D. (Flying) or Technicalbranches of the R.A.F. as officer cadets. Full information is contained in A.M.Pamphlet No. 325, obtainable from the Air Ministry (A.R.I.S.), Adastral House,Theobalds Road, London, W.C.I. Recent Appointments AMONG appointments recently an-k nounced by Air Ministry are the following: — W/Cs C. H. C. Down to H.Q. No. 19 Group,for technical staff duties; A. D. Adams to R.A.F. Manby, for technical duties; H. R. J. Hailstoneto R.A.F. Binbrook, for technical duties; T. R. F. Handcock to No. 21 M.U., Fauld, tocommand; M. Hermiston to R.A.F. Wadding- ton, for technical duties; H. E. Hunt to theJoint School of Chemical Warfare as Assistant Commandant; E. Plumtree to R.A.F. Jever, foradministrative duties; W. H. Webber to H.Q. Bomber Command, for technical staff duties;W. D. Woods to H.Q. No. 18 Group, for tech- nical staff duties. "Eyes down looking," F/L. K. J. Goodwin—in a Hunter F.6 from the C.F.E., West Raynham— performs one of the brilliant manoeuvres which at European air displays during the past two years have proved him to be one of the R.A.F.'s leading aerobatic pilots. Behind the camera's eye was Air Ministry photographer "Mick" Chase in a Meteor 14 flown by F/L. A. G. N. Hampton. Service News In Brief The carrier H.M.S. Bulwark will beamong ships of the Home Fleet taking part with units of the Atlantic Fleet of theRoyal Canadian Navy in joint exercises in the Western Atlantic early next year.****** Forty cadets from the R.A.F. College,Cranwell, and the R.A.F. Technical Col- lege, Henlow, are spending their Christ-mas holidays ski-ing. The largest party (28) is at Zermatt, Switzerland, and otherparties are visiting Austria and the Cairn- gorms. ***** Four D.H. Otters were recently handedover to the Indian Air Force by de Havil- land Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., and arebeing transported to India by sea. The aircraft, first of an undisclosed number ofCanadian-built Otters for the I.A.F., will be maintained and flown by the I.A.F. but used mainly by other Indian Government departments for varied duties. ***** Members of the No. Ill Sqn. formationaerobatic team will be on the R.A.F. stand at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition—beingheld at the Horticultural Hall, London, S.W.I, from December 31 until January 11—to talk to visitors about Hunter aircraft and aerobatics. ***** Ties and ashtrays bearing the No. 206Sqn. badge are now available at 16s 6d and 5s 6d respectively, both prices includingpostage. Those interested should write to the Adjutant, No. 206 Sqn., R.A.F. St.Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall. ***** The third R.A.F. anniversary concert is to be held at the Royal Festival Hall, Lon- don, on April 18 next year. This concertwill have die dual significance of marking the 40th anniversary of the R.A.F. andtaking place in the centenary year of the Halle Orchestra, which will be performing.These concerts are the outcome of the Halle's wish to pay tribute to the R.A.F.***** A pair of ceremonial steel gates, to beknown as St. Andrew's Gate and bearing the civic arms of Uxbridge and the badgeof the R.A.F. station, was officially opened at R.A.F. Uxbridge on December 16. Thegates were made by trainee tradesmen at No. 8 School of Technical Training,R.A.F. Weeton, Lanes. Approximately 65 trainees—including blacksmith, welder,machinist, pattern maker, moulder, sign- writer and general fitting tradesmen—worked on the main structure, side gates and surrounding brickwork.
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