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1957
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25 October 1957 635 THROUGH A GLASS CLEARLY: Flight tests of the new flat-television- tube instrument panel, shown here in the front cockpit of a T2V-1, began last August. Douglas El Segundo have the co-ordinating contract for the U.S. Navy and Bell Helicopter Corp. have the same for the U.S. famy—mainly tor helicopters. The system, first described in "Flight" for April 8, 1955, has now been released for use by civil operators, and Doughs hope to have it in operational service in two or three yean' time. thoroughly examined and an I.C.A.O. standard evolved. Afterprotracted discussion in committees and plenary session it was decided that the Division should recommend to the Air NavigationCommission and, through it, the I.C.A.O. Council, that such a meeting be held at the earliest opportunity. It was agreed that nochange to the Annex should be made in the meantime. The meeting will probably take place within 12 to 15 months.A realistic step has thus been taken despite strong U.S. pressure; and it seems that civil aviation now has a chance to break free fromthe common system concept and to decide for itself what aid it requires.An exchange of views also took place on long-range aids; and the French Radio Mailles (Flight, July 19), American Loran C (Cytac),Navarho Navaglobe, Omega, and British Dectra and Delrac were presented and discussed. Both American and British Dopplerdevelopments were set out, together with the Decca Integrated Air Navigation System, D.I.A.N. (Flight, August 23). Since thiswas an exchange of views, no standards were decided upon, but attention was drawn to the fact that the long-range aid, so far asI.C.A.O. was concerned, seemed as far off as ever, though the need for a long-range facility was daily becoming more urgent. Of thesystems presented, Dectra would be evaluated in operation over the Atlantic by mid-195 8, and Radio Mailles and Loran C wouldreach a similar stage in two or three years' time. It was accordingly recommended that development and evaluation should be com-pleted as soon as possible and that an I.C.A.O. course of action should be established in order to find a standard at the earliestpossible date. Members of the crew of the M.o.S. Valiant making Dectratrials gave a talk on their work with the tracking and ranging patterns. Other recommendations covered secondary radar, radioteletype procedures, radio-telephony procedures, selective calling systems and single sideband systems. Further Dectra Trials TT is expected that aircraft of the major airlines will participate•*• early next month in the next stage of trials of the Dectra system, with which Comets of R.A.F. Transport Command andR.C.A.F. aircraft are soon to be equipped. Recently (as described in Flight for October 11) a M.o.S. Valiant, on a flight fromBoscombe Down to Montreal and back, navigated solely by the new system between 10 deg W and Gander. Rarefied Descent TJAVING ejected from his F-100 Super Sabre when engine-*•-*- trouble developed over the Mediterranean last Monday, a U.S.A.F. pilot, 1st Lt. Herdis Clements, survived a fall fromabout 30,000ft without oxygen and was picked up from the sea (some four hours later) by the cruiser H.M.S. Birmingham.Lt. Clements was flying from Tripoli to Etienne Airfield in company with two other Super Sabres. An R.A.F. Shackletoncircled in the vicinity of his dinghy until the arrival of a U.S. Albatross rescue amphibian; this, however, unfortunately damagedan aileron and was unable to take off again, so Lt. Clements was transferred to Birmingham's whaler. Aboard the cruiser, which isflagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, Lt. Clements said he had been "quite happy" during the drop—though this feeling may havebeen due to the rarefied atmosphere. Master of G.A.P.A.N. A FOUNDER-MEMBER of G.A.P.A.N., Sir Frederick•**- Tymms was installed as Master at a ceremony on October 16 at Innholders' Hall, London, following the second annual generalmeeting of the Guild as a livery company. Sir Frederick, who became one of the Wardens in 1955, has had a distinguishedaviation career. In the 1920s he supervised the planning of the Cape-to-Cairo route and in 1931 he was appointed Director ofCivil Aviation, India, becoming Director-General in 1945. Viscount^Test|Mishap HTHE Viscount 806-810, which Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)•*• have had on tropical trials in Africa, suffered damage while landing at Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesburg, on October 20. At thetime of going to press the cause of the accident is not known, but it is reported that one main undercarriage collapsed, causingdamage to the starboard wing and Nos. 3 and 4 engines. Fire (apparently quickly extinguished) broke out in one engine. The Viscount concerned is G-AOYF, the first production 806,which has been temporarily engined with Dart 525s to acceler- ate the test programme of the production Viscount 810. Shorts' Warning A MEETING to discuss the employment situation in theBelfast factory of Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., took place earlier this week, attended by company officials and by theexecutive committee of the Northern Ireland district of the Con- federation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. The meetingfollowed a notice issued by the company to workers on October 18. Signed by the management, this called for an all-out works effort;abandonment of all forms of petty restrictions by workers; and settlement of disputes through the proper trade union procedure.The notice pointed out that the aircraft industry was now highly competitive and although the management were confident theycould compete successfully in the civil aircraft sphere, difficulties were presented in Belfast by the continued pressure for increasedearnings irrespective of effort. It went on: — "This has had a serious effect on the state of the order on hand, andwithout having an opportunity of improving the standards of efficiency we are now faced with immediate redundancy and the prospect ofhaving existing contracts withdrawn owing to our inability to meet reasonable prices and delivery dates. Action is necessary if we are toavoid immediate reductions in our order book and meet delivery dates." FLYING "FISH": The exhibiting at the S.B.A.C. Show of two representations of a homing torpedo (tor the Gannet and Whirlwind) lends o particular interest to this sequence of official photographs, which we print with acknowledgment to the "Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service." They show a full-scale torpedo, of unknown designation, entering the water at a speed of 300tt/sec. The sequence of frames was taken from a film made at about 180 pictures per second with a De Brie high-speed camera.
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