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1957 - 1740.PDF
830 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Speed Record Attempt IT was announced in Washington last weekthat a U.S.A.F. McDonnell Voodoo would make an attempt on the world speedrecord of 1,132 m.p.h. set up by Peter Twiss in March last year in the Fairey F.D.2. D.H. Holdings Appointment AT a meeting on November 19 of theBoard of de Havilland Holdings, Ltd., the parent de Havilland company, Mr. A. F.Burke was appointed deputy chairman. He is also chairman of the D.H. EngineCo., Ltd., and managing director of the D.H. Aircraft Co., Ltd. Australian Missile Range A NEW launching area for testing Britishmissiles is being constructed in Australia about 30 miles west of the presentWoomera range. About £9m sterling may be spent during the present financial yearon this new development. THE WORLD'S MISSILES EVERY worthwhile publishable factabout guided weapons, British and foreign, will be found in Flight nextweek (December 6), a greatly enlarged special number. In addition to thisprofusely illustrated review of modern missiles, feature articles will deal withthe part played by rockets in current space-exploration experiments, withthe intercontinental ballistic missile, and—in a more technical vein—withdesign parameters of air-to-surface weapons. Regular aviation newsfeatures will also appear in this issue, on sale (the demand is certain to beheavy) at the usual price of Is 6d. Historic Vimy Damaged THE Vickers Vimy bomber flown by Capt.Ross Smith and Lt. Keith Smith in the first flight from Britain to Australia inNovember-December 1919 was severely damaged by fire recently, while beingtransported by road from Canberra to Adelaide. The aircraft was to have beenhoused in a special memorial hangar near the main terminal building at Adelaide Air-port. Another Vimy, that flown by Alcock and Brown in the first non-stop trans-atlantic flight, is the subject of a current exhibition at London Airport (see p. 829). Blown Flaps for F-104 FLAP blowing is to be applied to the Lock-heed F-104, reducing landing speed by 20 m.p.h. and landing run by 25 per cent.Air is to be blown over the flap at 2,300ft/sec from over 100 slots, 0.9in apart. Scottish Pioneer A SCOTTISH air pioneer, Mr. James Y.Watson, who, with his brother Preston, began experimental construction of aero-planes at Errol in Perthshire in 1903, has died at Blairgowrie at the age of 78. Untiltwo years ago he invariably took up a flying- club aircraft on his birthday. Short Transfers AN announcement by Short Brothers andHarland, Ltd., last week said that in order to cut overhead costs all work now beinghandled by the company's factories at Lisburn and Ballyclare (Antrim) would betransferred to the main aircraft works at Queen's Island, Belfast, during the next fewmonths. Overall redundancies up to the end of March would not be more than 220. Sycamore Deliveries THREE more Bristol Sycamores—theeleventh, twelfth and thirteenth of the 50 machines ordered by the Federal GermanGovernment—left Weston-super-Mare last week on their delivery flights to trainingbases at Memmingen and Fassberg. Two of the aircraft were flown by German pilotswho have just completed the Sycamore con- version course and the third by Bristolhelicopter test pilot Bob Smith. Cossor Radar Tour Ends IN a recently completed European tourextending over six thousand miles the Cossor radar type CR 21 has been demon-strated at fourteen centres in nine coun- tries to more than five hundred seniormilitary and civil aviation officials. The company states that the average time re-quired for three men to erect the scanner and set up the equipment for demonstra-tion was three and a half hours. P.S. to Powered Controls FROM Lt. R. B. Mancus, R.N. (Retd.), ofBoulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., comes a com- ment on the article "Control Systems Out-look" published in our issue of November 15. Referring to the statement that an elec-trical system utilizing Boulton Paul flying controls and limited to the aileron channelhad been flown in the U.K. in the Tay- "T.V." RECORDING: Shock-waves pile up ahead of a Chance Vought Regulus I mis- sile as it dives at ter- minal velocity. Angle of the waves indicates a Mach number of about 1.1. "FLIGHT" AT FONTAINEBLEAU: Before taking leave of Air Chief Marshal Sir George H, Mills, R.A.F., Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, Lt-Col. Horst Krueger of the German Air Force draws Sir George's attention to the general arrangement drawing of the Marcel Dassault Etendard VI in "Flight" of November 8. Col. Krueger is now posted to the flying school at Fuerstenfeldbruck. Viscount, Lt. Mancus remarks: "I flewthis machine for the first time last May and can assure you that it is fully electric on allcontrol surfaces. Satisfactory flight trials are continuing on this project." Cirrus Bombardier Overhauls OVERHAUL life for the Blackburn CirrusBombardier 208 piston engine has been upgraded by Air Ministry to 600 hr. Lastyear the Ministry increased the period between overhauls to 500 hr following ar.examination of engines stripped down after completing 400 hr in an operational theatre. Palmer Aero Products FROM December 2 the Palmer Tyre, Ltd.,a member of the B.T.R. group of com- panies, is to be known as Palmer AeroProducts, Ltd. Mr. C G. Erlam becomes general manager and will also be in chargeof the group's aero division. December— AT the December Forum of the AircraftRecognition Society, to be held on Decem- ber 11 in the library of the Royal Aero-nautical Society at 4 Hamilton Place. London, W.I., the panel of experts underthe chairmanship of Mr. Colston Shepherd will include Sir Arnold Hall (Hawker Sm-deley director) and Mr. Peter Twiss. —Forums THREE well-known test pilots, W. R- Gellatly (Fairey), H. G. Hazelden (Hand- ley Page) and Ranald Porteous (Austov, are taking part in a "test pilots' forum" being held by the London branch of Air-Britain next Wednesday (December 4) at Caxton Hall, S.W.I, at 7 p.m. Sonic Boom Damage IN a Parliamentary answer oncaused by supersonic bangs the Minister, Mr. George Ward, said lastthat 1,439 claims had been investigate" during the past three years and the ettect such sounds on buildings was being stuaie by the Building Research Station of m D.S.I.R. No damage to the main structui of buildings had as yet been observe"- I
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