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1957
1957 - 1890.PDF
978 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Voodoo Pilot Decorated PILOT of the McDonnell F-101A Voo-doo which reached an average speed of 1,207.6 m.p.h. in two measured runs overCalifornia, Maj. Adrian Drew was on December 13 decorated with the D.F.C.by Maj.-Gen. McCarthy. U.S.A.F. Airfields Transferred FOUR U.S.A.F. airfields in Bavaria—Fiirstenfeldbruck, Landsberg, Kaufbeuren and Erding — were handed over onDecember 14 to the West German Air Force. Swiss Hunter Debate A SPECIAL session of the Swiss Parlia-ment is being held from January 27 to January 31 to discuss the government'sproposal to buy 100 Hawker Hunters. This is because an order must be placedby next January or February if Switzer- land is to be assured of delivery by the endof 1959. The next regular session of Par- liament does not begin until late March. Snark Launching Base CONSTRUCTION of a base in Maine forlaunching Snark surface-to-surface missiles is to begin in January. This wasannounced by the U.S.A.F. in Washing- ton on December 13. [In Flight's Decem-ber 6 special issue on Guided Missiles, the description of Snark stated that "lastmonth contractors were assigned to pre- pare facilities for the first operational siteson the Atlantic seaboard."] Bangalore Orpheus Progress PLANS for manufacturing the BristolOrpheus under licence at Bangalore are reported to be progressing satisfactorilyand "an advanced version" is to be pro- duced in numbers before 1960 to powerFolland Gnats being built by Hindustan Aircraft, Ltd. It was announced in Augustlast year that Gnat airframes would be manufactured under licence by the Hindu-stan Aircraft company and that a new factory would be set up at Bangalore tobuild the engines. ROBOT SPY : Described as a "sur- veillance drone," this pi lot less aircraft for the United States Army uses "advanced surveillance sensory devices" and is being produced for the Army's Signal Corps by Republic Aviation. Designated SD-3, the drone can be operated in all weathers and is zero-launched. Indian Weather Study A CONFERENCE was recently held inNew Delhi to study meteorological requirements following the introduction ofjet aircraft on Indian domestic services. It was attended by representatives of theCivil Aviation Department, the I.A.F., the Meteorological Department and Indianand foreign airlines. Soviet Space Epic A FILM titled / Am a Space Pilot is beingmade by the Moscow Science Fiction Film Studio. It tells the story of a young spacepilot who takes his scientist father to a Sun satellite to study cosmic rays. Thefilm, we are assured in a news release, "combines audacious fantasy with strictscientific fact." Recognition Competition NEXT* year's All-England RecognitionCompetition is to be held by the Aircraft Recognition Society on January 18 at theRoyal Institution, Albemarle Street, Lon- don, W.I. For the test, 35 distant views ofaircraft are projected for very brief periods on a screen. The competition isopen to teams of three from any recog- nized civilian club or society or from unitsof H.M. Forces, the A.T.C., W.J.A.C, R.O.C. and NATO. Historic Vimy Drawings ENOUGH basic information has beenfound, following a search through a pile of discarded working drawings at the Wey-bridge premises of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd., to enable the historicVickers Vimy recently damaged by fire in Australia to be rebuilt. The aircraft, flownby Capt. Ross Smith and Lt. Keith Smith from Britain to Australia in 1919, was GYROCOPTER is the maker's name for the family of light heli- copters produced by the Bensen Aircraft Corporation. The latest— 1958—model, the B-8M, is shown here, flown by Igor Bensen. It can lift 300 Ib on the power ofa72h.p.McCulloch flat-four two-stroke. damaged when being transported by roadfrom Canberra to Adelaide. Prints of the drawings will be sent to Australia viaRoyal Australian Air Fore? headquarters in London. Polish Missiles AN article by Brig-Gen. Czubryt-Borkow-ski in the Polish Army newspaper Zolnierz Wolnosei says that Poland is now produc-ing tactical ballistic missiles and is "in no way behind" the U.S.A. and Britain inrocket equipment. The general added that it would be a long time before the otherNATO countries produced their own atomic weapons, because they had fallenbehind in scientific research and their economies could not stand the expense. Faster than the Record A SOVIET test pilot, Colonel NikolaiKorovushkin, is reported to have flown a new fighter prototype at over 2,000 km/hr(1,242 m.p.h.). Moscow Radio has reported the aircraft has "sharply swept-back wings, an arrow-shaped tail assembly, rocket-like fuselage and protruding jetpipes." The first flight is said to have been so successful that on the same dayKorovushkin took it up to "normal operational altitude," where "he was ableto perform all tactical manoeuvres in the horizontal and vertical planes." Mr. P. C. Garratt, A.F.C., whose appointment as an ordinary director of de Havilland Holdings, Ltd., was recentty announced ("Flight,"December 20). He is managing direc- tor of de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd. Who Counted Them? ACCORDING to a news release fromAustralia House, a Christmas pudding sent to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund's orphan-age at Blackheath contained 15,180 Aus- tralian currants, 3,920 Australian sultanasand 906 Australian raisins.
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