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1958
1958 - 0036.PDF
38 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Transantarctic Otter A D.H.C. OTTER of the R.A.F. flightwith the Transantarctic Expedition, piloted by S/L. J. Lewis, has flown successfullyacross the Antarctic in 10 hr 57 min. The Otter, which had a crew of three in addi-tion to its pilot, took off from South Ice and flew over the Pole to Scott Base, a dis-tance of over 1,200 miles. This was the first Transantarctic crossing by a single-engined aircraft. Pulling Them Up SHAPE has announced that arrester geari« to be installed on NATO airfields—at a cost of £10,000 sterling per runway—"tosave lives, aircraft and money." Helicopter Record Claimed A HEIGHT record for helicopters is beingclaimed by the U.S.A.F. following an ascent to 30,335ft by Capt. James Bowmanin a Cessna YH-41 Seneca at Wichita, Kansas, on December 28. The existingrecord—27,100ft—was set up on June 6, 1955, by Jean Boulet in an Alouette 2. Leduc Dismissals FOLLOWING a French Government de-cision to end subsidies for work on the Leduc O22, the company announced onDecember 28 that it had dismissed half its staff. Recently the 022-1 caught fire atIstres while taking off on a test flight but the pilot, Jean Sarrail, managed to stop theaircraft at the end of the runway and jump clear. Work on a second O22 was aboutthree-quarters complete when the subsidy was withdrawn. Discussing Co-operation BOTH English Electric, Ltd., and Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd., have issued statements saying that there is no truth ina newspaper statement that an agreement had been reached between the two concernsrelating to their aircraft interests. Both companies add that "the question of pos- ZERO-LENGTH take- off with rocket assist- ance has been accom- plished intheU.S.S.R., as in the U.S.A. In this radioed picture (reproduced as re- ceived) a twin-jet Mig-19 fighter/bom- ber is getting under way under the influ- ence of a single JATO bottle. sible co-operation" in one form or anotherhas been discussed recently with other firms; but no agreement has been made. Crusader Contract A CONTRACT worth £35,700,000 hasbeen awarded to Chance Vought Aircraft by the U.S. Navy for an undisclosed num-ber of F8U-3s. A £72m contract for F8U-2s was placed a week earlier. Young People's Lecture SOME of the problems of high-speed flightwere discussed by Bill Bedford, chief test pilot of Hawker Aircraft, in a Royal Aero-nautical Society lecture to an audience of young people at the Royal Society of Artson Thursday of last week. The Esso film Deep Blue Sky was also shown. Rearsby Redundancy ABOUT 50 employees of Auster Aircraft,Ltd., were declared redundant at the end of last month and given a week's wages inlieu of notice. A company official said that the action was "a move to streamline pro-duction and improve general efficiency," adding: "We are still busy." Engineless Helicopter ON the stand of Aero Research, Ltd., at theNational Boat Show, Olympia (which con- cludes tomorrow, January 11), can be seena rotor kite—a rotor-supported single-seat engineless aircraft designed to climb when SURVEILLANCE DRONE pilotless aircraft under development by the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation's Aircraft Division at Hagerstown, Maryland. A Republic propeller-driven project, of twin-boom layout, was illustrated in our issue of December 27. towed behind a motor boat. It wasassembled from an American kit with the aid of the company's adhesives. The Ger-mans experimented with rotor kites, as reconnaissance aids for U-boats. Bomber Research Appointment WITH the agreement of the Secretary ofState for Air, the Minister of Supply has appointed G/C. W. D. Disbrey asDirector of R.A.F. Bomber Aircraft Research and Development in successionto A. Cdre. N. C. S. Rutter. G/C. Disbrey will take up his new duties with the actingrank of air commodore. Talking About Radio Aids A CONVENTION on radio aids to air andsea navigation is to be held in London on March 27 and 28 by the Radio and Tele-communication Section of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Subjects coveredwill include radar, approach aids, hyper- bolic and point-source aids, Doppler andinertial navigation. Precision Visual Glidepath A NEW visual angle-of-approach indicatoris to be tested in Australia and may be installed at many civil airfields to assistnight landings and visual straight-in approaches from up to ten miles. CalledPrecision Visual Glidepath, the system was designed by Aeronautical Research Labora-tories, Victoria, for the Australian Depart- ment of Civil Aviation. Aslib Conference A ONE-DAY conference on scientific andtechnical translation will be held by Aslib (Association of Special Libraries and Infor-mation Bureau) in London on Wednesday, March 5. There will be sessions on (a) theorganization and availability of technical translations, (b) the economics of translationand (c) training and education, with a plen- ary session for discussion and recommenda-tions. Details from the Director, Aslib, 4 Palace Gate, London, W.8. W.J.A.C. Flying Programme A TOTAL of 42 aerodromes in the U.K.were visited by Miles Messenger G-AKZC, owned by the Women's Junior Air Corps,during 1957. Flights were given to 1,260 WJ.A.C. members by Mrs.Grimaldi, aviation adviser to the Corps, and Mrs. Barnato Walker. During the32 weekends and 25 other days on which these flights were made, the engagementsincluded an August visit to Ringway to give nights to members taking a KingGeorge VI Leadership Course. The Messenger, which replaced Auster AigletG-AMRF as the Corps aircraft, is known as Grey Dove III.
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