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1958
1958 - 0240.PDF
254 FLIGHT, 21 February 1958 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Flying News Operation QuickstepF ROM R.A.F. stations Lyneham andAbingdon, 500 troops of the 24th Infantry Brigade and their equipment werelast weekend flown to Tripoli in Libya by Comets, Hastings and Beverleys of Trans-port Command in an Army-R.A.F. mobility exercise known as OperationQuickstep. A full description of its execu- tion will be published in next week's issue. White Paper Changes T TNDER the terms of the Defence White*-^ Papers published on February 13, the R.A.F. recruitment ceiling has been fixed at135,000 (its strength at the end of the year 1957-58 will be 182,000) and increases inpay and allowances have been announced. These affect both officers and O.R.s. Thelatter are to receive an increase in weekly pay of 14s, 17s 6d or 21s (depending ontheir length of engagement), while junior officers will receive proportionately largerincreases than those who are in the higher ranks. These increases are to come intoforce early in April. (Other air aspects of the White Paper are dealt with on page 230.) Catering Directorate pjORMED in 1949 and responsible for-•• providing millions of pounds' worth of food annually for R.A.F. stations through-out the world, the R.A.F. Deputy Direc- torate of Catering has now been raised to Forming a gracious study against the pattern of Australian countryside, this Convair Metro- politan 440 of the R.A.A.F. has been used by the Queen Mother on all her Australian journeys except the Adelaide - Perth leg. The R.A.A.F. has two of these V.I.P. Metropolitans at Canberra. the status of a Directorate within theDirectorate-General of Equipment. Its first Director is G/C. W. H. Canniford, headof the former Deputy Directorate since its inception and associated with catering eversince he enlisted in the R.A.F. in 1923. Dental AppointmentF OR the past year assistant to the Direc-tor of R.A.F. Dental Services, G/C. H. Keggin has now taken up the appoint-ment of Deputy Director of Dental Ser- vices, with the acting rank of aircommodore. His previous posts have in- cluded those of P.D.O. with 2nd T.A.F.(from 1954 to 1956) and subsequently with Flying Training Command. R.A.F. Rugby VictoryB Y a goal, two penalty goals and a try toone penalty goal—14 pts to 3 pts—the R.A.F. beat the Royal Navy at Twicken-ham last Saturday in the first match of this season's Inter-Service Championship.Much the best play came in the second half, when Sandstrom scored two fine tries forthe R.A.F., who were markedly stronger behind the scrum. The first (converted byRutherford) came after Brace had deceived the Navy defence with a scissors movement,and for the second Sandstrom ran all the way from his own "25." Rutherford alsokicked two penalty goals, and Mainwaring replied with one for the Navy. Home-made Cinema AIRMEN at R.A.F. Schleswigland in•**• North Germany have built themselves a 120-seat cinema in a disused N.A.A.F.I.canteen. Seats which had been scrapped from another cinema by the R.A.F. CinemaCorporation were fitted and re-upholstered and S.A/C. L. D. Craig, a carpenter whoworks on the airframes of Mosquitoes operating from the station, built the pros-cenium and ticket-booking office and also a confectionery and cigarette kiosk. P/O.P. Dixon, of No. 5352 Airfield Construc- tion Wing, kept an eye on the amateurbuilders and supervised the laying of the sloping floor. Work began last summer, and wascompleted recently when 16 mm projectors were installed. The cinema was thenformally opened by Mrs. Miller, wife of S/L. H. Miller, the station commander. No. 1 S.F.T.S. ReunionA REUNION of No. 1 S.F.T.S. (1),Ambala, is to be held at the Chevrons Club, 3 Dorset Square, London, N.W.I, onSaturday, March 15. This will be the unit's 11th reunion, and details may be obtainedfrom S. Booth, Esq., 28 Dene Road, New Southgate, N.ll. Fit subject for a latter-day Turner, these R.N. Sea Hawks make a dramatic picture (reminis- cent of the great artist's "Rain, Steam and Speed") as they fire their starter cartridges aboard H.M.S. "Ark Royal" recently prior to taking-off for a fly-past over Malta to accom- pany a squadron of Gannets from H.M.S. "Eagle," which are being based there.
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