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330 FLIGHT, 14 March 1958 HERE AND THERE SHAPE Air Deputy APPOINTED Air Deputy to the SupremeAllied Commander Europe, Gen, Leon Johnson of the U.S.A.F. takes up thisnewly revived post on April 1. He led the attack made by Liberators of the NinthArmy Air Force from Benghazi against the Ploesti oil refineries in August 1943, andhas recently been serving on the NATO Standing Group in Washington. NATO Air Exhibition AN aviation exhibition is to be opened at Soesterberg Royal Netherlands Air Force base on July 5—coinciding with the NATO air display there—and will remain open for a fortnight. Aircraft Industry Strength IN December last year, according to Ministry of Labour statistics, there were 257,000 people employed in "the manu- facture and repair" of aircraft. The total for December 1956 was 264,000. F.A.A. "At Homes" DURING this summer the followingRoyal Naval Air Stations will be open to the public on the dates given (all Satur-days): Ford, June 21; Abbotsinch, June 28; Eglinton and Culdrose, July 19; Lossie-mouth, July 26; Brawdy, August 2; Yeovil- ton and Lee-on-Solent, August 9. High-speed Flight SECOND of three colour films being madeby the Shell Film Unit on high-speed flight, Transonic Flight was given a pre-liminary showing in London last week. It deals with problems arising within thetransonic speed range (particularly the shock stall) and methods adopted to lessenthe effect of the stall and make flight smoother at lower transonic speeds. Thefilm lasts about 35 minutes and colour Schlieren photography is effectively usedto depict the behaviour of an aerofoil at SMALL-SCALE REPLICA: One of these splen- did little models of the Avro 504—the gift of the British Petroleum Co., Ltd.—was presented to each member of the Avro 504 Club at the seventh reunion dinner, reported in "Flight" last week. FULL-SCALE REPLICA: Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft apprentices with the replica they have built of the glider in which Percy Sinclair Pilcher, who in 1895 made the first controlled flight over Britain, was fatally injured in 1899. Seen at Baginton (with Mr. Alan Jenkin, apprentices' supervisor, in the group around it), the glider is to be presented by the R.Ae.S. on March 26 to Lord Braye at his home, Stanford Hall, near Rugby, where Pilcher used to fly and where a museum is being set up. This will be open to the public from Easter Sunday. speeds around Mach 1. The third film in this series, Supersonic Flight, is now in course of production. HELICOPTERS TODAY NEXT week's issue of Flight, datedMarch 21, will be an enlarged special number devoted to the world's heli-copters. All current types will be reviewed, and a special article willsurvey helicopter progress and fore- cast future possibilities. Our regularfeatures will be included. Rolls-Royce Prizes TWENTY awards, known as Hives Prizesand worth a total of £1,000, are to be made annually to trade and craft apprentices inRolls-Royce factories throughout Britain. Each will be worth £50—half in cash andthe remainder to be spent on books, tools, a course of study or some other approvedpurpose. Far East Market JAPANESE aircraft and engine manufac-turers have recently been visited by Mr. F. T. Hinkley (general manager,sales and service, Rolls-Royce, Ltd.) to investigate their needs for engines for typesof aircraft now on the drawing-board. The manufacturers, who expect to start produc-tion of airliners for internal and Far East routes within the next few years, haveexpressed a preference for Rolls-Royce powerplants. Light Polish Jet A POLISH design for a two-seater jetsports aircraft is reported to be well advanced. It will be powered by an engineof 400 kg (880 lb) thrust and is intended for use by "experienced sports pilots." Kolibries for Israel IT is learned that the first export order for the small Kolibrie ramjet helicopter is from Israel. A company called Wings of Israel Air Service has ordered three for agricultural work. It is stated that the price of the Kolibrie is "one-third that of a piston-engined helicopter having the same capacity." During April the Kolibrie will be demonstrated in West Germany. Two of the four ordered by the Dutch Aerocoop agricultural concern have been delivered. The same company operates a Djinn and four Bell 47Js. Thor Progress TWELFTH of the XSM-75 developmentThor IRBMs to be fired from Patrick A.F.B., the round launched on February28 was the first to be fitted with the defini- tive blunt nose-cone and re-entry body.The U.S. Air Force last week stated that the SM-75 weapon system should be"combat-ready" by June. Starfighters for Germany? FOLLOWING his four-week tour ofU.S.A.F. bases it is reported in Washing- ton that Lt-Gen. Kamrnhuber, C-in-C. ofthe West German Air Force, will recom- mend that the Ministry of Defence shouldbuy Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. He said he considered these aircraft "the bestsupersonic fighters in the world." Autogiro Accident ONE of the only two Autogiros left inBritain—G-AHTZ—crashed, caught fire and was severely damaged at Elmdon Air-port, Birmingham, on March 4. The pilot, Capt. G. Jillings—who was seriouslyinjured—was completing the five hours' solo flying necessary to qualify for a pas-senger-carrying endorsement when the accident occurred. The aircraft was ownedby Rota Towels, Ltd. Irish A.S.R. Service AT a symposium held recently in Dublinby the Maritime Institute of Ireland the setting-up of a helicopter air-sea rescueservice was considered. Capt. J. C. Kelly- Rodgers of Aer Lingus said that the costof helicopters would be about £28,000 each, with a further outlay of £15,000 forspares and maintenance for three machines. Lt-Cdr. H. H. Harvey of the R.N.L.I. saidthat since last October ten accidents had occurred in which helicopters could havegiven assistance to lifeboats. Happy Miles PUBLISHED today (March 14), this year'sSpring and Touring Number of our associated journal The Autocar contains anabundance of practical advice on routes, holiday resorts, costs at home and abroad,touring, caravans and camping.
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