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1958
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594 FLIGHT, 2 May 1958 HERE AND THERE Moscow F.A.I. Conference THE F.A.I, has accepted an invitation to hold its 1959 annual conference in Moscow. Aircraft Industry Employment DURING January this year, according to Ministry of Labour figures, the number of those employed in the "manufacture and repair" of aircraft was 256,400. The pre- vious month's total was 257,600. M.T.C.A. Appointment MR. R. W. ELLIOTT, M.P., has beenappointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Joint Parliamentary Secretaries tothe Ministry of Transport and Civil Avia- tion, Mr. Richard Nugent and Mr. AireyNeave. Ejection on the Air A FEATURE programme giving anaccount of the invention, testing and development of the Martin-Baker ejectionseat—under the title Seat of Survival—is to be broadcast in the B.B.C. Home Servicethis evening, May 2, at 7.30 p.m. Vickers Factory Closure EMPLOYING over 400 men, the Vickers-Supermarine factory at Trowbridge, Wilts, built in 1943, is to be closed this year. It isat present engaged on Scimitar compon- ents. The superintendent, Mr. S. P.Woodley, has stated that work is available at the Swindon factory for a proportion ofthose now employed at Trowbridge. Down to Rio BOUND for the Argentine to represent theQueen at the inauguration of Dr. Arturo Frondizi as President, the Secretary ofState for Air, Mr, George Ward, left R.A.F. Lyneham by Comet 2 of No. 216Sqn. on April 25. With two Vulcans of No. 83 Sqn. [see Flight for April 25, p. 588]the Comet is to take part in flying demon- strations marking the occasion. Operation Eastabout ' ON the first leg of its round-the-worldjourney the R.A.F. Canberra Aries V flew the 4,189 miles from Manston in Kent toNairobi (Kenya) in 8 hr 12 min. It then reached Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia) onApril 22 in just over ten hours' flying time from the U.K. Its flight to Nairobi wassubstantially faster than the existing record of 9 hr 55 min (set up by a Canberra in1952), but no record is being claimed. ROYAL VISIT: The Duke of Edinburgh, during his tour of Vickers-Armstrongs factories last Friday, leaving the first production Vanguard at Weybridge. Following him is Sir George Edwards. (News story, page 590.) Jet Provost's Tour AFTER being shipped to Trinidad, a**• Hunting Jet Provost is making a demonstration tour of eight South Ameri-can countries. Starting this week and to go on until July, the itinerary includes Vene-zuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Distanceflown will be some 7,000 miles. For Movie Makers OUR associated journal Amateur Photo-grapher is publishing a special "Cine Buyers' Guide" on May 7. Containing acomplete illustrated survey of all available cine cameras and projectors with helpfularticles on the choice and use of them, it will be on sale at the usual price of Is 3d. Essayists Rewarded AT their inaugural Christmas Lecture forYoung People, given by Peter Twiss, Brough R.Ae.S. Branch launched an essaycompetition. The winners—John Hessle- wood (17) and Kenneth Hudson (16)—havenow received their prizes. Each was given a flight with Blackburn test pilot DickChandler and a book by John W. R. Taylor. Utile Alouette AS a result of tests carried out by the heli-copter research and development depart- ment of Sud-Aviation, the Alouette II inits naval version can be equipped with inflatable pontoons without its cruisingspeed being affected. The department has also discovered uses for compressed airbled from the Turbomeca Artouste shaft turbine of the Alouette, such as driving apneumatic winch, which with this power weighs only 22 lb compared with 36 lb forthe electric or hydraulic type. Sud-Aviation Director PREVIOUSLY assistant director-general, M. Louis Giusta has been nominated direc- tor-general of Sud-Aviation. Furthering Plastics Research EDUCATION and research in the field ofplastics will be furthered by a donation of £1,000 made by the Associated Iliffe Press,Ltd., on behalf of British Plastics. A trust has been set up to administer the money,with Mr. H. V. Potter, Mr. C. C. Last and Mr. N. B. Punfield (all of the British Plas-tics Federation) and Mr. C. E. Wallis, chairman and managing director of Asso-ciated Iliffe Press, as trustees. The trust has the Widest discretion as to the preciseuse to be made of the money within the general field of research and education. London Film Evening AT the next meeting of the LondonSociety of Air-Britain (Caxton Hall, West- minster, May 7, 7 p.m.), Mr. W. E. Oliver,B.O.A.C. senior technical photographic officer, will introduce his wide-screen filmHong Kong, an aircrew-training film illus- trating the approaches to Kai Tak undervarious weather conditions. He will also show a B.O.A.C. colour picture, Tomorrowis Theirs, and other films to be screened concern Westland Helicopters, EdwardsA.F.B. and Wright Air Development Center. Visitors are welcomed. ROLLING IT OUT: This long "fuel train," evolved by the special products department of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's aviation division, trans* ports 5,000 gallons, within its balloon tyres, over the roughest surfaces. It is being used by the United States Air Force.
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