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168 Correspondence The Editor of "Flight" is not necessarily in agreement with the vfavisexpressed by correspondents in these columns. Names and addresses of writers, not for publication in detail, must in all cases accompany letters. A Protest from Holland ": . :: TN Holland today there is a general anti-British feeling: Press, -•• radio and television have given a lot of publicity to the British decision to allow K.L.M. Royal Dutch Air Lines to fly to Singa- pore only once a week. The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Luns, said on television that in the last eight years England had refused every request from K.L.M. or the Dutch Government for landing rights. Even in 1937, K.L.M. flew three times a week to Singapore. It seems unfair that in these days, with the enormous growth of civil aviation, the Dutch should be restricted to only one flight a week, especially since K.L.M. had to give up her historical route from Amsterdam to Java. In the Dutch Press a lot has also been written about the British export of Gannets to Indonesia. It has been said that originally Indonesia ordered the Breguet Aliz£ in France; but France, in sympathy with Holland, refused to deliver them. Indonesia now turned to England and England said yes. All in all, aviation matters are the cause of the relationship between England and Holland being at a very low point at the moment. We can only hope that this will be bettered in the near future. I think it should not be forgotten that Holland is still a good client for the British aviation industry, in view of the Viscounts and Twin Pioneers of K.L.M., the Friendships with their many British parts, the Hunters and Meteors of the Air Force and the Sea Hawks of the Navy. If a general anti-British feeling grows, this country may order her aircraft elsewhere in the future. Maarn, Holland. _ „ HUGO HOOFTMAN. (Air Correspondent) ' .A-'.. . ' " -..4": • . - . • -' . • Gloster Eclipse? "D EADING in your Golden Jubilee number of the future plans •^ of the Hawker Siddeley Group (p. 3) I was reminded that the notable exception among the firms in the Group with aeronautical projects is, of course, the Gloster Aircraft Co. In spite of the fact that the Javelin contract was shared between Gloster and A.W.A. this system does not, apparently, work the other way round. It would seem that the history of Glosters can now be written while the factory where so many famous machines have emanated is turned into a trading estate for general engineering. Malvern, Worcs. GEOFFREY BELLAMY. [Possibly our correspondent is unnecessarily despondent. Glosterhave in fact had a small but important share in die Argosy; their Technical Developments Division, too, are very much in the aviationbusiness. It may be assumed that any new developments in the Hawker Siddeley aircraft order book might well alter the present situation.—Ed.] Austrian Air-victory Scores < TN Riccardo Cavigioli's excellent book L'aviazione austro- -*• ungarica sulla fronte italiana, 1915-18, Mr. R. Bowyer and my good friend Maurice Austin will find confirmation of the fact that Frank Linke-Crawford flew a Brandenburg D.I. On page 47 there appears a reproduction of a page in Linke-Crawford's per- sonal photograph album, showing four air-to-air views of his Phonix-built Brandenburg D.I. Against these photographs he had written "Der rote Kopf" (the red head); Cavigioli thought that these words probably indicated that Linke-Crawford wore a red flying helmet. Again, on page 190 of the same book there is a photograph of Linke-Crawford standing beside an Ufag-built Brandenburg D.I, 65.54. On the same page is an illustration of Godwin Brumowsky in the cockpit of 65.53. Cavigioli says that 65.54 was Linke- Crawford's aircraft, which agrees with Mr. Bowyer's information. According to Cavigioli, Linke-Crawford also flew an Albatros D.III at one time. Another illustration (page 49) depicts Brumowsky and Linke-Crawford in front of their D.IIIs; the aircraft said to be Linke-Crawford's has the personal marking of an eagle with outstretched wings painted on the fuselage side. It is more difficult to be certain who shot Linke-Crawford down, however. Mr. Bqwyer says it was Major W. G. Barker, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., possibly on the authority of Drew's Canadds Fighting Airmen, in which the Austrian pilot appears as "Captain Linke." But Drew is so shaky in some of his statements that one hesitates to accept his story of Linke-Crawford's death without other confirmation. Such confirmation may well exist; if so, I shall be glad to learn of it, but one cannot overlook the fact that there are at least two other accounts of Linke-Crawford's death. Although I do not have a copy of Norman Macmillan's Into FLIGHT, 30 January 195y the Blue available at present, I am fairly certain that he sayr. therein that Linke-Crawford was shot down by Capt. Cottle of No. 45 Sqn., R.A.F. Cavigioli implies that the Austrian ace was shot down by an Italian pilot, for he says that Linke-Crawford "in 1918 com- manded the 60th Jagdkompagnie, located at Feltre. He fell at noon on July 28, 1918, in combat with three Italian fighters above Valdobbiadene. He had 27 victories." We therefore have three- possible conquerors of Linke-Crawford. Does anyone know positively who did shoot him down? It is always rather unwise to dogmatize about pilots' victory' scores. Cavigioli quotes (page 53) the official Austro-Hungarian list as part of his Italian translation of an article by Ladislaus Madarasz that originally appeared during 1927 in the monthly review Luftflotten. Madarasz was himself an ace. The list is: Godwin Brumowsky 35, Frank Linke-Crawford 27, Benno Ritter vonFiala Fernbrugg 27, Julius Arigi 26, Josef Kiss 19, Stefan Fejes 18, Franz Graser 15, Adolf Heyrovsky 12, Eugen Bonsch 11, FriedrichNavratil 10. Pilots with fewer than ten victories (precise totals not quoted were : Ludwig Hautzmayer, Josef Maler, Alexander Mahy, FranzRudorfer, Johann Risztios, Kurt Gruber, Ladislaus Hary, Ernst Strohschneider, Karl Patzelt, Karl Kaszala, Georg Kentzian, GustavSalmon, Ladislaus Madarasz, Nandor Udvardy, Alexander Hartzer, Vincenz Magut, Geza Csenkey . . . "etc.," concludes Cavigioli. Although in that list Kurt Gruber's name appears among those with fewer than ten victories, Cavigioli later (page 56) credits him with ten. Birmingham 32. *": . J.M.BRUCE. Africargo DC-6s ;-'%•••• ^ TN your issue of January 9, you reported that the purchase of *- two DC-6 aircraft for Clanair Ltd. has been financed partly by a loan from the Export-Import Bank. Of the two aircraft referred to (which are operated by Hunting- Clan Air Transport on their Africargo service), only one is in fact registered in the name of Clanair Ltd. The other is in the name of Northern Aircraft Operating Co., a subsidiary of the Hunting Group. NIGEL SEYMER, London, E.C.3. Public Relations Officer, British and Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd. In Brief ... ~ ON page 99 of Flight for January 16, Roger Bacon ("Straightand Level") refers to the fact that Eagle Airways (Bermuda) stewardesses wear shorts. When the service started at the begin- ning of May last year, the stewardesses—five lovely and lively local lasses—did wear blue Bermuda shorts; but our chairman, Mr. Harold Bamberg, made a last-minute decision, and decided that the shorts should be replaced by the traditional skirts. London, W.2. EAGLE AIRWAYS LTD. r C. G. Worrall, Publicity Manager. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Feb. Feb. 4. Kronfetd Club: "Air League of the British Empire," by A. Cdre. G. J. C. Paul. 5. R.Ae.S.: First Halford Memorial Lecture, by J. L. P. Brodie (at Hatfield Branch). Feb. 6. Helicopter Association: "Some Engineering Aspects of Helicopter Assessment Trials," by H. J. Webb. Feb. 7. British Interplanetary Society: "High-energy Fuels and Rocket Propulsion," by Dr. F. Fitzgerald. Feb. 11. Kronfeld Club: "The Tipsy," by C, Riddell. Feb. 11. Society of Instrument Technology: "A Digital Instrumenta- tion System in the Testing of Jet Engines," by L. Airey. Feb. 12. R.Ae.S. Guided Flight Section: "Earth Satellites," by W. H. Stephens. Feb. 13. R.Ae.S.: Presidential Reception. Feb. 13. Plymouth Aero Club: Annual Dinner Dance. Feb. 17. R.Ae.S.: "Engine Starting Systems," bv R. H. Woo^all. Feb. 18. Aircraft Recognition Society: Talk by Peter Masefield. Feb. 19. R.Ae.S. Guided Flight Section: "Theoretical Studies of Guided Missile Systems," by E. G. C. Burt. Feb. 20. Avro 504 Club: Annual Reunion, Londonderry House. Feb. 23-24. Canadian Aeronautical Institute: Special Anniversary Meeting, Queen Elizabeth, Montreal. Feb. 24. R.Ae.S.: "Flight Development of Aircraft before and during Operation," by Dr. A. E. Russell, C. Abell and Dr. E. Warlow-Davies. Feb. 25. Aerodrome Owners Association: a.g.m. and Annual Dinner. Feb. 25. Kronfeld Club: "Some Medical Aspects of High-speed and High-altitude Flight," by Dr. R. Wombeek. R.Ae.S. Branch Fixtures (to Feb. 6): Feb. 2, Derby, "Performance Problems in Large Rocket Engines," by S. L. Bragg; Glasgow (Graduates' and Students' Section), "Tropical Trials of the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer," by J. Chalmers and Capt. J. Blair; Henfow, presidential address. Feb. 3, Boscombe Down, "The Training of Soviet Engineers," by E. G. Sterland; Luton "Systems Simplified," by J. Wotton. Feb. 4, Brough, "Production of the P.I," by T. 0. Williams; Christchurch, Lecture in conjunction with the British Association; Gloucester, "Super- sonic Propulsion," by R. R. Jamison; London Airport, "Powerplants of the Future," by A. A. Lombard. Feb. 5, Bristol, "Bloodhound" (3rd lecture in guided-missiles series), by D. Farrar; Isle of Wight, "Vertical Take-off Aircraft," by Prof. E. J. Richards; Swindon, "Technical Education/' by Prof. A. R. Collar.
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