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508 FLIGHT, 10 April 1959 On his visit to Cottesmore (see pp. 482-3) the Prime Minister is here seen meeting F/L. D. Bryan and his crew of No. XV Sqn., who when on their last training sortie at Gaydon had hydraulic failure in a Victor. F/L. Bryan (at left of row) and his co-pilot made a successful wheeh-up landing after the other crew mem- bers had baled-out SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Forces and Naval Flying News Sir Hubert PromotedN OW Air Chief Marshal, Sir Hubert L.Patch was promoted from air marshal on April 1, when he took up his new postas Air Member for Personnel. He had pre- viously been Commander-in-Chief of the.. Middle East Air Force. . Ministerial Tour NEXT Sunday the Secretary of State forAir, Mr. George Ward, is due to return to this country after making a short over- .' seas tour which started on April 2. Hisitinerary included staging posts in Africa and R.A.F. units in Kenya and Cyprus. ' Flying by Comet 2 of Transport Com-mand, the Secretary of State was also pay- ing a visit to the Royal Rhodesian AirForce. Change of ControlR ESPONSIBILITY for the control andtraining of some 39,000 air cadets and 860 members of 17 university air squad-rons has now passed to Flying Training Command, following the abolition of HomeCommand at the end of last month. The A.O.C-in-C. Flying Training Command,Air Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine, has assumed the additional title of Command-ant of the Air Training Corps; and to assist him, an air commodore has been appointeddeputy commandant. He is A. Cdre. J. N. W. Farmer, who- was until recently in the department of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training)at Air Ministry as a deputy director. His staff will include G/C. H. E. Bufton, whowill be responsible for units of the A.T.C., and G/C. J. E. Grindon, responsible forR.A.F. sections of the Combined Cadet Force. Field Squadron Honoured FIRST unit of the R.A.F. Regiment tobe so honoured, No. 1 (Field) Squadron was due-to receive its Standard last Wed-nesday at El Adem, near Tobruk. The presentation was being made by AirMarshal Sir Hugh Constantine, the A.O.C.-in-C. Flying Training Command,who was a member of the squadron before the war when it was known as No. 1Armoured Car Company. Formed in 1921, it was incorporated in the R.A.F.Regiment in 1946 as a squadron. Rugby Champions ITH a well-deserved llpt to 3 victoryover the Army at Twickenham last Saturday (by a goal, a try and a penaltygoal to a try) the R.A.F. won the Services' rugby union championship outright forthe first time since 1923, having already beaten the Navy in this year's competition.Their success owed much to their captain, Brace, whose cool head and sound tacticalsense were invaluable to his side; and Wright at full - back and Head andMcGovan in the forwards all did well against a strong Army team whose poten-tial was never fully realized. Though splendidly led by Bruce, its forwardsnever got the upper hand with the R.A.F. eight; and though Blackett at stand-off didsome delightful kicking and running, the Army only once caught the R.A.F. defenceoff balance and had to be content with a A. Cdre. E. M. Don- aldson, Commandant of the R.A.F. Flying College, presenting a pilot's flying badg° when he reviewed the passing-out parade of Nos. 126 and 727 courses at Swinderby. The recipient is S/Lt. Budiharto of the In- donesian Navy, and with the reviewing officer are Dr. Sun- ario the Indonesian Ambassador and W/C. F. Symmons the Wing Cdr. Flying "Flight" photograph single try by Williams. The R.A.F. scorerswere Burgess and McGovan, Mettler con- verting the latter's try and also kicking apenalty goal. Cranwell to Colorado "THIRTY cadets from the R.A.F. Col-••• lege at Cranwell are visiting Canada and the U.S. They left by Comet 2 ofTransport Command last Saturday and are due to return to this country onApril 17. The party is headed by the Commandant, A. Cdre. D. F. Spotswood,and accompanied by the director of studies, Mr. Anthony Constant. Its itiner-ary includes the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, Ontario; the H.Q.of Strategic Air Command at Omaha, Nebraska; and the U.S.A.F. Academy atColorado Springs. R.O.C. Commandant "CROM May 4 the Royal Observer Corps••- is to have a new Commandant, when A. Cdre. J. M. Warfield takes over fromA. Cdre. J. H. T. Simpson, who is retiring. The Commandant-designate has beenA.O.A. at Headquarters, British Forces Arabian Peninsula, since 1957. Beforegoing to Aden he was A.O.C. No. 66 (Scottish) Group, Home Command. Hispredecessor, A. Cdre. Simpson, has played a major part in the successful adoption bythe R.O.C. of its new responsibility in reporting radioactive fall-out. Since thisrole became a reality he has worked tire- lessly to initiate training courses and toput the system on an operational basis. May ReunionsT HREE R.A.F. reunions are due to takeplace during May. Their titles, dates and organizational details are as follows: —Coastal Command Officers: Saturday, May 2, at the Officers' Mess, H.Q. Coastal Command,R.A.F. Northwood, at 6 p.m. Dress, lounge suits. All officers who have served in theCommand since September 3,1939, are eligible to attend. Tickets (15s each) may be obtainedfrom the hon. secretary, Wg/O. M. F. Arkell, H.Q., Coastal Command, R.A.F. Northwood,Middx. No. 60 Sqn. Officers: Friday, May 8, at theRoyal Air Force Club, Piccadilly, London, W.I. Dress, lounge suits. Tickets (13s 6d) may beobtained from W/C. C. Howells, Air Ministry, Room 645, Horseferry House, Horseferry Road,London, S.W.I. H.Q. Bomber Command Association of Offi-cers: Saturday, May 23, at Headquarters Bomber Command, R.A.F. High Wycombe,Bucks. Any member of the Association who has not received details of this reunion mayobtain them by writing to the hon. secretary, G/C. A. V. Rogers, A.F.C., at the aboveaddress.
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