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1959
1959 - 1545.PDF
758 FLIGHT, 29 May 1959 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Forces and Naval Flying News R.F.C. guests at Netheravon on the occasionreferred to below. From left to right:— A. Cdre. H. U M. Brock; G/C. G. I. Carmichael; Maj. K. P. Atkinson; Brig. L. P. Evans, V.C.; Air Marshal Sir Patrick Playfair; S/L. S. C. W. Smith; Lt-Col. L. A. Strange; Maj. H. R. P. Reynolds; A. V-M. A. E. Borton; Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir John Salmond; Capt. J. Latta; G/C. R. Jones (station commander); A. Cdre. R. H. Verney; W/C. N. F. Oimmock; Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert; W/C. D. L. Allen; Lt. R. Torrance; Gen. Sir Henry Jackson; and A. Cdre. A. G. Board. Not in the picture, W/C. C. Darley-Pyne Birthday Greeting TPHE Queen is to take the salute on the-•- balcony of Buckingham Palace during a fly-past by R.A.F. aircraft after the cere-mony of Trooping the Colour on Saturday, June 13, her official birthday. Celebrating Acrobatically AN aerobatic team has been formed by• the R.C.A.F. to take part in activities marking its thirty-fifth anniversary and thegolden jubilee of flight in Canada. Known as the Golden Hawks and flying gold, redand white Sabres, the team is carrying out a four-month tour of the country from thismonth until August. Flying as a four-air- craft formation and giving a 25-minutedisplay, it is led by S/L. Fern Villeneuve. There are eight pilots all told, two of themgiving solo demonstrations while the other two are available to fill any position asrequired. Forty-five Years On TWINETEEN former members of Nos. 3,•^ 4 and 5 Sqns. of the Royal Flying Corps attended a guest night recently atNetheravon, where they previously served and were members of what is now theoldest officers' mess in the R.A.F. The station commander, G/C R. Jones, saidit was an honour to welcome the R.F.C. as guests; and in his reply Marshal of theR.A.F. Sir John Salmond said it was a grand thing that men who had not seeneach other for forty-five years should be given an opportunity of meeting again.The reunion was organized by G/C. G. I. Carmichael and one of the guests,Lt-Col. Louis Strange, flew an Auster from Eastleigh to Netheravon—forty-sixyears after his first flight over the station. Above, the Queen Mother presenting a standard to No. 617 Sqn. at Scampton on May 14 Left, a Sunderland of No. 205 Sqn., flown by the CO., W/C. H. A. N. McCready, over Singapore Har- bour on a farewell flight before the Sunderlands' retire- ment from R.A.F. service F.A.A. "At Homes"S IX R.N. Air Stations, three of them inScotland, are holding "at homes" this year. The Scottish ones are Arbroath,Angus (June 13); Abbotsinch, Paisley (June 20); and Lossiemouth, Morayshire(July 18). The other stations open will be Brawdy, near Haverfordwest (July 18); andYeovilton, near Yeovil, and Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall (July 25). Llanbedr History • - A HISTORY of the airfield which is•**• now R.A.E. Llanbedr is being pre- pared; and Mr. A. Pearcy, a radio officerwith air traffic control at the station (R.A.E. Llanbedr, Merioneth, North Wales) writesto say that any information or assistance readers could give towards its preparationwould be much appreciated. Mr. Pearcy states that the airfield was constructed earlyin the Second World War and was opened by No. 232 (F) Sqn. with Spitfire 5s, plusa detachment of F.A.A. Swordfish, in either May or June 1941. He adds that heunderstands that No. 41 (F) Sqn. was one of the many units based at R.A.F. Llanbedr. Five-year Pilots T")ETAILS of the special five-year com-**' mission scheme for young men wish- ing to serve as R.N. helicopter pilots wereannounced by the Admiralty recently. Volunteers (aged between 17 and 23) musthave G.C.E. educational qualifications and undergo a flying aptitude test, interviewand medical examination. After preliminary general Naval trainingat H.M.S. Thunderer, Plymouth, success- ful candidates will carry out basic flyingtraining at R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse. This is followed by a 14 weeks' helicopterconversion course and a three-week A.S. course at R.N. shore establishments.Finally, the pilots do 14 weeks' operational flying training at the Naval helicopterstation at Portland. Entry will be in the rank of cadet withnormal promotion to midshipman, sub- lieutenant and lieutenant; pay, includingflying pay, will be as for officers of similar rank employed on flying duties; and apost-service gratuity of £675 is payable.
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