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1960
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'FL'GHT, 4 March 1960 297 flow of Thunderbirds to the Army's training establishments andto :he new Guided Weapons Regiments of the Royal Artillery. "Development of Thunderbird's successor is also proceedingapace," added the chairman. "Making use of the most advanced radar techniques yet retaining Thunderbird's essential featuresof mobility and reliability, it will provide increased range and improved performance against the low-level intruder." During the year, added the chairman, it had been made publicthat the Division was engaged on a third major project for the Army, the Blue Water medium-range mobile ground-to-groundweapon designed to replace conventional corps artillery. [This is the first time English Electric have publicly referred to BlueWater by name.] Other work of the English Electric Group reviewed in thestatement included that of Marconi, special mention being made of the radar system inaugurated at Jersey Airport last June byPrincess Margaret, and of Napier with their successful demon- strations and sales of the Eland. ......... „„ Guild of Air Pilots' Banquet AT Grocers Hall in London on February 23 the Guild of AirPilots and Air Navigators held their annual banquet. The Grand Master, the Duke of Edinburgh, was unable to attend owing toRoyal Family mourning, but in a telegram he expressed the hope that "the guests will take away a good impression of our Guild." Sir Frederick Tymms, the immediate Past Master, proposed thetoast of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London and the Sheriffs, to which the Lord Mayor, Sir Edmund Stockdale,replied. As president of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Peter Masefieldnext proposed the Guild; and the Master, Dr K. G. Bergin, in a marathon speech, replied and also proposed "The Guests."Much of his speech was concerned with safety in the air. With the greatly increased density of air traffic which must be expected inthe next few years, he said, the Guild had proposed to the Minister that there should be unified control of civil and military flying ifsafety was to be assured. London Airport, "the Piccadilly Circus of the air world," should have unified air control in both horizontaland vertical planes. On the subject of the new College of Air Training—"a long-feltneed"—the Master hoped that it would become the university of the air. Sir Hugh Walmsley, the principal-designate, was speci-ally welcome. The chairman and three members of the board of governors were members of the Guild; it was imperative that thehighest standards should be observed. Dr Bergin went on to speak of accident investigation—import-ant, he said, because from findings came the possibility of avoiding further accidents. An airline pilots' and navigators' committeehad been set up by the Guild to study supersonic flying and would send its recommendations to the Minister. The final speaker was Lord Brabazon in his capacity of chairmanof the Air Registration Board (although he was announced only as "Citizen and Blacksmith"). The latter pan of Lord Brabazon'sspeech was of particular interest, since it was concerned largely with modern air transport and aircraft; we make further referenceto it on page 319 and in a leading article. He had earlier mentioned that he was able to confirm that thestork which had visited Buckingham Palace had a current British C of A and had found its destination easily with the aid of Decca.Lord Brabazon then referred to the things which had struck him as odd in the 52 years since he had first "got up" in an aircraft. The 504 Dinner APPRENTICES of the 504 Club held their ninth annual dinnerat Londonderry House last Friday, and once again Sir Roy Dobson took the chair; a goodly number of both the original and thenew apprentices were able to attend. J. A. R. Kay, recently appointed to the Hawker Siddeley main board, received his badgeand cuff-links on becoming vice-president of the club. The guest of honour was Sir Alan Cobham, who amused every-one by his lively stories of his early flying and air circus days. Maj S. V. Sippe had proposed his health and that of the guests. The company was proposed by E. Shires, and in replyingMr ftoy Dobson surprised some by indicating that he had no HONOURED BY THE GUILD: The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Edmund Stockdale, presents the awards of the Guild of Air Pilots at the banquet reported on this page. (Another picture, page 319.) In the first picture he is handing the Johnston Memorial Trophy to the Decca Navigator Co, represented by its chairman, E. R. Lewis; in the second, James Martin, chairman of Martin-Baker Aircraft, receives the Cumberbatch Trophy; below. Hawker chief test pilot "Bill" Bedford takes the Derry and Richards Memorial Medal; and Wg Cdr C. E. F. Arthur, CFI of Fair Oaks Aero Club, receives the Award of Merit. Details of the awards were given on page 166 of flight for February 5 worries about the number of aircraft to be built, but that his com-pany's difficulty was to find the men. He added that Great Britain was the best training ground in the world—for technicians to dothe job and not just to pass exams. Sir Roy also offered a few plain facts on the subject of mergers and the purchase of a companywith hard cash. The Avro apprentice of the year, who Decomes a new memberof the club, was Alec Hopwood, who, as is the custom, received the trophy and links from Sir Roy. ; --_: IN BRIEF Eight Morane-Saulnier 760 Paris (two Turbomeca Marbore 2) havebeen bought by the Brazilian Government, who have also taken an option on 22 additional machines of the type. A Westland Widgeon was recently used experimentally by the South-western Electricity Board to inspect a 30-mile length of power line. It has been unofficially estimated that one helicopter crew could complete inan hour an inspection that might take a six-man lorry team four days. The technique is regularly employed abroad, particularly in NorthAmerica. We regret to learn of the sudden death, in Lagos on February 17,of C. C. McCarthy-Jones, managing director of Air Stock West Africa Ltd. Prior to forming ASWA in 1958, Mr McCarthy-Jones had beensales manager of Air Trainers Link Ltd. He joined the RAFVR in 1938 and served during the war with Fighter Command, TrainingCommand and Army Co-operation units. After the war he joined 601 (County of London) Sqn, RAuxAF, and was its commanding officerfor four years. Among British exhibits at the Leipzig Trade Fair, now in progress,is a complete constant-Frequency AC generating system, including two contant-speed drives and two 40 kVA brushless generators, for a modernairliner. It is displayed by English Electric's Aircraft Equipment Division, who are also showing a new 9kW brushless DC generator.Exhibits by Napier include models of the Eland and Gazelle and—for the first time—a model of the Westland Wiltshire. It may be remem-bered that Eastern Germany have purchased large quantities of Napier- cast gas-turbine blading. A Spring and Touring Number is being published today (March 4) by our associated journal The Autocar. HAWKER SIDDELEY directors named in the new appoint- ents recorded in these pages. om left to right they are Sir Aubrey Burke, J. A. R. Kay, •»• -f. bdbvry, A. F. Jopling and A. S. Kennedy
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