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1960
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FLIGHT, 20 May 1960 675 FIRST VISIT to the dtt Havilland Engine Co since D.H. and Hawker Siddeley joined forces was paid recently by Sir Roy Dobson, vice- chairman and managing director of the latter group. He is seen at fourth from left with (I to r) M. G. Ash, financial director; W F Shaylor, sales director; Sir Aubrey Burke, D.H. group chairman; Hugh Buckingham, D.H. Engines managing director; and Dr E. S. Moult, technical director. In the background is the famous Comet (two Gipsy Six R) which won the England - Australia race of 1934 Magic of a Name LINES written in the 18th century by the Scottish poet ThomasCampbell— Who hath not owned, with rapture smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?—gave a title to Harold Nockolds for his book The Magic of a Name, in which he told the story of Rolls-Royce Ltd. Now thesame title has been used for a 35mm Eastmancolor film based on the book, running for just over 25 min and making good use of thatshort time for a comprehensive portrayal of Rolls-Royce activities. In the words of Air Cdre W. Whitney Straight, Rolls-Roycedeputy chairman, who introduced a Press showing of The Magic of a Name in London on May 12, it is "the first film which fullydescribes the activities of the company." Its air-to-air sequences, of aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines, inevitably pre-dominate; but quick glances are taken at other aspects of the company's work, and convincing emphasis is placed on the valueof research. Copies of the film (in 16mm and 35mm) are available to recog-nized organizations through Sound-Services Ltd, Wilton Crescent, London SW19. RAeS Honours FOLLOWING custom, the Royal Aeronautical Society presentedits main annual awards on the occasion—yesterday, May 19—of the delivery of the Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. This wasthe 48th in the series and was being given by M. J. Lighthill, direc- tor of the RAE Farnborough, on Mathematics and Aeronautics.The new president of the RAeS, Dr E. S. Moult, was presiding. Two honorary fellowships, the highest honour the Society canconfer (the total number of honorary fellows at any one time is limited to 35), have been awarded this year to Prof W. J. Duncan,Professor of Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics at the University of Glasgow and Chairman of the Aeronautical Research Council,and to Sir George Edwards, Managing Director of Vickers- Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and a past president of the RAeS.Sir Frederick Handley Page, who has been an honorary fellow since 1949, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Society. The full list of awards being presented yesterday is as follows:— Honorary Fellowships: Prof W. J. Duncan, CBE, DSC, FRS, FRAes;and Sir George Edwards, CBE, BSC, FRAes, HonFiAS. Gold Medal (highest honour the Society can confer for work of anoutstanding nature in aeronautics): Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FCGI, HonFRAes, HonFiAS, HonMinstT, chairman and managing directorof Handley Page Ltd and Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex, for his outstanding contribution to British aircraft design for more thanfifty years. Silver Medal (for work of an outstanding nature in aeronautics):R. H. Chaplin, OBE, BSC, FRAes, Executive Director and Chief Designer of Hawker Aircraft Ltd, for his achievements in the design and develop-ment of military aircraft. Bronze Medal (for work leading to an advance in aeronautics):H. G. R. Robinson, BSC, ACGI, Royal Aircraft Establishment, for his work leading to practical achievement in ballistic missiles. British Gold Medal for Aeronautics (for outstanding practical achieve-ment leading to advancement in aeronautics): B. E. Stephenson, FRAes, AMONG THE LARGEST JIGS ever erectea in a British aircraft factory, two of these rear-fuselage fixtures are now being set up at Short Bros and Harland's Belfast works for the SC.5 Britannic programme. In this twin structure two rear fuselages will be built simultaneously and the lower framework will serve as a removable trolley on which the sub-assembly can be towed to the production line Director of Engineering, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, for Ms out- standing practical achievements in aircraft design and development. British Silver Medal for Aeronautics (for practical achievement lead-ing to advancement in aeronautics): Philip A. Wills, CBE, AFRAes, for his practical achievements in the service of British gliding. Wakefield Gold Medal (for contributions towards safety in aviation):E. G. Broadbent, MA, FRAes, for his contribution to aircraft safety through the theory of aeroelasticity. Mr Broadbent is with the RAE Farnborough. R. P. Alston Medal (for practical achievement associated with theflight testing of aircraft): Wg Cdr R. P. Beamont, OBE, DSO, DFC, ARAes, manager of flight operations and chief test pilot, English Electric Avia-tion, for his practical achievements in flight testing supersonic aircraft. N. E. Rowe Medals (for the best lecture given before any branch ofthe Society by a member of a branch): C. J. Wood, BSc(Eng), for his lecture Transonic Buffeting on Aerofoils (21-26 age group); T. A. Millerfor his paper A History of the Development of Flight Refuelling (under 21 group). Both recipients are members of the Brough branch. IN BRIEF At Cape Canaveral on May 13 the first Project Echo launch, in whicha 100-ft radio-reflector balloon was to have been placed in orbit, was unsuccessful. The launching vehicle was a three-stage Thor-Delta. The theme of this year's European Congress of Aviation Medicine, being held in London from August 29 to September 2, is Human Problems in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flight. A 297-mile flight from Nympsfield, Glos, to Cockburnspath,Berwickshire, was made by Peter Scon in an Olympia 419 sailplane on May 14, in an attempt to reach Porhnoak, on the shores of Loch Leven. Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Tuttle, KBE, CB, DFC, Deputy Chief of theAir Staff until his retirement from the RAF last year, has joined Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. It is understood that he will assistthe managing director, Sir George Edwards, in his additional respon- sibilities arising from the Vickers/English Electric/Bristol merger andthe formation of the British Aircraft Corporation. We regret to record that one of the Tiger Club's best aerobatic pilots,and chairman and instructor of Fakenham Flying Group, Elwyn McAully was killed in a flying accident to G-APDZ, the Bishop versionof the Tiger Moth, at Litde Snoring on May 12. He was practising aerobatics at the time, and was reported to have failed to complete anoutside loop when his aircraft hit the ground. At Kidlington on May 7, McAully was pilot of Turbulent G-APZZ which was badly damaged onthe ground when an Auster collided with it A demonstration tour of the Polish PZL-102B Kos light aircraft,organized by Norco Engineering Ltd, agents for the type, is to begin at Biggin Hill on Thursday and Friday of next week (May 26-27). Deputy chief inspector of Bristol Aircraft Ltd since 1954, J. B.Mackirdy has been appointed works manager of the company's guided- weapons factory at Cardiff. He succeeds R. A. Burden, who is going tothe Pyrene Co Ltd. Mr Mackirdy was previously with Avro, and before that with Scottish Aviation. The pilot and co-pilot of the Swiss mountain expedition's aircraft Yeti,a Pilatus Porter, arrived safely in Pokhara on May 13 and reported that the aircraft was a total wreck after crashing and catching fire shortlyafter take-off from an acclimatization camp near Mount Dhaulagiri on May 5. A special Colour Number of our associated journal Amateur Photo-grapher is being published next Wednesday (May 25).
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