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552 - „. .,_ . • . ,. .... . ;V: Director of Movements TJTAVING been a Deputy Director of-•-A Movements at Air Ministry since January this year, Gp Capt S. G. Walkeris to become Director of Movements on October 12, with the acting rank of aircommodore. Gp Capt Walker is an equip- ment officer; he served during the war withthe British Air Staff in Washington (1941-43), then at Allied Expeditionary AirForce headquarters. He was made an OBE in 1945. RCAFs Third Victory "COR the third year in succession the-*- RCAF team won the Guynemer Trophy in the annual AIRCENT air firing com-petition, held at Cazaux, the French Air Force base near Arcachon, from Septem-ber 5 to 16. The RCAF victory was briefly recorded in Flight last week (page 493), aswas the fact that the RAF Germany team came second: respective scores were1,357.7 and 1,257.8 points. A Fighter Com- mand team came next with 1,240.5 points,the RAF thus securing second and third places. Other contestants were teams fromthe French, Danish, Belgian and Nether- lands Air Forces. The Guynemer Trophy was presentedon September 17 to Fit Lt Richard Spencer, captain of the RCAF team, byGeneral Maurice Challe, Commander of the NATO Allied Forces in CentralEurope; and a cup for the runners-up, donated by USAFE, was presented to FitLt R. D. Stone, who captained the RAF Germany team. AVM V. E. Han- cock, CB, CBE, D F C , whose appointment as Chief of Air Staff-designate of the RAAF was referred to on this page last week FALLEX 60 SQUADRONS from both Coastal andBomber Commands have been taking part in this year's big NATO exercise,FALLEX 60, which started on Tuesday last week and finishes tomorrow (October1). In addition an RCAF squadron of Argus aircraft, No 405, has been partici-pating for the first time. Almost 400 aircraft have been engaged, both land-based andcarrier borne, the Royal Navy carriers Ark Royal and Hermes operating with the USSSaratoga, Shangri-La and Essex among the total of 146 warships involved. The code-name FALLEX 60 compre-hends six different NATO exercises which have been taking place almost simul-taneously: Blue Shield, First Watch/ Second Watch (anti-submarine and ship-ping protection operations), Sword Thrust (in which Bomber Command aircrafthave mounted sorties). Ballast One and Coffer Dam. The senior RAF officer onthe directing staff of FALLEX 60 has been Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton,AOC-in-C Coastal Command, in his NATO capacity as Commander MaritimeAir Eastern Atlantic. About thirty sorties were carried out by Bomber Commandin Sword Thrust, both Canberras and V-bombers participating. FLIGHT, 30 September I960 SERVICE AVIATION Air1 Force, Naval and Army Flying News r General Maurice Challe, Commander of NATO's Allied Forces in Central Europe, pre- senting the Guynemer Trophy to Fit Lt Richard Spencer, captain of the winning RCAF team, at the conclusion of the AIRCENT air firing competition (see item in Col 1). Looking on is Maj-Gen M. Donnet from AIRCENT, chairman of the competition organising committee Shephard Essay PrizewinnersT HIS year's Gordon Shephard Memo-rial Prize essay competition has been won by Gp Capt Neil Cameron, who wasuntil recently personal staff officer to the CAS and is shortly to assume command ofRAF Abingdon. Entrants were asked to discuss the need for Britain to possess avalid deterrent force, end for his 4,000- word essay Gp Capt Cameron has won50 guineas. The second prize (30 guineas) went to Air Cdre Wilfred Carter, who wasfourth last year and won the competition in 1955, 1956 and 1957; and the thirdprizewinner was Gp Capt M. H. Gardham, who won last year's competition. Owner-riders WantedI N view of its successes during the pastfew years, the RAF Equitation Associa- tion announcement that its show-jumpingactivities are to be wound up—at any rate temporarily—is a sad one. This decisionhas been taken ("very reluctantly") because owing to the retirement of AVM SirLaurence Sinclair and the fact that neither Air Cdre J. N. W. Farmer nor Sqn OffPeggy Potter will be available next year, there are not enough competent ridersto enable the team to continue. The Asso- ciation's four horses—Polonaise, Roly,Gladys and Vulcan—were sold at Ascot last month. If, however, riders can be found with their own mounts to carry on where thepresent members have left off—and the Association hopes that this will be the case—they are promised the same encourage- ment that the RAF Sports Board has givenover the past five years. IN BRIEF The RAF Reserves Club is holding its annualgeneral meeting on October 3 at the club house, 14 South Street, London Wl, at 6.30 p.m. Two more RAF airfields in the Mediter-ranean area—Luqa (Malta) and El Adem (Libya)—are shortly being equipped to layfoam carpets, for use in the event of emer- gency landings owing to undercarriage failure. No 2 ADU, the wartime Middle East ferryunit, is holding its 1960 reunion dinner at the RAF Reserves Club, 14 South Street, ParkLane, London Wl, on Saturday, October 15, at 7 for 7.30 p.m. Further details from W. R.Miller, 11 Wilcot Avenue, Oxhey, Watford, Herts. Four RAAF aircraft—three Canberras anda Hercules—are to represent the Australian Armed Services at Nigerian independenceceremonies this weekend. (Details of RAF participation were given on this page lastweek). The RAAF machines are making a round-the-world flight, from west to east,returning from Lagos to Australia across the Indian Ocean. Vale to Treble One: this picture, taken near Biggin Hill during the squadron's last Battle of Britain display appearance there as the Fighter Command aerobatic team, appropriatel) con- veys in an autumnal setting the verve and polish of their performances during the last four yean
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