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Aviation History
1961
1961 - 0006.PDF
FLIGHT, 6 January The New Year Honours CIVIL-LIST AWARDS IN AVIATION E. R. Lewis (Knighthood) IN the New Year Honours List, madepublic last weekend, several promi-nent figures in the aircraft-equipment field receive knighthoods; and two tech- nical directors, one of an aircraft firm and the other of an engine manufacturer, are appointed CBE. Two well-known test pilots are also named in the list. The names given on this page are selected from the civil branches of die various Orders; Service honours and awards are siven in detail on page 36 of this issue. G. C. /. Gardiner A. A. Rubbra (CBE) (CBE) KNIGHTS BACHELOR G. E. Beharrell, chairman, Dunlop RubberCo Ltd; C. Dannatt, vice-chairman, Associated Electrical Industries Ltd; E. R. Lewis, chair-man, Decca Navigator Co Ltd and Decca Radar Ltd; Prof A. C. B. Lovell, Professor ofRadio Astronomy, University of Manchester, and director of Jodrell Bank ExperimentalStation. ORDER OF THE BATH CB L. R. Bradley, lately director-genera', cura-tor and secretary, Imperial War Museum; W. H. Stephens, Director-General of BallisticMissiles, MoA. ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE CMG F. Cooper, Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CBE G. C. I. Gardiner, technical director, deHavilland Aircraft Co Ltd; C. W. Goodman, chairman and managing director, Enslish Elec-tric Co of Australasia Pty Ltd; F. E. McGinnety, Director-General of Inspection,MoA; J. R. Pheazey, vice-chairman and joint general manager, Standard Telephones andCables Ltd; A. A. Rubbra, technical director, Rolls-Royce Ltd; A. J. Young, managingdirector, English Electric Valve Co Ltd. OBE A. W. Bedford, chief test pilot, Hawker Air-craft Ltd; J. Black, works manager, Mossend, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd; D. O. Burt,engineer I, Royal Aircraft Establishment; Miss M. J. Craig, secretary, RAF Escaping Society;C. W. M. S. Finney, Chief Mechanical Trans- port Officer, MoA; F. W. J. Gale, managingdirector, S. G. Brown Ltd; D. Grey, commer- cial international manager, BE A; Obs CaptN. F. Lockyer, commandant, West Area HQ, ROC; H. W. Sanders, superintending civilengineer, Grade I, Air Ministry; W. C. Taylor, vice-chairman, Qantas Emnire Airways Ltd;F. A. White, principal, Air Ministry. MBE H. O. Adshead, clerical officer, MoA; G. C.Bentley, senior executive officer, Air Ministry; J. M. Black, chairman of committee, No 128(Barrow) Sqn, ATC; R. S. Carlsson, skipper, Trawler Northards, Fleetwood, for service insalvage operations for recovery of aircraft lost at sea; J. Curmi, airport manager, Luqa Air-port, Malta; C. H. K. Donnelly, Royal Aus- tralian Air Force Finance Adviser, Malaya;Mrs E. A. Drew, supervisor, WVS, RAF Sylt, Germany. P. B. Elwell, for services to aviation in EastAfrica; Obs Lt A. J. Gothorp, duty controller, No 15 Gp, ROC; S. N. Green, Acting ChiefSuperintendent of Aircraft Repair, Royal Naval Aircraft Yard, Belfast; E. W. Hawken, seniorexecutive officer, Air Ministry; J. G. Heaps, A. W. Bedford (OBE) T. W. Brooke-Smith (Queen's Commen- dation) chief of test and inspection, Ferranti Ltd; H. F.Hollands, clerical officer, Telecommunications Engineering Establishment, MoA; Sqn LdrF. B. Holt, chairman of committee, No 1263 (Rochdale) Sqn, ATC; R. N. James, engineerII, MoA; Capt E. N. Jennings, operations manager, British United Airways Ltd. H. E. Langley, senior executive officer, AirMinistry; K. Maclntyre, experimental officer, War Office (formerly of MoA); V. J. Neyle,engineer II, A & AEE; W. H. Norwood, senior executive officer, No 14 MU, RAF Carlisle;Capt J. R. Orbell, deputy operations manager, Central African Airways; H. L. Pilkingtormanager, quality staff, David Brown Industrie Ltd, Huddersfield; G. J. Pratt, lately executivofficer, Air Ministry; B. Rawlings, technician I Royal Aircraft Establishment; H. W. Rose,higher executive officer, Air Ministry; Mis- O. M. Round, secretary, Oxford UniversitAir Squadron; A. J. Taylor, experimenta works manager, Dowty-Rotol Ltd; R. GTaylor, general manager, C. & N. (Electrical Ltd; Capt T. Young, lately master, salvagevessel Twyford, for services in salvage opera- tions for recovery of aircraft lost at sea. ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER CVO Gp Capt A. D. Mitchell, RAF. MVO (Fourth Class) Wg Cdr H. G. Currell, RAF; Wg Cdr D. Wood, RAF. ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL (SBver) Fit Sgt P. DeNaever, RAF; Ch Tech D. K Hicks, RAF; Cpl D. J. Thomas, RAF. QUEEN'S COMMENDATION FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR J. P. Cunningham, senior captain and fleetcaptain, East African Airways DC-3 Fleet; P. R. Lear, experimental officer, Royal AircraftEstablishment, Farnborough; S. J. Nicolle, senior training captain, Pionair aircraft, BEA;T. W. Brooke-Smith, lately chief test pilot, Short Bros & Harland Ltd; Miss J. M. Wright,commercial pilot, Wilson Air Services Ltd, Nairobi. BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL A. S. Berry, engineering technician, GradeII foreman, MoA Waltham Abbey; B. G. W. Braham, driver (motor transport) BO AC;H. Broughton, superintendent of stores, No 7 MU, RAF Quedgeley; E. S. Chidsey, foremancarpenter, Vickers-Arm strongs (Aircraft) Ltd; B. L. M. Coffin, technician, Class Grade III,RN Aircraft Yard, Gosport; A. W. Colley, foreman painter, Saunders-Roe Ltd; R, W.Crawford, assistant chief inspector, Armaments Division, Sir W. G. Armstrong WhitworthAircraft Ltd; R. Goodwin, foreman, Newton Bros (Derby) Ltd; L. I. Hall, leading hand,Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough; W. C. Jackson, leading illustrator, Inspectorateof Armaments, MoA, Woolwich; A. Matthews, research and development craftsman special,Royal Aircraft Establishment; A. E. May, development inspector, Bristol SiddeleyEngines Ltd; F. G. Mayhcw, head servant, RAF College, Cranwell; W. T. E. Middleton,chief office-keeper, Air Ministry; T. C. H. Miles, fitter, Elliott Bros (London) Ltd; E. G. J.Pendergast, MoA, Royal Ordnance Factory, Burghfield; G. Rimmer, Ch Obs, Post 2/R3,No 2 Gp, ROC; Miss Z. M. Snell, Ch Obs, No 9 Gp, ROC; P. H. Spivey, station warden,HO Coastal Command, Air Ministry; Mrs. F. Tarrant, head tracer, Royal Radar Establish-ment; W. F. Young, radio tech, RAF North Weald. CRANFIELD CHANGES THREE departments of the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield,x are being re-named. The Department of Aircraft Economics and Production becomes Production and Industrial Administra- tion; Aircraft Electrical Engineering becomes Electrical and Con- trol Engineering; and the Department of Aircraft Materials the Department of Materials. These changes are being introduced progressively during the current academic year, so that they become established by the beginning of next session, in October this year. As part of its diversification of activities since 1959, the College now offers advanced courses (in addition to the two-year specialist courses for aeronautical engineers) in the re-named departments, as follows: Production and Industrial Administration: economics and production, precision engineering, production technology, operational research and ergonomics; Electrical and Control Engineering: industrial control engineering and flight control: Materials: the physics and mechanics of structural materials, and welding technology. The departments also provide specialist instruction for students doing space technology and guided- missiles courses.
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