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FLIGHT, 3 February 1961 139 ATLANTIC ALLIANCE: NATO maritime-warfare specialists pictured during a recent visit to Breguet's Toulouse factory to inspect progress vth the 1150 Atlantic. The second prototype, due to receive Rolls- Royce Tynes and D.H. Propellers, is seen in course of erection GEC Management Changes THE board of the General Electric Co Ltd has announced the appointments of Mr T. B. O. Kerr as deputy managing director and Mr E. H. Davison as financial director. Mr Kerr has been on the company's board since 1952 and in 1959 was made director for finance and administration. Mr Davison is at present treasurer of Courtaulds Ltd, who have agreed to release him so that he can take up his new duties on March 1. GEC have stated that "to strengthen the management, other appointments are being planned which will be announced in due course"; and they have announced the formation of a management committee, with the following membership: Mr Arnold Lindley, chairman of the company; and Messrs T. B. O. Kerr, E. H. Davison, O. W. Humphreys and R. N. Millar. BEAGLE at Shoreham ? "A MAJOR new development project" for Shoreham Airport is under discussion. The chairman of the Joint Municipal Airport Committee, Mr. T. N. Barling, said last Monday that there had been meetings with the directors of F. G. Miles Ltd and with Mr Peter Masefield of BEAGLE. The airport "might be advan- tageously developed" if the design and manufacturing sides of BEAGLE were based there. New "Flight" Appointment A MEMBER of Flight's editorial staff since 1955, when he joined the journal from the de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd, Mr. J. M. Ramsden has been appointed Air Transport Editor. Mr. Ramsden was trained at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, and is a graduate of the Royal Aeronautical Society, whose air transport course he has attended. For five years he has been primarily responsible for Flight's air transport coverage. IN BRIEF The Minister of Aviation, Mr Peter Thome ycroft, is to visit Belfast on February 16 and 17 for talks on the future of the aircraft industry there. Short Bros & Harland Ltd are building more Canberra U.10 dronesfor operation by the Royal Navy from Malta. They will be based at Hal Far airfield and used as missile targets. Air Cdre R. H. E. Emson, CB, CBE, AFC, is to be Commander, RAF,and Her Majesty's Air Attach^, British Defence Staffs, Washington, from March 1, with the acting rank of air vice-marshal. He was Directorof Air Armament (Research and Development) at the MoS before taking last year's Imperial Defence College course. A Cessna 180D owned by Southern Counties Aerial Contracts hasbeen equipped by Airwork Services Ltd with a hopper capable of carry- ing 1,0001b of chemical dust. The aircraft is to be used for "oil sinking,"the process developed in Germany for keeping beaches free from oil contamination. Maj-Gen John H. Ives, at present Deputy Commander, US 3rd AirForce, has been named to succeed Gen E. Moore as Commander. Gen Moore is relinquishing his command (Flight, January 13) to take up theappointment of acting vice-commander, USAF Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs, from April 1. The Council of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers have awardedthe 1961 James Watt international medal to Prof Theodore von Karman "in recognition of his important contributions to the advancement ofmechanical engineering science, which have extended the frontiers of engineering knowledge, particularly in the field of aeronautics." Applications for the 1961 John de Havilland Award—worth £400 andgiven annually to encourage initiative and adventure—should reach the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, 29 King Street, St James's,London SW1, by April 30. The 1959 winner, David Hyde, a research assistant at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, undertook an expedi-tion through three continents, covering more than 28,000 miles. His experiences were described in two articles written for Flight and pub-lished in the August 19 and October 28 issues last year. A Handley Page Victor B.2 is to be used by Rolls-Royce Ltd as aflying test-bed for Conway by-pass engines at their flight development establishment, Hucknall, Notts. The French Navy are to order a second batch of 50 Dassault EtendardIVs with SNECMA Atar 8s. Fifteen of these aircraft will be IVPs, for reconnaissance duties, and the others IVMs, for intercepter opera-tions from carriers. An award of £50 for original research into aerophilately, The AeroField Anniversary Award, 1961, has been instituted by Francis J. Field Ltd, the philatelic dealers and publishers, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.Copies of the rules are available from the company. A booklet, Research Careers in the Ministry of Aviation, written forthe information of final-year university students, has been published by the Ministry of Aviation, Strand, London WC2. At least 150 recruitsto the Scientific Officer class will be needed by the Mo A this year. The Aslib Aeronautical Group are holding a meeting next Thursday(February 9) in the RAeS lecture theatre at 4 Hamilton Place, London Wl, at 2.15 p.m., when a film on Black Knight, made by the RAEdocumentary film unit, will be shown. Subsequently Capt I. R. Maxwell, MC, chairman and managing director of Pergarnon Press Ltd, is to givea paper on problems concerning the publication of scientific journals and books. An Avro Vulcan B.2 of No 83 Sqn (the first unit to be equipped withthis mark of Vulcan) was flown from RAF Scampton, Lines, last week- end to Los Angeles, Cal, where it is being examined by the design anddevelopment staff of Douglas Aircraft Co. Tests are being carried out on the aircraft in connection with the Skybolt project. The Vulcan,captained by Sqn Ldr P. A. Ward, is later to visit Wright Air Develop- ment Center at Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. SUPER TURBULENT: The latest Turbulent built tor the Tiger Club by Rollasons has an Ekco 1140 radio working off a 12-volt battery and sited as shown in the left-hand views. The power pack is behind the pilot in the locker, and the selector switch and headphone plug are on the right side o* the cockpit. A generator will be fitted later. There are several other modifications, including brakes and electric and hand-operated starters. Right, installation of the Ardent flat-four powerplant
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