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392 FROM ALL QUARTERS Sir William Farren Retiring AFTER 46 years' work in aeronautical research and developmentand in the aircraft industry, Sir William Farren, CB, MBE, DSC(HON),FRS, MiMechE, Hon FRAes, Hon HAS, is retiring shortly from active duty on the Hawker Siddeley Aviation and A. V. Roe boards. Hehas, however, accepted an invitation to continue his association with Hawker Siddeley Aviation as a consultant. He is 68. During his career he has held senior positions at the RoyalAircraft Factory, Farnborough (1915-18), University of Cambridge (1920-37), Air Ministry and the MAP (1937-41). From 1941 to1946 he was Director of RAE Farnborough; since 1947 he has been technical director of A. V. Roe & Co Ltd. He joined the HawkerSiddeley Aviation board in 1959. Sir William is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Honorary Fellow and Gold Medallist of the RAeS(of which he was president, 1953-54) and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences of the United States. He is anHonorary DSc of Manchester University. Sunderland Preserved WITH the handing-over of Sunderland ML824 to the ShortSunderland Trust at Pembroke Dock last Saturday, the efforts of the trust to preserve one of these famous flying-boats came to happyfruition. A gift from the French Admiralty, ML824 was flown in from Brest last Friday by a French Navy crew; it was handed overat a ceremony the following day by Capitaine de Fregate H. Luthereau (station commander at Lanveoc Poulmic, where theaircraft had been based) to Mr H. Oswald Short, who received it on behalf of the trustees. This representative of a famous line isnow being preserved at Pembroke Dock, where it will be preserved by the Pembroke Squadron of the Air Training Corps and RAFpersonnel who worked on Sunderlands. The campaign to this end began two years ago, when an appealwas made for £15,000 to fly one home from New Zealand. Subse- quently, however, this expense was avoided when Air Chief MarshalSir Philip Joubert, AOC-in-C Coastal Command from 1941 to 1943, made a personal appeal to the French Admiralty, whoprovided one of their Sunderlands free of charge. Scottish Aviation Orders AMONG new orders which have been announced by ScottishAviation is one placed by the Government of the Federation of Malaya for ten Twin Pioneer Series 3 aircraft for the Royal MalayanAir Force, whose four existing Twin Pioneers are being returned for conversion to full Series 3 standards. (In last week's issue, itwas incorrectly stated that this order was for the Government of the Mali Federation in West Africa.) A photograph of a Twin Pioneerand two Prestwick Pioneers of the RMAF is published on our Service Aviation page, p. 422. FLIGHT, 30 March 1961 Scottish Aviation's repair and maintenance work on RCAF equipment—overhaul, repairs and modifications of Sabres, T-33s and CF-lOOs—"continues at a high level." The company huve never, as was stated, overhauled Orenda 14 engines for the RCAF. A redundancy which was referred to took place in July 1959; since that date, the labour force has remained relatively stable, at 1,800. From Hamilton Place to Londonderry House A FIRM indication that the Business Aircraft Users Associationis getting down to business without delay was given by the chairman of the Royal Aero Club, Col C. F. H. Gough, in his report to theannual general meeting of the club on March 22. He announced that Sqn Ldr R. R. Stevenson, aviation secretary of the club, wasleaving to become chief executive and secretary of the BAUA. Sqn Ldr Stevenson succeeded Mr Maurice Imray as the club's aviationsecretary in May 1960. Sqn Ldr Stevenson (left) and Mr Alec Lumsden The new aviation secretary, who takes up his position on April 1, comes to the Royal Aero Club from the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is Mr Alec Lumsden, an assistant secretary of the Society and secretary of its Historical Group. Mr Lumsden has been a member of the Royal Aero Club since 1959. Joint-user Airways ON Tuesday of last week a Transport Command Britannia,XN404 Canopus, flew from London Airport to RAF Aldergrove with a party of Press, MoA and Air Ministry representatives on avisit to the Air Traffic Control radar unit at Bishops Court on the County Down coast. This was the first time the Press had beeninvited to visit Bishops Court, first of the ATC radar units set up with joint RAF and Ministry of Aviation approval for the controlof military and civil aircraft in the upper airspace (above 25,000ft) over the United Kingdom. The implications of these units (theothers in current operation are at Hack Green in Cheshire and Sopley near Bournemouth) were discussed and described in anarticle, Military Air Traffic Over Britain, in Flight for August 19 last year. The Britannia made a radar climb-out from LAP, flying toLichfield along Amber One then turning to the north-west along Red Three. A commentary' was broadcast en route, and during ita Service aircraft "Zulu Hotel" was heard calling Hack Green LUTON LIGHTS UP: Controllable-intensity runway, approach and threshold lights are now in operation at Luton Airport, which has also been equipped with visual glide-path indicators and an identification beacon. Equipment was supplied by GEC and installed by C. Maurice Contractors Ltd at a total cost of £35,000 TAKING A LONG VIEW: Below, the Decca Type 80 surveillance radar at Bishops Court, the ATC radar unit on the County Down coast (see news- item, "Joint-user Airways," this page). The rotating aerial weighs ll\ tons and the equipment has a range of up to 180 miles
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