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1961 - 0513.PDF
y.jGHT, 20 April \96l 521 St'OND PROTOTYPE Avro 748, which made its first flight on April 10, w- inspected at the makers' airfield on the following day by Mr T. N. K"';/, Deputy High Commissioner for India (where the 748 is to be built u'r-i'er licence). In this picture are (I to r) Gp Capt H. Moolgavkar, li:;.an Air Adviser; Sir Roy Dobson, managing director. Hawker S/ddeley; /v: T. N. Kaul; and Sir Harry Broadhurst, managing director, A. V. Roe B ittle of Britain "At Homes" SIXTEEN RAF stations are to be opened to the public on theS;J urday in Battle of Britain week, September 16. Under counties and countries, they are as follows:— Berks: Abingdon; Kent:Biggin Hill; Devon: Chivenor; Wilts: Colerne; Norfolk: Coltishall; Rutland: Cottesmore; Yorks: Finningley; Warwicks: Gaydon;Durham: Middleton St George; Sussex: Tangmere; Lines: Waddington; Cambs: Waterbeach; Scotland: Leuchars; Wales:St Athan and Valley; Northern Ireland: Aldergrove. September 15 is Battle of Britain Day, Battle of Britain Sundayfalling on September 17. IN BRIEF The last operational Swift in the RAF, belonging to No 2 Sqn, was flown home from Germany to Manston last Thursday by Fit Lt P. Adair. US Third Air Force have stated that they "can neither confirm nordeny" newspaper stones concerning closure or contraction of USAF bases in the United Kingdom. Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Pike, Chief of the Air Staff, openedthe new air terminal building at RAF Lyneham last Friday. The station is Transport Command's main base in the United Kingdom. Mr Peter G. Masefield is giving his presidential address to theAircraft Recognition Society on April 25 in the RAeS lecture theatre, Hamilton Place, London Wl, at 7 p.m. His subject is Civil Aviation: 1960 and the Future. Rolls-Royce Ltd are opening a new factory, to employ some 500people, at Cadzow, about a mile from the centre of Hamilton, near Glasgow. This is part of their recently announced expansion scheme ofdesign, development and experimental facilities. Russian pilots are to accompany Indian aircrew in familiarizationnights along the Sino-Indian border in the Antonov An-12s which India has purchased from the Soviet Union. The Prime Minister.Mr Nehru, said in announcing this decision that adequate precautions had been taken to see that no secret information leaked out. A Hercules of the US Navy last week made the latest flight everattempted in Antarctic winter, to bring back a seriously ill Soviet ionosphere expert from Byrd station to New Zealand. After the6,500-mile trip the pilot, Cdr L. E. Newcomer, said that their first attempt to take off from the ice shelf was unsuccessful despite Jatoassistance, the second succeeded "after taxying up and down the runway and taking on more rockets." This year's National Gliding Championships at Lasham, near Alton,Hants, will be opened on May 13 by the Minister of Aviation. Mr Peter Thorneycroft. The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to visit thecontest, and prizes will be presented on May 22 by Lord Brabazon. The British Gliding Association has received over 110 entries for thechampionships, and is limiting the number of contestants to 40 in League 1 and 50 in League 2. For the first time, there will be a handi-capping system for League 2 gliders. Two Boeing Vertol 107 helicopters have been ordered for the RCAF.They will be used for search and rescue and general duties. The number of people employed in "aircraft manufacturing andrepairing" in Britain during January was 294,300, an increase of 1,800 over the previous month's total. The Society of Weight Engineers (London Branch) is holding a forumon The Design, Manufacture and Operation of Aircraft, at Lascelles School, Shaftesbury Avenue, Harrow, Middx, on April 28, at 7 p.m. Mr H. C. Briggs has been appointed vice-president, Collins RadioInternational CA. In his new position, he will be European manager for Collins, stationed in London. He will have administrative responsibilityfor the English company, Collins Radio Co, and other European sub- sidiaries. Marcel Hanriot, whose flying experience began when he flew hisfather's Hanriot single-seater monoplane solo at the age of 15, died recently at Nice at the age of 66. He served as a pilot during theFirst World War, being invalided out of the forces after a serious accident and subsequently retiring to Nice as a result of his war injuries. A voluntary code of conduct to minimize risks associated with aerialcrop-spraying has been prepared by the National Association of Agricultural Contractors for aerial spraying contractors and forground organizations employing aircraft operators. It is being adhered to for a 12-month trial period. Bell Helicopter Co is to produce a turbo-supercharged, three-seatutility helicopter which the company claims will have sea-level perfor- mance above 15,000ft at maximum gross weight. Designated the Model47G-3B, the aircraft will be powered by a Lycoming TVO-435 with an AiResearch T-ll exhaust-driven supercharger, providing 260 h.p.for take-off and 220 h.p. for continuous operation. Mr W. J. Andrews, chief engineer of the College of Air Training,Hamble, died suddenly on April 3 at the age of 62. Prior to joining the college when it was formed in May last year, Mr Andrews had been incharge of AST aircraft maintenance for over 30 years. He served in the RNAS during the First World War and in the early twenties wasemployed on aircraft maintenance at Broken Hill, Australia, helping to develop that country's internal air links. THE MAGISTER MYSTERY: From a "Flight" reader in the Relgian Congo come these pictures of one of the two Fouga Magisters which caused an international stir when they arrived there in mysterious circumstances last month. The pilot in the right-hand picture is no less a figure than President Tshombe, who (says our correspondent) "is going to fly the jet trainer . . . a European technician is about to attach the oxygen mask." The pictures were taken at Luano Airport, Elisabethville, on April 8, on which occasion (again quoting) "the first Katangese Air Force pilot made his first solo flight, aboard a 90 h.p. Piper Cub." Shipment of the Magisters to the Congo was reported in our February 24 issue
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