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1961 - 0810.PDF
820 FLIGHT, 15 June 1961 FARNBOROUGH FIGHTER: At the RAE Open Days reported on pages 826-7 this local product, 1917 vintage, was demonstrated by Gp Copt D. P. Hanafm and Wg Cdr R. A. Watts. The S.E. 5A was re-built by Farnborough apprentices under Mr C. R. Wills FROM ALL QUARTERS... Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's PT6 500 h.p. free-turbine flewfor the first time at the beginning of the month. The engine is a turbo- prop version, mounted in the nose of a Beech 18 by de Havilland Canada(picture, April 20, page 520). Investigations into the loss of the USAF B-58 Hustler at the Paris AirShow on June 3 are being concentrated on the theory that it may have "lost" an engine, either by failure or by a pod having become detachedfrom a wing during the aircraft's roll. Two squadrons of USAF F-100 Super Sabres reached Wethersfieldand Woodbridge last Saturday after flying across the Atlantic (3,500 miles) from Cannon, New Mexico, and Myrtle Beach, NC. The aircraft,which are to make a return flight in a few days, were controlled en route by the Air Operations Center at 12th Air Force headquarters, Waco,Texas. Following Denis Tayler's flight in the Short SCI from RAE Bedfordto the Paris Show (Flight last week) the aircraft made the return journey last Thursday. Owing to the short range of this experimental VTOLmachine the trip again had to be made in short stages—in this case seven, most of them again involving cross-wind vertical landings tounprepared surfaces. The Westland Belvedere which flew from London to Paris inlhr 41min 43sec on May 30 made the return flight on June 2 in lhr 40min 45sec. Both times are subject to official confirmation. Thepilot was Mr C. T. D. ("Sox") Hosegood, chief test pilot of the Bristol helicopter division of Westland Aircraft. The D.H. Aeronautical Technical School Old Boys' Associationannual Midsummer Ball will take place at Hatfield Aerodrome restau- rant and terrace on Friday, June 30. Members should apply for tickets,price 17s 6d single, to Mr H. D. Wright, Technical School Office, The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield. Two USAT" appointments in turope weie announced last week.General S. E. Anderson has been named as air deputy to General Norstad, succeeding General Leon Johnson on August 1; and Lt-GenTruman Landon, USAF Deputy Chief of Staff, becomes C-in-C USAFE in succession to General Frederick Smith, recently made Vice-Chief ofStaff" in Washington. The Flying Doctor Service of Africa Ltd has been given permissionby the Government of Northern Nigeria to go ahead with a pilot scheme, which may be taken over if the company's efforts provesuccessful. The idea emanated from Dr Neil Duncan, a GP in Birming- ham who was with the original flying doctor service in Australia. It isestimated that £100,000 will be needed to buy an aircraft, build airstrips and meet operating costs over the first three years. For car racing, motor cycle racing and photographic enthusiastsrespectively, special issues of three of our associated journals will be of particular interest. Tomorrow, June 16, The Autocar publishes its LeMans Race Report Number; today the TT Number of The Motor Cycle appears; and also on sale is yesterday's (June 14) HolidayNumber of Amateur Photographer. IN THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST THE following are among the recipientsmore or less closely concerned withaviation whose names appeared in the Queen's Birthday Honours List whichwas made public last Saturday. We begin with the civil lists of the various Orders, andthen follow extracts from the military lists, giving honours and awards to RAF per-sonnel; and these are continued on pages 849-850. Knights BachelorJ. F. Baker, Professor of Mechanical Sciences and Head of the Department ofEngineering. University of Cambridge; G. R. Blackwood. general manager, Dunlop RubberCo (Australia); A. G. Clark, chairman and managing director, Plessey Co Ltd; H. E.Snow, chairman and managing director, British Petroleum Co Ltd. Order of the BathCB: R. Burns, under-secretary, MoA; R. C. Sutcliffe, chief scientific officer. Meteoro-logical Office, Air Ministry; A. Wolstencroft, Director of Radio Services. Royal Victorian Order KCVO: Basil Smallpeice, managing director,BOAC. Imperial Service OrderISO: T. W. V. Jones, senior principal scientific officer, Air Ministry; S. T. L. Man-sell, Director of Air Technical Publications, Mo A. Order of the British EmpireGBE: Sir Ivan Stedeford, chairman and managing director, Tube Investments Ltd.CBE: F. W. Page, director and chief execu- tive. Aircraft Division, English Electric Avia-tion Ltd; N. H. Searby, manager, Guided Weapons Department, Ferranti Ltd. OBE: W. J. Brown, Director of AtomicWeapons Production, MoA; C. S. Emery, lately sales director. Sir W. G. ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft Ltd; A. R. Macrae, chief engineer, London Airport, Air Ministry; F. E.Osborne, formerly chief test engineer, Rolls- Royce Ltd, Spadeadam, and now engineeringmanager, Rolls-Royce Ltd, Lanarks; H. Owen, senior chief executive officer. Air Ministry;S. W. Ranger, chief executive officer, Air Ministry; Wg Cdr E. H. Umbers, chairman, No 148 (Barnsley) Sqn. Air Training Corps;F. W. Wickson, chief executive officer. Royal Aircraft Establishment. MBE: L. R. Allum, higher executive officer,MoA; Obs Cdr H. P. Barber, Gp Cmdt. No 16 Gp, ROC; W. E. Bell, superintendent,applied electronics laboratory, General Elec- tric Co Ltd, Portsmouth; R. A. Cocke, latelyguided weapons trials manager and now Bloodhound project engineer, Bristol AircraftLtd; Miss L. V. Cope, clerical officer, MoA; J. W. N. Drew, communications officer,Northern Division, MoA. A. V. A. Fiddes, clerical officer, RAFUpavon; A. F. Gillbe, engineer II, MoA; P. N. B. Hardaker. senior experimental officer,MoA; F. D. Ley, hon treasurer, No 126 (Derby) Sqn, Air Training Corps; P. H.McAleese, senior technical superintendent (engineering), No 23 MU, RAF Aldergrove;j. V. Mclntosh, works manager, fluorescent lamp department. Thorn Electrical IndustriesLtd; L. R. Morford, lately higher executive officer. Air Ministry; J. H. Outhwaite, engineerII, MoA. A. W. Parkin, senior executive officer. AirMinistry; Aid E. Phillips, chairman of com- mittee. No 1223 (Caerphilly) Sqn, Air TrainingCorps; J. Roy, engineering manager, Ansett- ANA, Australia; Miss M. Sanceau, member ofgrants committee, RAF Benevolent Fund; Cdr H. Sobey, master, ocean weather shipWeather Adviser, Air Ministry; J. D. Swallow, lately higher executive officer, Air Ministry;Capt A. L. A. Whitham, chief pilot, Mac- Robertson-Miller Airlines, Australia; CaptT. R. Young, secretary. Aircraft Owners' and Pilots' Association, Australia. British Empire Medal F. Andrews, crane driver, No 14 MU, RAFCarlisle; E. G. J. Bates, civilian instructor, No 766 (Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School)Sqn, Air Training Corps; E. J. Bradshaw, Ldg Obs, Post 31/F.3, No 31 Gp, ROC; W. G.Dixson, chargehand, Signals Research and Development Establishment, MoA; R. Fraser,Clerk of Works, No 21 MU, RAF Fauld; G. E. Gait, foreman, Kelvin & Hughes Ltd,Glasgow; J. McE. Gardiner, engineering technician Grade II, No. 1 Ground RadioServicing Sqn, RAF Kinloss; H. T. E. Grubb, Mr Basil Smallpeice (KCVO) and, right, Mt F. W. Page (CBE) foreman of trades, No 15 Ml), RAF Wrough-ton; S. W. Hemming, senior steward, Boeirr 707 fleet, BOAC; B. W. Highley, wire drawer.Bruntons (Musselburgh) Ltd; F. Matheson, Ch Obs, Post 30/S.4, No 30 Gp, ROC: R. H.Mills, research and development craftsman special, RAE Farnborough; G. Morris, latelycivilian WO, No 1279 (Melton Mowbray) Sqn, Air Training Corps; H. F. Nalayeh,works superintendent Grade I, RAF, Steamer Point, Aden; H. H. Nell, leading hand. BristolAircraft Ltd; H. E. Richards, model-shop foreman, Decca Radar Ltd, Tolworth; S.Stallybrass, radio technician, London Airport; A. E. Tolfree. assistant foreman. HawkerAircraft Ltd, Kingston-on-Thames. Honours ORDER OF THE BATH B.Knight Commander: Air Marshal Lees, CB, CBE, DFC.Companions: AVM C. Broughton CBE; AVM B. K. Burnett, DFC, AFC; AVMHartley, CBE, DFC, AFC; AVM T. Shirley, CBE, MIEE, FRAes; AVM F. S. StaDSO, DFC; AVM P. G. Wykeham, DS -- • DFC, AFC; Acting AVM B. A. Chai; tteio.OBE; Air Cdre W. Mad. King, CBE. H. C. OBE, (Continued on pa • 849)
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