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77 T, ust '61 FEARFUL SYMMETRY was William Blake's description of the tiger in his poem of that name. Here are the RAF's "Flying Tigers"—No 74 Sqn practising their Farnborough contribution with their English Electric Lightnings. A ruler placed along the tips of the Airpass radar bullets discloses that one or two are at least nine inches out of alignment, but there is hope for something tidier on the day computer's capacity, Marconi Doppler, Sperry Rotorace gyro and a RAE Topographical Display Unit based on "half-million" map strips have been used, with Decca Navigator to provide the basic reference fixes. Hyperbolic conversion in the air could be incor- porated on a time-sharing basis. A complex version of Dexan would occupy one cubic foot, weigh 501b and be available in five years. A simpler unit to perform hyperbolic conversion and little else would be available in two or three years and might cost about £5,000. More immediate applica- tion would appear to be for stand-off missile launch calculations in V-bombers or for the management of supersonic strike aircraft. WAITING IN THE WINGS for "The Longest Day": ex-Belgian Air Force Spitfires, which are among aircraft taking part in the D-Ciay film of this title, seen at Ostend Airport. In the foreground is apparently a Packard Merlin-engined LF.I6E; behind it a Mk 9. Finding aircraft and pilots has been the responsibility of the air consultant, Capt John Crewdson of Film Aviation Services Ltd IN BRIEF A contract for the tirst United Nations aerial survey in Africa wasawarded recently to Hunting Surveys, pan of the Hunting group. It covers nearly 12,000 sq miles in two areas of Uganda. ColChesleyG. Paterson. appointed Chief of Staff of the US Fifth AirForce at Fuchu. Japan, is a former CO of No 71 Sqn. tirst of the three "Eagle" squadrons. He holds the British DSO and DFC. Lord Waterpark has joined the sales division of Vigors AviationLtd, sole UK distributors for Piper Aircraft. He was until recently a director of Spartan Air Services in Kenya and also CFI of SubukiaFlying Club. He holds a current Commercial Licence and Instrument Rating, and has flown more than 30 types of American light andexecutive aircraft. Following the retirement on August 31 of Mr Warren Lee Pierson,chairman of TWA's board of directors and chairman of the executive committee. Mr E. O. Cocke, now system general manager and seniorvice-president, will take up the newly created position of senior vice- president industry affairs and senior counsellor to the president. FloydD. Hall, at present vice-president and general transportation manager, will take over Mr Cocke's position, while J. E. Frankum, general trans-portation manager for the Atlantic region, will succeed Mr Hall. Mr Warren Lee Pierson will continue to serve on the board. The 515 items of information presented in the Spacecraft Scoreboard1961 tables in Flight of August 17. included three errors. The orbital period of Vostok 2 should have read 88.6min; the date of launch ofDiscover 18 was December 7. 1960: and the "remarks" entry for the Soviet Venus probe should have read "radio contact lost on February17; attempt during June to re-establish contact from Jodrell Bank inconclusive." Omitted from the main table were the radio frequenciesof Transit 4A, which are 54 and 324Mc/s. The number of Capt Grissom's Mercury capsule was 11, and not as stated in the article'The Year of the Astronauts." Next Wednesday's (September 6) issue of our associated journalAmateur Photographer is a special Enlargers and Projectors Guide. TWO MORE "FLIGHT" SHOW NUMBERS . . . Sept 7, FARNBOROUGH REPORT Sept 14. FARNBOROUGH REVIEW
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