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450 FLIGHT, 14 September 1961 200,000 prisoners. (3) On air reconnaissances in the region ofBerestechko, Galicia.on June 19-27, 1916, he discovered that at the junction of the Eleventh and Eighth Armies a large German unitwould encircle the left flank of the Russian Eighth Army. The Russian armies attacked this enemy unit and took 200,000 prisoners. For these air reconnaissances, Capt of Cossack Artillery V. M.Tkachev was awarded the St George Order (Fourth Class), was knighted, was given the very rare award of the Gold Sword of theOrder of St George (usually reserved for high-ranking officers), was appointed CO of the Eleventh Air Wing, and in 1917 made C-in-Cof the Russian Air Service. His Majesty King George V awarded him the CMG and DSO. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel,colonel and major-general. During the Civil War he was the C-in-C of the Russian Air Forces in South Russia. He emigrated to Yugoslavia where he was the editor of an avia-tion magazine; later he worked as a bookbinder. After the Second World War he was repatriated to his homeland, Kuban (he was aKuban Cossack and a personal friend of the famous Capt P. N. Nesterov). and still lives as a pensioner in Krasnodar, Kuban.Recently he wrote a book about his fellow pilot Nesterov, Russian Fugle, and is now writing his war memoirs. Tartu, Estonia E. MEOS [We have elected to publish this letter much as received, rather thanrisk misinterpretation of General Tkachev's letter.—Ed.] FORTHCOMING EVENTS Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford: Course on Noise Measurement. Battle of Britain Week. German Aero Club: 2nd International Sporting Pilots' Rally. Baden-Baden. British Interplanetary Society: a.g.m. Kronfeld Club: "Italian Nationals," by Philip Wills. International Grand Prix for Light Aircraft, Bourges. Kronfeld Club: USAF Film Evening. 12th International Astronautical Congress, Washington DC. BritIRE: 'Methods Used for the Study of Vibration in Aero Engines," by D. A. Drew. Kronfeld Club: Debate on "Gliding should be Government Subsidized." International Airline Navigators Council: Pacific Regional Meeting, San Francisco. Aerodrome Owners Association (Leeds and Bradford): Conference, Harrogate. Kronfeld Club: Annual Dinner and Dance. Genoa Rally. RAeS (Luton Branch): Film Evening. BritIRE (South Western Section): "General Introduction to Inertial Navigation," by R. Cotlinson, and "Components and Techniques Employed in Inertial Navigation Systems." by E. Bristow. Kronfeld Club: USAF Film Evening. Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators: Lecture, "Stress and Human Performance," by Air Cdre W. K. Stewart. Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Oct Octooo o Oct Oct 11-15 11-17 13-17 15 20 23-24 27 2-7 4 4 5 5-6 7 7-8 10 1 1 II 12 Winton Aerodrome I AM writing as an old-timer to ask whether your readers cangive any details of the old Winton Aerodrome outside Bourne-mouth, of 1917-18 and onward a bit. A Mr Winter from Grahame-White's Hendon school was chief instructor. Later camea Mr Tollerfield. who worked during the last war at BAC Rodney Inspection. Manager at Winton, and I believe the owner, wasMr Etches. A few weeks ago one of your correspondents wrote regarding theDaily Mail 1911 Round Britain Race. The writer took part in this by trying to chase the Bristol aircraft with a converted French-built Charron taxi. The body was removed to form an open truck. Your founder, Mr Spooner, found me my first aircraft job withthe late Capt Bertram Dickson. I had Mr Montague Napier's per- mission to leave his company to join the British & Colonial Aero-plane Co. Mr Napier told me: "I think you have something, Solomon, in this aeroplane business"'! 18 Queen's Drive, Bristol 7 HAROLD SOLOMON Aeronautical Inn-signs I HAVE just returned from holiday and, catching up on myFlight reading, I enjoyed Leslie Hunt's article "Local Flying."'in the issue of August 10. A couple of years ago 1 was delighted to see a small country pub at Desford in Leicestershire bearingthe name "The Lancaster" and sporting a fine illustration of a "Lane" on its sign.Attenborough, Notts N. ESCOTT NORTH CORRESPONDENCE IN BRIEF Malcolm D. N. Fisher, of the Air-Britain Air Relics Research Group,writes to ask for information on the RAF history of the Mk 9 Spitfire NH238 which suffered damage to its port wing during the London-Cardiff Race early in June. He would particularly liks to hear from anybody who served with the squadron to which this aircraft was issued,and anyone who prepared it prior to shipment to Belgium for service with the Belgian Air Force. Mr Fisher's address is 300 Coulsdon Road.Old Coulsdon. Surrey. THE INDUSTRY New Locking Compound BOTH MoA and ARB approval has been given to Loctitesealant, a new liquid polymer for the bonding of metal partswhich has found wide application in the aviation industry, particu- larly for locking and sealing threaded fasteners against vibration.Listed among users, it is stated, are BEA, de Havilland, Blackburn Aircraft, Short Bros and the RAF. Loctite is a non-volatile thermosetting plastic with the propertyof conversion from a low-viscosity liquid to solid form in less than 15min when confined between closely fitting metal parts; itcontinues to gain strength to a fully hardened condition in eight to ten hours. No mixing or preparation is required, and the lowviscosity permits penetration by capillary action even to pre- tightened assemblies. Once hardened, the sealant is resistant tochemicals, oils, fuels, water and most known solvents in a tem- perature range from -65°F to + 35OT. A recent application hasbeen on the retaining nuts and bolts of the "Dover sole" engine fairings on BEA Viscounts. A product of the American Sealants Co, USA, Loctite is mar-keted in the United Kingdom by Douglas Kane (Sealants) Ltd, 243 Upper Street, London Nl. Gp Capt Hamish Mahaddie, DSO, DFC, AFC, AFRAes, 118 MountStreet, London Wl, is aeronautical consultant to the company's aviation division. IN BRIEF Mr D. H. Young, AMiMechE, FBIS, has joined the staff of Hale,Hamilton (Valves) Ltd as general sales manager. Director of technical services at Metalastik Ltd, Mr G. F. Laurence has been appointed a deputy managing director of the company. B.S.T. Aeronautical Co Ltd are at 84 Alexandra Road. Farnborough,Hants, and not at 84 Farnborough Road as stated in our Ancillary Industry directory on August 31. Lloyd Instruments Ltd have acquired larger premises and their newaddress (to which the subsidiary' company H. Millington is also moving) is Furrow Lane, Homerton High Street, London E9 (AMHerst 6578). Appointed director and general manager of Aircraft-Marine Products(Gt Britain) Ltd, Mr G. H. J. Munro joined the company in 1957 as sales manager, moving into general management early this year. Formerly director of research with Tube Investments Ltd, and beforethat chief superintendent of the rocket propulsion department at RAE Farnborough, Dr T. P. Hughes has become joint assistant managingdirector of B.B. Chemical Co Ltd. An international conference on The Metallurgy of Beryllium has beenarranged by the Institute of Metals. It is being held in the assembly hall of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Craven Street. London WC2.from October 16 to 18. Full details may be obtained from the institute at 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1. Vactric Control Equipment Ltd have stated that at the time of theacquisition of their share capital by the News of the World Organization, mention was made that it was planned to expand the company'sfacilities. "Substantial premises" have now been acquired at Garth Road, Morden, Surrey; top priority is to be given to the erection of anew block to house the development and applied research departments. As additional space becomes available the company will graduallyconcentrate all its activities into this area. Lord Baillieu. Australian-born president of the Duniop Rubber Coand chairman of the English-speaking Union, has travelled well over a million miles by air since he first took up flying fifty years ago. To markthis achievement a triple presentation was made recently to Lord and Lady Baillieu and to Miss L. E. Watson, his personal assistant (who hasalso completed a million flying miles), by Mr G. W. Armstrong. European director of United Airlines Inc. The Plessey Co Ltd have announced the appointment of BrigadierJ. D. Haigh, OBE, MA, MIEE, as general divisional manager of a group of divisions including the wiring and connectors division, capacitorsand resistors division and Preformations Ltd. Brig Haigh, who joined Plessey in 1958, was one of Britain's early radar experts. Since Februarylast year he has held the position of divisional manager at the Plessey capacitors and resistors division, Swindon. Mr J. D. Percy was recently made technical sales manager of CossorRadar and Electronics Ltd. One of John Logie Baird's original band of assistants at the very start of television in 1928, he remained withBaird until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he served with the Royal Navy and subsequently the Royal CanadianNavy. He joined Cossor (Canada) on leaving the RCN in 1955, trans- ferring to Cossor Radar and Electronics at Harlow in 1958.
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