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1961
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SERVICE ATTACHES and assistant attaches from 18 countries recently visited the factories of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft at Raginton and ii teswell to see Argosy production. They f/e«v from Northolt in an Argosy C.I of Transport Command. In this group are seen, left to right: Ar Cdre W. Wynter-Morgan, AWA Services liaison officer; Col T. Mosimann, Switzerland: Sqn Ldr Thomson; Col A. Bitar, Jordan; Mai W. A. Baldwin, USA; Capt L. Koho, Finland (almost obscured); Gp C?pt C. Suthichote, Thailand; Mr R. E. LeLong, AWA general sales manager; Col G. Dinculescu, Rumania; Col C. R. R. Manoers, Netherlands; Gp Capt Wakelin: Col M. Roman, Poland; Col V. Csapo, Hungary; Lt-Col E. Saurez, Venezuela; Lt-Col V. P. Kcnobeev, USSR; Lt-Col Z. Loncar, Yugoslavia; Col P. N. Chergilanov, Bulgaria; Col F. Danieli, Italy; Wg Cdr R. Whittam, Air Ministry; Capt (naval) Y. Takahashi, Japan; Col Aye Maung, Burma; Lt-Col J. B. Danielson, Denmark; Sqn Ldr B. A. Ruben, Sweden; Mr E. S. Greenwood, PA to managing director, AWA 571 FLIGHT, 12 October 1961 Fairey's New Chairman FOLLOWING a reorganization of responsibilities on the boardof the Fairey Co Ltd, Mr G. C. D'Arcy Biss has been elected chairman. Mr G. W. Hall, the former chairman, remains adirector of the company as well as being chairman of Avions Fairey SA, the Belgian subsidiary. Mr Raymond E. Purves,chairman of the Australasian subsidiary, has been invited to join the parent company's board. Mr D'Arcy Biss, who joined the board in 1959, is a senior partnerin the firm of Ashurst, Morris. Crisp & Co, who have been the company's solicitors since its formation in 1915. Vivian Cody ON Tuesday of last week, October 3, Vivian Cody, BEM, died atFarnborough, Hants, aged 76. A son of S. F. Cody, who was the first man to make a sustainedpowered flight in this country. Vivian Cody also played a consider- able and lengthy part in aeronautical research. He joined the staffof the Royal Balloon factory at Farnborough (now the Royal Aircraft Establishment) in 1906 and as well as helping his fatherbuild Army Aeroplane No 1 was responsible for the design and construction of the envelopes for the first airships to be built there. During the 1914-18 war young Cody worked on perfectingaeroplane fabric coverings and on the design and construction of mobile hangars for use in France. He was also concerned withresearch into early parachutes. Between the wars his work included development of the first high-altitude and electrically heated flying suits. During the Second World War he was responsible for theimprovement of much of the safety equipment used by aircrew. He retired from the RAE in 1950.Vivian Cody was born in Texas in 1885 while his father was touring with a circus. From the age of five he made stage appear-ances in "Wild West" acts and in 1896 he toured English music halls with his family in a Klondyke Gold Rush melodrama. It wasduring this period that his father began his manlifting-kite experi- ments; and soon after the latter was appointed kite instructor tothe Royal Engineers in 1905 Vivian and his brother Leon were engaged to assist. BAC Appointments THREE appointments in the British Aircraft Corporation wereannounced last week-end. Mr A. H. C. Greenwood is to be manager, aircraft sales and service; Mr D. J. Lambert will betechnical sales manager (civil aircraft); and Mr J. R. Ewans is to be technical sales manager (military aircraft).Mr Greenwood joined the aircraft side of Vickers-Armstrongs in 1940, and after service in the FA A rejoined them in 1946; he wasappointed deputy general manager in 1957 and is now a director of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Mr Lambert has been closelyconcerned with Vickers design since 1940, latterly on the Viscount and Vanguard and now on the first BAC civil design, the One-Eleven. Mr Ewans was at RAE before the war, and then with Blackburn and A. V. Roe. Deputy chief designer of the latterfirm in 1955, he was until recently a director and chief engineer of their Aircraft Division. IN BRIEF The visit of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to RAF Leconfield,previously announced for October 28. is now to take place on Monday, October 23. Grounding of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart (holder of the worldspeed record at 1.525 m.p.h.) was announced by the US Air Force on September 27. Three crashes, one fatal, show no likely commoncause. About 240 of the J75-powered intercepters are in use. Air Cdre F. E. Tyndall has been appointed Director of ElectronicsResearch and Development (Air). Ministry of Aviation, in succession to Air Cdre A. G. P. Brightmore, who is going to Air Ministry as Directorof Radio. Both appointments will be effective from November 1. "RESOLUE," France's first helicopter carrier—designed for the job, and replacing the old "Jeanne d'Arc"—was launched recently at Brest Lockheed Aircraft Corporation now completely own Grand CentralRocket Co, as a result of an agreement with Petro-Tex Chemical. Lockheed previously had a half ownership. Canadian Pratt & Whitney announce that the PT6 free turbine"has one of its first prototype airframe applications in Hiller's new helicopter. Model 1099, which has been flying for several months."This six-seat machine has clamshell rear doors for passengers and cargo. The "Blue Diamonds'" Hunter aerobatic team of No 92 Sqn is on itsway to Nicosia. Cyprus, this week, preparatory to a visit to Iran. On October 20 it will give a display at Meherabad in celebration of IranianAir Force Day. A Republic F-105D recently covered 1.520 miles from Eglin AFB,Florida, to Nellis AFB, Nevada, in a low-level flight which included a simulated bombing attack on a target in Arizona. Using experimentalelectronic navigation and bombing equipment, the pilot—Lt-Col P. Hoza—flew at 500ft-l.000ft except during a climb for air refuelling. The annual Service of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators willbe held at St Michael's. Cornhill. London EC3. at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 30. It will be preceded at 2.30 p.m. by the ProfessionalLicence Holders' meeting at Innholders Hall, College Street, EC4, and followed at 6.30 p.m. by the Guild's a.g.m.. also at Innholders Hall. Hawker Siddeley Aviation announced last week-end that RearAdmiral G. C. Ross has joined Blackburn Aircraft Ltd as Service liaison officer. From 1945 until 1953, when he retired from the RoyalNavy, he was Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair, Admiralty. He was subsequently with Armstrong Siddeley and then with theHawker Siddeley sales organization. According to the Daily Telegraph, the appendix to NATO Speci-fication BMR-3 (discussed in the news-item "Military V/STOL Air- craft") includes ten US electronic firms but not one British. The reportsays "The Ministry of Aviation is making representations to the NATO authorities." and stresses the fact—evident from Flight's special Elec-tronics issue last week—that many British firms have for a long period been working on equipment for TSR.2, to a similar type of specification.
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