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Aviation History
1962
1962 - 0039.PDF
IT tional, wry South African Manpower At the age of 73 Mr S. W. Vine of Krugersdorp, South Africa, who built his own glider in 1911, is tackling the construction of a manpowered aircraft MoA Parliamentary Secretary the Hon C. M. Woodhouse presents Handley Page apprentice Mrs Gerlinda Turnbull with her award as the best of her year, at the HP prizegiving October) he had organized a reunion of former military pilots who qualified for their flying badges more than 50 years ago. Air Cdre Dacre won the DSO at Gallipoli where he became the first British airman to sink a ship by torpedo-dropping. His inter- war service included the appointment of chief of the British Air Mission to Greece and command of RAF stations Biggin Hill and Thorney Island and of No 25 Group. In the Second World War he served with the Advanced Air Striking Force and commanded Nos 24 and 72 Groups. In 1951 he presented a trophy to the RAF in memory of his son Fig Off K. F. Dacre (killed in action in 1943), to be awarded annually to the regular squadron of Fighter Command showing the greatest proficiency in weapon training. Powerplant configuration of the Boeing 727 has been revised, as is seen in a new illustration just released by Boeing (top). Com parison with an earlier drawing reveals that the two side engines have been raised consider ably and that the centre intake duct has been shortened; other changes which are ex ternally evident concern the fin and the main undercarriage Air Marshal Welsh We record with regret that Air Marshal Sir William L. Welsh, KCB, DSC, AFC, who from 1942 to 1943 commanded the British Air Forces in the North African landings and subse quently represented the RAF on the Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington, died recently at his home in Connecticut at the age of 70. After retiring from the RAF in 1944 he became European regional director for BO AC; then from soon after the end of the war until 1954 was North American representative for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. He won the DFC in April 1918 when com manding 17fSqn, and was awarded', the AFC in July 1920. HSS-2 Record Claim The US Navy have claimed as a helicopter record a speed of 199.01 m.p.h. achieved by a Sikorsky HSS-2 over a 3km (nearly two-mile) straight course on December 30. Caravelle-Mig Incident On January 8 a Sabena Caravelle, flying Teheran-Brussels via Istanbul, was forced by Soviet Mig jet fighters to land at Erivan. The captain admitted compass failure, and at the time we closed for press had not been reported as denying that he might have infringed Russian airspace. U-2 Pilot Rescued Capt Charles Stratton ejected from his uncontrollable and burning Lockheed U-2 near Picayune, Mississippi, on January 3, and was rescued only after hanging by his harness from a tree in a snake-infested swamp for ten hours. Said to have been engaged in a meteorological and fallout-sampling mission, the aircraft was put under a strict guard as soon as the wreckage was found. Flex Wing Drone Ryan Aeronautical Co announce that the Flex Wing concept is being investigated for possible surveillance- drone applications under a contract from the US Marine Corps. Two test vehicles constructed by Ryan are engaged in func tional and flight testing at the USMC Unit at Twenty-Nine Palms, California. The ultimate aim is to achieve a device which could be operated by infantry from a portable launcher, carrying photographic or TV equipment, or "other sensing sys tems" over enemy territory. This is the latest of several US Government orders awarded Ryan for the study of Flex Wing applications. Mr G. R. Jefferson, who, as recorded on page 58, has been appointed manager, guided weapons, to English Electric Aviation McEwan King Resigns Presidency It is announced that Mr J. McEwan King has resigned the presidency of King Aircraft Corporation, which he founded in 1941: he is now chairman and managing director of J. McEwan King Ltd. A well-known figure in the aircraft industry, with which he has been connected since 1918, Mr King in 1933 toured the United Kingdom with a 15- aircraft barnstorming circus whose other members included C. W. A. Scott, Tom Campbell Black and Lt Cathcart-Jones. In 1938 he headed the design team which built the Deekay Knight two-seater side-by- side trainer; and from 1939 he was respon sible for some valuable pioneer work in the field of plastics for aircraft components. J. McEwan King Ltd are acting as engineering design and sales consultants in Great Britain, the Continent and USA. Change of Name Vigors Aviation of Oxford Airport, Kidlington, sole Piper distributors in the UK, have announced that as from February 1 their name will be changed to C.S.E. Aviation Ltd. "Sacred Cow" for Smithsonian The famous USAF C-54 (Service version of the DC-4) which, named The Sacred Cow, was the personal aircraft of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, has just become a museum- piece. On December 4 it was added to the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The Sacred Cow, officially retired since last July, attained unique fame by virtue of the distinguished passengers it trans-
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