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1962
1962 - 0077.PDF
3HT International, 18 January 1962 ie infantry and then with the RFC and F, Recalled for service from 1939 to i ij he became Deputy Director of rming at Air Ministry and Senior . sonnel Staff Officer, Transport Com- wnd. He retired from the Royal Air : ice in January 1946. 'oiez Irish Project It was officially •.jounced in Dublin last Friday that : .::'nlissments Henry Potez are to build a j:;ory in Eire for the manufacture of the •oiez 840. After inspection of a number of i'.es the military airfield at Baldonnel, lear Dublin, has been selected, and the riant is expected to employ some 1,700 men men in full production. i lalayan Pioneer Order A Royal Malayan \h Force order for four Prestwick Pioneers i as announced by Scottish Aviation last : riday, when the RMAF took delivery at •restwick of five Series 3 Twin Pioneers. The new order is worth £80.000. [xecutive Accident We regret to record hat Mr H. W. A. Waring, a director of juest Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd, and Capt iVilliam Mellows, a pilot of British Executive Vir Services Ltd, were killed on January 9 vhen the Cessna 310 in which they were lying from Cardiff to Luxembourg crashed vhile making its approach to Luxembourg Airport. long-range Missions A B-52H of the SLSAF Strategic Air Command flew from pkinawa to Spain last week non-stop with- iout refuelling—a distance of 12,599 miles. fThe flight was made in 22hr lOmin at an average speed of 575 m.p.h. and the USAF fere claiming 11 new distance and speed Records for it. Last Tuesday, a Valiant of BO Sqn, RAF Bomber Command, was Sying non-stop from its base at Honington, ^Suffolk, to Chicago, 111. The aircraft was [taking a block of stone from the ruins of Ithe abbey of St Edmund at Bury St pEdmunds as a gift from the people of the town to the episcopal church of St Edmund King and Martyr in Chicago. Mirage DIS Radar The Swiss Government has signed a contract for '"the integration Df the Hughes Taran-1 fire-control system nto the Mirage HIS aircraft to be built in Switzerland." Taran-1, which was origin ally designed for the Norair N-156 Free dom Fighter, will thus replace C.S.F. Caesar fire-control proposed by Dassault. k strong competitor with Taran-1 was Ferranti Airpass 2. Shackleton Display for Sywell North ampton Airport (Sywell) will be the location or this year's international aircraft display organized by W. S. Shackleton (Aviation) -td. For the fifth year in succession the neeting, known previously as the Shackleton tales weekend, will display a range of new '••••' used aircraft available for purchase by ; '.ate, club, and business operators. This 77 Blinder Thus named in the NATO code is the beauteous Soviet bomber seen in this film sequence. The impression created by the final frame suggests that this particular name is not inappropriate year's display will be held on April 13. 14. and 15, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The main change in the organization of the meeting this year is a reduction in the number of flying demonstrations and an emphasis on statically displayed aircraft. Visitors by air and invited guests will be admitted free of charge, and public ad mission will cost 10s (aircraft enclosure) or 2s 6d (public enclosure). Recognition Contest There are 29 ATC, CCF and Air Scout teams— largest-ever entry of cadet contestants— and 14 ROC teams, the most from the Corps for some years, in the fifteenth annual All-England Aircraft Recognition Com petition, being held by the Aircraft Recog nition Society in the Royal Aeronautical Society lecture hall in London next Saturday (January 20). This year, the first trophy ever offered specifically for the Royal Observer Corps in this competition, a model of a Phantom II donated by the C-in-C, US Naval Forces, Europe, is being put up for award to the highest-scoring ROC team. Royal Netherlands Air Force and RAF teams are also competing. BPA on the Buccaneer Dowty anoun- ced on January 11 "The £40m double-up order for the Blackburn Buccaneer is good news for Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd, Wolverhampton, who supply all the powered flying control equipment on this aircraft. Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd is the newest member of the Dowty Group. Other Dowty products on the Buccaneer are nose and main undercarriages, accessory drive gearbox, fuel-flow proportioners, electrical equipment and seals." The figure of £40m has not previously been given. US Strike Command An airlift of 6,000 American troops from the United States to West Germany, by Hercules and Globe- master aircraft as a NATO reinforcement exercise, was being carried out this week from Monday onwards. It is the first over seas airlift by a new combined USAF- American Army organization, the United States Strike Command. Alouette 3 Certificated Sud-Aviation's Alouette 3 seven-seat helicopter recently received its French C of A. This more powerful derivative of the Alouette 2 has already been bought by seven countries.
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