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268 FLIGHT International, 22 February 7951 WORLD E W S Berlin Corridor Incidents Soviet Air Force fighters flew close to an RAF Pem broke carrying the British Ambassador to Germany through one of the air corridors to Berlin on Wednesday of last week, drawing a protest from the British Govern ment, which stated that flight information about the transport aircraft had been sub mitted to the Berlin air safety centre but that the Russian movements had not been notified. Subsequently, Soviet fighters performed what were described as "reckless aerobatics" over Berlin. These incidents followed a further Russian request for exclusive use up to 7,000ft of one of the corridors—from Frankfurt to Berlin—from 0900hr to 1350hr on Thursday of last week. Like the six previous Russian requests, an application for similar use of the Ham burg-Berlin corridor last Monday was refused by the three Western representatives at the centre. UK-US Test Programme A joint United Kingdom-United States test programme at the USAF Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, Cal, has just ended. Described as "a successful interdependence exercise in defence research between the two coun tries," it involved two months' flying by a Comet IA and a B-58 Hustler. During the """•-iw fc£?'*Sk programme, infra-red radiation from super sonic aircraft was measured. With the Comet serving as a flying laboratory, fitted with special instrumentation and measuring equipment for the purpose, the tests in volved close passes by the B-58. Instru mentation in the Comet was designed and built in the UK by de Havilland under the direction of the MoA. Hunters for Rhodesia The Governor- General, Lord Dalhousie, announced when he opened the new parliamentary session in Salisbury on February 12 that the Rhodesian Federal Government had bought helicopters (he did not name the type) and was buying Hawker Hunters, believed to be FGA.9s. Carvair in Service Last Saturday, Feb ruary 17, the Aviation Traders Carvair earned revenue for the first time, on a charter flight from Southend to Malaga. On the previous day the same aircraft, first of ten for Channel Air Bridge, was formally delivered at Southend, where it was named "Golden Gate Bridge" by Mme Daeniker, wife of the Swiss ambassador in London. The ceremony was followed by a demonstration flight to Ostend, the Carvair's first trip overseas. Carvairs are to inaugurate the new long- haul car-ferry services to Switzerland early in April; at last week's ceremony both Mr Freddie Laker of British United and Mr Douglas Whybrow of the Air Bridge spoke warmly of the Swiss co-operation that has opened up Basle and Geneva to many more British motoring holidaymakers. Named "Golden Gate Bridge" by the wife of the Swiss Ambassador, the first Aviation Traders Carvair made a demonstration flight from Southend to Ostend last Friday, as recorded on this page. Above is seen the naming ceremony, and in the group at right are—reading down the steps—Mr F. A. Laker, BUA executive director; Mr A. Kunz, Swiss National Tourist Office general manager; Mme Daeniker with Dr Daeniker, the Swiss Ambassador; Mr A. C. Leftley and Mr J. R. Batt, respectively chief designer and director of Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd; and Mr D. A. Whybrow, Channel Air Bridge director and general manager. Below is seen the aircraft and, right, part of the pleasingly styled 22-seat cabin, towards the forward bulkhead
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