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1962
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FLIGHT International, 5 April 1962 "Finally it was decided that the Royal Aero Club should establish in London its own Aviation and Associate Members' Departments and have a conference room available to our previous tenants for their meetings. The possibilities of establishing an aviation centre at an airfield are being examined ..." Lockheed Diversity The 30th annual report of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation emphasizes the many fields in which the 70,250 employees of the nine subsidiary companies are engaged. It is also apparent that what the company calls "traditional markets" are very much on the up-grade, as shown by the following statistics. Deliveries for the calendar year 1961, each to the nearest million dollars, were as follows: traditional markets, commercial aircraft 91, US-Government aircraft 314, and foreign-government aircraft 245; new- markets, missiles 372, military and civilian space 361, shipbuilding 34, electronics 17 and other fields 10. But the backlog on December 31 is as follows: traditional, commercial aircraft 25, US-Government aircraft 823, and foreign-government aircraft 222; and new markets, missiles 332, space 162, ships 53, electronics 13 and others 9. Only about 1.5 per cent of all unfulfilled orders is for commercial work. Contri buting to the increasing importance of aircraft are Lockheed-California's contracts for F-104Gs and related models, the P3V Orion, and the rigid-rotor helicopters, and Lockheed-Georgia's rising business with the C-130, C-140, C-141 and Humming bird. Other Lockheed companies are engaged in such end-products as Polaris, hydrofoils, monorails, guided-missile fri gates, spacecraft and nuclear reactors. Two Special Issues of Diffe journals appear ing this month are The Motor Cycle Holiday number, today, April 5, and Amateur Photographer Colour number next Wed nesday, April 11. Preview This model of the VA-3 Hovercraft, now being built by Vickers-Armstrongs (South Morston), will be at the Mechanical Handling Exhibition at Earls Court, London, from May 8-18. Seen examining the model at an advance press reception are Mr S. T. Ryder, managing director of Associated lliffe Press Ltd, and Mr F.W.&atchelor, managing director of lliffe Exhibitions Ltd. Sponsors are the lliffe 'journal "Mechanical Handling" 500 New RAF Commanders-in-Chief (see news-item, this page): left to right. Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor, Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway and Air Marshal Sir Douglas Morris WORLD NEWS .. . VA-3 Developments Compared with the drawings published on page 155 of Flight International dated February 1 last, the model of the Vickers-Armstrongs VA-3 Hovercraft depicted on this page displays notable design changes. The latest brochure figures quoted by the makers give a length of 54ft 9in, a width of 26ft 11 in, and a height of 17ft 9in. Four Blackburn Turmo gas turbines are specified and the all-up weight is given as 24,5001b. Twenty-four passengers and a crew of two will be carried at a cruising speed of 60kt for 92 n.m. Over solid surfaces maximum static hover height will be 8in, and maximum wave- condition for high speed is 2ft 3in. RAF Command Changes Three Com mander-in-Chief changes have been an nounced by the Air Ministry. Air Marshal Sir Hector D. McGregor, KCB, CBE, DSO. is to be C'in-C Far East Air Force from June 10; Air Marshal Sir Anthony D. Selway, KCB, DFC, is to be AOC-in-C Coastal Command from August 10 in succession to Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton, KBE, CB, who is retiring from the Service; and Air Marshal Sir Douglas G. Morris, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, is to be AOC- in-C Fighter Command from May 8. Air Marshal McGregor, a New Zealand- er, has been AOC-in-C Fighter Command since July 1959 and was previously Director of Air Defence at SHAPE. Air Marshal Selway has been C-in-C Far East Air Force since June 1960 and before that was AOC No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group and Senior RAF Officer, Scotland. Air Marshal Morris has been Chief of Staff at HQ Allied Air Forces Central Europe since February 1960 and prior to that was Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Air Defence). RAeC Aviation Centre to Close In his chairman's report to the annual general meeting of the Royal Aero Club on March 28, Col C. F. H. Gough said: "As you may have heard, Londonderry House has been put up for auction and will close down as our Aviation Centre on August 3 this year. We have considered many alternatives. We hoped to build accommodation above the squash court here, but the estimated costs of building, etc, made an economic rental too high for our tenants. We attempted to establish an aviation centre near here, but again economic rentals were too high for most of our tenants.
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