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1962
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FLIGHT International, 17 May 1962 English Electric Appointments Mr p. K. A. Morrish, MA, has been appointed secretary of English Electric Aviation Ltd and Mr C. I. Bateman assistant secretary. Mr Morrish served in the RAF from 1951 to 1953 and was subsequently with Bristol Aircraft, while Mr Bateman was in the Royal Artillery from 1953 to 1955 (inci dentally including a period with 37 Regt, now equipped with Thunderbird) and was afterwards with English Electric at Steven age and Stafford. "Forty Thousand Hours" (a world record?) was noted in Max Conrad's log-book when he arrived at Kidlington recently, having delivered an Aztec from the States for Col Whitbread. Mr Conrad—seen here with his wife after landing—is a director of Air Sales (Oxford) Ltd, who are Piper agents 765 German G.91 Wing West Germany's first Fiat G.91 unit, No 53 Reconnaissance Wing, was formally commissioned at a ceremony held at Leipheim, near Ulm, on May 5. Taking the salute at the march-past was Gen Kammhuber, Inspector-General of the German Air Force. He was accompanied by Gen Landon, USAF, C-in-C of 4th ATAF. The new unit is one of two reconnaissance wings scheduled to be equipped with the G.91R/3. The other four wings will be equipped for the fighter/bomber role. In all, some 400 G.91s, including 44 of the trainer version, have been ordered for the German Air Force. Both the G.91 and its Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engine are being built under licence in Germany. ARA Chairmanship Change At a recent council meeting of the Aircraft Research Association Ltd, Mr Hugh Burroughes, nues, retired from the chairmanship of the council, a position he has held since the formation of the association ten years ago. Mr Burroughes has had a long career in aeronautics, starting at the end of 1909 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, where he served under Colonel O'Gorman. After the First World War he became the general nianager of the Aircraft Manufacturing Co at Hendon, and later one of the founders The Avian 2/180 Gyroplane, latest development of which is described in a news-item on this page of the Gloucestershire Aircraft Co, which was to become the Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd. Since then he has been associated with pioneering work on the many different aircraft produced by Gloster and has played a prominent part in the activities of the Hawker Siddeley Group both as a director and at one time as deputy managing director. Sir William S. Farren, CB, MBE, was elected chairman of the council. Sir William also started his aeronautical career at the RAE Farnborough during the First World War; following a long period at Cambridge, he joined the Air Ministry and eventually became Director of the RAE for five years, in 1941-1946. Until recently he was technical director at A. V. Roe & Co Ltd, and is now acting as a consultant to the Hawker Siddeley Group. Avro 748 Series 2 Tropical Trials High- altitude tropical trials were recently carried out at Nairobi, and low-altitude trials at Kano, with the Avro 748 Series 2 prototype G-ARAY (two Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7). At the former airfield, 5,300ft a.s.l., in temperatures up to ISA +22°C, there was a complete assessment of take-off and landing performance; at the latter, with tempera tures to ISA + 30°, the Nairobi programme was repeated, plus performance climbs. Hawker Siddeley Aviation report that in every phase the aircraft—which was cap tained by Avro chief test pilot Jimmy Harrison—exceeded expectations. Theentire operation was so uneventful that the pro gramme took two weeks less than origin ally planned. A total of 108hr was flown, and the aircraft covered 11,600 miles. Full ARB certification is expected by the end of June, only nine months after the first flight. Improved Avian Illustrated on this page is the pre-production prototype of the Avian 2/180 Gyroplane, built by Avian Aircraft Ltd of Georgetown, Ontario. Two more prototype/demonstrators are being constructed to further the certifica tion programme and to assist in develop ment work for such specific applications as agricultural aviation. The makers say that results so far ob tained have been extremely encouraging and in most cases up to predicted estimates. The aircraft, they add, is simple to handle and most impressive in jump take-offs, balked landings and vertical descents. Powerplant is a 180 h.p. Lycoming O-360, which in the original prototype drove both the rotor and the pusher propeller. Presentation of a silver cigar box to Mr Hugh Burroughes (left), the retiring chairman of the Aircraft Research Association (news-item on this page). Presenting the box is Mr Cyril Uwins, joint deputy chairman of the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd. Mr R. Hills, chief executive of the Association, is also in the picture
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