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992 Members of the Short Bros Long Service 25 Years Plus Association at a recent reunion, attended by 60 out of the surviving hundred members. Among those present were Sir Arthur Gouge (standing, fourth from the right); Mr J. L Parker, formerly chief test pilot, who is on Sir Arthur's left, and Mr £. Newdick, secretary of the association (second from the right) INDUSTRY International Company News English Electric Changes Changes have been announced in the commercial organ ization of the Aircraft Division of English Electric Aviation. Mr J. W. Adderley has been made London manager of the division, with offices at British Aircraft Corporation, 100 Pall Mall, London SW1; Mr R. N. Milne has transferred to the staff of the military aircraft sales manager of BAC; and Mr P. D. W. Hackforth has been appointed sales manager of the AircraftDivision, based at Warton, Lanes. Mr Hackforth has been operational liaison officer at Warton since 1954 and will retain responsibility for the operational liaison organization. Common Market Opportunity That the British aircraft industry stands to gain by Britain's "imaginative and forward move" towards the Common Market was the view expressed by Sir W. Reginald Verdon Smith, chairman and joint man aging director of the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd, at the company's recent a.g.m. "So far as the British aircraft industry as a whole is concerned," said Sir Reginald, "the wider its area of opportunity and the larger the FLIGHT International, 21 June 1962 number of customers, customer-airlines and government and military authorities to which we have access, the better for the industry. Directly, so far as tariffs are concerned, and indirectly as well, the aircraft industry as a whole, and particu larly the companies in which we are inter ested, stand to gain by this imaginative and forward move." Bristol Aeroplane net assets showed an increase of £615,000 during the year. Net profits before taxation, at £2,162,000, had increased by £114,000 compared with the previous year. Avro Apprentice Training Every year, there are some 1,200 applications for apprenticeships at A. V. Roe & Co Ltd. This figure was given by Mr H. Lomas, the company's personnel and training officer, at the recent annual distribution of prizes to apprentices. He stressed the high standard of training which had been achieved. Since the present scheme started 11 years ago, about 700 apprentices had been placed within the company and 75 per cent of them were still there, more than half occupying positions of importance and influence. Awards were presented by Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, the company's managing director, principal prizes going to J. H. McKinnon (Roy Chadwick Memorial Award for most outstanding merit in aircraft design); T. S. Thomeycroft (Freddie Bassett Trophy for most outstanding trade apprentice); and R. W. Pottinger (Avro 504 Club Trophy for most outstanding all-round apprentice). LETTERS (Continued from page 990) Until some form of international inspection is put into force we shall just have to continue suffering—though not necessarily in silence. London N4 j. E. W. SURMAN Hawker in the class for small aeroplanes, won the second prize, of £3,000. If there had been a demand for personal aeroplanes the Antelope would have sold well. But, owing to Air Ministry frustration, there was almost no private flying; just one private pilot, Frank Courtney (now resident in La Jolla, Cal), who flew a Boulton and Paul biplane for pleasure. London W14 GEOFFREY DORMAN 804, not 803 SIR,—It was nice to see Hermes and 700Z featured on your Service Aviation page of the issue for June 7; but if you hadn't chopped the tail off that Scimitar, you (as a connois seur, I'm sure) would have noticed that it belonged to 804 Sqn, not 803. A small matter but important to those concerned, especi ally to the undersigned, who had just got out of the Scimitar. London SE18 T. v. G. BINNEY, Lt Cdr Royal Naval Tactical School, Woolwich Airdale and Antelope SIR,—The Beagle advertisement featuring the bringing of the Le Mans 24-hour race to within 1 lOmin travelling time from London reminds me how I first met Mr M. M. W. (now Sir Miles) Thomas, who was then on the staff of a motor paper. He chartered a Sopwith Antelope flown by Mr F. P. Rayn- ham in the summer of 1921 to fly from Croydon to Le Mans to report the Grand Prix. The Antelope, about the last of the Sopwiths, was a biplane with 200 h.p. Wolseley Viper, seating two passengers in an enclosed cabin and having a four-wheel undercarriage with brakes. In the Commercial Aeroplane Trials at Martlesham in September 1920 the Antelope, flown by the great Harry FORTHCOMING EVENTS June 22-24 Gothenburg Aero Club: Rally. June 23-24 Vichy Aero Club: International Rally. June 24 Tiger Club: Display, Wolverhampton. June 29-30 College of Aeronautics: Cranfield Open Days (June 29 by invitation only). June 30-July 1 Fifteenth International Tour of Sicily, Palermo. June 39-July 1 Airo-Club de Basse-Normandie: Flers Rally. RNAS Yeovil ton, Som: At Home. Kronfeld Club: Talks by 1962 Gliding Champions. RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire: At Home. Northamptonshire Aero Club: At Home, Sywell. RAF "Calvacade of Flying," Royal Tournament, London. RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire: At Home. RAeC: Business Aircraft and Touring Competition. RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire: At Home. RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall: At Home. Tiger Club: Display, Fair Oaks. HMS "Ariel," Lee-on-Solent: At Home. Royal Aero Club: National Air Races, Coventry. Tiger Club: Display, Shoreham. SBAC Flying Display and Exhibition, Farnborough. RAF "At Home" Day. June 30 July 4 July 7 July 8 July 11-28 Earls Cour July 14 July 20-21 July 21 July 28 Aug 6 Aug 11 Aug 16-18 Aug 19 Sept 3-9 Sept 15
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