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FLIGHT International 19 July 1962 this programme—associating French, Ger-. iian. Dutch, Belgian, British and American -ms—has since inception been carried on without any delays. They emphasize this •very exceptional situation" in view of ihe co-ordination difficulties involved by such diverse international co-operation. •Progress in advanced techniques is often risky and unfortunately sometimes involves accidents. Although such an accident involved one of the prototypes in April last, all necessary measures have been taken so that no delay results,*- the company add. The French Minister for Defence, Bre- ouet state, has given formal Parliamentary assurance that the financial dispositions proposed in the supplementary budget will entail no delay or reduction in the Atlantic programme. AGARD Anniversary The tenth anniversary of the founding of NATO's Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development (AGARD) was celebrated at a meeting at NATO head quarters in Paris on July 11-12. The theme of the meeting was "Manned Flight Systems —Past, Present and Future," and speakers included Dr Hugh L. Dryden. deputy administrator of the US National Aero nautics and Space Administration, and X-15 pilot Maj Robert A. Rushworth. A gold medal was presented to AGARD chairman Dr Theodor von "Carman. 7') Hughes 269A light helicopter, the first in Great Britain, seen in the Army Air Corps display at Middle Wallop on July 7. The name "Westland" on the tail boom denotes that company's interest "New Soviet Speed Record The Soviet news agency Tass reports that on July 7 Lt Col G. Mosolov, flying an E-166 aircraft, established a mean speed of 2,678.5 km/hr (1,664.3 m.p.h.) in both directions over a 15-25km course. Speed in one direction is described as "over ',000 km/hr." Details of the flight have been sent to the FAI, since it exceeds the existing figure (2,585 km/hr by Col R. B. Robinson in an F4H last November) by the required three per cent. Col Mosolov established a previous world record of -388 km/hr in the earlier Mig delta E-66 m October 1959. Needle Nose Canadair's CL-4IR, with complete Nasarr system for the F-I04G, first flew on July 13. Fuselage bulges house electronics. Roles include operational training and check-out of the Nasarr system before installation in the F-I04G Thunderbird Thunderchiefs The US Air Force aerobatic team known throughout the world as The Thunderbirds will convert from the F-100 to the Republic F-105D Thunderchief after completing their 1962 programme. Next year they will visit Europe and take part in the Paris Salon. HF-24 to Have RD-9 Engines "Reliable sources" in New Delhi state that the Indian Government team which recently visited Moscow to discuss engineer ing, installational and contractual details concerning the RD-9 (VK-7) turbojet has now returned after signing an agreement for manufacture of this engine in India to power the ultimate production HF-24 fighter. Test Pilots' Symposium Northrop test pilot D. W. Wood, Jr. is to be general chairman of the sixth annual symposium and banquet of the US Society of Experimental Test Pilots, being held at Beverly Hills on September 28-29. Symposium chairman will be Maj Eugene P. Deatrick, USAF. Chairmen for the technical sessions will be Donald P. Germeraad, chief engineering test pilot, Convair (Transpsrts); Maj Donald R. Segner, USMC, of the US Naval Post graduate School, Monterey (V/STOL Aircraft); and George Cooper, chief test pilot, NASA Ames Research Center (Space and Research). Tactical Weapons Meet An Allied Air Forces Central Europe tactical weapons meet, the first competition of its kind to be held, was won recently at the French Air Force base of St Dizier by the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force. They beat 2nd ATAF by 2,158 points to 1,436 and won the new award, the Sir Harry Broad- hurst Trophy. This was presented by Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, now retired from the RAF and managing director of A. V. Roe & Co Ltd, to the 4th ATAF team captain. Lt Col Forrest L. Rauscher, USAF. The team Col Rauscher captained consisted of USAF, French and West German Air Force units; the 2nd ATAF team of RAF, Royal Netherlands and Belgian Air Force units. Aircraft partici pating were Canberras, F-84F Thunder- streaks and F-lOODs. The teams had to fly sorties involving skip-bombing, live air- to-ground rocketry, live air-to-ground strafing and simulated LABS (low-altitude bombing system) delivery. ATC's 21st Birthday At RAF White Waltham next Saturday (July 21) the Air Training Corps celebrates its 21st anniversary with a demonstration in which over 400 members of the Corps are taking part, plus 60 visiting cadets from similar organizations of seven other nations. As a climax to the rally, the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Mr W. J. Taylor, is to take the salute at a march- past in which the ATC banner will be paraded. The afternoon's programme begins at 2.45 p.m. and will be made up of events designed to illustrate all aspects of ATC activities. It will include gliding displays and aerobatics by Chipmunks of one of the 13 RAFVR flights which give air experience to ATC cadets. DHC Acquisitions In the near future, de Havilland of Canada are to combine with their own operations the facilities and staffs of the Avro Aircraft Division and Canadian Applied Research Division of Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd. Purchase of the Avro Aircraft Division and Canadian Applied Research means the acquisition of some 2m sq ft of facilities of modern aero nautical research, test and production equipment. This transaction was announced in a joint statement last week by Mr T. J. Emmert, president and chief executive officer of Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd, and Mr P. C. Garratt, chairman and man aging director of de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hawker Siddeley Group. Mr Garratt commented: "The skilled engineering and production staffs and air frame manufacturing facilities of the Avro plant will add new strength to de Havilland's present and future aircraft programmes. The acquisition of Canadian Applied Research, which produces a variety of airborne electro-mechanical equipment and instruments, will be ex tremely beneficial to our operations. In
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