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fLIGHT International, 23 August 1962 Northrop T-38; and to Cdr Malcolm D. R US Naval Reserve, and the late Lt Cdr Victor A. Prather, Medical Corps, US jva\'\ who together attained an altitude of H3.739.9ft in a balloon flight over the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, 1961. PEEP for the Buccaneer Rank Cintel were permitted to announce last week that the Pilot's Electronic Eye Level presentation (PEEP) or head-up dis play has been ordered for the Buccaneer, presumably to facilitate the pilot's task dur ing high-speed, low-level flying. During the past year, Rank have reduced the size of PEEP equipment by 30 per cent, while also making it provide more information, by using a new form of electronic packaging. They are now working on micro-miniature circuitry which will further reduce size, while allowing an even more elaborate display. It can be assumed that PEEP in the Buccaneer provides attitude and steer ing information, together with radar altimeter and terrain clearance indications. PEEP is already included in the automatic landing system in the Short Belfast and has been installed in several research aircraft. Luton Closure Following the cancellation of the MoA contract for the development of the Blue Water missile (reported in last week's issue), British Aircraft Corporation announce that the English Electric Aviation factory at Luton is to run down and close by the end of this year. About 900-1,000 employees will be made redundant, or roughly half the total who may ultimately lose their jobs as a result of the cancellation. The shut-down will not effect English Electric's other subsidiary at Luton, D. Napier & Son, and several essential departments—such as plastics and computers—will be transferred to Stevenage. Three RS-70s The United States Congress has approved a Fiscal 1963 budget of $362m (£129.7m) for the North American RS-70 programme. The original plan for a production B-70 bomber was cancelled, and replaced by a limited programme involving two flight aircraft, neither of them equipped with military systems, plus a static-test airframe. This project is now well advanced, the static airframe being essentially complete and the first flight prototype being in final assembly at Palmdale. The new House/ Senate vote returns the aircraft to a military status, as the reconnaissance/strike vehicle which US Air Force Strategic Air Command have long considered essential to the ful filment of their mission. The S362m is a 259 Final Functional Tests are now under way on the YS-II twin-Dart transport, built by the Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Co Ltd of Tokyo. First flight is scheduled for next month. Tank-testing is seen in the lower of these newly received views compromise between the $49 lm demanded by the Air Force (and by a strong civilian pressure-group) and the $171m recom mended by the Secretary of Defense. Supporting Radar Outposts In their first three months of Texas Tower duty, supporting radar outposts in the Atlantic from Otis AFB, Mass, three Sikorsky S-61As have more than trebled cargo and passenger loads carried by nine piston-engined helicopters on similar duty in April, May and June last year, and have done so in 73hr less flying time. They flew 85 sorties, carried 1,439 passengers and a total payload of 298,5651b. The aircraft are on loan from the US Navy, being flown and maintained by the USAF. ATC Convention Aeroflot's general representative in Lon don, Mr E. Smirnov, is to be one of the speakers at the 1962 Air Traffic Control Convention, being held in Bournemouth from October 9 to 11 by the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers. His subject is Air Traffic Control in Russia. Other aspects of ATC being dealt with by speakers in clude Air Traffic Control and Executive Flying, by Gp Capt D. R. S. Bader, manag ing director of Shell Aircraft Ltd; Problems of Airspace for General Aviation, by Mr Peter Masefield, managing director of Beagle Aircraft; and Stress and Performance in ATC, by Mr K.. G. Corkindale of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine. British Team Wins Model Contest Great Britain won the team contest at the World Radio-controlled Model Aircraft Championships at RAF Kenley last week end, with the USA second and Germany hird. In the individual championship H. Brooks (GB) tied with T. Brett (USA), and both became joint champions. A fly-off was thus necessary to decide which of the two would hold the King of the Belgians' Cup, and Brett was the winner. "FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL" AND THE SHOW Next Thursday onwards—three special SBAC -how numbers. Demand for these Show issues is always heavy, so advance orders to newsagents are advised. The greatly enlarged August 30 issue will sell l* 2s 6d, the other two at the normal price of Is 6d. AUGUST 30: "Britain's Aircraft Industry." A detailed, specially illustrated review of British aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, engines and components, including a quick-reference directory to the pro ducts of several hundred firms. SEPTEMBER 6. "Farnborough Report." A first-hand report on the aircraft and flying demonstrations at the opening of the Show. SEPTEMBER 13: "Farnborough Review." The rest of the Show- week news and pictures, with a detailed survey of technical pro gress. Regular features will appear in this and the other two issues.
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