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1962
1962 - 2026.PDF
FLIGHT International, 13 September 1962 433 FARNBOROUGH WEEK SECOND REPORT FROM THE SHOW Illustrated mainly with "Flight International" photographs and sketches 'HE best show we have had."' That was how Sir Roy Dobson, SBAC president, summed up the Society's 23rd flying display and exhibition, which drew a record attendance of 330,000 people. Sir Roy confirmed (see "World News" item) that the next Show would be in 1964—unless something sensational happened in the meantime—and said it would continue to show- British products or those licence-manufactured in the United Kingdom. The Trade Days A GLITTER of VIPs descended on Farnborough on Tuesday. September 4, to declare the Trade Days well and truly open. They included: Mr Julian Amery, concealing his new Ministry of Aviation responsibilities beneath an inscrutable smile; Mr Najeeb Halaby, Administrator of the US Federal Aviation Agency: Sir Solly Zuckerman, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence; General Sir Richard Hull, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; and Prof Siegfried Balke, West German Minister of Atomic Energy. Before them, the deluge. Solid rain poured down for much of the morning, driving most visitors to search for shelter amid the technical wizardry of the big tent or the non-technical hospitality of the company enclosures. Umbrellas bobbed around the static aircraft park; and the model aircraft carrier, designed to tempt spectators into joining the Fleet Air Arm, was awash. But the day had brightened up by noon, when the Minister of Aviation was due to call in at the Press tent with news of a certain aircraft order—which he had doubtless read about in that morning's newspapers. At 12.30 Mr Amery arrived, on a "social visit," and read out a statement to the effect that the Government had decided in principle to order a number of D.H.125s for use as advanced navigational trainers for the RAF. Questions followed. How many D.H.I25s? One could not give a precise number. How about the supersonic transport? The Minister looked forward to meeting his French opposite number ,, » -ittji, 1'•'-.««»."***-« v;P§jj* aP^:.: ?:$*, -~.~S*?^~~ % im S>.--v iflgif^^WKi*^- "^MjM^t ""***>*
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