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FLIGHT International, 3 January 1963 Attaches Designate Two group captains who will shortly take up posts as air attaches on the Continent recently visited Rolls-Royce. They ore (left and centre) Gp Capt R. J. H. Upritchard, who will go to Budapest, and Gp Capt M. C. Adderley destined for Prague, and are seen here discussing the Conway RCo. 42 (powerplant of the Vickers VCIO) with Wg Cdr L D. Wilson, RAF (Retd), of the Rolls-Royce export sales department WORLD N EWS submitted and there were British projects which could prove very important in due course. He was sure this country would make its mark in space and that tne time was coming when some new aircraft would be ordered, despite the Treasury. This was the association's best-attended reunion, with 21 former apprentices and members present. Sir Thomas Sopwith, chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group and the association's president, said that it should be kept going with at least three new members each year. It was also proposed at the reunion that the Sopwith name should be perpetuated in modern aircraft, as the names of the other major pioneers had survived in designations. The P. 1127 might, it was suggested, be called the Sopwith Striker. 1962-63 "Jane's" The new edition of the world's standard compendium on all forms of flying vehicles was published on December 18. It is the first to have been prepared wholly under the direction of Mr John W. R. Taylor, and we have no hesitation in describing it as the best edition yet to have appeared. The bulk of the book is, of course, oc cupied by illustrated descriptions of all current aircraft. Dennis Punnett's three- view drawings of selected types are out- Dinner in Honour of A. W. (Bill) Bedford. Hawker Aircraft chief test pilot, was held recently at the Royal Aero Club. He is seen (right) talking to Capt 0. P. Jones (left), of Imperial Airways and BO AC fame, and Sqn Ldr C. K. Turner-Hughes, well remembered as chief test pilot of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft from 1932 to 1946 standingly neat and uniform, and the Soviet section, in particular, is without doubt the best catalogue of modern Russian aircraft that we have seen in any such publication. Succeeding sections deal with sailplanes; drones; air-cushion vehicles (expanded from ten to 13 pages); guided missiles, rockets and space vehicles (similarly en larged by three pages, to a total of 55); and aero-engines. For the first time since Fred T. Jane launched the book in 1909 there is no section on lighter-than-air craft —"but," says Mr Taylor, "the disappearance may be only temporary." It is many years since Jane's was a scis- sors-and-paste production. It is obvious that its compiler must rely to some extent upon standardized Press releases and manu facturers' hand-outs, but Mr Taylor em ploys these only as a basis for his own carefully worded text. Every line of this text consists either of numerical data or of concise statement of fact; but the 1962-63 edition nevertheless runs to more than 500 large pages. The publishers are to be con gratulated on the continued excellence of this classic work of reference. Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1962-3, com piled and edited by John W. R. Taylor. FRHistS. ARAeS, and published by Sampson Low. Marston & Co Ltd (in the Americas, McGraw-Hill Book Co) at i.5 5s. RAeS Data Sheets The Royal Aeronautical Society announce their sixth issue of performance data sheets. It comprises five new sheets: pressure-lag corrections; determination of ambient temperature; reduction of take-off and landing measurements; estimation of level speed; and drag of windmilling propellers. TCEA Diploma Course The Training Center for Experimental Aerodynamics at Rhode-Saint-Genese in Belgium is now receiving applications for entry from graduate engineers and scien tists for the one-year diploma course in experimental aerodynamics in the academic year beginning October 7, 1963, and ending July 4, 1964. The centre is an international educational institute recognized by NATO; it possesses a well-equipped range of modern wind tunnels. There are no fees for the course and a number of student fellow ships are available to cover travelling and living expenses. Students must be citizens of a NATO nation and are required to be fluent in either English or French. Further information and application forms can be obtained from the Director, TCEA. 72 Chaussee de Waterloo, Rhode-Saint- Genese, Belgium. Belgian Aviation Directory A full directory covering Belgian civil and military aviation, manufacturing- learned societies and clubs, a register of Belgian aircraft, aero-modelling and para chuting and a "who's who," is being pre pared for 1963 by the Belgian Fonds Na tional d'Aide aux Oeuvres de 1'Aviation Beige. The work costs 100 Belgian Francs (about 14s), from accounts CCP. 540. 31 de Pro A via, 53 Avenue des Arts, Brussels 4.
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