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j ' pMGHT W International THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7 1963 Number 2813 Volume 83 Official Organ of the Royal Aero Club First Aeronautical Weekly in the World Founded in 1909 Editor-in-Chief MAURICE A. SMITH DFC Editor H. F. KING MBE Technical Editor W. T. GUNSTON Air Transport Editor J. M. RAMSOEN Production Editor ROY CASEY Managing Director H. N. PRIAULX MBE In this issue World News 178 Air Commerce 181 A Fresh Look at Project Beacon 184 Starting a New British Airline 187 VTOL Turbofan Test-bed 192 Straight and Level 193 Letters 194 Industry International 196 Helicopters in the Frozen North 198 Sport and Business 205 Missiles and Spaceflight 206 Service Aviation 212 llifte Transport Publications Ltd, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, SE1; telephone Waterloo 3333 (Telex 25137). Telegrams Flightpres London Telex. Annual subscriptions: Home £4 15s. Overseas £5. Canada and USA 815.00. Second t'lass Mail privileges authorized at New York, NY. Branch Offices: Coventry, 8-10 Corpora tion Street; telephone Coventry 25210. Birmingham, King Edward House, New Street, Birmingham 2; telephone Mid land 7191. Manchester, 260 Heansgate, Manchester 3; telephone Blackfriars 4412 or Deansgate 3595. Glasgow, 62 Bucha nan Street, Glasgow CI; telephone Central 1265-6. New YorkrNY: Thomas Skinner & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 111 Broadway 6; telephone Digby 9-1197. © Iliffe Transport Publications Ltd, 1963. Permission to reproduce illustra tions and letterpress can be granted only under written agreement. Brief extracts or comments may be made with due acknowledgement. The Only Means BOTH the Chief of the Defence Staff, Earl Mountbatten, and the Air Member for Personnel, Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Cheshire, have recently had something sagacious and stimulating to say about the future of manned aircraft. In a message to the RAF Initial Training School at South Cerney, and speaking in the context of Skybolt, Earl Mountbatten said: "As a sailor I remember well what a body-blow some people felt it was to the Royal Navy when we lost our battleships. But the Navy found it still had more than enough exciting and worthwhile things to do. And so will the Royal Air Force when the V-bombers finally disappear." The italics are ours. Addressing the Birmingham University Air Squadron, Sir Walter Cheshire said: "You may feel that things like Nassau and Skybolt have now had their effect on what the Air Force has to offer you. If T say that the Air Force will go on for ever you will think that I have to say that. But the V-bambers will be with us until Polaris comes in and by then the TSR.2 will supplement Polaris and the V-bombers in the offensive role. In addition we hope to acquire the vertical take-off P. 1154 which can do Mach 2 forwards and 2 knots backwards . . ." Sir Walter went on to refer to new aircraft for Transport Command, and in the maritime role, he said, aeroplanes were the only means of catching nuclear submarines. Again the italics are ours. Eyes on Argentina THIS year, for the first time, the World Gliding Championships are being held outside Europe. Argentina is host for the 1963 event, which begins at Laguna de Gomez Airfield, near Junin, next Monday. The contest has attracted a record entry of 69 sailplanes. In any gliding championship the result depends on the right blend of consistently skilful piloting, a high-performance sailplane—and luck. Rolf Hossinger of Argentina demonstrated in the 1960 World Champion ships at Butzweiler that an ordinary Skylark 3 could beat the most elegant and efficient of more modern aerodynamic devices. Nicholas Goodhart and Frank Foster did the same with another Slingsby product, the Eagle, in the two-seater class at St Yan in 1956. Although the best of sailplanes is not enough in itself, it certainly helps. This year the British team, in terms of pilots and aircraft, is stronger than on any occasion since Philip Wills became World Champion at Madrid in 1952. Nicholas Goodhart and John Williamson are flying Skylark 4s in the open class, and Anthony Deane-Drummond flies an Olympia 463 in the standard class. Once again the team is captained by Mrs Ann Welch, who discusses the championship on pages 190-191. Prospects for the British pilots are, in fact, excellent. It appears that their main rivals will be the highly trained Poles, with their sleek Zefirs and Foka, although every championship produces its own surprises and there will be several dark horses this year. We wish Captain Goodhart, Brigadier-General Deane-Drummond and Pilot Officer Williamson the best of flying and hope that they will give Kenneth Owen, our representative in Argentina, plenty to write about.
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