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Latest Picture of the Beagle B.206Y in traditional bronze and white colours shows the cabin starboard side occupied by instrumentation; and there are now slightly turned-up wing-tips designed to increase sideslip stability. Cowlings are modified to accommodate the geared 310 h.p. Rolls-Royce Continental GIO-470 engines FLIGHT International, 23 May 1963 733 can Airlines; and Sir Alfred Pugsley, OBE, DSC, FRS, FRAes, MICE, MistructE, Professor of Civil Engineering and Pro-Vice-chan cellor, University of Bristol. Honorary Companionship has been awarded to Mr C. H. Gibbs-Smith, MA, FRSA, Keeper of Extension Services, Victoria and Albert Museum; Mr C. L. Pashley, MBE, AFC, Manager and CFI, Southern Aero Club; and Sir Richard Orme Wilberforce, CMG, OBE, QC (Hon Mr Justice Wilberforce, chair man of the Society's Air Law Group). The Society's Gold Medal, highest honour the RAeScan confer for work of an outstanding nature in aeronautics, has been awarded to Mr H. Constant, CB, CBE, MA, FRS, FRAes, Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry, for his outstanding contributions to gas turbine development. Names of other medal win ners will be given in a subsequent issue. Folding Wing Future A prophecy that all long-range aircraft of the future would have folding wings was made by Dr Barnes Wallis last week after he had been presented by the Air League with its Founder's Medal (Flight Inter national, January 10) in recognition of his many achievements in aviation. Dr Wallis, Chief of Aeronautical Research and Development, Vickers-Armstrongs (Air craft) Ltd, said that there was a design study being made in Britain of folding-wing aircraft, but he didn't think there was any intention of building one yet. He added: "I hope I shall live to see one fly but I think it will have the stars and stripes on it." Short -Hiller Link Short Brothers & Harland Ltd announce that they have arranged with the Hiller Aircraft Corporation to offer the Hiller 12E helicopter to the British Army for the new Unit Light Aircraft role. Earlier versions of this familiar heli copter are already in service with the Royal Navy, and are widely used by the US and Canadian Armies. Short & Harland will in the first instance assist with the final assembly at Belfast of helicopters built in America. The arrangement envisages manufacture of the aircraft in Belfast if sufficient orders are obtained. A joint presentation of the latest Hiller helicopter developments will be made at the Paris Salon next month. The Belfast company also have sales or licence agreements with Beech (lightplanes), Breguet (941 and 942), Chance Vought (XC-142 tilt-wing) and ] Lockheed (CL-704 V/STOL). I Robert Blackburn Scholarship Applications are invited (before June 14) for the scholarship established in 1959 by Mrs P. E. M. Blackburn in memory of her husband, the late Mr Robert Blackburn, engineer and aircraft pioneer. An award will be made to a successful candidate, who should be associated with an aircraft company or intending to become so associated with a view to making a pro fessional career in aviation. The award is to be used for the purpose of further advancing his technical education. Applicants must be over 18 and should hold a degree (or award of similar level) appropriate to the aircraft industry. The value of the award will be up to £750, the scholarship covering a period of one year. Applicants will be asked to specify a pro gramme of one year's advanced study, which may be undertaken in the United Kingdom or abroad. Application forms can be obtained by applying in writing to Mr H. W. Paine, solicitor, Linklaters and Paines, Barrington House, Gresham Street, London EC2. Cranfield Presentation Ball On the occasion of Presentation Day at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, on Friday, July 5, the annual Presentation Ball is being organized by the Students' Society of the College. Past students and staff requiring tickets or further information should contact Mr G. N. Goodman, Lanchester Hall, College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bletchley, Bucks. RAeS Annual General Meeting Before opening the annual general meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society on May 9, Mr B. S. Shenstone, the retiring president, paid a short but gracious tribute to the late Theodore von Karman. He pointed out that with his passing there went the last of the great international quartet who had laid the foundations of aerodynamics— Joukowski, a Russian; Prandtl, a German; Lanchester, an English man; and now Von Karman, a Hungarian by birth. When the meeting was thrown open, Mr Val Cleaver raised the question of the Coun cil's attitude to the controversial paper read earlier in the session by Sir Roy Fedden on the part the Society should play in the country's aeronautical development and policy. Several subsequent speakers en dorsed Mr Cleaver's remarks (which were in support of Sir Roy's contentions) and only one felt that the Council's present attitude was satisfactory. After consul tation with next year's president, Mr Shenstone announced that opportunity would be afforded for further discussion of Sir Roy's suggestions. As briefly reported in these columns last week, Mr Shenstone then performed his last official act as president by investing his successor, Professor A. R. Collar, with the badge of office. Prof Collar paid a tribute to Mr Shenstone and the work he had put into his year of office, with particular emphasis on his world travels to visit the Society's outposts and show the flag. Other matters that arose during the evening were the announcement that no change in the Society's title was contem plated, at least until 1966, when the cen tenary of its foundation is celebrated; and the announcement of the elections for council—Air Cdre F. R. Banks, Sir William Farren, Dr G. S. Hislop, Dr M. J. Lighthill, Mr P. G. Masefield, Mr M. B. Morgan and Mr K. G. Wilkinson. The retiring president presented awards for papers read during 1962. The recipients were: M R. G. Legendre (Technical Dir ector, ONERA, France), Dr B. L. Clarkson Australia-bound Airedale Charles Masefield (son of Mr Peter Masefield) and, right. Lord Trefgarne with the Beagle Airedale in which they are flying to Australia. They left Gatwick on May 15 and last Saturday, May 18, reached Cyprus on schedule
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