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1963 - 0846.PDF
Droit et Niveau ONE of Britain's best known elec tronics manufacturers at Paris is having a reception and cocktail party in—of all places—a museum. Here is an extract from a company memorandum to staff who will be attending the Paris Show:— "The cocktail party is taking place in a museum and although the more valuable pieces have been removed to safety, care should be taken not to damage furnishings.'" Or guests, for that matter. • Straight and Level's French subsidiary La Societe Anonyme pour l'Exploitation et le Developpement de Flight Falsies, has produced two special lapel badges for the Paris Saloon. Illustrated below, one is for Frenchmen who like the Concorde, the other is for Englishmen who don't. Price NF75 each, they may be obtained on the Straight and Level stand at Le Bourget, from the Straight and Level Hospitality Complex (Chalet No 5), or from any good lapel- badge dealer. • I hope the USIAS do something about the background music at Le Bourget this year. Last time there was nothing but French themes coming through the loud speakers, like Debussy's "Au Clair de Saloon." Why can't we have something British, like "Boom(e), why does my heart go boom(e)?", or "Parlez moi d'Amery." Or the great anthem which unites brothers everywhere, "The Flight Internationale." • Diamonds, as everyone knows, are a girl's best friend. I only mention this be cause it enables me to comment on rumours buzzing at the Saloon about the big French rocket Diamant. This satellite-launcher, it is whispered, may be developed as an inter continental ballistic missile. It looks as though Diamants are de Gaulle's best friend. Etes-Vous Tout Droit? • My chief French-polisher has thought of another rendering of the heading to this page: "Rectiligne et Horizontal." Unfortunately I can't get it all igne be- tweegne the egnds. • What is the French for "Darling, my semi-hardened biosystems have stretched my reaction time and degraded my deter rent posture ?" I think I will need to know. • "The first public flight of West Germany's VJ101 vertical take-off plane took place today. The test pilot, George Bright, a former US Navy pilot, hovered the plane over the spectators. Bright said later: 'A tremendous plane. The hottest thing I have ever flow'."—News agency report. I should think it was, with all that hot flow from two RB. 145s just behind his seat. SOCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT • The French public relations company Service de Presse et Propagande de la Societe Anonyme pour la Promotion, l'Elaboration, l'Exploitation et le Deve loppement des Expositions et Manifesta tions Nationales et Internationales, Indus- trielles et Sportives, en co-operation avec ses associes anglais Freelunch and Handout Ltd, wishes it to be worldly diffused with actual effect:— Sir Charles Boost, the very celebrating English aeronautical expert, will be in residence from June 6-16 at his Place de la Concorde flat (knock 2.2 times and ask for Boostie). Sir Charles, who wishes he will be known in Paris as Sir Charles de la Pression d'Admission, will be hoping to spend a visit to the Paris Saloon one day but only if he has of the time. Left, a lapel badge to show what the "e" in Concorde stands for: and, right, another which could be engraved "Ban the Boom" • I see from Napier Spraymat's French brochures that the system is applicable to "casseroles d'helice." Sounds absolutely d'helicious. • There I was, nothing on the clock but the maker's name—and that was in French, Italian and German:— La j'etais, rien sur l'horloge que le nom du fabricant. . . . Ivi ero, niente sull'orologio che il nome del fabbricante. . . . Dar war Ich, nichts anders auf der Uhr als der Name des Herstellers. . . . Now let's get on with our Paris Show report. ROGER JAMBON,
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