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a later date. All P. 1127s were grounded for the days required for the modification. There was no question of recirculation, control failure or local cheating having contributed to the Paris accident. The film shows that there was sufficient control for Bill Bedford to make a considerable flare before the aircraft struck the ground. The impact rate of descent was higher than that for which the undercarriage had been designed, but the wheels also struck the lip of the concrete pad laid down for the Dassault Balzac. The P.1127's canopy is rolled up its steeply inclined rail by a very simple bungee system, and this worked perfectly after the aircraft came to rest. Hawker Siddeley acknowledge the full co-operation of the Le Bourget authorities in investigating the accident, as well as that of Dassault in lending their excellent film of the incident and prior demonstration. One result of the very successful P. 1127 carrier trials completed in Feburary Flight International, February 14) was that Pilots without previous carrier experience found no difficulty in this type of flying. RAeS and British Aviation The Royal Aeronautical Society has called a special meeting of members for 7 P-"t. next Monday, July 29, to discuss jitters arising from the suggestion made °y Sir Roy Fedden last December that the society should widen its interests. In Particular, the meeting will discuss whether £e Society should "publicly declare its °f''ef m the importance to Britain of a Panned programme of research, develop ment and operation in the aviation and P^e fields; and bear the cost of an investi- Bw'on and report on the present state and FLIGHT International, 25 July 1963 "Big E's" Numerical Might demonstrated by the US ensign formed by 1,144 men and dates by 208 men, plus 55 aircraft—reading from bow to stern, 27 Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, nine Chance Vought F-8 Crusaders, 12 McDon nell F-4 Phantom lis and seven North American A-5 Vigilantes. USS "Enterprise" was cruising with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean when this photograph was taken Circulated to members together with notice of the meeting are two letters, one from Sir Roy Fedden and the other from Mr A. V. Cleaver, each of which expresses disappointment at the president's interim report on this subject which appeared in the April issue of the Society's Journal. Mr Cleaver's letter proposes that the Society should appoint a commission to prepare a "sober and reasoned report on the recent history, present state and probable trends of British aeronautics, with comparisons (where appropriate) with the situation in the USA, USSR and France." The suggestion is supported by the committee of the Astronautics and Guided Flight Section of the Society. Deputy Saceur Marshal of the RAF Sir Thomas Pike, at present Chief of the Air Staff, RAF, is to become Deputy Supreme Allied Com mander in Europe at the end of this year. He will succeed General Sir Hugh Stockwell, who is to vacate the post on December 31. India's Moscow Mission Indian Air Force officers predominate in the military mission to Moscow being led by Mr S. Boothalingam, Secretary of India's Ministry of Economic and Defence Co ordination. The mission was leaving New Delhi on July 36 and staying in the Soviet Union for about two weeks, later visiting Czechoslovakia. By the time it reached Moscow, Air Marshal A. M. Engineer, 113 already there on a goodwill mission (Flight International, July 11), should have com pleted his preliminary survey of Russian aircraft and equipment which might suit Indian requirements. 748 for Smiths Smiths Aviation Division signed for a Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 1 on July 19. The aircraft will be used for flight develop ment of the company's various instrument and autopilot systems—especially the new SEP.6—and may eventually be employed in blind-landing research. SBAC Officers Sir Denning Pearson, JP, chief executive and deputy chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd, has been elected president of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors for 1963-64. Mr E. C. Wheeldon, managing director and joint deputy chairman of Westland Air craft, has been elected vice-president. Sir Roy Dobson, chairman of Hawker Siddeley Group, who was 1962-63 president, becomes deputy president. Sir George Dowty, chairman and managing director of the Dowty Group, a former SBAC president (1960-61), has been re-elected treasurer. International Meteorology Prize The Director of Research in the Metero- logical Office, Air Ministry, Dr R. C. Sutcliffe, FRS, received the International Meteorological Organization Prize for 1963 from Dr A. Nyberg, President of the World Meteorological Organization, at the Metero- logical Office, Bracknell, Berks, on July 15. The award—a gold medal and a sum of money—was made to Dr Sutcliffe in recognition of his outstanding contribution to dynamical meteorology, his furtherance of international co-operation in the science of the atmosphere and his leadership in research. Trophies for Competition by air forces operating Canberras have been offered by English Electric, and here Lord Nelson of Stafford (right), chairman and chief exec utive, is presenting one to HE Mohammedali Currim Chagla, Indian High Com missioner, who accepted it on behalf of the IAF. In the centre is Wg Cdr R. P. Beamont, special director and manager of flight operations. On the same day a similar presentation was made to the New Zealand High Commissioner. The RNZAF is to award its trophy for the best weapons score in classified exercises; the IAF has yet to decide on the form its competition will take. Between them the two air forces operate 102 Canberras Proba;. USSR, e trends in aeronautics in the USA, France and Britain.
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