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• • - : • , . ... . _ [LIGHT International, 26 December 1963 Schiphol Museum 1037 SIR,—The enclosed picture [on the opposite page—Ed] of the aeronautical museum at Schiphol might interest you, if you do not already know of it. The museum is near the main departure building, but does not seem to be well known. It is not included in any of the lists (at least, those which came my way) of museums in Amsterdam, and while looking round the museum I had it entirely to myself. The aircraft are in excellent condition and well arranged, with platforms for inspecting the cockpits. The models are good and one series shows the complete development of the Koolhoven aeroplanes over 30 years. Penarth, Glam H. E. MORONEY The arrival at Staverton Airport, Cheltenham, of Mosquito TT35 TA7I9. It is to be preserved in flying condition by Mr Peter Thomas, whose letter appears on this page Supersonic Flight Engineers SIR,—IFALPA are to be congratulated on their enterprise in organizing their recent Supersonic Symposium. It is there fore a pity that this occasion should be used to expound the junior pilot as a replacement for a flight engineer. One had hoped that successful pilot opposition to this scheme in the US had ended this controversy. In introducing the catch phrase "fail safe" to crew com plement, one must remember that it is axiomatic in design that the provision of fail-safe characteristics does not excuse a reduction in normal standards in the basic design. Could anyone possibly argue that a CPL on a Cessna, followed by a type technical course, is sufficient background for the management of engineering and electronics in the complex aeroplane of today and tomorrow ? One result of this propaganda has manifested itself in recent years—this through British manufacturers who would appear to have been convinced that the requirement for a flight engineer in the C of A will prejudice sales. This sales resistance does not appear to have affected sales o) Douglas, Boeing and Lockheed aircraft over the years. To the contrary, three Comet operators have actually engaged flight engineers on buying the aircraft, although the C of A gives the choice of three pilots or two pilots and one flight engineer. In this case the answer is not in the C of A but in "building a better mousetrap." Camberley, Surrey A. F. WINSTANLEY, ARAes It was in the Anson coded thus that Pit Off Henderson dis patched two Heinkel 115 seaplanes while on trawler protec tion patrol in September 1939. The Anson, like the Mosquito is to be kept in flying condition. We have now closed the museum for the winter and will reopen on March 1. Staverton Airport, Cheltenham PETER M. THOMAS, Managing Director, Sky frame Ltd What "Sophisticated" Means SIR,—I think that even your purist correspondent Mr J. E. Godfrey Harwood (Letters, November 21) would have to agree that the original meanings of many words become changed by common usage and that, eventually, even the most respected of dictionaries come to accept these changes in their future editions. How many people these days mean to imply any of the OED's definitions when they employ the word "sophisticated?" Perhaps North America's Webster's Dictionary tends to follow these changes a little more closely than the OED, for its definition of sophisticated reads, in part: "... made artificial, or more narrowly, highly complicated, refined, subtilized, etc; of persons, made wise, esp. worldly-wise, through experience, disillusionment, or the like ..." Islington, Ont, Canada ANTHONY SLOGA Transatlantic Flight on 1900Techniques? SIR,—I have a rather eccentric, wealthy friend who says he would wager anyone £50,000 that if put in a replica of a machine shop of 1900 with all of the then-to-be-had materials and techniques of the day, he could design the airframe and engine of an aircraft that could cross the Atlantic. He states, further, that by today's standards he could design a pure-jet or turboprop engine that would have a total thermal efficiency of not 25 per cent but 40 per cent with the same power-to-weight ratio, using conventional fuels. I ask your readers: is this really possible? He says that "new materials" are 80 per cent a scapegoat in general engineering. Lille Varlose, LARS LYSGAARD Denmark Old Campaigners Retired at Cheltenham SIR,—I am sending a photograph of our Mosquito TA719 taken on October 16 when it was flown in here, on completion of its film work for 633 Squadron by David Ogilvy. John Schooling flew as navigator. In grey-green camouflage, with dark grey undersides, it bears the code letters of "G-GEORGE" of 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn, RAuxAF, as for the period covering the attack by the squadron on the Gestapo Headquarters at the Hague in April 1944. As your readers may remember, this attack was led by Sqn Ldr (now AVM) R. N. Bateson, now SASO at Fighter Command headquarters. Also enclosed is a photograph of our Anson I [unfortun ately unfit for reproduction—Ed] which is soon to be repainted as "C-CHARLIE" of 206 Sqn Coastal Command. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 1 1 2 7 7 8 8 8 8 FORTHCOMING EVENTS Kronfeld Club: Film "The Story of the RAF." RAeS, Brough Branch: "Scientific Investigation of Aircraft Accidents," by R. H. Jones. RAeS, Yeovil Branch: "The P.1127," by A. W. Bedford. RAeS, Belfast Branch: Film evening. Combustion Institute, British Section: Colloquium on Decomposition and Ignition of Peroxides, Oxford. RAeS, Chester Branch: "Airliners of the Future" by G. H. Lee. RAeS, Christchurch Branch: "Airfield Construction and Layout," by R. F. Lloyd Jones. RAeS, Swindon Branch: a.g.m. and films. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Internal Com bustion Engines Group: "Estimating Effects of Altitude, Ambient Temperature and Turbo-charger Match on Engine Performance," by N. D. White- house, A. Stotter and M. S. Janota. RAeS, Southend Branch: Main lecture, "The VC10— Project Design and Development," by E. F. Maighall. Kronfeld Club: "1963 Regional Gliding Competitions at Dunstable," by Ron Watson. Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators: Livery investiture and informal reception. RAeS Rotorcraft Section: a.g.m. British Interplanetary Society: "Relativity," by Dr F. H. J. Cornish. RAeS: "Aerodynamics of Flight at Mach 4 to Mach 6," by Dr J. Seddon. RAeS Air Law Group: "Legal Conflicts in Aviation," by P. Martin. RAeS Historical Group: Details to be announced. RAeS and IEE: "Measurement of Vibratory and Transient Parameters in Aero Engines and Air Frames and their Effect on Accessory Equipment," discussion opened by D. A. Drew and H. P. Y. Hitch. Jan 8 Jan 8 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 20 Jan 21
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