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FLIGHT international, 13 February 1964 257 Mr Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General R, H. Lee, USAF, paid a visit to RAF Coningsby on Monday last week and flew in a Vulcan B.2 of 35 Sqn, bomber Command. Here Gen Lee is seen climbing aboard the Vulcan, followed by the squadron commander, Wg Cdr D. 6. Craig SERVICE AVIATION Air Force, Naval and Army Flying) News Canadians Withdraw from France THE RCAF'S TWO CF-104 squadrons based at Gros Tenquin, in France, are to be re- deployed to Canadian bases in Germany, the Canadian Defence Minister, Mr Paul Hellyer, announced last week. The removal follows the French Government's refusal to allow foreign-controlled nuclear weapons to be based on French territory. Gros Tenquin will be closed and the other two CF-104 squadrons at RCAF Marville will remain in France, equipped for reconnais- sance work and, ultimately, for ground attack with non-nuclear weapons. Four RCAF squadrons are already based in Germany, at Zweibrvicken and Sollingen. They, and the squadrons being moved, are to be supplied with US nuclear weapons. Cayley Commemorated LARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC MURALS made by llford Ltd from original drawings by Sir George Cayley, the founder of modern aerodynamic science, were unveiled on January 30 in the RAF Abingdon officers' mess. The idea was inspired in the station commander, Gp Capt F. B. Sowrey, by the RAF Technical College's photographic murals of Leonardo da Vinci's aeronautical projects. The Cayley murals, each 5ft by 4ft, are fully titled and are accompanied by a special tribute to Sir George (who sent his reluctant coachman on a successful glide across a Yorkshire valley in 1853) by aeronautical historian Charles Gibbs-Smith. 30,000 to the Med ON TUESDAY A COMET C.2 of 216 Sqn, Transport Command, was due to make the 100th flight from Lyneham to Gibraltar since the squadron began air trooping to the Western Mediterranean in October 1962. In that time more than 30,000 passengers have been flown to "the Rock," Malta and Tripoli. 846 Gets the Boyd THE BOYD TROPHY, awarded by the Flag Officer Naval Air Command for the year's outstanding feat in the FAA, has been awarded to 846 Sqn for its work with six Whirlwind helicopters in Borneo during 1963. The citation states that in arduous conditions of tropical rain, high tempera- ture and excessive humidity and in spite of an almost complete absence of normal servicing facilities, the squadron flew 3,750 operational sorties over dense primary jungle from primitive shore bases, usually unsupported by its parent carrier, HMS Albion. ..-_ .... RAAF to Aid Cyclone Spotting THE RAAF AND WEATHER BUREAUX will Com- bine to improve the cyclone-warning net- work around Northern Australia. Can- berras will be on call to fly over the top of cyclones to take photographs and radio information for the Brisbane Weather Bureau. The OC RAAF Amberley, Air Cdre A. D. Garrison, and the Deputy Director of the Weather Bureau, Mr A. J. Shields, announced the plan in Brisbane. Mr Shields said: "Cyclone flights will give us valuable information. Our cyclone- warning radar network is not infallible. We know if there is a cyclone around, but we can't always pinpoint the centre." Ten radar stations are in operation, seven of them in Queensland. The other three are at Byron Bay, CofTs Harbour, and William- town in NSW. Taking Charge in Borneo BRITISH AIR EFFORT in Borneo has built up to such a level that it has demanded the appointment of an AOC. Air Cdre A. V. R. Johnstone, formerly Director of Personnel at the Air Ministry, assumes the new post of AOC British Air Forces Borneo at very short notice. All-round Rises PAY INCREASES to the Armed Forces resulting from the bi-annuai pay review were announced in a White Paper last week, to take effect on April 1. Marriage allowances, pensions and rents of Service houses were also reviewed. Pay increases are generally in the order of 7i per cent, but some are greater. A pilot officer's annual basic rate is increased from £584 to £630; a Marshal of the RAF receives an increase from £5,949 to £7,076. Flat rate for a flight lieutenant with seven years in the rank or 12 year's service is in- creased from £1,131 to £1,214. A skilled sergeant tradesman serving not less than 9yr receives a further £1 11s 6d, increasing his weekly wage from £12 15s 6d to £14 7s; a warrant officer in the same classification receives another 2gns to step up his wage from £15 11s 6d to £17 13s 6d. New Cyprus Lift EIGHT TRANSPORT COMMAND BRITANNIAS were due to move the 1st Battn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, from Malta to Cyprus on Monday, as part of the rein- forcement of units in Cyprus. Replace- ments unit were to be flown to Malta later. The Halle Again THE NINTH RAF ANNIVERSARY CONCERT will, as usual, be given by the Halle Orchestra, under Sir John Barbirolli and the RAF Central Band under Organizing Director of Music Wg Cdr J. L. Wallace, at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Proceeds will go to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Tickets will be available from the Royal Festival Hall from March 2, at prices ranging from 7s 6d to 3gns. Aussies the Best Ship-sinkers THE FINCASTLE TROPHY, awarded to the most efficient maritime element in Common- wealth air forces, has been won for the second time in three years by 10 Sqn, RAAF, flying maritime reconnaissance Neptunes from Richmond, NSW. The squadron competed with RAF, RCAF and RNZAF squadrons in the low-level bomb- ing of moving targets at sea. TWO COMPREHENSIVE SQUADRON HISTORIES have been published in recent weeks and both can be recommended. One for No 6 Sqn, 50 years old two weeks ago, is available price 8s, from the Squadron Adjutant, RAF Akrotiri, BFPO 53. No 107 Squadron's history has been distributed free of charge to past squadron members, who were asked to make a donation in return to the RAF Benevolent Fund. AIR VICE-MARSHAL S. W. R. HUGHES, CBE, AFC, AFRAes, has been appointed Deputy Controller of Aircraft (RAF), in succession to AVM Sir Colin Scragg, who is to retire. AVM Hughes takes up the post in August. LATELY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL at the Air Ministry, Air Cdre A. L. Winskill will become British Air Attache in Paris on March 3. THE ANNUAL DINNER of the Old Cranwellian Association will be held at the RAF College* Cranwell, on June 6, 1964.
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