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464 FLIGHT International, 26 March \9t4 Straight and Level ON the irreproachable authority of theCanadian Defence Directorate ofPR, I understand that before a nuclear-armed RCAF Bomarc anti-aircraft missile can be fired the following sequence must be completed: C-in-C NORAD must receive the authority of the US President to release warheads in US custody for the use of NORAD's Canadian forces; C-in-C NORAD must receive authorization from the Canadian Prime Minister to release weapons; The US officer at the SAGE control centre must receive authenticated evidence that the US Government release had been given, to enable him to unlock the US release control switch; The designated Canadian officer must receive properly authenticated evidence of his government's agreement, upon which he would then unlock the Canadian release switch. At this stage, the weapon would be avail- able for firing, but could not be fired until the SAGE sector commander had authorized his senior weapons director to do so. .We hear a lot these days about the ability of modern aircraft to penetrate modern defences. I think one would stand a good chance with a Handley Page O/400. • IATA's new "ticket fraud prevention group" to protect airlines against ticket fraud is headed by Col J. L. Ford, who is reported by Reuter to have said: "Anyone who pays less than the price indicated on an airline ticket becomes an accomplice in the fraud." Col Ford says that he was misreported; he did not use the words "an accomplice in the fraud." What he said was that a passen- ger "'may be liable to prosecution" for knowingly buying stolen property (most of these discount tickets have in fact been stolen from agents). I am sure that the majority of passengers It's Absolutely You—No 1 Design for new crash he/met, circa 1912 It's Absolutely You—No I in a new series Mrs Maurice Hewlett ct Brooklands in 1911 who buy discount tickets have no idea that they have been stolen. What happens is that poor old Mr Smith, having paid what he thinks is a bargain £120 for a £180 ticket, turns up at the airport to find that the airline has no knowledge of his booking. He has lost his money to a spiv agent who has long since disappeared. What an infernal nuisance passengers are to the airlines! Col Ford says he did not describe passengers buying discount tickets as "accomplices in fraud" and I accept his word; but this is exactly how many airline people do regard the hapless victims of the ticket swindlers. A million IATA enforcement officers and fraud detectives will be of no avail if IATA does not do something to remove the root cause of the black market in airline tickets —artificially high fares. # From an advertisement in The Times March 6:— "Leading Independent Airline Operators invite applications for SENIOR EXECU- TIVE POST. Salary £5,000 p.a " And he'll earn every penny if Labour win the next General Election. • A news release from Grumman tells me that the first US Army Mohawks arrived in Germany recently equipped with side- looking airborne radar (SLAR). "To demonstrate the Mohawk capability SLAR photographic imagery was taken at this intention prior landing," the release said. SLAR apparently, is operational and ready for immediate use. Which ismore than can be said for this news release. • The Sovietski Intelligentski Bureau announced last week an order for an undisclosed number of Lockheed U-2s. The aircraft are to be used, it is presumed, for unarmed high-altitude reconnaissance flights over the USA to make sure that the Americans are not doing any other A-ll- type secret aircraft programmes. A spokes- man for the Soviet Bureau, Major Vladimir FobofFsky, refused to disclose the number of U-2s ordered on the grounds that this information would be of no use to the questioner. No payment is being made for the U-2s: instead, the Russians have agreed to publish each week, price six roubles at any good Moscow newsagent, a weekly aviation magazine containing as much information about Russian aviation as Aviation Week publishes each week about US aviation. • What happens when a B-58 hustles along at, say, 1,200 m.p.h. and fires off a rear gun with a muzzle velocity of 1,200 m.p.h.? What is the cruising speed and range of a B-58 with all engines out and using rear gun recoil propulsion ? You tell me. • Recent attempts to produce "corporate monograms" out of company initials have prompted Freelunch and Handout Ltd, the PR counsellors, to design similar image- projecting motifs for three famous British aviation companies. The first rough sketches are as follows:— Tbinx Electronics Scruggs Aircraft Ltd Flight Falsies ROGER BACON
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