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FLIGHT International, 6 August 1964 One air force known to have shown interest in the availability of secondhand Hunters in recent months is that of Portu- gal, which is at present equipped with two squadrons of F-86F interceptors and two squadrons of now very old F-84G Thunder- jet fighter-bombers. It is no doubt the latter which any Hunters purchased would replace. It would seem that no US replace- ment for the now outworn F-84Gs, origi- nally supplied as US military aid, has been forthcoming because of Portugal's lengthy war in Angola. In this context, new US military aid to Portugal would provoke a storm of diplomatic protest. Boeing V-P Moves to Douglas The president of the Douglas Aircraft Co, Mr Donald W. Douglas, Jnr, recently announced the appointment, as executive vice-president operations, of Mr Wellwood E. Beall, previously senior vice-president of the Boeing Co, Douglas's main competitor in the heavy jet transport and other fields. Mr Beall moves to Santa Monica after 35 years with the Boeing Co, during which he has held a number of executive appoint- ments. Also elected a director of Douglas, Mr Beall becomes a member of a five-man management committee headed by Mr Douglas. The other members are the simultaneously promoted Mr A. V. Leslie, now executive vice-president finance; Mr Charles R. Able, group vice-president missile and space systems; and Mr Jackson R. McGowen, group vice-president aircraft systems. Announcing Mr Beall's move, Mr Doug- las said that the changes ensured maximum effectiveness of the strong management team and culminated a programme pursued since the company reorganized three years ago. "I am very glad to welcome Wellwood Beall to our team. We have known him as a capable competitor and are pleased that his talents will now be joined with ours," Mr Douglas said. 201 Load Up! A fine study of the Cessna YAT-37D counter- insurgency aircraft looping with 3,0001b of disposable arma- ment. Powered by General Electric J85 turbojets, this offen- sive modification of the standard US Air Force primary trainer is being evaluated by the TAC Special Air Warfare Center at Eglin AF6, Fla New Sales Director at Hatfield A director of sales for the de Havilland Division of Hawker Siddeley Aviation has been appointed. He is Mr C. B. White, for the past year executive director (commercial) of HSA, and he took up his new post at Hatfield on August 1. Previously he was contracts manager (civil) of HSA. Mr White is no newcomer to the de Havilland division, having joined the de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd in January 1953 on the legal side, becoming secretary of de Havilland Holdings Ltd in 1959 and retaining that post until 1960. He served as a pilot in the RAF Coastal Command from 1941-1945 and was in the RAFVR until it was disbanded in 1953. Load Down—or on the way down—to the surveyors of the pro- posed new rail tunnel under the St Gotthard Pass in Switzerland. This VFWI Sikorsky S-64, backed up by ,Swiss Air Force Alou- ettes, is used to carry heavy drilling equip- ment for experimental bore-holes. A com- plete drill rig and its associated equipment —weighing 80 tons in all—has been ferried from the nearest road, at an altitude of nearly 6,000ft SCI to Fly Again The second Short SCI VTOL research aircraft, which was damaged in an accident last October, is to be rebuilt "within the next few months." It will then resume the programme on which it was engaged: the development of a control and autostabiliza- tion system for VTOL operation in adverse weather. Visiting Farnborough Again this year RAF Odiham will be open to visiting civil aircraft during the Farnborough Show period. Customs, immigration and fuel will be available and a bus service is being provided for visitors already holding tickets. All landings are PPO, to be arranged through Odiham Station Operations — telephone: Odiham (Hampshire) 134, extensions 254 and 269. No overnight parking or hangarage is avail- able. Certain military VHF, UHF and civil VHF frequencies are offered, but non- radio aircraft can obtain special clearance.
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