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42 WORLD FLIGHT International, 12 januai E W S THE NEW MINISTERS TAKE OFFICE Mr John Stonehouse, appointed Minister of Aviation Following Mr Frederick Mulley's appointment as Joint Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Mr John Stone- house has become Minister of Aviation for the short period until legislation is passed to transfer the MoA to the Ministry of Technology; Mr Stonehouse will then become Minister of State for aviation affairs at the MoTech. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation from October 1964 until April 1966, when he moved to the Colonial Office. Among other changes announced by the Prime Minister on January 6, Mr Julian Snow has left the Ministry of Aviation, where he was Parliamentary Secretary, to take up the same post at the Ministry of Health; and the duties of Defence Ministers have been revised. Under the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Healey, there had pre- Frencta Industry Regroups The activities of the nationalised com- panies Nord-Aviation and Sud-Aviation are to be regrouped under a new plan approved by the French Cabinet on January 4. Sud will concentrate on air- craft, taking over from Nord the Trans- all and the Nord 262. Nord will con- centrate on missiles and space launch vehicles—including the Sud family of sounding rockets, the third stage of Dia- mant, and other work on military pro- jects and heavy satellite launchers. After the Cabinet meeting a spokes- man said that the measures were intended to secure maximum efficiency in the in- dustry and had been taken in view of growing international competition and the heavy cost of modern aircraft pro- duction. "It is not a question of con- centration or of merging, but of ration- alisation," declared the Prime Minister, M Pompidou. Other elements of the in- dustry—-Snecma, Turbomeca, Dassault and Breguet—were not affected by the new plan. It was also reported unofficially that the president of Nord-Aviation, M Jean Cahen-Salvador, had been asked to re- sign by the French Government and was to be replaced by Gen Jean Crepin, formerly Commander of Allied Forces Central Europe. This followed the news viously been three separate Service Ministers responsible respectively for the Navy, Army and RAF. These three posts are now abolished and replaced by two others covering the general defence functions of administration and equip- ment respectively. The new Minister of Defence (Admini- stration) is Mr Gerald Reynolds, for- merly Minister of Defence for the Army. The new Minister of Defence (Equip- ment) is Mr Roy Mason, civil aviation Minister of State at the Board of Trade. The former Minister of Defence for the RAF, Lord Shackleton, now becomes the Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Minister without Portfolio. The Minister of State responsible for civil aviation at the Board of Trade will now be Mr J. P. W. Mallalieu, formerly Minister of Defence for the Navy. Other appointments relevant to avia- tion and space research include those of Dr Jeremy Bray as Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Technology; and Mrs Shirley Williams as Minister of State, Department of Education and Science. Organisational changes within the MoD which took effect on Monday, January 9, will be detailed in Flight next week. thait Gen Andre Puget, president of Sud, was to be succeeded by M Maurice Papon, formerly Paris (Prefect of Police. On December 30 French trade union leaders stated that any cutback in Anglo- French aviation co-operation would finish the industries in both countries. Trade union members had faith in this co-operation, they said, "and earnestly hope early negotiations on the joint con- struction of an airbus—essential to the European economy—will justify this faith." On January 5, the aeronautical branch of the French metalworkers' union decided to seek a meeting with M Pierre Messmer, Minister of Defence, to dis- cuss the future of nationalised aircraft companies. The union had earlier pro- tested at the replacement of Gen Andre Puget by M Maurice Papon. Exports to Exceed £200m The Society of British Aerospace Com- panies announced on January 5 that Britain's aerospace exports in 1966 would exceed the forecast record of £200 million "by a handsome margin." The November export figure of £22,863,000 brought the total for the first 11 months of the year to £192,275,000. More Orders for Westland Westland has received further impor- tant orders for helicopters for the three Services. Details appear on page 71. DoD Contract for Speys . The US Department of Defense has announced the award of a $227,300,000 (£81,177,857) production contract to General Motors Corporation (Allison division) for the advanced version of the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine, to go into the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair 2. The value to Rolls-Royce is about £35,714,000. To be known as the TF41-A-1, the new engine will have a thrust of 14,2501b but is not designed for reheat, the A-7A being a subsonic strike aeroplane. Selec- tion of this engine was reported in Flight for August 11, 1965, page 206. The Advisers Three city companies are acting as, financial advisers to the main parties! involved in negotiations towards thel forthcoming merger of British Aircraft I Corporation and the airframe interests! of Hawker Siddeley. The Ministry of Aviation is being advised by the mer- chant bankers Baring Brothers & Co Ltd, BAC by Lazard Brothers & Co Ltd, at' Hawker Siddeley by S. G. Warburg Co Ltd. The BAC/Lazard link is a continuing one; Mr A. D. Marris, a managing director of Lazard, is in addition a direc- tor of British Aircraft Corporation. Warburg's association with the to Swept Mirage The Marcel Dassault Mirage Fl, which flew for the first time on December 29 at Istres, attained Mach 2 on January 7. With its swept wing, the new Mirage is more suited* to the low-level, ground-attack role than its delta-winged predecessor, and will have a better! take-off performance. Further details on page 70 I
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