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1967
1967 - 0108.PDF
106 FLIGHT International, 19 januar. (j (T) Straight and Level OPENING the magnificent new PottersBar factory of Plastic Hot-waterBottles Ltd last week, the Minister of Technololololololololololololololology, Mr Wedgewood Braindrain, had some angry things to say about British aircraft engineers emigrating to America. "Somebody has shown me the current issue of the Royal Society Aeronautical Journal" said Mr Braindrain. "Without even telling me, forty aircraft engineers went off to America last month. Cheek! What a gross discourtesy to me and my Ministry! We could have told them about the tremendous future in this country for the design and manufacture of plastic hot-water bottles. Meanwhile 1 have told the Society to stop publishing statue of himself outside the main entrance. Amid deafening applause Mr Brain- drain declared the factory open by burst- ing a plastic hot-water bottle over a statue of himself outside the main entrance. • Another splendid "first" for Scruggs Aircraft will be announced next week, writes Dr Triplane, Straight and Level's air expert. Scrugg's next brochure on the proposed Anglo-French Airbus will, he says, actually be produced in metal. "Scruggs are getting fed up with pro- ducing nothing but paper," says Dr Tri- plane. "In fact, they have already started cutting metal." • The American Airlines' 747 adver- tisement (reproduced in our issue of December 22) is great fun and effective propaganda for the big-jet era—but what will happen to all these elegant, relaxed passengers when the 747 meets tur- bulence? The chap on the stairs will be all right —he's got his hand on the stair rail—but the others will be floating about with their "sofas and club chairs" and some will certainly need medical attention. Perhaps 747s will carry a ship's doctor, complete with surgery. A new British free-fall parachuting record was recently set up between 8,000ft and /2,O00fi over North Africa by the Falcons, the display team of the No I Parachute Training School, RAF Abingdon. They did a mid-air link-up after jumping at half-second intervals from an Arji wnnm the 3ccisTon"S;pjiTdjd Actually this may be what gave Boeing its victory, be- • cause this wing enables the sonic boom ; to be moderated on take-off. From "The Economist," January 7 • There is one aviation Civil Servant who must surely be redundant soon. I refer to the one responsible for Making Concessions To The French and Avoid- ing Upsetting General de Gaulle. There are absolutely no concessions or gestures left for him to make, are there? On second thoughts, we'd better not get rid of him. It might offend the French. Whatever happens we mustn't do that. It'll never sell—No 5 My team of archive research analysts believes that this Stipa Caproni of 1933 was the world's first ducted fan to fly. I'm not too sure what the engine actually was; an earlier version ("Flight" in October, 1932) had what appeared to be a D.H. Gipsy Major. Signor Stipa's object, we are told, was to reduce drag GOING TO A MEETING? Why not buy a THINX Meeting Simulator Yes—why not? Sensational new 19fl features! Be a TODAY British aviation man. . . . Today British aviation is nothing bur met ings in imposing Whitehall offices. Today British aviation is yet another ski of irrelevant papers marked JO! SECRET or, if you aren't very i» portant, BOTTOM SECRET. Today British aviation is hundreds of Whiit hall neddies sitting round a grea baize table impressing everyone «'ii their remarkable grasp of technoloQ Sir Neddy Gontomorrow, Permanei' Secretary, Ministry of Planes, pays Thins this tribute: "This meeting simulate! is a dangerous threat to Whitehall' efficiency, blundering, indecision at grotesque overmanning. We propose keep it under review at an absolute! smashing meeting which we have platiw for the near future." • Our oft-expressed admiration Australian civil aviation should exclud Perth Airport. Arriving there for an overnight sto at 0140hr recently a Flight colleague eventually cleared through by 042$ having had his bumper Christmas ber of Playboy confiscated as a bid-den import" by Australian Custom* I hope they are enjoying it. ROGER BACON
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