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To see Harriers was the object of a visit last Thursday by Mr J. P. W. Mallalieu, Minister of State for Technology, to Hawker Siddeley at Kingston upon Thames. Here Mr J. Glasscock, executive director and manager of the Kingston Division, explains the complex windscreen structure, which can withstand bOOkt collisions with birds of pigeon size. Mr Mallalieu later saw several development Harriers demonstrated at Dunsfold Paris Show Details A day-to-day programme of the 28th Paris Salon, being held at Le Bourget from May 29 to June 8, has been issued by Union Syndicate des Industries Aero- nautiques et Spatiales. Details are as follows:— May 29, press day; May 30, official opening; May 31, youth and careers in aviation and space, and philately day; June 1, general and business aviation; June 2, medical and health services; June 3, electronics; June 4, equipment; June 5, rotary-wing aircraft; June 6, reception for French and foreign dignitaries and specialists' day closed to general public); June 7, flight demonstrations; June 8, international air parade. 1919 Commemoration Dinner A dinner is being planned by the British Airports Authority for July 2 at Heathrow to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a number of British "firttt" in the air achieved in 1919—the Alcock and Brown transatlantic and Ross and Keith Smith UK-Australia Vimy flights, the R.34 Atlantic double crossing and the first commercial air services from Hounslow. In addition to the BAA, hosts will be the Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Aero Club and the Air League, and these organisations would like to hear from survivors of the 1919 "firsts" with whom they may not be already in touch, so that invitations to the dinner can be sent to them. Letters should be sent to Mr Peter Masefield, chairman, British Airports Authority, 2 Buckingham Gate, London SW1. SBAC's RAF Charity Gift A sum of £4,500 has been received by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund frorn the Society of British Aerospace Companies as a result of the 1968 Flying Display jaA Exhibition at Farnborough. RIGHT Intemotiomif, I?Match 1969 Gyroplane Creator Killed Mr Ernest Brooks, designer of the Brookland Mosquito Gyroplane, was killed on March 9 when flying one of his machines at Tees-side Airport, Co Durham. According to reports, eye witnesses said that the VW 1600 ex. engine of the Gyroplane was running as the aircraft plunged to the ground from a height of 250ft. A Board of Trade inquiry into the accident is to be held. W. G. Carter The death of Wilfred George Carter, CBE, on February 27 at the age of nearly 80 breaks a link with the earliest days of jet flight in Britain and with a notable era of military aircraft design. After an initial career in engineering George Carter joined the Sopwith Avia tion Co early in the First World War and by 1916 was their chief draughts man, thereafter being in charge of design until 1920, when he took over similar responsibilities with the company's suc cessors, the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co. From 1924 to 1930 he was engaged on special design work for Short Bros and for de Havilland. In 1931 he joined the Gloster Aircraft Co, initially in charge of the D.H.72 bomber project which they had taken over from de Havilland. Mr W. G. Carter in a "Flight" photograph taken shortly after he was appointed Gloster's technical director in 1949 It was with Gloster Aircraft that Mr Carter—who was to become chief designer in 1936, a post he retained until 1949, when he was appointed technical director—entered upon the outstanding period of his fame as a designer, for it was in the late nineteen-thirties that he met Sqn Ldr (now Air Cdre Sir Frank) Whittle, an association that led to the successful flight of the Gloster-Whittle E.28/39 and subsequently to the develop ment of the Meteor. After George Carter's retirement from Gloster Aircraft in 1954 he acted as technical consultant to the company. The following appreciation is from Mr John Grierson, who knew him well:— Having been privileged to work as a test pilot at Glosters under George Carter during the exciting phase of developing the Gloster-Whittle E.28 and the subsequent prototypes leading to the Meteor, may I add my tribute to this great British designer? Many forget that one of George's earliest successes was the design of the Hawker Horsley, the best biplane bomber of its day, when the late Sydney Camm was one of his juniors at Kingston. Another remarkable aeroplane, which Carter designed was the Short Crusader seaplane for the Schneider Trophy race. It was due to George's sense of enterprise and initiative that he was prepared to team up with Frank Whittle at a time when 389 SENSOR BOAC is considering ordering two more Boeing 707-320s for its longr range operations. The corporation already has five -320s, three of them freighters, and is taking over another (ex-Eagle) shortly. BOAC's deal with Caledonian, whereby the corporation contracted to wet-lease one of the independent's 707-320Cs for cargo flights, is not now likely to go ahead following representations by the BOAC panel of the British Air Line Pilots Association. BAC is now making a profit on pro duction of the One-Eleven. About 130 have been built to date. There is a strong possibility of a merger between Air Canada and Cana dian Pacific, whose route networks have very few overlapping sectors. Canada's decision to withdraw from the MRCA project is considered in the Canadian aircraft industry to have been premature and a mistake, but any possibility of re-entry would be subject to the outcome of the present re appraisal of defence policy. Loftteidir is understood to be negoti ating the acquisition of International Air Bahama. The two airlines, which are the only non-lATA scheduled trans atlantic carriers, have already signed an interline representation agreement whereby they will act as each other's general sales agents. Although the technical difficulties and costs of the three British VTOL projects are considerable, one of the main areas of controversy and doubt remains the feasibility of the ground systems needed for VjSTOL air transport. There is surprise in some sectors of the British equipment industry that Sud have not requested their technical support in the flight test programme of Concorde 001. SBAC are producing a 100-page prestige brochure in colour, called "Aerospace through the Seventies," for this year's Paris Air Show, with text in both English and French. Canada's participation in this year's Paris Salon will be her largest ever. There is to be a Canadian pavilion and 30 companies are exhibiting. A move to re-engine all existing Con- vair 880s and 990s with P&W JT8Ds has been proposed by Modern Air ways, operator of five ex-American Airlines 990s. The conversion would extend the life of the aircraft as well as making them more economical to operate.
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