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1981
1981 - 0017.PDF
FUGHT International, 3 January 198t 15 Well done! 1980 Royal Aeronautical Society awards THREE gold medals are awarded and three honorary fellows and a com panion elected at the Royal Aeronauti cal Society. Honorary fellowships go to engineer and combat aircraft de signer Ed Heinemann, British Caledonian Airways deputy chairman Sir Peter Masefield and British Aero space aircraft group chairman Sir Frederick Page. Marshall of Cam bridge (Engineering) chairman Sir Arthur Marshall becomes a Com panion. The RAeS Gold Medal goes to William Gharnley for his leadership in research and development organi sation and management. He is R&D establishments and research control ler at the Ministry of Defence (Pro curement Executive). Awarded the British Gold Medal is Alec Atkin for his leadership in in ternational aerospace organisation and management as managing director (military) of British Aerospace air craft group. For his work on microwave all- weather landing and guidance equip ment for V/Stol aircraft Derek Atter, manager of MEL's Madge Sea Harrier project, receives the Wakefield Gold Medal. • The RAeS has announced the judges panel for its young people's space competition. They are Prof Sir Hermann Bondi, Prof R. L. Boyd, Sir Monty Finniston, Sir Ieuan Maddock and Dame Margaret Weston. Ideas for experiments which could be per formed in Space aboard the Space Shuttle are sought. The society has obtained a reservation from Nasa for What's new FlightSafety International (Marine Air Terminal, La Guardia Airport, Flushing, New York; telephone [212] 476-5700) has developed a new audio visual self-learning programme to teach pilots and operators the best ways to handle hazardous materials on board aircraft. The course details con tainers that should be used, where they should be placed and notes materials that should not be carried on passenger aircraft. A new range of vacuum presses specifically designed for the aerospace industry has been introduced by Old Acre Engineering (Bath Road, Midg- ham, Reading, Berkshire; telephone 073521 2238). The presses feature an adjustable heating source which can be set to follow panel contours. a Get Away Special in which it is hoped the winning entry can be flown; the project is subject to adequate sponsorship being obtained. Closing date for the competition is February 2. Sikorsky has received the Army Avia tion Association of America (Lind bergh Chapter) Industry Award. The company is cited for its contribution to Army Aviation material readiness with the Black Hawk helicopter which "has established a remarkable record." Who's where Elected senior vice-president, finance, of Comsat is Carl Reber. New posi tions at the company's World Systems division include: Lawrence DeVore (v-p and general counsel), Lewis Meyer (v-p;- contracts and procure ment) and George Lawler (v-p, mar keting). New v-p and general manager of Bendix Corporation's engine products division is Domenic Altomare. New appointments at Raytheon in clude: Stanley Sharenson (manager, missile systems division's advanced systems centre), Everette Harper (v-p and manager, Washington DC opera tions) and Paul Pullen (manager, international accounting controls). Flying colours for everyone REPRINTS of aircraft portraits from our Flightcolour series are available at lOp each, minimum order 6 prints (60p)—postage included. Send orders to: Flight International Library, Room L503, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, England SM2 5AS. Payment with order, payable to IPC Business Press. Please state alternatives. 19 D.H.80A Puss Moth 20 Avro Anson 21 D.H. 87 Hornet Moth 22 S.E.5a 26 D.H.94 Moth Minor 27 Miles Falcon 28 Hawker Hurricane 1 30 HeinkelHe111 31 Messerschmitt Bf109 32 Comper Swift 33 N3N-3 Seaplane 34 D.H.82 Tiger Moth 35 Bristol Bulldog 36 Martin B-26B Marauder 37 Hawker Tempest V 38 Handley Page Hampden 40 Handley Page Halifax 11 44 Miles Martinet TT.1 46 Blackburn Firebrand IV 47 Fairey Barracuda 1 48 Grumman Avenger 1 50 Fairey Firefly 1 53 Nieuport N.17 55 Fokker D.VII 56 Spad XIII 57 Fokker E.lll Monoplane 59 Pfalz D.lll 64 Avro Tutor 65 Gloster Gladiator 67 Hawker Tomtit 68 Long-span Meteor F.3 70 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 71 FG-1D Corsair 72 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 73 Lockheed Lodestar/ Hudson 74 Douglas SBD Dauntless 75 Pitcairn Sport Mailwing 76 Miles Magister 1 77 Miles Messenger 78 LVG C.VI 79 Vickers Viscount (prototype) 80 D.H.89 Dragon Rapide/ Dominie 81 Avro Anson 83 Junkers Ju52 84 DHC-1 Chipmunk 85 Morane Type N 86 D.H.51 87 Miles M.17 Monarch 88 North American P-51D Mustang 89 NA AT-6D Harvard 92 Westland Lysander 93 Avro 504K 94 Hawker Sea Fury F.10 95 Handley Page Hastings 96 Fairey Firefly AS.5 97 Sea Fury FB.11 98 Fairey Swordfish II 99 Waco S-7 Cabin Biplane 100 Cunliffe-Owen Concordia 101 D.H.82A Tiger Moth 102 Vultee BT-15 103 Hawker Hurricane He 104 Avro Lancaster 106 Beech D-17S Staggerwing 108 Hawker Hurricane lie 109 Avro Lancaster 110 D.H.80A Puss Moth 111 Boeing A-75-N1 Stearman 112 Spitfire Vb and Hurricane lie 113 Supermarine-Napier S.5 114 Vickers Varsity T.1 115 D.H.60G Gipsy Moth 117 Comper Swift 118 Currie Wot 119 D.H.98 Mosquito B.IV 120 D.H.82 Sea Tiger 121 Sopwith F.1 Camel 122 Douglas C-47B Dakota 4 123 Hawker P.1052 (Sea Hawk) 124 D.H. Vampire T.11 125 Avro 504K 126 Miles Magister 127 LVG C.VI 128 North American F-82 Twin Mustang 129 North American AT-6D Texan 130 Avro Anson C.19 131 D.H.84 Dragon 132 Supermarine Spitfire 16e 133 Bristol Fighter 134 Fairey Swordfish II 135 Boeing P-12 Biplane 136 Fairchild Argus 137 Douglas DC-4 Skymaster 138 Fiat G.46 139 Miles M.3A Falcon 140 Supermarine S.5 Replica 141 Miles Messenger 142 Fairey Firefly AS.5 143 D.H.60G Gipsy Moth 144 D.H.80A Puss Moth 145 Hawker Hurricane He 146 Boeing B-17G 147 Hurricane lib 148 Viima II Biplane 149 Westland Lysander IMA 150 D.H.60X Hermes Moth 151 Hawker Hart 152 D.H.89A Dragon Rapide (G-AGSH) 153 Piper J-3C 154 Gloster Gladiator 155 Percival P.56 Provost 155b Percival Proctor 1 156 Fairey Swordfish 157 D.H.82 Tiger Moth (G-AIRI) 158 AT-6 Texan/Harvard 159 Supermarine Spitfire V 160 D.H.80A Puss Moth 161 Bucker Bu131 Jungmann 163 LVG C.VI 164 D.H.98 Mosquito B.IV 165 D.H.82 Tiger Moth in sunset 166 D.H. Vampire F.3 169 Tipsy Trainer 1
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