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roqer.bacon@flightinternational.com Pack-a-plane Budgie News: "What's so good about being a micro air vehicle developer?" Microman: "You get to bring the prototype to the conference in your briefcase." Budgie: "And when's the next test flight?" Micro: "How about now?" Never say never, Little Nellie My North Sea spotter (aaaahhh...) Hawker Demon reports that "true competi tion" is set to return there in August 2004 when Bond Offshore Helicopters is due to start operations. What really caught his eye, however, was its telephone number: +44 1452 856 er....007. The question is will Bristow or CHC be shaken or stirred? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...and I can hear everything behind me for a mile...sorry, did you say something? Early 1960s approach to long-distance aerial surveillance Museum pieces So it is true. The world's most expensive aircraft is heading for a museum. Well, sort of. Your Uncle has been told two Northrop Grumman B-2s will be put on display at museums in the USA in 2003 or shortly after. However, "Ship 98", which is intended for display in Palmdale, California, is a fatigue test airframe and currently used as an engineering mock-up. The other aircraft, "Ship 99", served as a load test vehicle and is currently intact except for cockpit, engines and avionics. This aircraft is expected to go on display at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, later this year.. .or at least that's what we think. Budgie News: "Hello, is that the Air Force museum? Is your B-2 on display yet?" Marvin Paranoid: "A space is being set aside but no-one knows if it has arrived or not. Even if we could see it, we couldn't tell you - unless we shot you after wards, of course." From Boeing 737 MMEL list Gear Retraction Braking System. May be inoperative provided: a) After take-off, landing gear remains extended for two minutes before retraction. b) Take-off performance is based on Landing Gear Extended. Errr....has there ever been take-off performance with the gear retracted? asks Nephew Charles Aufranc. It might shorten the landing run, but on take-off? Overheard at a Birdseed luncheon Q. Why is Michael O'Leary taking German lessons? A. So he can ask his way to Frankfurt when he flies into Hahn airport. Apparently Ryanair has also announced a new route to what they're calling London West. The rest of the world calls it Newquay. Breaking the rice bowl Apologies to Nephew Peter Checketts of Hong Kong who thought I was a bit mean to have a go at the quality of in-flight services on some (unidentified) domestic Chinese carriers. It has been many moons since your Uncle was in that region and it's good to know the rice bowl has been broken...hopefully not due to turbulence! YEARS AGO AIRCRAFT ENGINEER FLIGHT 23.1.1953 Royal Commission On January 15th the Air Ministry announced that Her Majesty the Queen had been graciously pleased to appoint H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to a commis sion in the Royal Air Force, in the rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, with effect from that date. Simultaneous announcements by the Admiralty and War Office gave news of the Duke's promo- ? f\ tion to ranks of Admiral of the Fleet and * w Field Marshal. As most Flight readers are aware, His Royal Highness is receiving flying lessons from an R.A.F. instructor (F/L. OR. Gordon); he had his first on November 12th, and on December 20th he went solo in the D.H. Chipmunk. The Duke, who recently succeeded the late King as Air Commodore- in-Chief of the Air Training Corps, now becomes the third member of the Royal Family to have held the highest rank in the R.A.F. Coronation Review Odiham, the well-known Fighter Command station near Basingstoke, Hants, and Farnham, Surrey - about 40 miles from London - has been chosen as the venue of the Coronation Review of the Royal Air Force by Her Majesty the Queen, which will take place on July 15th. This permanent station, constructed in 1936, has, since the war, become one of the best known bases of Fighter Command. It was originally used by Nos. 4 and 13 Army Co-operation Squadrons. When these units left for France early in 1940, Odiham was taken over by Fighter Command, and after the fall of France it was used primarily as a training base for Allied personnel. Neptune Shot Down It is officially reported from Hong Kong that Communist anti-aircraft fire brought down a Lockheed Neptune of the U.S. Navy off South China on January 18th. A Martin Mariner flying boat which picked up ten survivors from the Neptune later crashed into the sea six miles off Swatow. Late on Sunday night it was learned that ten survivors from this second incident had been picked up. Le.n9747SP, Lufthansa Magazin, December 2002 www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 21-27 JANUARY 2003 43
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