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1940
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AUGUST 8, 1940 in HERE and THERE Lord Beaverbrook in War Cabinet ON August 2 it was announced fromNo. 10, Downing Street, that the Prime Minister had invited Lord Beaver-brook, Minister for Aircraft Production, to become a member of the War Cabinet.It was added that, for the time being, he would continue to be M.A.P. Well-known Pilot Killed F is with extreme regret that we haveto announce the death in a flying accident of P/O. R. O. Shuttleworth.Mr. Shuttleworth was a noted racing motorist and aviator, and was chairmanof Railton Cars, Ltd. One of his hobbies was the collection and repair of earlytypes of aeroplanes, and his Bleriot and Deperdussin monoplanes were often seenperforming at flying meetings. No More U.S. Petrol PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S order-C that no more aviation petrol may be exported from the United States exceptto countries in the Western hemisphere is likely to have far-reaching results.While it will obviously hit this country, it is thought that Germany will sufferto an even greater extent,' as we have other sources of supply. Germany, onthe other hand, will be cut off from the considerable quantities which reachedher through Italy and Spain. Japan also will suffer, and has received the ban withstrong disfavour. So far as the Empire is concerned, it should be rememberedthat Canada is in the Western hemis- phere. Atlantic Flights Resumed TOURING the week-end the Short -'-' flying boat Clare (G-AFCZ) made a flight from a base in England to New- foundland, continuing on to Montreal and New York. The flying boat was inspected before the start by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air. It was commanded by Capt. Kelly Rogers, and the crew included Capt. E. Rotherham (second pilot), Mr. C. E. Wikockson (first radio officer), Mr. J. L. Burgess (second radio officer), and Capt. E. R. B. White, whose great re- sponsibility was navigation without the 4,000 H.P. The Consolidated type 31 is powered by two of the new Wright two-row Duplex-Cyclone engines, and is probably the world's most powerful twin-engined flying boat. The "retractable tricycle undercarriage " is a beaching trolley. The struts of the outboard floats fold into the wing. The machine has accommodation for 52 passengers in the daytime and 28 at night. usual aids available in peacetime. The flight from Eire to Newfoundland took 16 hours 6 minutes. It is the first of a series, in which the authorities of Eire, Newfoundland and Canada are co- operating with navigational facilities. Model Restrictions THE Society of Model AeronauticalEngineers announce that by an Order of the Air Council a ban has beenplaced on the flying of certain types of model aeroplanes. Under the new re-strictions no petrol-driven models may . be flown, nor any gliders or elastic-drivenmodels having a wing span in excess of 7 ft. There are no restrictions on modelsof any other type. Doug/as Commercial Orders THE Douglas factory had a personnelexceeding 17,000 in June, and the "backlog" of orders is $117,000,000.Though most of this is for military craft, $23,000,000 is for commercial types,with the big DC4 heading the list with 46 on order. T.W.A. has a big orderfor DC3S of a later version, said to have a longer passenger cabin and to seat 24.The airline will take 15 of these at a reported cost of $1,500,000 (approxi-mately £25,000 each). Eleven of the nosewheel DC5S are onorder, one having just been delivered to W. E. Boeing for his personal use. ill FERRY-PILOTINGACROSS THEATLANTIC. Asrecorded on p. 104 the Airways Cor- poration is assisting in the work of organising trans- atlantic deliveries. On the left is Capt. A. S- Wilcockson, and on the right Capt. D. C. Bennett. Design work on the DC6 has beenstarted and this is believed to be an im- proved DC3. Flying Bombers Across AS recorded elsewhere in this issue,arrangements are being made for flying across from Canada or Newfound-land such American military types as are capable of covering the required distancenon-stop. Capts. Bennett and Page of the Airways Corporation are now inCalifornia to discuss the matter with west coast constructors. More Gifts THE Gold Coast Spitfire Fund has senta further £5,000. Since the fund was inaugurated in June, a total of £25,000 has been contributed. The Governor of Trinidad has announced that a further £10,000 has been sub- scribed, bringing the total to £52,000. The money is " for the purchase of aero- planes of whatever type His Majesty's Government decide would be most useful." Capt. Leslie Gamage has con- tributed £5,000, Fiji £52,000, the Bahamas War Committee ^10,000, and a further £1,250 has been received from the Cyprus Fighter 'Plane Fund. A fund organised by the Madras Mail has produced £22,500 for the purchase of Spitfires, and the fund opened by the Palestine Post has reached a total of £IQ,OOO. Two Americans have made a present of a Spitfire each, Mr. Frank Allen and Mr. Frederick Pearson. The latter has requested that the Spitfire pre- sented by him should be named R. J. Mitchell, after the late chief designer of the machine. IT wasHoover, Sabotage in America disclosed by Mr. J. Edgar Chief of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, that acts of sabotage had been discovered. Emery dust in aero engines was said to be one form which the acts of sabotage had taken. It is a little difiicult to under- stand how the presence of the dust escaped the inspectors. Or perhaps it didn't. After all, the report does not state that the engines were run before it was discovered.
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