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1944
1944 - 0014.PDF
6 F L I G H T JANUARY OTH, 1944 AND THE "As You Were" T HE Admiralty states that the Grum man Martlet and Tarpon now in service with the Fleet Air Arm will in future be known by their original Ameri can names of Wildcat and Avenger respectively. Croydon Ruled Out MR. W. P. HILDRED, Director-General of Civil Aviation, has just told a deputation that Croydon can never be developed into a super airport because sufficient space cannot be provided for the bigger transport aircraft which the post-war period will bring. Cannons for Douglas AT Wright Field, U.S.A., recently, a Douglas Havoc of the U.S.A.A.F. was tested with a 37 mm. cannon mounted in the nose. This is the second A-20 type Douglas to be fitted with cannon, the first being the P-70 night-fighter version which lias four 20 mm. cannon grouped in the nose. "Arsenal Jor America" " "DRITISH workers will not consider -D the warAjver when the last shot has been fired/in Europe, but will strive ind the arsenal for America 'Japan," said Mr. Pat J. M. Carey, chiSjfcian of Handley Page's joint lommittee, who is one of four workers touring the U.S. ibassadors. this observation when speak- ilo last week. U.S. Production News SEVERAL items of news have been recently released by the U.S. Office of War Information, namely, that the Lockheed concern is turning over its entire facilities to the production of the P-38 Lightning, the output of which will be doubled, that the Bell P-39 Airacobra is being supplanted by a new model with two-stage supercharged Alliscn giving efficiency up to 40,000ft., and that the output of the C-46 Commando "is to-day on a basis that will top any pre vious rate of production.'' Still Bigger Output Needed BUT in case anybody should be feeling too well satisfied with American out put, Mr. Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-president of the U.S. War Produc tion 'Board, told his colleagues at Wash ington recently that the 9,000 aircraft being produced in the U.S. during December "just is not good enough for the job ahead." The volume of material sent to North Africa and Italy was, he said, "insigni ficant" compared with the job of equipping the Allied forces for the in vasion of Europe. Browned Off FROM the U.S.A.A.F. at Wright Field (their equivalent to our Farn- borough) comes the story of how a young German pilot, thoroughly "browned off" with his side of the war, flew his Ju 88 from Rumania to a British air field on the island of Cyprus and sur- HONOURABLE DEFEAT : The Fifth Sea Lord, Rear Admiral D. W. Boyd, C.B.E., D.S.O., presents his own cup to the " best loser "in a boxing contest for Fleet Air Arm apprentices. The smiling recipient is 17-year-old P. E. Tucker of Shoebury- ness, who lost his bout on points after a splendid fight. rendered himself, complete with aircraft in good working order, to the Allies. U.S. Flak Helmets NEW metal helmets designed to give greater protection against shell splinters are now being issued to Ameri can aircrews on "ops" over Europe. Two designs are available for use. They fit over earphones, microphones, oxygen mask, goggles and head covering. Lowestoft A.T.C. NO. 469 (Lowestoft) Squadron A.T.C. is to be congratulated on the very good effort it has displayed in the recruit ing campaign now in progress for the Air Training Corps all over the country. It has produced an attractive brochure, with a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Patrick H. L. Playfair, Commandai "•«—- A.T.C. for the East, describing its owiF formation and growth and giving the reader other encouraging information about the Corps. This brochure is suitably illustrated, nicely arranged, and altogether consti tutes a creditable piece of publicity for a good cause. New Recognition Feature IN this issue of Flight there begins a new feature dealing with aircraft re cognition under the heading " Aircraft in Flying Attitudes." As in the case of " Aircraft Types and Their Characteristics," which concluded last week after covering some 160 differ ent types, the new series will normally^ occupy the two centre pages so that tfft^ reader can easily remove and keep them for reference. Four aircraft will be dealt with each week, each type being illustrated by five silhouettes—plan, front, side, and two perspectives—and an actual photograph, so that the student can familiarise him self with the appearance of the machine in a number of different attitudes in which he may expect to see it flying. The salient features of each machine are briefly outlined in the adjoining text. In Favour of Competition THE need to relax pointless restrictions which slowed the development of international airlines before the war, and accept the fact that there will be com petition in air transport as in all forms of international business, is the view put forward by Mr. William Burden, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, writing in the December issue of the Atlantic Monthly. America need not fear that her air transport industry will be overwhelmed by foreign Government airlines, he says, and claims that there has been no rapid technical development where Government roonopolities have existed. Pointing out that air transport is <a business, not a weapon, he believes that the best interests of all countries will be served by allowing commercial flying to * develop along much the same lines as shipping.
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