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1949
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FLIGHT JANUARY 13TH, 1949 HERE AND THERE tution of Civil Engineers, Great GeorgeStreet, Westminster. Mr. Meredith will speak on "The Auto Pilot"; light re-freshments are being served at 5.30 p.m. The Society reminds candidates forthe Associate Fellowship Examination that a new syllabus came into force onJanuary 1st, 1949, but that papers will continue to be set in the old syllabus upto and including December next. Entry forms for the May, 1949, Examinationunder the old syllabus must be in the hands of the Society by February 28th.Candidates wishing to take Part I of the new syllabus have until January 31st tosend in their entry forms for the May, 1949, examination. Russian Pilot Remembered T ECTURES and meetings wera held re--L'cently in Russia, where an exhibition was opened to commemorate the death,ten years ago, of Valeri Chkalov, one of Russia's leading pilots. In 1936 Chkalovmade a record flight from Moscow to North America via the North Pole (a dis-tance of 7,145 miles) of which route he was one of the pioneers. He was in theair for 63^ hours. In more recent years Chkalov was responsible for the idea ofbringing down hostile aircraft, when all other methods had failed, by means oframming them with the airscrew of the defending machine. This idea was widelypractised against the Germans. Bader's Inspection TourF OR the purpose of inspecting estab- lishments of the Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., on the route to the Netherlands East Indies, G/C. D. R, S. Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C., the well-known war- time pilot, recently completed a 20,000 mile round trip in a Proctor V; he also inspected the fleet of aircraft maintained by Shell for communications purposes. The outward journey was made by G/C- and Mrs. Bader in the Proctor as far as Singapore; from there they flew in Shell- owned Catalina and Grumman aircraft and returned to London in the Proctor, a standard aircraft fitted with long range tanks and radio. Since it was purchased by Shell in 1947 this aircraft has flown a total of 670 hours on similar inspection tours WITH GIPSY AND MERLIN : The Fiat G. 46-2 trainer, seen above on skis, is fitted with a de Havilland Gipsy Queen 30. Some 70 are to be delivered to the Argentine. A much more powerful machine, along generally similar lines, is the G. 59B-M advanced trainer, with Rolls-Royce Merlin 24-2 engine. News in Brief ACCORDING to a recent Russian•i*. claim a model seaplane built by a 15-year-old Russian school boy hasbroken an international endurance record by remaining in the air for 30 minutes15 seconds. » • * Sir Ben Lockspeiser, chief scientist of the Ministry of Supply, on January 5th visited the Schoolboys' Exhibition at the New Horticultural Hall, Westminster; he spent some time explaining a sec- tioned jet engine to youthful onlookers. * * * An agreement has been reached be- tween E. K. Cole, Ltd., and the National Radio and Engineering Co., Ltd., of Bom- bay, an affiliated com- pany of the Tata organization, for the establishment and de- velopment of radio manufacture and distri- ion in India; this embraces radio receivers, components and elec- tronic devices generally. * » • The Waste Paper Re- covery Association an- nounces that improved paper salvage during PETROL PATROL : GIC. D. R. S. bader, D.S.O., D.F.C., and the Proctor V owned by the Shell Petroleum Co. in which he made the tour of inspection referred to on this page. In 152 flying hours G\C. Bader covered 20,000 miles. the last year has been largely responsible for larger newspapers now being pub- lished. The Association estimates that the larger newspapers will need an additional 1,500 tons of news print a week and stresses the need for continued salvage efforts. • • • Sir Roy Fedden has been appointed to the Board of Leyland Motors as director of research and development. Sir Roy is to take charge of a new establishment dealing with long-term policy and plans. * # * In a speech welcoming guests to a party held to celebrate the completion of a new hangar at Bromma Airport, Stock- holm, Capt. Carl Florman, who has been president of A.B.A., Swedish partner in S.A.S., since its formation, announced that he would retire this year when A.B.A. celebrates its 25th anniversary. * • » The Royal Scottish Museum has received as a gift from the Bristol Aero- plane Co. a sectioned and working Her- cules 100 aero engine. Skilfully sectioned to show the working of the internal mechanism and fitted with coloured elec- trical lights showing the sequence of power strokes, this exhibit has been placed in the Hall of Power. # • * • Recent figures published on January 4th show that 26 per cent of the total air lift supplies flown into Berlin since the operation began last June have been carried by British aircraft compared with 74 per cent carried by American aircraft. The weight of German indus- trial products lifted out of Berlin into the German western zones since last June totalled 8,167 tons. B 12
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