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1949
1949 - 0104.PDF
FLIGHT JANUARY 2OTH, 1949 HERE AND THERE had been given a chance to prove theircapabilities in service." It is interesting to note that, according to the Avro cal-culations, just under 25 per cent of the civil flights have been made by Avroaircraft which have carried over 33.6 per cent of the load. Aviation Pocket DiaryP UBLISHED by Collins Clear-TypePress, the 1949 edition of their aviation diary contains a wealth of use-ful information valuable to all who are interested in air travel and flyinggenerally. This year's edition is slightly thinner than the 1948 pocket diary butnevertheless contains as much informa- tion as one might expect to find in amuch larger directory. Leading air transport operators in all the principalcountries are listed besides notes on air- craft, engines, airports, radio and navi-gation aids, aero and gliding clubs, re- cord flights and model aircraft. Thougfnecessarily on a small scale the coloure<- maps of the main countries and 01B.E.A.'s. internal and Continental net- works are remarkably clear. Gliding Awards T^HE British Gliding Association-*- national competition cups and tro- phies which this year were awarded ona points system for flights made through- out the summer, have been awarded asfollows: Londonderry cup, to Cambridge University Gliding Club (J. W. S.Pringle); L. du Garde Peach Trophy to Cambridge University Gliding Club;Firth Vickers Trophy to A. D. Smith; EON Cup to C. J. Wingfield. A Con-ference of Chief Gliding Instructors is to be held by the B.G.A. during the week-end of January 29th and 30th to discuss existing instruction procedure with spe-cial reference to insurance rates, the steps which must be taken to enable clubs tocontinue flying when the new pilots' licences are brought into effect, and thequestion of two-seater training. The Conference will be held at the LondonGliding Club starting on Saturday at 12 noon, and ending on Sunday after tea.Further details can be obtained from the Secretary. OURAGAN : Bearing the manufacturer's designation Dassault 450, or " Ouragan," (Hurricane), a new French single-seat fighter is nearing completion at the Marcel Dassault works. A Nene turbojet, built under licence by Hispano Suiza, is the power plant, and it will be gathered from the "Flight" drawing herewith that the design has certain features in common with the North American F-86 and Grumman Panther. News in Brief OVERSEAS visitors to Britain in Nov-ember last numbered 18,890; accord- ing to the Travel Association's monthlystatistics, 74 per cent of these visitors travelled by sea and 26 per cent by air. * • * Future film shows to be given by theRoyal Aero Club deal with " The Pacific Air Route " on February 15th and " TheHollandia Campaign in Dutch New Guinea, 1944," on March 15th. * * # The main R.C.A.F. building at Goose Bay airport was destroyed by fire on January 10th. The damage has been estimated at $250,000, or ,£62,500 sterling. * * • Inter-City Aviation of Boston, Massa- chusetts have been appointed dis- POWER FOR SAILPLANES THE single-cylinder inverted type auxiliary power plant for sailplanes shown in the accompanying photographs is being built by Mr. R. Swinn, of Blackpool, who estimates that at 3,500 r.p.m. the engine develop 10 h.p. It is intended to attach the unit, which at present weighs 57 Ib, to the sailplane's wing root fittings, presumably in a pusher installation, and use it to reach a safe height without winch assistance before re- traction. The same idea v/as tried many years ago in the Carden-Bnynes sailplane designed by Mr. L E. Baynes. tributors of the Kaman K-190 helicopterin the New England states. The first K-190 delivered to Inter-City Aviationwill be used as a demonstrator and for hire flights as a crop-dusting aircraft. • » - » A new heavy freight air service was opened recently by Air France; the first machine to land at Orly Airport from Saigon carried an elephant weighing nearly half a ton. • * • Trans-Canada Airlines announce the appointment of D. C. Bythell, M.B.E., as director of advertising, and of Stephen Anderson as public relations representative for Great Britain. • * * Under the title of J. W. Lawrence '(Canada), Ltd., a Canadian subsidiary of J. W. Lawrence, Ltd., heat exchange engineers, has been formed and has 7 mises at Montreal Airport. Oil coolers, aircraft radiators and other heat exchange equipment is to be manufac- tured there in addition to reconditioning of such equipment. • * * First post-war air carriage of news- papers to the Isle of Wight began on January 3rd when Somerton Airways, of Cowes, flew bundles of The Southern Daily Echo from Southampton airport direct to Cowes. The journey took ten minutes and the newspapers were on sale within 25 minutes of leaving the main- land. • * * Mr. Hanford Stevens, London Repre- sentative of-the Division of Aircraft Pro- duction (Australia), will be returning to London by air this month and will be accompanied by Mr. V. F. Letcher, director of the Division of Aircraft Production in Australia. Mr. Letcher is coming to London in connection with Australia's future aircraft production programme. B 16
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