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1949
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APRIL 2IST, 1949 FLIGHT 449 Happy LandingsD URING February, passenger- and troop-carrying aircraft of the R.A.F. flew 4,266,000 passenger-miles without accident. Swedish Strength IncreasesI F proposals to the Swedish Parliament are approved, as expected, Sweden may have the strongest air force in Con- tinental Europe. The Defence Minister has asked for about £4 million to .buy 90 new fighters, the sum to be spread over the budget years 1949-53. Far-East Charter A GROUP of Hong Kong business menhave chartered a B.O.A.C. Solent flying boat to carry them to the British Industries Fair. The aircraft left South- ampton on April ioth on its way to CANADIAN CALLERS : Recent visitors to Gloster Aircraft,Ltd., were Mr. D. H. Rogers (left), and Mr. D. D. Murphy, chief test pilots of, respectively, Avro Canada and the Civil Aviation Division of the Canadian Transport Department. Hong Kong, flying via the Middle East, Pakistan, India, Rangoon and Singa- pore. This is the first time a B.O.A.C. Solent has flown to the Far East. New H.Q. for Kingston Cadets AT the opening ceremony of No. 328A.T.C. Squadron's new headquarters in Kingstpn~on-Thames, G/C. G. B. Keilly, D.F.C., A.F.C., expressed the hope that the Squadron would become the biggest' and best in the country. The Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Oldfield, said that the town was proud of the smartness and enthusiasm of its A.I .C. unit. No. 328 Squadron has its own wireless station, which operates under 6j Group W/T. Watch Control. MANY HANDS : Deck crews bring a U.S. Navy blimp into position on the carrier Sicily as it returns from a patrol during manoeuvres in the Caribbean. Carrier TransferT HE 30,800 ton carrier, H.M.S. Eagle, under com-.. pletion at Belfast, has been taken to Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, for the fitting of propellers, as the Belfast dry docks were not large enough to admit her width. Returning to Belfast about the end of next month, the carrier will probably be com- missioned early in 1950. H.M.S. Eagle was launched by Princess Elizabeth in 1946, but work on her was delayed to enable the latest tech- 'cal developments to be incorporated. Ministries' DramaticsT HE Adastral Players—amateur actors of the Air Ministry and Ministry of Civil Aviation—will present Sir Arthur Pinero's comedy " Trelawney of the Wells '' at the Scala Theatre on May 24th and 25th. Musical settings will be provided by the Central Band of the R.A.F., conducted by S/L. A. E. Sims, M.B.E., who has composed special incidental music for the occasion. Tickets, at prices from 2s 6d to 10s 6d, are available from Mr. R. J. Riddles, Room 120, 19/29, Woburn Place, Lon- don, W.C.i. •-/•A.T.C. Flying ScholarshipsW ITH Air Ministry approval, the Air League of the British Empire will this year introduce a scholarship scheme to provide flying training for selected A.T.C. cadets. Cadets chosen will be brought up to the new Private Pilot's Licence standard, and will have their certificates of service endorsed ac- cordingly, for R.A.F. consideration when they enter the Service. Cadets will be nominated by Squadron Commanders, with final recommenda- tions going forward from group head- quarters to* Reserve Command. Their training, which will-include 30 hours' flying, will begin at week-ends,, and end with a two- week course at an approved flying school. The extent to which the POW - WOW : Mr. Eric Williams (cen- tre), author of " The Wooden Horse '' with two of his companions in the escape from Stalag Luft II—Mr. Michael Codner (left) andMr. Oliver Philpot. The occasion was n Foyle's luncheon in honour of Mr. Wil- liams. scheme can operate depends on the funds available, and the Air League will grate- fully receive any assistance towards the cost of the scholarships. _. News in Brief THE Sperry Review reports that theMinistry of Supply has ordered 70 Attacker Naval fighters from Vickers- Supermarine, Ltd. * * • Thos. Cook and Son, the travel agents, have opened an office in Basra, with Mr. R. Woodward in charge. Main activity at present is expected to con- cern air movements to and from Basra. * # * The two wholly-owned De La Rue plastics subsidiaries of De La Rue Insu- lation, Ltd., and Hill, Norman and Beard Plastics, Ltd., will in future operate together as the Plastics Division of Thomas De La Rue and Company, Ltd. * # * The first Hight of the prototype Convair B-36D, which has four J-35 turbojets in addition to its six Wasp Majors, lasted 3 hr 15 min. Take-off, at a gross weight of 280,000 Ib, was shortened from 5,000ft to 3,500ft, and a height of 40,000ft was reached during the flight. An illus- tration of the B-36D appeared in Flight of April 7th. * * * - ..'.Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing, O.B.E., who recently resigned from the B.B.C. Tele- vision Service, has joined Cossor Radar, Ltd., as a director. He served on the radar staff of the Air Ministry from 1939 to 1941, and in 1943 became chief radar officer with the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, and later with the Air Staff of S.H.A.E.F. * * * Designed and manufactured by the Pye Telecommunications and supplied by Marconi, a complete A.B.A.S. instalfa- tion for Pretoria Airport', South Africa, was recently shipped from this country —the first complete equipment of this nature, claim the makers, to be exported from Britain. The equipment weighed 10J tons and the whole order was com- pleted in five weeks. 1; 11
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