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654 TUGHJ International, 29 April WORLD E W S THREE TSR.2s SURVIVE Three TSR.2s are to be kept in airworthy condition and the MoA states that all possible uses for them will be considered. One major task could be flight development of the Olympus 395 engine for the Concorde. The first prototype has been grounded at BAC's Warton airfield since the cancellation. The second is almost ready for its first flight at Boscombe Down, and the third is "99 per cent complete" at BAC's Weybridge factory. FIRST TSR.2 DISMISSALS The backlash of TSR.2's cancellation began last week with the dismissal by BAC of 1,700 workers—1,200 from its Preston Division factories and 500 from Weybridge. Warnings of further redundancies were given, but it was stated that the level would not necessarily rise to the 6,000 who had been working on TSR.2 in BAC's factories. No highly skilled workers were among those first dismissed; and no machinists or toolmakers, for whom offers of alternative employment are numerous, have yet been released. Predominant among the first workers declared redundant were clerical and administrative workers. At Weybridge the TSR.2 cancellation is partially mitigated by the availability of work on the One-Eleven, and an order from East African Airwaysfor three Super VClOs. Union pressure is being exerted on BAC for some civil aircraft work to be switched to the Preston factories. Union representa- tives at Weybridge have asked for a ban on all unnecessary overtime. FRENCH AVIATION EXPORTS On the day that cancellation of the TSR.2 was announced, the President of the French Air Ministry Aviation Export Committee announced that during the fourth equip- ment plan, covering 1962-65, French avia- tion exports had run at 145 per cent of the target figure. Aeronautical equipment represented nearly 4 per cent of French national exports and almost 15 per cent of industrial equipment exports. During the first quarter of 1965 export orders worth NF411m (about £30m) were signed with six leading French companies. France aims to increase her aeronautical exports by 9 per cent every year during the forthcoming fifth five-year plan. SONIC BOOMS DEMONSTRATED Air Transport, page 657 NEWS FROM MALAYSIA Defence( pages 683-684 SOVIET COMSAT LAUNCHED Space-flight, page 679 LORD HIVES We regret to record the death of Lord Hives, CH, MBE, former chairman of Rolls- Royce Ltd. Gravely ill for the past two years- he died in London last Saturday, April 24, at the age of 79. Lord Hives From the very early days of the famous company—he joined it in 1908—his exceptional engineering ability and, later, his business acumen, were closely identified with the success of its products. As a member of the experimental depart- ment in the 1914-18 war he was much con- cerned with the Rolls-Royce Eagle engine and, in the early thirties, the outstanding "R" engine which won the Schneider Trophy for Britain. From it the Merlin was developed, and from 1936 onwards, when he became general works manager, he was responsible for Merlin production; by the end of the 1939-45 war 150,000 had been built at Derby and in other factories. He also negotiated their manufacture by Packard in America. During the war period, too, Hives brought his engineering skill to bear on jet engine development, and it was the Welland—first of the long line of Rolls- Royce "river class" engines—that powered the Meteor 1. Appointed managing director of the company in 1946, he accepted a peerage in 1950 and retired in 1957 at the age of 61. For the next three years he served as chair- man of the Industrial Development Board for Malta. BLOODHOUND OUT EAST Bloodhound Mk 2 surface-to-air missiles are now at operational readiness with the RAF in Malaysia, where they comprise part of Singapore Island's air defences and will shortly comprise those, too, around RAAF Butterworth, the large joint RAAF/RAF base near Penang. The Singapore area Bloodhound system is operated by 65 Sqn, commanded by Wg Cdr J. Rennie, from a large site alongside the Straits of Johore at RAF Seletar. The squadron started arriving at Seletar in January 1964, became operational some months ago and is still in the process of building up to its full strength. Certain of its surprisingly numerous launchers, which are grouped in sections of eight, are still First Scent of Bloodhound 1 An exclusive " Flight " photograph of a section of Bloodhound 2 surface-to-air missiles of 65 Sqn at RAF Seletar, Singapore, first operational location of the type. Another RAF Bloodhound 2 squadron is working up at RAAF Butter- worth, near Penang. (News item above)
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