THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1950.
NEWS IN THE AIR...on a crazy demonstration.....a jet race...and flying scholarships
PILOT TO WATCH
HIS PS AND Qs
RAD
ADIO-TELEPHONE conversations between the pilots in the air, and instructions to them from the ground will be relayed over loud-speakers to the public enclosures during several events at the Royal Air Force Display at Farnborough, Hants., on July 7 and 8.
She Notes
The Naughty
During the formation aerobatica by five Vampire jet 1ghtern of No. 54 Squad- ron, spectators will hear the leader's orders to the other four pilots in the team. Similarly, during the "crazy" flying demonstration, izi which a "pupil," flying a Only WHAF member of the Chipmunk trainer. makes kard trade created
Airmen
oficial shorthand writer to the Director wavels
of thousands
and will
theclumsy and hair-raising: nt- Royal Air Force is 22-year-old tempts to copy the polished -S.rgram Hazel Hunter, who s manoeuvres of an instruc- /gal Serviertor in a similar aircraft, the
milen instructor's directions f yearly, attending general courts the pupil's comments martial
Mations in the
be hard. In reality, both United Kingdom.
pilots are instructors from the R.A.F. Central Flying School.
ich
Before joining the service 1948 Serpenty
Hunter was sceretury in a firm near her
1 mar at Pateley Bridge. York- Shire, After Several training a the Lestal Branch of the RAF she reached
of 200 words a mate.
Exchunter between ground months' forces and aircraft will be heard of the set piece, ring one peedeeling on attack on a strong- point. In this event, a connaissance patrol of RAF. artsoured
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Although m are normally Hement uited to thin type of work-confunded by an enemy strong- there is our Warrant Offery all point crackling of dug-in tanks. tached to the branch-the RAP Imve opened the trade" to "geme bers of the WRAP. Pay is 35. kl. a day extra on their normal bate pay for women, and
sily for men.
TWO WAVES The patrol lewder radios a re- air supponet, Watch quest for METIVOS IN than p uf two font of Vampires Thes |attack in two waves with bombs a torkein. This will be the
st public demonstration of a
Airplane flies inocket aflock by Je
or out every 86 seconds
at
Chicago now Ingeles more, da ir tradic than any other city
in the world.
The city bas Trafic figures
die erpati J11 for that it has last year dow come the first
city to handle more than 1,000 nireraft a day.
During 1949 there were 379,- 709 landins or take-off from Chicago, The statisting word. į out therefore that
fighter-
"live** will
THE flying boat, Hudson, glides over the water past ships as it heads for its berth in Southampton, England.
The craft inaugurated a new flying boat service between Southampton, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a letter of
greeting was carried on the initial flight from the Mayor of Southampton to the Mayor of Glasgow.
Got The Grumps?
YOU CAN
BLAME THE
LIFT BOY
Anuther event with beralend accompaniment
une airfield. Be the defence of TA
from ingin my slate of war If you come home
hu છul ef exist, and Moteur sighters are work grouchy
readiness awaiting the
sorts, don't blame it on the approach of Tenemy" AJOL Quito
boss or what you had for alarm i ven The and the
lunch. fhterm "argatable" untercept,
Meanwhile enemy" inter nighters-Blometa-have and the defeneng trated attempt to attack the airfield in support of the bomber.
REQUESTS
A movet nerabulle event will
According to the Clevelan arrociation of building owner: and managers, your attitude probably the faul: of the lift operator.
On the other hand, the asso- ciation said, if you bring the
an aircraft he tout by two Balliol trainers, wife sony Bowers and rough- was either entering or leaving in which the pilots will perform house with the kids before din
renitented by the Iner, you Chicago every 86 vond day
The f can credit puldic. Two roving microphones operator for your cheerfulness and night throughout the year.
At the busest time list will be passed through the en- too. Summer Landen's 1 airports,
and spectators
be
wall Logsdon azul Northolt, handled able to ask the puts to execute Tho were the conclusions of
arrival and
Requests and the elution after a psycho- only about 10,000 riparture p
between a month
the pitets acknowledgments analytient survey of lift opera theen.
will i heard over tlar oud- tions in Cleveland.
peakers.
London Express Services
Lunch
With Lincoln
WORKMEN in London, England, find that' Abraham Lincoln's chair is as good a place as any on which to sit during the noon hour. On the left is a draped statue of the late American President which is waiting to be hoisted onto a pedestal in Parliament Square, now being newly laid out,
K. 0. CANNON
VELL,K.O..NOW THAT'S
ALL OVER, WHAT ABOUT
REALLY STARTING YOUR,
HOLIDAY - WITH A
MOONLIGHT SWIM? D'AZUR 15 AT ITS BEST-ØY MOONLIGHT!
IF ONLY CAN
♪ KEEP HIM A WEEK
ON TWO-TO MYSELF!
and
Peychiatrists
personnel experts who conducted Start Aurvey for the association re
lite ported the behaviour of a operator can establish the pat- fern--good or bad-of his pas-
Sengere day,
Frowns Lose Tenants
Henry H. Eccles, secretary of time association's operating divi- rian raid "a Downing, ircilable Hoor pilot can lose terms and business transactions or car serve as an ambassador of good will."
The operator, man or wonnn, should not forget that he is the contro of attraction all day long." Eccles said.
The building owners ansoeta, į tion has drawn up a sel of! rules designed to make up-and-j down pilots "galutary spheres et influence" on the people who ride with them. The association
aid operators shouldt:
1 Keep their volees low- piteher but distinet, cheerful and roothing A whil nasal
Cor
sping "gain' tip" nuy. create a listing depression.
Musical Voice Urged
2. Never may "hove forward
or squeeze in" but rather, tep
forward please" with a glance of
Vertue-ous Voyage
VERTHE
THIS is the 25-foot yacht Vertue in which two Englishmen have completed a 45-day crossing of the North Atlantic, arriving in New York. Humphrey Barton, 50, and Kevin M. O'Riordan, 69, were the skippers, and it is believed to be only the second time that such a small sailboat, which carried neither radio nor engine, has crossed the northern route from Britain to the U.S.
Secrets to Moscow:
M15 are busy
M. 1.5 men and police are to question dockers pro-
minent in the recent London
strikes about
leakages of information of arms cargoes to and from Britain.
Mr Strachey, the War;
Moscow radio broadcast
sympathetic concern. Never Minister, has been made items about arms ships coming
if not
to Britain as "evidence of Br
say anything like "well wit's aware of the leakage of it-tish war-mongering in the Far Your Boor?" implying.
formation to Communists Faste names of three men who retually adding, Д sneering "Buster?" Simply announce each over the shipment of arms Door with a musical volre.
3. Smile pleasantly without a fixed grin.
4. Keep a neat uniform.
from the Thames Estuary our troubles of the Inst two to Malaya.
Two M.1.5 men have been detailed to track down the The Inst rule, was directed methods by which "secret" toward girls who wear too much details have been sent to seductive makeup and perfume Moscow. Communist sup- and quarts of jewellery, the
portera among the dockers association said.
l'are suspected.
WITH WHISPER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
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THE CHASE IS OVER...
NIGHT FALLS ON THE
COTE D'AZUR...WHAT WILL MORNING HOLD FORK, D. CANNON AND WHISPER 7 BUT THAT IS ANOTHER, STORY........
were prominent during the dock years head the list for investi- of the trio Jans intton. One Leun watched for some time.
KNOWN TO POLICE
Detectives of the Special Branch have compiled a "binett book". which contains the Commu- names of dangerous nists and possible furrorists among dockers.
Investigation has been ham- the pered by the fact that conspirators meet in regret in private houses.
No.. meeting in ever held at the same place twice. Yel in pite of their precautions much of their deliberations and in- tentions are лош known to the police.
Dockers who discharged the U.S.. cargo ship Hait! Vietary
are being questioned.
It was supposed to be a Recret
that she was carrylog 1.000lb, bomba for U.S. alr bases here. Yet it was found that invoices hended U.S. Alr Force: Secret," were pasard to
a civilian who had no right to be in the ship.
Hobo king has had enough
Jeff Davis,
World's fastest
race ever
By JAMES STUART
WHAT should be the world's fastest-ever race is
being flown from Leeds Airport at Sherburn- in-Elmet, Yorks, next month. There are only four contestants four of our fastest jet- aeroplanes.
They will be flown by "ace" test pilots John Derry (De Havilland). Michael Lithgow (Vickers Super- nlarine). Trevor S.-"Wim-i ney"-Wade (Hawker) and Bill Waterton (Gloster).
They are racing for the chui- lengte cup given by the Society
torp.
Construc- British Aircraft
'200 boys learn to
fly a year
Free flying instruction at 11 was won last year by selected civil clubs for Wnde in the Hawker P1040 ex-scholarship winners in the
perimental fighter at $10 m.ph.
in appalling weather conditions, Air Training Corps and the R.A.F. Sections of the Com- bined Cadet Force is to start early in July. A num-
If the
Now record
weather is
Kood, we
may we a new 100 kilometres ber of clubs have been In- closed circutt record ket upvited to during the race, which is twice
fund a 100-kilometre circuit scheme.
(otal-121 miles).
The
sture in the
Derry now holds the record
Air Lengue will for
this distance at 605 m.p.h. provide funds for further Waterlonying scholarships in nddi- In February 198 took the record from Group Caption to those (approximate- ton John Canangang two works later Lithgow raised at ly 200 annually) provided twice in two days, and, Derry by the Air Ministry. "scooped the pool" a few weeks later,
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Training will be undertaken by the clubs up to the standard que same day-July 22-verset for private pilot's licence, The ne course, 11 slower 3 cerering Instruction.
which a minimum
nivcraft are racing for the Air Leane Cup.
Among the pitata s Lieut.- colonel Dullo S. Fannli.
first f
Italian to fly in D British nic
race since the war.
SECOND BATCH
Fifty-eight
been
Colonel Fanali, who is pilot | far
of
endets have awarded flying and now await instructions, Selcetions
"king of the
ing a Flat training monoplane, scholarships, hoboes," has decided "wanis Italy's air attache in London. their
derlust is a terrible thing."
A week later he is flying the from a second batch of candi- who attended for final Davis, who has travelled more me aeroplane in the Norton dates than 3,000,000 nites, including Griffiths Trophy race at New. interview by a Board at Head- quarters, R.A.F. Reserve Com- six trips around the world, said castle-on-Tyne.
mand, this mouth are now be- he wouldn't do it again on a bet.
ing nude. "Why, I have to be introduced to my children every ume I eune home," he smiled,
at
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NITED States air lines are
pushing the air coach." "Third clars"
acroplanes, stripped of al! luxury and with more seats than usual are bring- ing
big business. said he was in the best shape of
Tans-World Airline Save his life dcrpite 67 years. The
Constellation air- Just put hobe kin is Grand Knight of liner into sky coach service.
Davis, who stopped off Pittsburgh to visit an old friend,
the Knights of the Road and of the Hobors president of America, Inc.
However, he said his main In- terest now is lobbying.
"Nowadays, hitch-hiking
On its frat trip it carried, including erew and 32 babies, a total of 114 people.
to
their
But come air travellers still ike Juxury, Pan-American have been operating a "ile luxe" 1service neros the Atlantic in too dangerous for kids," he said. addition
ording y "So we are trying to get a bill Stratocrulser service, for Just n introduced in Congress that will year. take care of the situation.”
In this time "de luxe" pas
1072 bottles sengers drank champagne, and 3120 passen- ers had breakfast, In bed in he air-baren and eggs, fruit,
-London Express Service)
Sophisticated Tramp
The bill. Davis said, would provide restless youngsters with
two-week vacation at govern-out and coffer. ment expense, Then they could travel ofely and in style, he said.
"Hoboes are getting sophis- ticaled," Jeff mined. "We ride Iraius had buses, and aeroplanes now. Of course, I have to get out on the rend sometimes for the fun of it."
Transplanted
of
Cadets for nomination must possess the A.T.C. Certificate of Proficiency and bo nut less than 16. No cadet will be
in Aying training until he has reached his 17th birthday.
NO DRINKS
Cadets will be encouraged to their course in one complete
period, and they continuous must attend for at least two The alm consecutive weeks. will be to completo training in about two months, although it could be possible for some cadets who work hard to get their licence within a month.
A time limit of three months 15 Axed for each cadet. If after the first nine
hours of
flying Instruction o
cudet regarded by his instructer
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unlikely to attuin the private pilot's Hcence standard within the three months he may be
New Yorkers on their way to
recently on Fifth Avenue Suspended from training.
display of Cadets will train in uniform, were grecter by a English spring flowers which und will be assigned to clubs
previous day pants - the
bad in parties of not less than two English at a time. Like all other mem- In all his travels, Davis said been growing in the
hers, they will conform to club he Sult
trace of Coin-cruntryside. 210J munism among the "bo's."
arrived on the rules, but they will not be They had "Coinmunist stands for re-everafght British Overseas Air- allowed in the bar or in any club premises where gimezitation-and you can't ways Corporation Stratocruiser part of regiment a hobo," Davis said.service from London and were alcoholic drinks are consumed, alcoholle served with "Hitting the end of a freight is exhibited, with flowers from nor be real democracy,"
many other parts of the world.
Keeping
drinks.
Reds
At
Bay
WORK goes forward on a blockhouse, typical of the Amey forts scattered across Indo-China's countryside. This one, near Saigon, la manned by native' troops, and most of the crude installations are being erected to protect farmers against Red raiders. (Acme Photo by John Strohm)..