A big supply and factory centre south-west of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, has lately come in for a great deal of attention from Allied fighter bombers. A strike towards the end of last month was described by the 5th Air Force as being the greatest sustained air attack of the campaign, both in the number of sorties flown and in the destruction caused. In two days 305 buildings, including a hand-grenade factory and a power station, were destroyed and 151 others damaged.

Libel?

"The nacelle, ship-shape and Bristol fashion, and planked in antique teak, ends in a graceful dragonfly tail which keeps the delicate butterfly-wing rudder the necessary 25ft distant from the incandescent boiler." - From an official description of the Shell X-100 (designer, Emett) all-purpose aircraft, one of the new features of the re-opened Festival Pleasure Gardens at Battersea. In view of the fact that the Britannia is to have a cabin-humidifying boiler, it is to be hoped that Filton will not take umbrage at the opening words.

Industrial Turbomécas

The names Piméné, Oredon, Artouste and Palas distinguish the four little Turboméca aircraft power plants. Some ingenious juggling has now produced Pimédon and Palouste, which are both industrial gas turbines supplying compressed air. Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., who are interested in the Turboméca units, have a Palouste under test at Jarrow-on-Tyne.

Avro Eye-Openers

Promise of a new Avro bomber - which has long been discussed in aeronautical circles - was reported last week following the "Last Anson" ceremony at Woodford. The disclosure was attributed to Sir Roy Dobson, the company's managing director, who (though later he said that that he must have been misquoted) was reported as saying, "I hope we shall have another bomber before long. I hope we shall be able to show you something in September that will open the eyes of the people who don't know."

Sir Roy certainly made reference to another Avro development, one which came as a surprise to many people: the firm is now building two delta-wing trainers for the RAF - "in order", as Sir Roy said, "to get people used to the idea of flying things of an entirely different shape".

Source: Flight International