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miniE F E N Et r i bu t i on . It includes an aircraf t and anengine factory, the fo rm er in C 6 r d o b aprovince, responsible for design, developm en t and produc t ion of the G u a r a n i JI.The his tory of this a i rcraf t factory datesfrom 1927, and num erou s nat ive , Br i t i sh,F rench . G erm an and Am erican designedaircraf t have been produced. In recentyears these have included 100 BeechT . 30 M ento r s and 100 M orane -S au ln i e rPar is t ra iners .

T h e r e is also an Inst i tute for Airand Space Research under the controlof the S u p p l y C o m m a n d . T h a n k s to theefforts of this com ma nd, incidental ly ,A rgen t ina has Lat in A meric a ' s largesta i rcraf t indust ry. The presen t G overn m e n t has e n c o u r a g e d the c o m m a n d ' sman ufactu r ing act ivi t ies , which had beenchecked by thepreviou s regime.P e r sonne l C om m and of the Argent ineAir Force deals wi th se lect ion and tra in

ing, as well as with post ing, welfareandthe many other dut ies impl ied in thet i t le . T raining takes place on BeechM e n to r, N o r t h A m e r i c a n T -2 8A .M orane -S au ln i e r P a r i s and H u a n q u e r o(another Argent inian design) a i rcraf t .T ra in ing e s t ab l i shm en t s i nc lude theSchool of Mil i tary Aviat ion, School ofA eronau t i ca l N C O s , A ero t echn ica l H ighS choo l and C o m m a n d and Staff Scho ols.T h e C o m m a n d of Air R eg ions isresponsible for con t ro l and regulat ionof civilian flying activities. Its dut ies inc lude air traffic c ont rol and runn ing theN at iona l S choo l of Civi l Aviat ion whichtra ins comm ercia l pi lots , f lying ins t ructors , m echan ic s and engineers .Research and D e v e l o p m e n t C o m m a n dis responsible for the missile te stingcen t r e at Mar Chiqu i ta Lago on nearM a r de Plata , which a lso happ ens to bea summer hol iday resor t . Var ious comm i t t ee and counc i ls r e spons ib l e for air craf t deve lopm ent and specificationope ra t e unde r t h i s com m and , w h ich isdeeply concerned wi th the initial im plem en ta t i on of any procurem en t p l ansdecided upon by the FAA.It will obviously be some ye ars beforeth e FAA is ful ly mod ernised , a longwith the N avy ' s air eleme nt , w hichis cen t r ed a round the aircraf t carr ierndependen iu and the A r m y ' s air

element , which is s o m e t h i n g of a poorrela t ion, a l though all three Servicesreceived batches of the latest a ircra ft ,the Twin Ot ter (Army, 3; N a v y , 1). Thes i tuat ion is not he lped by thea t t i t udeofthe Uni ted S ta tes , a l though this is notsurpr is ing as the USobv ious ly w an t s tose e aid given d evoted to social projects ,and must a lso be interes ted in s topp ingany arms race between Agent ina andC hi l e a dis t inct possibi l i ty o therwise ,du e to d i sag reem en t s ove r bo rde r s ) .Rapier System ImprovedTH E BAC RAPIER ant i -a i rc raf t miss i lesystem is to be im proved by theadd i t i onof a rada r t r ack ing f ac i li t y. A nnou nc ingthis last week, the Minis t ry of T e c h n o -

The second prototype Jaguar in flight from theFrench flight test centre at Istres. This A nglo-Freaeroplane made its first flight onFebruary II, flown byBernard Witt, chief test pilot ofBregand was airborne for65min. The first aircraft, which f lew on September8last year,has accumulanearly 40flights. Both Bernard Witt and Jimmy Dell ofBAC have flown Jaguar during supersotrials

logy s ta ted that contracts for the extrawork had been p laced with BAC andE l l i o tt S pace and W e a p o n A u t o m a t i o n ;E lliotts will design and bui ld the rada rt racking uni ts .The s tandard Rapier system using anopt ical t racking technique has been soldto the RAF and the Bri ti sh A rmy , aswell as overseas .Thel imi ta t ion has beenthe inabili ty to use the system in poorw ea the r or at night , but the addi t ionalradar t racking wi l l enable Rapier to beused effectively under both these condi t ions . The new facility can be s u p plied as an addi t ion al fe ature , ful lmobi l i ty by L a n d - R o v e r and trailer)and a i r -por tabi l i ty being mainta ined.

The Minis t ry of Tech nolo gy cla im thatth e newdevelo pme nt wi l l provide R apierwith a cost/effectiveness far in advanceof any know n com pe t i t o r in the world.Feasibi l i ty and project s tudies andexpe r imen tal t r ia ls have been comp letedand work is u n d e r way on deve lopm entmodels .ustralia Briefed o Galaxy

A L O C KH EED T EA M recently visited theA r m y and R A A F in C a n b e r r a to give abriefing on the C-5AG a l a x y . The team ,led by Mr D. W hee le r , depu ty m anage r

C -5A , is tour ing the world to prepU S A F bases for the int roduct io n lathis year of the world ' s largest t rans pai rcraf t .T he cos t of the G alax y , som e mil l ion, apparent ly puts it far beythe reach of bo th A us t r a l i a and NZ ea land , but the re is a clear needa larger a i rcraf t than the Hercule s whforms Aust ra l ia ' s t ranspor t force . TStarLifter would have satisfied the nfor long-range t r ansp or t (especia lly necsary now for the long haul to V ie tnbut is now out of produc t ion .

ustralian F-111 CostsA SEVE N-YEAR LOAN of SUS75 million6 per cent has been arrang ed betwthe A m er i can expor t - im por t bank at he A us t r a l i an G overnm ent to finathe purchase of the R A A F ' s 24 F-land associa ted equipment .The tota l cost of Austra l ia ' s F-p r o g r a m m e is now es t im a ted at SAmil l ion 150mil l ion) , and so far tcoun t ry has paid ov er SAI4 0 m il l(70 mil l ion) of this sum to A m erInitially a loan of A80 mil l ion wsecured at 4 percent , so t h a t the inter a t e on the new loan is far less favoable.

A Kaman HH-2C a versionof theUH-2C hasbegun a flight test programme to evaluate a chin-mounted Minigun installation. TheUS Navy hasordered 12HH-2Cs somodified for arsearchandrescue duties in theGulf of Tonkin, tobe operated from destroyers. Besidesthe minitwo waist-mounted machine gun s, improved rescue capability and extensive armour protecfo r thecrew andvital areas w ill beintroduced. Other changes from thestandard UH-2C incdual retractable landing wheels and four-blade tail rotor not shown above and transmisuprated to 12,8001b