Monthly report for May

Lancastrian SW.342 (ASZ.107 & AS.Sa.1) Bitteswell, Adder fuel pump fitted; Single Mamba icing tests; running times. Balliol VL.892 (ASZ.110) Wolverhampton, new engine; running times. Marathon VX.231 (ASZ.117/127) Hatfield, modifications to propeller de-icing. Dakota KJ.839 (ASZ.167/168) Bitteswell, several flights of jet pipe checks. Apollo G-AIYN (ASZ.121/122/124/134) Baginton, Bitteswell, flying continued; running times. Gannet VR.546 (DM.204) Boscombe Down, White Waltham, HMS Eagle, flight testing and deck landings. Gannet VR.557 (DM.207) Boscombe Down,armament trials. Gannet WE.488 (DM.208) White Waltham, engine & airframe inspection. Blackburn WB.797 (DM.209) Bitteswell, White Waltham, engine trouble. Wyvern VW.876 (ASP.111) Farnborough, severe vibration at 250 knots. Wyvern VW.886 (ASP.167) Farnborough, Delivered to RAE for vibration tests. Wyvern VW.868 (ASP.116) Bitteswell, 25-hour flight testing. Wyvern VW.882 (ASP.163) Bitteswell, Flown up to 435 knots with no problems. Lancastrian VM.733 (AS.Sa.99/100) Bitteswell, Successful flying programme for the month. Hastings TE.583 (AS.Sa.102/104) NGTE, Bitteswell, NTR. Meteor WA.820 (AS.Sa.105/107) Bitteswell, Moreton Valence, Raynham, flight engine seized. Canberra WD.933 (AS.Sa. 115/119) Bitteswell - Warton, flight testing to 470 knots showed vibration. Gloster WD.804 (SA.Sa.129/130) Moreton Valence, flying curtailed by undercarriage door failure; running times. Programme for immediate future (Bitteswell aircraft only) Pages 9 & 10