ZUM4918759: Tue 03, 1954 - New Deck Landing Aid For Very Fast Aircraft: The Admiralty, in conjunction with the Ministry of Supply, has developed a new deck landing aid for the reception of very fast aircraft. Experiments carried out some time ago indicated that the high rate of approach of future aircraft would not allow sufficient time for the human reactions between the pilot and the” batsman” who signals him in. A light signalling system, employing a mirror and gyre mechanism for keeping it at a constant level, was accordingly devised, and trials at sea have proven so encouraging that it can be anticipated that this new invention will ultimately supersede hand signalling / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4914458: Feb. 02, 1954 - Billy Graham arrives at Waterloo. Large crowds await his arrival.: Billy Graham, the U.S. evangelist, who has arrived here to launch a hot-gospel campaign, arrived at Waterloo this afternoon, where there was a large crowd to greet him. He reached Southampton yesterday / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4914192: Feb. 02, 1954 - Royal Marine Commandos Undergoing” Arctic” Training Course In The Scottish Highlands: London and Chatham Royal Marine Commandos are undergoing a” survival training” course under Zero temperatures on the top of the Cairngorm Mountains near Inverness.. The men attending the special course are practicing snow wa ~ fare high on the icy 4,000 feet peaks in winds which can reach more than 70 miles an hour. They are spending nights on the mountains in snow holes in the ground and in tents, while learning mountain navigation.. During the day they are taught such things as step cutting and glissading (sliding down icy slopes) before going to Scotland the men had a toughening-up comes at the Commando School at Bickleigh near Plymouth. The object of the training is to supply a neuclus of personnel accustomed to operating tactically under snow conditions. During the course they learn to ski use snow shoes etc / Bridgeman Images