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1947
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FLIGHT JULY 24TH, 1947 Civil Aviation News The route is through Castel Benito, Cairo, Basra and Karachi, and departure days arc Mondays from the U.K. and Saturdays from Ceylon. * • • Construction has started on the site ior the new BuenosAires airport at Ezeiza, sixteen miles out of the town. About 24 million pounds have been appropriated for developing theairport, but the final cost is expected to be much higher. There are to be six runways 2,500 yd long arranged in a tangentialpattern with airport'buildings in the centre. The surrounding country is such that the runways could be lengthened if necessary. B E A start, 011 August 12th, a night mail run on five daysa week from London to Brussels and Prague with special Dakota freighters. After a stop of nearly two hours in Praguethe aircraft will arrive back at Nortbolt at 1344 hrs each day, * * * Mr. V. E. Chenea has resigned, for reasons of health, fromhis position as vice-president and general traffic manager of Pan American Airways. He will continue to serve the airlineas traffic consultant on a part-time basis. • * * British West [ndian Airways have for the third year in suc- cession received the Aviation Safety Award of the Inter- American Safety Council, for accident-free operation.The com- pany has had no accidents during the whole of its six years of operation. FROM THE CLUBS During June the Cambridge and University Aero Clubs com-pleted 219 hours' flying with their Tiger Moths; this included 1 i| hours' night flying carried out for " B " licences. Eighteen-year-old Robert Widmark was a visitor from Sweden who took his "A" licence in five days, and "A" licences have alsobeen granted to Mr. Jones and Mr. Craig. Mr. Bell carried out his first solo and Mr. Lush completed his instructor'scourse ami was sum ssful in gaining his certificate. # * * The Cardiff Aeroplane Club, which operates from Pengam Moors Airport, Cardiff, is running a flying scholarship under the auspices of the local newspaper (Western Mail and Echo), the managing director of which, Sir Robert Webber, has donated £100 for the contest. Entrants for the scholarship pay £r to take a flying aptitude test with the club's C.F.I., Mr. George Kemp. Th<- two entrants (one male and one female) who receive the highest assessments will obtain free flying tuition up to solo stage. * * * Aircraft of the Cinque Ports flying club flew a total of 95hours during June but were unable to beat: their May record of 121 hours, owing to the poor summer weather. Trips toLe Touquet are becoming a. gnat attraction, and the reception and treatment there are very encouraging. The M.C.A". havenow installed flying control at Lynipne, and after a certain amount of "teething trouble" this is now working very effec-tively- Incidentally, a date to make a note of is August 30th, when the competitions for the Folkestone Aero Trophy andLympne High-Speed Handicap will take place at Lympne d group of young glider pilou at the Swedish glider flying centre at Alleberg, in Western Sweden. The machines are Grunau Eaby training gliders. Our congratulations to Mr. Charles Wingfield, ofa member of the British glider team competing in the American National Soaring contest at Wichita Falls, Texas, who hasbroken the British long distance gliding record. In an Olympia E.O.N. glider he flew from Wichita to Canyon, Texas, adistance of 2T5 miles, and stayed aloft for seven hours. The record is subject to confirmation by the B.G.A. and the RoyalAero Club. As a result of this distance flight, and a height flight to 12,800 feet on July 4th, Charles Wing^field becomes thesecond British holder of the Golden Badge. He is a member of the Council of the Britisli Gliding Association. * # # The Herts and Essex Aero Club which suffered heavy lossesin a recent outbreak of fire (reported in Flight, July 3rd) have now purchased replacement aircraft to fill the gap. They aretwo Auster Autocrats, G-AJEC and G-AJEI, together with a Miles Magister, G-AJGM. A customs carnet has been obtainedfor one of the Austers and it is now available for flights abroad. Incidentally, Mr. Da Costa, with Mr. John Tsakvioglou andMiss Dundon, aboard Auster G-AJEI, wor>the first prize in the " Concours d'Elegance " for the most attractively turned-outaircraft (and crew) in the Gloucester Flying Club display'at Stavcrton on July 6tii. " ' -:f # # # • • . • June proved a successful month for the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. Five members carried out first solos and a total of 300hours' flying were completed. Among the' soloists were Mr. J. R. Brittain, the club's chief engineer, and Miss PaulineDavies, the first female member of the club to fly solo Since the club was re-formed. As a result of the flying aptitude testsgiven during April and May (sec Flight, July 10th), the York- shire Evening Neivs Air Scholarship for a girl was won byBetty G. Robinson, a former Wren air mechanic, and that for a boy was awarded to Roger Mann, a Bevin boy from Leeds,who is an A.T.C. gliding instructor. The flying scholarship ior a member of the W.J.A.C. was won by Staff Sergeant JoanSaunders, a Bradford weaver. The scholarship winners were presented with their certificates and welcomed to the club ata small party at which the directors and Miss G. Brook, York- shire Regional Commandant of the W.J.A.C., expressed theirthanks to Mr. Frank Heywood, general manager of the York- shire Evening News. Night flying instruction is to commence atSherburn in August, when D.B.S.T. ends, and those interested should communicate with the C.F.I. A comprehensive programme of events has been planned for the Perth Air Display which is being held on August i6th_.-u Perth Municipal Airport. The show, the first of its kind"1* be held in Scotland for eight years, should attract a large number of the local population as well as club visitors. It has received generous financial support from the Perth Cirv Council, and1 has been organized by the executive staff of Air- work, Ltd., under the chairmanship of Mr. F. D. Nugent, the airfield manager, with the assistance of Mr. A. M. Mackay, secretary of the Strathtay Aero Club. Visitors arriving ;it the display by air will have the choice of competing in two arrival competitions: one to be held on Friday, the 15th, between 1400 and 1800 hrs B.S.T., the other on Saturday, between 1100 and 1200 hrs B.S.T. Prizes of £5 an<3 £2 will be awarded to the winners of each competition. The air display will be opened at 2 o'clock by Lord Provost J. lire Primrose, D.L., J.P., and the events which follow incluii-' formation flying, aerobatics, gliding, parachuting (Mme. Michelle Bellu-Decourt) and model aircraft displays. Features of the show will be a spot landing competition and one-design scratch races for Auster Autocrats and Tiger Moths. A static exhibition is also included in the programme.
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