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1947
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SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1947 FLIGHT 261- il Aviation News .. a* izations engaged in charter flying, aerial survey work, cropdusting, seed sowing and advertising will require licences after the regulations come into effect on January 1st, 1948. * • -••• * The Latecoere 631 took off from Biscarosse on Friday,Au'ust 22nd on the first Air France service to the Antilles. M "jules Moch, the French Minister of Transport, has flownout in the flying boat to study the possibilities of an exten- sion of the line to South America. * • -* • Qantas are to take over the Sydney-Tokyo service now organized by the R.A.A.F. It is understood that Qantas will use the Skymasters which will be taken over from T.A.A. when that company receives the Convair 240s now on order. * * * ^A new weekly air service from Beirut to Athens, Rome andMarseilles has been opened by Middle East Airlines. Aircraft take off from Beirut each Thursday. Lebanese transit visas for passengers from Palestine can be arranged by the com-pany, which has also opened a regular weekly connection be- tween Beirut and Ankara.* * * .Tests with the prototype Boeing Stratocruiser have con-tinued since the initial flight on July 8th. Maximum take-off weight has not yet exceeded 125,000 lb, which is 10,000 lbless than the normal gross weight. The service ceiling and maximum speed have not been determined, but the Strato-cruiser has been taken higher than 20,000ft, and has reached speeds in excess of 300 m.p.h. * # * A direct service between the U.K. and Iran was openedby B.O.A.C. on August 25th. The route will be flown by- Dakota aircraft through Marseilles, Rome, Athens, Nicosia,Lydda and Baghdad to Teheran once each week, leaving Lon- don Airport on Mondays and arriving at Teheran on Wednes-days. The return service will leave Teheran on Thursdays and arrive at London Airport on Saturdays. Night stops arescheduled to be made at Rome and Lydda, and the fare will be ^90 single and ^162 return. FROM THE 111 IIS 'THE Cowes Aero Club is organizing an Air Rally to be held at1 the Cowes Airport on September 7th. The Rally will in- clude flying demonstrations and competitions, glider-flyingand aerial tours of the island. Mr. Rex Young is planning to make what is believed to be the first crossing of the Solentby glider during the day, and he will later give an exhibition of glider aerobatics. Flying clubs have been informed of theRally and a good attendance is forecast. Full servicing faci- lities, including complete overhauls and C. of A. renewals, areavailable at Cowes, and a comfortable club house offers food and drink to members and their guests. A dancing andgames room which has recently been opened is proving to be popular addition to the club. • * * The Home Counties Flying Club, like all other clubs, -was,of course, closed down at the beginning of the war. It has now, however, been tentatively re-established at WillingaleAirport, under the auspices of Straight Aviation Training, Ltd. A certain amount of navigation training is carried out and afly yourself hire service is to be opened. Willingale was a wartime American bomber station, and it did not lend itself toconventional club facilities. However, it was felt that in view of the existing organization there, the restarting of theclub was worth 'while. Five aircraft are operated, one de Havilland Hornet and four Fairchild Argus, and the majorityof the work consists in allowing members to use the aircraft on tlip fly yourself hire basis. The club has a membership ofbetween 140 and 150 people at the present time, and it is Imped that this figure will be increased shortly. .. # . • • In New Zealand plans are being prepareJ for an air raceto be held there next February. It will be a handicap race for light aircraft flown over a 1,000 miles' course around theSouth Island of New Zealand. It has been proposed that the winner shall receive /joo and a cup, and that £200 and£100 respectively shall go to the pilots placed second and third. * . • * * Two hundred people attended a cocktail party held at theReading Aero Club recently. Membership of the club, which re-opened during June, continues to increase, and the aircrafthave been kept busy during the good weather. Many mem- bers of the R.A.F. have joined the club, and some of theseare obtaining their "A" licences through the R.A.C. The first post-war "At home" to be held by the MidlandAero Club took place last month under perfect weather con- ditions. An arrival competition was won by Mr. W. Lawtonand the "Cecil Kay Trophy," presented by Mr. Cecil Kay for the pilot who flew the longest distance to visit the club,was won by Commander M. Banks, who flew 287 miles to at- tend the rally. There were several competitions during theafternoon, including a precautionary landing competition in which machines had to land over a tape which was 5ft fromthe ground. Mr. P. Adams, test pilot of Dunlop's Aviation Division, and Mr. D. G. Duval, of Patrick Duval Aviation, in-dulged in some crazy-flying in the club's Tiger and later, Mr. D. G. Duval won the Dunfep Trophy with his display of aero-batics The prizes and trophies were presented by the wife of the chief instructor, Mxs. Douglas Scoffham who congratu-lated the pilots on their enthusiasm and keenness. The Mid- land Aero Club are hoping to organize an Air Rally on am-bitious lines next year. WEATHER-SH/P EQUIPMENT: The rectangular box in the left-hand photograph Is a feofoh tyj>e visibility meter. Air which passes through the grille in the side is illuminated «nd compared, by observations through the eyepiece on the top, with a variable filter of known capacity. Leaning on the nearest end is a hand anemometer, and on the stand is a gimbal-slung rain gauge. The photograph on the right shows the equipment used l° plot the track of, and measure the readings from, radio sondes, one of which is shown.
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