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FLIGHT, 18 May 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS their rates by 10 per cent forthwith. The new rates will still maintain the same margin between the State airlines and the charter companies' quotations. * * » On May 20th, Air France is to introduce a new weekly service linking New York with Milan via Paris. The service will have an elapsed time of 24 hours. • j . '..,....... * * * :'' •• - ' The M.C.A. has established a -working committee to consider and make recommendations on the special requirements involved in the operation of jet and turboprop airliners. The committee will study such matters as the basic navigational facilities, air traffic control, telecommunications and metero- logical services needed for the safe and efficient operation of such aircraft within the next ten years. * » * A Constellation arrived at London Airport recently on what is probably the longest delivery flight ever made by an aircraft of its class. A 42-seat model 749, it is the first of four destined for Johannesburg to go into service with South African Air- ways, and had originally flown from Los Angeles. S.A.A. states that the flying time for the Johannesburg-London route will, using Constellations, be reduced by five hours. 623 GIVING IT ZIP: 'The first Miles Gemini to be fitted with Gipsy 10 engines has been delivered to a private owner, Mr. J. Holder, at Elstree; it is reported to cruise very comfortably at I4S m.p.h. with an engine speed of only 2,000 r.p.m. The work was carried out by Air Schools, Ltd., of Wolverhampton. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS /"^AMBRIDGE Aero Club completed 119 hours flying during v_/ April, which included night flying by Messrs. G. C. Chandra and T. V. Kannabiran, both Commercial Licence candidates. The end of the month saw the total of post-war flying reach more than 8,500 hours. In this period, 111 Private Pilots' Licences and three Commercial Licences have been awarded to ab initio members, and seven instructors' courses were successfully completed. The club's present aircraft strength is three Tiger Moths and one Autocrat. Post-war flying rates have ben reduced from an initial £5 10s to £3 per hour dual or solo and, in spite of the recent increase in fuel tax, it has been decided that charges will remain at ^3. • * •I N conjunction with the S.B.A.C. and Air League Trophy Races which are being held this year on July 22nd at Sherburn-in-Elmet, the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Trophy Race, limited to aircraft of 1,750 kg in weight and to the first 12 entries only, is being arranged for the same day. The course extends over three laps of a 17-mile circuit, and the closing date for entries is next Saturday, May 20th. A handsome silver trophy will be awarded to the winner, and cash prizes amount- ing to /200 are being donated by the Yorkshire Post and the Yorkshire Evening Post. • * •*A S mentioned briefly in Flight last week, the annual race for the Goodyear Trophy is to be held on the Sunday (June 18th) following the King's Cup Race at Wolverhampton. The distance will total 60 miles, over three laps of a 20-mile triangular course via Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Wheaton Aston, Wolverhampton. The race is promoted by the Wolver- hampton Aero Club, and the trophy is presented by the Good- year Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. A flying dis- play and joy-riding are being arranged for the same afternoon. • * * TN spite of rather thick weather, a number of club-members •*• and private owners flew over from Sywell and elsewhere, to have a look at the Veteran Car Club's rally and competition held at Old Warden Airfield, near Biggleswade, on May 7th. This, incidentally, was a most entertaining and educative spectacle that prompted the query as to how many 1950 cars will look as smart, and run as well, in the year 2,000—for several of these fine old warriors were born at the turn of the century. Old Warden, if a little limited as a landing-ground, is in delightful surroundings. It is, of course, the home of the Shuttleworth collection of veteran vehicles and aircraft, the latter consisting of a 1909 Bleriot, 1911 Deperdussin, 1912 Blackburn monoplane and 1916 Sopwith Pup, all in flying order. The fine old mansion in the park now houses the Shuttleworth College—for farming and estate management— established by Mrs. D. C. Shuttleworth in memory of her son, Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth, the famous racing driver, who lost his life in a Service flying accident in 1940. The aviation side of his interests is being perpetuated by the Warden Aviation Co., which, under the management of S/L. L- A. Jackson, maintains the old aircraft and the airfield, provides hangarage for private-owner aircraft, and carries out C. of A. overhauls and maintenance work in general. jr-*. TN accordance with its declared policy of furthering the -*- interests of advanced soaring in the Royal Air Force, the R.A.F. Gliding and Soaring Association has produced a com- ;_ prehensive report on escarpment soaring sites in Northern Ireland. After reconnaissance, the investigators decided that the westerly and south-westerly escarpments of the Benevenagh Mountains offered the best sites. This high ground is situated to the east of Lough Foyle, a few miles from Londonderry— one of the two main centres of population-in Northern Ireland. - Unstable air normally arrives over Lough Foyle with well- formed cumulus, while stable air from directions between west and south produces wave activity—at times, in strong winds, very pronounced. The prevailing wind is between 220 deg and 290 deg and is of soarable strength about 40 per cent of the time. The investigation showed that these sites offer excellent soaring facilities. It is unfortunate that they are somewhat remote from the centre of population at Belfast, a rail journey of two or three hours, but Londonderry is only an hour's journey by rail or road, and there are several R.N. and R.A.F. units in the area. This report should be of considerable value to the Ulster Gliding Club—the only civilian gliding club in Northern Ire- land—and also to the R.N.A.S. gliding club at Eglinton. * * * A RRANGEMENTS are nearing completion for the British •£*• entry in the Internationa] Gliding Contests, Orebro, Sweden, between July 3rd and 16th. It is likely that com- petitors will also attend from France, Switzerland, U.S.A., Spain and Sweden. Launching will be by aero-tow, and con- tests will include distance and height flying, goal-flights and races. The official British team (all of whom flew in the 1948 con- tests) will be flying Weihe sailplanes. There are three definite' entrants: Mr. P. A. Willis, C.B.E., holder of the British National height, distance and speed records, Mr. Lome Welch. C.F.I., of Surrey Gliding Club and recently the second man in history to soar across the Channel, and F/L. R. C. Forbes, C.F.I., of the R.A.F. Gliding and Soaring Association, and holder of the British Goal-Flight record. As in 1948, the team will be captained by Mrs. Ann Douglas. * * *T O encourage gliding, the M.C.A. has decided that private and club gliders are now to be exempted from the require- ments of registration and Cs. of A. to which, by the terms of the Air Navigation Order, 1949, they were formerly subject. Their owners must, however, be insured against third-party liability. Although the owner of a glider will no longer be obliged to hold certificates of registration and airworthiness when flying in the U.K., he may still obtain these certificates, if he wishes. New gliders, constructed for sale, will still need to have a C. of A. as a guarantee of satisfactory design and construction; this is to ensure that export of gliders is not jeopardized in anyway " *
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