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698 FLIGHT, 15 June 1951 THE FESTIVAL AIR RACES ... enclosure is 4s. Private cars to the public enclosures are admitted at £1 with occupants. All admission enquiries and bookings should be made through Auto Parks, Ltd., 1, Maclise Road, Olympia, London, W.14. Details of extra buses are available from Traffic Enquiries, 55, Broadway, London, S.W.I (Abbey 1234). For particulars of special trains, application should be made to Mr. L. J. Moorcock, District Passenger Superintendent, British Railways, Liverpool Street Station, London. The following information may prove helpful to drivers approaching from the towns listed:— Baldock: Via A.I, Great North Road, to Stanborough, then straight on dowrr A.555, Barnet By-pass to main entrance, on right. Bedford: Via A.600, through Hitcbjn and Welwyn, joining A.i Great North Road, to Stanborough, then straight on down A.555, Barnet By-pass, to main entrance on right. Luton: Via A.6 to St. Albans, turn left at round- about on to A.414 to Hatfield. Entrance on left off A.414. Dunstable: Via A.5, Watling Street, to St. Albans, continue straight on over traffic lights, down A.6 for i\ miles to roundabout, turn left on to A.405, North Orbital Road, at end of which turn left on to A.555, Barnet By-pass, to entrance on left. Tring: Via A.41 to Huntonbridge, straight on down A.500, Watford By-pass, for i mile, turn left on to A.405, North Orbital Road, at end of which turn left on to A.555, Barnet By-pass, to entrance on left. Amersham: Via A.404 to Rickmansworth, turn left on to A.412, through Watford to Garston, turn right on to A.405, North Orbital Road, at end of which turn left on to A.555, Barnet By-pass, to entrance on left. Slough: Via A.412 through Watford to Garston, turn right on to A.405, North Orbital Road, at end of which turn left on to A.555, NORTON-GRIFFITHS CHALLENGE TROPHY No. 31 33 38 84 95 96 (Entrant Geoffrey Marler R. Matthews-Naper R. Blackburn K. Millard S/L. J. Rush R. R. Paine Pilot Entrant Entrant P. G. Lawrence A.Cdre. J. Oliver Entrant Entrant Aircraft Miles Falcon Six Miles Messgr. Ha Miles Messgr. Miles Mercury VI Miles Falcon Six Miles Hawk Speed Six Engine(t) D.H. Gipsy Six If B'burn Cirrus Maj. Ill B'burn Cirrus Bombdr. B'burn Cirrus Mai. Ill D.H. Gipsy Six I D.H. Gipsy Six If Rag. G-ADTDEI-AFH G-ALAC G-AHAA G-AECC G-ADGP GROSVENOR CHALLENGE CUP No. 26 27 41 Si 97 Entrant A. N. Spriggs T. W. Hayhow A. N. Spriggs Sir C. da Havilivtd H. E. Scrape Pilot S/L. N. Duke Entrant - G. F. Bullen W. p. 1. Fillingham Entrant Aircraft Hawker Tomtit Auster Aiglet Miles Whitney StraightD.H. Chipmunlc Percival Mew Gull Engine(s) A.S. Mongoose 3c D.H. Gipsy Major D.H. Gipiy Major 1D.H. Gipty Major 10/2 D. H. Gipsy Six II Rag. G-AFTA G-AMIH G-AEUJG-ALWB G-AEXF KEMSLEY CHALLENGE TROPHY No. 7\ 81 ooBo 90 91 94 74 98 Entrant R. Blackburn D. J. Bennett G/C. the Hon. Max Aitken J. N. Somers H.R.H. Princess Margaret F. Dunkerley K. C. Millican Col. E. Meille (Italy) - • Pilot H. Wood H.R.H. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia Entrant Entrant G/C. P. Townsend Entrant Entrant Entrant Aircraft Percival Proctor 1 Percival Proctor III Miles Gemini 1Mb Miles Gemini III Hawker Hart Miles Gemini la Percival Proctor V. Ambrosini S.7 Engine(s) D.H. Gipsy Queen II DH.. Gipsy Queen II 2 D.H. Gipsy Major 10/1 2 D.H. Gipsy Major Ic R-R. Kestrel III 2 B'burn Cirrus Min. II D.H. Gipsy Queen 11 Alfa115teror D.H. Gipsy Queen 70 Reg. G-AHVG G-AMCO G-AJTC G-AKDC G-ABMR G-AKKB G-ALMS Barnet By-pass, to entrance on left. Barnet: Via A.6, St. Albans Road, to Bignells Corner, South Mimms, turn right at traffic lights up A.555, Barnet By-pass, to Hatfield, entrance on left. Golder's Green (North Circular): Via A.500, Hendon Way, or A.555, Watford Way, to Apex Corner, Mill Hill, turn right up A.555, Barnet By-pass, to Hatfield, entrance on left. Potter's Bar: Via A.I, Great North Road, to Hatfield, turn left on to A.414 over railway bridge, half a mile on turn right along Wellfield Road to A.555, Barnet By-pass, turn left to entrance on right. Hertford: Via A.414JP through Mill Green and turn right into Mount Pleasant Lane, cross over A.i, Great North Road, into Spur Road, at end of which turn left down A.555, to entrance on right, "FIFTY YEARS OF FLYING" DISPLAY BETWEEN Thursday, July 19th, and Saturday, July 21st, from2 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily, the Daily Express is to present its "Fifty Years of Flying" Exhibition and Display at HendonAerodrome. Associated with the Daily Express in this ambitious undertaking is the Royal Aero Club, whose jubilee falls this year. The flying display (7.30 to 9.30 p.m. on July 19th and 20th, and3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on July 21st) will embrace ballooning, and flying by many types of pioneer aircraft. Additionally, there willbe a "cavalcade of rotating-wing aircraft," a representation of the history of gliding, and a model-flying display. The static exhibition will include pioneer aircraft (among themfamous military machines of both wars), post-war civil machines, historic aero engines, and an Interplanetary Society feature. Thehistory of aircraft design will be traced by models, and there will be a competition for model-makers. The Services will be appro-priately represented. THE M.C.A. STEPS OUT FOR the 1951 Paris Salon the Ministry of Civil Aviation has hadbuilt—by Shawcraft, of Iver, Bucks—what is believed to be the largest scale model of an airport ever produced. It will portrayLondon Airport as it will appear in the future and, being to a scale of 1 : 1,250, will measure 15ft by 8ft. The two runways—No. 1for take-off and No. 5 for landing—together with the taxiways to and from the central terminal buildings, will be lighted. The line-and-bar approach lighting, both high and low intensity, and run- way stop bars, will also be illuminated in their appropriate colours.Model aircraft of various types will be shown at their operational or servicing points; one about to land, one taking off, and otherson the ground, will be illuminated. The future central terminal, and other main buildings, will be shown in coloured relief. The various lights will be shown in four phases: (1) under good visibility at night; (2) under bad visibility at night; (3)future buildings, in addition to the lighting under (2); (4) general floodlighting of the airport from a canopy covering the model. On its four sides the model will be flanked by photographic anddiagramatic information concerning many aspects of London Air- port activity, including present amenities, British aircraft, radioand radar aids, air-traffic control, lighting, architecture, and statistics showing the increase in aircraft, passenger and freightmovements in the London area to date. FRENCH INVENTIONS IN a specially issued bulletin (No. 22A), the S.N.C.A.S.O.organization give brief particulars of a series of patents for which the Societe are prepared to grant licences. Descriptivenotes on the several inventions are given in English (the standard of translation is high) and many of the notes are accompanied bydiagrammatic illustrations. The inventions covered by the bulletin comprise the following:a high-lift device operated by combined suction and blowing; fuel-control systems, a directional-control system, and a stabilizingdevice for helicopters; a jet-pipe duct; a variable-area orifice for a jet-pipe; wing-tip stabilizers for aircraft employing bicycle(tandem) undercarriages; a method of flap articulation; two forms of air brakes; a method of attaching thin sheets; an ejector seat;an airtight door and a pressure control valve for use with pressure cabins; an automatic quick-release unit and a mechanical ejectionsystem for parachuting; a strain-gauge dynamometer; a device for the protection of spray-painters against toxic fumes; and sdevice for lighting and heating the interior of an aircraft (for workmen) during construction. Further technical data on these inventions and informationregarding financial agreements can be obtained from: M. le Chef du Service des Ventes de la S.N.C.A.S.O., 105, Avenue RaymondPoincare, Paris, i6eme.
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