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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 1446.PDF
A temporary haven for hungry fliers was established in the terminal building—and very well patronized it was. wed by the kindness of Olley Airways, Ltd., who lent us their Proctor. ES VARIES atMdokJbr the U.K. International Rally hotographs. is Excellency the Duke of Almadovar : of the Spanish Royal Aero Club. talking round the line of parked aircraft, we saw several interesting machines which are rarely seen in our skies. One was the gallant old Junkers Junior two-seat monoplane, which, in this case, had been in possession of its owner, Major W. Bremer, since 1931; it had flown from Finland for the occasion. The unconventional Courlis, a high-wing single-engined pusher, had flown in from France. Two Ercoupes were among the Dutch contingent, while a Navion turned up from Belgium. In order to get a really good view of the whole proceedings we made a couple of quick circuits of the airfield in a Proctor, kindly made available for us by Olley Airways, Ltd. Seen from the air the array of visiting aircraft appeared even more colourful than when viewed from the ground. When all visitors were deemed adequately refreshed they were driven to London in three specially chartered coaches. In the evening they were guests at the Rally Ball, which took place at Londonderry House. On Thursday they were entertained to lunch at the Festival Hall before visiting, in the afternoon, the "Fifty Years of Flying" display at Hendon. Enplaning in their own aircraft at Gatwick the following day the guests then set a northerly course for Sherburn-in-Elmet (Leeds), where they were made at home by the Yorkshire Aero Club. Any thoughts of war, evoked by the Spitfires passing through Airwork's hands, are dispelled as M. and Mme Rozier alight from their Gemini. Several Cessna 170s were among the visiting machines. Of particular interest in this type are the unbraced spring-steel undercarriage legs. About to alight from their Ryan Navion after flying from Belgium are M. and Mme Gillon. One of several of its type was this KZ VII from Denmark.
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