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1954
1954 - 0690.PDF
38 FLIGHT 12 MARCH 1954 The aeroplane The Prestwick Pioneer C.C. Mk.I: the first aircraft both designed and built in Scotland to be accepted for service in the Royal Air Force. Noted for its excep tionally slow flying performance, the Pioneer is able to use any 100 yard strip with a full load aboard. Powered by an Alvis Leonides, 550 h.p. The pilot At 45, Wing Commander N. J. Capper has had a long career as a veteran of the skies. As R.A.F. Instructor, Airline Pilot, and Test Pilot, he has chalked up 7,000 flying hours since he first flew solo in 1929 with the R.A.F. Of the Shell and BP Aviation Service he says : " Wherever I go in Britain I find a ready and willing Shell and BP Aviation Service not very far away." SHELL-MEX AND B.P. LTD., Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2. Distributors in the United Kingdom for the Shell and Anglo-Iranian Oil Groups. Shell and BP Aviation Service On all major airfields in Britain, the pilots of any type of aircraft now take for granted the familiar sight of a Shell and BP refuelling truck. They know—and all manu facturers of aircraft know—that all their fuelling and lubrication requirements will be met with certainty and dispatch by the efficient operators of the Shell and BP Aviation Service.
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