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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 1330.PDF
7 May 1954 597 Record traffic is expected at London Airport during the coming summer and special arrangements are being made to accom modate parked aircraft. When the Bath Road apron is full addi tional airliners will be parked on both sides of the eastern end of runway 10L/28R. Parking procedures are fully described and illustrated in Civil Aviation Information Circular No. 56/1954. . ^?e Aeronautical Engineers' Association has announced the distribution of log books designed to provide a handy and accurate statement of their members' engineering experience. Subject to the observance of certain instructions, the log book is accepted by the A.R.B. and by civil authorities of 22 Commonwealth and foreign nations. The book is bound between stiff blue covers and contains a photograph of the holder; the log itself is in three sections dealing respectively with licences held, previous experi ence and current experience. More than 80 multi-engined executive and airline transports, with a total value exceeding £5m, have been sold since 1949 by William C. Wold Associates, an American company specializing in transport aircraft sales. The simple but highly successful Wold technique centres on the production of a small brochure describing the aircraft, which is circulated to a mailing list of 7,000 company executives, pilots, purchasing agents, export and import firms and operators, both in the U.S. and abroad. A typical offering described in the latest Wold brochure is a 300- m.p.h. Douglas B-26 Invader conversion with a luxurious five- seat cabin and toilet. FLOATOCRAT: Points of interest on this nautical-looking J.1 Autocrat are the paddle attached to the port float struts and the water rudder in beaching position) on the port float. The operators are A. 8. Stockholms Aero, who have recently bought an Auster J.5G Autocar and a civil Mk. 5. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS AS in previous years, the last Saturday in May has been chosen • for the Ragosine-Auster Homing Trophy Competition at Rearsby. May 29th is this year's date, and the competition is to be run on lines similar to those of previous years. The course will be a closed circuit of 100 to 120 miles, and points will be awarded for precision in navigation and observation. All Auster pilots have been invited to take part: there is no entry fee, and application forms can be obtained from the Competition Secre tary of the Auster Flying Club, Rearsby, Leicestershire. Other Auster news is that the J.5F Aiglet Trainer has now been approved by the Air Ministry for A.T.C. flying training. The company states that the Aiglet is the only aircraft other than ex-military types to obtain this approval. ANOTHER "type" event, also scheduled for May 29th, is the • rally for civil aircraft of Percival manufacture, to take place at Luton Airport. There will be a sealed-time arrival com petition between 3 and 3.30 p.m., followed by a concours d'elegance, demonstration of current Percival aircraft, prize- giving and tea. Between 40 and 50 aircraft are expected to attend the rally, out of a total of 149 Percival machines on the British Civil Register. Among those present will be G-ADPR, Jean Batten's record- breaking Gull, and (it is hoped) G-AEXF, the last of the racing Mew Gulls, now owned by Fred Dunkerley. " AT HOME" at Newtownards Aerodrome on July 10th will be **- members of the Ulster Flying Club, who state that visitors will be welcome any time from Friday, July 9th, onwards. There will be competitions for time of arrival and spot-landing, a cocktail party, and an informal dance in the clubroom. Accom modation will be available for guests, who are asked to contact the secretary of the club, Mr. George Wynne-Eyton, as soon as possible. Furtfier details, also, can be obtained from the secre tary, at Newtownards Aerodrome, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. AMONG the recipients of gliding awards at the recent annual • meeting of the Soaring Association of Canada were Stan Rys, the "annual meet champion," and Frank Brame, representing the Toronto Gliding Club, which won the club efficiency award. Stan Rys, it may be recalled, was previously a member of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable, while Frank Brame spent two years in this country from 1950 to 1952, when he was a member of the College of Aeronautics Gliding Club at Cranfield. At the Canadian meeting, the "Spike" Trophy for the longest flight of the year (256 miles), and the Canadair Trophy for the best five flights in 1953, were presented to A. M. Pow, of London, Ontario, who is to represent Canada' in the world contests at Great Hucklow this summer. NEW STYLES IN ULTRA-LIGHTS: Left) This 20ft-span triplane, designed by George Frisbee of Milwaukee, U.S.A., is intended for kit production by amateur constructors, following present flight tests. Right) Another American idea for cheap flying is the 86 lb Bensen "Gyro-glider" which, towed behind a car, takes off at about 20 m.p.h. A reader's letter suggesting rotating-wing ultra-lights appeared in "Flight" of April 23rd.
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