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1954
1954 - 2177.PDF
158 FLIGHT FROM THE CLUBS AT Elstree, the 262^ hours flown during June brought the total **• of hours logged by members of the Elstree Flying Club to 1,271 for the first six months of 1954. On Sunday,, July 4th, an air touring competition for members was held, including calls at the Wolverhampton and Derby clubs. The ^exercise occupied the whole day and included tests in general' flying, airmanship, navigation, etc. After flying from Elstree'to Derby during the morning, the participants took off afte^lunch for Wolverhamp ton, where they had to carry out-a* forced landing on a spot marked on the aerodrome. Fronvmere the fun began. Each pilot was given sealed orders after^lfis engine had been started, and on the homeward flight h*a to estimate runway lengths and explain signals visible atjrfoniley and Southam. Later, en route, pilots had to fly on a given track for a certain distance and des cribe a landmark wj*fch, three competitors found, transpired to be a pile of stoneyfn a field. The winner of the competition was Mr. R. M. Moon, who originally trained at Elstree as an A.T.C. cadet under the Flying Scholarship scheme, subsequently joined the staff of the club for a short time as a clerk, and who has since left for Canada to train in the R.A.F. WE regret to record the death of Mr. George Wynne-Eyton, resident instructor and secretary to the Ulster Flying Club and one of the better-known personalities amongst the flying enthusiasts of the British Isles. He was killed in a car accident in Co. Down on the night of July IWS, some miles from New-townards, where the Ulster Flying £tfiib have their headquarters. George Wynne-Eyton brought to*"the Ulster Flying Club more than twenty years' experience^jrffi aviation—some of which was gained during the war year&W'hen he was production test pilot for Short Bros, and Hanand, Ltd.—and it is thankVlargely to his ability and^unfailing^ enthusiasm that the Club hasv gone from strengm to strength since its inauguration in January 1953. The .-Club's first "At Home," w^lch was to have been held at Newtownards tomorrow- July 31st, and in the organization of which Mr. Wynne-Eyton took a major part, has now been cancelled. FORMATION of a new flying club—at the R.C.A.F. station, North Luffenham—took place last month. The first of three Tiger Moths, purchased by the 70 club-members (who all be long to the R.C.£.T\ No. 1 Fighter Wing), - commenced operations, with the approval of the commanding officer G/C. J. D. Someryirfe, D.S.O., D.F.C., from the main North Luffen ham Sabre/6ase. Members had each purchased a £10 share in the club and, by using the station's facilities and their own voluntary help in running the club, have reduced the cost of their flying to about £1 10s per hour. Among the club officials are F/L. G. Cinnamon, president; Capt. L. Sawyer, secretary; and F/L. A. McCallum, C.F.I, and chief operations officer. CROYDON-BASED, the Surrey Fifing Club flew 135 hours during June, a first solo being^'made by Pat Hovenden and PRESENTATION: M. Andre, generous host of the Deauville and La Baule air rallies, is a very retiring personality. This rare photograph shows him receiving informally from Lord Brabazon a gilt model of Mercury— as a token of esteem from Royal Aero Club members. Mr. George Wynne-Eyton. BIPLANES (even if slightly swept) are an unusual sight at North Luffen ham; they are now providing flying experience for R.C.A.F. groundcrtw personnel (see news paragraph). Here, Leading'Airwoman June Hcv/sto and L/AW. Marcia Ehman are seen with\C.F.\. McCallum in front of one of their club's three Tiger Moths. a P.P.L. obtained by J. Whitehead—both "firsts" for the club at its new base. Eighty-one-year-old Mr. Sam Harris, number- one member in the Redhill days, has accepted the office of club president, and the Mayor of Croydon, Alderman Basil Monk, M.B.E., has become patron. DY climbing to 24,000ft in a Chipmunk, Mr. H. Taylor recently -*-* established a new Australian altitude record for light air craft. The previous record of 2JL086rt was set up by John Kings-ford-Smith in 1938. Mj^^SSrylor, a radio officer with Qantas, has been flying withthC^Royal Aero Club of New South Wales since January of latrfyear. AN article in Flight on June 4th dealt with the French Druine Turbulent ultra-light aircraft and its flying characteristics. We have since received many requests for further details. The plans for the Turbulent and for its two-seater version, called the Turbi, can be obtained from Avions Legers R. Druine, 20, Avenue du General Clavery, Paris XVI, France, for 5,000 and 10,000 francs respectively. Materials are stated to be obtainable from the Etablissements Sirbain, Dax, Landes, Boite Postale 56, France, and the complete aircraft from Etablissements Borca et Fils, 64, Boulevard Gambetta, Charleville, Ardennes, France. The Turbulent may be fitted with the Volkswagen 25 h.p. car engine, preferably modified to take dual ignition; with the Lutetia 44 h.p. Vee-four; or with any suitable engine in this power range. For the Turbi no fewer than six suitable engines exist—American, French, German and Czech—ranging from 45 h.p. to 75 h.p. The Turbi can be bought complete or in com ponents for home assembly; drawings are also available. «<• SUPERCAB: Much admired by British visitors to the Angers Rally last month was M. Rebillon's trim, smoothly finished Supercab. Other French lightweights present were a number of Minicabs and, of course, the popular Jodel Bibis.
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