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1955
1955 - 0158.PDF
158 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION . . . T.C.A. are reported to have signed a contract with the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. for the supply of JP4 fuel for the airline's new Viscounts. The quantities involved are given as 2.5m gallons in1955 and 3m gallons next year. * * * Field Aircraft Services, Ltd., announce the appointment ofMr. E. L. Carlisle as chief engineer of their engine division at Croydon. Mr. Carlisle, whose aviation career began in 1926,when he joined D. Napier and Son as an apprentice, joined the Air Registration Board after the war as a senior surveyor of theengine department. Seaboard and Western Airlines report that their freighter fleetof five DC-4s and four Super Constellations flew 10m revenue ton-miles in 1954, compared with 5m ton-miles in the previousyear. Total tonnage lifted by the fleet was nearly 2,300. * * * The total number of passengers carried on the domestic andinternational services of Hunting-Clan Air Transport was 84,792. This represents an increase of over 17 per cent on the 1953 total.* * * An agreement has been concluded between Lear, Inc., theAmerican autopilot and radio equipment manufacturers, and Avions Marcel Dassault of Paris, under which Intertechnique (asubsidiary of the French firm) will become distributors of Lear equipment in France. CLUB AND 5 GLIDING NEWS "DECENTLY announced by the British Gliding-*•*• Association are the annual awards for 1954, made to British pilots for flights commencing in thiscountry. The trophies will be presented by Mrs. Cuthbert Orde at the B.G.A. Gliding Ball inLondonderry House on March 11th (Tickets price £1, including buffet supper, from gliding clubs orthe Association). The awards comprise: The de Havilland Cup, for the greatest heightduring the year: Lt. Col. A. J. Deane-Drummond, of the Army Gliding Club—12,150ft in an Olympiafrom Lasham on August 15th. Manio Cup, for the best goal flight: D. A. Smithof the London Gliding Club—99 miles from Luton to Christchurch in an Olympia on April 19th.Wakefield Trophy, for the longest distance flown : Mr. and Mrs. Lome Welch of the Surrey GlidingClub—151 miles from Axford, Hants to Hopton-on- Sea, Norfolk in the Slingsby T.42 on June 27th (anew British distance record for two-seater sail- planes). Honourable mention: B. Thomas of theDerbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club—150 miles from Camp- hill, Derbyshire to Holton, Suffolk in a Sky on June 27th.Volk Cup, for the best out-and-return flight: W. A. H. Kahn of the Surrey Gliding Club—95 miles from Lasham to Kidlington,Oxford and return, in an Olympia on April 19th. Seager Cup, for the best two-seater performance: Mr. andMrs. Lome Welch, for the Axford-Hopton flight detailed above. Douglas Trophy, for the largest cross-country mileage flownin three flights by three members of one club in club aircraft: The Army Gliding Club, with 307 miles (106 miles by E. J.Meddings and by D. C. Kerridge, Lasham to Halfpenny Green, Staffs on September 5th, and 95 miles by S Morrison, Lashamto Canterbury on September 12th). ELSTREE Flying Club's hours for 1954 totalled 2,600, some200 above the official target for the year, with 158 hr flown in December. During 1954 the club management was taken overby Derby Aviation, Ltd.; the change is purely nominal, as previ- ously the operating company was Wolverhampton Aviation, Ltd.,and both form part of the Air Schools Group. OFFICIALS and members of the Royal Aero Club were hostsat a house dinner on January 26th to Miss Freydis Leaf and H. "Tim" Wood, respective winners of the 1954 British AirRacing Championship and King's Cup. Among the lady guests, in addition to Miss Leaf, was Miss Jacqueline Cochrane, theAmerican pilot. After a message from Lord Kemsley had been British Air Racing Champion, 1954, Miss Freydis Leaf, speaks at the Royal Aero Club dinner given in her honour and in that of H. "Tim" Wood (left). King's Cup winner. Mr. S. Kenneth Davies, R.Ae.C, chairman, is on the right. read by the chairman, Mr. S. Kenneth Davies, the presentationof Miss Leaf's trophy was made by Mr. John Profumo, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and CivilAviation. In an entertaining speech, Miss Leaf said she was honoured tobe the first woman for some years to receive the club's hospitality in this way. After referring to the fate of her Hawk MajorG-ACYO, she suggested that one solution would be to make her own aircraft—this might be ready in 1960! She found themembers of the club very charming in following the maxim "Ladies first," and she hoped they would continue that way.Tim Wood also thanked the club for its hospitality; and Miss Cochrane, congratulating Miss Leaf, said that although therewere 10,000 women pilots in the U.S.A., this was the first time she had sat at the top table with another who had won such an award. DENHAM Flying Club have just purchased another Magister,which is to be added to the Club fleet in March, after renewal of its C. of A. A recent first solo was that of Mr. Ralph Leayer. The December total of 128 flying hours brought the total for last year to 1,854. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 5. British Interplanetary Society: "The Development of the Snarler Rocket Motor," by D. Hurden, B.A., Grad.l.Mech E. 5. British Interplanetary Society (Midlands branch): "The Atmosphere and Space-ship Design," by A. H. Wickens, B.Sc, D.L.C., Grad.R.Ae.S. 5. London Gliding Club: Annual dinner and dance, Dunstable. 8. R.Ae.S. Section lecture: "Some Trends in the Develop- ment of "Aircraft Electrical and Starting Systems," by R. H. Woodali, F.R.Ae.S. 10. R.Ae.S. Main lecture: "Problems and Prospects of Rocket Propulsion for Aircraft," by Prof. A. D. Baxter, M.Eng., F.R.Ae.S. (at I.O.W. Branch). 11. Helicopter Association: "Development Experiences with the Bristol Type 173," by R. Hafner, F.R.Ae.S. 14. Institute of Transport: Brancker Memorial Lecture: "influence on Civil Aviation of Some Current Researches," by Sir Arnold Hall, F.R.S., M.A., F.R.Ae.S. Feb. Feb. Feb. 15. R.Ae.S. Graduates and Students: Discussion: "Is Post- graduate Study Abroad Worthwhile?" 16. Institute of Metals: Informal discussion on "The Treat- ment of Swarfs, Sowings and Residues in the Non-Ferrous Metal Industries" (at Birmingham University). 17. R.Ae.S. Section lecture: "Problems Associated with Stress Concentration," by H. L. Cox, M.A., F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. Branch Fixtures (to Feb. 17):— Feb. 7, Belfast, "Rocket Motors," by D. G. Kennedy. Feb. 7, Halton, Films; Henloy, annual general meeting. Feb. 8. Boscombe Down, film evening. Feb. 9, Weybridge, brains trust. Feb. 10, I.O.W., main lecture (see above). Feb. 11, Birmingham, "The Development of Reheat," by J. L. Edwards; Glasgow, "Operation and Servicing of Jet Engines," by J. R. Nutter. Feb. 14, Halton, Electronic Equipment. Feb. 16, Manchester, "The Scientific Approach to Production Prob- lems," by Prof. J. V. Connolly. Feb. 17, Yeoril, "Fatigue," by Dr. P. B. Walker.
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