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1955
1955 - 0706.PDF
704 FLIGHT, 20 May 1955 CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS THE recently formed Aircraft Owners and Pilots'Association of South Africa now has over 100 mem- bers. Chairman of the association is Dr. J. N. Halde-man, and Mr. Ponie de Wet is secretary; H.Q. are at Mutual Buildings, Church Square, Pretoria. At theinaugural meeting it was decided to adapt the Ameri- can A.O.P.A. constitution to meet the new associa-tion's needs, adding to its purposes the sponsoring of a National Air Commando—a voluntary, semi-militaryhome defence auxiliary. The formal objectives of the A.O.P.A. of South Africa are: — "(1) Increase safety in non-commercial civil aircraft, (2) Aid and encourage development of aircraft more accept- able to the average South African, (3) Wipe out landing fees and other practices designed to discriminate against - -the non-commercial flying public, (4) Eliminate unneces- sary regulations, and help rewrite those in use so as to make themmore practicable, (5) Help wipe out unsound business practices in the aviation industry . . . , (6) Encourage air-marking of every city and town,(7) Help establish single-strip airports for all South African communi- ties, (8) Help increase and improve airport facilities, (9) Help pro-gressive, conscientious airport operators to stay in business, (10) Assure civil flyers fair and proper representation on all Government committeesaffecting those flyers' welfare, (11) Encourage increased use of civil air- craft for cross-country transportation, (12) Increase recognition of non-scheduled flying by the Government, (13) Establish approved AOPA of South Africa airports, (14) Establish inexpensive landing areas forevery South African community." ALTHOUGH all this season's gliding courses at the Derby**• and Lancashire Club's site at Camphill, Great Hucklow, are already fully booked, there are still vacancies on those courseslisted below. In each case the course fees (which vary from Hi gns to £26) include flying, instruction, accommodation andfood. Unless otherwise stated, beginners are accepted on all courses. Bristol Gliding Club, Lulsgate, Somerset. Weekly courses beginning each Monday from June 6th to October 3rd. Second-week continua- tions by arrangement. Inquiries to P. Westmoreland, 18 Norley Road, Bristol 7.London Gliding Club, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. June 13-24th, July 18-29th, August 15-26th, September 5-16th, September 26th-October1st. Course Secretary, London G.C., The Downs, Dunstable, Beds. Midland Gliding Club, Long Mynd, Shropshire. Courses for "B"and "C" certificate holders and qualified power pilots only, June ll-18th, July 2nd-9th, August 13-20th, August 27th-September 3rd. These views of Russia's flapping-wing sailplane came to us from the Soviet journal "Wings of the Fatherland" via our U.S. contemporary "Aero Digest." The design, whose principles are not yet available for publication, has been variously attributed to a Ukrainian, Alexander Yrkevich, and to A.U. Manozkow, of Kiev. J. W. G. Harnden, 37 Hugh Road, Smethwick 41, Birmingham. Scottish Gliding Union, Balado, Kinross-shire. July 2nd-9th, July16th-23rd, July 30th-August 6th, August 13-20th, August 27th- September 3rd. Course Secretary, S.G.U., Balado, nr. Milnathort. Surrey Gliding Club, Lasham, Hampshire. May 22nd-28th, June5-llth, 12-18th, 19-25th, July 3rd-9th, 10-16th, August 21st-27th, August 28th-September 3rd, September 4-10th, ll-17th, 18-24th,September 25th-October 1st. A. F. Gotch, Surrey G.C., Lasham Aerodrome, nr. Alton, Hants.Yorkshire Gliding Club, Sutton Bank, Yorkshire. June 12-18th, June 26th-July 2nd, July 10-16th, July 24-30th, August 7-13, August21st-27th, September 4-10th. The Secretary, Yorkshire G.C., Sutton Bank, Thirsk, N. Yorks.In addition to the British clubs, a number of foreign gliding schools and centres organize courses for which British gliderpilots are eligible. Details of a number in France, Austria, and at the famous Wasserkuppe site in Germany are available fromthe British Gliding Association at Londonderry House, 19 Park Lane, London, W.I. , : . .. THE Pioneer Flying Club, mentioned on this page last week,now report that Blackbushe, not Farnborough, is to be the site of their weekday flying (in addition to Croydon at weekends). DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA IN SERVICE (continued from p. 697) is 640ft wide and there is only one internal support; this is setwell back from the door, so that there is adequate room for manoeuvring aircraft. The floor is heated to 25 deg C (77 deg F)and, with an outside temperature of — 20 deg C (—4 deg F) and the doors open, the interior can be kept at 16 deg C (61 deg F).Numerous pick-up points in the floor of the hangar and on the apron outside supply water, electricity and compressed air. With one Super Constellation lurking in one corner and twoConvairs and a DC-3 at the opposite end the hangar looked virtually empty. Workshops and stores are situated behind therear wall of the structure and in these the company is undertaking all its maintenance and overhauls, including those of engines,radio and instruments. Above the aircraft and engine workshop are offices, instrument shops and the Link room. During this summer D.L.H. will operate Convairs on dailyservices from Hamburg to London via Diisseldorf and from Munich to London via Frankfurt. There are thrice-weekly flightsfrom Hamburg to Paris via Frankfurt and twice-weekly services between Hamburg and Madrid via Wahn and Frankfurt. TheMunich - London services offer connection with the outward Paris and Madrid flights at Frankfurt but the return connections arenot particularly convenient. These operations can be done with three Convairs, leaving one in reserve. The approximate weeklyfleet utilization will be about 36 hr 45 min per aircraft. On June 8th Lufthansa will begin its North Atlantic operationsand by July 9th there will be six flights in each direction every week between Hamburg and New York. All flights will call atShannon, three will serve Frankfurt and three Diisseldorf. Gander will be used as a refuelling stop when necessary but the 18 hrendurance of the L-1049Gs to be used should make direct Shannon - New York flights possible on a high percentage ofoccasions. Three of the Super Constellations have already been deliveredand they are engaged on training duties. In service they will be commanded by T.W.A. captains, and will have Lockheed flightengineers and Transocean Air Lines navigators. The galleys in the L-1049Gs have been designed by Lufthansaand built in Germany by Sell of Herborn. I saw this type of galley in the fully working mock-up of this section of an L-1049Gwhich is used for cabin crew training. It appears to be well thought out, and it has been so designed that all food and drinkfor a flight from Hamburg to Rio can be loaded in Hamburg. Accommodation on the Super Constellations will be for 20standard and 45 tourist passengers in summer and 16 standard and 40 tourist in winter.Lufthansa's future plans include the operation of services to Buenos Aires and Teheran. The routings have not been settledbut it has been decided to use the Super Constellations on the Teheran route as well as on the transatlantic services. On my return flight in D-ACOH the British captain was K. T.Quirke and, in addition, Capt. J. Monro was flying in the jump seat to check out co-pilot D. Lindner on a V.D.F. approach toDiisseldorf. The screen used to block the view from the right-hand seat for instrument training is an interesting design which allowsthe pilot on the left to retain the use of the whole screen. Capt. Monro was very much in favour of using the jump seat andchecking the normal crew procedure, radier than having the check pilot fly as capjain. The jump-seat method has been tried recentlyby B.E.A. on Viscounts and it may be adopted by the Corporation as standard procedure.
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