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1957
1957 - 0192.PDF
194 FLIGHT Mr. W. G. Burns, Dip. C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust, A.F.R.Ae.S. has taken up a three-year appoint- ment at Australia House, Lon- don, as civil aviation liaison officer. He succeeds Mr. J. E. Schofield, who has returned to Australia on completion of his term of office. CIVIL AVIATION S.A.S. are reported to be negotiating with the IndonesianGovernment for a route to Djakarta by way of Bangkok or Tokyo. The M.T.C.A. has awarded a contract worth £939,000 for theconstruction of the new terminal building at Gatwick Airport. Captain Alfred Instone, J.P., chairman of Instone Air Trans- port, Ltd., has been made an officier de L'Ordre de la Couronne by His Majesty the King of the Belgians. * * * Sir Miles Thomas, former chairman of B.O.A.C., has been made a Commander of the Cedar of Lebanon by the Lebanese Ambassador. East African Airways will start weekly services from Nairobito Aden on February 13. * * * American Airlines have ordered Electra and Boeing 707 Ercoflight simulators. They will be delivered in early 1958. * * * During the Paris Aero Show a helicopter service will beflown between the new Paris heliport at Issy-les-Moulineaux and Le Bourget. The frequency will be one departure every twenty minutes. * * * Linee Aeree Italiane have increased their Viscount order fromsix to ten. The additional aircraft will also be Viscount 77ODs. Viscount orders now total 361, and L.A.I, are the fourteenthcustomer to place a repeat order. * * * Ethiopian Airlines have purchased two DC-6Bs and takenan option on a third with credit obtained from the United States Export Import Bank. A total of 850 DC-6 and DC-7 aircrafthas now been sold. Because of a demonstration tax of $15,000 in Canada, nodemonstrations will be made there by the Twin Pioneer. It was to have been shown at Montreal and Ottawa. An Armagnac on charter to Air France crashed in foggy weather when landing at Paris - Orly on January 29. One passenger of the 66 on board lost his life. The aircraft was on a flight from Tunis. * * * T.W.A. estimate that the four tubeless tyres fitted to theirSuper-G Constellations—which weigh in toto 50 1b less than tyres and tubes—will provide an additional $10,000 revenueannually on flights between London and Los Angeles. * * * Australian National Airways have been granted an import licencefor the Djinn S.O.1221 helicopter. The same company is now using a new airborne electro-magnetic detector of copper andother minerals, built by its associate company Adastra-Hunting in Canada. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS pHRISTCHURCH Aero Club, having begun the year with^-/ four Austers, five Tiger Moths and one Gemini, have now withdrawn two of the Tigers from use because of petrol ration-ing. Flying rates for the Austers (Gipsy-engined Alphas) and Tigers have now been set at £3 15s per hour, while the Geminicosts £7 15s per hour. At the side of the Christchurch club- house, another building has been erected to serve as an "aircentre" for the five subsidized groups which fly with the Christ- church Aero Club. Further conversion of the club premises isplanned. Last year's flying hours by the club, whose C.F.I, and manager are Bert Hawkins and T. H. Marshall, respectively,totalled over 2,600. "THE Canadian Owners and Pilots Association have made the•*- first award of the A.O.P.A. Trophy, for significant contribu- tions to Canadian civil aviation, to Keith Hopkinson, manager ofSky Harbor Air Services, Goderich, Ontario. The presentation of the trophy was made recently by J. B. Hartranft, Jr, presidentof the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (of the U.S.A.). Mr. Hopkinson was selected for the award because of "hisactivity in promoting light aircraft in his area; his work in connection with obtaining repeal of the Ontario tax on aviationgasoline; his efforts to persuade Canadian authorities of the desirability of constructing landing strips adjacent to highways,and for his helpfulness to flyers generally." "D ECENT committee changes at Elstree Flying Club include•••*• the election of Fred Beezley as chairman, in place of Bill Townend; and of Peter Laffy as secretary, in place of PaulBoucher. David Ogilvy and Peter Heywood remain as vice- chairman and treasurer respectively. Forthcoming events atElstree include a Valentine party on February 16 and, it is hoped, the annual At Home during May or June. TTHE Experimental Flying Group committee for 1957 consists•* of the following: J. Patey, chairman; W. Hearnden, secretary; D. B. Chubb, treasurer; R. H. Nicholls, chief flying instructor;and P. Elliott, engineer. The group's flying rates have been raised to £2 10s per hour. A total of 541 hours was flown during1956. TDIRST member of the Kent Gliding Club to log a five-hour• duration flight from Detling is Edward Day, who ridge-soared his Sky between Detling village and Blue Bell Hill on Sunday,January 27. One-week courses are being planned by the club for the summer; enquiries should be addressed to the secretary,Mrs. Joy Gardiner, 1 Devon Gardens, Birchington, Kent. YORKSHIRE Aeroplane Club's flying total for 1956 amounted•*• to 1,250 hours. Recent first soloists include Miss Peggy Stear, Messrs. P. Curtis, M. Woodhead, J. Appleyard, A. Burn-Jones,E. R. Walters, G. Askham, A. Oglesby, and cadets Thorpe, Willings, Legard and Bytheway. INSTRUCTORS' courses are to be held at the Lasham Gliding•*• Centre (by the B.G.A. No. 1 Instructors' School) from February 24 to March 9 and from March 24 to April 6. Costwill be £21 for each full 12-day period, or ten guineas for five days; these charges include accommodation, meals and all flyingexcept aero-tows and retrieves. A SERIES of nineteen one-week gliding courses has beenannounced by the London Gliding Club, Dunstable, for 1957. The number of pupils on each course, which begin on Mondaymorning and end the following Friday, is limited to twelve. The inclusive cost of each course is from £13 to £15, according to thedate; an additional £1 is charged for weekend board and accom- modation for those staying for two or three consecutive courses.The dates of the courses are given below; further details and application forms are available from R. Stafford Allen, LondonGliding Club, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Dates of courses: April 8-12; April 29-May 3; May 6-10; 20-24,27-31; June 17-21, 24-28; July 1-5, 8-12, 22-26; August 12-16, 19-23; September 2-6, 9-13, 23-27; October 7-11, 14-18, 21-25; October 28-November 1. John Pothecary displays the 20-year-old Kronfeld Drone owned by Edward Gould at Christchurch. The machine has a Carden Ford engine.
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