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1957
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FLIGHT, 1 March 1957 Members of the Tiger Club (see second item below) practice formation flying between Croydon and Fair Oaks in preparation for their proposed displays this season. Tucking up close in G AOAA are Messrs. C. Nepean Bishop (C.F.I.) and W. V. Fitzmaurice. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS FROM Belfast and from Hatfield, from Rutherglen and the Isleof Wight, comes news of the hatching of Druine Turbulents and Turbis. The Popular Flying Association reports that the firstU.K. Turbulent—being constructed by the Rev. P. O'Kelly of Belfast, assisted by Mr. J. Kirkpatrick of Short Brothers andHarland, Ltd.—has now been registered G-APCM; and that a race is on to see which of the first three Turbis will be flyingsoonest. One of them—that being built in the Isle of Wight— has now received the appropriate registration G-APFA. ATEMBERS of the Tiger Club are forgathering with their aircraft-"-'• at Fair Oaks Aero Club next Sunday, March 3, to celebrate the faithful D.H. Tiger Moth's quarter-century of continuous usein civilian and Service flying. This is an informal occasion, antici- pating the official celebration at Sywell on May 5, and all ownersand pilots of Tiger Moths are invited to attend. The Fair Oaks Club has agreed to provide light refreshments for visiting crews,but because of fuel restrictions cannot perform a similar service for aircraft; and there is to be a prize for the Tiger crew who arriveat dispersal and switch off their engine nearest to a sealed time between 1145 and 1215 on Sunday morning. T^HE P.F.A. has finally agreed with the designer on the sale of•*• plans for the C.P.30 Emeraude, a two-seater (side by side) cabin aircraft, and preliminary flight-testing has been carried outby the Association. Price of the plans will be about £30 (with a supplementary charge for a translation from the French) and it ispointed out the machine is suitable for the rather more advanced amateur constructors. A version of the C.P.30 is already beingcommercially manufactured in the U.K. and should fly this spring. AS a result of recent talks between representatives of the British•**- Gliding Association (Philip Wills, Ann Welch, Godfrey Lee and Maurice Imray of the R.Ae.C.) and the Ministry of Transportand Civil Aviation, the M.T.C.A. has agreed to revise the northern boundary of the London Terminal Control Area so as to bringDunstable out into the airway, thus making it possible for London Gliding Club members to fly under all conditions to a maximumheight of 3,000ft a.s.l. The Ministry also gave an assurance that they would "make things easy" for the L.G.C. in further revisionof control zones; and it was further agreed that permanent gliding sites should be marked on new editions of air maps. AT Baginton there have been secretarial changes in the Arm-L strong Siddeley Flying Club. Harry Bennett has for personal reasons had to resign the secretaryship and it has been taken overby Phil Walker, whose former position as assistant secretary is now filled by Dennis McManus. The latter (according to the club'sFebruary newsletter) only just missed going solo during January, a distinction achieved by Charles Reeves and Derek Hart; whileFrank Hudson and Ron Horsley gained P.P.L.s. The club now has 26 "soloists" and nine P.P.L. holders and during 1956—despitehaving the Tipsy immobilized six weeks for C. of A. checks— did 220 hours' flying. A MEMBER of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at Sherburn-in-Elmet, E. R. Walters, flies an Aeronca 100 (36 h.p. Aeronca flat twin) which is thought to be the only one still in use in theNorth of England. A petrol consumption of 2| gal/hr and a cruising speed of 75 m.p.h. are quoted for G-AEVS, and Mr.Walters hopes to fly it to the Deauville Rally this year. Flight readers may recall an article (April 6, 1956), by a previous owner,on a trip to Le Mans in Veronica, as G-AEVS is named. WE regret to record the death of Mr. F. J. Poulter, A.F.C.,B.E.M., a member of the technical publication department staff of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd., at Hursley Park andin his spare time an instructor at the Supermarine Works Flying Club, where each week he gave lectures on all subjects necessaryfor pilots under instruction. Prior to joining Vickers in September 1954 he had served in the R.A.F., joining as a boy at Cranwell in1920, later training as a pilot and retiring in May 1954 with the rank of squadron leader. THE INDUSTRY Marconi Staff PostsT WO new posts in the aeronautical engineering side of Marconi'sWireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., have been created. Mr. G. P. Parker, A.M.I.E.E., has been appointed deputy chief air radioengineer (development), and he will undertake responsibility for the airborne and ground development group of the aeronauticaldivision, Mr. J. H. Gill has been appointed deputy chief air radio engineer (projects), and will be in charge of work on airborne Messrs. G. P. Parker, J. H. Gill and F. S. Mocktord. and ground installation projects. Both these specialists will beresponsible to Dr. B. J. O'Kane, Ph.D., B.Eng., A.M.I.E.E., chief air radio engineer. In addition, the following have been appointed to posts on theengineering sales staff: Mr. B. J. Infield, M.A., technical repre- sentative (overseas); Mr. E. Swinney, M.I.E.E., technical repre-sentative (home); and Mr. E. Hird, technical representative in the United States. Also from Marconi comes the news that Mr. F. S. Mockford,commercial manager of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., has been elected chairman of the Radio Communication andElectronic Engineering Association (R.C.E.E.A.). His election is for the second time: he was chairman in 1949. From 1915 to1919 Mr. Mockford served as a lieutenant (wireless) in the R.F.C. and later the Royal Air Force. As the first wireless officer atBiggin Hill fighter station, he installed the very first airborne R/T. equipment to go into service. In October 1919 he took up a civilian wireless appointment withthe Air Ministry, and was stationed at Hounslow and, a little later, at Croydon. Here he was responsible for much of the planningand organization of the communications and D/F. services. He conducted the original examination of candidates for air operators'licences and did the first crude but successful bad-weather "talk- down." Mr. Mockford joined Marconi's in 1930, and was at oneperiod manager-of their air division.
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