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1957 - 1846.PDF
936 FLIGHl CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS Warwickshire Aero Club at Elmdon were this year's winners of the P.F.A\ Masefield Trophy. Among club awards at the recent dinner ("Flight," Novem- ber 22) was the Warwick Trophy to W. E. Wassell (left) and the Navigation Trophy to J. Raddiffe A PUBLICITY panel has been formed by the Royal Aero Club•**• "in an effort to draw attention to the folly of the present official attitude and to win for the private-aviation world in allits aspects some of the recognition that is its due." The club's announcement of this states: "For some time past, the Royal AeroClub has viewed with concern the growing indifference and hosti- lity in certain quarters towards private aviation in this country.Compared with the attitude of foreign governments, notably in France, Germany and Italy, which have resulted in healthy andexpanding light-aviation industries, that of the authorities in this country seems aimed only at extinction by neglect and strangula-tion by an ever-increasing number of regulations and mandatory air traffic control procedures foisted on aviation generally in thename of safety of operation for the big commercial opera- tors. . . ." Members of the panel are John Blake (Royal AeroClub), K. J. A. Brookes (Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers), F. Butters (membership), Maurice Imray (Popular Flying Associa-tion), Norman Jones (sporting flying), and W. A. H. Kahn (British Gliding Association). T^HE Tiger Club has announced vacancies for ten more pilot*• members; those interested and with over 100 hours solo should contact C. Nepean Bishop, 49 Zermatt Road, Thornton Heath,Surrey. The date of the club's race meeting at Sandown next season has been changed to Whit Monday, May 26. Participationat air displays at Swansea, Exeter and Goodwood has provisionally been arranged, in addition to the Tiger Club aerobatic contest atSywell on May 4. MORE than 2,000 flying hours have been logged since the begin-ning of April by members of the Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. (Weybridge), Flying Club at Fair Oaks. Among recent membersqualifying for P.P.L.s was Miss Dinah Anag of the company's aerodynamics department, who is the first lady member to qualify.Sir George Edwards, managing director of the company and presi- dent of the club, has also obtained his Private Pilot's Licence—with a Viscount endorsement in Group C. FOLLOWING our recent report of two flying members of anAustralian gliding club aged eleven and twelve respectively, Plymouth Aero Club have weighed in with the news that theiryoungest flying member is David Fleet, aged 13. Flying instruc- tion in a Tiger Moth and "some very competent aerial photo-graphy" in a Gemini have taken up much of his time this season. TJOTH Elliotts of Newbury and Slingsby Sailplanes, Ltd., ate-*-* building sailplanes intended for use by the British team in both open and limited categories at the world gliding champion-ships in Poland next year. Target date for the completion of these aircraft is February 1, 1958, after which comparative tests will beflown and the British Gliding Association will make the final selection of aircraft for the British team.From Warsaw it is reported that the rules and marking system for the championships will in general follow the lines of those ofthe 1956 contest at St. Yan. A suggested innovation, however, is the setting-up of an appeal committee consisting of team captains,the chairman of the sports section of the championship committee and the chairman of the committee of judges.Leszno airfield, where the championships will be held, is being enlarged at present. New hangars, restaurants and spectators'verandahs are being built. The Polish Aero Club has appointed Marcin Monis, director of the club, to be chief organizer of thecontests, and Tadeusz Rejniak, the club's secretary, to be chairman of the sports committee. '"^TRAINING and touring are the functions of the new PL-9-•• aircraft designed in Australia by Luigi Pellarini. A single- engined five-seater, the machine is intended specifically to meetthe needs of Australian flying schools and private owners. Mr. Pellarini, designer of the Kingsford Smith PL-7 Tanker agricul-tural aircraft, was commissioned earlier this year by the Royal Aero Club of Queensland to design the new aircraft, and construc-tion of the prototype is expected to begin in January. TN an information circular (99/1957) dated November 20, 1957,•*• the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation announces that the 1957 edition of Aviation Law for Applicants for the PrivatePilot's Licence is now available. Known officially as C.A.P.85, this publication costs Is 6d from H.M.S.O. All previous editions areobsolete and, according to the Ministry, should be destroyed. WITH the double object of assisting Italian aircraft factoriesand increasing the number of pilots, the Italian government is encouraging the purchase of tourist aircraft by clubs and indi-viduals by means of a 50 per cent subsidy on the purchase price. This applies to any Italian-built tourist aircraft. Some £20,000was allocated for this purpose for the remainder of the current fiscal year. "CIRST social event to be held in the clubhouse of the Bristol-"- Gliding Club at Nympsfield will be the Christmas Party planned for tomorrow, December 14. Recent activities at Nympsfield havebeen overshadowed by the tragic death of the club's vice-chairman, John Parry Jones, in the Britannia accident near Filton. AT the Surrey Flying Club, Croydon, Alan Sproxton has' resigned as chief flying instructor on medical grounds. Peter Chinn has now taken over as C.F.I. A NEW member of the instructional staff at Denham Flying -**• Club is Adrian Vaughan, who learned to fly at the club and made his first solo on his 17th birthday. The opening party at the club's newly decorated lounge bar was scheduled for Friday last, December 6. ATEMBERSHIP of Exeter Aero Club now stands at over 100.-"•*• Among the club's Christmas festivities is an Ashen Faggot party on Christmas Eve, at which "an ashen faggot will be burntand the appropriate toasts drunk in mulled ale." MORE IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS T) EADERS who are still undecided on the purchase of Christmas-•-*• gifts may be interested to hear of a new line in presentation aircraft models which has been brought out by John Somers, Ltd.,142 Edgware Road, London, W.2. Illustrated here, from left to right, are an Auster, Gemini andMessenger; the range also includes Tiger Moth and Chipmunk. Heavily plated, the models have a span of about 6-jin and appearto be unusually well made, and the makers' association with Nat Somers, the well-known racing pilot, is a guarantee of accuracy.The stand, which on this type of model too often seems to be added as an afterthought, is refreshingly in keeping with theaircraft. The models retail at 12 guineas each. Another idea for Christmas is provided by State Express, Ltd.,who have produced their usual wide range of novelties. Included this year is a tin of 50 State Express 555 cigarettes in a half-pint orpint glass-bottomed pewter tankard, or in a pottery "Dickens" jug. Cigarettes and cigars are also available in a wide selection ofnovel packings. Readers who are still at a loss may like to refer to our issue ofNovember 29, page 832, where a list of books published by Flight and its associated journals will be found. Presentation aircraft models by John Somers, Ltd.
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