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20 December 1957 949 CLUB ROMANCE DENIED ATTRACTIVE blonde starlet Lilo La Vie today denied storieslinking her name with that of the chief flying instructor of the Denstree Aero Club, handsome J. J. Oglethorpe, ex-R.A.F. fighterace and pigeon-fancier. "Jeremy and me are just goodfriends," she said, just before leaving her Mayfair penthousefor Denstree studios where she is currently filming Round-TableRock, the authentic story of King Arthur and his Solid Squares. Inbetween filming, Lilo is learning to fly at Denstree Aero Club,where she first met the lucky J.J.O. Interviewed at Denstree, C.F.I.Oglethorpe said, "Miss La Vie is an apt pupil. She is rapidly gain-ing experience and is very co- operative. We had two hoursunder the hood yesterday." So the stories were true, 1 thoughtto myself. "Mr. Oglethorpe, is she in lovewith you?" I asked. "Miss La Vie stalls very well,and retains excellent control at all parts of the circuit.""Are you in love with her?" I enquired. "Well, she needed my assist- ance in pulling out of a low divethe other evening—" "—in Soho?" I suggested.—"at 800ft over Croydon," he continued. "Are you going steady?" Iqueried. "Miss La Vie and I are flyingstraight and level." "May we expect romanticdevelopments in the future?" I quizzed. "Well," his serious face brokeinto a boyish grin, "as the alti- meter said about the doubtfulartificial horizon, I shouldn't bank on it—eh, ha. ha?" "Bank on it—get it, old boy'.'"repeated Oglethorpe with a short laugh as, whistling gaily andaffectionately embracing his next lady pupil, he swung the pro-peller, extinguished his cigarette in the whirling disc, leapt into hismighty Hawk airplane, roared into the air and looped the loopover the nearby Denstree studios. My Love is Like an ICBM "He's Just the Ultimate"— Penge Airgirl by Flighty staff reporter CUPIDS DART, shot withthe exuberant ferocity of aten-stage rocket, landed to- day with a soft "Aaaah" in theheart of Julia Ooperdu, attractive 18-year-old blonde from LowerPenge, Surrey. Object of her affections? A shy young scien-tist at a top-secret Rocket Re- search Base in the heart of ruralDorsetshire. "It all began on Flight 362from London to Birmingham," Julia told me today. "I was thestewardess and Aegon — that's his name—was a passenger. Hewas going to some top-secret con- ference thing on missiles and Ihad to fasten his seat-belt for him, he was so nervous. He evenrefused a barley sugar." "Love at first sight?" I asked."Well, yes and no," Julie an- swered. "Six weeks after theflight, I was sitting at home watching the telly, and there wasa knock at the door. It was Aegon." "Did he sweep you intohis arms in a wave of uncontrol- lable passion and declare his un-dying love?" I asked. "Oh no," she smiled coyly. "He said he'dchanged his mind, he would like a barley sugar after all." TOUJOURS LA PILOTESS. Typical British girl fliers deal with crossed rudder controls (above) and no-handed flying (below, left). Ah yes, smooth-looking chick* match smooth-flying airplanes for sure, whatever that may mean. SUPERSONIC TOPIC Flighty-Testy Report on the Thundergoof BY MACH LAMBERT AT the controls of Britain'slatest superjet, the CrystalThundergoof, today I challenged the thermal thicket tobring Flighty readers the real low-down on the unsolved prob-lems of supersonic flight. How did the mighty jetplane fly? Shehandled beautifully, needless to say. Ground-handling was perfect.Visibility could hardly be im- proved—by standing on top ofthe cockpit coaming I could almost see the ground. I foundthat, by moving the throttle for- ward and increasing power, theairplane's speed increased. One of the exceptional aspectsof flying the Thundergoof was that, to gain height, I simplypulled back on the stick. What was more, when I moved thestick forward we went into a dive! Going through the soundbarrier was child's play. In fact my parachute worked perfectlyand I was able to take off again in the second prototype after only a few hours. As for thethermal thicket, certainly the air- plane warmed up a little, but thesudden immersion into the North Sea soon cooled us down and Iwas able to take off again in the third prototype early the nextday. Summing up, I would say theThundergoof really is tops. In fact, she handled just as perfectlyas in the company test pilot's initial report (circulated to thePress by the company's publicity department some six weeksbefore the maiden flight). 1st Pilot: I wonder why old Georgewears a Cellophane shirt? 2nd Pilot: Oh, the doctor told himto watch his stomich. * * *1st Stewardess: Do you like my new uniform? It's 200 per cent purewool. 2nd Stewardess: 200 per cent pure wool? How so?1st Stewardess: The sheep led a double life. •••••••••••••••• Fashion Ration BY CONSTANT BIND Airgirl fashions for 1958, I can reveal, will highlight brevity plus style. The new-style fashions themselves reveal plenty of imagina- tion. Comment of seasoned air-travellers when offered barley sugar by the smooth- clad cuties will most likely be a dazzled "Help!" Foto shows lines now under development. The frozen North won't stay frozen any more, for sure, when these glamour-gals from S.A.S. take a hand on the Polar route. At left, the old-hat uniforms of 1957. At right, the up-to-the-minute beauty-suits of 1958. Notice any difference, men? Well, the cap-badge is the same. ••••••••••••••••
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