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1959
1959 - 1593.PDF
784 FLIGHT Sport and Business AN INTERNATIONAL AIR MEETING organized by the**• Belgian Royal Aero Club and Les Sports is planned for Sunday, July 5, at Gosselies Aerodrome. The major events willinclude an international aerobatic competition for powered air- craft, and a free-distance sailplane contest for the Victor BoinTrophy. Two British pilots, David Ince in an Olympia 419 and Tony Goodhart in a Breguet Fauvette, hope to compete in thelatter event. Known as the Grand Criterium International Aerien, the Gosselies meeting will also include display participation byU.S., French, British and Belgian military aircraft as well as parachuting and model aircraft flying. DERBY AIR CENTRE was re-opened last month by Derby Avia-tion Ltd. with Dennis Stuart as manager and chief flying instructor. Flying training is being carried out on two Austers, and a Chip-munk is expected to be added to the fleet this month. Training at both Derby and Elstree (Derby Aviation is the parent organiza-tion also of Elstree Flying Club) is now under the administrative control of David Ogilvy, the Elstree manager. Annual subscrip-tion to the new Midlands centre is one guinea. INCREASED ACTIVITY by the business aircraft owned andoperated by a large number of Canadian companies has resulted in the formation of a new organization known as Canadian Busi-ness Aircraft Operators. Present membership is mainly concen- trated in the Toronto area, but the formation of branchesthroughout the country is envisaged. The new group is a section of the Canadian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, althoughits operations will be entirely separate. The first national chairman of C.B.A.O. is John R. Martin, chief pilot for Canadian BreweriesLtd., and vice-chairman is W. J. Bradford, chief pilot of McNamara Construction Co. Ltd. CURRENT SAILPLANE PRICES were quoted by a numberof companies at the recent International Glider Trade Fair at Lasham. Slingsby Sailplanes gave the following figures for thefirm's present range of aircraft (complete except for instruments), with kit prices in parentheses: T.31b Tandem Tutor, £697 (£458);T.21b, £1,110 (£688); T.45 Swallow, £850 (£495); T.41 Sky- lark 2b, £997 (£620); T.43 Skylark 3b, £1,240 (£660); and T.42Eagle, £1,860 (£1,010). The Breguet 905 Fauvette can be obtained ex works in kit form for £800; complete except for instrumentsand unpainted, £895; and complete except for instruments, £1,050 —all prices subject to import tax and duty. For the range ofPolish sailplanes the following prices were quoted C.I.F. London, again not including import tax and duty: Jaskolka, £1,025;Mucha 100, £869; Bocian, £1,386; and Czapla, £910. A NEW LIGHT AIRCRAFT, the M.S.880, has been announced by the Morane-Saulnier company. A single-engined two-seater intended for private and club use, the 880 is powered by a 90 h.p. Utilizing many compo- nents of the single- engined Mk 2QA, the new Mooney Mk 21 is powered by two 180 h.p. Lycoming engines. Gross weight is 3,250 Ib and a cruising speed of more than 210 m.p.h. is claimed. The proto- type shown in the photograph is to be fol- lowed in 1960 by series production machines Continental engine and is expected to sell at a price under $8,000(£2,860). The delivery time quoted by the company at present is 14 months, but this should be reduced to four months in aboutone year's time. An impressive performance for the new machine is claimed bythe company, who state that it will be capable of taking off, climb- ing to 50ft and landing in only 1,200ft. Cruising speed is115 m.p.h., maximum speed 134 m.p.h., maximum rate of climb l,000ft/min and endurance four hours. At a gross weight of1,280 lb the aircraft carries two people and 45 lb of baggage, and the all-metal airframe is designed to a factor of nine. In 15 to 18months' time Morane-Saulnier plan to roll out a four-seater version of the M.S.880. This model of the Breguet S.10 stratospheric sailplane was shown at the recent International Glider Trade Fair at Lasham. The machine is now approaching completion and should fly for the first time in September. Below is a close-up of the cockpit Members of Denham Flying Club seen at Kidlington, where they stopped during \he\t je«n\"oj*toWon round- about" tour of other clubs. Staple- ford, Luton and Sywell were also visited. Kneeling on the left is Den- ham's chief instructor, D. C. G. Wright
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