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1959 - 1953.PDF
96 FLIGHT Sport and Business Pictured at Van Nuys Airport, California, recently, this Beechcraft Model 65—an unfamiliar type—is an eight- seater powered by two 340 h.p. Lycomings AMONG recent events at Elstree was a Tea Patrol• last Sunday in which about 30 visitors tried to get through a defensive screen of 10 defenders. Less than half-a-dozen made it. Another most successful occasion was a pilots' rally held on July 19, to which Elstree Flying Club had invited every privately owned aircraft on the British civil register. No fewer than 82 visiting aircraft arrived, including a number of Turbulents, Peter Masefield's executive Chip- munk and the familiar troupe of types which make up the present club and private-owner fleet. Geoff worrall entertained the assembled company in Gloster's Gladiator, the club laid on a Chipmunk formation and beat-up, two para- chute drops were made and the Tipsy Nipper was demonstrated. New appointments at the Elstree club include that of Col. H. C. Butcher as club secretary. The duties of chief flying instructor have been taken over by John Schooling. The duties of both of these appointments were previously carried out by Edward Wild, Recent improvements in facilities at Elstree include the introduction of a new aircraft parking and taxying area which has effectively reduced the ground congestion on the aerodrome. A TEA PATROL and At Home will be organized by Oxford Aeroplane Club at Kidlington on Sunday next, August 30. Tea- patrol time is from 3 to 3.30 p.m. and approach height 1,000- 2,500ft. Also included in the programme is arr inter-club landing competition. - . .... ..•••• . PERSONAL PLANE SERVICES, the Douglas Bianchi company based at Woodley and White Waltham, has been appointed British agent for products of the Claude Rousseau Company of Dinard and can supply Rousseau Emeraude aircraft and pans. THE M.P.M. FLYING GROUP, which was recently re-formed and is operating Magister G-AKKR from Elstree, has vacancies for new members. Inquiries should go to R. W. Mills, 68 Kennedy Road, Hanwell, London, W.7. INAUGURATING a demonstration tour of Europe, the Near East and North Africa, the Transland Ag-2 "farm and forest airplane" will be displayed in the U.S. pavilion at the international Trade Fair at Zagreb during September 5-20. The aircraft was flown to New York from Torrance, California, and shipped by boat last month. FIRST PROTOTYPE of a new single-engined four-seater by Beech Aircraft Corp. is due to fly by the end of this month. Designated the Beechcraft Model 33, it will be similar to the Bonanza but will have a conventional tail with a swept fin and rudder. Price of the new machine, which will be one of the company's range of 1960 models, will be about $20,000. Other recent news from Beech is that the installation of two lightweight Aerojet-General solid-fuel rocket engines as optional standby rocket power for the Twin-Bonanza has been approved by the Federal Aviation Agency. DELIVERY of the first five production models of the Piper Pawnee agricultural aircraft was made late in July to Wes-Tex Aircraft Sales of Lubbock, Texas. Described and illustrated in our issue of December 19, 1958, the Pawnee will be among the aircraft which will be demonstrated at the forthcoming agricul- tural aviation conference at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield. Pawnee production at Lock Haven is now scheduled at one per day. AT AN INTERNATIONAL parachuting competition held in Leutkirch Allgau, West Germany, during June, Sgt. A. Charlton of Britain won the Class 1 contest (F.A.I. B-licence standard) and the British team came third in Class 2 (C and D-licence standard). Other team members were Sgts. N. Hoffman, M. McArdle, J. McLoughlin and Mr. Denis Lee, who all belong to the British Skydivers Club. On August 16 the same team performed a 76-sec delayed drop from 14,500ft over Thruxton, opening their parachutes at about 1,200ft. METEOROLOGY AND SOARING FLIGHT is the subject of a course of eight fortnightly lectures organized by the Department of Extra-mural Studies of London University, to be given at the Kronfeld Club on alternate Thursdays beginning September 10. The lecturers will be Dr. R. S. Scorer and C. E. Wallington, and the eight sessions will be devoted to atmospheric energy radiation; weather charts and fronts; thermal winds and jetstreams forecast- ing; tephigram and fairweather clouds; storm clouds; artificial clouds and condensation trails; waves; and soaring weather situa- tions. Fees are 10s for the course or 2s per lecture. THE BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION plans to organize two national gliding weeks next year, one from May 28 to June 6 and the other from July 23 to August 1. Following the resignation of Mrs. Yvonne Bonham, Miss Anthea Russell has taken over as secretary of the Association at Londonderry House. THE 1959 FRENCH NATIONAL GLIDING CHAMPION- SHIPS, held at St. Yan from June 20 to July 5, were won by Camille Labar, an Air France engineer, with Jacques Lacheny second and Louis Trubert third. Lt-Cdr. Anthony Goodhart (Breguet 905) came ninth and David Ince (Olympia 419) 15th in the international category. All the French pilots were flying Breguet 901 aircraft. RETROSPECT From "Flight" of August 28, 1909 A Cross-London Prize: No less a prize than a one hundred guinea cupawaits the intrepid British aviator who first crosses the Metropolis from north to south or vice versa. The only conditions the donors,Messrs. P. B. Burgoyne and Co., attach to their ofier are: (1) that every part of the machine be of British manufacture, (2) that theaviator be a subject of the King, and (3) that the Thames be crossed between Tower Bridge and Westminster. < This Bensen Gyro-Copter has been constructed by W/C. K. H. Wallis of H.Q. Fighter Command. It is powered by a 65 h.p. McCulloch two-stroke drone engine modified by W/C. Wallis to "long-life" standard. The hanging control column has been replaced by a conventional stick and the machine has been successfully flown from Shoreham, where S/L. J. Crampton took these pictures. A 15-20 m.p.h. wind is sufficient to speed up the rotor. Helicopter experience is an asset to flying, and very low landing speeds are possible. The machine is towed behind a small car for road transport
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