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FLIGHT, 11 September 1959 235 A striking view of the Piper Pawnee agricultural aircraft, the first five production models of which were recently delivered from the company's Lock Haven plant. Designed specifically for dusting and spraying, the Pawnee is due to be demonstrated in Britain this month (further photographs at foot of page) Sport and Business DE HAVILLAND FLYING CLUB gave a flyingdisplay at Broughton on August 22 on the occasion of the annual family day organized by thede Havilland (Chester) Social and Athletic Club. At present operating two Tiger Moths which membersthemselves have rebuilt, the club began flying in association with the Merseyside and North WalesFlying Club at Speke Airport, Liverpool, in 1953, and after a gap recommenced in 1955 at Broughton.One of the instructors, Harry Robins, directed the rebuilding of the Tigers; the other members of the instructionalstaff are Ronald Irving (honorary C.F.I.) and Kenneth Rowse, a Comet flight engineer who is at present based at Hatfield. DONCASTER AND DISTRICT GLIDING CLUB wasopened at Doncaster Airport on Saturday, August 29, by Mr. Anthony Barber, M.P. for Doncaster. A total of 1,000 spectatorswatched the air display though visibility was affected by a forest fire 50 miles away. HALIFAX GLIDING CLUB intends to hold an At Home anddisplay this month at its new site at Ringstone Edge, five miles from Halifax. A strip has been cleared by members for possibleaerotowing at this meeting. AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATORS, chemicalmanufacturers and government representatives recently attended a symposium arranged by the New Zealand Civil AviationAdministration at Wanganui, to discuss operational, technical and medical problems associated with agricultural flying andcurrent developments in agricultural chemicals. THE 1959 U.S. SOARING CHAMPION is Richard H. Johnson,who gained 4,243 points out of a possible 5,000 in the national competitions at Elmira during July. Johnson, who was flying aWeihe, automatically takes first place in the U.S. team for next year's World Championships in Germany. The remainder of thetop ten places at Elmira were taken by Richard E. Schreder (HP-8) 3,696; A. J. Smith (LO-105) 3,627; Christopher M. Drew(Ka-6) 3,561; Paul Bikle (1-23E) 3,519; Bernard M. Carris (1-23H) 3,512; Paul Schweizer (1-29) 3,179; Fritz Sebek (Ka-6BR) 3,161;Robert B. Smith (1-23G) 3,123; Francis B. Compton (L-K) 3,074. PRICE OF THE 1960 MODEL of the Piaggio P. 166 Executive,announced recently by Aero-Enterprises (Boreham Wood) Ltd., is £31,610 without duty, f .a.f. Villanova d'Albenga Airport. Deliveriesshould begin in March. The P.166 owned by the Earl of Derby now has its British C. of A. validation and is flying from SpekeAirport, Liverpool. A six/eight-seat landplane derived from the P.136L amphibian, the P.166 was described in our issue of May 23,1958, and a handling report appeared on September 5, 1958. RETROSPECT From "Flight" of September 11, 1909 M. Sommer at Nancy: By way of adding to the attractions of theirExhibition, the authorities at Nancy made a lucrative offer to M. Sommer to carry out some flights. This he accepted, and has mag-nanimously decided to devote the surplus of his salary, after paying expenses, to the poor of Nancy and of his birthplace. He arrived atNancy on the 3rd inst., and found his machine, which had been sent on the previous day, already erected by his two mechanics. Duringthe evening he made just a short flight round the ground, a»d last Saturday he was out twice, both in the morning and evening. OnMonday the weather was against flying, but a large number of people were, nevertheless, admitted to the grounds. Considerable commotionensued upon the announcement that M. Sommer would not fly. The situation began to look serious, as some of the crowd threatened tobreak down the sheds and fences, but M. Sommer generously came to the rescue of the authorities. A lull in the wind provided a chanceof a flight, of which he took instant advantage, flying once round the ground, and thus the spectators were appeased and retired in orderlyfashion. These Pawnee detail views show its well-designed cockpit, the 150-gal (20 cu ft) hopper for dry or liquid chemicals, and the 150 h.p. Lycoming engine which has a hinged mounting for access to rear accessories
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