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1960 - 0758.PDF
Two examples of the Piaggio P.166 are illustrated in these photographs. Left, the attractive P.166 executive operated by McAlpine Aviation and based at Luton Airport; right, the interior of the P.166 utility owned by the Italian oil company AGIP, in which the normal reclining seats can be replaced by the simpler seating shown for transporting the company's working personnel between bases. The total number of passengers carried in this arrangement is nine (plus the second pilot's place) Sport and Business THE FIRST RACE EVENT on the Royal Aero Club's competi-tion calendar this year takes place this weekend, June 3-4. Today (June 3) the London - Cardiff race will be held, starting from WhiteWaltham Aerodrome at 5 p.m. The course is a dogleg track between White Waltham and Rhoose Airport, Cardiff, with aturning point 10 miles south-west of Lulsgate Aerodrome, and aircraft are expected to cross the finishing line at Rhoose fromabout 6 p.m. on. A total of 47 aircraft have been entered for the race, and tomorrow (June 4) these will be divided into threeclasses and will race around three and four laps of an 11-mile circuit for the Air League Challenge Cup, the Norton-GriffithsChallenge Trophy and the de Havilland Tiger Moth Challenge Trophy. The placings in these three class races will decide theentry list for the King's Cup race, which is to be held at Baginton on July 9. Saturday's racing will form part of a full display pro-gramme which includes aerobatics by the Hunters of "Treble One" Squadron. The host club for the occasion, designated the1960 International Welsh Air Rally, is the Glamorgan Flying Club. There are few surprises in the entry list for the Cardiff races,apart from a Fairey Fulmar to be flown by J. S. Fairey and the first appearance of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club's Currie WotG-APWT, to be flown by J. F. Underwood. Also from Eastleigh, the Hampshire Club's two-seat Spitfire 8 G-AIDN will be flownby V. H. Bellamy. The only representatives of the current genera- tion of American private and executive types are three Cessnas—Models 210, 310 and 175—while for the vintage generation this event marks the reappearance of Comper Swift G-ABUS, flownby C. Boddington. For the second year in succession the Duke of Edinburgh has entered Turbulent G-APNZ with his equerry,Sqn Ldr John Severne, as pilot. LASHAM GLIDING SOCIETY invited the public to visit them"At Home" on Saturday, May 21, as they had done on two previous occasions. Among the pilots present were Edwin Harrold ofRhodesia, who will be flying a German Ka 6 in the World Gliding The Lockheed JetStar prototype (right) has been modified to incorporate most of the features of the production model. Powered by four Pratt and Whitney JT12s, the aircraft has Rohr thrust reversers, high-lift wing leading-edge, and dual-wheel landing gear. The current flight- iest programme is aimed at Federal Aviation Agency certification Championships at Butzweiler, and Anthony Deane-Drummondof the British team, with his finely finished cream-and-orange Skylark 3F. In spite of poor visibility and low cloud a fine displaywas given of aerobatics and aerotowing. After each demonstra- tion the pilot had to land in a "field" marked out in colouredballoons: the first one to successfully stay within the bounds was Brian Masters in an Olympia 419. Derek Piggott in a PolishBocian two-seater and Les Creed in a Skylark 2 gave polished aerobatic displays. SEVENTEEN NETHERLANDS LIGHT AIRCRAFT are dueto participate in the Whitsun Leinster Aero Club Rally. Six air- craft from Weston, County Kildare, were going to Rotterdamduring the weekend preceding Whitsun, ranging in age from the veteran Avro Club Cadet (Armstrong-Siddeley Genet Major)G-ADIE, to a Piper TriPacer, returning to Ireland on the morn- ing of Saturday, June 4, via Calais, Lympne, Rhoose, and DunmoreEast. The aircraft taking part in the rally are due to arrive at Weston between 4.30 and 6.30 p.m. A FIVE-MAN TEAM of parachutists claimed a new Britishrecord for a delayed drop made on May 14 from an Otter aircraft over Essex. Jumping from a height of 19,500ft, they opened theirparachutes 92sec later at 2,000ft. The team comprised David Hall, Peter Lang, Mike Reilly, Tony Millar and Malcolm Morris. At Oxford Airport, Kidlington, the Pressed Steel Co Ltd not only operate their own executive fleet, but also the airport itself. Here on the tarmac at Kidlington are seen the company's first aircraft, a D.H. Dove, together with the second, a Piper TriPacer. In the background is the headquarters of the Pressed Steel Aviation Division
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