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FLIGHT, 22 July 1960 121 A Cessno 7724 of Illawarro Flying School, seen in the air near Sydney (see Australian report on this page) purchased their own machines—but also those of local agriculturaloperators. Hangar rent received goes towards the cost of main- taining the aerodrome and employing the club's two aircraft main-tenance engineers. THE OPENING of the new control tower at Biggin Hill onSaturday, July 9, was a quiet but pleasant occasion. After the ceremony had been performed by Miss Pat Hornsby-Smith, MP,there was a flypast by members of the Surrey and Kent Flying Club and by Maitland Drewery Aviation, both tenants of BigginHill with premises adjacent to the new tower. Subsequently the club demonstrated three Tiger Moths in formation and MaitlandDrewery flew a second mixed formation consisting of two Prentices and two Tiger Moths. The tower is open from 9 a.m. until 30min after sunset on everyday of the week, and listens out on a frequency of 122.7Mc/s. There is no direction-finding equipment as yet; this is an additionwhich is anticipated some time in the future. Seen here with the Dawty Group's recently acquired executive Dove are Sir George Dowry (left) and the company's pilot, Neville Duke IN BETWEEN SHOWERS and sunshine, and with thunder topspiling up to 20,000ft, the London School of Flying managed to stage a successful rally at Elstree on Sunday, July 10. The idea ofit, they explained, was a shop-talking session for light-aeroplane enthusiasts, but they had nevertheless carefully rehearsed a smalland "informal" flying display. But that's the way they do things at Elstree. First item was a flypast by the school's five Chipmunks and twoAusters, identically painted in Oxford and Cambridge blue. The Austers were flown by David Greenland and Peter Heywood andthe Chipmunks by John Rymill, "Tich" Clark, John Schooling, Janet Ferguson and David Ogilvy. Subsequently the last threesplit off, crossed the aerodrome in formation and then divided for a high-speed cross-over from left and right directly in front of thevisitors sheltering in the clubhouse. There followed Cessna 175 and Super Cub demonstrations and, in sheeting rain, a first-classdisplay of Bensen Gyrocoptics by Wg Cdr K. H. Wallace. Finally, to a backdrop of black rain clouds, flashing lightning and "enoughblue sky to make a Dutchman a pair of trousers," Nepean Bishop, CFI of the Tiger Club, polished off the afternoon with a velvet-smooth sequence of Tiger aerobatics. THE TIGER MOTHS AND AUSTERS which have for manyyears been symbolic of the flying clubs in Australia are now gradually fading from the scene. Clubs all over the country arere-equipping—not merely the larger clubs and schools in the cities, but the smaller country clubs in addition, as more and more RETROSPECT From "Flight" of July 23,1910 Molon Has to Swim: Molon has returned to Havre, and has beenpractising with his Bleriot, which now has a five-cylinder Anzani engine. He has mostly been flying over the sea, and on Saturdaycovered about 50 kilonis., his speed being in the neighbourhood of 90 kilonis. an hour. On Sunday he was up at a height of 1,000 ft.,when the motor stopped. He brought the machine down safely to the surface of the water and then swam ashore. graziers are showing an interest in learning to fly and in buyingtheir own aircraft. The Cessna 172 and the Piper Tri-Pacer have been the most favoured types, with a sudden influx of Cessna 150sthis year. This small two-seater has achieved widespread popu- larity in the few months that it has been operating with theAustralian clubs, and is reported to be an excellent performer, simple to fly and to maintain, and outstandingly economical inoperation. One of the latest training organizations to re-equip is theIllawarra Flying School at Sydney. Four Austers and a Champion have been replaced by three 1960 Model Cessna 172As, and aChipmunk has been retained to cater for those students who wish to carry out aerobatics. In addition to the flying school, Illawarraalso operates what must be one of the world's shortest scheduled air services. Run by Illawarra Airways, this service will use theCessnas to fly passengers and freight between Bankstown, Sydney's light aircraft field, and Sydney Airport. THE POPULAR FLYING ASSOCIATION TURBI is nowflying with 600 Sqn City of London Flying Club while their Tiger Moth is on overhaul. Development work on the machine is almostcomplete and, following its period with 600 Group, the aircraft is due to go to Baginton for one month for the use of other groups.It will then go to Fakenham Flying Group and will be available to all PFA members at the Association's rally at Cranfield inSeptember. Individual members of the Association who have PPLs may fly this machine on application. REVISED RESULTS for the international balloon contestorganized by the Hague Balloon Club in Rotterdam during May (Flight, May 13) were announced last month, following lengthydeliberations by the contest jury. The winner was declared to be Fred Dolder of Switzerland, who landed only 0.5km from thetarget line, with Mrs Constance Wolf (USA) second at a distance of 2.2km. MANCHESTER FLYING CLUB and Cheshire Flying Clubhave merged to form a new company known as Cheshire Flying Club Ltd. Subject to Air Ministry approval, it is planned tooperate an Auster Alpha, previously owned by the Manchester club, at Calveley Airfield, near Crewe. The commanding officerof the RAF station at Hack Green, near Nantwich, Sqn Ldr R. W. B. Rainford, has accepted a position as honorary instructorto the new club. Banner-towing for advertis- ing purposes is the main job of this Prentice, owned and operated by J. L. Tankard & Co, carpet and rug manufacturers. From the left are John Roe, engineer; Clive Hartley, Pilot; and Charles Oman, previous pilot. Eudurance k some 3'/2hr when towing o 180ft nylon banner at 62kt
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