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FLIGHT, 20 JanUary 1961 91 Sport and Business Pod-and-boom construction is featured in the SZD-25 Lis (Fox), a new fifteen-metre-span Polish glider DOMINATIONS for the Jean Lennox Bird Trophyand the Brabazon Cup for 1960 are invited by the British Women Pilots' Association. Candidates for:he awards must be British women pilots with at least a student pilot's licence or a gliding B certificate.The Bird Trophy will be awarded for work over a period or a series of achievements, and the BrabazonCup for a single outstanding achievement, during 1960. "Any- one with an interest in aviation" may nominate candidates (detailsto Miss M. Woodall, 3 St James's Gardens, London Wll); all nominations will be in confidence; and the awards are to be madeat the end of April. DURING THE 1960 FISCAL YEAR ending on September 30,Cessna Aircraft Co again sold more light aircraft than any other United States company. The Cessna share amounted to 47 percent of the numbers of aircraft, and 36 per cent of the total value. Although total sales decreased slightly, compared with the pre-vious year, from $105,786,000 to $103,278,000, the company's export" sales increased from $6,959,000 to $10,497,000. Thenumber of aircraft exported increased from 494 to 709. In the annual report to stockholders, company president Dwane L.Wallace mentioned the expansion of Cessna operations during rhe year with the acquisition of a minority interest in Avions MaxHolste of Reims; and the acquisition as a wholly owned subsidiary of McCauley Industrial Corp, the propeller manufacturers ofDayton, Ohio. AT SEABROOK (KENT) MAGISTRATES' COURT onDecember 29, Alan James Bennett was fined £40 for being the commander of an aircraft and failing to satisfy himself thata flight could be made safely; £10 for acting as the radio operator of an aircraft without a licence; £10 for operating the radio stationof an aircraft without a licence, and £40 for operating the radio so as to cause interference, impairing the efficiency of telecom-munications. He pleaded guilty to the first three charges but not guilty to the fourth. It was stated that Bennett took off from Southend in a Prenticeon August 25 with four passengers. It was his intention to fly to Le Touquet but, before he reached the Channel, he realizedthat it would be too dark to go on. He turned back and landed at Lympne which was, at that time, closed to aircraft. The follow-ing day, after conversation with an air traffic controller at Lympne, it was agreed to maintain radio contact while Bennett continued his flight to Le Touquet. The procedure he used on the flightwas of a type no qualified operator would have used. "Either he was totally inexperienced," said Mr D. G. Williams, prosecuting,"or he deliberately flouted the rules of radio procedure." Other aircraft had their messages blocked by his transmitting when heshould not have been on the air at all, and very dangerous circum- stances could have arisen. A Gemini on its way to Lympnewas not able to acknowledge clearance for landing because of this interference. Two other aircraft were being dealt with. Onehad to change to another frequency and it was some time before the other could be helped. Bennett said that he was under a misapprehension as to theneed for a licence, and that he was not as inexperienced as the prosecution made out. He had no reason to think he was inter-fering with anyone else, and he heard absolutely nothing on the frequency used. He had been flying for more than five years.The chairman of the magistrates told Bennett that the charges could have resulted in fines amounting to £600 and the possibilityof imprisonment. RETROSPECT From "Flight" of January 21, 1911 Aero Clubs hi Canada: We are daily being reminded by ihv waysubscriptions for FLIGHT come from remote corners of the earth that interest in aviation is world-wide. It may be interesting to many ofour readers to learn from one of our correspondents that even in the town of Oshawa, Ontario, fnr instance, there is a small club whichmeets once a week for the purpose of discussing flying matters, each member taking a turn at reading a paper. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT AIRCRAFT dealers sold 150 light air-craft during 1960 valued at £Al,500,000. The biggest buyers were graziers who used aircraft in their daily work and for journeys totowns. Light aircraft are reported to have grown into a business worth more than £A1,000,000 p.a. Main factor on the growth ofsales has been the lifting of import restrictions, and at least ten types of light aircraft from North America are available.On the other hand the Australian AOPA has asked members to try to improve the accident record—described as "appalling"—during 1961. During the last two years there have been serious accidents to light aircraft at the rate of one every three-and-a-half days, not including minor accidents which did not cause injury. The main type of accident was striking high-tension cables. ORDERS FOR MORANE RALLYES totalled 150 by lastChristmas Day, 76 of them from customers in 16 foreign countries. The 90 h.p. and 100 h.p. versions are now called MS.880 RallyeClub, and the 145 h.p. version MS.885 Super Rallye. The present schedule calls for the completion of the true production prototype90/100 h.p. version this month, completion of the 145 h.p. proto- type and the founh airframe (for structural tests) in February andthe four first production aircraft during April. Thereafter, 16 will be made in May, 20 in June and 30 in July. Production will thenremain at 30 per month for the whole initial batch of 250. Morane have ordered from Continental a batch of 150 engines of 145 h.p.,125 of 100 h.p. and 25 of 90 h.p., deliveries to begin in March. DERIVED FROM the single-seat Breguet 905 Fauvette, theBreguet 906 Choucas has been selected by the French Govern- ment to equip national gliding centres and private gliding clubs.Its role will include both basic and advanced training. The Choucas was chosen in preference to the Wassmer Bijave. A brace of newsworthy Aero Commanders: (upper photograph) the JflOlst production machine, a Model 680F purchased by Asahi Press of Tokyo—who still operate also the first production Commander, a Model 520 purchased eight years ago; and the Commander 5006, first on the British register, recently acquired by Mr Geoffrey Woods, president of Woods of Colchester Ltd
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