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494 FLIGHT, 21 September 196 CORRESPONDENCE... is catching up the one ahead may not show up. If the next sectoris a sixty-mile leg—as it is between Chepstow and Weymouth—it may be found that the aircraft will arrive within five minutes of eachother, so that one is obliged to change its flight level or slow down, much to the irritation of all concerned. So many howlers have arisen from the terms VMC, VFR, IMCand IFR that one needs to permutate all the possibilities in order to appreciate the joke fully. Finally, no reference to R/T would be complete without a dis-honourable mention of "one-two-six-seven," the London FIR frequency. At times one doubts the usefulness of reporting on thisfrequency for getting an airways-joining clearance. Flight informa- tion is supposed to be available, but if there does happen to beanother aircraft in your locality the chances are you won't be advised. Your only hope is to pick up any position reports that aremade, but with the constant babble that endures throughout the summer months it's a matter of luck whether or not the informationis heard in time to be of use. A lot would appear to depend on the individual FIR controllers, but one can hardly wonder at the lackof interest frequently apparent when the vast area covered by this one frequency is considered. As for the chap who asks for "'descentclearance" on 126.7 Mc/'s, it's time he realized that the only clear- ances in the FIR are strictly meteorological. Rhoose, Glam B. A. SPARROW(Capt B. A. Sparrow, FRMetS) BEA Pionair Disposal WITH reference to your news-item about the BEA Pionairs.on page 279 of the issue of August 31, a few useful additional points can be made. The first relates to G-AGZB, which was not written off in itscrash at Elmdon but was sold to East Anglian Flying Services "as is" (or should I say "as was"?) on December 8 last. It wasdelivered to BKS at Southend by road on January 8 and entered service with EAFS on April 21 this year, making their total ofPionairs six. The second point relates to those aircraft whose disposal isunder agents' names. The aircraft appearing under the name of F. J. & D. Mann & Co Ltd is being used by the Exeter-based West-point Aviation; the two for Fields have been sold to Ghana Air- lines; and those for International Development Finance Corpare in service with Silver City. One final aircraft of the fleet of 38 Pionairs was sold a yearbefore any others, when G-AGJW went to BOAC Associated Companies Ltd on December 8 for the use of Ghana Airlines. So ends the saga of the Pionairs, the fleet having flown—includingpre-BEA service, in most cases a fairly small amount—the best part of three-quarters of a million hours. London NW6 JOHN M. DAVIS More DogmatismI AM writing concerning the recent correspondence about dogsand flying. The letter of Mr Kaye-Nein is in my opinion quite right; and as by my researches on the development of aviation, Sept Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct OOO O Oct Oct 23-24 25-29 27 27 2-7 4 4 5 5-6 t 7 7-8 10 II II II Oct 12 FORTHCOMING EVENTS International Grand Prix for Light Aircraft, Bourges. RAeS: Symposium on Crack Propagation. Kronfeld Club: USAF Film Evening. RAeS Graduates' and Students' Section: Film Show. 12th International Astronautical Congress, Washington DC. BritIRE: "Methods Used for the Study of Vibration in Aero Engines," by D. A. Drew. Kronfeld Club: Debate on "Gliding should be Government Subsidized." International Airline Navigators Council: Pacific Regional Meeting, San Francisco. Aerodrome Owners Association (Leeds and Bradford): Conference, Harrogate. RAeS Rotorcraft Section: "Integrated Flight Systems for Multi-engined Rotorcraft Transports," by N. Sullivan, J. A. Simpson and a US representative. Kronfeld Club: Annual Dinner and Dance. Genoa Rally. RAeS (Luton Branch): Film Evening. BritIRE (South Western Section): "General Introduction to Inertial Navigation," by R. Collinson, and "Components and Techniques Employed in Inertial Navigation Systems," by E. Bristow. Kronfeld Club: USAF Film Evening. RAeS Agricultural Aviation Group: "Agricultural Aviation in New Zealand," by G. G. Lindsay. RAeS (main lecture at Isle of Wight Branch): "Experiences in Constructing and Flying Bell's Recent VTO Aircraft," by J.O'MalleyJr. especially in World War One, I have had so often occasion to studyhow dogs like aircraft and flying, so I may tell you a little of these things. Recently I obtained a pretty batch of albums from a manwho in World War One flew as observer with different Flying Sections, later, in March 1918, becoming Commander of theSchlachtstaffelgruppe D. He went back to the Luftwaffe in 1934 and lives now as Generalmajor (ret.) in Western Germany. Ihave studied his ten albums and over and over again I found dogs, dogs, dogs! One photo shows quite clearly this former 1st Lt Missfelder inthe observer seat of his Albatros C I at Flying Section 58 with his pilot Lt Poser, and beside him is sitting his dachshund "Wald-mann," who makes a really pleasant face! In these albums are dozens of pictures which show that almostall German flying officers had dogs. I have also another shot of the ace Lt Collin playing with his dog. Ernst von Althaus had his"Mousse," and, as I learnt also, this dog made some flights. Manfred von Richthofen himself tells that his "'Moritz" flew. Andfinally by my own experience I may report that, when I flew in an Argonaut from Berlin to Klagenfurt (Austria) a dog was on board.So long as its master was present it was quiet and pleasant. I have come to the conclusion that every dog likes to fly. It is only neces-sary that his master is near to him. Berlin, Germany HEINZ J. NOWARRA P.S.—I have just found a remarkable event. June 27, 1917, aDFW CV, marked 39 on side of fuselage, with the crew Lt Boucher, Cpl Reichelt of Schutzstaffel 12 (Escort Squad) started,accompanied by Lt Bottcher's dachshund, from airfield Faumont. This plane fell in aerial combat over Avion. So the dog fell togetherwith his master. FOR THE BUCCANEER'S HIGH-ALTITUDE INTERLUDES One of the many British military and civil aeroplanes equipped with a liquid-oxygen breathing system is the Blackburn Buccaneer S.I. These photographs, taken during the recent SBAC Display, show the system being replenished from a British Oxygen Aviation Services 75-litre dispenser, via the company's new coupling which incorporates a gas bleed to prevent any freezing
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