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FLIGHT International, 15 March 1962 SPORT AND B U S I N ESS 407 Blackbushe Progress Black bushe Aero Club now has 170 members and is continuing to grow, according .to the current issue of the club's newsletter. Recent events on the club calendar have included a dance at the Hawley Hotel, Camberley, on March 3 and a fly-in at Blackbushe on the morning of March 4. Blackbushe is officially available for flying by the club on 28 occasions per year, the club's and Air Vice-Marshal Don Ben nett's attempts to obtain permission to operate as an aerodrome throughout the year having been turned down by the local authorities. In the face of this basic obstacle, training of pupils is being carried out at Southampton Airport, Eastleigh (with the help and co-opera tion of Hampshire Aeroplane Club), with qualified pilots using Blackbushe. The club's first pupil to go solo, at Eastleigh last month, was Bill Townshend. Flairavia at Biggin Flairavia Flying Club and School of Flying has been formed at Biggin Hill, and will operate Bolkow Junior, Champion and Auster aircraft at hourly rates of £4 4s (Auster) and £4 10s (Bolkow and Champion). Hire purchase and contract rates will be available, the club states, and the membership sub scription is £4 4s per year. The deferred payments scheme, covering 52 weeks at £1 or £2 per week, provides members with ten and 21 hours flying per year respectively. Flairavia Flying Club have taken over all interests of the Maitland-Drewery Flying Club, and are operating the newest of the latter club's Champion aircraft. Club staff include one full-time instructor, two assistant instructors and one part-time qualified instructor, and evening classes in navigation and radio are being planned. The parent Flair-Aviation Sales Company are UK agents and A man-powered rotorcraft known as Mac 2 is being constructed by Mr Douglas]. Macdonald, a technical author with beagle-Auster at Rearsby. here seen with part of the machine's 18ft diameter rotor assembly. An empty weight of80-90lb is expected A swept fin and rudder is featured on the new Beechcraft Queen Air 80 executive aircraft, powered by two 380 h.p. Lycomings distributors for the fully aerobatic Bolkow Junior two-seater, which is expected to sell in this country at £2,250—£2,550 according to equipment. The first machines of this type to reach Britain are expected this month. Tiger Club Dinner Annual dinner of the Tiger Club was held in London on Friday, March 2, and—thanks mainly to the club's traditionally long warm-up period before sitting down to dine— went with the customary swing. Speechmaking was restricted to two short contributions only—by club founder and chairman Normarr Jones, and a reply for the guests by Col R. L. Preston. Standards of Instruction In the House of Commons last month a question addressed to the Minister of Aviation asked "what steps he intends taking in the interests of safety to check the competence of light-aircraft instructors and trainees of aircraft with an all-up weight of less than 5,0001b, in view of the high accident rate of this category of aircraft disclosed in CAP 176 entitled A Survey of the Accidents to Aircraft of the United Kingdom in the year ended December 31, I960" Mr Christopher Woodhouse, Parliamentary Secretary, replied; "Discussions are proceeding with the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, which exercises control on my behalf over flying instructors, with the object of ensuring that a high standard of instruction is maintained. My right hon Friend intends to make an announcement shortly." Gliding Awards The following gliding awards for 1961 were to be presented at the British Gliding Association ball in Londonderry House on Friday last, March 9 :— Manio Cup for the best goal flight, to A. L. L. Alexander (Sky lark 3f) for a flight of 217 miles on May 17, 1961, from Lasham to St Just. Wakefield Trophy for the longest-distance flight, to J. S. William son (Olympia 419) for a flight of 317 miles on August 4, 1961, from Upavon to Ayton, Berwickshire. Seager Cup for the best two-seater performance, to G. McA. Bacon and A. Eldridge (Slingsby T.42) for a gain of height of 15,300ft on February 14, 1961. Douglas Trophy, awarded to the club putting forward three flights of largest total cross-country mileage: RAF Moonrakers, 632 miles (J. S. Williamson, E. E. Reeves and M. Thomas). California-in-England Trophy for the longest UK flight by a British woman pilot, to Ann Burns (Skylark 3b) for a flight of 202 miles from Lasham to Portreath on May 16, 1961. Frank Foster Trophy for the fastest speed around a 100km triangle, to A. J. Stone (Skylark 3b) for 47.05 m.p.h. on June 20, 1961. Robert Perfect Trophy for the club with the highest proportion of categorized instructors to flying members, to Aberdeen GC (£40 award), Newcastle GC (£20), and Kent and Royal Engineers GC (£10). Pitcher Trophy for the longest goal flight to Lord Braye's estate, Stanford Park, to Paul Minton (Skylark 3f) for flight from Lasham on July 30, 1961.
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