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FLIGHT International, 10 May 1962 LETTERS . .. 757 had flown, and I took pains to show him the workings of ailerons, etc, in my (then) youthfully bumptious way! Complimenting me, he thanked me kindly, and returned to the sea of celebrities; whereat the Daily Mail rep said: "You BF, that was Mr Handley Page!" I recall, incidentally, that Sir Sefton Brancker turned up quite late, towing Anna May Wong, who at a later stage pardonably mistook me for a waiter and asked me for a drink, which 1 duly brought her! Amy made her successful, if bumpy, landing among the startled Aussies, and very soon after I sold to Shell-Mex a hundred thousand copies of a small gliding model of her D.H. Gipsy Moth Jason. London SW1 WALLIS RIGBY Imperial Propeller SIR,—This unit has acquired an old propeller which is 10ft long and 8in thick at the hub and bears German Air Force black crosses on each blade. It is stamped on the side of the hub (the stampings are hardly readable) with the following inscription:— IMPERIAL PROPELLER and on one blade: UEPRUFT No 3834 F/Z D3 ?180 STAND 260 ??MXYB 1390 Can any reader tell me something about such a propeller ? To which aircraft could it be fitted ? Why German markings on an "Imperial Propeller"? Hawthorn, Wilts K. CZLAPKA, Fit Lt, RAF Rudloe Manor Mr K. F. Horton's Fox Moth, referred to on this page I have normal two-way radio and go into Idlewild and La Guardia with it without trouble. I am enclosing one of the postcards which I had made up [reproduced here—though not unfortunately in colour— Ed] as it shows the aircraft best. As a postscript, I might add that I flew with the RCAF, and at times with the RAF, for six years during the second world war. Stamford, Conn K. F. HORTON "What are 'Sibley*' ? " We regret that in a letter under the above heading in our issue of April 26 the name of the writer was incorrectly rendered: he is Mr F. M. Henry, Assistant Editor of Shell Aviation News—Ed. USAF Information SIR,—Mr P. Michaelides in his letter of April 5 asked about the function of the USAF 7531st Air Base Sqn at Bovingdon. This unit, equipped with C-47s (apart from one VT-29B which is kept at Northolt), operates on Command support duties. These include VIP runs to Orly, Wiesbaden, Fur- stenfeldbruck, etc; air evacuation from USAF stations in the UK; and flight proficiency—enabling USAF aircrew office-based in the London area to keep up their flying experience. London SE1 HUMPHREY WYNN SIR,—Having read Mr Michaelides' letter (April 5) I wondered if I could be of some help. The 7531st Air Base Sqn at Bovingdon is attached to the 7500th Air Base Group. The squadron's mission is to pro vide airlift support for personnel and freight in the London area, and training facilities as required. High Wycombe, Bucks M. NORTH Air Britain Member No 3898 A Fox Moth in America SIR,—While looking through my issue of Flight International for February 8 I noticed on one of the Letters pages a pic ture of my Fox Moth, which a Mr Powell had sent in from Nairobi, Kenya. Further to his letter, I thought you might be interested to know that it is in reality the former G-ABZD, now N12739, which was brought to the United States in December 1932. This aircraft was written off in a crash on Fire Island, while trying to land in front of a storm. The remains and registra tion were purchased from the last owner, and using parts from Tiger Moths—wings, that is—and parts from a Cana dian Fox Moth, it was rebuilt and finally had its former licence reinstated. It is a very enjoyable aircraft to fly and a real workhorse, and was used on the front cover of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association magazine last November, the cover picture being taken in front of the PAA terminal at Idlewild. FORTHCOMING EVENTS May 11 RAeS Man-powered Aircraft Group: "The Haessler- Villinger Man-powered Aircraft,'" by Dipt lng Fran: Villinger. May 20 Tiger Club: Display, Rearsby, Leics. May 23 RAeS Graduates' and Students'' Section: "Flight Testing of Low Aspect Ratio Aircraft," by Fit Lt J. C. Henderson. May 24 RAeS: Fiftieth Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, "A Review of the Aero Engine Industry in the West Since the End of the Second World War," by J. D. Pearson. May 27 Tiger Club: At Home, Redhill. May 28-June 1 AICA/AFRA/AFCALTI: Colloquium on Modern Computation Techniques in Industrial Automatic Control, Paris. May 30-June 11 International Light Aviation Show, Cannes- Mandelieu. June 11 Tiger Club: Display, Sywell, Northants. June 13 BIS: Symposium on the Generation of Power in Space. June 15-17 Plymouth Air Rally. June 16 Air Training Corps: Air Day and Fete, Swansea Airport. June 18-20 BIS/Societe Francaise d'Astronautique I Eurospace: Symposium on Space Technology, Paris. June 24 Tiger Club: Display, Wolverhampton. June 30 RNAS Yeovilton, Som: At Home. July 7 RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire: At Home. July 14 RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire: At Home. July 20-21 Royal Aero Club: International Business Aircraft and Touring Competition. July 21 RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire: At Home. July 28 RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall: At Home. Aug 6 Tiger Club: Display, Fair Oaks. Aug 11 HMS"Ariel," Lee-on-Solent: At Home. Aug 16-18 Royal Aero Club: National Air Races, Coventry. Aug 19 Tiger Club: Display, Shoreham. Sept 3-9 SBA C Flying Display and Exhibition, Farnborough.
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