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FLIGHT International, 27 September 1962 529 Two out-of-the-ordinary types seen at Baginton for the recent Lockheed international aerobatic contest were (above) the Kramme Zeuthen KZ8 (Gipsy Major 10), flown by Gerhard Pawolka, chief flying instructor of Munich Flying Club; and the FFA Super jungmann powered by a 170 h.p. Lycoming and piloted by Albert Ruesch of Switzerland SPORT AND BUS NESS Rochester Opening Rochester City Airport, formerly operated by Short Brothers & Harland and recently taken over by Universal Flying Services, is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Rochester on Saturday next, September 29, at 2.30 p.m. Chairman of Univer sal Flying Services is Mr Norman Jones, chairman and founder of the Tiger Club, and the Tiger Club's air display will be staged at Rochester immediately following the opening ceremony. Private, executive and charter aircraft are invited to fly in for the occasion: prior permission is not needed, but visiting aircraft should arrive either before 2 p.m. or after 4.30 p.m. The airport manager at Rochester is Mr P. Harrison (telephone number Rochester 61378). Camphill's Aerotowing Appeal Following a three-day public inquiry into the appeal by Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club against the decision not to allow aerotowing of gliders by the club from a site near Camphill, a Ministry of Housing inspector was scheduled to see a demonstration of aerotowing at the London Gliding Club's site at Dunstable last Saturday. Opposition to the Derby and Lancashire Club's plans for aerotowing was voiced at the inquiry by the Peak Park Planning Board, the Sheffield and Peak District Branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, and others. Among those who spoke in favour of the club's plans were Mrs Ann Welch, vice-chairman of the British Gliding Association. A petition presented during the inquiry, opposing the aerotowing scheme and stated to have been signed by some 9,000 people, including a number of bishops and university vice-chancellors, provoked a letter to The Times [on September 12 by Mr F. G. Irving of Imperial College, London. [Mr Irving wrote: "It is difficult to believe that these distinguished gentlemen are as unsympathetic to the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club as this protest would imply. Gliding is celebrated as a means of stimulating awareness and initiative, particularly amongst its younger adherents. It leads to the contemplation of natural beauty from an exalted viewpoint, and it contributes to knowledge, particularly in meteorology and aerodynamics. Observations on lee-waves over the Peak District have been of great value in the analysis and prediction of these important phenomena. The gliders are amongst the most elegant vehicles devised by man and their management fosters skill and craftsmanship. These are all ideals to which universities implicitly subscribe and those of us concerned with students' gliding clubs can confirm their value. "The Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club proposes to expand its facilities by using a modern method of launching which is commonplace elsewhere. The crux of the matter is whether the small amount of noise produced over a restricted region by a light aeroplane outweighs all these advantageous consequences. "The unanimity of the vice-chancellors' disapproval therefore suggests that they were not fully advised on both sides of the case when their signatures were sought." Scottish Parachuting A US Army parachutist, Allan Tyre, won the Scottish Open Championships at Perth on September 15. Run ner-up was Sgt Ted Braden, also of the US Army; and third place went to Dr Charles Robertson, president of the Scottish Parachute Club. In the Scottish championship, Dr Robertson was first and Sgt Peter Denley of the RAF was runner-up. The production model of the Victa Airtourer 100 two-seater, recently demonstrated in Australia, is seen in the right-hand photograph below. Left, the designer, Henry Millicer (whose other designs include the Jindivik target and Malkara missile) is seen with a wind-tunnel model of the Airtourer
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