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1963
1963 - 0356.PDF
340 FLIGHT International, 7 March 1963 HB-EUE, first Beagle Airedale to be registered in Switzerland. It flies from Montreux, where the Beagle distributors, ROJA Engineering, are based S PORT AND B U S I N ESS Cessna's 50,000 Cessna Aircraft Co recently delivered their 50,000th aircraft—a red and white Skyhawk, N50000, purchased by Edenwood Developers of Columbia, South Carolina. A com memorative metal plaque was designed for each side of the fuselage with a replica mounted on the instrument panel. Included in the 50,000 total are nine machines made by Clyde V. Cessna before he founded the company in 1927. He built his first aircraft in 1911 and for the next 16 years barnstormed through the Mid-West, making constant modifications to his original aircraft during off seasons. "Tremendous" was the verdict of Prince Richard of Gloucester (seen above in the cockpit) after his first glider flight at the Victorian Motorless Flight Club, Berwick, near Melbourne, on February 16 with instructor Ron Roberts Sporting Aviators Looking at a cross-section of well-known civil and military airmen, it appears that they enjoy sports which didn't even get a mention when the International Council of Military Sports was recently asked "what do you think is the best sport for pilots?" and put fencing—not rugby or motor-racing—at the top. The Duke of Edinburgh obviously finds that polo and cricket help him to keep his eye in for flying, and the late King George VI will be remembered as well for his tennis at Wimbledon as for being the first member of the Royal Family to gain his wings. The Duke of Windsor, when Prince of Wales, used his Moth and Rapide to get quickly to the hunting fields just as Prince Philip now takes a "chopper" to Cowdray—or uses a Heron if the venue is more appropriate. Since his first Chipmunk solo on December 20, 1952, the Prince has notched-up an impiessive number of hours. Another Royal sportsman-pilot is King Hussein of Jordan, who likes nothing better than "go-karting" when not flying. He is a popular— and regular—visitor to UK airfields and one of the members of the "Below Sea-level Flying Club," which is associated with the Dead Sea. It was that fine jockey Steve Donoghue who led the way for top riders to use aeroplanes, often riding winners in both England and France on the same day by means of charter-flying. Withdrawal of Marshalls' charter-services seriously curtailed the aviating acti vities of many jockeys and trainers but today Lester Piggott claims that he boosts his income to £30,000-plus by flying from track to Blackbushe Reprieved Concurrently with the announcement by Blackbushe Aero Club of their Spring Rally—to be held on Sun day, April 7, with demonstrations of new aircraft and a sealed landing-time competition for all aircraft arriving between lOOOhr and 1300hr—comes cheerful news for the club in the decision by the Minister of Housing and Local Government to allow the con tinued use of 325 acres of Blackbushe Airport as an aerodrome for club and private flying. This is the result of the public enquiry held at Yateley, Hants, from May 29 to 31 last year. The Minister has refused to confirm an order made by Hampshire County Council requiring removal of part of the terminal building, and has allowed three appeals by AVM D. C. T. Bennett against the council's refusal of planning permission for use of thel and as an aerodrome, for the erection of hangars and for use of part of the old terminal building for aero drome administration. The club chairman, Mr Holland Birkett, who wrote to Flight International last year about the enquiry (issues of May 10 and 31), states that a private limited company, Blackbushe Aviation Ltd, is being formed to co-ordinate the development of club and private flying facilities at Blackbushe. Interior of the D.H. Heron G-ASCX which Ferranti Ltd recently acquired from the West German Ministry of Defence. The company already own another Heron, based at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh, which has been on executive duties since 1958. The new aircraft is fully equipped to airline standards and has full de-icing
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