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172 FLIGHT International, 30 January 1964 v'ORL.O PIPER RROOUCTION No need to repeat the caption information effectively conveyed by the banner message above the PA-3O Twin Comanche in this picture. Left, Mr Bruno Dispoto, a businessman from Delano, California, who bought the machine; centre, Mr Willicm T. Piper, president of the company that made it; right, Mr Jack Ulstad, president of Kern Aircraft Inc. the company that sold it SPORT••••• AND •••Hi BUSINESS "A Change of Diet" in the 1964 programme of competition flying was announced by Gp Capt Norman Ryder, newly appointed Secretary-General of the Royal Aero Club, at the club's annual air-racing dinner on January 21. Instead of a single, concentrated meeting of the familiar Coventry pattern being held this year, he disclosed, individual events would be separated, with the Lockheed Aerobatic Competition at Sywell on June 9-12; the national air races at Shoreham, provisionally in the third week of July; and the King's Cup race at Coventry on August 1. In addition, the club was discussing the possibility of introducing either an international rally or a short-lap, pylon-racing event. "We are trying to give a shot in the arm to air racing in this country," Gp Capt Ryder said, "and, if we can't get the public to us, we shall take the flying to the public, as we are doing at Shoreham." Col C. F. H. Gough, chairman, said that the Royal Aero Club could not afford to sponsor additional air races; the club ran the existing race programme on a shoestring, and would welcome help from new sponsors who could help to provide an up-to-date type of air racing. Mr Paul G. Bannister, guest of honour, Tipsy Nipper pilot, winner of the King's Cup and British Air Racing Champion for 1963, was introduced by Col Gough as "a sort of Dick Whitting- ton" who learned to fly at Wolverhampton in 1958 and had begun air racing as recently as 1962. Mr Bannister amplified this by re- viewing his racing career in a few modest, soft-spoken words; "Somebody came up to me and said 'Why don't you enter for the King's Cup?'... I'd never heard of the King's Cup ... I can't honestly see what's so difficult about this air racing ... I raced in 1962 and 1963 and I haven't overtaken anybody yet. .." New Beechcrafts A larger version of the Queen Air and a more powerful version of the Bonanza have been announced by Beech Aircraft Corporation for 1964. The A80 Queen Air incorporates a 5ft increase in span (to 50ft 10Jin), a 5001b increase in gross weight (to 8,5001b) and a 4001b increase in useful load (to 3,6001b), in addition to increased fuel capacity, "an all-new luxury interior inspired by the new Beechcraft King Air," a redesigned nose compartment and "an all-new streamlined exterior paint design." The S35 Bonanza is powered by a 285 h.p. Continental fuel- injection engine (25 h.p. more than in the previous P35 model) which increases cruising speeds by 10 m.p.h. to 205 m.p.h. (75 per cent power) and 200 m.p.h. (65 per cent power). A top speed of 212 m.p.h. is quoted, and maximum payload is increased by 1451b to 1,4151b. Cabin length has been increased by 19in. More than 7,300 Bonanzas have been delivered since the introduction of the type in 1947. Oxford Statistics Total flying carried out by British Executive Air Services at Kidlington during 1963 is reported as ll,860hr, of which 10,500hr represented training and recreational flying. Among the non-professional qualifications obtained were 102 Private Pilots' Licences, ten PPL night ratings, seven PPL instrument ratings, eight PPL twin-engine ratings and three assistant instructors' ratings. Oxford Aeroplane Club's pilots' dinner will be held at the Marlborough Arms Hotel, Woodstock, on February 21, and the club's jubilee summer ball at Kidlington on June 19. This Cessna 205, the first of its type to be imported into Britain, was sold by Westair Flying Services of Blackpool to Peter Darlington & Partners of Southport, who previously operated a Cessna / 72. Basic cost of the 205, delivered Blackpool, is £10,195
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