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256 FLIGHT International, 13 February (944 Photographed at Frankfurt Airport, this Lockheed JetStar was returning from Moscow to Washington following FAA Administrator N. E. Halaby's talks with Aeroflot officials. Total flight time for the Washington - Moscow - Washington trip was "less than 29.9hr"; JetStar sales are now reported by Lockheed to total 55 US Sales Figures for light and executive aircraft during 1963 show that a total of 7,454 machines were sold by the five companies Cessna, Piper, Beech, Aero Commander and Mooney. Company totals comprise: Cessna, 3,456 aircraft (value $73,399,089); Piper, 2,321 aircraft ($52,745,530); Beech, 1,061 aircraft ($51,655,300); Aero Commander, 114 aircraft ($15,911,500) and Mooney, 502 aircraft ($9,487,125). These totals are made up of the following figures for individual types: Cessna: Model 150, 472; Model 172, 332; Skyhawk, 814; Skylark, 13; Model 180,128; Model 182, 76; Skylane, 566; Model 185,157; Model 205, 353; Skywagon, 61; Model 210, 156; Model 310, 128; Skyknight, 60; Skymaster, 140. Piper: Super Cub 150, 188; Colt, 247; Tri-Pacer, 12; Apache 235, 65; Aztec 250, 203; Comanche 180, 33; Comanche 250, 213; Pawnee 150, 11; Pawnee 235, 364; Cherokee 150, 32; Cherokee 160, 53; Cherokee 180, 476; Cherokee 235, 190; Comanche 160, 234. Beech: Super 18, 25; Bonanza, 201; Twin Bonanza 50, 12; Travel Air, 37; Debonair, 132; Queen Air 80, 68; Queen Air 65, 14; Baron, 185; Musketeer, 387. Aero Commander: Model 500A, nine; Model 500B, 31; Model 560F, 13; Model 680F, seven; Model 680FP, 18; Grand Comman- der, 36. Mooney: Mark 20, 502. Experimental Flying Group at Biggin Hill missed their target of 700 flying hours for 1963 by only 3£hr. Five members of the group gained their PPLs during the year, and six members of other flying groups at Biggin came to the EFG for instructors' courses. <Jregory Air Taxis of Denham Aerodrome has ordered two Twin Comanches to augment the company's existing fleet of one Coman- che and one Aztec. In addition, an Aero Commander and a Dove are available on an on-call basis, and it is planned to add a further single-engined aircraft to the fleet soon. An associated company, Gregory Air Charters Ltd, has been formed. Jetting to Know You The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, Mr Neil Marten, visited four flying club aerodromes on January 31. Those honoured were Northamptonshire Aero Club, Sywell; Bedfordshire Air Centre, Cranfield; Cambridge Aerodrome and Oxford Aeroplane Club, Kidlington. Portofino for McAlpine McAlpine Aviation is to add a Piaggio Portofino to its fleet, to replace an earlier-model Piaggio. It will be available for hire either as a six-seater or a ten-seater, will be •equipped with radio aids to airline standards, and will be based at Luton. The company already operates a Piaggio 166 and a Cessna 310 on taxi work, and plans to add one or more Helio Super Courier aircraft shortly. SPORT AND B U S I N ESS David Cooke We regret to record the death, in a flying accident on February 1, of Mr David Cooke, chief flying instructor of the Ulster and Shorts Gliding Club. A club colleague writes: "His tragic death is not only a great personal shock to his many flying and gliding friends, but is an immeasurable loss to the gliding movement in Northern Ireland. The entirely selfless way in which David and his wife devoted all their spare time to gliding over the last few years has enabled the gradual growth and subsequent amalgamation of the Shorts and Ulster clubs. It is a bitter irony that he should have died after the two clubs' first wholly successful season together, just when his ideas and ambitions seemed to be coming to fruition. No effort will now be spared to build on the foundation that he laid." Morava Prices Basic UK price of the Morava L 200D twin- engined five-seater has been reduced to £17,350 (including British calibrated instruments, full blind-flying panel, two altimeters, thermal wing de-icing and alcohol propeller de-icing). Recom- mended 24V airways radio equipment—consisting of King KX- 130E 360-channel communication with VOR and glideslope, KI-120 VOR/ILS indicator, KY-95E 360-channel communication, KR-20 three-light marker receiver, Bendix ADF-T-12B, and associated aerials, speaker and Airlite headset—is available for a further £2,640. Optional extras include King KX-120E 360- channel communication and KI-200 VOR/ILS localizer indicator (in place of KY-95E, giving second VOR), £373; Brittain single- axis autopilot, £500; Brittain three-axis autopilot with altitude hold, £1,000. United Kingdom agents are Peter S. Clifford & Co Ltd of Oxford Airport, Kidlington. Clonmel Gliding Club, County Tipperary, reports good progress since the official opening of the club last May. Using a Ka-7 Rhonlerche two-seater, the 23 members of the club have found their site to have excellent soaring capabilities. Mme Hrissa Pellissier, pictured in the cockpit of her Wassmer Super N prior to her flight of 5,600 miles from Issoire, France, to Rio de Janeiro, last week. The South Atlantic crossing from Dakar to Natal, Brazil, was accomplished safely on February 4 i
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