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RIGHT International, 13 April 1964 631 Ironmaster Owned by Cameron Iron Works Ltd, G-ASNX, a Beech- craft Super HI8 with the optional nosewheel arrangement, is a new- comer to the British register. It is at present based at Gatwick has stated that any possible foreign alter- native to the Viggen would cost at least twice as much, and, in addition, would have to be substantially modified at considerable cost for integration with the Swedish Air Force air defence control, air-base and missile systems. The 1964-65 budget also includes Skr32m (£2.2m) for an additional order for a number of Saab 105 aircraft in the A60 ground-attack version as well as tactical equipment for converting a number of the 130 previously ordered Saab 105/Sk60 trainers into light attack aircraft. Any Saab 105 can easily be converted from training to attack duties. Youth Flying Scholarships The Ministry of Aviation is sponsoring a trial "Junior Wings" scheme this summer to measure the response and study the problems which may arise out of a nation- wide scheme granting flying club scholar- ships to teenagers, which was recommended in last year's report of the Hamilton Com- mittee on Pilot Training. The trial scheme, commented upon in a leader this week, is to be run in association with county and city councils of Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Leeds, and Perth and Kin- ross. Each authority will have up to 15 scholarships (subject to satisfactory con- tract terms being available at particular flying schools) to award to sixth-formers, both boys and girls, between 16 and 18 years old, and possessing the minimum of GCE "O" (or equivalent) passes in English, mathematics, and three other subjects in- cluding at least one science. The local authorities and school heads will select the winners; the MoA will foot the bill and issue contracts to flying schools. Each scholarship will entitle the holder to ten hours' free flying—usually enough for a novice to go solo on elementary trainers. L-29s for Russia Despite the excellent flying qualities of Aleksander Yakovlev's Yak-30 and -32 jet trainers, the standard basic trainer of the soviet Air Force now appears to be the J--29, of Czech design and manufacture. Large numbers of these tandem-seaters are now in service in the USSR, powered by the Jrfech M-701 turbojet of 1,9201b thrust. 1he delivery of production aircraft to the ™ch Air Force began last summer. Previously the Czech industry had ex- Ported large quantities of aircraft to the oviet Union, including approximately 400 "ghi twins (Aero 145 and L-200D Morava) to Aeroflot. Many military aircraft, chiefly trainers and Mig fighters, have been shipped to Egypt, and possibly to other Arab countries. Cranfield's Big Conference The third international flight-test instru- mentation symposium, sponsored by the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, con- cluded on April 16 with a dinner at which the guest of honour was Sir Robert Cock- burn, Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Aviation. Other speakers at the dinner included Mr D. A. Drew of Rolls-Royce; and Mr M. A. Perry of the Department of Flight at the College, whose work in organizing the four-day meeting was warmly appreciated by the 270 delegates who attended. In connection with the symposium, a comprehensive exhibition of flight-test instrumentation equipment from 30 firms and other organizations was presented. The organizers of the meeting were notified on April 10 that the expected Soviet delegation would not be arriving and that the paper, Instruments and Methods of Measurement for Testing Supersonic Aircraft, by Mrs A. M. Znamenskaya, would not be given. A slightly shortened version of one of the papers which were presented at Cranfield— a discussion of Concord systems by Mr H. Hill of BAC (Filton)—is given on pages 652-654 in this issue, and we hope to report further on the meeting next week. Woman Circles the World Mrs Geraldine Mock, a 38-year-old housewife, arrived back at Columbus, Ohio, on April 18 after a 22,860-mile solo flight around the world in a Cessna 180. The flight had begun at Columbus on March 19 "FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL" AT HANOVER In this issue (pages 661-696a) is a detailed guide to the exhibits at the Hanover Show, which begins tomorrow, April 24. Next week's issue, dated April 30, will contain a fully illustrated report by staff members, examining all important new exhibits. and the route had included the Azores, Casablanca, Cairo, Bahrein, Karachi, New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Manila, Hono- lulu and San Francisco. Prior to the flight Mrs Mock had about 750 hours flying experience. Canadian Sales Drive in Far East The drive to expand Canadian aero- nautical exports resulted in the departure from Vancouver recently of a trade mission to Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The Canadian air industries' trade mission is made up of three representatives from government and eight from the aircraft industry. Its aim is to widen the market. Up to now, most of Canada's aeronautical Czech Mate Winner in 1962 of a competition with the Soviet Yak-30 and Polish TS-II Iskra, the L-29 is to be the standard jet trainer of all Warsaw Pact air forces. Last winter many in the Soviet Union operated intensively in ambient temperatures down to —2S°C (see news item)
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