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820 FLIGHT International, 14 May /964 Designed by John Thorp and now powered by a 100 h.p. Continental, the Model 111 Sky Skooter has been certificated by the FAA and is being produced by Tubular Aircraft Products of Los Angeles at a price of $6,795. Initial deliveries of the two-seat machine are scheduled for "late summer" this year. Span is 25ft, gross weight 1,2701b, cruising speed 120 m.p.h. and maximum speed 135 m.p.h. SPORTwmmm AND BUSINESS Hansa's Successful Flight Tests As foreshadowed in our Hanover report, the HFB.320 Hansa executive jet completed sufficient flight testing to be able to come to the Hanover air show, reaching the exhibition area on the afternoon of April 28, following only 5 hr flying. The manufacturers appear to be highly satisfied with results to date, noting particularly that a good deal of single-engined testing has been successfully completed. The first flight was made from HFB's Finkenwerder airfield, on the outskirts of Hamburg, on April 21 and lasted 73min. The aircraft was flown to VFW's airfield at Lemwerder, near Bremen, where flight testing is to be based. Stability and control at normal and slow airspeeds were carried out, together with some flight with an engine inoperative and missed-approach checks. The second flight, two days later, lasted lhr 17min, and involved calibration of the most important instruments, further examination of slow flight characteristics, determination of optimum approach techniques and of minimum airspeed with one engine inoperative. The prototype still has small fixed slats at the root of each leading-edge, but no major aerodynamic modifications are foreseen at present. Flaps were lowered only to the take-off setting during these first flights, but full flap and air brakes were evaluated during the lhr 21min third flight, on April 25. Static and dynamic stability in pitch and yaw were thoroughly examined, and acceleration and climb on one engine was measured. During the fourth flight, also on April 25, and lasting 18min, various systems were tested and one engine was throttled back at the moment of unstick after a roller landing. The fifth flight is counted from the moment of unstick following this roller landing and lasted a further 32min. The sixth flight lasted 33min and was made on the morning of April 28, apparently Canada's FBA-2C utility aircraft demonstrates its short take-off perfor- mance. Designed to operate on skis, wheels or foots, the aircraft is now being delivered by Found Bros Aviation Ltd of Toronto at under $20,000 with some hydraulic difficulties. The Hansa then came to Hanover on its seventh flight, taking 31min, including several orbits of Hanover airfield. Seamanship for Pilots A relaxation in the seamanship examin- ation for seaplane pilots is to be introduced by the Ministry of Aviation. In a letter to the secretary of the Seaplane Club the MoA Examining Board states: "Our intention is to replace the present written test by a shorter paper on marine lights, signals and collision regulations, cutting out the questions of buoyage, tides and Admiralty charts. We also proposed to supply this paper to the chief flying instructor and authorize him to conduct the examin- ation in the same way as CFIs are authorized to conduct the other parts of the Private Pilot's tests." The Seaplane Club previously found that the necessity for a pilot to take an examination at the Ministry proved a deterrent to pilots wishing to fly solo in the club's Tiger Moth floatplane. The aircraft is now flying again at Lee-on-Solent; enquiries to Mr C. Nepean Bishop at 49 Highcroft Crescent, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Leinster Aero Club announced last month in Dublin that the Department of Transport and Power had sanctioned the changing of the club's headquarters to Dublin Airport and the use of Fairy- house racecourse as an auxiliary airfield. The club is now using the racecourse as a practice and training airfield, and has moved its headquarters from Weston to new clubrooms in the lona National Airways building at Collinstown. Since its foundation ten years ago, the club had been using Weston Aerodrome, owned by Capt P. W. Kennedy, and had sponsored a number of successful air displays there. Altering conditions prompted the move to Dublin Airport, where their three aircraft are now being serviced and hangared, and where lectures will be conducted in the new clubrooms. According to the club chairman, Mr Denis Greene, this means the end of the club's air displays. In fact, he said, they were still paying off an income tax debt of £850 on their last three air displays. The club will now be operating in and out of a control zone used by commercial aircraft, and all light aircraft using Dublin Airport must be equipped with two-way radio and will come under the jurisdiction of the airport control tower. Members of the club were given instruction by airport officials on airport and radio procedures prior to their move into Collinstown. All student flying instruction will be given at Fairyhouse, where small aircraft will be limited to a ceiling of 1,000ft and commercial aircraft to a minimum height of 2,000ft. By special arrangement, the area around Maynooth has been designated a high-flying v^e for club exercises. At present the club has about 40 flying members and a total membership of 180.
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