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1967
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694 R/GHT International, 4 May 1967 Export milestone in the history of Piper, and a record for the American industry, was the recent delivery of this Piper Cherokee Six to Wilken Air Service in Mombasa. It was the 10,000th Piper aircraft exported since the first Cubs went to Brazil in 1934. Today nearly 1,000 aircraft a year are exported, representing 20 per cent of Piper's turnover. Seen at Mombasa with the 10,000th aircraft are, I to r, Mr V. H. Hunt, Piper sales; Mr Arnold Meyers, V/ilken Air Service's chief pilot and manager in Mombasa; and Mr Williams, their manager in Nairobi SPORT AND BUSINESS Bell 47-D1 Crash Report In May 1966 a Bell 47-D1 had been spraying weed killer at Elsham Golf Course, near Brigg in Lincolnshire, for about lOmin when, to avoid a clump of trees, it commenced a steep climbing turn to port at the end of a run. It became inverted in the climb and dived into the ground, catching fire on impact and killing the pilot. An RAF pilot who witnessed the accident said that the helicopter appeared to be competently flown, but very near its limits. The turn from which the accident developed was very similar to the earlier turns. It was assumed that the pilot had used this technique to ensure that the spray was laid as close as possible to the trees. In his report* the Inspector of Accidents concluded that "the accident was the result of a vigorous turning manoeuvre, made to avoid the clump of tall trees, in which the aircraft attained an attitude from which there was insufficient height to recover." The Inspector recommended that mobile fire extinguisher equipment be provided near to the site of agricultural low flying, and that flight personnel engaged in such operations should wear protective helmets. In this case, however, the impact of the crash would undoubtedly have been fatal to the pilot, and the intensity of the fire was such that rescuers could not approach within 20ft. •Civil Aircraft Accident Report on Accident to Bell 47-D1, G-ATSF. HMSO. CAP 279. Price 2s. Cambridge UAS recently vanquished teams from Bristol, London, Oxford and Southampton in the Cooper Trophy inter-university air squadron aerobatic and spot-landing competition at RAF Stradishall. Seen here with the OC Cambridge UAS, Wg Cdr D. H. Bennett, is the winning team—Cdt Pit George Ellis (in the Chipmunk rear cockpit) and AjPIt Off Evan English front cockpit) New Australian Night-Flying Rules Under new rules to apply from May 4, private Australian aircraft of up to 12,5001b gross weight will be able to fly VFR at night when the weather is fine and on instruments in poor weather. Hitherto they were only permitted to operate at night with commercial-standard equipment and pilot proficiency. The new rules do not apply to Papua, New Guinea. Bowater's HS.125 The Bowater Paper Corporation plan to begin operating their Hawker Siddeley 125 business jet on both sides of the Atlantic this year. Bowaters, with headquarters in England and extensive interests in North America and in Europe, bought their HS.125 in the middle of 1966. Normally based at Newark, NJ, the aircraft will cross the Atlantic at regular intervals and be stationed for some months in England, where it will link the company's many branches, subsidiaries and mills in Great Britain and on the Continent. The ease and speed with which the HS.125 can be transferred from one base to another across the Atlantic makes this double use of the aircraft entirely feasible. During its first months of operation on the western side of the Atlantic, the Bowater HS.125 (which carries the American registration number N2125) has in the course of its work averaged 7,000 to 8,000 miles a week and covered the North American continent from Atlanta and Tucson in the sou* to Vancouver and Nova Scotia in the north Hansa Grass Strip Landings During a demonstration on April 14 the HFB 320 Hansa performed a series of landings and take-offs on the 3,937ft Braunschweig grass strip. Gulf stream 2 Factory A 260,000 sq ft Grumman factory in Savannah, Ga, will be opened in June this year; the first production aircraft will be delivered this autumn, with produc- tion reaching four a month by late 1968. MU-2B Price Cut Mooney has cut the price of the MU-2B turboprop business twin by $28,000 (£10,000) to $311,850 (112,000) basic price ex-works without electronic equipment. Rothmans Rally An International air rally and air race is to be held at Ballyfree Airfield, Glenealy, Co Wicklow, Ire- land, on June 3 and 4, sponsored by Rothmans. The prize fund for the event stands at over £700. Entry forms and par- ticulars can be obtained from Mr T. D. Phillips, Ballyfree, Glenealy, Co Wicklow, Eire. Alderney Developments Permission is to be sought from Alderney's Parliament to incorporate a hangar for private air- craft among Alderney Airport's new buildings. If this is approved, the island will be publicised as a holiday centre for private flyers. General-aviation Show for Belgium Charleroi-Gosselies Airport, 35km south of Brussels, is the site of Belgium's first general-aviation international show, to be held from Septem- ber 2 to 10 this year. Further information can be obtained from Premier Salon International de 1'Aviation Generate, c,o SPAC, Aerodrome de Charleroi-Gosselies, Gosselies, Belgium.
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