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16 FLIGHT International, 6 January 1972 Flying •^.v;^ ••••.-•••-•.:•?•.-•:•:'•••"-•••• New balloon sponsorship rules Sport ballooning in Britain received a potential boost for the new year with a new ruling which may encourage greater industrial sponsorship. An amendment to the civil aviation aerial advertising regulations of 1961 has extended the clause permitting liveries and operators' names to be displayed on all but captive balloons. Under the new regulations, which came into effect on December 31, 1971, direct aerial advertising is still not permitted. The allowance of names and colours alone, however, may encourage sponsorship. The amendment results from an application submitted only last August by the technical committee of the British Balloon and Airship Club. A BBAC spokesman said that he now had hopes of seeing a resurgence of gas ballooning in Britain, other wise too expensive for private operation, and the appearance of more foreign hot-air balloons at British meetings, previously excluded because of sponsors, mark ings. He added that balloons bearing advertising messages would still not be allowed. Palma re-opened to GA The Spanish Government has re-opened Palma de Mallorca airport on Majorca to general aviation. The decision to allow light aircraft followed almost a year of constant protests by the British Light Aviation Centre and the International AOPA. The closure applied to all general-aviation flights, whether VFR or IFR, on the grounds of traffic congestion. As this is the island's only customs airport, it virtually precluded private air access to the island. The BLAC cited the Icao resolution that member states should never impose unnecessary restrictions on international airports. Bellancas in Britain Bellanca's "Champ," a revived version of the 65 h.p. 25yr-old Champion 7AC, is to come on to the British market in 1972 at a price of less than £4,000. Now with a two-cylinder Franklin, the Champ is stated to have an 80 m.p.h. cruise speed at 3gal/hr, 141it/hr. The new 150 h.p. Bellanca Scout, an all-purpose version of the Citabria, is priced in the UK at £5,858. The aero- batic 150 h.p. Decathlon will sell at £8,254. UK distributor Bowker Air Services anticipates delivery time on all models of three months. The full Citabria range of 115 h.p. or 150 h.p. with or without flaps is, meanwhile, still in production. Motor-glider record Mr Bennett M. Rogers of Los Angeles, Calif, is claiming the world's first soaring record Lee Mahoney, owner of the distinctive negative-stagger biplane racer "Sorcesses," right, has shortened each wing by 7S'm and fitted a new carburettor air intake in the nose. The canopy has also been reduced to comply with open-cockpit racing rules. Details of the aircraft were given in "Flight" for October 8, 1970, page 566 Pre-flight briefing in a Blanik sailplane at Arseniev aero club, USSR. The aircraft is evidently among the most numerous of five different types of glider operated by the club, bearing out the record sales figure attained by the manufacturer (see item below) in the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's newly created category for motor gliders. His 205 mile, 330km out-and-return flight comfortably exceeded the FAI's 300km minimum standard. The flight was made in a Schleicher ASK-14 and took 5hr, producing an average speed of 45 m.p.h., 72-5km/hr. Blanik hits sales record LET aircraft of Czechoslovakia recently delivered the 1,500th L-13 Blanik sailplane. The aircraft, delivered to W. Germany, was one of more than 1,300 units exported to 40 countries since the first was delivered in 1956. The company announces that this is a record figure for a single all-metal sailplane type and plans to maintain production at its present level. LET aircraft are marketed abroad by Omnipol. Derby date The 1972 women's international air race, the Angel Derby, is to start from Ottawa Airport on May 15, ending at Executive Airport, Fla. Up to 100 aircraft are expected to take part. New Narco line approved The new Narco Spectrum range of light-aircraft avionics has received full UK Air Registration Board approval. Class 1 approval for some of the units is still subject to Narco adding 50kHz number markings on the frequency readout, and the AT-50 trans ponder unit was rated Class 1 only for aircraft below 6,0001b. ... ., ;.... , .. ..-<•••
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