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1975 - 0086.PDF
50 LETTERS May I say in conclusion that I like to be made welcome when I travel by air, I like choosing my own seat, and it is good to be treated as though it was very important to the airline that I come again. My only regret is that British Caledonian has cut schedules^ on the London-Scottish routes, which may force me onto the BA London-Glasgow shuttle, the timings of which better suit my business arrangements. It remains to be seen whether the shuttle will be profitable or a squandering of the taxpayers' money. 41 Birchfield Road, p. w. KIDLINGTON Cheshunt, Herts CAA more at home in Nottingham Castle? SIR,—Because the Civil Aviation Authority enjoys a monopoly, backed up by legislation, its charges to recreational aviation are, to all intents and purposes, a tax which other forms of sport do not have to bear. In view of the ever increasing charges imposed by the Authority in an endeavour to recover its costs, possibly brought about by a degree of bureaucratic inefficiency that appears to the general public to be uncontrolled, how can it justify the leasing of space in one of the four most expensive office properties in London? Is the CAA not accountable to anyone? 26 Frere Avenue, B. G. BARBER Fleet, Hants FLIGHT International, 9 January I97S Mr EL W. Sockett, of 20 Langdon Road, Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne NE5 5LT, requires information regard ing (a) the Halifax which crashed in the summer of 1944 at Romsey, Hants, (b) flight simulators prior to the Link Trainer, (c) the 1916 Wright Model and Curtiss H.16 hydro-aeroplanes, the Vought Corsair floatplane and the Chesapeake naval dive-bomber, and (d) the use of com ponent numbers on aircraft and the relationship between them. The Mosquito Aircraft Museum DH.110 commemorative postal covers described in Flight for August 8, page 143, are now available at 30p plus postage for each standard cover, and at 50p plus postage for those signed by the crew of the Sea Vixen in which they were flown. A special version costing £2 plus postage and signed by John Cunningham, who flew the DH.110 on its maiden flight, is also on sale. Enquiries should be addressed to Mr John Stride, Three Meadows, Honey Lane, Funtley, Fareham, Hants. During 1972-73 the Department of Sound Records at the imperial War Museum interviewed nearly a hundred former members of the RFC and RNAS. Half of the interviews were recorded, resulting in a unique collection of reminiscences relating to a wide range of subjects associated with the early days of civil, military and naval aviation. The recordings can be heard at the Museum and there is also a catalogue which can be supplied on applica tion to the Imperial War Museum, Establishment Office, Lambeth Road, London SEI1. Nieuport, Nighthawk, Nieuhawk, Nightport. . . ? SIR,—With reference to Sqn Ldr Hitchings' letter in Flight for December 12, I am; not convinced that the aircraft in the picture is not a Nighthawk. The main difference between the Nighthawk and the Nieuhawk, both designed by my father, H. P. Folland, was that the latter had its wing span reduced by two feet to 26ft. The bright yellow- and-blue checkerboard racing scheme, visible in the com plete picture, was used by Nieuport for its entire racing stable which included the Goshawk, Nighthawk and Nieuhawk. Aircraft Co. (India) Ltd, The machine is a magnificent) specimen of the NienporO Nightbawk Fighting Scon*. haviDtf a span of *8 feet, a 320 h. p. A.-B. 0. Dragon Fly (Walton) engine, giving a fall speed of 160 m>le« per boar. Botb machine The above cutting from the Pinang Gazette of May 7, 1920, suggests that the aircraft could well be the same Nighthawk flown at a flying exhibition in Penang by Capt Reginald Carroll, who was managing director of the Nieuport and General Aircraft Company (India) Ltd. 65 Wolfreton Garth, E. H. S. FOLLAND Kirkella, Hull HU10 TAB IN BRIEF Mr John Godson, of Case Postale 4, 1217 Meyrin 2, Switzerland, is researching Pan American's operations and financial difficulties, and the economic policies of the Inter national Air Transport Association. He would be grateful for information concerning either of these subjects. Mr N. A. Webber, of the School of Librarianship at the North London Polytechnic, 207-225 Essex Road, London Nl 3PN, is working on a study of sources relating to the history of the RAF from 1918 to 1968 and seeks details of privately published squadron and station histories. DIARY Jan 19-22 Jan 23 Jan 26-31 Jan 27 Feb 5 Feb 5-7 Feb 6 Feb 6 Feb 10 Feb 10-14 Feb 11 Feb 24-26 Mar 5-12 Mar 24-27 May 21, 22 Helicopter Association of America: 27th Annual Meeting, Convention and Industry Showcase; Disneyland Hotel Con vention Centre, Anaheim, Calif, USA. The Airship Association: "The Economics of Current Air ship Designs and Their Impact on the Environment," by Frank Hyde; 7.30 p.m., 4 Hamilton Place, London WC1 0BQ. Air Transport and Travel Industry Training Board: Aviation Safety Course and Workshop; The Berystede Hotel, Ascot, Berks. Details from the Administrative Officer, Research and Development, Air Transport and Travel Industry Training Board, Staines House, 158-162 High Street, Staines, Middlesex TW18 4AS. RAeS Graduates' and Students' Section: "The Role of the Young Engineer in the British Aviation Industry"; 7.30 p.m., 4 Hamilton Place. RAeS Air Transport Group: "Trailing Vortex Wakes," by G. H. Lee, British Airways Board; 6 p.m., 4 Hamilton Place. National Safety Council of America: Air Transport Section Meeting; The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Eire. RAeS Rotorcraft Section: half-day symposium, "Boeing Helicopter Activities"; 2.15 p.m. Details from Section Secre tary, 4 Hamilton Place. RAeS Swindon Branch: "The Multi-Role Combat Aircraft' by J. K. Quill, BAC, and J. Allan, Rolls-Royce (1971); 7.30 p.m. The College, Regent's Circus, Swindon, Wilts. 16th Annual Winter Convention on Aerospace and Electronic Systems; Americana Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif, USA. RAeS: all-day symposium, "Designing from the Inside Out"; details from Conference Secretary, 4 Hamilton Place. RAeS Yeovil Branch: Society Lecture and 20th Henson and Stringfellow Memorial Lecture; 7.30 p.m. RAeS Man-powered Aircraft Group: all-day symposium; 10 p.m. Details from Group Secretary, 4 Hamilton Place. lata/IUOTO: World Conference on Tourism and Air Trans port; Manila, The Philippines. Details from the Joint lata/ IUOTO Organising Office, PO Box 7, 1 Rue de Varembe, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. RAeS Air Law Group: "The Edwards Report in Retrospect and Prospect," by Professor Sir Ronald Edwards; 5 p.m., 4 Hamilton Place. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 11th Annual Meeting and Technical Display; Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington DC, USA. IFALPA: 30th Conference; Vienna, Austria. Cranfield Institute of Technology: 8th International Aerospace Instrumentation Symposium. Details from Mr N. O. Matthews, Symposium Organiser, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Beds. 17th Israel Annual Conference on Aviation and Astronautics; Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel. Details from the Secretary, Organis ing Committee, c/o Department of Aeronautical Engineering, The Technion, Haifa, Israel.
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