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1977
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r FLIGHT International, 12 March 1977 661 LETTERS A- P«oe 6*» where one works. It is said that in aeronautics one can multiply the British salary by 2-2J2 to obtain the American equivalent in dollars. The comparative "certification cost" ratios are about two for a single-engined aeroplane and something over three for a twin. For the same owners east and west of the Atlantic, American certification costs would seem to burn at least the same size of hole in the pocket as do the British. Perhaps the American has more disposable income left because he pays proportionally less income tax and fuel is cheaper. On that last point, it would naturally be cheaper for a Briton to fly in America, where fuel costs less than it does here. The Briton, as a foreign national, would presumably not pay American income tax either, so he would not contribute towards the costs of American regulation. Lack of PPO and other benefits are all part of the American system, or a consequence of American kindliness. America is a great-hearted country and I wish we showed half her get- up-and-go spirit. But it would be dis ingenuous to ignore the fears and misgivings of American friends who say that the spread of product liability and similar laws threatens the quality of life which they rightly cherish. If the truth as they see it shows our condition to be less severe than some people want us to believe, then I make no apology for repeating it. 40 Castle St, DARROL STINTON Farnham, Surrey Lifeboat links SIR—I would like to advise the avia tion community of the availability of VHF (AM) equipment on board the Aberdeen lifeboat, RNLB BP Forties. We carry 121-5MHz and 121-6MHz, guarding the former (callsign "Aberdeen Lifeboat") while on exercise, and using the latter as a working frequency. In service we would expect aircraft to use 121 • 5MHz to contact us, and then change over to 121-6MHz as required by operational circumstances. We always welcome test calls while on exercise, but the caller must warn the appropriate NATS emergency desk beforehand. This air-band equipment was donated by a major North Sea heli copter operator, but as we are still looking for some £90,000 to make up the cost of BP Forties, it is to be hoped that a further contribution will come from the aviation community. COXWAIN A. W. BIRD 15 Hazlehead Crescent, Aberdeen AB1 8EX IN BRIEF A set of Flightcolours 1-50, believed to be one of the first full sets to come on the market, will be one of the prizes at an event being organised by Lady Stack on behalf of the Inter national Club for Air Force Officers' Wives. Lady Stack's address is 182 Rivermead Court, Hurlingham, Lon don SW6. R. A. Dockrell (54 Grenville Avenue, Locking, Avon BS24 8AR) is restoring a four-bladed, anti-clock wise mahogany propeller marked "Serial No 43451, 220 h.p. Renault" and "R.E.7." He can find no record of this powerplant being fitted to the R.E.7, however, and is keen to find out what his propeller actually did for a living over half a century ago. No 12 Sqn, currently flying mari time-strike Buccaneers from RAF Honington, is holding an aircrew re union on April 15 and 16. If you are a former flying member of the squad ron and want to be there, please con tact Fit Lt A. H. C. Dyer-Perry (No 12 Sqn, RAF Honington, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; telephone Honing ton 561, extension 485) for further details. Arms and Armour Press is holding a special programme on May 14 at the RAF Museum, Hendon, to mark the publication of The Lancaster Manual, the latest in its RAF Museum series. There will be a showing of colour films of Lancaster operations during the Second World War, fol lowed by a forum featuring such distinguished aviators as Gp Capt Hamish Mahaddie. Details from Arms and Armour Press, telephone 01-794 0246. Centrepiece of the RAeS Manchester aviation exhibition at the city's Town Hall will be a replica of the Roe Triplane, the fuselage of which can be seen here. The exhibition will be open on March 14-18 (see also In Brief, February 26) WHAT'S ON Mar 14 CNES: Space Telecommunications Seminar; Toulouse, France; telephone CNES, Paris 705-97-89 or 551-49-39. Mar 14 AOPA: flying training conference; RAF Club, Piccadilly, London; telephone Carolyn Evans, AOPA, 01-222 6782. Mar 14-31 RAeS: 28th Air Transport Course; St Edmunds Hall, Oxford. Details from Course Secretary, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1V 0BQ; telephone 01-499 3515-9. Mar 15 RAeS/IEE: all-day symposium, "Avionics versus electrics—who should deter mine future power supplies?"; 4 Hamilton Place. Mar 16 IEE Surrey Branch: "Avionics and the MRCA," by J. E. Daboo (Easams Ltd); RAE Farnborough, Hants; telephone Annemarle Cunningham-Swendell, IEE, 01-240 1871, exten sion 272 or 280. Mar 16 RAeS Southampton Branch: "Naval aviation medicine," by Surgeon Lt Cdr Ormerod; 7 p.m., HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, Hants. Mar 16-18 10th Annual Simulation Symposium; Tampa, Fla, USA. Contact Annual Simulation Symposium, PO Box 22621, Tampa, Fla 33622, USA. Mar 17 RAeS: half-day symposium, "Education for survival"; details from Deputy Secretary, 4 Hamilton Place. Mar 21, 22 RAeS/AIAA/BritisrT Computer Society/IEEE Computer Society: First Joint European/US Software Management Confer ence; Europa Hotel, London; telephone British Computer Society, 01-637 0471. Mar 21-23 AIAA/American Society of Mechani cal Engineers: 18th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference; Sheraton- Harbour Island Hotel, San Diego, Calif, USA; telephone AIAA, (212) 581-4300. Mar 23 RAeS Air Transport Group: informal discussion, "The first year of Concorde opera tions"; 6 p.m., 4 Hamilton Place. Mar 23 RAeS: Society Lecture at Manchester Branch and 22nd Chadwick Memorial Lecture, "The history of aviation in Manchester," by J. B. Scott-Wilson (HSA); 7 p.m. Mar 23 Newark Air Museum/Newark Engineer ing Society: "Concorde," by Brian Trubshaw; 8 p.m., Palace Theatre, Newark, Notts; telephone A. F. Crouch, Newark 4976. Mar 24 RAeS: Society Lecture at Bristol Branch and 24th Barnwell Memorial Lecture, "Tractatus technologico-philosophicus (or 'What's it all about, Alfie?')," by B. D. Blackwell (Westland). Mar 24 RAeS: Third NVvL Exchange Lecture, "Atmospheric turbulence loads in aircraft," by J. Taylor (RAE); Amsterdam.
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