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68 fLIGHT International, 10 January 1981 Speedy Southwest A belated thankyou WHAT'S ON SIR—It was with great interest that I read your feature on Muse Air/ Southwest Airlines in the issue of December 6, 1980*. Back in 1976 I had a chance to use Southwest's services, and I feel that their success is due not only to their personal approach and very low fares but also to efficiency. I travelled from Houston to Dallas on a late Sunday afternoon. The 737 arrived about ten minutes before scheduled departure time, coming from Dallas, and left dead on time. The flight to Dallas was fully booked; probably the incoming flight was as well, for there was a huge crowd leaving the aeroplane. Southwest managed to disembark and embark a full load of passengers to gether with checked luggage all within ten minutes. Several weeks before that journey I flew in a Lufthansa 737 on a German domestic service from Hamburg to Nurnberg, calling at Hannover en route. The aircraft was scheduled to spend a full 45min on the ground at Hannover. Upon questioning a Luft hansa official as to the reason for this embarrassing delay, I was told they needed that time for the transfer of passengers and luggage to/from the Bremen-Stuttgart service, which also stopped at Hannover and remained on the ground for 45min. Lindenstrasse 48 WILHELM PFLUG D-6367 Karben 1 (b. Frankfurt) W. Germany * Lamor Muse was formerly president of South west. IN BRIEF S. J. Bond (84 Trenchard Close, New ton, Nottingham NG138HH) is appeal ing for information, anecdotes and photographs on the Gloster Meteor for a book. Any material will be treated carefully and returned promptly. The Society of Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum welcomes new members who can help with restora tion work at the aircraft museum at RNAS Yeovilton. People who cannot give practical help but would like to support the Society are also invited to write to the secretary, Mr P. T. Hoskin, 48B Grove Avenue. Yeovil, Somerset, for application forms. The committee of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School Old Boys' Association is again organising events and a reunion at Hatfield in May 1981 is being planned. The asso ciation wants to contact members and find out what they are doing now, and if any retired members are willing to help with administration. Contact sec retary Mike Rogers, Drumnessie, Ivy House Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 2PP; telephone 04427 4127. SIR—Since my announcements in Flight (July 12, 1980) many people have been in touch with me, some asking for further details of the Frank Spencer Award for Outstand ing Achievement and others offering personal memories, photographs, etc, to help with the book I am writing about my husband, who died last year. I have been extremely grateful to everyone, and wish to explain my delay in replying. Our son James, who followed in his father's footsteps by "going solo" on his birthday three years ago and was helping me with the above projects, has tragically been killed, and I have been unable to put my mind to other matters. How ever, as soon as I am capable I will be contacting everyone, including the world-wide correspondents who con firm the present whereabouts and well-being of Chipmunk G-AORW. 63 Castle Street Melbourne Derbyshire MRS GENE M. SPENCER January 12-16 The George Washington Uni versity School of Engineering and Applied Science: ECM and ECCM for Digital Com munications; The International Congress Centre, West Berlin. ^ January 12 Airport Associations Co-ordinat ing Council (AACC): 35th meeting; Heliopolis Sheraton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt; telephone (022) 98 41 41. January 14 RAeS Astronautics and Guided Flight Section whole-day symposium: "Trends in Guided Missile Design Concepts"; 10 a.m.; 4 Hamilton Place, London W1. January 14 London Society of Air-Britain: Annual aviation films evening; Lecture Theatre, Holborn Central Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road. London WC1. January 18-21 Helicopter Association of America: 33rd annual meeting and Industry exposition, Anaheim Convention Centre, Ana- holm, California. February 3 RAeS First Brabazon Memorial Lecture; 4 Hamilton Place, London W1; 6 p.m. February 4 RAeS Rotorcraft Section Half-day Symposium (followed by AGM at 5 p.m.); 4 Hamilton Place, London W1; 2.15 p.m. February 10 RAeS "Civil Aircraft Design for Fuel Reduction" by Dr W. Tye; 4 Hamilton Place, London W1; 6 pm. February 11 London Society of Air-Britain: Historical Films from the Royal Air Force Museum; Lecture Theatre, Holborn Central Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1; 7 p.m. Non-members welcome. Contact secre tary Charles Oman; telephone Horley (02934) 71262. 22 S.E.5a 26 D.H.94 Moth Minor 27 Miles Falcon 28 Hawker Hurricane 1 30 Heinkel He111 31 Messerschmitt Bf109 32 Comper Swift 33 N3N-3 Seaplane 34 D.H.82 Tiger Moth 35 Bristol Bulldog 36 Martin B-26B Marauder 37 Hawker Tempest V 38 Handley Page Hampden 40 Handley Page Halifax 11 44 Miles Martinet TT.1 46 Blackburn Firebrand IV 47 Fairey Barracuda 1 48 Grumman Avenger 1 50 Fairey Firefly 1 53 Nieuport N.17 55 Fokker D.VII 56 Spad XIII 57 Fokker E.lll Monoplane 59 Pfalz D.lll 64 Avro Tutor 65 Gloster Gladiator 67 Hawker Tomtit 68 Long-span Meteor F.3 70 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 71 FG-1D Corsair 72 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 73 Lockheed Lodestar/ Hudson 74 Douglas SBD Dauntless 75 Pitcairn Sport Mailwing 76 Miles Magister 1 77 Miles Messenger 78 LVG C.VI 79 Vickers Viscount (prototype) 80 D.H.89 Dragon Rapide/ Dominie 129 North American AT-6D Texan 130 Avro Anson C.19 131 D.H.84 Dragon 132 Supermarine Spitfire 16e 133 Bristol Fighter 134 Fairey Swordfish II 135 Boeing P-12 Biplane 136 Fairchild Argus 137 Douglas DC-4 Skymaster 138 Fiat G.46 139 Miles M.3A Falcon 140 Supermarine S.5 Replica 141 Miles Messenger 142 Fairey Firefly AS.5 143 D.H.60G Gipsy Moth 144 D.H.80A Puss Moth Flying colours for everyone REPRINTS of aircraft portraits from our Flightcolour series are available at lOp each, minimum order 6 prints (60p)—postage included. Send orders to: Flight International Library, Room L503, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, England SM2 5AS. Payment with order, payable to IPC Business Press. Please state alternatives. 19 D.H.80A Puss Moth 81 Avro Anson 20 Avro Anson 83 Junkers Ju52 21 D.H. 87 Hornet Moth 84 DHC-1 Chipmunk 85 Morane Type N 86 D.H.51 87 Miles M.17 Monarch 88 North American P-51D Mustang 89 NA AT-6D Harvard 92 Westland Lysander 93 Avro 504K 94 Hawker Sea Fury F.10 95 Handley Page Hastings 96 Fairey Firefly AS.5 97 Sea Fury FB.11 98 Fairey Swordfish II 99 Waco S-7 Cabin Biplane 100 Cunliffe-Owen Concordia 145 Hawker Hurricane lie 101 D.H.82A Tiger Moth 146 Boeing B-17G 102 Vultee BT-15 147 Hurricane Mb 103 Hawker Hurricane lie 148 Viima II Biplane 104 Avro Lancaster 149 Westland Lysander MIA 106 Beech D-17S Staggerwing 150 D.H.60X Hermes Moth 108 Hawker Hurricane lie 151 Hawker Hart 109 Avro Lancaster 152 D.H.89A Dragon Rapide 110 D.H.80A Puss Moth (G-AGSH) 111 Boeing A-75-N1 Stearman 153 Piper J-3C 112 Spitfire Vb and Hurricane^ Gloster Gladiator 155 Percival P.56 Provost 155b Percival Proctor 1 156 Fairey Swordfish 157 D.H.82 Tiger Moth (G-AIRI) 158 AT-6 Texan/Harvard 159 Supermarine Spitfire V 160 D.H.80A Puss Moth 161 Bucker Bu131 Jungmann LVG C.VI 164 D.H.98 Mosquito B.IV 165 D.H.82 Tiger Moth in sunset 166 D.H. Vampire F.3 169 Tipsy Trainer 1 lie 113 Supermarine-Napier S.5 114 Vickers Varsity T.1 115 D.H.60G Gipsy Moth 117 Comper Swift 118 Currie Wot 119 D.H.98 Mosquito B.IV 120 D.H.82 Sea Tiger 121 Sopwith F.1 Camel 122 Douglas C-47B Dakota 4 123 Hawker P.1052 (Sea Hawk),.' 124 D.H. Vampire T.11 125 Avro 504K 126 Miles Magister 127 LVG C.VI 128 North American F-82 Twin Mustang
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