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1981
1981 - 0138.PDF
128 FLIGHT International, 17 January 1981 Socota's TB20 Trinidad, retractable 235 h.p. development of the Tobago, on an early test flight from Tarbes Cap 21 shapes up Private IFLOiKnr Official oroan of the Royal Aero Club MUDRY'S latest top aerobatic single- seater, the Cap 21, continues to pro gress towards certification, and there are many signs that France now has an aerobatic competitor that should be able to match the best from Pitts, Zlin or Yak. Flutter tests on the prototype at France's air research centre (Onera) will be followed by testing at the Istres-based flight test centre (CEV), and certification is expected by the spring. Roll rate is quoted at 180° per sec, compared with 130° per sec on the Cap 20L, which the 21 succeeds. A weight reduction goal has been met, empty weight now being down to 1,0801b, and this is expected to reduce further. Operational load fac tors are up to +8, —6. A feeder tank allows 3-3gal worth of inverted fly ing; main tank capacity is 16-5gal. Ten pre-production aircraft are now being built and firm orders have already been placed from Italy, Cannes, Belgium and Brazil. At a present figure of around £26,000 the 21 has a competitive price. Cap 21 leading data: Span 26-6ft Length 21 • 2ft Engine Lycoming AEIO- 360 AIB 200 h.p. Empty weight 1,0801b max aerobatic weight 1,3251b Power loading 6-61b/h.p. Max speed 206kt, 75 per cent cruise 146kt, stall 46kt. New base for Panel of Examiners New Year's Day fly-in THERE was a big response to Air Compton's invitation to private pilots to attend its New Year's Day Fly-in and lunch at Compton Abbas, Dorset. More than 170 aircraft were present at the small hilltop airfield, bringing more than 400 people to lunch. Des pite a blustery crosswind (which produced some interesting landings), the weather over southern England was dry and bright, which probably accounted for the 100 per cent in crease over last year's attendance. Cessna, Piper and Grumman Ameri can variants predominated, but there were also vintage aircraft and repre sentatives of the Popular Flying Association. Vintage visitors included a Stearman, Stampe, Stinson 108 and a scale Mustang. THE new base for the Panel of Examiners, who test all civilian private flying instructors in the UK, is at the Civil Aviation Authority's Aviation House in Kingsway, London. The Panel Office has moved from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Associa tion headquarters at Cambridge Street. Aopa's parent organisation, the British Light Aviation Centre, has provided administrative facilities for the Panel since 1967, and these are now being provided by the CAA, on whose behalf the examiners work. The Panel dates from 1931, when it was formed by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. Hitherto, any civilian licensed pilot could legally instruct and there was no formal civilian qualification. Initially, the Freda Thompson AUSTRALIAN pioneer pilot Freda Thompson, ODE, has died after a short illness. She was 73. Miss Thomp son was the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia (and only the second woman to do this). Later achievements included a solo flight in 1950 of over 8,600 n.m. round Australia in a Hornet Moth, and a 6,000 n.m. tour to New Guinea in 1952. She continued to fly light aircraft until last spring, logging 3,330hr, and died three months after achieving her ambition to hold a pilot's licence for 50 years. Panel was a private venture, issuing Gapan Instructor Certificates, and was officially approved by the Ministry of Aviation a year later. Apart from a wartime break, the Panel continued operations from Gapan until 1967, when the Board of Trade decided to carry out its own tests for instructors at commercial schools, and the Panel Office moved from Gapan to the British Light Avia tion Centre at Artillery Mansions. Chaired by Alan Bramson since 1973, there are 25 fixed-wing examiners plus six helicopter examiners. New address for flying instructor rating test enquiries is the CAA, FCL3, Room 321, Aviation House, 129 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NN. Briefings. The American Helicopter Society is sponsoring the Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Competi tion with a prize of $10,000. Contact the American Helicopter Society, 1325 18th Street NW, Suite 103, Washing ton D.C. Captain Mike McDonnell and John Morris won the 1980 Schnabel-GNav contest run in conjunction with the Tiger Club's Dawn to Dusk Trophy. Flight and Aviation are sponsoring a European GNav contest in conjunc tion with the Business and Light Avia tion Show at Cranfield from September 3-5 this year. Latest immaculate restoration by Berkshire-based Cliff Lovell is this 1948 Stinson 108, here on its first public outing at Compton Abbas on January I. Previously French registered, it has four seats and a 165 h.p. Franklin engine
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