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1986 - 3123.PDF
LETTERS Sympathetic traveller SIR—I read the letter from Wilhelm Pflug (Flight, November 1) with some sympathy. I am a reasonably regular long-haul economy passenger and, following British Airways' decision to blank-off the overwing exits of their 747s, I have accumu lated many thousands of miles of business travel in foreign flag aircraft. I have, therefore, enjoyed many new and varied styles of in-flight service and, while I recognise my humble station as an economy passenger, I remain amazed by the level of service offered by both Pan Am and TWA. Although their fares are not noticeably cheaper than those of other airlines, their unfortunate passengers have to pay $3 to borrow shoddy (largely in effective) headsets for the in-flight movie. A small beer costs $2, and spirits $3—in fact, the most useful in-flight accessory is a well stuffed wallet. Surprisingly, the meals are free of charge and quite palatable, although wine, if one is prepared to buy some, is served after the meal has been consumed, which is infuri ating. I recently had to fly San Francisco to London by British Airways. It was a very pleasant flight, and I am now rationalising the emergency exit problem. I mean, pas senger aircraft hardly ever catch fire or ditch, do they? PETER INGHAM Old Well Lodge Harbury Lane Ufton Leamington Spa Warwickshire CU33 9NZ The Grand old days Dear Uncle Roger—May I refer to your item on the Ilya Muromets (Flight, October 4), where you state that it was the world's first four-engined aircraft? The Ilya Muromets was built after Igor Sikorsky dismantled his Grand. He built the Grand with two Argus engines, and on finding that it was underpowered he added two more engines. The aeroplane was then renamed Russkii vityaz and made its first flight (with four engines, that is) on July 23, 1913 (August 5 on our calendar). The engine which put an end to the Russkii vityaz was a French 100 h.p. Gnome Monosoupape, which broke away from Mr A. M. Gaber- Vlynskii's Meller-II biplane and fell on Sikorsky's machine. Mr Gaber-Vlynskii managed to land his aeroplane without injury. This hap pened in August 1913, during the military aircraft com petition at St Petersburg. Incidentally, the Russkii vit yaz was not competing—the competition was for single- engined aircraft only. W. H. SCHOENMAKER P.O. Box 4024 6710 EA, Ede The Netherlands IN BRIEF • No 84 Squadron, RAF, is holding its 70th anniversary celebrations on January 16-17, 1987. All ex-Squadron personnel and their dependants are welcome to attend. Further details regarding the programme of events, costs, etc., can be obtained from Fit Lt W. J. Wilson, No 84 Squadron, RAF Akrotiri, BFPO 57. WHAT'S ON November 29 26th Air-Britain Inter national Aircraft Recognition Contest: RAF Museum, Hendon, London NW9; tel 0249 891091. December 3 Croydon Airport Society: AGM; 7.30 p.m.; Croydon Court Hotel, Purley Way, Croydon. December 2-3 Nasa: Second Nasa Symposium on quality and productivity: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, N.W. Washington D.C.: tel (212) 408-9778. December 2-5 Technospace: Bor deaux, France; tel (33) 56 90 91 28. December 2 RAeS Air Transport and Air Law Groups: Airport policy; 4 Hamilton Place, London W1; tel 01-499 3515. December 3 RAeS Guided Flight Group: Opto-electronics; 7 p.m. 4 Hamilton Place/ London W1; tel 01-499 3515. FLIGHTCOLOURS FOR CHRISTMAS Available from Quadrant Picture Library, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, these whole-page full- colour prints from Flight International are available at £3 for 25 (US$6-50 overseas outside Europe) and £5 for 50 (US$11-00 overseas), with additional lots often at £1 (US$2-00 overseas). Also available is a random selection of 100 different prints for £5 (US$12-00 overseas). Cheques/ money orders with orders, please, payable to Business Press International Ltd. 15 16 18 19 20 20A 21 22 23 24 25 26 26A 27 27A 28 28A Learjet 24D Avro Shackleton MR.3 A-7E Corsair II Fokker Triplane replica (close-up) Sopwith Camel replica Jet Provosts—Red Pelicans D.H. Moths at Hatfield Jaguar GR.1 D.H. Mosquito T.3 and D H.60 Moth Boeing Advanced 737 Avro Anson GR.1 D.H.87 Hornet Moth Royal Aircraft Factory S.E. 5a Beech D17S Staggerwing (close-up) RAF Bulldog aerobatic team, 1977 North American F-100D Super Sabre D.H. Tiger Moth (close- up) D.H. Moth Minor Beech D17S Staggerwing Miles Falcon M.3A Hawker Hurricane Mk1 Ryan NYP Spirit of St Louis replica with Air France Concorde Supermarine Spitfire 30 31 31A 32 32A 33 33A 34 35 35A 36 37 37A 38 38A 40 42 43 44 44A 45 46 48 49 50 T.IXC Heinkel He111 Messerschmitt Bf109 Hawker Tomtit (close- up) Comper CLA.7 Swift Short Sandringham 4 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Boeing 747-200B D.H. 82 Tiger Moth Bristol Bulldog Buccaneer S.2 Martin B-2B Marauder Hawker Tempest V Series II Hastings with Vulcan B.2 Handley Page Hampden Mk 1 N.A. Harvard IIB Handley Page Halifax Mkll D.H. Mosquito TT.35 converted to PR.34 Supermarine Spitfire XIX and Mk V Miles Martinet T.T.4 Hawker Hurricane IIC Hawker Tomtit Handley Page HP115 Short Sandringham Blue Eagles' helicopters Pitts S-2a 52 53 54 55A 56A 58 59 61 64 64A 65 65A 67 67A 68 68A 69 69A 70 71 71A 72 72A 73 73A 74 74A 75 75A 76 76A 77 77A 78 79 79A 80 81 81A 81B 82 83 84 84A 85 North American B.25 Nieuport 17 Fokker F.28 Yak-40 British Aerospace Harrier Gnat Pfalz D.lll Phantom (RN) Aerospatiale Puma helicopters Avro Tutor Gloster Gladiator Supermarine-Napier S.5 replica seaplane Canadair CL-600 Challenger D.H. 82A Tiger Moth Hawker Tomtit Meteor F.3 (long span) Lockheed Vega N.A. P-51 Gee Bee Z replica Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Corsair FG-1D D.H. Chipmunk T.Mk 10 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sports biplanes at Oshkosh Lockheed Lodestar painted as RAF Hudson Hawker Sea Fury FB11 Mk 11 Douglas SBD Dauntless Pitcairn PA-7S Sport Mailwing Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a (85% scale) Miles Magister I Grumman Bearcat Miles Messenger McDonnell Douglas A-4N Skyhawk II LVG C.VI Viscount prototype Super Guppy Stratocruiser D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide Avro Anson C.19Srs. 2 Lockheed S-3A Viking Rockwell B-1 Lockheed CP-140 Aurora Junkers Ju52/3m trrmotor DHC-1 Chipmunk Bell P-63 Kingcobra Morane Type N replica 86 D.H. 51 87 Miles M. 17 Monarch 87A Hawker Sea Fury FB. 11 88 N.A. P-51D 88A Bell JetRanger III 89 N.A. AT-6D 89A Dassault-Breguet Mirage F.IC refuelling in flight 90 F-BA Tiger II 92 Westland Lysander 92A Dassault-Breguet Alpha Jet E 93 Avro 504K 94 Hawker Sea Fury F.10 95 Handley Page Hastings prototype 95AN.A. P51-D Mustang 96AFairey Firefly AS. 5 97 Hawker Sea Fury FB-II 97A McDonnell Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk and Lockheed/Dassault- Breguet Dornier Alpha Jet 98A Fairey Swordfish Mk II 99 Waco S-7 cabin biplane 100 Three Dassault Mirage IIIOs 101 D.H. 82A Tiger Moth 101A Douglas B-26 102 Saro Skeeter AOP12 102A Vultee BT-15 Valiant 103A English Electric Lightning T.Mk4 104 Hawker Sea Fury TT.Mk20 105 Hawker Hunter F.6 106 Beech D.17S Staggerwing 106AD.H. Chipmunk Mk 22 107 N.A. XB-45 Tornado 108 Hawker Hurricane IIC 109 McDonnell Douglas YAV-8B Advanced Harrier 110 D.H. Puss Moth 111 Boeing Stearman A75-N1 111ABAC Jet Provost T.5A—Red Pelicans 112 Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard (French Navy) 113A Supermarine-Napier S.5 replica racing seaplane 114 Vickers Varsity T. 1 (RAF) 115 Bristol Mk.31 Freighter 115AD.H. 60G Gipsy Moth 116 Boeing 727-232 117 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 117A Comper CLA.7 Swift 118 Currie Wot 118ASaab Scania SH37 maritime Viggen 119A BAe Sea Harrier FRS. 1 120 Lightning F.3 120AD.H. 82A Tiger Moth seaplane 121 Sopwith F.1 Camel replica 122 Douglas C-47B Dakota 4 123 Hawker P.1052 124 D.H. Vampire T. 11 125 Avro 504K 126 Miles Magister 127 LVG C.VI 128 N.A. F-82 Twin Mustang 129 N.A. AT-6D Texan 130 Avro Anson C. 19 131 D.H. Dragon I 133 Bristol Fighter 134 Fairey Swordfish Mkll 135 Boeing P-12 136 Fairchild Argus '37 Douglas DC.4 38 Fiat G.46 39 Miles M.3A Falcon 40 Supermarine S.5 seaplane replica 41 Miles Messenger 42 Fairey Firefly AS.5 43 D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth 44 D.H. Puss Moth 45 Hawker Hurricane IIC 46 Boeing B-17G 48 Valtion Lento- konetehdas Viima II 49 Westland Lysander IIIA 50 D.H. 60X Hermes Moth 51 Hawker Hart 52 D.H. Dragon Rapide 53 Piper J-3C-65 54 Gloster Gladiator 55 Percival Proctor I 55A Percival P.566 Provost T.I 56 Fairey Swordfish Mkll 57 D.H. Tiger Moth 58 AT-6 Texan 159 Supermarine Spitfire V 160 D.H. 80A Puss Moth 161 Bucket Bu131 Jungmann 163 LVG C.VI 164 D.H. 98 Mosquito B. MklV 165 D.H. Tiger Moth at sunset 166 D.H. 100 Vampire F.3 169 Tipsy Trainer 1 170 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 171 Avro Shackleton 172 Curtiss P.40N Warhawk as Tomahawk HA 173 Fieseler FM56C-2 Storch 174 Avro Lancaster B.Mkl 175 Vought FG-1D Corsair with F4Y-4 and FG-1D 176 Miles M.14A Magister 177 Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat 178 Stampe SV4C 179 Hawker Iraqi Fury 180 Arrow Active 2 183 D.H. 104 Dove prototype 184 Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning 185 Grumman J2F Duck 186 Dassault Mirage III0 187 Boeing 747 188 Northrop F-5E Tiger II 189 Boeing 707-3J6B 190 Biicker Jungmeister 191 NimrodMR.1 192 Stearman PT-17 193 Supermarine Spitfire Vc 194 Grumman F-14A Tomcats 195 Grumman A-6E Intruder 196 Canadair CT-133 197 Boeing 737-268C 198 BAe Hawk T.1 199 Hawker Hunter Mk51 200 Robinson Redwing 201 Avro Shackleton AEW.2 202 Jet Provost T.5B 203 Hastings Please list five alternatives in case any are out of stock. Company registered in England (reg no 151537) at Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 22 November 1986 63
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