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STRAIGHTSLEVEL VV English Electric Canberra PR9 1510h Capt Speaking: "Good af ternoon, ladies and gen tlemen. I'd just like to remind you that the strike at Italian cigarette factories continues: smok ers may like to take ad vantage of the duty-free trolleys now coming through the cabin..." 1520h Capt Speaking: "Ah, la dies and gentlemen... Um...I've just been told that my information is out of date, and that the strike is over. 1 hope I haven't misled you into buying..." MORE ACRONYMS CANAC = Complete, Ab solute National ATC Chaos • Oh dear, these changes... There was Brit ish Caledonian's good old "BR" designator up on the Gatwick board again the other day. Ah, what nostalgia, expectations of meeting Caledonian Girls once more. Nope. It's all • Where in the world can you take an hour- long flight with a proper dinner ("appetizer and Certified Vacations, a privately-owned iimi in Fort Lauderdale, Ha., has served as operator of the airline's Dream Vacations since 1983. Alitalia is revamping its business class I in January and will continue until next June. I BKnel to 40 inches/one of the largest adopted by European carriers. Tne angle of inciinatio seatback eventually will increase to 38 degrees, while the airline's inflight audio system will be updated to a digital system. World Airline News, 22 February, 1993 Air by Aahh de Havilland Dove. Trouble is it's in Melbourne, Australia (which makes it even more of a bargain, be cause their dollars are nice and small), which is a long way for your Uncle to go for dinner. • Rudge Air claims to be the biggest operator of Doves in the world: it has three flying and has two more getting there, and there is a rumour that all five will be put in the air together for the camera. Watch this space... • If there is a total avia tion person's total avia tion book, it must be "Come on, we're nowhere near Vj yet Antoinette Monoplane, 1909 changed: "BR" now means EVA Airways of Taiwan. So confusing... • Speaking of confusion, Uncle Roger's Diplomacy Award for 1993 goes to Monty Orangeball for his inaugural question to EVA: "Do you plan to fly to China?" entree served with com plimentary champagne and ale... Main course served with compli mentary wine...delicious dessert with coffee and handmade chocolates)" for $99 all-in? No, it's not the latest daft transatlan tic fare-wars special, but sightseeing with Rudge UNCLE ROGER'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT VOLUME II Designation (Nationality) iDaic Introduced) (Type) MnWic-Saulmer MS 406 .Iti.nce) (1938) (fighter) paca 63.11 (Prance) (H)IH) (reconnaissance) [X'Havilland Tiger Moth II <t:i. Britain) (1932) llkmihcr-transport) Horsepowe r 860 1,400 130 WING I 35 53 29 Meter s II 16 9 WEIGHT EMPTY Pound s 4,190 6,910 I.IIS Kilogram s 075001 1,900 3.135 SOS CRUISING 6 I 249 230 93 1, 400 370 150 IUNC* 1 497 930 302 Kilometer s 800 1.5O0 486 a™ 1 30,840 27.900 13,600 1 9,400 8,500 4,145 Numbe r i n Cre w 1 3 2 Scientific Encyclopaedia, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 7th Edition, 1989 Sagittarius Rising, by Cecil Lewis. The classic tale of First World War flying has just been re printed*, and all Neph ews whose original copies have been lost, stolen or worn out should go and buy a new one — as should anyone whose ed ucation has not so far embraced it. There can be few more moving aviation books than this, as it de scribes not just the horror of war, but some of the unexpected pleasures. * Greenhill Books, Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN, UK. • The re-publishing of Sagittarius coincides with Lewis' 95 th birthday and also sees the publication of his autobiography*, which briefly covers his Second-World-War expe riences as an instructor on Tiger Moths and in Transport Command, as well as his other careers setting up airmail services in China and in broad casting (as a founder of the BBC), film script- writing (Pygmalion) and the like. It must be a good book — how could it be otherwise when one of its chapters is headed "Straight & Level"? * AH My Yesterdays, Ele ment Books, Longmead, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK. ...Uncle Roger is off on his hols Westland Houston PV.3, near Everest, April 1933 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 7 - 13 April, 1993
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