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this journal. ** THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST HIDING BRANCH OF AIR BRITAIN ** 1°. * < S.AoLangfield, 6? Orchard Grove, Thorpe Edge, Idle, Bradf ord, Yorkshii e . BD1Q 9BT( Tel. Bradford 615536) MOVi'HHiVTS 2DTTO!> T,¥.Sykes, 219 Queensway, Yeadon, LS19 7PA. S^C.BSTAJiYs J.Allen, 149, Adel Lane, Adel? Leeds LS16 8B¥. CHAIRMAN s IV-;. -senior, 23, Queens Drive, Carlton, Wakefield WF3 3RQ. DISTRIBUTION 5 L> Spice, 8 Cono Avenue, Girlingt on, Bradford. SOCIAL SECRET.: JiY; D.Allan 16, Hawthorne Avenue, Yeadon, ------------ .----,_. }j iff BRAjyCF i-'BE'IXNG The March meeting will take place on i?th March, 3.00p.m. at the Yc9-;™M :: ^ Aeroplane Club, Yeadon Airport ( courtesy of the Directors). Hr.Peter Shackle ton will be coning up from Manchester to give us his annual slide show on the "airlines of the world, this has now become our best meeting and also the most popular of the year. Every one welcome. ( We must thank John Allen for giving us his talk/slide show on aircraft preserved in Britain in February. This was done at very short notice and all who attended will agree what a good job he did. COACH TS1P3 T.ne season of coach/beer drinking is upon us. We have several trips HneTtip provisionally. .Prices will be baaed en an 11 seater coach and will there- fore be' a little dearer, but if demand is sufficient a 29 seater will be used. We are planning a trip on Bank Holiday Monday, 15th April to the first Shuttleworth dis-olfivV the cost is expected to be about £2.50 and a little cheaper to subcribers of YAN* Seats can be booked now by sending a 'deposit of 50p to the editor(address above), ALso on the books is a combined trip to Hendon Museum and Heathrow on Sunday May 12th, cost will again be about £2,50 and a 50p deposit will secure a seat. FAFT-'" DPJCasjSALL Readers are reminded that the Second Annual Mr Britain Fancy _„„„___ ing held at the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club (courtesy yetagain of the Doctors) on Saturday 30th March from 8 p.m. till 12 p.m., bar closes at 12 p.n. Tickets are available from Dave Allan (address above) at 30 pence. A buffet is included in the price of the ticket. Members of Air Britain may not be aware of the fact that you can join tne Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at a special rate of £2.20 compared with £8.80.. /Ications should be made to the Aero Club itself. HEWS Yeadon Squadron A.T.C. may receive a Miles Magister for preservation. AirTborough Council has agreed to pay the £?00 needed to provide a hard standing area for the aeroplane with a surrounding chain fence at the ATC Hq at Hunroy. House Yeadon. The SopvdLth Triplane replica, being "built by Mr c Penny is well under way. The fuselage and tail section are complete. The bracing wires are of an unusual aerofoil section on the original aeroplane and the original manufacturers have been contacted and are to supply duplicate sets. A "VP-2, a two seat version of the VP-1 , is under construction at Barnsley. It is allocated the PFA number 720?. George Shield's project the Xiphi has been given PFA 04-10005, work has not yet commenced on the aeroplane but design is complete; he has no date when work will commence on it. Passenger traffic through Leeds/Bradford airport was up 58J& in January this year with a total of 18,180 people using the airport compared with last year's January figure of 13,198, Income was up to £16966 against £13638, a 24% increase. This is a good start to the year when one considers the conditions under which the figures were achieved. Yeadon Aeroplanes have obtained a Scotts Flying Squirrel engine for their Flying Flea on loan from Mr.T.Coulton of Bail don. The Flying Squirrel was built in the mid-1 930 's at Saltaire as an adaption of the Scotts Squirrel motor cylce
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this journal.

** THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST HIDING BRANCH OF AIR BRITAIN **

1°.* < S.AoLangfield, 6? Orchard Grove, Thorpe Edge, Idle, Bradf ord, Yorkshii e .

BD1Q 9BT( Tel. Bradford 615536)MOVi'HHiVTS 2DTTO!> T,¥.Sykes, 219 Queensway, Yeadon, LS19 7PA.S C.BSTAJiYs J.Allen, 149, Adel Lane, Adel? Leeds LS16 8B¥.CHAIRMAN s IV-;. -senior, 23, Queens Drive, Carlton, Wakefield WF3 3RQ.DISTRIBUTION 5 L> Spice, 8 Cono Avenue, Girlingt on, Bradford.SOCIAL SECRET.: JiY; D.Allan 16, Hawthorne Avenue, Yeadon,

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BRAjyCF i-'BE'IXNG The March meeting will take place on i?th March, 3.00p.m. at theYc9-;™M:: Aeroplane Club, Yeadon Airport ( courtesy of the Directors). Hr.PeterShackle ton will be coning up from Manchester to give us his annual slide show onthe "airlines of the world, this has now become our best meeting and also the mostpopular of the year. Every one welcome.( We must thank John Allen for giving us his talk/slide show on aircraft preservedin Britain in February. This was done at very short notice and all who attendedwill agree what a good job he did.

COACH TS1P3 T.ne season of coach/beer drinking is upon us. We have several tripsHneTtip provisionally. .Prices will be baaed en an 11 seater coach and will there-fore be' a little dearer, but if demand is sufficient a 29 seater will be used.We are planning a trip on Bank Holiday Monday, 15th April to the first Shuttleworthdis-olfivV the cost is expected to be about £2.50 and a little cheaper to subcribersof YAN* Seats can be booked now by sending a 'deposit of 50p to the editor(addressabove), ALso on the books is a combined trip to Hendon Museum and Heathrow onSunday May 12th, cost will again be about £2,50 and a 50p deposit will secure a seat.

FAFT-'" DPJCasjSALL Readers are reminded that the Second Annual Mr Britain Fancy_„„„___ — ing held at the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club (courtesy yet again of the

Doctors) on Saturday 30th March from 8 p.m. till 12 p.m., bar closes at 12 p.n.Tickets are available from Dave Allan (address above) at 30 pence. A buffet isincluded in the price of the ticket.

Members of Air Britain may not be aware of the fact that you can join tneYorkshire Aeroplane Club at a special rate of £2.20 compared with £8.80../Ications should be made to the Aero Club itself.

HEWS Yeadon Squadron A.T.C. may receive a Miles Magister for preservation.AirTborough Council has agreed to pay the £?00 needed to provide a hard standingarea for the aeroplane with a surrounding chain fence at the ATC Hq at Hunroy.House Yeadon.

The SopvdLth Triplane replica, being "built by Mr c Penny is well under way. Thefuselage and tail section are complete. The bracing wires are of an unusualaerofoil section on the original aeroplane and the original manufacturers have beencontacted and are to supply duplicate sets.

A "VP-2, a two seat version of the VP-1 , is under construction at Barnsley. Itis allocated the PFA number 720?. George Shield's project the Xiphi has been givenPFA 04-10005, work has not yet commenced on the aeroplane but design is complete;he has no date when work will commence on it.

Passenger traffic through Leeds/Bradford airport was up 58J& in January thisyear with a total of 18,180 people using the airport compared with last year'sJanuary figure of 13,198, Income was up to £16966 against £13638, a 24% increase.This is a good start to the year when one considers the conditions under which thefigures were achieved.

Yeadon Aeroplanes have obtained a Scotts Flying Squirrel engine for theirFlying Flea on loan from Mr.T.Coulton of Bail don. The Flying Squirrel was builtin the mid-1 930 's at Saltaire as an adaption of the Scotts Squirrel motor cylce

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engine and intended for use in the Flying Plea which was then being- built in everincreasing numbers, only about 100 were built in all. The engine we have managedto obtain has without doxibt at one tine powered a Plea, it still carries its originalengine HQUH& which are unmistakeably of Plea origin. llr.Goulton obtained theengine fron someone in Yeadon a few years ago and installed it in a gyro-copter hebuilt, he flew his machine a few times from Baildon Moor, the engine is almost brandnew and has hardly been run. The group has been contacted by an employes ofW.P.Butterfield Ltd., who was part of the team which built a Plea in 1938/9 and flewone from Sutton Bank around that tine; it is hoped that nore information can beobtained fron the gentleman and details will appear in a later issue of YA1J. HeaderAlan Madden has sent Yeadon Aeroplanes the book "The Plying Plea" by Mignet, a 193?translation of Mignets book "Le Sport De L'Air"-thank you Alan.

The SSAPA air display at Church Fenton on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, Hay 27thhas been cancelled due to a ban on RAP display flying until June. It is hoped thatthe display can be held a little later, possibly August 18th. Let us hope that itcan be re-arranged.

AJJVSE.TS The British Aviation Research Group's Monograph Ho 1S "A History of theWestland Wyvem" is a must for all serious students of British Naval Aviationhistory. It is professionally printed and contains a detailed account of thedevelopment of the Tffyvern and individual histories of each aircraft built. Italso contains photographs and line drawings showing colour schemes andSquadron markings which will be invaluable to the modeller. The cost is £1-00 inthe U.K. and £1-25 in Europe and £1-75 Overseas ( except Europe ). All pricesinclude postage. Please make cheques/P.O.1s payable to "British Aviation ResearchGroup" and order from K* Davies, 6 Ryde Gardens, Yateley, Nr. Canberley, Surrey,GU17 7PX, Still available in limited numbers are the following old-styleMonographss- Valiant 40p; Belvedere 15P? TSR 2 10p.

Coming shortly from "Air Britain", the DO'VE/rlEROK MONOGRAPH compiled byBranch members 3.C. Barber, D.I. Shaw and T.vl. Sykes. Watch this space'.

Details have just been released fron Air Anglia for their services commencingon April 1st fron Leeds/Bradford, we are grateful to Andy Barker for thefollowing schedule,Norwich ' Monday to Friday 07*45 Sunday 17*15Leeds arrive 08.40 18,10Leeds depart 08.50 18.20Edinburgh arrive 09.50 19.20Aberdeen arrive 10.40 20.10Plight AQ 200 204

Aberdeen Saturday depart 07.35 Monday to Priday 17.20Edinburgh depart 08,25 18.10Leeds arrive 09.25 19.10Leeds depart 09.35 19.20Norwich arrive 10,30 20.15Plight AQ, 205 203

All flights will be by P-27 Friendship,

YORKSHIRE AIR HEWS SURYEY R3SULTS

The results of the survey carried out at the end of last year proved usefuland interesting, those who responded are thanked for taking the trouble toreply. The first point to emerge was the fact that civil and military interestsare fifty fifty which is very satisfying, we are aware that the magazine iscivilly biased which is due in the main to the interests of our main con-tributors who are civilly inclined and the fact that Yorkshire is,in the main,not a very active military area apart from its obvious training role. It is, ofcourse, up to our military readers to prove me wrong by sending in more militarynews0 As for the articles arousing the most interest among readers the mostpopular was by far the Airfield News and Review roundup, not surprisingly themovement review came second. Articles on Yorkshire Aviation came third, this isalmost entirely Ces Mowthorpe's work and I am sure we appreciate and enjoy hisarticles. One surprise was the popularity of Flyovers, a feature which will beexpanded in future issues.

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HELICOPTER ACTIVITY Februarys

Jet Ranger: G-AWRI Hull 1,13,14,27$ Kiruington 6; Grindale 7; Inminghan 11;Scunthorpe 11$ Chesterfield 14$ Hashari 15? Harrogate 19|Bridlington 21$ Ripon 21 5 Thirsk 25? Grinsby 25; Sheffield25$ Topcliffe 26; Doncaster 27,Heartshead Moor Service Station 4 1 Sav/ood House, Thorner 17?Pontefract 13; Huddersfield 15,Ferrybridge 14?19.Thorner 19.Wetherby 24 I Huddersfield 23,Brighouse 7 > 21 .Scarcroft 12; Poole 14,15.

HughesBrantleyKillerGazelleIroquoia

G-AYMXG-AZRUG-BBESG-BBTJXG-BBSPG-ASHJG-ATDKG-BAGK13730

Pateley Bridge 20,,Menwith Hill 21.

OTHBR._iaRFIELI) 1IOVEMBMTS

1 G-AZLG Baron5 G-AZNL Cherokee Arrow6 G-AYPC Queen Air7 17892 Convair T-29

11 G-AYBO Aztec14 17901 Convair T-2919 G~AXA¥ Cessna 421X) G-EAIG Seneca

G-AXFA Aztec21 G-AVNI Twin Conanche22 G-M& Cessna 17225 G-ARDY Tipsey Nipper

G-BBZD Cessna FRA15028 G-AMB Navajo

15169 Convair T-29

AIRFIELD NEWS AND REVIEW

February:

CHURCH 1'EHTON: To Liverpool ( LBA 10.09 ) also 13.ACASTER MALBIS: From Elndon T* Leeds.CHURCH FSNTON: ( LBA 13,55 )«LBBMIMG: Fron Prestwick to Eortholt.ELVTNGTON: To Norwich ( Ott at 16.15 ).LEERING: F. Prestwick T. Eortholt.FINNINGLBYs Fron Swansea ( Mil at 11.23 135000ft ).CROSLAND l-'OOR s Fron Crutchfield Manor.LSBMING: Fron Stapleford, inbound at 12.00.DONCASTaRs Fron/to Edinburgh ( LBA at 10.54 & 12,18 ).CROSLAED MOOR: To Tees-side ( LBA at 13.15 )•TOPCLIFFEs Fron Leeds to Bagby.DONCASTBR: Fron/to Leeds.FIMNINGLBY: To Leeds,LSEMING: Faon Prestwick to Hortholt.

BURNISTON: Jet Ranger G-BADS , which was believed to be based here was w»f.uon 18th September,

CROSLjulD HOOR; Movements for January and February, courtesy of Geoff Abbott,

29.1 G-ATFL Cessna 172 8a2 G-BAXE Hughes 269.22.2 G-AWiP Cessna 172 f. Leic. East. 23.2 G--BBSP Hughes 269 to Leeds,23.2 G-BBFD Cherokee Arrow f. Tollerton 24.2 G-BASP Hughes 269.

The Hughes 269 on the 8th January v;as apparently on crew trainingexercises.

jNCASTSRs George Shield's Xyla G-AWN was damaged here on 18th Februarywhen it struck a horse on take off, it was not badly danaged.

A visit on 12th February to the airfield by the editor and DaveAllan gave us the first full report on the residents for soue months. To bring thelist nore up to date fron that one given in January they are as follows:G-AS'JB Mooney M,20 G-AVUX Cessna 172 G-AKEK GeminiG-AWIG Jodel D.112 G-AvffK Shiaid Xyla G-ASAI AiredaleG-AYTG Cardinal G-AWR Cherokee Arrow G-AXLS Jodel D.105G-iiSCJ Conanche G-ATCLA Cessna 150 G-BBCI Cessna 150

Not seen but believed to be still here are Condors G-AWSR,G-AYFF and G-AWSS with Falke G-AYIM. Gcjnini G-AKEK was in the Eastern Aviationhangar, stripped completely do?m, for what appears to be quite a substantialrebuild; also in their hangar were the wings of Beagle 206 G-AYCI which werechanged sone tine ago. Eastern Aviation continue to deal in Swedish aircraft,Cherokee SB-SON was parked outside and Cessna FR172 SE-FKG was inside.

DONG ASTER SAILPLAK33,; Doncaster Sailplanes are not sited at Doncaster airport-as was discovered by the editor and Dave Allan recently - but a. few niles awaynear to the Power Station, Having successfully passed through the picket lineswe found their buildings down a short track. Up till now it was believed thatthe conpany existed only to sell materials to the would-be aeroplane builder,

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- 4 -this belief proved totally wrong and their premises proved to be a gold mineof interesting items. The first discovery was the fact that a SquarlingSA102-5 Cavalier was being btiilt ( an article on this aircraft appears else-where in the magazine ), This example will fly later this year and vd.ll mostprobably be the first example to fly in the country? our-first visit to Don-caster Sailplanes was riade on 12th February and on this date the fuselage v/asalmost complete and the wings had been finished, by the 16th the fuselage andwings had been mated» Another machine is being built by D.W. Buckle with thePFA number 1593 &nd registered G-AZHHp this is under construction at Tees-side„

The company purchases gliders» refurbishe thorn and then resell them, severalwere in from Germany, including a Scheibe believed to be D8225 ( the markingshad been painted out ), /mother aeroplane had been bought in GoiKuany andthis was a Sperling SF 23A, D-BGIZ c/n 2013s a high wing, single engined mono-plane which was purpose built for glider towing. This is the only example inthe country and was brought over from Germany by trailer a few months ago, itwill probably be based at Dishforth shortly.

DRIPJ BLDs New resident at Driffield is Aztec G-BBRJ which replaces TwinConanche G-AZIA,

FIHSIHGLEYs Noted here on 25th February were Vulcans XL378, XM651 and VictorsXA938, XH619» Also present was a Hunter T.7 which unfortunately defied ident-ification.

LEEDS/BRADFORD: February movements:

1 G-AWD

G-AXAYG-AT1B

4 G-AXAY5 G-AYLJG-AZELG-BAZK

6 G-AXFEG-BARRG-BBPV

7 G-AZZVG-ATYNG-ATSMG-BBPVF-HPHC

6 G-ATAIG-ATMJG-BACB

9 G-ATJR10 G-BBRJ11 G-ATAI

G-BAVJG-BBD1

12G-BBIMG-ATSMG-AT JG-BAOPG-BBLS

13 G-AYERG-AYFDG-AYTG

14 G-AYGCG-BBES

15 G-AZRUG-AVIWG-BBRJF-BPFO

16 G-AYTG

CherokeeBaron 58Jet RangerCessna F.150Jet RangerPa-31 NavajoCherokee ArrowCessna 340King AirHS 125Pa-31 NavajoCessna F172Cessna F6150Cessna 337Pa-31 NavajoHS 125DH DoveHS 748Pa-34 SenecaPa-23 AztecPa-23 Aztec n/sDE 104 DovePa-31 NavajoCessna 310QPa-24 ComancheCessna 31OQ,Cessna 337HS 748Cessna FRA 150AA5 TravelerHS 125D.62B CondorCessna F.177Cessna F.150Jet RangerJet RangerViscountPa-23 AztecBaronCessna F.177

G-AZZV Cessna P.172G-BBBJ Pa-23 Aztec

G-BAVJ Pa-31 HavajoG-AZTB IBB 209 MonsunG-AZFR Cessna 401BF-BUYI Falcon 20G-ATAI DH 104 DoveG-BAX3 Hughes 269A

G-ATHJ Aztec

G-AVSO Pa-23 AztecG-BAOO Cessna 421B

G-BAVJ Pa-31 NavajoG-BBNO Pa-23 Aztec

G-AYSB Pa-30 Twin ComancheG-AVYL Cherokee G-AZLY Cessna F.150G-BAHT Cessna P. 172 G-B, 3L CherokeeG-BBLA Cherokee XR445 DH114 Heron 2

G-AYBO Pa-23 AztecG-ASRB Pa-23 AztecG-BBDR Pa-31 HavajoG-AZSM Pa-23 AztecN14493 Cessna FR172 n/sG-/iXPU HS 125G-BAZA ES 125G-BBIT Hughes 269BG-AVJP CherokeeG-BBIT Hughes 269BG-ATDK Killer UH12EG-BAKT Cessna F0172G-BBPV Pa-31 NavajoG-BBDA AA5 TravelerG-AZRU Jet RangerG-AZFR Cessna 401BG-BAGW Cessna F.150G-BACB Pa-34 SenecaG-BBMK Pa-31 KavajoG-ATZM HS 123G-AYl.tX Jet RangerXS790 AndoverN93434 Beaver ( U6A )G-BAYU Cessna 310Q

G-AZZV Cessna P.172G-BAWY Pa-23 Aztec00-LPD Cessna 421 -

G-AXPG Cessna 337G-BASK Pa-23 Aztec

G-BASK Pa-23 AztecG-ARHu DH 104 DoveG-ATJV Cessna P.172G-BASK Pa-23 AztecG-BBRJ Pa-23 Aztec

G-AZFJ Cessna TJ10QG-AZLY Jodel D.120AG-BBPV Pa-31 NavajoG-BAOP Cessna P1IA.150

G-AVKZ Pa-23 AztecG-BAYU Cessna 310QF-BR/'iL Lear Jet

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17 G-AVYL Pa-28 CherokeeG-AYTC Pa-23 AztecG-BATP Pa-28 Cherokee

18 G-AWJA Cessna 18219 G-AYLM AA1 Yankee

G-AVSG Pa-28 CherokeeG-BIEF Pa-28 CherokeeG-BBRJ Pa-23 Aztec

20 G-AYTG Cessna F.177G-AWDX Beagle PupG-BAGE Gazelle

21 G-AXXG BN2 IslanderG-AZZV Cessna P.1?2G-AVCJ Boagle B.206G-BBJZ Cessna P. 17213730 Iroquois

22 G-A-JJKF Twin ConancheG-AZCK Beagle PupG-BAXV Cessna P. 150G-3BPX Pa-34 Seneca

23 G-AWDX Beagle PupG-AYMX Jet RangerG-BAHT Cessna P. 172G-BBSP Hughes 300

24 G^AVYL Cherokee( IXX Cessna P. 172G-AYEG Rally e MinervaPH-RPC Cessna PR. 172

25 G-AVRG HS 125G-AXVG HS 748G-AYKL Cessna P. 150G-BAJO AA5 Traveler

26 G-AYTE Pa-23 AztecG-BAVJ Pa~31 NavajoG-BBHA Turbo Comnander

27 G-AVDN Twin ComancheG-AVLY Jodel D.120G-BAT.M Cherokee 235G-BBPV Pa-31 Navajo

- 5 -G-AYMX Jet RangerG-BAMM Cherokee 235

G-BBIM Cessna 310QG-AZRU Jet RangerG-ASPG Pa-23 AztecG-BBSS Jet RangerG-BBDX Jet RangerG-AYLM AA1 YankeeG-ASWL Cessna P.172G-BALU Pa-23 AztecG-AYPC Queen AirG-AYTG Cessna P.177G-BAVJ Pa-31 NavajoG-BBSW Pa-23 Aztec

G-ASRO Twin ConancheG-ATHI Pa-28 CherokeeG-BABX King Air

G-AXTJV Cessna P. 172G-AWJW Jet RangerG-BAMM Cherokee 235

G-AZLY Cessna P.150G-AVZT Pa-31 NavajoG-BAVJ Pa-31 Navajo

G-AZPR Cessna 401G-AYPJ Rallyc ClubG-APVK Pa-23 ApacheG-BBIT Hug-he a 269G-AVBZ Cessna P,172G-BAPA Aa5 Traveler

G-AYPH Cessna P.177G-BASL Pa-28 Cherokee

G-APUW Auster J/5VG-AYRD Twin ComancheG-BBJF BaronI-BOGI HS 125G-A¥TX Cessna P.150G-AYFI Tvdn CoraancheG-BAUO Pa-23 AztecG-ASRO Twin ConancheG-ATEW Tvdn ConancheG-BBBS Jet RangerG-AYHX Jet Ranger

G-AVUI Cessna P.150G-ASWJ Beagle B.206G-BBPV Pa-31 Navajo

G-ATFK Twin ConancheG-Am, (Jueen AirG-BAZA HS 125

G-ATHC Tifrin ConancheG-iiVPS Twin ComancheG-AVPF Twin Conanche

G-AYS3 Twin ConancheG-ARDY NipperG-BAVJ Pa-31 Navajo

G-AZPR Cessna 401G-BAXG HS 125

28 G-AZZV Cessna P. 172G-AZSH Cherokee ArrowG-AYffi? Twin ConancheG-BAUO Pa-23 Aztec

G-AVWI Pa-28 CherokeeG-BARB Cessna 414G-BBDA A/i-5 TravelerJ-AZLY Cessna Pt150

G-AVIW Twin ConancheG-AXUV Cessna P.172G-BAVJ Pa-31G-BBXH Cessna

avajoPR172

G-ASUH Cessna P.172G-APVK Pa-23 ApacheG-BASK Pa-23 AztecP-BPPO BaronG-AVNL Pa-23 AztecG-AYIB Pa-31 NavajoG-BAOP Cessna PRA 150G-BBPV Pa-31 Navajo

N93434 on the 15th was in fact a U6A previously with the U.S. Arny as56-3,. i and was on delivery to Alaska, flown by an Icelandic ferry pilot. HS 125G-AVRG on the 25th brought in Mr Heath and the ES 748 G-AXVG on the same day wasfilled with press men . First Gazelle to visit was G-BAGK on the 20th, The Y.T.V.Jet Ranger G-BBTV returned, after a respray, on the 22nd and noved into the hangarpreviously accupied by G-AWRI, 'RI is now living in the nain hangar. Cessna F.337PG-BBKJ was delivered to East Midlands on the 13'th by Northair. They also deliveredthe Aztec G-BBYM to Shobden on the 21st, A visitor to Northair on the 10th wasCessna PR172 N14493 o/n 0444. Cherokee SB-SON which was impounded by customs onarrival last month finally departed on the 10th, Cessna P.172 G-ASWL node one of itsrare flights when it arrived from its base at Dalton on the 20th, it went to Y L.A,and is believed to be in for c.of -a.renewal. Cessna P.172 G-BAAS has completedrepairs at Northair and went back to Grindale on the 23rd. Cessna P.172 G-AWUYwhich was recently rebuilt by Northair, once more returned by road on approx, the26th after another accident at Paull. Rocket PH-RPC arrived for maintenance onthe 24th and left for .Amsterdam on the 28th.

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— 7 —22 G-BAHE " e sna 402 G-13BEB Cherokee Arrow25 G-AYYD Sundowner G-1BVA Sikorsky S61K

TODWICK; Palke G-AYPY is no longer resident and reported sold in Cyprus.

THE SOJJAIILCIUIFT CAVALIER by Dave Allan.

Among the most interesting of aircraft being built in Yorkshire, (apart fronthe Plying Flea of Yeadon Aeroplanes'.) is the Squaircraft Cavalier.

One of these aeroplanes is under construction at the premises of DoncasterSailplanes. The basic structure of the fuselage and wings, which in this caseare one-piece frora tip to tip, and do not fold, have been mated together.

The Cavalier has evolved from the GY-20 Minicab of 1946 design, which provedvery popiilar 7'ith home constructors on the Continent, and the U.S.A.

Builders in America and Canada requested more power, higher performance, tri-gear, easier construction, etc., and the Minicab was thus re-designed to offer thesedesirable features. Hany other features have been added to simplify construction,&M comforts visibility, safety, etc. The basic changes include;

1) Strengthened engine mounts and forward fuselage to take up to 135hp Lycoraingsand nose gear.

2) Strengthened and simplified spar for higher power, higher wing, loadings andspring steel landing gear.

3) Marine ply wing, aileron, flapand tail ribs (100 hours labour saving comparedwith truss type ribs).

4) Convential or tricycle spring steel undercarriage for simplicity and economy.\) Fixed windshield with forward hinged doors for durability and easy cockpit

access.6) Squared tailplane tips to avoid laminations and to match square wing tips.7) Swept fin and rudder for "Sex Appeal".The SA 102, Point 5 version, which is a modified and updated version of the

basic SA 102 Cavalier, has proved to be the most popular. It's mods include tiptanks, and an optional 3-piece folding wing(l3ft folded width), which needs nocontrol disconnection or tip tank removal to operate.Constructi °2L5?iSii§Fusei ,g.gpSimple four longeron box. Interior of cockpit plywood lined. Materials are20mm x 20mra spruce, and 3mm five ply birch plywood. (Same used in our Flea,).The fuselage sides are made in a simple jig, and joined to their bulkheads andcross-members upside down, after which it is turned right side up to add thefin and superstructure tEmpennage_ (Tail Section to you'.)"Hrt is a swept, two spar, 1.5mm ply covered structure, built integrally with thefuselage. The stabilizer is of marine ply rib, and 1,5Iffln birch ply coveringconstruction.

£8Basically a mono spar wing, with built up box spar, plywood leading edge, lightrear spar, Frieze ailerons, and a diagonal drag-load bearing spar.

The Cavalier offers tricycle or tailwheel udercarriage, which is unusual ina home-built aeroplane. The main u/c is -|-"x5" truck spring, and the nose u/cis l"dia spring steel rod. Wheels are 500x5 or 600x6.

The canopy is a glass fibre mould, with cut-out doors in the side as on thePiper "Cherokee".Flight Characteristics,Due to its clean lines, the Cavalier's performance is good, with a good shortfield capability combined. The prototype and others have been flown from +6to -3G.

All in all a very desirable aircraft for sport or touring ana strong enoughfor the odd loop or roll."How long does_jj_take to_ build?"

Naturally this depends on skill, experience, workshop facilities, etc., butthe average is probably about 1000 to 2000 hours and one to two years of sparetime work. There is nothing in the structure beyond the scope of the averagebuilder.Cost

It is possible to build the aircraft for about £500, but, if you were to go

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"first class" you could spend this on the engine alone, and a final cost wouldbe between £600 and £800.

The prototype, CF-YIK, built by its designer Stan KcLeod of K,& S.AircraftSupply, 4623 Fortune Rd. S.E., Calgary 23,Alberta,Canada, first flew in 1971.Approximate increase in performance of the improved SA 102,5 (Tip tanks), isbetween 5'/& and 10 'o over the normal Cavalier. 5mPn lower stall, shorter takeoff and landing, 7 to 10 mph higher cruise, 300ft. more rate of climb, morelateral stability, improved handling in rough air, etc., .ubout six Cavaliersare under construction in the U.K. Plans have been submitted to P.P.A. engineerand full approval of the design and materials are available.

The covering on this two seater is Dacron cloth finished with polyurethane,for a very smooth finish. Ho stitching is needed. Ordinary linen and dopecan be used for those who like doing things the hard way.

t'ionsC-85 - 85 hp Lycoming.C-200 - 100 hp

•ing

Continental„

Franklin, Sport 4Sport 4A 125-130 hpSport 4B

125 Lycoining

level)

Empty WeightGross WeightItel (internal tanks)Fuel (tip tanks)Load CapacityMax. Speed (str.Max Speed (Dive)Cruise SpeedStall CleanStall FlapsRate of ClimbAerofoilStressStall and spin recoveryTake off distances at

3500 ft, A.M.S.L

Landing distanceWing Span (SA 102)v7ing Span (SA 102.5 with tip tanksOverall lengthHeight (tail wheel)Height (tri-gear)Wing area (SA 102)

890 Ibs1500 Ibs22 Imp. gal28 Imp. gal610 Ibs160 mph200 mph150 mph (T.A.S)50 mph (l.ri.40 mph (I*A,1000 fprri plusRoot EACA 23015Positive 6+Quick and positive,600ft

600600-800

25 fft.

0-234 - 108 hp0-235 - 106 hp0-235C - 115 hP0-290 - 125 hp0-290D2 -135 hp

85 Continental800" Ibs1500 Ibs16 Imp a gal28 Imp. gal700 Ibs.140 inph200 mph140 mph (T.A.S.)45 mph (I.A.S.)40 mph (I.A.S.)700 fpm plusTip NACA 23010Neg 3

800-900 ft.

600-800 ft

i 2?'8"18'4"

5'5"7*1"

107 sq.ft.Wing area (SA 102.5 with tip tanks) 117 sq.ft.

Thanks to Doncaster Sailplanes for the information contained in this article.

FUEL SAVING DBPARTfSEHT

SLINGSBY KIMS As promised last month we have the latest information from theKestrel production line. This updates the list in YAN for September 1973»C/ll

1820

182218251826182718281829

regBGA 1889

CF-FEIBGA 1854ZK-GHUZS-GIHZS-GIIBGA 1856

f/f

22.08.7320.09.7330.09.7318.10.7323.10.7314.11.73

owner and commentsMr. Eccles, delivered unfinished and it vra.sfinished by the owner*York Soaring, Toronto „T.P. Docherty, Dundee.G. White. New Zealand.

*

B. Cole, South Africa.B. Liegner, South Africa.G. Burton, flown by Mr. Burton in the 1974World Championships in Australia and sold there

183018311832

N???ZS-BOBG-BBVC

05.12.7305,12.7317.12,73

H. Lobo, New Mexico USA, d/d unregistered.Bobby Clifford, South Africa.G. Barazzetti, Italy, Registered in UK tillwas certified in Italy,

it

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_ -y _

1833 BGA 1855 09,01.74 G.S. Neumann, Camebridge.1834 JA?? 17.01,74 Kyokuto Boeki. Kaishi Ltd., Japan,

delivered unregistered1835 BGA 1857 29.01,74 R. Chesters*1836 D-0788 21,02.74 Hr. Otto von Gwinner, Switzerland1837 - - D. Zotov. Delivered incomplete for cust-

omer to finish.1838 BGA 1859 21.02.74 R. Rutherford.

The above sixteen gliders show exports to eight different countries over asix month period. Business looks good for Slingsby Sailplanes,

TOR7A SAILPLANES LIMITED Formed on 18th September 1969 at Scarborough tobuild the Torva TA Series 1. The company went into voluntary liquidation inJanuary 1974. The aircraft produced weres-

c/n srs reg f/f remarksTA 1001 1 BGA 1641 08.05.71 DBR Button Bank 15.07.71, airframe

used for tests.002 2 BGA 1701 18.01,73 ) Bought by Yorkshire Sailplanes Ltd.003 2 ? 18.12.73 ) in February 1974.

YORKSHIRE SAILPLANES LTD. Formed in 1972, Yorkshire Sailplanes bought theSlingsby T53 design, and with modifications built it as the YS-53 Sovereign.Further modifications produced the YS-55 Consort now in production. The prototypeYS-53 was converted from a T-53 airframe c/n 1721 which was bought from SlingsbySailplanes Production is then as followsiYS-53 c/n 02 BGA 1811 YS-53 c/n 1721 BGA 17&7 f/f 21.07.73,•YS-55 03 BGA 1897 YS-55 09 BGA 1891

04 BGA 1813 10 BGA 189305 BGA 1890 11 BGA 189406 BGA 1815 12 BGA 189507 BGA 1892 13 BGA 189608 BGA 1812 14 BGA 1814

Slingsby T-53B c/n 1654 supplied to the Lakes Gliding Club has been completedas a YS-53 Sovereign and registered as BGA 1898»

Yorkshire Sailplanes have also bought the Birmingham Guild BG-135 design,Three exampleo of this were recently registered but it is not known if they areto be Yorkshire Sailplane versions, For the record the three 33G-135's ares-BGA 1920 c/n 4 ; BGA 1921 c/n 5 ; BGA 1922 c/n 6

We are grateful to Norman Ellison ( our Kirkbymoorside Korre spondent ) formost of the above glider news and also to Terry Sykes for corapling it.

CBEDITS T. Smith, K,. Jordan, T. L ch , M. Everton, I. 'are you having one1Jagger, I. Sira, N. Ellison, A. Anderson, A. Barker, G. Abbott, D. Allan,Yorkshire Post, E, Atkinson, Yorkshire Evening Post, News of the World (ill),Air Britain Digest/News9 33. Rhys-Evans.

TIME TO MEMBER

Had you gone to Looming one day in 1941 you would probably have seen 10 SquadronWhitley V s including the following aircraft:

Z9119 2A-C Z9149 ZA-F Z6941 ZA-0Z9161 SA-G Z6976 ZA-U

while a trip to Holme on Spalding Moor in 1943 would, have produced Halifax Vsof 76 Squadron:

LK946 F DK167 A EB204 E LK922 LLK999 V LL116 X DK245 G LK687 PLK926 C LK667 0 LK955 W

Has anyone any similar lists lying around from their early 'spotting1 days,strictly for our senior readers> . of course!,DID_YOU_OOW That March, Jones & Cribb of Leeds built D.H. 5's in 1917sserials were B4901-B5000 out of a total production of 550,

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- 10 -FLYOVERS

1

FebruarysG-ATW

4 G-BJCBE77TM50217G-AYPCTR-LRXF-BRALG-BAOO41009

56

Cessna 172HS 125Mitsubishi MTJ-2C-141 StarlifterQueen Mr

Lear JetCessna 421Convair C-131Jetstar

G-BAGW Cessna 150

11

F-XCWZG-AWKCG-BBLIG-AMPOG-AYPIG-ASGIG-AYGL

12 G-BAURG-AZIIGXV249CF-ROX

13 G-AXVGPH-ILFH57057G-AZtMOY-BBL

14 SP-LGCG-APBC

15 F-BRALG-AYIOG-APBC

16 G-AZSU17 3330318 F-XC1E

XX479G-AXMYG-BIII

19 41009F-BSTI

20 N506CCF-BUYIG-AXBY

21 G-BBMZG-A1YJ

22 4063923 2412525 G-BBIT

G-AWNKF-BRSMF-XCWFG-APETJ

F-BSSL

LBA 09.35 3500 Tees-side to Ternhill and return 15.02POL 08.36 28000 From E.M.A., return POL 15.31.POL 10.24 14000 Northbound, POL 17.11 17000 Sthbnd.POL 10.22 21000 Prestwick to Mildenhall.LBA 13.55 5000 To Church Fenton.POL 14,16 21000 Republic of Gabon, southbound.POL 18.36 33000 Northbound, POL 1935 37000 sthbnd.LBA 08.44 13500 Edinburgh to E.M.A.POL 08.49 10000 Northbound.POL 13.14 37000 Southbound.14,30-14.50 Photography over Pontefract from and

to Sherbum.POL 15.32 19000 French Air Force. Southbound.

Abn LBA 16,37 2000 Barton to Sherburn.POL 18.08 7000 Southbound.POL 15.08 7000 From Newcastle, also 21.21.LBA 15.47 5500 Newcastle to Biggin Hill.POL 17.39 31000 To Prestwick.POL 12.17 7000 Southbound.POL 09.57 13000 Stavanger to Swansea,

12.55 4000 Photography over Castleford till 13.05.17,00 7000 Seen at High Green, westbound.

POL 16.09 41000 Southbound,POL 00.10 10000 Northbound.POL 09.09 7000 Inbound to Warton.

Rockwell CorananderPOL 09.23 18000 Northbound.Diplonate Abm LBA 14.26 3000 Elstree to Sunderland.

AtlanticHughes 300Shrike CommanderDouglas Dc-3Cessna 177BAG Vc-1GIslanderF-27 FriendshipTravelerNimrodLear JetHS 748Falcon 20

AztecTupolev Tu134Douglas Dc-3Lear JetCherokeeDouglas Dc-3HS 748Douglas C-118AtlanticJetstreamTwin ComancheBAG 1-11Convair C-131NavajoCitationFalcon 20Cessna 402NavajoDouglas Dc-3C-141 StarlifterVC-135Hughes 300Boeing 747Cessna 402AtlanticVanguardHastingsHS 125

OTT 18.00 7000 Eastbound.14.30 28000 Westbound, seen at High Green

POL 21.34 8000 Northbound.POL 08.36 24000 From Castle Donnington.POL 10.47 5000 Woodvale to Brough , abia LBA 10POL 11.34 9000 Southbound.POL 00.18 12000 To Glasgow.POL 18.30 12000 Northbound.POL 09.17 22000 French Navy, to Prestwick,POL 15.21 8000 Northbound.LBA 15.52 7500 Newcastle to East Midlands.POL 16,18 24000 'Golf Bravo 1-11' Northbound.POL 08.36 12000 Northbound.POL 17.17 11000 Southbound.POL 11.20 35000 To Prestwick.OTT 13.17 29000 Trader Airways ,POL 16.28 7000 'Alidair 21' toLBA 12.10 3000 Sunderland to East Midlands.POL 13.17 7000 Southbound.MIL 12.20 35000 Westbound.OTT 08.39 35000 Via Milbrook.

Abn LBA 09.22 1500 Sherburn to Barton.POL 12.16 31000 .To Prestwick,POL 15.55 11000 Newcastle to Le Bourget.POL 16.33 23000 French Navy, southbound.POL 15.02 17000 To Heathrow.LBA 16.29 7000'FOF 02', Keflavic to ScamptonPOL 17.15 33000 Southbound.

eastbound.3ast Midlands.

^

High Green is about 2 miles north of Sheffield.

N E X T P R E S S D A T E . I S APRIL 6th


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