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Aviation Historical Society of Australia Aviation Historical Society OF Australia annual subscription £A1 : 10 : 0 Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a periodical VOL. V. No.3 MARCH 1964 On 17.3. Ansett-ANA announced that ^.'letter of intent for six Douglas DC-9's has been sent to the Douglas Aircraft . Com­ pany. Ansett-ANA and TAA also announced that each plajas, Subject to approval,-to purchase a further Boeing 727* On 5*3 Ansett-ANA announced that another Fokker Friendship had been ordered for delivery later this year. ..This order will bring Ansett-ANA'S Friendship fleet to six. During March Ansett-ANA temporarily, installed VAN 3 Distance Measur­ ing Equipment in their Bell 47G-3B-.1, VH-INIjat the request of the Aust­ ralian Broadcasting Control Board to enable antenna pattern measurements to be made on ATV Channel O's TV Transmitter. The equipment was fit'ted'between the seats for easy access during flight. A dipole antenna was mounted hor­ izontally, cantilevered from the skid/ cross members on the port side. An interesting visitor to Melbourne .^^irport on 6,3 was Capital Air­ way's Lockheed Constellation N5405V, which took aboard an Australian-built Ford Falcon car, bound for the Ford factory in the USA. The car was loaded with the help of a mobile crane which was being used to alter hangars 105 and 104 for Ansett-ANA. The doors of the hangars are being raised to t^e advantage of their full height and so facilitate the complete entry of the Boeing 727* A further parachute fatality occurred on 8.3« when Donald West was killed after jumping from the de Havilland Dove VH-RCI, near Mallala Aero­ drome, South Australia. On 28.3 Trevor Haywood of Townsville was killed when his t^vo parachutes failed to open during a jump over Baringa airstrip. ■ Woods Helicopters Pty. Ltd. of Perth became an active concern when the Bell 47G VH-WHS,(c/n 1993), ex ZK-HAE of Airwork N.Z.,was granted its C of A after a series of tests at Perth Airport, piloted by the companyTs pilot-engineer Jan Patcha. On 13*3 the aircraft was engaged to take Gov­ ernor Sir Douglas and Lady Kendrew to an exhibition at ^plaremont Show Gr­ ounds. Take-off and landing, for this flight were made '8n Langley Park" and in the main arena of the Claremont Show Grounds. For other details of Woods Helicopters, see Vol.IV page 87, and Vol.V page 11. r A.H.S.A. Journal - 18 - March 1964 The Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) left Australia on 31.3 for an official visit to RAAF Bases at Butterworth, Ma­ laysia, and TJbon, Thailand. While at Ubon he will present the Duke of Gloucester Cup to No, 79 (F) Squadron. Before leav­ m ing he announced that the RAAF*s first operational Mirage squadron will be sent to Malaysia to replace one of the pres­ ent Sabre squadrons. This is not expected to be until about mid-1965. The first three fe Havilland DHC-4 Caribou aircraft for the RAAF left Toronto, Canada, on 17*3 and flew to Australia by way of Europe. Publicity photographs show the serial of one aircraft as a4-140, and it is expected that the serial numbers will also be the aircraft's const­ ructor's number, These three aircraft plus the other fifteen on order will equip No.38(T) Squadron. On 28.3 newspapers reported interest by the RAAF in the Japanese Fuji T.IA trainer aircraft, although there has been no official comment on this. A few days prior to this report Hawker d©-Havilland (Aust.) ann­ ounced details of their Pr-.17 prpject which is a development of the well- known Vampire trainer. While on a flight from Townsville to Port-Moresby on 15.3 a USAF Boeing B-50 'lost' two engines and was escorted back to Townsville by a RAAF Neptune from No. 10 Sqdn. Valuable electronic equipment was jettis­ oned from the aircraft in an effort to maintain altitude. The B-50 was located by the Neptune with the aid of its radar and both aircraft flew back at about 500 feet to avoid low cloud. The Commonwealth Department of Works .will invite tenders on 1.4 for the construction of a Lockheed C-130A fuselage mock-up for use at Puckapunyal Army Camp (Vic.), At present there are two Douglas C-47 fuse­ lages (A65-87,-.and the other devoid, of any identification) ' there for training paratroopers and for loading practice etc. The CAC Mustang XXI,, A68-119, was noted on 1,3 at_Tocumwal (NSW) being restored to flying condition. Several of the nreviously missing panels had been replaced and when the engine was being.run up a fault was found in the cooling system. A68-119 was the last aircraft to be owned by R.H. Grant at Tocumwal until it was sold to the present owner. BENDIGO AIR PAGEANT........... Bendigo Airstrip., March 3rd. 1964, This display was notable only for the number of Beech aircraft pres­ ent , fora dusty short airstrip which gave the pilot of Piaggio P.l VH-ACV a few interesting moments due to the trees across one end, and for an extra-impressive aerobatic display by Jack McDonald in his Mustang VH-FCB, now painted red, v/hite and black. The most interesting aircra present were; Tiger Moths VH-ABF, -AKE, ^ WFL -WAZ, Fairchild 24, VH-.AI0,,& five. Tri-Pacers , VH-CXD,-GWM, -W|:L,-W^R, 8c-WFL. contributors : R. Hourigan, Ern. Fland'ers, Johnson, & South. Aeronotes. Editor & Secretary. T.W. Bough ton, 113 East Boundary Rd. Assistants ; Neil Follett, Jack Pryor, Graham Haywood, Kevin McKay &G. Field. A.HaS.As Journal - 19 March 1964 THE 1936 BRISBAhE-ADELAIDE AIR EACE by 3 Ian D« McArthur The 1936 Brisbane-Adelaide Air Eace was organized by,the Eoyal Aero Club of South Australia (EACSA) and the CiTil ATiation Branch of the Department of Defense with Mr. Jamed Churchill-Smith^ Secretary of the EACSAj && the chief organizer. The three-day race, starting on December ISth, covered 1415 miles and was over the follow­ ing course (stops being compulsory at the intermediate points named)j- FIEST DAY s Aroherfield-Coffs Harbour-Mascot (450 miles) SECOND DAY s Mascot-Cootamundra-Essendon. (475 miles) THIED DAY 8 Essendon-Hhill-Parafield (485 milas) The main prize money was provided by the South Australian Centenary^Executive, £1,000, and was to be distributed as follows?- Speed Section 2 1st £250, 2nd £50. Handicap Section ? 1st £600, 2nd £100, 3rd £50® In addition, there were daily sectional prizes, each of £25, for the best performance on handicap and several smaller cash awards and trophies donated by business firms and private persons® Included were the Goodyear Trophy for first place in the hand- leap sections a trophy and 20gns« for the women's handicap event donated by the Pres­ ident of the Narromine Aero Club (T,EaPerry)| a trophy and. £25 cash-donated by de Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd for the club-trained pilot who completed the course in the shortest net handicap time* The stated purpose of the race was to "gather aviators together in competition and to draw the attention of the other states to the S.AaCentenary celebrations". Handicapping was conducted on Tuesday, Deo. 15th, when the aircraft were inspec- tedby a committee of three Messrs A.G.Berg, D.Eoss and Walter Basset. During the day Eoss flew all aircraft over a measured course and later stated that the general airworthiness of all machines was good. Another part of the inspection was conducted by Berg who measured engine rpm with a stroboscopeo The handicaps were released the next day. The organizing bodies stipulated few rules for the race, the main being that all flying was to be done by the nQminated pilot, dual control not being permitt­ ed! modifications were permitted! aircraft couldn’t stay at intermediate stops any longer than two hoursj non-piloting navigators were allowed and there was no entry fee. The aircraft and pilots that participated were?- EACE TO- AIECEAFT DINER’S PILOT’S HANDICAP NO. TYPE NME MME hr. min. UUK Genairco F. Barratt YiTood C.A, Mulholland 4 UGM DH SOX Moth EACSA J.L. Scott 7 02 6 IMJ DH SOM Moth Wendt J.Til, Bemett 5 13 7 UTA B.K. L.25c J .F. .Jackson J.F* Jackson 5 30 8 UFJ’ Widgeon J.A. Marsh J.A, Marsh 7 13 10 UAL DE 60 Moth EVAC I.C.K, McKenzie 4 55 11 UGV DE 60G Moth A.G, Bond A.G. Bond 5 59 14 UUC DH 60 Moth Major Miss F, Thompson Miss Fa Thompson 3 52 16 UUN B.A. Swallow 2 J.J. Cormolly J.J, Connolly 5 49 18 UIQ ' DH 60G Moth N.C.P. Blight N.C.P. Blight 4 30 A.H.S.A, Journal 20 - March 1964 19 UVZ DH 82 H.F, Broadhent H.F. Broadhent 3 12 20 USZ Klemm L-27a-IX E.W, Gropler E.W, Gropler 5 13 21 UEL DH 60G III R.N. Hillier R.N. Hillier 3 28 22 UHT DH 9A Skyways Ltd, B.W. Monk 2 52 23 UVE Avian IM A.H, Tweddle A.H, Tweddle 2 33 25 UVE Porterfield E.M, Ansett E.M. Ansett 6 39 amended handicap (see text for explanation) 5 30 27 UPN DH 80A E, Godsall E, Godsall 2 12 28 UPR Desoutter Hart Aircraft Co, H, Hughes 3 18 29 UTI BA Eagle 2 P, Inapman P* Knapman 2 52 31 UGY Travelair 4000 P.
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