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Airfield data
Next "Encounters with Sir George Cayley"
performances:
Cambridge RAeS Branch 13 December 2007
Hughes Hall.
IWM Duxford 2008.
New publication:
"George Cayley and the First Airplane", Richard
Dee, ISBN 978-0-7710-2971-4, Toronto 2007, $32.99.
Review by Ian Wormald and Professor Jim Matthew for RAeS in
Feb 2008.
The
Man who Discovered Flight: George Cayley and the First
Airplane.
R. Dee. McClelland & Stewart Ltd.,
75 Sherbourne Street,
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M5A 2P9
,
Canada
. 2007. 328pp. Illustrated. $32.99. ISBN
978-0-7710-2971-4.
A large number of the original Cayley manuscript
illustrations held in the archives of the Society's
Library are reproduced in this volume, the most detailed
study of Cayley's work since J. L. Pritchard's
Sir George Cayley: the Inventor of the Aeroplane
(London: Max Parrish and Co Ltd. 1961) and C.H.
Gibbs-Smith's Sir George
Cayley's Aeronautics 1796-1855 (London: HMSO /
Science Museum. 1962).
[The
publisher's description of the book
is reproduced on the following
web-site:-
http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771029714
]
We usually ask for a
review of around 300 words
and offer an honorarium , payable
on publication; unfortunately I
cannot offer you a copy
of the book itself for your
retention as it is the
Society's Library copy
which due to the fact that
it reproduces a number of the
original drawings held in the
Library’s archives I am retaining
for reference only in the
Library Reading Room.
It is available via the Amazon
web-site:-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0771029713/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1195749982&sr=8-1
Let
me know if you are interested
in undertaking this review on
behalf of the Society.
Agreed
RIP
It is with great sadness that the Rev
Leonard Rivett died suddenly while out walking.
During WWII he was an RAF observer on No XIII Squadron
in the Middle East flying Baltimore aircraft. He was
also the vicar in Elvington, a Chaplain to the museum and a
knowledgeable author on the life of Sir George Cayley and a
significant member of the Cayley Commemoration Committee at
Brompton by Sawdon. His service was in York
Minster on Thursday 30 August 07.
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Friends of War
Memorials
www.warmemorials.org
YORK Elvington
Aerodrome News
The
planning application for a six-bay hangar and
flight operations has been re-submitted. In June 2005 Secretary of State ruled that
an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) is not required.
In September 2006 Elvington Park's Planning
Consultants presented all the necessary
documentation to York's Head of Planning.
Following May 2007 local elections the newly
constituted City of York CC LPA will
consider the application for a six-bay GA hangar
and operations building soon thereafter.
The hangar
will be appropriately named to commemorate Sir George Cayley,
the inventor of the aeroplane.
Toulouse
images of Sir George and friends
Sir George Cayley's
pioneering influence was commemorated with a simultaneous
flight of the Cayley Flyer at Salina airport in Kansas
when Global Flyer circumnavigated the world.
http://www.globalflyer.com/ScienceAviation/index.jsp.
With the planning application likely to be
decided in autumn it is the time to please lobby your
new councillors, write
to the Yorkshire Evening Press and Chairman of York
Planning Committee to support the planning application
for an operations building and aircraft hangar to ensure
that the aerodrome continues to thrive and create jobs.
We would be grateful for copies of any letters of
support to Elvington Park Ltd, Halifax Way, Pocklington
Industrial Estate, Pocklington, York, YO42 1NP
In the meantime the aerodrome continues in its
established uses.
Please visit new
airfield
web site
for aeronautical data and web cam.
YORK RACES 2008
YORK ELVINGTON
aerodrome with 10.000ft of runway is just 5 MILES FROM THE RACE COURSE.
The aerodrome is available to receive air transport for horses, owners,
trainers and riders to arrive and depart, For
further details please phone 01759 305568 or email
info@flochem.co.uk
Click for image of
C 17 at Elvington
Timetable
of events at Elvington 2008:
Weekly calendar format
During events the aerodrome contact phone numbers are: 01904 607348 or 07971 299385
The
management and staff of Elvington Events and Elvington
Park Ltd wish all users a very happy and safe 2007.
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