ROLLASON TURBULENTS

Rollason's of Croydon Airport are still busy building and flying the Turbulent. To date the company has produced l8 of these aircralt and there are more to come. The spares and components side has also kept busy and this seems to show, says the company, that there is a keen interest in this game little aeroplane. Turbulents are built at Rollason's from start to finish by hand exactly as they might be by the amateur. It is interesting to note that in this age of machines and mass production there is still a corner of Britain where craftsmanship counts, and where an aircraft can be found coming offa production line built from start to flnish by skilled hands.

Rollason's say that their Tubulents "have now been developed into a high state of perfection and are clocking up an enormous number of hours, proving themselves to be a sturdy and reliable little all-weather aeroplane, apart from proving to be cheaper to fly than to run a saloon car. Many Rollason refinements such as sliding cockpit canopy, uph.olstery, efficient differential brakes, eleven channel radio

Popuku' Flying, March-April, 1961 transmitter-receiver, wheel spats and fairings, cockpit hand engine starter, impulse mags, 40 b.h.p. engines, etc., havc gone into making this very popular aircraft."

Rollason's are starting construction of a Turbulent intended for a Certificate of Airworthiness. " This has of course involved the Air Registration Board," say Ro[ason's, oo and, being just about the smallest machine they have ever had to contend with, has caused a great deal of interest." One must not forget in all this to mention the name of Mr. Norman Jones, the driving force behind the Rollason Turbulent project and whose unbounded faith and enthusiasm in the aeroplane has helped immeasurably to put it on the map.

Photograph: James Wilde.