Popular Flying EDITORIAL

S this issue goes to press members were still returning the referendum indicating their views on the Chairman's proposal, put before the annual general meeting, that the P.F.A. should consider organising an Atlantic charter flight in the summer of 1962 at a cost of approximately €40 for the return trip.

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It was further proposed that the flight should be timed to coincide with the Summer Rallies of the Experimental Aircraft Association but for those who wished neither to attend the Rallies nor to make their own arrangements in the U.S.A. an itinerary had been worked out to provide five days in l{ew York Jbllowed by a week at Miami at a total cost of f,ll}, to include hotel charges, internal flights and conducted tours within the U.S.A. plus the return Atlantic flight.

The charter company concerned is offering these arrangements on the understanding that the flight would be fully subscribed to the extent of the 118 seats on the Super Constellation which would make the trip, with the inclusive holiday in the U.S.A. conditional on at least 32 members on the Atlantic flight charter taking part.

Without tn any way wishing to influence members' decisions -in any event their views will have"been made known by the time this issue is in circulation-the P.F.A. would benefit, i.f the event were a success, to the extent of a much-needed increase in revenue, a boost in the aviation world, probably an increase in individual membership and the forging of closer links with the E.A.A.

If the referendum indicates that P.F.A. members wish this flight to be arranged the Chairman has already announced the proposal that two seats on the trip should be offered free to the individual member enrolling the greatest number of new members over a stated period of six months. In any event several members have indicated views for the raising of additional finance for the Association and it is hoped that these suggestions will be discussed in a future issue of oo Popular Flyipgi' THE EDITOR.