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 ...r examinationand trials, but no information is forth-
coming at present. Notes on this new-design, and photographs, appeared in
Flight dated October 28th.
U.S. Airlift CostT
HE longest hold-up of the Berlin airlift occurred on November 14th due
to thick ground mist and very adverseweather conditions causing a stoppage
of- almost 19 hours. Mr. Forrestal,American Minister of Defence, said in
Berlin ...
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 ...e said to be busier than for the same period in 1947. At
present there are enough freighter aircraft to meet the char-
terers' demands even though the larger part of the Halifax
fleet is still on the Berlin airlift. Dakotas have been em-
ployed on several passenger charters, including the repatriation
of the crew of an Egyptian ship from Liverpool to Alexandria.
Such charters show a saving in expe...
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 ... the occasion of the recent fortnight's camp at Thorney Island. . •.'.•.
Plainf are's First Birthday
TO mark a year of non-stop activity,the Dakota which began the Royal
Air Force contribution to the Berlin AirLift on June 28th, 1948, flew again from
Wunstorf to Gatow exactly 12 monthslater. The aircraft, No. 128 of i8
/Squadron, was manned by the same
N.C.O. crew—Pit. I. Hughes, Nav. IIBotsford, ...
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 ... "Flight," December 30th, 1948, in
which it was explained that Regional Q.F.E. is used for flights
above 3,000ft in Flight Information Regions, and above 1,500ft
in Control Zones.—ED.]
"TWINS" ON THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
TN your issue of January 27th you publish two letters pro-
-*• testing about our recent advertisement relating to the
use of the Bristol Freighter on the Berlin Airlift, which said
that...
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 ... Institute
at 80, Portland Place, London,' W. 1,
from whom further details may be ob-
tained, not later than May 31st.
Improvising Air TankersT
O meet the need for rapid provision
of aircraft for the Berlin Airlift cap-
able of carrying large quantities of fuel
oil, Airtech, Ltd., of Thame Airport,
Bucks, in co-operation with the Regent
Oil Co. who supplied large lorry tanks,
are fitting the tanks...
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 ...ors. The total static
thrust of these rockets is some 6,000 1band the fuels are alcohol and liquid
oxygen.
Slick WorkW
ITHIN 55 minutes of receiving anurgent call from B.E.A.'s charter
section on the Berlin airlift to fly sparesto a Lancastrian tanker grounded at
Wunsdorf, Kearsley Airways had aDakota airborne from Stanstead. Dur-
ing the 55 minutes arrangements weremade with the Control Commissio...
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 ...ation of the Irish-American OilCo., of which he became managing direc-
tor in 1931. He worked on the Petro-leum Board during the war.
* # #A B.S.A.A. Tudor I, adapted for
freight carrying, joined the Berlin airlift on September 22nd. It is being
operated by a B.S.A.A. crew and is ex-pected to remain on this service for a
considerable period if necessary; asecond aircraft of the same type is
expect...
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 ...JANUARY 2OTH, 1949 FLIGHT
THE
Supermarine's NewestT
HE bare fact may now be reportedthat a new Vickers-Supermarine
single-seat experimental aircraft poweredby a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, is desig-
na...
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 ... Mr. PeterMaaefield was unfortunately absent owing
to illness. The board of experts dealtwith some 17 questions which had been
prepared by members of the RecognitionSociety. The Forum agreed that the
Berlin Airlift was the most outstandingaeronautical event of 1948. Gas turbines,
prop-jets and ram-jets were discussed andProfessor Hall expressed his faith in the
ultimate success of the pure jet tur...
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 .... and that, given proper encourage-
ment, British manufacturers might
capture the American and other markets.
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Between 70 and 80 aircraft tyres each
week are being sent to Fort Dunlop from
the Berlin airlift bases for retreading.
By a process which was developed during
the war this operation can be completed
in two hours per tyre compared with 12
hours needed to make a new cover.
Nearly 800...
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 ...Mr.
Courtenay's colour film of Their Majestiesthe King and Queen, and H.R.H.
Princess Margaret at Cranwell on theoccasion of the presentation of the King's
Colours, which was followed by a film ofthe Berlin airlift, the official U.S. docu-
mentary showing the atom bomb experi-ments at Bikini in the Pacific was
exhibited. This was a truly awe-inspir-ing film which, besides indicating the ex-
tensiv...
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 ...ted Air Lines to assist in •%the movement of military cargo between , ••"
Air Force bases and cities served by thecompany. Application to serve these
bases was made last November when theneeds of the Berlin Airlift curtailed the
military services' domestic operations.
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Pilots have been warned by the M.C.A.in Notice to Airmen No. 474 that a cap-
tive balloon, nsed for naval gunnerytraining is ...
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 ...fon\qt/ie four-position
hydraulically-operated Youngman flaps (here set for "cruising "), which contribute so much to the Firefly's operational qualities.
Another Air Lift
ON a smaller scale than the Berlin airlift, but under equally urgent cir-
cumstances, the R.A.F. took the first
steps, on February 4th, to relieve 80,000
Arabs threatened by famine in the
Hadhramaut Valley in Southern Arabia,
se...
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 ...unting's 24-seater Vikings. The com-
pany is operating charter flights from Bovingdon to East Africaon the Ground Nuts Scheme for the Overseas Food Corporation.
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Aircraft of A.O.A. flying on the Berlin airlift are now making39 round trips a week between Berlin and Frankfurt, an in-
crease of 14 trips a week over the December figures, andcarrying 504 tons of cargo and 550 passengers a week. Se...
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 ...Mayors of Leeds and Bradford and other guests
including leading personalities of the transport world, B.E.A.
and representatives of the B.B.C. On December 28th Captain
Middleton gave a lecture on the Berlin airlift which proved of
considerable interest to those attending. During December
two new flying members and eight new ground members joined
the Centre, bringing the total membership up to 422....
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 ...te is mainly due to expenditure arising fromspecial measures to improve the position of the Royal Air Force in aircraft and other
equipment, the replenishment of stocks and provision m respect of the Berlin airlift,lixpenditure in connection with research and development is borne by the Vote for
the Ministry of SuppK in the Civil Estimates.
VOTE 8: WORKS AND
Part I—New works, additions and
alterat...
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 ...TER MASEFIELD said that the economics of air transportwere bound up with safety. They- had to look forward, he
said, to mixing jet aircraft with other types and referred to airtraffic control for the Berlin airlift which was achieved through
the introduction of "block" speeds. There was also thepractical problem of cheating on timetables, since it had become
the habit for some airlines to make fic...
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 ...4 FLIGHT JANUARY 13TH, 1949
Civil Aviation News
carried 7r,ooo passengers, more than 900 tons of cargo and 516tons of mail. On the Berlin airlift alone, between Frankfurt
and Berlin, ^,870 passengers, nearly 3,000 tons of cargo and122 tons of mail were flown.
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Lord Pakenham, Minister of Civil Aviation, recently visitedHollan...
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 ...terer alike. The past year finished with
fewer charter operators in the field than at the beginningbut those that remain have strengthened their position with
work of a contractual nature such as the Berlin airlift, andtwo months on the Belfast-Lancashire milk flights. Shipments
of fruit by air last year showed a marked decrease in tonnageover 1947 due mainly to the restriction of import licences ...
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 ...24-32 to
30-38 and cabin pressurizing installed.
Fairfiight, Ltd., one of whose directors is A.V-M. D. C. T.
Bennett, has reconverted its Tudors for passenger-carrying
after service as tankers on the Berlin airlift. The seating layout
has been so arranged that only the number of seats required is
carried, thus leaving generous space for additional passenger
comfort. Two classes of travel are offer...
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