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482 MAY 23, 1940 IN THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. By means of a vast system 01 pneumatic tuDes at the New York Municipal Airport,American Airlines Inc. keep in touch with agents and dispatchers at the terminal and with the men in the hangars. CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Air Mail to Low Countries THE Postmaster-General announces temporary suspension ofthe mail services, including air mails, and the money order and telephone services to Holland, Belgium and Luxem- burg. Flight-checking Officers in Australia ':•'••••_. FLIGHT-CHECKING officers are to be appointed at principalcivil aerodromes in Australia to plot the progress oi aircraft in transit on the air routes and generally to assist pilots in regard to meteorology and navigation, by means of radio. They will receive position reports, direct aircraft to alternative aerodromes when necessary and control arrival times at airports. Appointments will be made at the four capital city airports of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, at salaries of /A502, rising to ^574, per annum. Applicants are required to have considerable flying experience and a knowledge of air navigation. Changes for Civil Aeronautics Authority HARD on the heels of Plan III, President Roosevelt hasannounced Plan IV, which places the Civil Aeronautics Authority back under the control-of the Department of Com-merce. This is just two years after the Authority was brought into being and commercial aviation was thereby removed fromthe Department's sphere. It is reported that aviation men are ^tunned by the scheme, which so far is only a proposal andcan be disapproved by Congress in 60 days. Part of the scheme is to bring the Weather Bureau into the Departmentof Commerce, and the abolition of the Air Safety Board is also proposed. Plan III was a change within the structure of the Authority whereby the five-member Board was relieved of administrative duties which were handed over to the Administrator. American Aviation makes the-comment that: "Back oi the President's proposal is believed to be a plan for a single trans- portation unit, and the proposed shift of the C.A.A. is one step in this direction." Scottish Air Services Resumed AGAIN the Hebrides are brought within a few hours' dis-tance of Glasgow by the resumption of a thrice-weekly air service on May 14. Similar fast transport facilities between Clydeside and Stornoway began the following day. Renfrew Airport is beginning to acquire some of its pre-war briskness as daily services to Belfast and Liverpool are again running. Air liners are now calling twice daily at Campbeltown and Islay. Wartime traffic-is heavier than peacetime. D.H. Rapides are now exclusively in use by Scottish Airways, as all the Spartan Cruisers were requisitioned soon after the outbreak of war. Prospective passengers for districts north of Islay are reminded that they must have permits to enter these pro- hibited areas. Private Flying on the Rand IN spite of the fact that the majority of flying done at themoment is military, private flying is still going on at the Witwatersrand Technical College Flying School, the Union Aviation Company and the Rand Flying Club at Germistoffl and at Grand Central Aerodrome on the Pretoria Road.
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