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JUNE 27, 1940 HERE and THERE Trans-Pacific Service PAN - AMERICAN AIRWAYS haveannounced that a weekly service will begin on July 12 between California-and New Zealand. The terminal cities will be San Francisco and Auckland, but the route is not denned. A Stanley Spooner Scholarship BY the will of Mr. Stanley Spooner,founder of Flight and1 The Aulo, the Royal Aeronautical' Society is? to re- ceive £5,000 to be devoted to a Stanley Spooner scholarship for aeronautical research, a subject in the importance of which he had great beliei. Incidentally, attention is called to an announcement in this week's issue, offering for sale a number of bound volumes of Flight, which were Mr. Spooner's property and which some of his many friends might like to secure as a lasting remembrance. Accident in Canada M R. NORMAN ROGERS, theCanadian Minister of National Defence, who was killed on June 10, met his death in the crash of an R.C.A.F. Lockheed Hudson aircraft, en route from Ottawa to Toronto. The plane crashed into the woods ten miles west of Port Hope, Ontario, and caught lire. The pilot of the aircraft, Flying Officer Cotter, and two members af the crew, Aircraftmen Brownfield and Nesbitt, were also killed. The cause of the acci- dent has not been determined. More Gifts SINCE the various gifts of money forthe purchase of aircraft were an- nounced in Flight last week, further con- tributions have been received. They include £21,000 as a first instalment from the people of Trinidad and Tobago ; £5,000 from the. St. Vincent Anowroot Association, West Indies; £5,000 from Mr. Leslie W. F. dc Saram, a Ceylon solicitor, and his wife; and £30,000 sub- scribed by the residents of Georgetown, British Guiana, in five days. Aircraft Factory Protector RECENT .uinouiiLcmeiit by the Ministry of Aircraft Production was the appointment of Admiral Sir Edward Evans ("Evans of the Broke") "to take charge of the local protection and security of the organisation of all fac- tories engaged on aeronautical work and the aerodromes attached to them." The announcement is somewhat curiously worded, but the general idea is sound enough. One might remark that May, 1940, seems a bit late to think of the protection and security of aircraft'works. Another Emergency Committee THE Minister for Aircraft Production,Lord Beaverbrook, has appointed yet another emergency committee. This one is known as the Aircraft Equipment Emergency Committee, and its chairman is Major C. ]. Stewart, for many years at the .Royal Aircraft Establishment at /*«//«/ Cmii'dian Air t'-orat VISIT TO TRENTON. Air Vice-Marshal L. D. D. McKean (with attache case), Air Chief Liaison Officer, inspected the Royal Canadian Air Force Station at Trenton recen ly, including the Air Armament School, the Central Flying School, the Air Navi£ation School, and the School of Administration. He is seen here with officers of the R.C.A.F. Farnborough, and more recently Director of Civil Research and Production at the Air Ministry. Members of the committee are Sir Allan Gordon-Smith, managing director of S. Smith and Sons, and Mr. F. J. E. Brake, managing director of Creed and Co., Ltd. Bermuda Again WHEN the Pan-American DixieClipper left New York on June 20 the passengers were unaware that they were going to call at Bermuda, but when two hours out from New York they were EO informed because, it was said, a swell at the Azores would make landing there difficult. There has been some specula- tion as to whether this was done so as to aid Britain by making censorship of the mail possible at Bermuda, and it was reported that the Azores weather was said to have been clear and calm. The Yankee- Clipper, which arrived at New York on the same day, also called at Bermuda. Lisbon Airport A NEW airport for Lisbon at Portelade Sacavem, to replace the Sintra airport for civil aviation, is Hearing com- pletion, it is reported by Aeronautical World News. The new airport is about 3f miles from the city and i\ miles from the seaplane port at Cabo Ruivo which is used by the Fan-American Airways. Several direct avenues connect the city and airport. There will be four runways about 3,936ft. in length and one of which may be extended to 6,560ft. Each runway will be 820ft. in width, divided into three strips, the central one to be paved and 164ft. wide, while the flanking strips will be 328ft. wide and sodded. The central building will occupy about 100,000 sq. ft. and have two floors. It will house the adminis- trative offices, the airline offices, Government offices, and auxiliary ser- vices. Tenders have been invited for the lighting, communications and other installations. Over the Border REGULATIONS regarding inter-national airlines operating into Canada have been relaxed by an order- in-council and machines of such airlines may now land at n specified Canadian airports without first receiving permis- sion. Previously such permission had to be obtained from customs inspectors before flights into Canada were made. Now planes may alight at the airports and pilots report to customs inspectors on arrival. The 11 airports are: Moncton, N.E. ; . Shediac, N.B.; St. Hubert at Montreal; the Island and Malton air- ports at Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Ont., Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Vancouver and Whitehorse. Canadian Statistics DURING the first three months of1940 Canada had 793 licensed private pilots, 156 commercial pilots, 195 limited commercial pilots, 144 trans- port pilots, 735 air engineers, and 8 air- port traffic control officers, according to a report just issued by the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Transport, Ottawa. At the end of March there were 62 private and 412 commercial airplanes with certificates in force. During the same period the 22 light airplane clubs had a membership of 2,683, used 103 airplanes, had 721 mem- bers under instruction, flew a total of 10,313 hours (one-third the record total of 31,210 hours in 1939), and were given Government grants for 39 private and 8 commercial pilots trained and licensed. International air traffic during the first quarter of 1940, at the airports -at Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver, accounted for a total of 870 Canadian and United States aeroplanes entering and the same number leaving the air- ports on international runs. Nearly 10,000 air passengers were handled internationally at the three airports, while mail between the two countries amounted to 56,000 lb.
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