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APRIL 26TH, 1945 FLIGHT 447 RECCE WING there is always a number of checking and map-making jobs on hand. These are indi- cated on a wall map, and their order- of priority shown by the use of various coloured push-pins. On a second wall map are pinned the claims for the day, and, when the claim is allowed, the coloured pin is feittoved from the original map. There is also a third map on which patches of yellow dye show- work already done. Because of its effect on photography, the meteorological information given at briefings is very detailed. Even the slightest'haze will reflect the light from a photorflash back into the camera in such a way as to obscure the actual target, but it certainly appeared to be ultra-pernickety when the briefing met. 'pfficer warned crews that smoke drift from ^London would go over Northern Holland. The night work is terribly exacting for the pilots and navigators, but because experience is essential to the satisfactory execution of the work, long tours of opera- For the work the reconnaissance Mosquitoes have to do, a very highstandard of maintenance is necessary. tions are the fashion. Sixty trips constitute a tour for the night-flying photographic Mosquitoes, and forty operational flights for the visual reconnaissance Wellingtons. , CIVIL AVIATION NEWS CANADIAN EFFORT AIRCRAFT of Trans-Canada airlines now fly three roundtrips weekly between Montreal and Britain, and a further schedule development is being planned. Mr. H. J. Symington, President of the Board of Directors, stated that " plans for international flights other than the present transatlantic 'service are still tentative, but the West Indies, South America and Pacific areas are of admitted interest to the company." MADRID VISIT A LARGE commission of U.S. civil aviation experts arrivedrecently in two Douglas aircraft in Madrid. They were met at the Barajas Airport by Colonel Bono,Director-General of Spanish Civil Aviation, and later flew to inspect the new airport being built at Torrejon, near Madrid,in connection with the agreement concluded between the U.S. and Spanish Governments some months ago for the establish-ment of an air service between the two countries. U.S. PREPARES FOLLOWING a four-day meeting with representatives of theCivil Aeronautics Administration, spokesmen for private JJi«Ts throughout the U.S. appeared before the Civil Aeronautics Board to ask for a relaxation of the medical requirements for private fliers. At the same time Jesse Lankford, director of the C.A.B. safety programme, said that a revised version of civil air regulations was being considered to stimulate private flying. A recent C.A.A. report estimated that within ten years after the war more than 200,000 private aircraft would be in opera- tion, or eight times as many as the 25,000 aircraft in use in J941. The report cited the possible development of the heli- copter and other new type aircraft that could be manufactured in quantity and sold at low prices as factors that would un- doubtedly stimulate private flying. He daring ihar the manufacture of private aircraft would compromise, the major portion of the post-war aviation in- dustry, the C.A.A. report'pointed out that the 300,000 pilots in the U.S. Air Forces and the 2,500,000 men and women now working in the aviation industry would form a core of flying interest after the war. A National Airport Bill sponsored by the C.A.A. is now before Congress for doubling the 3,000 airports now in use throughout the U.S., with 90 percent, of the rlew fields devoted principally to private flyers. With more than 2,000 airfields in post-war use in the U.S., the C.A.A. estimates that at least 63,000 operational jobs will be produced, principally for U.S. soldiers and sailors returningfrom overseas, while more than 125,000 other jobs will result from the operation of new airports. In addition to private andcommercial flying, the C.A.A. foresees a wide use of aircraft for many other purposes, such as. crop dusting. LUFTHANSA STOPPEDT HE action of the Spanish Government in prohibiting Germanaircraft from landing in Spanish territory will, in practice, bring to. an end all Iberian operations of the Lufthansa.With the liberation of France, Lyons dropped out of the time table, and the 1,200-mile hop from Germany to Lisbon is toolong for normal purposes. The Lufthansa aircraft expected at Lisbon on April 14this still at Barcelona, where it is believed to have been interned. In Lisbon the Lufthansa ground staff has been reduced toa skeleton organisation. Special private flights are another matter and raise differentdiplomatic problems. None such has occurred since the land- ing of a Junkers on April 6th referred to elsewhere in this issue. CANADA-US. AS a result of recently held conferences (Flightpleach 1st)Canada and the United States have agreed oue^a two to one ratio of airlines operating with traffic between^he t^& coun- tries, Trans-Canada Airlines will operate afjrer the \fqj se\en routes into the United States ahd Alaska- line operators will fly 14 routes Ypto Cartlda/* '^Currently** trie ratio is eight to one in favour oV^fnjwcJuilainfne operators. On a trans-oceanic basis Ministfc- J?pWe TfefSmted a trans- Atlantic service, ajtrans-Paci^e ser^Ce and a Witst Indian and Latin-American rofite. _ _ oa a daily basis each way to London. This route is ice weekly each way in converted Lan- | trans/Pacific route will be weekly each «a Honolulu to Australia and New Zea- The AtJaiii! via Newfouncfiaflcf ^ror now flown byVTCA caster bombers\ The way from Vancouver land. It will parallel £ joint service operated by Great Britain, Australia and New Zek*Cnd. The West Indian and Latin- American route from Montreal or Toronto will be several times weekly to Bermuda, and via Miami to the British West Indies and Central America, with terminus at Trinidad. All these routes will be operated • by the government-owned TCA or its subsidiary companies. ^f Traffic between Canada andyfne United States is now using one route, Toronto to New York, three times daily each way. Minister Howe outlined six additional routes to be operated by TCA, from Halifax to Boston; Toronto to Cleveland; Toronto to Chicago, with no stop at any Canadian point within 40 miles
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