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JULY IO,TH, 1945 FLIGHT 75 AVIATION NEWS LINK WITH BERLIN A REGULAR air service between Berlin, Paris and Londonis reported by Luxembourg Radio to be in operation from the Tempelhof airfield in Berlin. Ternpelhof, the pre-war home of the Lufthansa, was handed over to the Americans by the Red Army. COMMONWEALTH AIR OPERATORS TDEPRESENTATIVES of Commonwealth air transport com- -tv panies who came here to assist the Air Council on the practical issues are now holding their own conference in London to discuss operational problems and establish means of better collaboration. Among operators taking part at the conference are the B.O.A.C., Qantas, South African Airways and Southern Rhodesian Airways. INTER-DOMINION LINK HE belief that Canadian air lines will be able to take Even at the outt-.reak of war Ringway was as welt equippedas any other airport in Britain, and it is believed it " "* kept up to date throughout the war. It has long beejr*usedas'one of the main training points for airborne and^j^frachute troops. FREIGHT SERVICES *T\HERE is a growing interest in Eire^-»- speeding up deliveries oL. agricultu to Britain by.the use of airtransport possibility otand other produce ption which requests ftigat^ "thSenate* J/J. Counihan\the Mijwtejh"for Industry"possibilil^.aJF' the^rpafion in the *ar%ut*e AJrFhe «gQjrobC VBicTT-is-nhsi^ tcVcomg upfor earll discusskm, expr^Rs the opinion that the provision of swiftJtransport for agjicultural produce exported from Eire wijl be of vital import T ice in future export trade. POOLING travellers to Australia in the near future was expressed by Mr. J. A. Wilson, director of air services, Canadian Depart- ment of Transport. Mr. Wilson, who recently returned from an extensive tour of the Antipodes at the invitation of Australian air authorities, predicted that the inter-Dominiou air link, with its Canadian terminus at Vancouver, will be via San Diego and Hawaii, through Canton or Fiji to Sydney. HEATH ROW > A LTHOUGH for some incomprehensible reasons informa- ** tion on the Heath Row airport is still jealously kept back by the authorities, it is reported that the problem of christen- ing the airport is now under consideration. Since Heath Row will be difficult for many foreign crews to pronounce, it is rumoured that the name Swintonfield has been put forward. If Heath Row is to be one of the world's finest airfields, truly representative of Britain's achievements in the (which still remains to be seen), then why not call it ld? RINGWAY ANCHESTER Airport Committee's report that the Ministry of Civil Aviation would most likely agree to the use of Ringway for internal and Continental services has raised local hopes. In the Government survey plans now in preparation as tochoice of airports for civil or military purposes, it is under- stood that Ringway will be regarded as the official airportto serve the wider area of. Manchestej^and the huge popula- tions of its surrounding towns.favourable location" in a high trial region ypefuld appear to ensuJR thatRingway .Jffill become one s>i ^f§ tnost prominent airports in BritV!pr ;Thisseems to be gafferally appreci|*ed\ Only recently, M/\V. P. Bradb/fyv of Rail-way Air Services, saitk tJR Manchester must/have a prominent \mc& in thQ com-prehensive scheme tf ^pervices tp large Britain ,p~4cr Ireland And to^airman jbl Man- imittee, >Councillor f\ the, Y^v that ^'ssuchXTarge demand for air"transfcd^fron>^and to this dis- trict that nofonly'"' Ringway but also Barton (Manchester's previous airport) would be needed. It was thought that Barton would prove useful for the shorter air services to Ireland, the Isle of Man and Lanca- shire coast resorts. One of the most prominent pre-war services to Manchester was that of the K.L.M. from Amsterdam a*fcl touching Doncaster since 1934; however, as the rehabilitation of Holland may take some months, this service is not expected to resumed until the early months of 194 Other North European countries m,' soon want direct air links with industrial north-west. tee e> A GREEMENTyifas already been reached on n^B- civil airH transport problems by the three committeel^et up by the Commonwealth Air Transport Council which is HOW inconference. Lord Swiriton, who is presiding over the'conference, statedthat it had already been agreed that for services, between Britain and South Africa all passenger, freight and mailrevenue should go into a common pool. That would be divided between the South African Airways and the B.O.A.C-in proportion to the number of services operated by each. Air liners will make the trip between London and Johannes-burg in 70 hours, and when pooling ot aircraft has been arranged the time will probably be cut by 12 hours. The route will be operated via Malta, Cairo, Khartoum,Salisbury to Johannesburg, and the British sector will end as far as Nairobi. The frequency of the services is likely tobe restricted to two weekly with gradual increase up to six weekly each way. Landplanes will probably replace flyingboats with which the service was operated before the war. The same question as applied to services to various partsof the Commonwealth is now" under discussion The type of aircraft to be used on each route and the prin-ciple that where the same aircraft is used by both partners there should be a common pool of reserve air liners is equallyunder consideration. The principle has been approved that each of the partners would provide the use of commercialand technical facilities on agreed sectors of a route. On the future of the Empire Air Mail Scheme Lord Swintonexplained that ultimately they would have to decide whethet it should be continued or varied, but in the meantime theywould maintain present postal arrange- ments. INSECTICIDE TOURING the past year an effective -•--' method of fighting dangerous forest insects has been tested in Sweden. From low-flying aircraft a poisonous powder is spread over the area attacked by the small enemies, generally the '' pine looper," a butterfly caterpillar possessing an insatiable appetite for pine-needles. The method has also been used in South Sweden against an insect with the Latin name of Melige.thes Brassicoe, which ravages the rape fields when in bloom. The poison used, a preparation called Gesarol, is sprayed from the aircraft over strips 25 metres wide by means ol a special apparatus. It is a contact poison harmless to human beings and the higher animals, but it immediately paralyses certain small insects which die after 24 hours. The successful results have inspired the Swedes to make fresh experiments. Re- cently the same method was applied for killing flies and gnats in a district especi ally severely harassed by these pests. In the areas "treated " by aircraft the flies and gnats completely disappeared, and it is estimated that this district will be free from its tormentors for at least a month.Sis fuss about post-waraviation ?
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