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OCTOBER 25TH, 1945 FLIGHT 453 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS THE LATEST MARS : A sister Ship to the Hawaii Mars, dam- aged in Chesapeake Bay last August, is the Philippine Mars shown here. Note the single fin and rudder. SIR WILLIAM HILDRED FOR I. ATA. ? AT last week's International Air Transport Association meet-ing Sir William Hildred, D.G.C.A., was offered the post of director-general of the Association for the coming year. If he accepts he will take up his new post on April i, 1946. EIRE WANTS AIRCRAFT IRISH AIR LINES need aircraft to take over the operationof the shuttle service between the Shannon Airport and Britain and to supplement its services on the Dublin-Liverpoolroute. The former is at present being operated by B.O.A.C. because the Irish company lacks suitable aircraft. Theirpresent fleet includes one Douglas D.C.3 and a D.H. 86. More D.C.3S were asked for, but these are not available, and othermarkets are being explored. Mr. J. F. Dempsey, manager of the company, recently leftfor Montreal with one of the directors of the company to attend the I.A.T.A. meeting, and it ir presumed that aircraftpurchases will be attempted during the trip. YET ANOTHER "PRESCRIBED as a "little brother" to the Martin 202-•—' described in a recent issue, the 228 is a short-stage 26- passenger civil aircraft of conventional design. The interestingfeature is that the wings, undercarriage, tail surfaces, and much of the fuselage structure are interchangeable with those of the202, so production should be simplified and speeded up, and operators' spare stocks can be reduced to a minimum. Theall-up weight is 28,500 lb., as compared with 34,300 lb. of the 202, and the power is provided by Wright Cyclones of 1,425h.p., against the 202's 2,100 h.p. Pratt and Whitneys. GETTING UNDER WAY ORE than a hundred Lockheed Constellations have been ordened by various companies in addition to T.W.A.—• for whom the design was originally planned. Unhappily enough, from our own exporting point of view, these purchases include not only U.S. airlines, but R.L.A.F. (Air France), K.N.I.L.M. (Netherlands Indies) and K.L.M., who propose, incidentally, to make Schiphol airfield, Amsterdam, once again their main base of operation. • Whether or not the first series of Constellations will be pressurised remains to be seen. The layouts vary in capacity from 48- to 64-passenger versions, and the aircraft is technically interesting if only because hydraulic control boosters Ifjty being used for the first time—at least in a civil aircraft. AIR FRANCE AGAIN ON October 22, R.L.A.F.—the present militarised form ofAir France—was due to start daily services between Groydon and Paris. Space is being reserved at present forofficials, but a fair proportion of seats will be available for non- V.I.P. passengers on a first-come-first-served basis. DouglasDC-3S—or Dakotas—and Bloch 220s will be used. It is expected that R.L.A.F. will shortly be resuming its oldand better-known title of Air France. In the meantime, the company is running a number of European and Colonial ser-vices, and one to South America has been planned. Constella- tions have been ordered by the concern, but whether these orLateco&re boats will be used for the projected South American services is not known The Latfeoere Lionel de Marmier wasrecently damaged at Biscarosse while taking off on a survey flight to Rio de Janeiro, via Port Saint Etienne, in Mauritania. U.S. AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS A DECISION has now been reached by the U.S. Civil •£\ Aeronautics Board as far as future airworthiness require- ments for transport aircraft are concerned. Although a com- plete text of these regulations has not yet been issued, an out- line of these regulations has been published for the benefit of interested manufacturers. Some of the more important and worthwhile items are given here, and compliance with the new regulations will be neces- sary in the case of any prototype flown on or after the first day of 1948. There is now no limitations on stalling speed, but clear and distinctive stall warning—whether through the aerodynamic qualities of the aircraft or by suitable instrument—shall be made apparent at a speed at least,5 per cent, above the stall. All climb requirements must be met with the cooling flaps set for the hottest conditions, and a minimum rate of climb is set for continuous maximum power. Formula; have been decided upon foi rates of climb with one.inoperative engine, and there is a set minimum-climb rate, in the case of four- engined aircraft, when two engines are out while, again, using continuous and not emergency power. Reversible-pitch airscrews may be used to comply with land- ing requirements provided that these are normal equipment. Allowance is made for the ability to jettison fuel in the take- off weight requirement figures. PAN AMERICAN'S ATLANTIC SERVICE DURING last week-end Pan-American Airways were due tore-establish their North Atlantic air service using, for the moment, Douglas Skymasters. Last month the company madea survey flight with a Skymaster from New York to Gander (Newfoundland), Rineanna, Hum and Bovington, Hertford-shire. At the moment of writing P.A.A. are waiting for a decision from the Ministry of Civil Aviation concerning the useof a suitable airfield in the London area. They are hoping to be able to make either Northolt or Bovington their temporaryterminal, but if no decision has been reached in time the Sky- masters will proceed from Rineanna to Hum, Bournemouth. The fares which have been announced are extraordinarilylow—^69 single and ^124 return—and a very great deal lower than those charged by B.O.A.C. on their summer service withBoeing Clippers. At the same time, it should be pointed out that these fares are also lower than those charged by P.A.A.when they were using the more expensive flying boats. The company made a promise of fare reduction when the landplaneswere put into service, and it is probable that a further reduction will be made when Constellations are used—always provided,of course, that arrangements can be made for an adequate number of services to give a high "utilisation" figure. Pan-American Airways are themselves satisfied that the new fares can be economic with good service frequency. For a sTart, theservice will be operated twice a week. EXPORT AIRLINES, TOO AT about the same time—on Tuesday of this week—AmericanExport Airlines were also due to start an Atlantic service using the same type of aircraft. Previously, American Exporthad been using Sikorsky S-44 flying boats, and the last service with this type was due to leave New York on October 20.This company started North Atlantic operations in June, 1942, and have operated services across the South Atlantic betweenAfrica and South America as well as running a fleet of boats for the U.S: Naval Air Transport Service. In July this yearAmerican Airlines were permitted to acquire the control oi American Export, the name of which may shortly be changed.
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