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1946
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FEBRUARY 14TH, 1946 FLIGHT '73 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS TRANS-PACIFIC AGREEMENT IT is reported that Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealandhave agreed to hold a conference in New Zealand in March,in order to work together on the establishment of. a Trans- pacific air service. Although Canada is prepared to co-operate,she (irelers to remain outside any Empire arrangement and to rate her own service under exclusive Canadian control. TO INDIA IN EIGHTEEN HOURS A .-i an indication of the scheduled speeds which may, in due\ course, be normal, a recent flight of a B.O.A.C. Lancas- trian irom Hurn to Karachi and back in three and a half daysis worth recording. The outward journey of 4,675 miles was completed in a flying time of 18 hours, with one stop at Lydda.The regular services will not be made over such long stages, but even so the scheduled elapsed time for the service is likelyto be in the region of 27 hours. A.R.B. NOTICES FIVE new Notices for Licensed Aircraft . Engineers haverecently been issued by the Air Registration Board—Nos. 2, 6, 7 and 9. The two intermediate numbers, 6 and 7, areof a routine nature and deal with airworthiness requirements. The others are of more general interest since No. 9 deals withthe effects of the new Air Navigation (Amendment) Order and the Air Navigation Regulations of 1946, and No. 2 pro-vides for the introduction of two new licences—'' O " (Opera- tional) and "M" (Maintenance). SINGAPORE SUNDERLAND ON January 31st the through route to Singapore was re-opened when a B.O.A.C. Sunderland left Poole for the Far Eastern base. The service ceased on February 7th, 1942, when Singapore surrendered, but, since October 13th last, B.O.A.C. have been flying as far as Rangoon. Three services weekly will be operated from Poole to Singa- pore on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This new service represents one more step in the rebuilding of the pre-war flying- boat route to Australia. The flight to Singapore takes about 116 hr., although the actual flying time is only 57 hr. Stops are made en route at Biscarrosse, Augusta (Sicily), Cairo, Habbauiya, Bahrein, Karachi, Calcutta and Rangoon. SCANDINA VIAN SER VICES TY1SCUSSIONS have been opened with the Scandinavian•L' Governments on the regulation of air services between the United Kingdom and their respective, countries. A Britishdelegation composed of Mr. W. \V. Burkett, of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Mr. Rodney Gallop, of the Foreign Office,and Mr. John Brancker, of British Overseas Airways Corpora- tion, has already visited Copenhagen and Oslo, where talkshave been held with representatives of the Danish and Nor- wegian Governments. The delegates are also conductingsimilar talks in Stockholm with the Swedish Government. The United States has already begun a regular weeklyservice to Scandinavia. An American Airlines Skymaster inaugurated the service when it arrived in Copenhagen en routeto Stockholm last week after a non-stop flight from the United States of about 22 hr. BY SLEEPER TO THE CAPE "luxury York" which has a modified interior builtl>y Air Service Training (described in Flight, January !iPi) is being used by B.O.A.C. for a survey flight to South Africa, with the dual object of demonstrating the aircraft toSouth African Airways, and testing the reactions of passengers to a fast long-distance flight with only short stops for re-fuelling. At present, the elapsed times for the Springbok service are/°J hr. outwards, and a little over 60 hr. homewards, but the scheduled flying time for the Hurn to Johannesburg journey>vith this York is only 31£ hr., and the total elapsed time 3^4 hr. Refuelling ttops are at Luqa (Malta), Cairo, Khar-toum, and Nairobi. Fourteen sleeping berths provide the passengers with theMaximum comfort for night travelling, and, for the purpose °' this trial run, the "guinea pigs" are representatives of"'e B.O.A.C. traffic, technical and medical departments. « an effort to reduce noise and vibration as much as pos- sible, a synchroscope is fitted to ensure the constant synchron-isation of all airscrews, and the cabins have been sound-proofed in such a mannet that normal conversation is said to be pos-sible during flight. SCOTTISH PLANS TTHE Ministry of Civil Aviation intends that the corporation•*- entrusted with the operation of internal air services shall provide air ambulance services to serve the Highlands and theislands of Scotland which are served at present by Scottish Airways. Private operators, however, will be at liberty toprovide ambulance services on charter if there is any public demand for them. Incidentally, the institution of a regular normal air servicebetween Edinburgh and London is to be given high priority in the Ministry's schedule of new internal services.. No indica-tion has been given of the airfields which will be u.sed, but the Ministry of Civil Aviation has stated that Turnhouse, whichis a military airfield, is also to be used, by agreement with the Air Ministry, by scheduled civil air services as soon as thenecessary ground organisation is available. REPLIES IN THE HOUSE •""THERE was a series ol questions in the House of CommonsJ- last week on the subject of airline fares, priorities, fre- quency of services and availability of aircraft generally. Inhis replies to- these questions, the Parliamentary Secietaiy to the Ministry of Civil Aviation made the following points: Airline Fares: It was hoped that all fares for external ser-vices would be settled by international agreement and based on economic consideratiens. Subsidised rate cutting was to beprevented AvuiLibilUx of Aircraft: There was very little accommoda-tion for passengers other than Service and official passengers on the Ferry Service across the North Atlantic, and this re-inforced the decision to buy five Constellations. The basic price of these aircraft would be 700,000 dollars each, a total ofover ^850,000. This figure was subject to "certain adjust- ments," but whether up or down was not made clear. Thedelivery of the five Constellations was expected to be completed by the end of April, and it was planned to put them intoservice in July. For the purpose of taking over the 72 Dakotas under Lend-lease, their purchase price had been calcu-lated at ihe standard United States surplus disposal price of 20,000 dollars each. Replacements and spares for the JU-52S,which were not new aircraft, would be provided from stocks of „ Ju. spares already in our possession, and by cannibalising sur-plus aircraft of this type, also, to a limited extent, by manu- facture in this country. Frequency of Internal Services: Internal schedules now inoperation totalled 271 per week, but a reasonably full internal service might be expected by the late summer. (Comparedwith the pre-war figure as at August 31st, 1939, of 875 services per week, also quoted Dy Mr. Thomas, this may seem verylow, but it must be remembered that a large number of these services were seasonal. At that date, for example, there were140 services per week from Portsmouth to Ryde, and 182 from Weston-super-Mare to Cardiff, which increased the total figurevery considerably.)' Priorities: Because the demand for seats on the B.O.A.C.European services to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam exceeded the supply, the London Air Priorities Board, for the present,would allow only 50 per cent, of the available seating to be placed at the disposal of B.O.A.C. for commercial traffic.As circumstances permitted the system would be extended to other routes and the number of seats for commercial trafficincreased until the need for the priority system disappeared. CLUB MEETING A MEETING of the General Council of Associated LightAeroplane Clubs and representatives of prospective clubs in process of formation will be held at the Royal Aero Club on February 20th. THE WILTSHIRE CLUB IT is expected that the Wiltshire School of Flying and Clubwill be restarting operations in the near future, using the airfield which was their base in pre-war years. This airfield,High Post, has, during the war, been used by Vickers Super- marine lor experimental flying and development work andhas been considerably improved, as far as the grass runway lengths and conditions are concerned. The Club will be equipped with Taylorcraft Austers, therates for which, both dual and solo, will be £2 an hour. Two of the former organisers, Sqn. Ldr. J. Doran-Webb andSqn. Ldr. M. F. Ogilvie-Forbes, have the plans of the " re- formation" in hand at Corner Elm, Netton, Salisbury, Wilts.
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