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1946
1946 - 1111.PDF
V JUNE 6TH, 1046 New York— London Service "London Airport Opens Officially to International Traffic X (Illustrated by •'Flight" Photographs.) •E sT Friday evening the American Ambas- sador, Mr. W^A-vs*©!!Marriman, held a reception at Claridges which was attended in force by the Civil Aviation world from the Minister downwards. The reception marked the opening of direct air services between New York and London, and the consensus of opinion among operators and officials was that, in spite of all the difficulties, the first American airline FLIGHT 569 Mr. R. S. S. Dickinson of theMinistry of Civil Aviation and Mr. EdwinC. Walton, EuropeanGeneral Manager of American Overseas Airlines, greet GeneralHarold R. Harris, Vice- President and General Managetof A.O.A. on his arrival. London Airport's only brick-built building is the temporarycontrol tower. Eventually, flying control facilities will be in- corporated in a permanent building in the central terminal area. operation into London Airport, which had taken place earlier that day, had been entirely successful. As we showed last week, the passenger accommodation at the airport for these American services consists only of tents and caravans. Nevertheless, the Americans are apparently pleased with-the result, and curiously enough, so were the passengers. This is all the more remarkable in view of the weather, for seldom can an airfield have been so thoroughly and completely baptized by the weather as was the one at Heathrow on its first official day as an international airport. A combination of high wind, driving rain and hail provided a most depressing spectacle. However, the tents did not leak to any con- siderable extent, neither did they blow down. As they are only a very temporary institution, they are not likely to have to withstand many buffetings of the kind which they received on May 31, even allowing for the vagaries of the English climate. Twenty minutes after the deluge of rain had begun, two Constellations arrived, one belonging to Pan American World Airways and the other to American Overseas Air- lines. They had left La Guardia Airport, New York, The two Constellations at London Airport In the foreground is the American Overseas Airlines' Flagship and behind it the PanAmerican World Airways' Clipper.
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