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1946
1946 - 1217.PDF
JUNE 2OTH, 1946 FLIGHT 627 so bookings can be made in the normal pre-war manner of"first come, first served." Similarly, priorities do not obtain on the Air France Skymasler service to Cairo, which beganoperating on June 13th. As described in Flight on March 28th, the former railwaystation Gare des Invalides has been converted into an airways terminus for Paris, and is now in use as such by Air France. TRAVELLING MAINTENANCEW ITH the idea of offering maintenance service to privateowners of aircraft which are based well away from normal facilities, a new concern. Personal Plane Services, c/oBraylea Fisheries Estate, Bray, Berks, has appeared. The firm's intention is to carry out 25-hour inspections, top over-hauls, or minor repairs at a fixed cost on the owner's premises. Licenced engineers will pay visits with a mobile workshop, andthe aim is to provide a 24-hour service. P.I.C.A.O. JOURNAL WE mentioned, in our issue of May 9th that an explanatorybooklet had been published by P.I.C.A.O.—What is PICAO? Now, we have received a more ambitious publica-tion from the same source. It is Number 1, Volume 1, of the "PICAO Journal" which is to be published regularly inorder to record the activities, studies and projects of P.I.C.A.O. and—in due course—of its permanent successor.This first issue is concerned mainly with the general structure of the organization and of its administration, and covers suchmatters as the rules of procedure for the Council and its com- mittees, regulations for the staff and for travel, and a generalbudget estimate up to July 1st next. One interesting feature is the inclusion of the salary scalefor P.I.C.A.O. staff. This covers all grades of staff from the President whose salary is 22,000 Canadian dollars plus 5,000dollars per annum entertainment allowance, to a salary range for "junior clerks-messengers" varying between 5^0 and 780dollars. P.I.C.A.O. has its attractions, it would seem. SCOTTISH AIR SER VICES IN replies in the House of Commons on June 5th, the Parlia-mentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation gave the following information regarding plans for air services to points in or around Scotland: ABERDEENA London-Aberdeen service was originally planned to begin in August, but as the necessary buildings at Turiihouse (Edin-burgh) cannot be made ready before the autumn, the service has been postponed until that time. Initially, the schedulewill operate once daily in each direction, but in due course the Minister intends to provide a very good service to Aberdeen. OUTER HEBRIDES The problem of transporting lobsters and fish by air from the Outer Hebrides has been fully studied, but the many diffi- culties are, for the time being, "intractable." NORTH UIST Delay in the resumption of a service to North Uist Island isdue to the unserviceability of the grass landing ground at Sollas. In turn, work on this has been delayed because neitherthe landowners nor Scottish Airways have been willing to carry it out in view of the possible acquisition of the landingground by the State. Now, because of the time which will be required before the grass can be madegood, it is unlikely that the landing - ground will be serviceable before autumn. DOMINIE DEAL HTHREE ex-R.A.F. Dominie aircraft :i- have been taken over by Scottish Airways, Ltd., and will be used on thecompany's feeder services. The aircraft were formerly operated by No. 1680Communications Flight for the ferrying of VIPs and R.A.F. personnel and to andfrom stations in the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands. At present the aircraftare being converted for civil airline use but eventually two of the machines willbe based at Renfrew and the third at the headquarters of the Company's northernsection at Inverness. Incidentally, Capt. A. Appleby, A.F.C., and Capt. A.Martin, who have just joined Scottish Airways as pilots, were formerly membersof No. 1680 Flight. MEAT BY AIR TN order to provide ior the rapid and more efficient transport•*- of meat to markets in Australian capital cities, bulk air freight arrangements from the interior of the continent arebeing planned. Inland killing centres, each equipped with an airfield, are proposed so that cattle can be slaughtered whilein the prime ot condition and the meat flown to the markets with the minimum loss of time. At the moment, in someparts of Australia, it is necessary to drive cattle as far as 1,700 miles " on the hoof" to markets. PORTSMOUTH CHARTER '"FHE first charter run by Portsmouth Aviation, Ltd.., was-1- made last month with a flight from Cairo to Paris. The pilot was Capt. W. H. Andrews. The company is operatingat the moment with a D.H. 89a Rapide and a Proctor. Before the war Portsmouth Aviation—then known as Portsmouth,Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation—ran charter flights and also, of course, the Isle of Wight service. Apart from its re-formed charter organization, P.A. are going ahead with the construction of a light twin transport, the Aerocar. WEATHER LAST month the iirst issue of a new meteorological journal,Weather, made its appearance. It is published by authority of the Royal Meteorological Society and should beinteresting and valuable both to those directly concerned with such matters and to professional pilots. This first issue contains a number of "informative" articles—including one from the aircrew angle, explaining what is actually wanted from the forecaster; a description of the Britishtype of Radiosonde recorder; and one describing the connection between present-day meteorology and old-fashioned weatherlore. This last has been written by Professor Brunt, who is, incidentally, the chairman of the British Gliding Association. COMBINED UNDERSTANDINGE VIDENTLY the transport flying conditions in France areas thoroughly involved in rules and regulations as they are in this country. An organization has been formed under thetitle of " Groupement Professionuel de 1' Aviation Commerciale Privee" to enable its members—charter and other firms—tostudy in common the various problems concerned with their professional activities. Recently the French Secretary-Generalfor Commercial Aviation issued a certain number of professional permits for private aircraft operators, who are permitted to runscheduled air services as well as charter services. For the benefit of French readers the address of the '' Groupement''is 6, Rue Galilee, Paris, 16. BLACKPOOL TO RHODESIA THIS is certainly, in some ways, a perfect period for thecharter operator. With the airlines booked up and ship- ping facilities still so reduced, the traveller must naturallyturn to the idea of a privately hired aircraft. Last month one of the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation's D.H. Rapides set offto Southern Rhodesia carrying, amongst others, a passenger on his way out to a civil appointment and to a wife whom hemarried while being trained there for the R.A.F. At the moment the L.A.C. have three Rapides and an FASTER THAN MOST: "Paced" by a Spitfire the Herm:s Hastings prototype..showed a top speed of 355 m.p.h. on recent test flights. A cruisiiig speed of 300 m.p.h. is possible. That this excellent performance is not obtained at theexpense of cabin volume will be gathered from this new view.
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