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1946
1946 - 1547.PDF
AUGUST 8TH, 1946 FLIGHT '47 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS POWER FOR THE BRISTOL 167 MORE than two months ago the Minister of Supply men-tioned somewhat casually that the Brabazon I would eventually be powered by eight Bristol Proteus airscrew-turbines. This was, as we remarked at the time, the first public intimation of the fact that the Bristol Company had anairscrew-turbine project to follow the Theseus. The Proteus is expected to deliver an airscrew power of approximately|5oo b.h.p., and eight of them will be installed in the 167's T.ing, giving a cruising speed of 350 m.p.h. at 35,000 ft ormore. Incidentally, the Brabazon I's all-up weight figure, originally given as 110 tons, has now been more specificallydetailed as 285,000 lb. NORTH COUNTRY TERMINAL jX/TANCHESTER has always believed in the future of air-L»-L travel, and we hear on good authority that the Corpora- tion have plans for an up-to-date air terminus in the town.As a temporary measure, a prefabricated hut is to be erected on the site of the old Princes Theatre, and some pains arebeing taken to make this as comfortable and convenient as current restrictions allow. The Manchester Airport, Ringway, has already made a post-war come-back and boasts three direct links of importance. In addition to the daily service between Belfast, Manchesterand London, mentioned last week, the Isle of Man route has been reopened after a lapse of seven years, with a daily Rapideservice to Ronaldsway. The North Country will welcome the convenience of the Manchester-Paris connection inaugurated byAir France on July 16th. Using DC-3S, the present time-table allows for three services a week. BREVITIES During the August week-end the airfield at Kingstown, Car-lisle, was due to be reopened for civil purposes. Since August 5th there have been services between Kingstown and Ronalds-way, Isle of Man, and presumably the re-formed Border Flying Club will soon be making use of the airfield. # * • On July 15th Pan American World Airways started a dailythrough service between New York and Buenos Aires. Douglas DC-4S are used, and the elapsed time for the run is38 hours. * * * Pilots for the Irish trans-Atlantic Constellation service areto be trained on the type in America. Capt. Paget McCormack, of Aer Lingus, is expecting delivery of the company's firstConstellation in April next year. # * » Shannon has become an important airport-of-call for so manyof the trans-Atlantic • airlines that Lockheed are establishing there a service depot and spares distributing centre, undefuiesupervision of Mr. Henry H. Ogden, who was well known in this country during the war. • • • Following the assumption of State control of air services in New Zealand, an air freight service has been inaugurated between the North and South Islands. Forwarding and dis- tributing services by rail and road have been arranged to and from the air terminals. • • • B.O.A.C. announce frequency operated increases in two long- distance services. The York service to India is now operated five times weekly, and the flying-boat frequency to Australia has now been increased to three a week in each direction. » • • On July 31st, K.L.M. started a night freighter service be-tween Cray don and Amsterdam. This service, on which a maximum of eight passengers may also be carried, operatestwice nightly, and connects with other night services to Oslo. Copenhagen, Stockholm, and, for freight only, to Basle. • • • Melbourne's Essendon Airport is to be considerably modi-fied and extended. A four-stage development plan has been announced which includes the construction of a 2,000 yd east-west runway for instrument arrivals. If and when aircraft movements exceed five hundred a day, the planned number offour runways will be increased to eight. The building arrangements are being laid out on the decentralized lines, eachairline company having its own building group. • • • The negotiations between Australia and the U.S.A. far re-ciprocal landing rights on the Pacific service have not yet been finalized, and the A.N.A. service as well as the Pan Americanextension from Auckland to Sydney have been held up. The main stumbling block is believed to be the American reten-tion of an air traffic monopoly between Hawaii and the U.S., but passenger and freight rate agreements provide anotherproblem. • • • On Thursday of last week Scottish Airways started an aug-mented air service between Glasgow, Inverness and Kirk wall. This is in addition to the existing service to Kirkwall and Sum-burgh, in the Shetlands. THE LATEST BEECHCRAFT : Superficially unusual—at least because of the fact that it has a vee-tail and dispenses with arudder—the new Beechcraft Bonanza also has quite a remarkable performance. With a Continental flat six of only 165 h.p., it has a maximum speed of 184 m.p.h., while carrying four 170-lb. people and 100 1b. of baggage ; the maximum cruising range, at165 m.p.h., is 750 miles. The control layout is normal, the elevators performing the function also of rudders. This particulat tail design was developed during tests with a Beechcraft AT 10. The Bonanza has a tricycle undercarriage arranged so that,when the aircraft is on the ground, the wing has quite a considerable angle of attack, thus permitting a natural fly-off,. 44-r ' •
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