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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 1878.PDF
3** FLIGHT SEPTEMBER IOTH, 1946 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS / K.L.M. GESTURE TV/TAJ. GEN. R. E. URQUHART, the-LVJ. Commander of the First British Air- borne Division which took part in theArnhem action, yesterday christened, at Schiphol Airport, the first K.L.M. Con-stellation which had been delivered to the company. The aircraft was named theCity of Arnhem, and carries both the crest of the city and also that of theAirborne Division. On Monday, Septem- ber gth, a K.L.M. Constellation landedat Schiphol Airport at 09.20 hrs., having made the crossing from New York in13 hrs 31 min. /JOINT PACIFIC SERVICE V A BILATERAL agreement has been"Aconcluded between Canada and Australia for the start of the air service• between Sydney and Vancouver, via San Francisco. Australian National Airwayswill commence the service and the fare will be the same as if travelling viaTasman Empire Airways and Pan THE V.C.2 American Airways. Under the agreement both Canada andAustralia may run services between Sydney and Vancouver, and the traffic is to be divided equally. Each has the rightto use all airports, airways and other facilities provided by the parties for use by international services on specified routes. NEW HANGAR DESIGNJ MR. CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, M.A., the consultingarchitect to B.E.A.C, and Mr. Felix J. Sainuely, B.Sc, have designed jointly a hangar of unusual construction. Aheavy steel structure forms the central portion and support along the length of the hangar. In this central building arehoused, on'the ground floor workshops, the central floor offices, and on the top floor a canteen or other offices. From this isarranged a light steel cantilever construction radiating out- wards, making a total span of 234 ft, included in which isthe 20 ft width of the central building. At the extremes of the cantilever construction, Esavian type electrically operatedfolding doors complete the building. The doors are 157 ft 6 in long and allow a clear opening up to 270 ft in any requiredporticMi of the side. Aircraft are placed nose or tail inwards at the side of the hangar, as opposed to the normal way ofwheeling aircraft into the ends. The advantages of this construction are that any lengthof hangar may be built and additions easily made. Also the very wide opening of the doors will permit aircraft "of largewing span to enter at any place that is desired. A model of this hangar was to be seen on the Esavian standat the S.B.A.C. exhibition at Radlett. HANGAR MODEL : A photograph of the model showing the construction which is cantilevered out to obtain space clear of obstruction. Designed to the Brabazon lib requirements this Vickers aircraft will be powered by four R.R. Dart airscrew turbine engines. FROM THE CLUBS The Herts and Essex Aero Club now have three full-time /instructors in addition to one part-time instructor. Inci-v dentally, the C.I., Mr. T. H. Cather, has put in an houragefigure which must be by way of being almost a record for a pilot of the age of 27; he has completed 5,500 hours, mostlyon instructional flying. The club has recently obtained some Tiger Moths from the M. of S. disposals, and the workshopswill be busy during the winter on the job of making them air- worthy. BREVITIES B.E.A.C. have just completed a successful proving flight from the United Kingdom to Ankara and return. The captain / of the aircraft was Capt. J. W. G. James, B.E.A.C.'s chief V pilot. Travelling in it were Mr. G. D'Erlanger, the manag- ing director, and Mr. R. C. Morgan, the chief project and development engineer. One of the objects of the trip was that of checking the operation of the aircraft and power units in semi-tropical conditions. • •» • ' . .- Norwegian Airlines (D.N.L.) have ordered three 37-seater Short Sandringhams for the coastal Oslo-Kirkenes service.,/ At the same time, Shorts have also received an order for four-' Sealand amphibians from another Norwegian operator— Vingtor Luftveiver. * • • One of the twelve Halton class air- /liners ordered by B.O.A.C. has been v named Falaise to commemorate the 1elimination of that enemy pocket during ^ the liberation of France. The Haltonswill be used on routes between the United Kingdom, Egypt, India and WestAfrica. * * * Following the order by Indian National /Airways of six Vickers Viking IBs, this \f airline company has now placed an orderfor two Bristol Wayfarers, which will be put into operation on their servicesduring the next month. * * * At the end of last month an IndianNational Airways DC-3 left Delhi to / survey the India-Akyab-Rangoon route *in preparation for a regular Burma ser- vice. Interestingly enough, I.N.A. air-craft were among the last civil transports to operate out of Rangoon during thewar. In the meantime, the company's Delhi-Madras service has been taken -*over by Deccan Airways.
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