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1946
1946 - 1991.PDF
OCTOBER 3RD, 194*. FLIGHT 373 STAVANGEJ* LtlPTHAVV mm mm Atlantic Met. Ships ; US.-U.K. Talks : P.I.C.A.O. Impressions ANACHRONISM : The first Viking in Norway. A thrice- week y B.E.A. service is nowin operation. ¥IATION NEWS OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS THE P.I.C.A.O. Conference dealing with the future use ofocean weather observation stations in the North Atlantic has prepared an international agreement providing for theoperation of thirteen such stations. This lollows the recom- mendation made at the P.I.C.A.O. North Atlantic Air Naviga-tion Conference in Dublin earlier this year. Nine States of the North Atlantic region—Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, theNetherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States—will participate directly or give financialsupport to the scheme, and the ships will be manned and con- trolled by the meteorological departments of the countries. Each of the thirteen main '' stations '' will be served byspecial vessels which will make surface meteorological observa- tions at least eight times daily, upper-wind observations notless than four times daily, and upper-air pressures, temperature and humidity observations at least twice daily. The upper-airobservations will, of course, be made by radio sonde balloons, the courses of which will be traced by radar methods.The vessels will form part of a general North Atlantic search and rescue organization for aircraft, and they will also fur-nish any necessary radio aids and incidental flying control services. The maintenance of such ocean stations is not, otcourse, a particularly new idea. They were used considerably during the war, but the number has since been drasticallyreduced. It is hoped that the system will be in full opera- tion by July 1st next year. The placing of the vessels isarranged for the best observation results to suit the airline tracks, while avoiding shipping lanes.The Conference held its meetings at the Royal Geographical Society in the week following September 17th. ANGLO-AMERICAN LIAISON./T WO new posts have been created to promote good relation-* ship and understanding between the U.S. and British Governments in the field of civil aviation. The Ministry ofCivil Aviation is to have a representative in the American Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington and the C.A.B. isto have a representative in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in London. Mr. Nigel Bicknell has been appointed to Washington.Better known perhaps as Wing Commander, he had wide ex- perience in the R.A.F. on Lomber operations, and after atour as flying instructor in Canada and the U.S.A., served with Ferry Command and the Empire Flying School. Hesubsequently commanded a Mcsquito Special Duties Flight in the Pathfinder Force, and his last R.A.F. appointment wasin command of Cambridge University Air Squadron (1945-46), of which he was a member from 1937 to 1939. Mr. Vass is the C.A.B. representative and was formerly withthe U.S. Security Commission and the Office of Price Adminis- tration, after which he joined the U.S Air Transport Command. BERMUDA SEQUEL u THE visit of United States aviation officials to the exhibition•*• of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors provided the opportunity for informal discussions with Lord Winster andrepresentatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and the Foreign Office.The developments in the operation of international airlines since agreement was reached in Bermuda on February nthbetween the two nations, and the experience gained during tests taken monthly, was the most important matter discussed.The terms of that agreement are thought by both parties to be sound and to provide a reliable basis for the orderly develop-ment and expansion of international air transport. Moreover, they believe "that those principles provide the basis for a multi- lateral international agreement of the type that their repre-sentatives advocated at the P.I.C.A.O. Assembly in May. It is therefore a natural consequence that in negotiating anynew bilateral agreements with other countries both parties will endeavour to follow the basic principles agreed at Bermuda.These principles refer in particular to fifth-freedom trallic and the establishment of fair and equal opportunity lor all inoperating air services on international routes. Furthermore, each Government is prepared, upon the request of any otherGovernment with which it has already conc!uded a bilateral agreement that is not deemed to l>e in accordance with thoseprinciples, to make such adjustments as may be considered necessary. It is understood that arrangements Wave been completed forthe creation of machinery, outlined in the B?rmuda agreement, for continuous consultation ami the exchange of views betweenboth countries on all problems in connection with civil aviation. P.I.CA.O. DISCUSSIONS^- AFTER two weeks' intensive work, the P.I.C.A.O. dele-gates discussed, on September 2,|th and 25th, the Radio and Radar equipment they had seen at Farnborough, Malvernand Bassingbourn. The number of delegates and observers had increased and those attending numbered approximately280—representing more than sixty nations. Sir Robert Watson Watt, as chairman of the meeting,welcomed the delegates and impressed upon them the necessity for regarding the discussions as informal, and to give free ex-pression of opinion with the utmost frankness, since any withholding of criticism would be doing a disservice to the-United Kingdom as the host, and to civil aviation generally. Sir Robert assured everyone that there had been no inten-tion by the British Government of regarding the demonstra- tions as a commercial drive for the sale of British goods. Infact, he had been authorized to state, as official British
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