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1946
1946 - 2270 - 0311.PDF
DECEMBER 19TH, 1946 F L I G "*• ENGLISH-AUSTRALIAN CHARTERM ANAGED by British Aviation Services and starting opera-tions with three Avro Lancastrians and some Dakotas, a new charter company has recently been formed by Britishand Australian mining and financial interests. It is known as Silver City Airways because of the associations of the chair-man, Mr. j. R. Govett, and another director, Mr. W. S. Robinson, in Broken Hill, Australia—which was originallyknown as Silver City. The managing director is Air (Miv. G. J. Powell. Two of the three Lancastrians were recently christened atLangley, Slough, by Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Govett respectively, and all three have already made their first trips—one to Johan-nesburg and Sydney, another to Karachi and Johannesburg, and a third to Malta. These Lancastrians are thirteen-seaterswith, in addition, accommodation for 6,200 lb of freight. Jrjeidentally, on the flight to Malta the distance (1,340 miles)wskfflfcovered non-stop in 4 hr 55 min. The Lancastrian was flojfi by Capt. J. A. Sauvage and Air Comdre. Powell andcarried thirteen passengers and freight. COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER OPERATION OPERATING from Central Airport, Caindcn, New Jersey, anew firm, known as Helicopter Air Transport, has recently started operations. Apart from its unusual plans, itis of special interest to "flying people in this country because the executive vice-president is Mr. Norman Edgar, whooperated Western Airways in its earlier days and who, during the war, was with the AT.A. By way of giving a fillip to the National Air-mail Week,Helicopter Air Transport carried mail from La Guardia to Hackensack, N.J., from Philadelphia South West to the roofof the Philadelphia Post Office, and from the last point to five others throughout Pennsylvania. In addition to thismore spectacular work, H.A.T.'s Sikorskys have been making a number of useful charter trips. Finally, in order to popu-larize helicopter flying, the company has also started a special school where, for the present, however, applicants must berated as commercial pilots and have flown a minimum of 500 hours. EUROPEAN BUSINESS BRITISH European Airways expect by the end of 7947 tohave a fleet of seventy aircraft flying on the Continental routes, and ninety on the United Kingdom internal connections.To fly these aircraft it is hoped to have 175 fully trained Viking crews and 46 fully trained Dakota crews. During the past nine months passenger and freight traffic hasincreased progressively; for example, over 16,000 passengers passed through Northolt during October as compared with 4,000 68.1 "Any drops tussted today—er—any crups dossted—cripes—Any dfuppscossted—Hell ! Can I do a bit of weeding for you ? "CITY OF LONDON " ; Mrs. Powell, wife of the managingdirector of Silver City Airways, christening one of the com- pany's new Lancastrians at Langley. in February. During the nine months between February andOctober, 100,000 passengers, involving more than 7,000 air- craft movements, were handled at the terminal by B.E.A.; forthemselves and other airlines. In the same period nearly six- and-a-half million pounds of freight was handled, and thesteady increase is shown in the figures for February and Octo- ber, when, in the first instance, ninety-five thousand poundspassed through the freight section, and in October a million- and-a-half pounds. The Vikings operating on the eight routes to the Continenthave been carrying a thousand pounds of freight in addition to the full passenger load, and the Dakotas on the other routeshave carried two thousand pounds of freight in addition to passengers. FROM THE CLUBS AFTER an October which was the best flying month sinceJuly, there were, during November, only eight days on which flying was possible by the London Aeroplane Club atPanshanger. Nevertheless, and in spite of the continuous heavy rain, the airfield remained usable so that every advan-age coulci be taken of brief interludes. The club will be closed between December 16th and January 7th inclusive. • # * For the benefit of those interested in the flying and develop-ment of small aircraft, an Ultra Light Aircraft Association has recently been formed. The address of the association is15, Westbourne Park Road, London, W.2, and the honorary secretary is Mr R. W. Clegg. It is governed for the timebeing by an interim committee. The association came into being on October 26th, and was largely the result of the corre-spondence in Flight around the \exed question of amateur- buiit aircralt and permits to fly. • # # < Five of the reconditioned Tiger Moths have now emerged from Herts and Essex workshops, providing a total fteetstrength of eight Tiger Moths, one Hornet Moth and three Proctors. During November, 146 hours were flown in clubaircraft in spite of the continuously poor weather, while, since the club opened in May, twenty-five "A" licences have beenobtained and thirty-four renewed. There will be a return to pre-war conditions during the holidays, with a round of Christ-mas events. The club's magazine, "The Broxbourne Flier," is to be revived, with Sqn. Ldr. P. E. Hindmarsh as honoraryeditor, and a free-flying prize is being offered for the best article received for the first issue.• * • After being closed since 1939, the Bristol and Wessex Aero-plane Club's quarters at Whitchurch have now been reopened. The occasion provided the excuse for a reunion party, which
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