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1947
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f L1G JANUARY 2ND, 1947 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS developments which axe aimed at encouragingprivate civil flying, and included "an explanation of the policy of affording maximum facilities forall, consistent, of course, with safety in the air. At all airports except those used almost exclusivelyby scheduled services private flying is to be encouraged. It is understood that a number of practical sug-gestions made by managers will be considered. Perhaps the airport managers were able to bringto the notice of the Minister the impotence of their position. At our airports we have, underthe present system, a trio of ministerial servants with equal powers—the flying control officer, thesignals officer and the manager. That each airport would be controlled by onrAerodrome Officer was provided for in the Civil Aviation Act, and it was also mentioned by SirHenry Self in his lecture in September. Perhaps the appointment of Air Vice-Marshal Sir ]. H.d'Albiac as the Commandant at London Airport. announced last week, is an indication that the restof the appointments will soon be made. In the meantime the airport managers at other airportsin the United Kingdom remain as nothing more than administrators with very limited powers.The intention of the» Ministry to make airports places of interest to the community is good, butthe success of such schemes will depend largely upon the imagination, initiative and executive powers of thosein command at these airports. MORE THAN HALF WAY: The Bristol Freighter, which is on a22,000-mile tour of the Americas, photographed in the West Indies on its way south to Santiago, which will be the official terminal of the flight.The names on the nose include Montreal, New York, Chicago, Vancouver, San Francisco, Mexico City and Habana. On the left is a. SupermarineStranraer on a beaching trolley—presumably one of those still being flown by the R.C.A.F. NORTHERN IRELAND ADVISORY COUNCIL A FTER consultation with the Government of Northern**• Ireland and with Lord Nathan, the Minister of Civil Avia- tion, Sir Harold Hartley, chairman of B.E.A., has appointedthe members oi the Northern Ireland Advisory Council. Mr. \V. A. Edinenson has accepted the chairmanship of the Counciland also an invitation to be a member of the board of British European Airways. Mr. Edmenson has, in the past, beenclosely connected with cargo shipping, and during the last war was the representative of the Ministry of Transport inNorthern Ireland. The other members are: Air Comdre. Churchman, formerlyA.O.C. Northern Ireland and now Chief Inspector in the Northern Ireland Ministry of Health and Local Government;Sir Basil Macfarland, Mayor of Londonderry ; Mr. J. P. Mackie, director of a Belfast textile engineering company; Mr. GeorgePorter, of the National Federation of Building Trades Opera- tives ; and Mr. F. Storey, chairman of the Northern IrelandTourist Association. The terms of reference of the Council will be to advise B.O.A.C, B.E.A.C. and B.S.A.A.C. on civilaviation matters affecting Northern Ireland. The Council has right of access to the Minister of Civil Aviation if necessary. BREVITIES From recent checks the de Havilland Company have timedthe removal and fitting of a new Gipsy Queen engine into a 1 Dove aircraft, complete with airscrew change, to take only 1 hour and 10 minutes.* * * Mr. Knud Lybye has gone to Stockholm to act as ChiefAssistant to Mr. Per Norlin, President of Scandinavian Air- lines. Prince Axel of Denmark has been named as the newPresident of D.D.L., tiie post from which Mr. Lybye has fast resigned • * • Dr. Lawrence C. Tombs has resigned his position as secre-' tafy of I.A.T.A. in older to resume his duties as vice-presklrirt of his own shipping company. Mr. Thomas W. Caffey hasbeen appointed tht new secretary of the I.A.T.A. Legal Com- mittee and Major H. G. Clusy, of Paris, is to be assistantsecretary to the I.A.T.A. Technical Committee. / * * * / Trans-Australia Airlines have ordered five ConsolidatedVultee 240s. Deliveries are expected for the middle of fhis year. The 240 is normally a forty-passenger transport, tbeprototype of which shoukl be flying very soon—if it has aot already flown. j The first meeting of the South Pacific Ait Transport < was due to start on December 17th at Canberra. Australiawas to propose the setting up of a permanent secretariat to continue the work of the Council. * * » In addition to the South Pacific Air Trassport Coancijmentioned above, three other important corafereajces will be held in Australia early this year. The Commonwealth AirTransport Council was due to open this month; the South Pacific Regional meeting of P.I.C.A.O. on February 4th, inMelbourne; and, finally, the I.A.T.A. conference in Sydney on January 14th. J British European Airways have moved their offices from iC,Upper Grosvenor Street, to Nos. 6, 8 and 10, Hill Street, W.i. * * »y Vancouver deals with nearly twenty-five per cent of the total air traffic in Canada. During August more than 15,000landings were made at the city's airport. Republic Aviation Corporation hope to make an' attempt this summer at a record flight round the world. The e*.tD»ra.ted time for the trip is 46 horais, and stops are expectedto foe mad'.' a± Paris, Karachi, T0M0 and Alaska. / * • • / Brigadier C. G. Ross, tbe director-general "of civil aviationin Sooth Afcka, arrived in England last week after visiting tbe Uuited States amd Canada. The Brigadier took £be oppor-tunity of making a special visit to Prestwick. » • • « J Mr. R. W. Rvaia Iras been made general manager of opera-tkjns for Cajjadiam Pacific Airianes in Winnipeg, and Mr. C. Hi Dickifts is the saew director of resBascli for the company'•'iMontreal. * * * .J The prototype S.A.A.B. Scindia transport, which "wasdescribed in Fliglit of November 14th, has now made its first flight. This P. & W.-engined tricycled 24-32-seater has acraising speed of 222 m.p.ri. and good low-speed and asym- metric characteristics. # * * >j Notice to iomea No. 217 -announces that tbe Bash Mills COBSGI Station is now iai continuous operations tSiroogbout thetwenty-four hours with th<e exoeptioa of a break in transreisaon of fifteen minutes between 1500 hours and 1515 hours each dayfor routine maintenance. It is at present transmitting an R.A.F. call sign. Early this year, when the M.C.A. take overcontrol of the station, a -civil call-sign will be used. This change-over will be announced in a subsequent Notice.
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