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1947
1947 - 0049.PDF
JANUARY 9XH, 1947 FLIGHT 45 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Air Force during the war, but are not atpresent on scheduled routes, will be retained and kept in a serviceable condi-tion by the Government if there is some prospect of including them as airfieldson services which will be developed later. BREVITIES J Air' India are now operating twoDakota services a day from Bombay, one to Delhi and the other to Karachi; theseare ill addition to the daily schedules through Bombay, Madras, Colombo, andr.'ombay, Nagpur and Calcutta. The Mditional schedules are flown at night.* # # Capt. David Brice, until recently thechief pilot of British South American Airways, has now joined BritisH AviationServices in the capacity of operations manager to Silver City Airways. Somedetails of this new charter company were given in Flight of December 19th. Trans-World Airlines have cut theirscheduled daily route mileage by 22 per cent. This, and the cancellation oforders for twenty-five new aircraft, has been done because the company finds"itself in "as critical a position as when air-mail contracts were cancelled in 1934.crew strike was the last of a succession of misfortunes, which included grounding of the Constellations. IHERCULEAN TUDOR. The first Tudor II with radial engines. As can be seen from the photograph, the installation of the Hercules type 120 engines in this proto-type is nearly completed Q C The recent air- The Boeing Aircraft Company have abandoned their plansfor building the Type 417, a ieeder-service aircraft, owing to the changed conditions and present market uncertainties in the managing director made a somewhat casual entry into thebusiness. He owned an Auster and hired it out to his business associates ; bookings were so numerous that he found it neces-sary then to buy two Proctors, and so the business gradually built up. FROM THE CLUBS smaller transport aircraft field, preliminary tooling stage only. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines have applied to theAmerican Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to fly between Australia and North America ^m. New Caledonia, the FijiIslands, Canton Island and Honolulu to San Francisco, and, if desired, beyond to Vancouver. The project had reached the . NUMBER of interesting flyingKvents are now being •**• organized by the Luton Flying Club. For instance, on • January 12th there will be a navigation race in the afternoon,while on Sunday, the 19th, there will be a tea patrol, and on Sunday, the 26th, a spot-landing contest. It is understood that during a recent test flight of the DC-& a cruising speed of 317 m.p.h. was maintained at 10,000ft. v • * • /" Mr. G. M. Hislop has been appointed senior assistant to thecontroller of research and long-term development in B.E.A.C. For the last eight months Mr. Hislop has been in charge offull-scale research on helicopters at the R.A.E. • * / * Leaving this country in March .^a Bristol Freighter is due tostart on a sales tour of Australia and New Zealand. While en route to Darwin, the aircraft will be demonstrated at variouspoints, and for navigation through the monsoon areas a Qantas Empire Airways' crew is being provided. It is expected thatthe tour will last some four or five months. : * * * L/ p Piper Cubs have been shipped overseas from the United States since VJ-Day. 1,512 export orders are still on hand. The United States and Uruguay have signed a bilateralagreement authorizing air services between the U.S. and Montevideo via the east and west coasts of South America.Pan American Airways at present operate down the east coast and Pan American Grace Airways down the west coast, andthe agreement provides for reciprocal operations of a Uruguayan airline. • • • / Sky travel, the Liverpool charter company, has recentlytaken delivery of a Bristol Wayfarer which will be primarily used for operations between this country and South Africa.Incid*atally, Skytravel started rather peculiarly in that the One of the pre-war series of Brooklands' clubs—the North-ampton Aero Club—started operations again at Sywell, Northants, on the first day of the year. So far there "is noclubhouse, but this, which once upon a time was one of the most attractive in the country, is being redecorated and willbe ready for occupation on February 1st. The secretary is Mr. W. Parry. Meanwhile, the South Coast Flying Club atShoreham, which has been in operation for only four months, now has 350 members. Two Tiger Moths and one Proctor areavailable, and the normal flying rates are £4 an hour dual and £3 15s an hour solo. The club will be holding an inauguraldinner and dance on Februarv 14 th • • • The Cinque Ports Flying Club has fixed August 30th and 31stas the dates for the Folkestone Aero Trophy, the Siddeley Trophy and the High-Speed Handicap races. It will be remem-bered that these races were an outstanding success in 1946, and it is hoped that Jhis year's event will prove to be an evengreater attractioni/The club now has two Tiger Moths, an Auster and a Proctor for private flying and instruction. Thereare over thirty regular flying members, of which ten have either qualified for, or renewed, their "A" licences. Mrs.Attree continues to manage the club and social activities, but the flying is conducted by Hunting Flying Clubs, the chiefinstructor being Mr. G. II. Clarke, late of No. 25 Squadron. Mr. H. D. Rogers, his assistant, was previously instructing atLuton and Broxbourne. The old club premises were, of course, destr05'ed by enemy action, but a Lympne Country Club hasnow been opened on the edge of the airfield, where members and those arriving by air may obtain meals. It is hoped thatby next summei full residential accommodation will be avail- able. Given loca* support and very much better weather in1947, there is.-no reason why the Cinque Ports Flying Club which, incidentally, Mr. Churchill has honoured by becomingits president, should not regain As pre-war popularity and prestige.
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