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1947
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MARCH 2OTH, 1947 FLIGHT the Area Control Centres established jointly by the K.A.F.and U.S. Transport Commands overseas. This organization would provide maximum flexibility and mobility of air trans-port. In V.F.R. weather conditions the responsibility for avoidingcollision will rest entirely with the pilot, and all aircraft will be free to fly as they please, provided they do not endangerpublic and private property. The only exceptions to this will be the direction of aircraft to avoid congested areas around air-ports. In I.F.R. conditions the responsibility for safety will restjointly with the pilot and the Air Traffic Control service, whose task will be to regulate traffic in such a way that the possibilityof collision is removed. Pilots of aircraft not fitted with navi- gational aids or communications will be required to land imme-diately I.F.R. conditions are encountered if flying in a Control Area or Control Zone. Thus the success of the entire schemeis governed by the efficiency of the most inadequately equipped aircraft flying in a given area at a given time. INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION THE United States launched an Institute of Navigation in1945 which evoked considerable interest in this country. A meeting was held at the Air Ministry in May, 1946, betweenthe Government departments concerned, and it was agreed that A. -Cdre. G. I. L. Saye, Director of Navigation at the AirMinistry, should assess opinion by circulation of the aims of an Institute of Navigation to organizations, in this country whichmight be interested. The response gave every encouragement for the formation of such a society. Accordingly a steeringcommittee was formed, and A. Cdre. Saye, who felt that the Institute should have no Service bias, thought it his duty torelinquish chairmanship of the committee, and Capt. G. C. Saul was elected in his place. The object of the Institute will be to promote the knowledgeand practice of the science of navigation, and it will endeavour to bring together for the first time all the diverse organizationsand individuals, the user, scientist and the manufacturer, inter- ested in and concerned with the advancement of the science.An inaugural meeting was held on March i?th in the com- mittee room of Lloyd's, when Capt. Saul was elected pro-visional chairman and treasurer, Mr. M. Richey provisional executive secretary, and S/L. D. O. Frazer provisional tech-nical secretary. It is intended that they will hold office until a properly constituted meeting of members can take place toadopt the constitutional by-laws and to elect officers and coun- cil for the first session of the Institute. Proposal of the resolution to form the Institute was made byAir Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor, who read a message from the Chief of Air Staff assuring support from the R.A.F. The pro-posal was seconded by Capt. R. W. Ravenhill, Director of Navigation at the Admiralty. Support for the motion camefrom Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Sir Frederick Bowhill, Professor F. J. N. Stratton, of the Royal Astronomical Society, A.V-M.D. C. T. Bennett, Mr. Arthur Hughes, of the Scientific Instru- ment Manufacturers' Association, and Capt. W. H. Coombs,of the Officers' Merchant Navy Federation. It is proposed that the Institute will consist of five classes of membership:honorary, fellows, members, students and corporate. It is also proposed to offer a hundred life memberships for individualsonly. The Royal Geographical Society has made available an office in their buildings until such time as the Institute may beable to support itself in its own accommodation. Particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, c/o the Royal Geo-graphical Society, 1, Kensington Gore, London, S.W.7. "BODY LIFT" AGAIN TpHOSE who, since the early Burnelli experiments, have kept-*- their faith in the "lifting fuselage" or " body lift " prin- ciple, will be interested in the.following details of the Load-master heavy-duty transpoit built by the Cancargo Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Canada, a subsidiaryof the Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd. The Loadmaster, designed for "rugged hinterland opera-tion," has a gross weight of 28,500 lb and is to cruise at 190 m.p.h. on 55 per cent M.E.T.O. power from two radial enginesof unspecified type A take-off distance of 417 yards has already been established. The span is 86ft and the bodydimensions are: width 20ft, length 30ft 3m, depth 7ft, giving 1,950 cubic feet of volume. The Loadmaster is appreciably larger and heavier than theCunliffe Owen Mark II built, on generally similar lines, at Southampton befote the war. RAF. OFFICERS TO ASSIST MCA. has announced that thetechnical services of the ARTISTIC LUXURY : A section of a B.O.A.C. Tudor II ison show at the Ideal Homes Exhibition. Mr. Richard Lonsdale-Hands is responsible for the interior design, and thephotograph shows the cocktail bar in the lounge. O.B.E., Director of Civil Graham, D.S.O., D.F.C., Deputy Director of THE Minister of Civil Aviationfollowing appointments to the Ministry have been made: A. Cdre. G. P. Chamberlain, C.B.Air Operations A. Cdre. H. L. Patch, C.B.E., Chairman, Joint Aircraft Control Board. • • •A. Cdre. W. P. G. Pretty, O.B.E., Director of Telecommuni- cations.G/C. H. R Control.G/C. D. W. F. Bonham Carter, D.F.C., Deputy Director of Civil Air Operations.G/C. P. Jones, Assistant Director of Telecommunications. These officers have been seconded by the Air Ministry tothe Ministry of. Civil Aviation for a period not exceeding two years to assist in the building up of specialist technical serviceswhilst civilian presonnel are being trained. SOKOL TOUR OF AFRICA IF everything went according to plan three Sokol aircraftleft Prague yesterday for a tour of South Africa. Theroute runs through Italy to Tunis, along the North African coast to Cairo, and then south to Djibouti. After calling atAddis Abbaba they intend to go via Mombasa to Capetown. The return route is more westerly, and after calling at J ^opold-ville it strikes north again and rejoins the outward route at Luxor. The intention is to complete the round trip in abouttwo months, and it remains to be seen whether the three little aircraft are able to compete with the weather and other adver-sities and keep to their schedule. The Sokol is a side-by-side two-seater—or three if requiredlow-wing cabin monoplane of all-wood construction,.and is fitted with a manually retractable undercarriage. The rangeis about 620 miles and the cruising speed 134 m.p.h. Manu- factured in Czechoslovakia, the Sokol, which, incidentally,means Falcon, by which name it will be known in this country, will be handled over here bv Aircraft and Allied Enterprises.A brief description appeared in Flight of June 20th. 1946.
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