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1947
1947 - 0654.PDF
382 FLIGHT MAY ISI, period than would otherwise have been the case does not worry us in the least. It will provide more flying- boat operational experience for the corporation and its crews, and will afford many travellers the opportunity of flying in the class of aircraft which a large percentage prefers. Except from a "prestige" point of view; the fact that a voyage to Australia, for example, takes a few days longer than it would with a '' cannon ball service is no very serious matter. Travellers will arrive fresh at their destination, and they will have an oppor- tunity to spend a few hours ashore en route, thus seeing parts of the Empire which would otherwise remain unknown to them. Incidentally, one wonders how far B.O.A.C.'s objec- tion to flying-boats is caused by the fact that the bases have to be provided by the corporation, while the land- plane airports are presented to it. One More ?F ORMS, forms, forms, forms. The Government has gone mad on forms. The latest threat comes from the Statistics of Trade Bill which, fortunately, failed to get its third reading ih the House of Commons last week. Mr. Belcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, moved a new clause which, if accepted, would give the Board of Trade powers to collect such information as it might prescribe from persons entering or leaving the country by air. In answer to the protests made during the debate Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, ex- cused the clause on the grounds that it was intended to help the Government in getting certain migration statistics, and Mr. Belcher added that the information CONTENTS Outlook High-Performance Amphibian - Rotor Testing ------ Bonanza or Navion ? - . - Here and There - - - Stormy Weather - - - The Prevention of Fire In Aircraft - Civil Sea Otter - .... Congo Bound ------ Airborne in the Theseus Lincoln Civil Aviation ------ Fairey Flying Club Opens Correspondence - Service Aviation - 381 383 - 385 386 389 391 393 - • 394 a 397 399 403 404^, 405 *' was desired about the age, sex, and occupation of migrants so that the Board of Trade, the Registrar- General and other Government departments might know the extent and nature of movement in and out of the country. There has always been a good excuse every time the Government has rushed a new measure through. The totalitarian bosses also had very plausible explanations for every step they took. British aviation has already become form-ridden to such an extent that a dispro- portionate percentage of workers spend their time filling up forms. Is the air traveller now to exchange the small benefit of no-visa passports to a few countries for the botheration of nosey-parker questionnaires as soon as he wants to cross the coastline by air ? STILL SUPREME : Although several jet-fighter prototypes have flown since the Gloster Meteor IV made its debut during 1945this amazing aircraft, with a top speed of 585 m.p.h. with service load, or something like 630 m.p.h. in record-breaking trim, remains the world's fastest fighter. The civil-registered demonstrator is shown.
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