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1947
1947 - 0690.PDF
402 FLIGHT MAY IST, 1947 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Malayan Airways are opening regular services in the Malay Peninsula to-day. Schedules will be flown daily between Singa- pore and Penang, and twice a week between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. There is also to be a weekly flight between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bahru, and between Kuala Lumpur and Kuan tan.. t # # ' The B.O.A.C. service between London and New York will be increased to five each week on May 8th. The Corporation will, with the service to Montreal, then be running six services each week across the Atlantic with five Constellations. * * • British European Airways Corporation has announced a general increase in services for the summer months to be intro- duced on May TQth. The Corporation will, in consequence, be running 127 outward services to twenty-three European cities. When Vikings replace Dakotas on all European routes, except to Berlin arid Vienna, by August, their total mileage will be approximately 7,125 miles operated by about 360 separate services. * » # The Ministry of Civil Aviation announces the appointment of Air Marshal Douglas Colyer, C.B., D.F.C, as the first Civil Air Attache to the British Embassy in Paris. Air Marshal Colyer, who is 54, served in the Royal Flying Corps during the 1914-18 war, and is a graduate of the Royal Air Force Staff College. He was Air Attache in Paris prior to 1940. FROM THE CLUBS Plans for the flying meeting and air display at Sherburn on May 3rd are complete, and the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club have extended invitations to all the British flying clubs and quite a numl>er on the Continent. The programme will include flying competitions, an air race, and a demonstration by R.A.F. aircraft. A number of civil aircraft loaned by manufacturers will be on show. * * # With weather conditions slightly better members of the Wolverhampton Aero Club have recently logged a considerable number of flying hours. A Miles Messenger has just been added to the club's fleet. An "at home" is to be held on Saturday, May 10th, at which it is hoped many members from other flying clubs will fly in to swell the party. * * * At the recent first' annual meeting since the war of tire Coventry Aeroplane Club, Mr. Woodhams, the new chairman, referred to the club's misfortunes. At the beginning of the war the five aircraft were requisitioned, recently the club-house had been burned down, and the hangars occupied by squatters, and Whitley airfield Was no longer licensed for flying. However, the Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth Air-' craft Co. had come to the rescue and provided accommodation at the Whitley factory. The club was formally opened by the RESTARTING AT COVENTRY : Standing in front of a scale model of the A.W.55 are members of the Coventry Aero Club Committee. The Mayor of Coventry and Lord Leigh are talking together, with Mr. H. M. Woodhams, chairman of the club, and Mr. J. J. Parkes on the Mayor's right. Mr. C. K. Turner-Hughes is on Lord Leigh's left. MODISH MOCK-UP : The interior of a mock-up fuselage of the Handley Page Hermes, looking aft towards the galley. Head clearance and J e absence of any bulkheads or partitions are particularly noticeable. The long-fuselage Hermes IV should be flying within the next few months. Mayor of Coventry on April 17th, and those present included Lord Leigh, Mr. J. J. Parkes, of the Alvis Engineering Co., and Mr. C. K. Turner Hughes, the test pilot, who has offered his services as honorary instructor. • * * The Redhill Flying Club are holding an informal meeting at Redhill airfield at 4 p.m. on Saturday, .May 3rd, prepara- tory to restarting activities. All old and prospective new mem- bers will be welcomed. * * * Gloucester Flying Club has produced a booklet for the benefit of members about to start flying instruction. The information covers the essential points for the present pilot's " A " licence, and is an extremely useful guide. It is not intended that the booklet should be a substitute for lectures, but it contains notes on theory of flight, safety precautions, air legislation, navigation, ground signs, and will be a useful reference for pupils. The club will supply a copy on application, price one shilling. * * * '•"-•'• At the air. display organized, by the Air League at Portsmouth City Airport " on Saturday, May 10th, main interest will be in the handicap race around a three-leg course. Portsmouth Club's chief flying instructor, Xa. "fr! Mitchell, will fly the club's Miles Magister, and the secretary, Mr. IT. R. (iuild, will race in one of the club's Tiger Moths. Mr. R. E. Clear, also a member of the club, will give a display of gliding. Plymouth and District Aero Club haes now received permission to resume activi- ties at Roborough. Part of the pre-war clubhouse and hangar space for a limited number of aircraft has been allotted to the club. One cabin and one open cock- pit aircraft will form the initial equip- ment but^a four-seater cabin aircraft will shortly be available for hire " by the day" or for longer periods. The rate will be ten guineas a day exclusive of petrol and oil. Aircraft and instructors will be available at Roborough each day, and the rates for both dual and solo flying will be ^3 per hour.
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