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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 0733.PDF
MAY 8TH, 1947 FLIGHT 427 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS America non-scheduled aircraft accountedfor nearly half the civil air accidents dur- ing 1946. Sixty airlines in all parts »f the worldflew nearly 8,500 million passenger-miles during the year, in the course of whichthere were thirty-three fatal accidents involving the lives of 298 persons. Thisamounted to more than 28 million miles per passenger fatality. Some members of I.A.T.A. have hadno accidents at all for periods ranging Affom six to seventeen years. The obser-"^T-ations made in the Association's Bulle- tin note that in no phase of transportanywhere is there such a continued, con- certed and widespread safety effort asin aviation, safety being the primary concern of every airline and manufac-turer, virtually every Government, and, of course, of the international aviationorganizations. VERSATILE TRANSPORT : Scale model of trie Beechcraft)34, which is designedto carry 20 passengers and baggage, plus 1,000 hb of freight, 9/ pure cargo, for which it may be quickly converted. Sixty passenger-Wles per^rffon of fuel at 180 m.p.h.cruising speed is expected and estimates indicatrtKafit will fulfil C.A.A. single engine flying requirements. BREVITIES '"PHE International Air Transport Association has approved•*- in principle the admission of non-scheduled air carriers into the organization. The proposal to extend membershipof I.A.T.A., now limited to scheduled airlines, will be ratified at the general meeting at Rio de Janeiro next October.# * # When B.E.A. summer schedules come into force on May19th there is to be a daily service between Edinburgh and London, Aberdeen and the Shetlands. Flying time betweenEdinburgh and London will be just over two hours. # * # Sir Frederick Bowhill has been making a tour of inspectionof likely places in Southern England for the establishment of a permanent flying-boat base. He has already visited Cliffeand Poole, and it is understood a total of about five places is being considered. The Admiralty have opposed Lang-stone Harbour and there appears to be some doubt whether Cliffe is, in fact, the most suitable site. * # * An agreement was reached last month between Air Franceand the Polish Airlines LOT, by which both companies will represent each other in their respective countries. Therea weekly LOT service between Paris and • • •Air Commodore C. S. Cadell has been appointed managing director of Inter-national Aeradio. The R.A.F. have specially released the Air Commodore totake up this post. He was at one time Director of Tele-communications andSignals, and was responsible for the signals and radar planning in the Middle1 East during the war. * • •The United States has decided to oppose the suggestion that a seat shouldbe reserved for the U.S.S.R. on the ad- ministrative council of I.C.A.O. It isunderstood that America maintains that the council seats should go only to work-ing members, and so far there has been no incrfcation from Russia of any desireto participate in I.C.A.O. Co-operation in such matters as the organization of a world-wide search and rescue system has been declined. • » * An agreement has been signed between the U.K., U.S.A., Canada, France and Holland for financing the Loran station at Vik Iceland. The cost of the station will be borne by the signatories in agreed proportions, and Iceland will con- tribute 5 per cent. An investigation is being made into pos- sible means of reducing interference with the radio used t>> the Icelandic fishing fleet. B.O.A.C. have introduced three new services. Plymoutn- A. Cdre. C. S. Cadell class flying-boats started last Friday a weekly service betweenthe U.K. and Bahrein in the Persian Gulf, and between India and Bahrein: The third is a landplane service with Dakotasbetween the U.K. and Lydda once a week. * * • The Air Registration Board have issued a cancellation notice for attachment to D.iO Issuer dated September 14th, 1945. The sub-section ceases to be effective and until such time as Issue 3 is published application should be made to the Hoard for approval of de-icing systems proposed for prototype aircraft. * * * Mr. John Brancker is transferring from hi- i><•-,[ as general traffic manager in British European Airways to bee nine manager of the Eastern Division of British Overseas Airways. The headquarters of the Eastern Division are at the reeemlv acquired B.O.A.C. premises on the Great West Koad. * * * Mr. C. H. Dickins, O.B.E., D.F.C., has been appointed assistant managing director of de Havilland Aiicralt, Canada. In 1941 he was operating manager of Canadian Pacific Air , Services, in the days of the transatlantic ferry route, and •yjie retained that position when the route was taken over bv R.A.F. Transport Command. In 1942 he became the vice- president and general manager of C.P.A, * • *A licensed bar at London Airport, Heathrow, was officially opened on April 25th by Catering Division, Airwork, Ltd.The issuing of a licence will undoubtedly be hailed by many visitors to Heathrow, and the bar will provide a much-neededfacility in which to welcome our friends from overseas. It is hoped, howevei", that the service will be better than that provided by the present tea and coffee bar. * • * M. Jules Moch, the French Minister of Public; Works andTransport, accompanied by M. Max Hymans. Secre.tarv- General of Civil Aviation, was in this country at the end oflast month at the invitation of Lord Nathan. They exchanged views on policy of mutual concern in the development of civilaviation in the light of experience since the Anglo-French agreement last year. * * * The Navigators and General . Insurance Co. have launcheda scheme for the benefit of all members of the Merchant Navy It offers the dependent of the insured travel to any part ofthe world (possibly by air), and covers hotel expenses, in the event of the latter being seriously ill. The annual premiumis £$ 15s and the company hope that in the near future a similar scheme will be made available lor all ground and air-crew personnel in civil aviation. * » • * The United States Government has announced the partial cancellation of the Federal 15 per cent tax on overseas flights. fares purchased within the United States for domestic and in-ternational travel. Cancellation applies, for the present, only to
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