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1947
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FLIGHT MAY 2 2ND, 1947 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS fident that the Merchantman will be able to take-off on fullload from start with one engine stopped. The main cabin will have a total capacity of 780 cu ft andit will be possible to transform the aircraft in ten minutes from a freighter to a 20-seater passenger machine. An "unstick" distance of 250yd is calculated and 50ftshould be cleared in 575yd. Other estimated data are : stalling speed 60 m.p.h., max. rate of climb i,i5oft/min, max. stillair range 850 miles. The span is 66ft 6in, all-up weight 13,000 lb, and disposable load, with 100 gall of fuel, 5,000 lb. EDINBURGH TO PARIS AIR FRANCE will be the first airline to open direct scheduledair services between Edinburgh and the Continent. From June 23rd, Dakotas will fly at a frequency of three times aweek from Turnhouse to Paris. Surface transport, which is to be included in the fare, will leave Princes Street Station anhour before departure Owing to some technical difficulties, probably in connection with night flying facilities at Turnhouse,the return journey will, at the outset, be made to Prestwick, and surface transport will be supplied from there to Glasgow. I.C.A.O. AGREEMENT WITH UNO. AT the International Civil Aviation Organization's firstAssembly, which opened on May 6th, the delegates voted by 27 to 3 to accept the conditions for a working agreementwith the United Nations. An amendment to the Chicago Con- vention conditional to the agreement was adopted to excludeFranco Spain from I.C.A.O. membership. Ireland, Portugal and Switzerland voted against the amendment, and Argentinaand South Africa abstained from voting. The Spanish dele- gates left the assembly as a result of the resolution, and statedthat Spain did not choose to remain in the status of an un- welcome guest. The amendment will require ratification byHwo-thirds of I.C.A.O. member nations before the agreement may be put into full effect. The United Nations Organization has subsequently statedthat, in view of the resolution concerning the relationship agree- ment, and in view of the withdrawal of the Spanish representa-tives from attendance at meetings of I.C.A.O., the secretary- general of U.N.O. considered that the agreement between thetwo organizations had then, on May 13th, come into force, and the secretary-general would report to the general assembly ofU.N.O. accordingly. Exclusion of Spain from I.C.A.O. will, it is hoped, not haveany adverse effect upon international aviation. Although Spain INVASION : The U.K. Delegation to the I.C.A.O. Assembly in Montreal. Seated (1. to r.) : Brigadier R. 0. Wilberforce, Major K. M. Beaumont, Mr. C. M. Colbeck, Sir James Cotton Mr. W. C. G. Cribbett, C.M.G. (Head of U.K. Delegation), centre ; Major J. R. McCrindle Mr. L. J. Dunnett, Mr. A. J. Edden, A. Cdre. G. P. Chamberlain. Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill was also a delegate.c. will not be obliged to conform to I.C.A.O. operating standards,certain required standards will probably be woven into future agreements. In the interests of Spanish aviation the normalbilateral agreements will be necessary between Spain and those countries operating to Spanish airports.The assembly also considered a motion to accept Italy as a member of I.C.A.O., and it is understood the motion wascarried. France, Greece, Ireland and the United States spoke in favour of admitting Italy. The technical committee haveasked the assembly to study the trend of aircraft design, with the object of curbing the increasing cost of runway construction.The resolution pointed out that although new techniques were being explored for the improvement of aircraft landing andtake-off characteristics, and eventual runway requirements were not fully evident, if present trends continued, manymember states would not be able to afford construction. ITALIAN AIRLINES ""PO quote Mr. Giuseppe Brusasca, writing in a recent ,uc-L of Inter Avia on the future resumption of Italian civil aviation, "In its effort to resume operations again Italiancivil aviation is at present in a delicate state of transition." The reason for such a situation lies, in all probability, in thepre-war Italian policy of developing an abundance of inter- national and colonial air routes without building up a systemof internal services There is, in consequence, a shortage of airports and adequate modern flying facilities. Mr. Brusascanamed nine Italian companies who have already attempted to develop internal services, and it is understood the numberis growing, even though aircraft and sp&res are scarce. Details of the two companies formed last year with British andAmerican interests were given in Flight of January 2nd, and it will be remembered that the allocation of routes laidemphasis for the British on those to foreign destinations, and for the United States on Italy's internal connections. TheBritish company, however, was also to link those international airports from which it would operate. Mr. Brusasca, who is the Under-Secretary of State for Airin the Italian Defence Ministry, in a list'of services to be covered by the Anglo-Italian company Alitalia, includes thefollowing: Rome-Turin; Rome-Trieste; Rome-Catania; Milan- Bari-Catania; Turin-Milan-Venice-Trieste; Milan-Genoa-Naples-Palermo; Rome-Naples-Cagliari; and Cagliari-Milan. Two ser- vices, Rome-Turin and Rome-Catania, have actually started.Some delay has been occasioned by the shortage of aircraft, it being the policy of Alitalia to use Italian aircraft and employItalian personnel as far as possible. The American company, L.A.I, are already flying three services but with war surplusDakota aircraft. The inauguration ceremony of that company's airlines took place at Urbe Airport, near Rome, last month.Alitalia has started with three-engined Fiat G.12S and will scon bo using Fiat G.12LS and four-engined Siai-Marchetti S.M.95S, and both powered byPegasus 48 engines. At a later date the company hope to flyFiat Z.i8s with Hercules en- gines. The Breda-Zappata 308,a 50-ton four-engined trans- port, is being watched closely,and it is understood that B.E.A. have ordered Centaurusengines for trial purposes. British European Airwayshave just flown out to Italy rive Lancasters, on whichItalian pilots will be trained; Mr. Brusasca states that inprinciple all foreign Govern- ment requests for landi»rights are being, approved b; the Italian Government, buon conditions that proper bilateral agreements will beconcluded as soon as possible. BRITISH AIRCRAFT ON ORDER TN answer to a recent questionA in the House of Commons, Mr. Wilmot, Minister ofSupply, stated the types of British aircraft on order for thethree British Corporations and gave the actual or estimateddelivery dates of the first air- craft of each type. He saidthat the estimated dates of de-
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