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1947
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UtAY 2O,TH, 1947 MELBOURNE AIRPORT ECONSTRUCTION of ES,™*,, AirP»r,. ,„», Olltskle Mrf. FLIGHT. facilities have 503 a,, advanced ,„..,,,„, lcl, „ struction of two in a fourth direction and duplication of the B rw El.ROPEAN AIRWAYS started on Mav others, making eight in all The building area covers a hun- and fe^n'* Th™"1 L°nd°n tO Shet!and' via dred acres, and ground will be let to the airline companies for route in Rri JT V ^'J* 'S °Ver the lon8est nter«^»l the erection of their own buildings, which must be designed bet Lmlr ,dlsta"f !fVwn r<°ndon and Shetland tpjttt in with the general architectural plan of the scheme g J Over '°° miIt"s Tlu' llail>' '""'table is as follows- — .-The apron is to be 3,500ft long and capable of holding Northolt Arr'vt' DePart twenty-four aircraft simultaneously. The administrative TumhoL ~ " 8'-" buildings are to be situated behind the airline companies' Aberdeen "'Io " n-JS premises, and will include normal flight briefing rooms and Shetlamk I22° " I2-"io Customs, dining rooms, a post office and some shops Work- A^r.Wn MI° "' T+-J° shop and maintenance buildings will be situated clear of the AO«u<™ 15.50 .. i7.uo ISteenger area, and there will be parking space provided for ( tO COI''utt ulth Sveral hundred cars. Dr. Bradfield, chief airport engineer in **™? l° ' ls'e8> the Department of Civil Aviation, is responsible for the design . Turuhouse Orkntys etc.) o£,this and all other airports throughout the Commonwealth. Northolt ..".". 2O1 '" 4 SCOTTISH DIVISIONAL H.Q. •"THE first meeting of the Scottish •*• Divisional Aerodromes Board was held in Edinburgh on May 16th. under the chairmanship of A. Cdre. | G. Murray. The Air Commodore, who is the Scottish Divisional Controller, said that decentralization of the Ministry of Civil Aviation into the Scottish Division was almost complete, and divisional headquarters had been established ;«t Adamtcn House, Monkton, near Prest- wick. The headquarters will have a full technical and administrative staff, and in the near future will take over control of all State airports and flying facilities for civil aviation in Scotland. The Aero- dromes Board was created within the Scottish Division in view of the special JST circumstances of civil aviation in Scot- < land, and as announced in Flight of UNUSUAL RUftWAY PATTERN : A photo-sketch "of Essendon Airport as it will April 3rd. Sir Patrick J. Dollan and Sir appear when completed. The longest runway is in the NW-SE direction and William J. Thomson were appointed measures 2,350 yd. The other main runways are 2,000 yd, 1,600 yd and 1,135 yd members. The Board is an administra- long. In the centre foreground can be seen the main buildings, on the extreme left tive and executive body, and will be the hangars and workshops, and in between is the apron with loading bays. mainly concerned with the non-technical aspect of airfield administration. lie has made a study of airports, and although born in New FEWER I.A T.A REGIONSSouth Wales, he spent some time with Norman and Dawbarn, the London architects who specialize in airport design. '"TRAFFIC conferences organized by T.A.T.A. for the purpose -»- of dealing with such matters as passenger fares, cargo CANAR Y ISLANDS AIRLINE rates, agency representation, baggage allowances, flight meals,A N airline, Atlantis Air, Ltd., has been formed by Killick discounts, ground transportation arrangements and similar Martin and Co. and Elder Kempster, of the Canary Islands, to fly services three times a week between England and the Canary Islands. The new service, which starts on June 15th, will fly from Northolt to Gando, Gran Canary, stopping at Lisbon en route. Yorks and Skymasters will be used, and the flight will take about 8| hours. Killick Martin and Co. and Elder Kempster are agents for the leading shipping com- panies calling at the Canary Islands, the former being regis- tered by I.A.T.A. as an airline agent. 1 CIVIL FLYING IN INDIA DURING the whole of 1946 there was only one accident onscheduled services in India, and in that one there was ther fatalit)' noi injury to crew or passengers. The flying thd a total of eleven accidents, involving the death ol ^p pilot under training. In private and other flying there were seven accidents, in which one person was injured and two were killed. One private owner was killed as a result of reckless flying, and a transport aircraft, whilst on a non-scheduled flight without passengers, crashed in a storm at night with the loss of two pilots. Twenty-eight airfields and landing grounds have been taken over from the Defence Department, thus bringing the total number of civil airfields up to fifty. Flying control has been taken over by the Directorate of Civil Aviation ajjg^fiod AT AMERICAN CELEBRATION : Capt. H. Spry Leverton,Ahmedabad, Bombay, Lahore and Delhi, and it is »™«**£ „ K Regional Director, K.L.M., and General H. R. Harris,that the transfer of control from the air forces at other a^r U£. g^ ^ .^ ma^^r rf ^ ^
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