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JVlAY 29TH, 1947 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION NEWS of the system, and it is claimed that it will, when used in partnership with an instrument landing system, make near- visual landings possible in the poorest •visibility conditions without the addition 6f more equipment in the aircraft. CHARTER ASSOCIATION * APPOINTMENT C. W. E. WYNN, after resigningfrom Hunting Air Travel, was un- able to continue as chairman of theBritish Air Charter Association, and Mr. g?. N. Cumming, better known as GroupCaptain, has been elected in his place. Mr. Gumming is managing director ofStraight Aviation Training and a direc- tor of Straight Corporation, Ltd., he isalso a warden in the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. ,; The Association, which will completeits first year of activity at the end of July, now has forty charter companymembers and the three British Cor- porations as honorary members. A set of rules of safety has now been adopted, with which allmembers are required to comply. The legal position of charter companies in the carriage of passengers and cargo has beenexamined thoroughly, and standard forms and documents have been prepared and issued to all members. These documentscover the companies under the terms of the Warsaw Conven- tion, the Carriage By Air Act, and other regulations. Allmembers of the Association have been asked to apply a recom- mended schedule of rates for flying passengers to Europe. Byarrangement with the Board of Inland Revenue, payments by members to the B.A.C.A. may be allowed as trade expenses. Bulletins have been issued frequently giving members detailsof the availability of fuel and petrol, and servicing and handling arrangements at airfields abroad, particulars of air-crew requiring employment and details of official publications of interest to charter companies. B.E.A. INTERNAL SERVICESN EARLY 52,000 seats a month are now available onservices run by the English Division of B.E.A. Three new routes have recently been opened up between the Isle ofMan and Glasgow, Jersey and Paris, Jersey and Rennes At the same time Dakotas have replaced Ju. 52s on the London-Belfast and Liverpool-Belfast route:, making available 15,000 seats each month on that route. Dakotas have also replacedRapides on the London to Jersey route, making available 6,000 seats a month on that service.' During March, airports inthe English Division handled nearly r3,ooo passengers, involv- ing 3,303 aircraft movements. HIGH PAYLOAD : Thfe CessnajAircraft Company's new Type 190, with a 240 h.pContinental engine, hasVjisefaf load of 1,320 lb. and cruises at 160 m.p.h. The Type 195, which differs only in the power unit, has a 300 h.p. Jacobs engine, cancarry 1,300 lb and has a cruising speed of 165 m.p.h. Both types have a range of more than 700 miles and are fitted with the cantilever spring strut undercarriagedescribed briefly in Flight of May 8th. BREVITIES In future, applications will be accepted for operationalengineers' licences on the basis of a revised examination and other requirements. Such licences will not be endorsed withauthority to issue certificates of safety, and when certification duties ar<5 required application must be made for a separateaircraft maintenance engineer's licence. Copies of the revised syllabus may be obtained from the Ministry of Civil Aviationat Ariel House, Strand, W.C.2. » * • The Ministry of Civil Aviation is examining reports whichsuggest that Luqa, in Malta, may be unsuitable for continuous use by four-engined aircraft. It is probable that B.O.A.C.services will t>e re-routed, at least temporarily, to Castel Benito. # * # Mr. Van Leer has returned from his jo,000-mile tour ofEurope, Africa and the Far East in a chartered K.L.M. Sky- master. The aircraft was immediately reconverted for normalschedule flying. The refrigerator, boiler, hot cupboards and water heaters for the aircraft were supplied by the G.K.C. # # # We understand that Dr. Humby, while in New Zealand withthe L.A.M.S. freighter Port of Sydney, mentioned the possi- bility of his company placing six freight aircraft at Sydney. # # # Mr. T. R. Royle has been elected president of the Instituteof Transport for the year 1947/48. He will take office <>u October rst, 1947. T*HE breakfast patrol organized by the Herts and Essex-*• Aero Club on Sunday, May 18th, proved a great success. Nine pilots defended Broxbourne Aerodrome and out of a totalof eleven "raiders" only one, Mr. K. Fillingham, of Hatfield, got through. Mr. Fillingham, who was rewarded with a freebreakfast was flying what is believed to be the only Chipmunk trainer in this country (CS-DIO/X). Raiding aircraft came' Southend, Luton, Hatfield, Bedford and Sywell. It is d to arrange a return raid on Southend.•^ * * . • Cowes Aero Club celebrated the formal reopening of its newpremises on May 17th. The club, which was re-formea last summer, is showing encouraging progress and an attractiveclub room looking across the airfield is now in use. The post- war founder of the club is Mr. Russell C,untonv Mr. RichardTurlington is the Secretary and Mr. E. G. Morgan is the Chief Flying Instructor. • * *S/L. R. L. Porteous has now taken over as C.F.I, at the Derby Aero Club and is putting in many flying hours with thenew flying members. The social side of the club is also flourishing and we hear that the committee and membersare extremely busy with arrangements for the Internationa Air Rally which is being held on June 2oth-2ist 1947- SeveraItrips to Europe are planned by the Derby Club this summer. FROM THE CLIBS andThe Gloucester Flying Club is holding an "At Hom Air Display at Staverton airfield on July 6th. Tin- shun is planned to include a static exhibition in the h;iM«.-Ir-. and many well-known aircraft manufacturers and light aircraft owners have promised their support • • , * * » Sunday, June 1st, 1947. will mark yet another club reopen- ing. At Ratcliffe airfield, the Leicester Aero Club are starting again with an " At Homi " and invitations have been extended to all the flying clubs in the Midlands, local R.A.F. stations and auxiliary squadrons m visit the Leicestershire club by air. The time of arrival for the arrival competition will l>e between . o p.m. and 4 p.m., and during the alti'itioon thrre will be formatiou flying and aerobatics. • * • The Ultra Light Aircraft Association announce that it has now acquired a single-seater (omper Swift with a 75 h.p. Pobjoy engine. The machine, which was-given to the Associa- tion by Mr. Angus Malcolm, an ex-R;A.F. pilot, is in need of some repair, but it will be reconditioned by the Association's experimental group and later on will be flown at as many air meetings as possible to "show the flag" on behalf of the Association.
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