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1947
1947 - 1006.PDF
582 FLIGHT JUNE TCJTH, 1947 CIVIL AVI ATIO N NEWS latiuns was made. It is understood thatthe disposable load of the pressurized version is likely to be within 100 lb ofthat quoted in 1045, when details were first published. Allowances are, how-ever, being made for possible losses in production, for the pressurization equip-ment and other contingencies. It must be remembered also that since 1945 thefuselage has been lengthened to allow lor the installation of airscrew turbines.The initial calculations were, therefore, on the pessimistic side. SEABEES TO ITALY TPWO Republic Seabee amphibians-- have recently been delivered by Rollasons, Ltd., to A.I.A.X., of Milan.Rollasons are European agents for these American amphibians and afterbeing shipped to this country in crates the aircraft are assembled at Eastleigh.These particular aircraft left the U.K. on Saturday morning. May 31st, andarrived in Milan on Sunday afternoon, June 1st. The Seabees were respectively flown by \V/C.Bennett, D.F.C., Sales Director of Rollasons, and Tommy Lurke, who is on leave from B.O.A.C.We hear, too, that Rollasons have recently delivered a Sea- bee to Short Brothers, Rochester. RESEARCH COMMITTEE "T^HE Minister of Supply, Mr. Wilmot, published recentlyJ- the terms of reference and names of members of the Civil Aircraft Research Committee and the Aeronautical ResearchCouncil. The terms of reference are as follows: (i) to con- sider the basic research problems arising from the evolutionand operation of civil aircraft, having regard, inter alia, to the probable requirements of the operators; (ii) to recommendperiodically to the Council programes of research; (iii) to report to the Aeronautical Research Council. The names of themembers are: Chairman, Professor A. A. Hall; members, Professor A. R.Collar, Dr. T. E. Easterfiekl, Professor S. Goldstein, Major F. M. Green, Sir Melville Jones, Professor R. L. Lickley, Dr.H. R. Ricardo, Mr. P. A. Sheppard, Professor G. Tejfijple; and representatives of the Ministry of Supply, the MinistW<of CivilAviation, the National Physical Laboratory'and-ffife-mree Air- ways Corporations. _^. ^/ HITTING THE ROAD: " Roadable" private-owner aircraft, which show no signs of increasing in popularity, are not exclusively American. That shown hereis an Italian specimen, built by an affiliated concern of Marchetti. LUGGAGE VAN : The first K.L-M. Constellation to be fitted with a Speedpak,the detachable freight cradle, at Schiphol before taking off on a proving flight to Batavia on June 4th. The Speedpak is 33ft long, 7ft wide, 3ft deep and permits8,000 lb increase in payload. It is carried underneath the aircraft between the wings and weighs 1,800 lb. SUCCESSFUL OILFIELD TOUR HPHE Bristol Freighter, G/AHJC returned at the end of last-*- month from the tour of Spain, North Africa and the Middle East. In five weeks the aircraft flew 18,000 miles and was inthe air about 112 hours. The Freighter was on an intensive demonstration tourorganized jointly by Bristols and Air Work. One week was spent flying in the Persian Gulf demonstrating to the IrakPetroleum Company and another week from Abadan for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. CHARTER TO JOHANNESBURG TWO charter flights have been made in the last two monthsto South Africa by Scottish Aviation with their 24-seater Liberators. Stops on the outward flight were made at Cairoand Nairobi, and on the homeward journey at Salisbury, Nairobi and Cairo, only two days being spent at Johannes-burg. A third flight is to be made in the near future. It is rather interesting that the Liberator at high-altitude airportssuch as Nairobi behaved in a perfectly normal manner. On a basis of constant speed range flying and cruising at 10,oooft,the true air-speed of the Liberator is about 200 m.p.h., giving a performance figure of about 1.5 air miles to the gallon.Two engineers who are licensed to inspect, service and sign up the aircraft whilst on the route arecarried, but on the charter flights to South Africa a routine 40-hour inspec-tion was carried out by a servicing organization at Johannesburg. BREVITIES Negotiations have been started be-tween the Canadian and Peruv: Governments for the extensionPeruvian International Airways' services to Montreal. • * # News comes from New Zealand that fol-lowing the recent successful tour with a Viking and a Freighter in Australia, andthe proposal to extend the Freighter tour to New Zealand, demonstrations withother types are likely to follow. A Miles Aerovan will be shipped out to Australia,and a Marathon and a Hermes are also expected. Two Geminis are also goingto New Zealand, one for the Public Works Department. • * • The American C.A.B. have authorizedAir Commuting, an American airline com- pany, to engage in flying passengers andfreight between seaplane bases on the
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