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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 1054.PDF
6o8 FLIGHT JUNE 26TH, 1947 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS in the examination will be laid on a knowledge of modern radio aids and facilities now available. « * * B.O.A.C. services to New York are fully booked until theend of July, and to Montreal until the end of October. Nearly all seats on these services are available for non-priority pas-sengers. Transatlantic services to London are Tunning at full capacity. * * • * The B.E.A. service between Newcastle, Carlisle and Belfastwill operate twice daily, excluding Sundays, from July 1st. There will be a minimum capacity of 520 seats a month, andfares for the single journey will be : Newcastle-Carlisle, £1 5s ; Carlisle-Belfast, £3; Newcastle-Belfast, £5 19s; Newcastle-Isleof Man, £2 19s 6d. * • » The familiar astrodome is to be replaced on the Strato-cruiser with a flat-surfaced window. The window is designed to withstand more stress than the dome type, and consistsof two layers of laminated safety glass with a filling of clear plastic between. The window is said to provide excellentoptical properties in addition to the increased structural qualities. * # • Under a recent agreement with United Air Lines, the Ameri-can domestic company, seventy cities within the U.S. are linked with K.L.M. services from Europe for freight carrying.The company operate a weekly freight service from Amsterdam through Prestwick to New York. United Air Lines flew nearlyT.\ million ton miles of freight during May. This was an increase of 51 per cent over the same month last year. British West Indian Airways flew 2,000 more passengers inthe 1947 January to April period than in the same period last year, the actual number this year being more than 11,000.* * * The Scandinavian Airlines System carried 1,256 passengersacross the N. Atlantic last month, an increase of 51.7 per cent over April. On June 16th the services were increased from sixto seven a week in each direction. # * * Sabena have opened new services from Brussels to Milan,Madrid, Lisbon, Deauville, Luxembourg, Dublin, Liege, Le Zoute, and between London and Le Zoute via Ostend. Thereis also a service from Brussels to New York, and to Cairo. • * • K.L.M. opened on June 9th a new service between Amster-dam, Geneva and Rome. Operating three times a week, the addition offers immediate connections with services from Lon-don, New York, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. Total travel- ling time from London to Rome is 13 hours.* * * In the first quarter of this year the number of miles flownby Australian airlines increased by 46 per cent over the com- parative quarter last year, the number of passengers carriedincreased by 80 per cent, and freight by 120 per cent. The percentage of seats occupied dropped owing to the use of larger aircraft. * * * The Australian Civil Aviation Department has issued anexhaustive questionnaire to all airline operating companies, asking for details of revenue, expenditure, profits, assets, equip-ment, plant, maintenance and operating costs. No guarantee has been given that the information will be confidential.Opinion in Australia suggests that the government is making the enquiry to find the most profitable routes which could beabsorbed by T.A.A. as part of the nationalization scheme. FROM THE CLUBS /"^ATERING licences, like most others, are difficult thingsV_>" to obtain these days, but the Luton Flyiag Club has at last been successful in obtaining one. Meals should be avail-able at Luton shortly for private owners and visiting club flyers who " drop in " there. The Rapide which the club pur-chased recently is being kept busy flying parties of eight here, there and everywhere. * * * An official reopening party, an announcement of which willbe made shortly, is to be held by the Redhill Flying Club, who have already started flying again following the grantingof an airfield licence. The club has four Austers and three Magisters, and during its first week of flying two solos weremade from scratch on the Magisters. The club, which is operated by British Air Transport, Ltd., who also operate acharter business by that name, has a bar and catering facilities, The Martin Hearn demonstration team photographed recently at Thruxton beside theprototype Slingsby glider designated "Type 20". It is a two-seater, dual control machine, designed for ab inilio training, and the conversion of pilots from power air-craft to gliders. "Type 20 " is now in production at Hooton Park. (L. to R.) G Hancock, C. Hearn, L. Rimmer and G. Collett. and is open throughout the week. Entrance fee is one guinea,annual subscription three guineas, and flying rates are £3 10s an hour dual and £3 solo. * „ * *The latest members of the Weston Aero Club, Ltd., to receive their "A" licences, are Mr. R. E. Lewis and Mr.W. P. Jones. Three other members are now waiting for suit- able weather to get in the required three hours solo. The newclub premises with bar and restaurant have lately been opened —a "house warming" party was held there on May 31st—and the club j^ well attended by members and their friends. * # * The Ultra-Light Aircraft Association announce that afterthree and a half months of intermittent discussions with the M.C.A. they held their first meeting with the Air RegistrationBoard on May 29th, when, during a 3-hour session, the Asso- ciation's suggestions and proposals werediscussed in broad detail. It is not pos- sible to give a full report of this meet-ing at the present time, but we under- stand that the Association's representa-tives are confident that agreement will be reached on a scheme under whichamateur-built aircraft will once again be allowed to fly. At some of the more northern flyingclubs it was not until the end of Y that the weather became good enoughclub flying to be resumed. Members of the Strathtay Aero Club, which operalesfrom Perth airfield, were able to muster only twenty hours' flying during May,and that was largely confined to nine days, during which time a first solo wasachieved by M. McLean. The club has until recently been flying two TigerMoths, and these have now been joined by a' new Auster, which is receiving highpraise from Strathtay members. Fol- lowing an Extraordinary General Meet-ing of the club, the pilot subscription has been reduced from four guineas to threeguineas and the associate subscription and entry fees have been raised fromone guinea to two guineas each. It is a healthy sign that membership of the clubcontinues to increase.
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