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1947
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HERE AND THERE FLIGHT JULY IOTH, 1947 fsf. and three Consuls were due to leave Northolt on July gtli with a party of 26 prizewinners, and a smaller party drawn from Yorkshire and Lancashire planned to leave from Leeds in a de Havilland Rapide. Amongst the prizewinners arc six girls, one of whom is only eleven years old. Services IncreasedT HE number of services scheduled weekly by the English, Scottish and Continental division of B.E.A. has been nearly trebled since internal air services were taken over by the Corporation in February of this year. Increases in the three divisions are as follows: — Weekly No.of Services Scheduled inFebruary Continental Division 14^English Scottish Division Division •• 457 204 804 Weekly Noof Services Scheduled asfrom Mav 188 1.775 372 2.335 CONGRATULATIONS: President Truman presents the Harmon Trophy, International aviation award, to Major Alexander de Seversky in the White House rose garden. , Left to tight. Major de Seversky, Secretary of War Robert Patterson and President Truman. SalesmanshipT HE Bristol Freighter which is nowon a tour of New Zealand may be lent to the National Airways Corpora-,tion for use on the Corporation's freight run across Cook Strait. This flight is atpresent being operated with Dakotas flying from Paraparaumu, which is about30 miles outside Wellington, to Wood- bourne, near Blenheim. The Freighterwould be able to fly from Rongstai, a small airport in the Wellington cityarea. The possibility of this loan was men-tioned by Captain K. J. G. Bartlett, a director of the Bristol Company, whenhe arrived in Wellington. Million. Miler TpADIO-OFFICER JOHN M. G. WIL- XV LIAMSON, of B.O.A.C, has re- cently completed 100 flights over the Atlantic and during 8,500 flying hours ha? flown ij million miles. TUDOR IV: This version of the basic Tudor I being built for B.S.A.A. has a total length of 85ft Sin—six feet more than the basic model. Accommodation is provided for 32 passengers and a large quantity of mail and freight. Since its initial flight in April it has undergone an exhaustive series of tests including flights at the maximum all-up-weight of 80,000 Ib. A further picture of the Tudor is published on page 44. International ProblemW HILE a Ministry of Civil Aviation. examination for first-class naviga- tor's licence was being conducted recentlyan unusual call went through Ministerial departments. It was a request for anymember of the staff who could speak Arabic. Cause of the request was th;an interpreter was needed to transla for one of the entrants, an Iraqi, who'although he could read English, was un- able to speak it. The problem was solvedby a member of the Planning division. The reason why an Iraqi who does notspeak English should wish to obtain the M.C.A. navigation licence is that it isregarded as the highest standard of licence in the world. French, Dutch,Belgians and Poles are constantly sitting for M.C.A. examinations. Immigration by AirT HE Ontario Premier, Mr. GeorgeDrew, has announced that arrange- ments have been completed with Trans-ocean Airlines to fly 7,000 British immi- grants to Ontario this year. To makesure that priority is given on the basis of the immediate labour requirements inOntario, immigrants will be selected at Ontario House, London, where names of100,000 prospective settlers are filed. News in Brief Mr. J. L Adam, C.B.E., M.I.N.A.,Chief Surveyor to the British Corpora- tion of Shipping and Aircraft, has beenelected ^fSsident of the Institute of ft fonjyj-48, and Dr. J. H..Fjf.T.C., Vice-president. CLASS EYE: before being used in Australia's forthcoming rocket trials this giant German telescopic camera is being tested at a R.A.A.F. depot. The Germans used it during the war to photograph shipping in the English Channel. The camera has a 10 ft. lens. Mr. R. A. Smith, who joined the Dun- lop overseas department last September, has now been appointed their resident representative in Norway. K.L.M. announce that they will open shortly a passenger office in Sao Paulo, the centre for the South American coffee trade. Sao Paulo has a population of 965,000 and is the second largest city in Brazil.
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