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1947
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JULY 24TH, 1947 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION A.R.B. Activity in Past Year : Light Aircraft Market in U.S.A. Vikings on Scottish Services FLYING SCOTSMAN: A Dakota on the B. £.A. London-Edinburgh service, standing on the tarmac at Jurnhouse. A.R.B. REPORT THE Air Registration Board's report for the year 1946-47was published last week. Tribute was paid to Sir Maurice Denny, who, as chairman of the Board since itsinception in 1937, had guided its affairs until he retired in January, 1946. Sir Maurice is to remain a member of theBoard. The chairman announced that Mr. Gerard d'Erlanger had been nominated to represent^the operators in place of Mr.F. C. R. Jacques, who had retired, and Mr. A. G. Elliott had been nominated by the constructors to fill the vacancy causedby the retirement of Sir Roy Dobson. Reference was made to the work done by the British delega-tion to the first session of the Airworthiness Division of P.I.C.A.O., and the accomplishment of incorporating sorapidly the agreements in the British Civil Airworthiness Re- quirements. In November, 1946, the Board had publishedBritish requirements incorporating over Go per cent, of the P.I.C.A.O. standards, and by March, 1947, the remainder werein an advanced stage of preparation. The Approval and Pro- cedure Sections, the Aeroplane Section and the ReciprocatingEngine Section were practically complete, the Propeller Section was about to be published, and part of the Glider and TurbineEngine Sections were in draft form. The Helicopter Sectioii was in course of preparation. It was hoped that during the course of the next twelvemonths the reciprocal acceptance of licences and airworthiness standards throughout the Dominions would be accomplished.A flight testing team nad been established and it was now pos- sible for the Board to make check flight trials and collaboratewith the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishments in flight test work. Maintenance schedules submitted for ap-proval between April ist, 1946, and March 31st, 1947, numbered 173 and surveys for underwriters during the year hadtotalled 126. Thirty-six; certificates for gliders had been issued, and ten certificates renewed. The Board had made thirteen recommendations for the issue of Certificates of Airworthiness to prototype aircraft, and the number of recommendations for the issue of Cs, of A. to otherthan prototypes but including initial validation of foreign Cs. *bf A. was 1,250. Of these, 1,195 were in respect of series aircraft, 34 of modified aircraft, and 21 in respect of validationof foreign certificates. The issue of Cs. of A. during the year exceeded the total number made for the nine years 1937-1946.[There were 302 renewals of British Cs. of A. recommended h during the year, of which 30 had been done overseas. The effect of the general resumption on March 1st, 1946, olexaminations for aircraft engineers, in accordance with revised procedure, was reflected in the 2,470 recommendations, threetimes as many as in the previous year. 3,500 applications were considered, but over 1,000 of the applicants were rejected asunsuitable for examination. The issue of 795 new licences was "recommended. As in the case of other branches, the pilots'"B" licences had given the Board a great deal of work, there having been an enormous expansion since the war and whereaspreviously the examinations had been conducted orally, written papers were now required. The Board's register containedparticulars of 1,238 aircraft, an increase of 758 during the year, and the list of subscribers now numbered 130. It is ratherinteresting to note that the number of persons employed by the A.R.B. does not exceed 160, including those stationed atoverseas offices. At a luncheon at the Savoy on July 17th Lord Brabazon paida tribute to the late secretary of the A.R.B. Mr. Thomas, who, in spite of delicate health, refused to spare himself andgave of his best right up to the time of his death. " He was the father of us all," Lord Brabazon said. Referring to theconstitution of the Air Registration Board, Lord Brabazon said it included four representatives of operators, four olmanufacturers, four of insurers, and four of the general public. At the P.I.C.A.O., now I.C.A.O., meetings the British tech-nical teams had great successes. Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, said he was gladto add his tribute to the work of the late Mr. Thomas, and under Mr. Hardinghain, the new secretary and chief executive,and Mr. Tye, chief technical officer, the close co-operation with the Ministry would continue. He regarded the A.R.B. as hislifeline and the lifeline of the general public. Concerning the present independent status of the A.R.B. he said means wouldhave to be found- for maintaining and even increasing this status. Sir Maurice Denny stressed the help that had been giventhe A.R.B. by British manufacturers in meeting increasing international requirements; by the Royal Aircraft Establishmeat in the matter of research; and by practical engineers whose advice had been sought. Mr. Charles Gardner replied for the guests. I.A.T.A. NEWSS IR WILLIAM HILDRED, the Director General of I.A.T.A.,was in London last week on his way to Stockholm for a meeting of the Executive Committee, the cabinet of the Asso-ciation. One ot the first tasks will be the examination of applications for membership, of which there are about twodozen outstanding. The animal general meeting ot the Association is to be heldin Rio de Janeiro on October 6th, and the delegates will stay at QuitandinUa. forty-five miles from the city. At the meet-ing the new traffic area committees will hold separate confer- ences and then meet together to discuss travel between theareas. There was. Sir William Said, a possibility that I.A.T.A. would form a medical standing committee. There are alreadyfour, financial, legal, technical and traffic, and this fifth would cover sanitation in aircraft, accidents, meals, inoculations andgeneral cleanliness in airline operations. He mentioned that the Association was experiencing the closest of co-operation withI.C.A.O., whose headquarters were in the same city. AMERICAN LIGHT AIRCRAFTD IFFICULTIES which were experienced by light aircraft manufacturers in Ihe United States in settling down to post-war conditions have, it is believed, now been overcome. During 1946 more than 34,000 light aircraft were constructed, and the sales of Government surplus placed another 19,000 light aircraft on the maiket. Three-tjuarters of that number were two-seaters with low power, suitable for club and pleasure fly- ing, but when the needs of the flying clubs had been satisfied the manufacturers found that thev were producing far more light aircraft than could be sold The Consolidated Vultee Company have built up an organization of dealers throughout.
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