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1947
1947 - 1267.PDF
JULY 31ST, 1947 F LIGHT TVTT 4VIATI0N NEWS M. C.A. Com m ittees Announced : Northolt Open to the Public : Helicopter Experimental Unit Dolphin one-designs of the Parkstone Yacht Club broad-reaching under the stem of the B.O.A.C. Plymouth class " Portsea " in Poole Harbour. TWO NEW COMMITTEES T ORD NATHAN has formed two committees, one on licens--L' ing, recruitment and the training of civil aviation per- sonnel, and the other on the certification of aircraft and theapproval of equipment. The first committee is under the chairmanship of G/C. C. A. B. Wilcock, M.P. for Derby anda member of the Medical Research Council. He was Deputy Director of Manning in the R.A.F. during the war, and laterwas Senior Personnel Staff Officer at Transport Command Headquarters. G/C. Wilcock was recently elected chairmanof the Parliamentary Civil Aviation Group and is a director of Skyways. The committee is to review the present arrange-ments, including the procedure for medical examination, for ti'ie issue of personnel licences in civil aviation, and to makerecommendations for such modifications as may be deemed desirable, taking into account the new categories of licences andtests that are in immediate prospect. The committee is also to consider and recommend a system to ensure an adequateflow of aircrew and ground crew to satisfy the increasing numbers which will be required for all branches of aviation,and compare the standards required of aircrew and ground crew for Service and civil aviation purposes, and to make re-commendations to enable personnel of all categories to he available for civil aviation from Service sources after as littleadditional training as possible. With regard to the education, recruiting and the training of personnel other than those fromthe Servces, the oommittee is to consider and make recom- mendations for balancing the numbers as may be necessary forcivil air transport.' Advice geijerally is to be given on the measures which will be necessary and appropriate to meet theprobable needs of personnel for British civil aviation, whilst equally ensuring that such employment should offer reasonablecareers. The committee on the certification of aircraft and approvalof equipment is to be under the chairmanship of A. Cdre. W. Helmore, who throughout his career in the R.A.F. has been (: mainly concerned with research and development. He was"SMtant scientific adviser to the C.A.S. in 1939 and technical "Sclviser to M.A.P. from 1941-1945. He was also a member ofLord Brabazon's committee which advised the Government on the technical aspects of civil aircraft. The committee is toconsider and make recommendations with regard to the con- ditions of and procedure for the certification of civil aircraftand the approval of navigational and other equipment, whether airborne or on the ground, employed in their construction,operation and maintenance. Lord Nathan was unable to name the members of the two committees as they are not yetavailable. The Minister announced also the appointment of Mr. J. H.Keeling as deputy chairman of British European Airways. Mr Keeling was Director-General of Aircraft Distribution at M.A.P.during the war and is chairman of the London and Yorkshire Trust. Two new directors for British South American Airways havealso been appointed, Lord Kershaw and Sir Francis Brake. The iormer has been connected very closely with nationalhealth insurance, and as Mr Fred Kershaw in 1923 and 1926 he was president of the National Association of Trade UnionApproved Societies. In 1931 he was made an O.B.E. and later elevated to the peerage.* Sir Francis Brake is a directorof Standard Telephones and Cables, and has spent over thirty years in telecommunications. During the war he was con-cerned at the Ministry of Aircraft Production with the dispersal of factories, and was Controller of Construction and RegionalServices as well as being a member of the Air Supply Board. He is a member of the Chancellor of Exchequer's advisorypanel on the refund of E.P.T. Lord Nathan has made plans to visit Australia, New Zealandand the Far East, leaving London on August 1st in a B.O.A.C. Lancastrian. He will lead the United Kingdom delegation tothe South Pacific Air Transport Council which is due to meet at Canberra from August nth to 14th, and will proceed toNew Zealand and on to the Far East, where he hopes to.discuss with the countries concerned, amongst many other things, thedevelopment of airports. The British delegation will include Mr. Peter Masefield, Director-General of Long-Term Planningat the Ministry, and Mr. J. McCraig, Director of Finance (Air), and other officers of the M.C.A. Lady Nathan will alsoaccompany the Minister. FAR EAST AGREEMENT A FOLHR-YEAR agreement was signed on July 23rd per-mitting British and Chinese airlines to fly regular services between British and Chinese territories. The British Corpora-tions will now be permitted to fly from London or Singapore to Canton, Shanghai and Tientsin, and also from Hong Kongto Canton and Shanghai, and the Chinese airlines to operate services to London and Prestwick on routes across the Pacific,North America and the Atlantic, and also through the Middle East and Southern Europe. Chinese airlines may alsofly from Shanghai or Canton to Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong Airways, Ltd., was formed early this year tooperate scheduled services from Hong Kong, pending con- clusion of the agreement. The company is a subsidiary ofB.O.A.C. with capital of 1,200,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Mr. A. W. Summers has been appointed manager, and CaptainR. W. Ballantine the chief pilot. The first of the airline's four Dakotas left London ^on July 22nd for Kaitek, and theremainder will be leaving shortly to open up the first services to Shanghai and Canton, which will link up with the B.O.A.C.trunk routes from this country. It is'understood that the Cor- poration are extending invitations to representative interestsof the Colony's commercial co.nmunity for participating in Hong Kong Airways. B.EA. HELICOPTER UNIT A N experimental Helicopter Unit has been formed by British•^*- European Airways and W/C. R. A. C. Brie has been appointed the officer in charge, with Mr. A. McClements asthe experimental engineer. The first Westland Sikorsky S 51 helicopter is expected by the Corporation some time inSeptember, and the other two will fcllow soon afterwards. Two Bell helicopters are expected at the same time. The unitwill immediately train personnel to fly these machines, and the next stage, starting probably in October, will be to surveythose areas where helicopters will probably be operated. The first operational trials will almost certainly be made on theBristol-Yeovil-Poole route and will lie devoted to the develop-
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