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1947
1947 - 1719.PDF
OCTOBER 2ND, 1947 FLIGHT 397 Civil Aviation News BREVITIES It is understood that a Miles Marathon will shortly be takento Mew Zealand for demonstrations. * * * The direct Pan-American service between California andHong Kong has been resumed. Three schedules in each direc- tion will be run each week, two of which will be through Hono-lulu, Wake, Guam and Manila while the third will be through Honolulu, Wake, Tokyo and Shanghai. • * * The three Lockheed Constellations delivered to Aerlinte Eireann are to be named St. Patrick, St. Bridget, and St. Brendan. # # * Lord Brabazon has been re-elected President of the F.A.I, and M. Jean Bleriot has been appointed Secretary. •^During July B.E.A. carried 69,602 passengers, an increase ofmore than 14,000 over the previous month. The number of services actually completed was 9,989. The total number ofaircraft now in service in all divisions of B.E.A. is 90, and the route mileage is 16,548 miles.» * * The China National Aviation Corporation is facing a fuel shortage crisis. There has been no response from a request to the Chinese Government for an increased quota of high-octane petrol, and there is the possibility that many aircraft will be grounded. , Sudan Airways, which are operated on a management basisby Airwork, have introduced a weekly service between Khar- toum, Malakal and Juba.* * • British South American Airways passenger aircraft are tobe equipped wiib 16 mm projectors for showing films during flight. Non-inflammable films will be used.* # * In Flight, Septembt-r 18th, it was erroneously stated thatMr. Kemp flew the Portsmouth Aerocar for the demonstration. It was, in fact, Mr Alaa Jones who demonstrated the aircraftduring the whole of the ail display ai Radlett. # * »American Overseas Airlines have flown more piss -ngers and operated more flights across the Atlantic in J947 than any otherairline During the period '46,012 passengers, more than 500 tons of freight and 300 tons of mail have been carried. • * « Mr. B. T. Aikman, D.F.C., has resigned from the LancashireAircraft Corporation and leaves the Company at the end of the month. Mr. J. E. Rylands, Chairman and ManagingDirector of the Company, will take over all executive adminis- trative work previously performed by Mr. Aikinan, and A.V-M.H. H. McL. Fraser will resume his position as London Direc- tor when his present duties with the Board of Trade are com-pleted Mr. H. R. L Smith remains as the Commercial manager for the company. FROM THE CLUBS AT White Waltham, where the West London Aeroplane Clubis established, flying training progress has been wellmaintained during the summer, and the club's four instructors have been kept busy. In spite of maintenance difficultiesarising from pressure of work, an average of 530 hours per month have been flown over the last four months. Besidesaircraft of the B.E.A Flying Club and the Household Brigade Flying Club, 32 privately owned machines are serviced andmaintained at White Waltham, and the club's new chief engineer, Mr. F. Bevilacqua, has little spare time on his hands.A new clubhouse is nearing completion, and it is hoped to have this open in a few months' time and thereby to extend thesocial activities of the club. The aircraft hire service conducted with two Fairchilds has proved a popular amenity, and theseaircraft have made numerous flights to the Continent during the summer Incidentally, those people who have "laid up"their cars need not feel completely isolated from the White Waltham club; there is an excellent car hire service operatingto and from the airfield. YOUNG ENTHUSIAST: This photograph, taken at the meeting of the Bristol Gliding Club, shows 13-year-old Michael Hinton, fie youngest holder of the R.Ae.C. " C" Certificate in this country, receiving final instructions from his father before taking off for a flight. New Zealand flying clubs are viewing with grave concernthe present attitude of Government-owned airlines towards private flying. Acting through the Government, the airlineshave recently forbidden flying clubs to undertake charter flying of any description Hitherto the clubs have been able tomaintain a steady income from charter trips which helped to cut down tne costs of private flying for club members, andit is feared that this latest move on the part of the airlines may prove a crippling blow to pleasure flying in New Zealand. # # # The London Aeroplane Club which, as we reported inFlight, July nth, was taken over recently by the de. Havilland Technical School, reports steadily increasing membership. Theclub lately broke its p&st-war record of monthly flying hours by completing 205 hours during the month of August in spiteof the fact that two of its aircraft were undergoing C. of A. inspections jnd another was in for overhaul. Normally theclub operates six aircraft—three Tigers and three Hornet Moths, which are in constant demand. The club is to keepopen throughout the winter and it is hoping to extend its activities next summer. * r «• To mark the completion of its first year of post-war opera-tions the Bristol Gl'ding Club held an "At Home" on Saturday and Sunday, September 20th and 21st, at LullsgateAirfield, where a large gathering of members and friends assembled for the occasion. There was a goodly collection oigliders and sailplanes at the meeting, and spectators were presented with an entertaining display of gliding and soaringand demonstrations of auto tows, winch launching and aero tows. The Bristol Gliding Club is the first club in the country tobenefit from the Lord Kemsley Fund, and one of the highlights of the meeting was the arrival by air in a Bristol freighter ofKirby Cadet and Tutor gliders acquired under the terms ol the fund. The gliders had been flown from the Hooton factory,and within a short time of the freighter's arrival they were unloaded, rigged on the airfield and test-flown by club pilots.In an interview during the display Mr. Rex Young chairman and C.F I. of the club, stated that, having managed to exceedtheir target figure of 2,400 launches during the first yeai despite limited facilities, the club committee were confidentthat the new aircraft provided from the Kemsley Fund loan would enable the club to make further progress during theensuing year of operations and to offer first-rate opportunities lor motorless flight to all enthusiasts of the sport, in the area. It is interesting to note that more than 50 glider pilots havebeen trained by the Bristol Glider Club during the past year and the club is expecting to recruit over a hundred ne\vmembers during the next year.
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