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1947
1947 - 1906.PDF
FLIGHT OCTOBER 30TH, Civil Aviation News the port engine can be attributed to the fracture of one of the oil pump plungers which resulted in the oil pump jam- ming. The Accidents Investigation Branch found that the aircraft was airworthy and the Certificate of Safety was signed prior to its departure from Newtownards, and that the aircraft had a valid Certificate of Airworthiness at the time of the accident. The aircraft was loaded within the prescribed limits as laid down in its Certificate of Airworthiness, and carried enough fuel and oil for the intended journey. The airframe and engine inspection had been completed under the Approved Maintenance Schedule, and the pilot's "B" Class Licence was valid and endorsed for Aerovan aircraft. In the opinion of the Board the accident was the result of the failure of the aircraft to maintain height when flying on its starboard engine after the port engine had seized. The reason for the failure of the port engine was the break-down of the port engine- driven oil pump. It is thought curious that whereas in the Viking inquiry details of the load sheet and the position of the C. of G. were stated, only the bare statement of the all-up weight was given in the Aero van inquiry. ACCIDENT COMMITTEE ^ A COMMITTEE has been set up by the National CivilAviation Consultative Council to inquire into the pro- cedure governing investigations into acci- dents to civil aircraft in the United Kingdom and to British civil aircraft abroad, and to make recommendations. The committee members are: Mr. C. M. Newton, Aerodrome Owners' Association (chairman). Major R. H. Mayo, Royal Aero Club. Mr. J. S. Nicholl, Institute of Trans- port. Mr. Christopher Shawcross, M.P., Barrister-at-la w. Mr. W. Bentley Purchase, Senior Coroner and Hon. Secretary of the Coro- ners' Society of England and Wales. Investigation has been found necessary since it has become the custom to hold inquiries into aircraft accidents in public, and it is felt that the present procedure may not be suitable. designed plane with a seating capacity ior 27 passengers, as the standard passenger aircraft on its system. A transport plane with a seating capacity of 70, it is stated, is also being developed. AMERICAN LIGHT AIRCRAFT MARKET THE American light aircraft industry, whose sales werephenomenally high last year, is now faced with a steadily dwindling market. Last year light aircraft released from Government surplus stocks were quickly absorbed by buyers interested in cheap planes and by clubs for sporting and train- ing purposes, but the market has now reached saturation point, and sales are rapidly declining. The slump has hit the smaller aircraft manufacturing concerns hardest, forcing many of them out of business altogether. Salesmen of the surviving com- panies have found that catering for the business market, as distinct from the personal buyer, proves most profitable, and are concentrating on finding new uses for aircraft in business and industry. ^ Convinced that sales can be maintained and stepped up a change in production policy, the Stinson Division of the Con- solidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation took the lead in moving aircraft into the business market, and are able to report sales figures ahead of other concerns for June this year. They are now compiling the results of a survey of the business uses to which their planes have been put, as a guide for the sales efforts of their dealers, and in their new production programme are ^ " RUSSIAN CIVIL AVIATIONR APID progress is reported in Russia in the field of aviation, where the mileage over the air routes now exceeds that of any other form of internal trans- port. Thgre are eight main trunk airlines :-. : i.: •',; ^ C linking some 65 Russian cities, and an extensive foreign service is operated by the civil airline, Aeroflot, with regular runs to the capitals of 15 countries bordering the Soviet Union, with most of whom reciprocal agreements have been concluded. Neither Pan American Airways nor British European Airways, however, operate in Poland or the Balkans, although the former company maintains a service to Prague and the latter operates to both Prague and Helsinki. Aeroflot has increased its route mileage by 7,500 miles to 93,150 during this year, and is introducing a new Russian- CORPORATION PROPERTY: One of the B.E.A. Sikorsky SSI helicopters photographed recently at Yeovil. Last week interesting experiments were made at Dungeness by Alan Bristow of Westland Aircraft for Trinity House and the Lifeboat Institution. Some details appear on page 494. laying particular emphasis on servicing and spare parts, which are expected to find a ready market even when the demand for aircraft has decreased. For the light aircraft industry as a whole, however, sales esti- mates have shown a distinct downward trend, dropping from 2,000 in April to 1,600 in May, 1,100 in June, and under 1,000 in July. Sales are now expected to remain around the 1,000- monthly mark for the rest of the year. In comparison, sales last year exceeded 30,000, while the pre-war annual average was 5,000. BREVITIES A CIVIL aviation agreement providing for the reciprocalgrant of facilities in their respective territories lor the operation of scheduled air services has been concluded betweenthe United Kingdom and Colombia. » » » On the recommendation of the Director General of CivilAviation in Australia, after a report on the matter by a De- partmental Committee, Narromine has been 3elected\as thealternative to Mascot as the International Airport for Sydney. * * • The post-war growth of charter companies in the UnitedStates resulted in the introduction, early this year, of a regu- lation requiring all such companies to be in possession ofcertificates of operation. Certificates are still being issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration at the rate of 200 permonth. The number of U.S. charter companies is now in the neighbourhood of 2,000, operating 4,439 aircraft and employ-ing 8,488 personnel. The helicopter experiments for B.E.A. will be org;uii/ed \>y W/C. Brie, the official in charge of the B.E.A. Experimental Helicopter Unit of which Mr. Theilmann is the Senior Pilot. # • • Automobile and Aircraft Services, Limited, of St. James's Street, have been appointed sole distributors .to Southern England for the Aero Car. The area is bounded in the north by a line drawn from the Wash to the Severn. # • #Following an exploratory visit earlier this year by Air Commodore C. S. Cadell, C.B.E., Managing Director of Inter-national Aeradio, Ltd., two of the company's executives, Commander Kenneth Kemble, R.N.V.R., and G/C. R. Scott-Farnie, are now on a tour of Pakistan, India, Burma and Siam. They are to discuss telecommunications and naviga-tional problems and the possible provision, operation and maintenance of such facilities by International Aeradio, Ltd.,on behalf of the governments concerned.
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