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6i6 FLIGHT NOVEMBER 27TH, 1947 Civil Aviation News and its machines have flown 55G million miles. Among the aircraft designs spon- sored by Pan American have b£en the Fokker F-7. the Sikorsky S-40 "andJLhe S-42, the Martin M-ijo and the B.oeirig B-314 flying boat. There were ceremonies to celebrate the 20th anniversary ol America's entry into international air services with the Floiida-Cuba service in 1927, and at.the* end of last month President Truman signed a scroll to be presented at Key West. AUSTRALIAN FARES INCREASED FARE increases of 20 per cent for allmain Australian routes have now come into effect, these being the increases decided upon at the recent Melbourne conferences to cover higher wages and rising costs. In making this announce- ment, Mr. Drakeford, the Australian Minister for Civil Aviation, claimed that his country's fares were still lower than those of other countries, and he quoted these figures: U.S.A., 5.1 cents per passenger-mile; Canada, 6 cents; and Australia, at the new rates, about 4.7 cents. Freight rates may also rise corre- spondingly. • One company, however, Ansett Airways, refused to raise its fares, and was given a direction bj' the Civil Aviation Department that it must do so when its routes were in com- petition with those of Trans-Australia Airlines, the government owned airline. Mr. Ansett, managing director of the company, claimed that the Minister of Civil Aviation had no power to compel an increase, but only to approve fares and referred to the instruction as " bare-faced audacity." The Minister, in reply, has stated that "further action would be considered to make Ansetts fall into line with the other companies." THE DC-6 INQUIRY AS a result of the American C.A.A. Inquiry into the DouglasDC-6 accident at Bryce Canyon, Utah, on October 24th, modifications have been ordered " immediately " to this type of aircraft. All glass fibre insulation is to be removed as being COMFORT IN DEPTH : h this interior view of the first prototype Mf'es Marathon the layout incorporating 17 seats is shown, the square-section fuselage giving an impression of roominess. It is planned to make alterations in the furnishings of production air- . craft, and an alternative of 18 seats will be available. unsatisfactory, not in itself but through hydraulic oil soaking, for though there was no evidence of this on the crashed air- craft, it happened on another DC-G which flew to the scene. Besides the insulation change, airlines must before Decem- ber 1st examine electrical systems; hydraulic systems (for leaks) ; fuel, oil, heating ventilation, oxygen, alcohol and thermal de-icing systems. Flight understands that glass fibre insulation has already been removed by the various airlines as had already been recommended by the Douglas Corpora- tion. The C.A.A. order exempts insulation attached to the underside of the cabin floor, above the cargo holds, but bans its use on the fuselage skin and belcvv-floor bulkheads, adding that no reflection was intended on glass fibre insulation which was non-inflammable but when soaked could have a wick action. (Criticisms of the DC-6 by an American engineer were reported in Flight last week.) BREVITIES On a flight to London, which left La Guardia airport on November 21st, American Overseas Airlines flew i's 100,000th passenger across the Atlantic. * * * K.L.M. is re-routeing one of its twice-weekly South Atlantic services through Rome and Casablanca to provide direct con- nections from the Mediterranean to South America. * * * By the terms of a new agreement between K.L.M., Aer Lingus and B.E.A. there is to be inter-availability of tickets on the Dublin-Manchester-Amsterdam and London-Amsterdam routes. ,;... ,.•-.. A.R.B. has issued a second edition of Notice Kp. #3, November 20th, 1947, which deals with the inspection ; of Oxford and Consul airscrew blades for cracks. * • •» In .reply to a question in Parliament as to whether the speci- fications issued for a general utility airliner would affect the development of £he Brabazon and Tudor aircraft, Mr. J. Freeman, for the Ministry of Supply, replied "None." * * * B.S.A.A. took delivery on November 20th of their Tudor IV, Star Panther. It was due to go into service on the Carib- bean route to-day. * • * Presentation of British Civil Airworthiness requirements has been altered-. Sub-sections will in future be issued together as complete sections, in booklets. At the end of 1948 it is likely that subscribers will be informed that they may pay a renewal rate which entitles them to receive all amendments for a stated period, probably five years In Australia petrol rations for commercial flying other thanthat of regular airlines have been reduced from 50 to 45 hours a month, and for private flyers from 8 to 6 hours a month* # * B.E.A.C. have cancelled their requirements for two Con- cordias and have reduced their order for Viking aircraft from 50 to 35. The Ministry of Supply is taking the necessary contract action. Mr. Whitney Straight, managing director of B.O.A.C., has been appointed to the council of the Air Registration Board. * * # Air France has started three new services. They are Lon- don-Teheran ; an extension of the New York-Paris route to Lydda in Palestine; and a Cairo service via Lydda. On the Teheran service DC-4S are used, leaving Heath Row at 9.55, reaching Baghdad ihe next day at 9.35 and Teheran at 11.55- Constellations are used on the other two routes, the Paris- Lydda stage being non-stop. # * # Warsaw-Paris aud Warsaw-Stockholm services are now being run by LOT (Polskie Linie Lotnicze), and the Warsaw- Prague route is to be extended to Zurich, while preparations for a Balkan service are nearly complete. The route will be from Warsaw to Cairo via Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and Lydda. Two of the five Languedoc four-engined aircraft which are on order have arrived from France. # • # A complete survey of the ground service preferences of air travellers is being conducted by the Air Transport Association in New York, and questionnaires are being submitted to
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