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2O FLIGHT JANUARY IST, 1948 Civil Aviation News other requirements. Karachi will preferably bethe headquarters of the companies chosen, tc ensure close liaison between them and with thegovernment; there may be restrictions on the transfer of the shares; they must be prepared tooperate without subsidy all the routes for which applications are made; and standards of operationand servicing must be comparable with those of foreign airlines engaged in similar operations. Asregards this last requirement, the provisions of the Indian Aircraft Rules 1937, Part XIII, asadapted by Pakistan, will apply. Any parties who desire to participate in the formation of thejoint company for providing common facilities. but without having a licence to operate air trans-port services, can make applications to do so, and parties who have already made applications forlicences to operate air services or to provide servicing facilities, as well as those who havetemporary licences, have to make renewed applications. The two "chosen instrument" companies willbe allowed to operate non-scheduled services, but permission to operate in this field will also be granted to other concerns,under such restrictions as the government may impose. THE RYAN-NAVIONO NE of the most attiactive of the post-war American privateaircraft, the Ryan-Navion, is in production. Developed by North American, this design was handed over to the RyanAeronautical Co. when the former company decided not to proceed with it. Among improvements now incorporated arean electric fuel pump in addition to the standard engine-driven pump; a 20-gall auxiliary tank, increasing range to 750 milesat 150 m.p.h. cruising speed; improved ventilation and tem- perature control; and better sound insulation. The Navionhas already been in large-scale production, 1,100 of them having been built by North American. BREVITIES Mr. Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan, is to have a Viking aircraft for his personal use. A special interior arrangement has been designed. * # # Mr. W. R. Blyton, M.P., has been appointed ParliamentaryPrivate Secretary to Mr. G. S. Lindgren, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.* # # An American air charter company was asked to postpone aflight with seven million tomato plant seedlings, owing to unsuitable planting weather at the destination. During thewait, the freight increased, in weight from 44 to 79 tons. * * *It is now learned that first reports received in this country of the forced return of the Severn, the Short Solent flying boat,to Port Bell, Uganda, whilst on a proving flight to South Africa, were not accurate in ascribing the trouble to one ofthe engines. The failure was in an oil pressure transmitting gauge but the engines were examined as a precaution and werefound to be serviceable. * * #The number of passengers carried t>y BE.A. in November was less by nearly 50 per cent than those carried in October. Passengers carried in November were 26,037 whilt; in the pre- vious month there were 44,898. Mail figures remained com- paratively constant. In spite of the fact of the holiday travel ten the Continental Division carried 9,68g passengers com- pared with 7,110 in the same month last year. * * * Immigration officers at Northolt airport have held a confer-ence with the Home Office, and although details have not been divulged it is understood that the officers, some of whomhave been at the airport since it was taken over for civil avia- tion, were originally engaged on a temporary basis, and havenow been asked to teach permanent civil servants the job of interrogating travellers, while they themselves may possiblybecome redundant. * * # The Radio Range at London Airport has been brought into operation. The equipment, which was originally sited at Dorking and was withdrawn from service on October 29th, is now on a site a hundred yards from trie Bath Road near the entrance to Huston. The call sign is MYR operating on a EX^NORTH AMERICAN : The Ryan-Navion, in its new gloss enamel finish, is one of the most attractive-looking private aircraft in the U.S.A. It is now production by the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. frequency of 362.5 kes and the Radio Range magnetic coursesare 013.5^-099.5^ i93°A-28i°N. The Northolt Radio Range and the H.F. Aeronautical Communications andApproach Control Service operating at Blackbushe have been withdrawn. * # • * * A two-months tour of Africa by Mr. J. T. Bata and seniorexecutives of the western Bata shoe manufacturing organiza- tion covered 20,000 miles of flying. The aircraft used was aD.H. Dove operated by Airlinks, Ltd., an air transport sub- sidiary of Bata which is based at Gatwick, and the route wasvia the West Coast, Congo and Rhodesia to South Africa, re- turning via East Coast route and thence via Cairo, Rome andZurich. Among the places visited was Addis Ababa, where the Dove took off with full load at 7,800ft above sea level. # * * A foreign air-carrier permit has been issued by the AmericanCivil Aeronautics Board to S.A.S., the combined organization operated by the major Scandinavian airlines, and the indivi-dual permits issued to D.D.L., D.N.L. and S.I.LA. have been cancelled. The permit authorizes S.A.S. to carry passengers,mail and freight between Stockholm, Oslo, Stavanger and Copenhagen and terminals in Labrador, Quebec and the alter-native terminal points New York and Chicago with inter- mediate points in the U.K., Eire, Iceland, Greenland, theAzores and Quebec. " FROM THE CLUBS In spite of the high costs of flying, and petrol restrictions,membership of the Strathtay Flying Club, at Perth airfield, is increasing and now stands at 220. In the year ended July2nd, 1947, nine new licences were gained, 27 being renewed, and Mr. A. N. Thorn acquired a Proctor, bringing the numberof owner-members up to three. The annual general has just been held and Major J, R, Couper, D.S.O.,ruappointed president. # * * An interesting scheme has been introduced by the Good hewAviation Company, the sponsors of the Oxford Aeroplane Club: It is for selling blocks of hours to members at an ever-decreasing date, and also to pupils, without it being necessary for them to become members of the club. The scheme startedon December ist, 1947, and under it the normal rate for dual and solo flying in Tiger Moths will be £3 per hour with blocksof hours on the following scale: 10 hours at £2 15s an hour; 20 hours at £2 10s an hour; 30 hours at £2 5s an hour; 50 hoursat £2 an hour; and 100 hours or over £1 15s an Jsour. The latter number of hours is, of course, for the convenience ofthose who are obtaining their "B" licences. These blocks of hours are sold on a contract basis with payment in advance,and the pupil can then fly at any time to suit convenience. Dual blind flying instruction and cross-country flying areincluded in these block rates. A tempting bait is being offered to prospective pupils of trial lessons for £1 without obligation,and in addition, if any ab initio pupil buys an aircraft through the Goodhew Aviation Co., free instruction is given. It isthe view of the company that, whether there is a club and private flying or not, expenses in the way of an airfield, pre-mises, hangars, etc., are still there. Tn fact, in this as in many other instances, a commercial firm has subsidized privateflying as a long-term policy because it believes in the future.
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