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1948
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F LI G H Civil Aviation News on suitable expanses of water and in some cases to make artificial lagoons. The city <;f Tiils^i, Okla- homa, is digging a lagoon 4,50011 long. , * West African Airways have commenced ascheduled service between Accra, Ku'masi and Takoradi, which is later to be extended to Tamale. D.H. Doves with 8 seats are used./ * * * Jersey Airways, Ltd.; the privately operatedcompany whose services were taken over by B.E.A., has declared its last dividend—6 per centfor 194G. During that year, 74,646 passengers were carried; the 19^8 total was 34,962. G/C. J. Hutchieson, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H., has been seconded from the R.A.F. to the Ministry of Civil Aviation as chief medical officer. He is to review the M.C.A.'s requirements and submit proposals. JANUARY 15TH, 1948 It has been decided that the Ministry of CivilAviation is tp abandon for the present the,develop- ment of fairwood Common as the q/rport forSwansea. Fairwood will revert to R.A.F. control until the situation is reviewed in 19.50. / * ' * * Mr. John E.A?ook has been appointed Rates and TariffsOfficer of the Y.A.T.A. He was formerly traffic manager of Braniff and of Continental Airlines, and in his new positionhe will supervise the preparation of joint tariffs on behalf of the international airlines from I.A.T.A. headquarters inMontreal. . . --. • . . •...-, NOSE WHEELS FOR RABIES : Two Macchi M.8. 102 private aircraft in flight. The M.B. JOS two-seater is powered by a CNA-D.4 or Continental A65 or C.85, has a cruising speed of approximately 93 m.p.h. and a range of 340 miles at this speed in still air. American Airways have filed a new tariff with theAmerican C.A.B., increasing the fare level on Latin American routes by xo per cent from February 1st. The fares willstill be lower than the pre-war ones, however, in most cases. Pan American Gra^e Airways also is to increase fares for itswest coast routes in Latin America. * * 1/ * +yRegular meetings of the air freight brokers on the fialtic Exchange began on December 29th. The first aircraft to beloaded through exchange channels left Nice on December 31st with a load of flowers for Croydon. It had earlier flown toAthens with radio sets, and the return charter was offered to Lambert Brothers' Aviation Department by Lep Air Ser- vices, and negotiated -through Lamberts' agents in Marseilles,Watson, Browne and Co. /• • * * Kir France have been using the 33-passenger Languedocon the Paris-Nice route, to meet the seasonal flow of traffic to the Riviera, in place of the DC-3. Connections to MonteCarlo and Cannes are made by coach. t * * * During 1947 P*an American Airways carried 39,700 west-bound transatlantic passengers and 22,300 eastbound, an average of 170 passengers a day and a total of 2,200 Atlanticflights. On the New York-Bermuda run 40,-000 passengers were carried. The airline carried nearly two million tons of freightduring the year, more than double the 1946 total, and 1,153,0001b of mail. * * * The board of enquiry set up in America to examine possiblesafety improvements has recommended that all airlines appoint "Safety directors" to reduce the risk of accidents due tomechanical failure. The board also proposed better training for mechanics and co-pilots, the development of safer fuelsand lubricants, and changes in the location and construction of petrol tanks so that fires might be isolated more effectively. FROM THE CLUBS AS a first step towards speeding up and increasing the out-put of trained Hying and ground personnel inindia, a con- ference of flying clubs and schools was held recently in NewDelhi under the chaiimanship of Mr. N. C. Ghosh, Director General of Civil Aviation. The chairman, in opening the confer-ence, said that aviation in India was in its infancy and that there was need tor dexelopment in every direction. He addedthat the Government was in favour of the rapid development of aviation and to this end was anxious to help aviation insti-tutions in every possible way such as in the provision of facilities and trie procurement ot the necessary aircraft andequipment Discussions at the conference revealed general agreementthat more aircraft were needed for the development of train- ing, and it was felt that the Government and the flying clubsshould explore the possibility of obtaining more Tiger Moths or other proved training aircraft from abroad. Mr. Ghoshstated that an Expert Committee consisting of representatives of the R I.A.F., the Civil Aviation Directorate and the firmof Tata were examining the question of what available aircraft and equipment could be salvaged from Disposals. He furtherrevealed that the Government had established a Central Train- ing School, at present in Saharanpur, for the training of pilots,ground engineers, radio operators and other technicians. It was considered that flying clubs should be utilized fo:flying training in the initial stages when unsuitable men could be weeded out, and only selected pupils would then passthrough to the Central Training School for advanced training. It was thought that such a policy would also provide aircrewwho would eventually be suitable for flying in the airlines. Besides the Director General and officials of the Civil Avia-tion Directorate, A.V-M S. Mukerjee, R.I.A.F., and repre- sentatives of the flying clubs of Bengal, Bihar, Bombay, Delhi, Madras and of the States of Hyderabad, Jodhpur, and Jaipui^the National Air Academy of Bareilly, the Sind Provincial Flying Club, and the Aero Club of India attended theconference. Mr. Alan Brown, a member of the,Umtali Gliding Club,recently broke the Rhodesian soaring record with a flight in a Kirby Kite, lasting 20 minutes at 1,580 ft. This feat hasearned him the first Rhodesian "C" licence. * * * Mr. C. M. Joy, formerly assistant instructor at the CoventryAeroplane Club, has taken over the duties of chief flying instructor from S/Ldr. E. G. Franklin, who has been actingin an honorary capacity. The club has written to Coventry's two M.P.s, appealing for their support for private flying,which, says the letter, may cease completely if the Government does not act on the recommendations of the Government com-mittee and the Straight committee reports. The annual general meeting of the club is to be held on February 24th. * * * y Over 2,000 hours were flown by the Wiltshire School ofFlying during 1947 and the fleet has grown to nine—seven Austers and two Magisters—while there is a Proctor forinternal and overseas charter flying. Early in 1947 the club moved from High Post airfield to Boscombe Down, where thenare runways and an unusually smooth grass surface, a large- hangar and well-equipped workshops. Mark Two Drem light-ing is installed, and so the airfield is suitable for night flying The former control tower has been converted into a club-house with a bar, restaurant and five bedrooms. A scheme for contracts involving blocks of flying hours at reducedrates is in successful operation.
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