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1948
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JANUARY 22ND, 1948 FLIGHT Civil Aviation News siuered when the Commission meets on January 27th, Thissuggestion, aimed as a blow at Ansett Airways, has met strong opposition from State Transport Ministers, who feel that TAAshould not be further subsidized by the taxpayer at the expense of the State Railways. . AIRLINES BY (^HARTER F 1947, Scottish Airlines' fleet of 20 aircraft flew 1,480,154miles, more than double the 1946 total of 632,957 miles. and 43,702 passengers were carried. This airline flew servicesbetween Prestwick and Iceland under charter to Iceland Air- ways, and regular services, Prestwick-Belfast, Renfrew-Belfast,London-Renfrew, London-Aberdeen, and London-Prestwick, under charter to B.E.A. The services for B.E.A. terminatedin July, IQ47- For K.L.M. and Air France, regular services were run between Prestwick and Amsterdam and Prestwickand Paris, and for the Compagnie Beige des Transports Aeriens affPrestwick-Manchester-Brussels route was flown. This Bel-gian service and the one to Iceland are continuing. Charter flights have beenflown to many parts of the world, in- cluding destinations in Africa; all overEurope ; Iceland ; Canada and America ; the Near East and India; and theMediterranean islands. STANDARDIZATION IN STATISTICS THE first meeting of the StatisticsDivision of 1/CA..O. was held on January 13th in Montreal, the primarypurpose being to review the work of the Organization in putting back intooperation the statistical reporting mach- inery, employed prior to 3939 by theInternational Commission for Air Navi- gation, which lapsed into disuse duringthe war. Statistical experts from mem- ber States of I.C.A.O. are consideringproposals to reduce the heavy burden of paper-work placed upon the airlineoperators, who maintain large and costly staffs for1 this purpose. As much ofdata required is entered in the airport records as well as those of the airlines, means are being considered by which automatic flow of neces-sary information through the national governments to I.C.A.O. is ensured. Standardization of terms and definitions em-ployed in aviation statistics is also under consideration in order to eliminate confusion, both among experts and the generalpublic caused by the variations in use to-day. LUXEMBURG AIRLINES T^HE Grand Duchy of Luxemburg will inaugurate its first-*- airline on February 1st with two regular Dakota services between Luxemburg, Paris, Zurich and Frankfurt. All theequipment of the new company—Luxemburg Airlines—will be supplied by Scottish Aviation, Ltd. The ground staff will becomposed of Luxemburgers, and Luxemburg nationals will be trained as pilots, first in Scotland and ultimately at home;but ia the initial stages Scottish Aviation will provide pilots. Luxemburg Airlines will operate under government control andthe company has been founded with 'in,, initial capital of 6,000,000 Luxemburg francs, approximately ^34,000. In addi-tion, Scottish Aviation has enter*'' ,>.n agreement with the new company for providing technii ,1: assistance. S.O. Lang , u M z, LOND/0N—PARIS: Four S.O. Languedoc 161 four-engined aircraft have been placed on the W/'r France service between London and Paris. The first one arrived at Heathrow on Monday last, January 19th. Air France will eventually replace all aircraft on the route with this 33-seater which is powered by four Pratt and Whitney Twin-Wasp engines. BREVITIES standardized Ipadiiff; ramps with hydraulic adjust-ments for height, "enabling them to be used with the majority of airlinem, are being made by the Airquipment Co.,*»* Burbank, California. Tfihere are three models.iH The De Luxe 120 andr Economy 120 have anadjustment range of from 50m to I2oin, andthe third model, the De Luxe 130, ranges from8oin to 130m. In both cases the stairway stepsare automatically levelled. De Luxe typesare panelled in polished aluminium and theEconomy models in alu- minium-painted canvas!* # * The Hon. C. D. Howe,Canada's Minister of Re- construction and Supply,announced on his return from the West Indies,,the completion of an &ir agreement betweenCanada and the Bahamas. Such an agreement links up with Trans-Canada Air*Lines' pro-posed service between Montreal and the West Indies.^ Mr. Howe has also opened discussions on the subject with Jamaica.The Minister's flight was made on a "North Star" Mark II before its delivery to Trans-Canada Air Lines. during December show that 50 practice landings were made,43 with visibility over 2 miles and cloud base over 1,000 feet and 135 with visibility less than 2 miles and cloud base lessthan 1,000 feet. In all 228 landings were made by CCA. out of a total of 1,052 made during the hours of G.C.A. operation (0800-2100 hours). jWithin the Metropolitan Control Zone under Instrument Flight Rule conditions aircraft will now be required to adjustaltimeters to a standard setting to obtain altitude separation. The value chosen is to be the actual value of QFF at LondonAirport as computed by the Meteorological stall, and it will be termed "the ZrQFF" American Adjustable Gangway. ./ * * Detailed figures for &.C.A. landings at London Airport 1/ * * *K.L.M. have doubled their Amsterdam-Johannesburg ser- vice, which will, from March 2nd, operate twice a week. Thisservice is operated by Constellations and the flying time for the 6,500-mile trip will be 24I hours, excluding, on the out-ward journey, a 16-hour night stop at Leopoldville. * * * S J Reports come from America of a new landing instrumentinvented by Mr. Paul Flint, who developed a low-level bomb- sight used by the U.S.A.A.F. The device is said to project afull-size illusion ahead of the aircraft. When landing, the pilot peers through a sight and watches an orange dot untilit reaches a certain point on the ground ahead of him, when he begins his landing glide. The instrument automaticallytakes into account the characteristics of the aircraft to which it is fitted and has adjustments to enable the pilot to makesettings for weight, load, gliding speed and wind velocity. B.E.A. plan to expand Sir mail services to the WesternIsles, but the matter is still under discussion and exact details are not yet known. The airfield at Sollas, between Benbeculaand Stornoway, is included in the planned extensions, but at
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