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FLIGHT JANUARY 22XD, 1948 Civil Aviation News present the airfield is unusable. Fre-quencies of existing mail runs, however, are to be increased, and in addition tothe Kapide service at present maintained, a daily Dakota service will operate fromGlasgow to Benbecula and Stornoway. * * * Wing Commander "Bats" Page, sales manager of Airwork, Ltd., has eoncluded a selling arrangement with \Aer Lingus whereby ^irwork have the sole selling rights for the disposal .of the seven MK IB Viking aircraft, together with a good supply of spares. * 1/John Leddy, steward of the B.E.A.C. Viking which crashed at Northolt on aflight from Renfrew recently, has been congratulated by the Scottish Air Councilon his couduct just before the crash / * * *The ihdian government has not yet reached a decision on the nationalization of internal air services and the matter hasbeen placed before the Standing Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Communications. CARACAS BOUND : elan airline, about to is said to be already The first martin 2-0-2 for Linea Aero Postal Venezolana, the venezu- leave Baltimore for service on the Latin American routes. The type^ popular amongst, passengers flying on Northwest Airline's services?* without wireless which have to check in at this airfield aftercrossing Cook Strait. rossing Course / .The Ridian Minister of Communications, the Hon. Ran Ahmad Kidwai, has announced that plans for the formationof schools of flying training and of engineering are in hand, and that both will start at an early date. On January loth, K.L.M. carried out their hundredth re- turn flight across the South Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. Since August 6th, 1946, 6,200 passengers and 72I tons of freight and mail have been transported 011 that route/ Air France have speeded up services between London andTeheran. After the 5-hour flight from Paris to Tunis the line is now routed via Nicosia in Cyprus eliminating the landingsformerly made at Tripoli and Baghdad. * * * .> Paraparaumu atrport, near Wigtown, claims to be New Zea-land's busiest Mrport, handling up to 66 internal airline air- craft a dav, mostly Dakotas, in addition to private machines bourse discrepancies are reported in the area west ofBristol on the London Radio Range Magnetic Course of 281 deg. Investigations and flight tests are being carried out,but in the meantime pilots are advised to exercise caution when using the London Radio Range operating en 362.5 kc/swhile flying in the above area. </ * Supporting the decision of New Zealand National Airwaysin purchasing Short Solents for the Tasman service—Constel- lations had been suggested—Sir Leonard Isitt, the chairman,said that the cost of Solents at ^250,000 each compared mort- than favourably with the Constellation. Other factors whichhad influenced the decision were connected with airfields, maintenance organization and dollar exchange. On the fifth anniversary of the first flight- of the Constel-lation more than 4,000,000 passenger miles were flown in the 24-hour period, over the international routes of 12 importantairlines. Since the first Constellation flew on January 9th, 1943, modifications have resulted in a 20 per cent increase inspeed, 3o,ooolb increase in take-off weight, and an extension in range by 40 per cent. Cinq FROM THE iU IIS THE directors of the Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne, aredisturbed by the current rumours that there will be no fly-ing meetings in 1948 and wish to make it clear that, no matter what: circumstances prevail, the annual Lympne meeting will be held this year as usual during the last week-end in August. They go so far as to declare that, if the petrol shortage makes other means impracticable, horse-drawn transport will be pro- vided from the nearest station; if for the same reasons aircraft cannot be used the meeting will be held as a garden party at the Lympne Country Club. Preparations for the meeting are already m hand. J * * * The Portsmouth Aero Club look back upon 1947 as asuccessful year. The membership now exceeds 200 and the aircraft strength has increased from two Tiger Moths to fourTiger Moths, two Auster Autocrats, and one Proctor. During the long summer evenings the flying hours increased steadily,the average being over 200 hours per month. Visits to the neighbouring clubs at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and to Le Touquetand Deauville were very popular in the summer and the amount of winter flying has been above expectations. Fifty-two pilots have been trained for new "A" licences and many "A" and " B " licences have been renewed. One member, Mr.Allcard, together with Mr. Mechin, a ground engineer, has purchased a Proctor, and they set out early in November to flyto South Africa. The Club's monthly dances and social even- ings are finding great popularity and the Christmas festivitiesIncluded a party for orphans and members' children. The Club hopes that friends from other clubs throughout thecountry will again visit them du/ing the coming summer. j/ • • •The Gloucester Flying Club had a large gathering of mem- bers and friends at Stavcrton to celebrate the completion ofthe club's first twelve months of communal flying. For those who are unfamiliar with "Communal Flying," the GloucesterFlying Club introduced a scheme whereby each member on joining automatically became a part-owner in the club's aircraft and property. The instructors give their services voli^.* tarily and members are expected to do likewise and attend ttK"weekly meetings as far as practicable, assist with refuelling, cleaning-down aircraft, timekeeping and the many other jobsin connection with flying. This arrangement makes possible the strikingly low rates of 25s per hour for dual instructionand 35s per hour for solo flying. The celebrations on Sunday. January nth, included a small flying display, and Mr. Andrewsand Mr. Healey performed some low aerobatics in the club's Miles Hawk trainer. The Tiger Moth has, in the first year,put in 631 hours in 190 days and the Hawk Trainer 551 hours in 144 days. /• «• « * The Derby Aero Club, in spite of the difficulties which havedescended upon normal social intercourse, has continued to be a centre of considerable activit 7. A large number of fly--ing members managed to attend, on December 21st, an in- formal flying day, which, although on a small scale, did notfail to maintain interest. Mrs. Elaine - Denmari, flying a Magister, won the landing competition, and the bombing com-petition was won by Mr. Charles Lowe. Mr. Brian lies, an ab-initio member, was applauded for an excellent display otaerobatics in a Magister. S/Ldr. Ronald Porteous performed some alarming crazy-flying in a Magister. The programme ofwinter evening lectures continues to be well supported and thanks to the co-operation of the staff of Air Schools, Ltd., andothers, the club has arranged for a duty instructor to be avail able every evening to give ground instruction to club membersA club dance will be held on January 24th. Cross-country pilots from other clubs are reminded that a warm welcomeawaits them at Derby.
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