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1948
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MAKCH IITH, 1948 FLIGHT 281 stage ahead of the immediate outlook. Whether or not one or other mark of Tudor will be able to fill the gap on the Empire routes between now and the possible production of an L.R.E. type remains to be seen. Both the Hermes and the D H.106 also enter into the picture to a greater or lesser extent. It must be understood that the L.R.E. is a design-study arid.has been initiated jointly by the Ministry ot Civil Aviation and the Ministry ot Supply, and has no connection with B.O.A.C. The Corporation have already indicated that they have at present no specific requirement for a long-range Empire aircraft of that type, but they have offered to give any tech- nical, assistance required by the aircraft-manufacturers in producing the design. . .'.'.••• B.OA.C's JAPAN SERVICE THE first British civil air service between the U.K. andJapan is due to begin on March 19 when B.O.A.C. will extend their existing flying-boat route from Hong Kong to Iwakuni, near Kure, Japan. This extension adds 1,363 miles to the route, making a total distance from Poole to Japan of 10,625 miles. The journey will take seven days in Plymouth flying boats, which will carry 22 passengers besides mail and cargo. The service is planned to operate once a week in each direction, the fares being £214 single and £385 return. Nighj stops will be made at Augusta, Cairo, Karachi, Calcutta, Bangkok and Hong Kong. BREVITIES Northwest Airlines have ordered a further 15 Martin 2-0-2 36-seater transports. The new order will bring the company's 2-0-2 fleet to 25. Deliveries are expected to be completed by June. * * • Owing to unforeseen circumstances the Royal Aeronautical Society has found it necessary to postpone the full-day dis- cussion on Safety in Civil Aviation arranged for Saturday, April 3rd, as announced in Flight, January 1st. As from June 1st Pan American Airways will fly two air- craft daily between New York and London, 11 a week to Prague, 10 to Brussels and Frankfurt, and seven to Vienna. The New York-Bermuda services will also be increased to 10 a week. . :< ,.. ,.: „ , * • • • ' • '••" '•• "' '- It is understood that the single prototype Vickers Viscount will not be powered with Mamba engines. The original scheme was to build three prototypes, each one powered by different airscrew turbines. Dart, Naiad and the Mamba. * * # Candidates for the examinations for flight navigators' and civil aircraft navigators' licences are advised that a knowledge of the provisionally agreed I.C.A.O. Symbols, contained in Notice to Airmen No. 16 of 1948, Appendix I, will be required on and after April 12th, 1948. * * * The installation of high-intensity contact lights on runway 100/280 at London Airport is to be completed and work has already recommenced. Delays of up to 30 minutes may occur when landings are necessary on that runway, to allow con- tractors' equipment to be removed. * * * On March 24th and 25th and on March 29th and 30th the B.E.A. service between London and Jersey and between Southampton and Jersey will be doubled. The Liverpool-Isle of Man services will be increased by an extra return service on March 24th and 25th, and on April 1st and 2nd. * * # ' - K.L.M. have announced an increase of 30 tons in the weight °U|ir mai' carried during 1947 on the Amsterdam-Curacao sei^ce. Eighteen transatlantic flights will be made each week by the Dutch company during the coming summer, including two services a week from Amsterdam through New York to Curacao. Aircraft marshalling at London Airport is now the re- sponsibility of the Ministry of Civil Aviation The arrange- ment is different from normal airport procedure, since operators are usually responsible lor the tarmac movements of their own aircraft. The M.C.A., however, consider that future traffic conditions will require specialists on the tarmac. * * « The Civil Aeronautics Board have raised the present minimum altitude for visual day flight and for instrument and night flight in mountainous areas for all American scheduled and non-scheduled air operators. By day in V.F.R. conditions the clearance has been raised from 500 to 1,000ft, and by night in similar conditions in unlighted areas from 1.000 to 2,000ft; the same clearance applies in I.E.R. conditions. * * a* Skyways' scheduled services between Nairobi and Mauritius operate southbound on Saturdays, leaving Nairobi at 0545 hrs and arriving at Mauritius at 1630 after a stay of 45 minutes at Dar-es-Salaam. The return journey is made on Sundays, departing from Mauritius at 0700 hrs and, after an hour at Dar-es-Salaam, arrives at Nairobi at 1600 hrs Connection is made at Nairobi with the B.O.A.C. southbound service which leaves the U.K. on Wednesdays and the northbound service which arrives in the U.K. on Wednesdays. The through fare is £56 7s single and £101 8s return. * * # The replacement of Douglas Dakotas by S.E.161 Languedoc aircraft on Air France routes is proceeding more rapidly than was anticipated, and by the middle of February these aircraft were operating on the Paris-Lyons-Marseilles and Marseilles- Algiers routes, as well as on the Paris-London and Paris-Prague routes. Languedocs are to be used on the entire European based network, and the introduction of these French aircraft has resulted in changes in schedule, as for instance on the Paris-Prague service, where flying time has been reduced by thirty minutes to three hours and ten minutes. * * • Sir J. D. Cockcroft, director of the government atomic energy research station at Harwell, Berks, said recently that at least 20 years would be needed to solve technical problems of nuclear power units which would contribute to our fuel sup- plies. Sir John, who was addressing the north-eastern branch of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said that the application of nuclear energy to power units was limited by the weight of shielding required to protect operators which might amount to 100 tons for a unit of a few thousand horse-
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