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1948
1948 - 0424.PDF
3.V4 FLIGHT APRIL IST, 1943 Civil Aviation News with Vikings three times a week. Aircraft will leave Northoltat 09.21, arriving at Gardemoen, Oslo, at 13.21. The home- ward service will leave at 14.30 and arrive at Northolt at 18.46.* * * Between April and December, 1947, B.O.A.C.'s AtlanticDivision carried 22,549 revenue passengers on the Corporation's routes from New York and Montreal to London and be-tween Baltimore and Bermuda. In the same period 576,624 1b of mail and diplomatic mail were carried on these routes together with reight. B. Callaway,r©fler of the South-Western M.C.A., and CaptaiN. (Retd.), 1 Controller of theDivision, has each "en up his duties at head-irters in Bristol erpool respectively. The formal investigationinto the loss of the Star Tiger will be opened as apublic court at' 10.30 a.m. on Monday, April 12th, atthe Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House, Westminster.Lord Macmillan, G.C.V.O., has been appointed by the Minister of Civil Aviation to be in charge of the investigation. A.V-M. W. B. Callaway. capu 6. L Huskisson. From March 2nd onwards Trans World Airlines have in-cluded a stop at Basra on their weekly New York-Bombay route. These flights are scheduled to leave New York onTuesdays at 10 a.m. arriving at Basra on Thursdays at 5.45 p.m. The route is via Gander, the Azores, Lisbon, Madrid,Algiers, Tunis, Cairo, Dhahran and Bombay. Printed time-tables for the Air France summer scheduleswill be available shortly containing details of Connections to Corsica and North Africa and of new services to Milan andSpain. All summer services will connect with Glasgow and Manchester. • * • Mr. Wayne Parrish in American Aviation recently made theinteresting observation that the big danger for airlines was the constant growth of bureaucracy. "To-day," he said, "thereis one C.A.A. employee for every 5.9 airplanes." The British Ministry of Civil Aviation plan ultimately to employ 11,000and the British corporations fly approximately 200 aircraft. •• * * # No. 106 draws attention to the need forTpline to be observed by other aircraft in the achine transmitting distress signals. A summarybe taken by an aircraft intercepting a distress C~by the International Telecommunicationsis contained in this Notice. 7 Iuring JJ^week ended March 13th Pan American delivered million air mail letters to overseas destinations.'resents an increase of about ioo per cent over the e weekly load of a year ago. The major portion of thiswas destined to Prague, the aerial gateway to Poland, and the Balkans. * * * lie findings of Dr. Daniel Horn, of the U.S. Air ForceMedical Branch, and the recommendation that pilots surviving a serious accident should be grounded for a year, are disputedby the Airline Pilots' Association, whose President, Mr. David Behncke, characterizes the proposal as ridiculous and one whichthe Association will fight with every power at its disposal. • * •An Air Safety Board report published recently in Washing- ton states that many accidents were found to be due to faultyengineering which had passed unnoticed by the designers. It recommended 35 structural changes in aircraft to eliminatemechanical failures, and called for standardization of cockpits, installation of emergency exits, use of non-inflammable heliumgas, and improvements in fireproofing and firefighting equip- ment. FROM THE CLUBS '"THE Gloucester Flying Club's Air Display and Garden Party J- will be held on Saturday, July 3rd. * * * •More than 300 people attended the opening of the Hereford Aero Club at their new premises at the Tudor Cafe, Commer-cial Street, Hereford, on March 10th. The Mayor of Hereford, a former member of the R.A.F., was among those present tolaunch the club. The subscription has been reduced to £1 is per annum with no entrance fee. Efforts are being made tosecure sufficient support for a V.R. Squadron at Hereford air- field and also to form a gliding club to operate at this field.During the summer the club will endeavour to find a method of reducing the tuition costs from the present £3 5s per hour.The parent company, Aircraft Hereford, Ltd., will make charter arrangements to convey parties to the Three CountiesShow, to be held in June at Staverton, Glos, and it may be possible to fly race-goers to Hereford race-course, adjacent tothe Hereford airfield. * * * Unfortunately, the Landing Competitions for the Rodmanand Pemberton Trophies which the Lancashire Aero Club had arranged for February 28th had to be abandoned on account ofvery bad visibility on that day; it was therefore arranged to hold them on Easter Sunday, beginning at 2.30 p.m., weatherpermitting. It was also arranged that the Newbury Eon should be available for demonstration to pilot members. Mem-bership of the club has been increasing very satisfactorily and 15 new flying members have been elected during the last monthor so; five aircraft are now serviceable. A. A. Orsi and B. W. Boor both completed their first solo flights on March 14th.-Parachutes are now provided for use with the Tiger Moth, and the rate for this aircraft has therefore been raised to £3 2s perhour; the rate for the Austers is £3 per hour. Pilots who do ten hours' flying in their licence year get a reduction for any-further flying until the licence expires of 10s per hour. There is also a rate of £4 per day, in which case the member pays forpetrol, oil and any other incidental expenses. During the summer it is proposed to organize Sunday morning cross-country flights to neighbouring clubs at Blackpool, Yeadon, Derby and Wolverhampton. Ordinary members may take partas passengers and each aircraft will carry its full load. The Cowes Aero Club's annual Ball at Newport on March12th was a well attended and highly successful social event. With improved weather dual and solo flying are again in fullswing and the membership is increasing daily. * • * A dance was held on Easter Saturday at the South CoastFlying Club, which is now endeavouring to extend its social activities to include badminton and deck tennis. Facilitiesfor these games will be available to members at a nominal charge to cover the cost of replacing the equipment. A courseof lectures began on March 23rd and will be held every Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday; the subjects to be coveredinclude general airmanship, elementary meteorology, navigatidfi and theory of flight. There is no charge for admission andinterested friends may accompany members to these talks. # * * On March 18th Mr. A. Townsley, chairman of the City ofPortsmouth branch of the Air League of the British Empire welcomed a gathering of supporting donor firms and friends,together with members of the local branch, at the Portsmouth Aero Club. The occasion was to meet the three selectednominees who are to receive Assisted Pilot Training under the scheme organized by the Portsmouth Branch of the League.The names of these nominees are: Mr. T. Randall, Mr. J. L. Barnes and Mr. D. Bambury. After particularly welcomingG/C. W. N. Cumming, a member of the executive committee, the chairman proceeded to give a short history of the formationof the local branch and its activities. It was due, he said, to the suggestion of the local committee that the Assisted PilotTraining Scheme came into being, and Airspeeds, Vospers, and the Portsmouth Aero Club had presented cheques to help startthe venture. In thanking these donors the chairman expressed the hope that these three nominees would do justice to them-selves and to the scheme, for the support of which a fund was open and contributions to this would be welcomed and acknow-ledged in the press; these should be sent to the Secretary of the Portsmouth Branch of the League. G/C. Cumming, repre-senting Headquarters, added his congratulations and encourage- ment to the three nominees and praised the Portsmouthbranch for its achievement in encouraging airmindedness.
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