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1948
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494 FLIGHT MAY 6TH, 1940 Civil Aviation News Khartoum at 2.40 p.m. It is also announced that as fromApril 30th the frequency of the Khartoum-Malakal-Juba ser- vice wa^ increased to two each week.# # * On Wednesday, April 21st, the third and last ConstellationL.749 to be delivered to Air India International passed through London Airport on the flight from California to Bombay. Thecaptain was S/L. K. J. Bhore, D.F.C., assistant general manager of Air India, Limited. * * •The first of the three DC-4 freighters purchased by K.L.M. recently landed at Schiphol and foreshadows a regular trans-atlantic freight service between Amsterdam and N«w York via Prestwick. Included in the six tons of cargo carried by theaircraft were two tons of food packages for Palestine and 100 white mice destined for the U.K. * * *The net earnings of Pan American Airways during 1947 was the highest of all U.S. air carriers. Gross revenue for theyear amounted to $142,362,000, of which $94,422,000 were passenger revenue and $13,505,000 air freight revenue. Theair mail revenue in 1947 was $22,535,000. * * * Australian National Airways in 1947 carried 534,557 passen-gers which, it is claimed, is more than the combined total carried by all the other airlines operating in Australia. Thefreight carried by the company, 11,793 tons, was double the combined weight of freight carried by all other airlines inAustralia. • # * The North Atlantic Regional Office of I.C.A.O. at 7, Fitz-william Place, Dublin, was closed on April 17th and until a selling agency is established in this country I.C.A.O. publica-tions are only obtainable from the European-Mediterranean Regional Office of I.C.A.O., 60 bis, Avenue d'lena, Paris, i6e,and any payment must be made in francs. # * * Plans by Qantas Empire Airways to serve the Philippines,Hong Kong and China in co-operation with B.O.A.C., have been approved by the Australian Government. The serviceswill start as soon as the necessary agreements' have been reached with the governments concerned. Several Schteche II twin-engined ten-seater transports -lreunderstood to be operating on the civil routes in Russia. The aircraft, which is also capable of modification for use as anambulance, is believed to have a range of 400 miles, but no further performance figures are available. * * # Airline and shipping space for 46,000 passengers each monthwill be available for eastbound travellers over the Atlantic during the coming peak season, according to the AmericanSociety of Travel Agents. About 18,400 will be available on airlines. The total carrying capacity for ships in 1937 was90,000 a month. * • * K.L.M. Inter-Insular Division, which covers the East Indies,is equipped with a fleet of 23 Dakotas and three Catalina flying- boats. Air services cover 13,000 miles to 28 points inside theEast Indies area and to Singapore, Zamboanga, Manila and Penang. * * * On April 28th the Guatemalan Minister, His Excellency'*General Miguel Ydigoraf Fuentes, inspected the civil aviation ? training facpities at Aldermaston. He was received by thegeneral manager, A. Cdre. Fenton, who accompanied him on his tour and entertained him to lunch. The Minister waskeenly interested in all he saw and is sending a report to his government immediately. There is a prospect that Guate-malans will be coming over here for training. * # * The Malta Government has issued a licence to Air Malta,Limited, to operate scheduled services to North Africa, Sicily and Rome. Malta Airways have also been granted permissionto operate a scheduled service between Malta and the U.K., and a scheduled direct service to Rome in association withB.E.A. The company is proposing to increase its capital aiid is expected to purchase new aircraft, possibly including twoDoves. * * * On April 25th B.O.A.C. introduced their transatlanticsummer schedules under which the service between the U.K. and New York will be increased from five to six a week andthose to Montreal from two to three a week. Arrangements have also been made whereby passengers from London canarrive in New York the following day and continue to Bermuda without the expenditure of dollars. The fare is /97 singleand ^174 12s return. FROM THE CLUBS THE Gloucester Flying Club is at present undergoing a re-organization, and during the period of this process the rates for flying have been fixed at £1 17s 6d for solo and £1 15sfor dual instruction. These charges will be reviewed in the light of the club's financial position when the reorganizationis completed. * • * An aerial garden party with an attractive programme offlying by both military and civil aircraft and a Concours d'elegance will be given by the London Aeroplane Club onJuly 10th. Admission will be by refreshment ticket, price 5s, obtainable from the secretary or members of the club, andfrom the Royal Aero Club Aviation Centre, Londonderry House, Park Lane, W.i. * # # Hereford Aero Club are to hold their first '' At Home ''on June 26th, and members of other clubs are invited. Arrival competitions and other events will be held, and the showwill be open to the public, who will be able to have pleasure flights. Alan Brook recently went solo on his 17th birthdayand two days later successfully took his "A" licence tests. The hours flown since September last amount to 581, andabout 50,000 miles have been flown without mishap. The club has decided to reduce the rates for those who hold " A "licences. The new charges will be £2 5s per hour as against the present £3 5s an hour for instructional flying. * * # The directors of the Ragosine Oil Company have presentedthe Ragosine Homing Trophy to the Auster Flying Club to be competed for annually. The conditions of entry are thateach competitor must fly an Auster aircraft and use Ragosine engine oil. The first competition for the trophy has beenarranged to take place on June 5th at 10 a.m., the start and finish being at Rearsby airfield, midway between Leicesterand Melton Mowbray. The event will take the form of a navigation competition. Pilots flying solo will take off atintervals and fly once around a course of 150 miles made up of four legs, the turns being pin-pointed on a map providedbefore the start. Points will be deducted for variations from a predetermined ground speed and there will be an adjustmentto this point system according to the number of hours in the pilot's log book in order to give the less experienced pilotschances of success equal to those with more experience. Ragosine engine oil will be supplied free of charge, and thepremises of the Auster Flying Club will be open to provide refreshments for competitors and friends. Further details canbe obtained from Mr. G. N. Snarey, chief test pilot, Rearsby Aerodrome, Rearsby, Leicestershire. * # * The report of the managing committee of the ColomboFlying Club for 1947 indicates that it is not only in Britai^ that flying clubs are having difficulties with finances. Thecommittee of the Colombo Club states that in 1947 there was a steady improvement in flying, but unfortunately a steadydecline in the club's financial balance. They have decided that since their present rates are already beyond the resources ofmost ordinary youthful pilots it would not be advisable or prudent to increase them further in spite of the high cost offlying, maintenance, insurance, etc. It has been estimated that the cost of flying four aircraft for 200 hours a monthwould be about £5 8s per hour each. The charges of the Colombo Club are £<\ 18s an hour for dual and £3 8s an hourfor solo flying. • • * * At Sywell airfield, Northampton, an International ModelAircraft Competition will be held on Whit Sunday and Mon- day, May 16th and 17th, and arrangements can be made withthe South Coast Flying Club by those who are interested to. charter their eight-seater Dominie aircraft to make the journeyto Sywell in the morning, returning the same evening. The fare, including lunch and tea, will be ^5 per head. Arrange-ments can also be made for the Deauville Air Rally, which is to take place on July 3rd and 4th, parties for which will hemade up in units of five persons at a cost of /14 12s per head, which includes associate membership of the Royal Aero Cluband the organization fee for the Rally, besides the charter of the aircraft. Full particulars of these events can be obtainedfrom the South Coast Flying Club.
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