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1948
1948 - 0675.PDF
EMPIRE BASE : A view of the flying boat base, showing the anchorage, hangars and slipways, at Durban, South Africa. Pan American Airways Progress : Approach Aids at Jersey : Flight Engineers' Regulations : American Cargo Rates WESTERN EUROPE CO-OPERATION T^HE extension of the principles of '' Western Union '' to theJ- sphere of civil aviation has formed the subject of informal and exploratory discussions in the U.K., the United Statesand Europe. The scheme being considered envisages the re- plaiming of timetables to avoid duplication, and the poolingof all resources including maintenance facilities; and generally would follow the lines of the successful experiment in co-opera-tion already carried out by the Scandinavian airlines. The identity of individual airlines would, however, remain intact,as would also title to the various items of technical equip- ment. The plan aims at establishing a Continental airlinessystem which would achieve efficiency and economy, and foster the trade of the Western nations. A start might probablylie made with K.L.M. and Sabena, with the British Corpora- tions and Air France co-operating. Apart from economic con-siderations, such a plan would contribute to Western Europe military solidarity. LONDON AIRPORT HANGAR PROGRAMME A TEN-YEAR hangar building programme at London Air-_> **• port was referred to- by Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, when he addressed the Society of Licensed AircraftEngineers in London recently. In his speech, the Minister said that the scheme might take ten vears to fulfil, but the pro-gramme for the next five years was based on the assumption that the four existing hangars would continue to be used totheir maximum capacity, and, by 1953, B.O.A.C. aircraft on the Atlantic and Empire services would all be based at LondonAirport. It was hoped that the whole of B.S.A.A's fleet and a percentage of B.E.A.'s fleet might also be based there.Commenting on the move of the Maintenance Base from Dorval to England, Lord Nathan said he welcomed the change whichwould mean more work for English maintenance engineers and result in a saving in dollars. Despite the delay in the delivery"f Boeing Stratocruisers, he continued, work at Filton was going ahead; but Filton as a maintenance base for B.O.A.C.aircraft on the North Atlantic services was only a temporary- arrangement, and the final plan was for London Airport to bean international airport and" maintenance base combined. P.A.W.A. REPORT FOR 1947 p" the annual report of Pan American World Airways for1947 which is published in brochure form and illustrated by photographs of the airline's activities, and charts illustratingthe financial distribution, Mr. Juan Trippe, the president, de- clared that foreign travel by American citizens was a powerfulcontribution to world reconstruction. Since such reconstruc- tion depended on dollar credits, he said, the U.S. must findways for other countries to continue business with America. The tourist dollars spent abroad could be regarded as an effec-tive means of providing debtor nations with dollar credits which would be available for foreign countries to buy Americangoods and repay American loans. The year 1947 marked the completion of Pan American'stwenty years of air transport service. That year's gross revenues for passengers and air freight amounted to$94,422,000 and $13,505,000 respectively. The gross com- mercial revenues, excluding U.S. mail payloads, showed an in-crease of 25 Per cent over the previous year. The estimated net income for 1947, after provision of tax reserves, was$2,960,000, which, Mr. Trippe said, represented only 2 per cent ,of the gross revenue and a return of less than 2.8 per cent onthe company's average investment. New services opened up by Pan American during 1947 included routes across theAtlantic, to the Middle East and India, and across the Pacific to Japan and Eastern Asia. The passenger capacity of air-craft operating in the Pan American system increased 47 per cent during the year under review. The fleet at present in-cludes 81 four-engined passenger aircraft, 47 twin-engined pas- senger aircraft, and four four-engined and seven twin-enginedfreighter aircraft. In 1948- it is hoped to add 40 new aircraft. B.OA.C AID TO IRAN PILOTED by Captain M. W. Haddon of B^OA.C, the firstof three Doves to be delivered to the newly formed Eagle Airlines of Iran, left England recently for Teheran. Continuingits policy of affording assistance to those countries interested in the development of civil aviation, details of which appearedin Flight, January 29th, the Corporation is seconding experi- enced crew members1 and technical staff to the Iranian companyto give instruction in operating technique and ground organiz- ation. The chairman of the new company is Mr. Ali AsgharHekmat, the managing director is Mr. Mohandes Feza Shahidi. •Mr. A. E. Hill, of B.O.A.C., has assumed the appointmentof general manager with headquarters in Teheran. INSTRUMENT LANDING EQUIPMENT AT JERSEY MARCONI instrument landing equipment is being installedat Jersey Airport, which during the summer has a'par- ticularly high density of traffic. The British version of theInstrument Landing System, required under I.C.A.O. regula- tions for international airports, and known as A.B.A.S. (Air-craft Blind Approach System), is to be installed. The ground equipment will consist of duplicate azimuth transmitters
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