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1948
1948 - 0855.PDF
, One of the Constellations recently bought by R.O.A.C. from Aerllnte Eireann, the Irish airline. >:' • :-;V-r;-^" . • .y--; • ••-...... ' .4.. r> Fours Into London The Four-engined Aircraft That Dominate Air Approaches to London INTO London Airport and Northoltnearly a dozen types of four-engined aircraft fly passengers nd freight daily. Since the Metro- olitan Control Zone became effective, at the beginning of this year, the bulk of air traffic has converged upon and departed from London through the three points of entry and exit: ^Gravesend, Dunsfold and Woodley. is common practice amongst the operating companies to follow the same routes, even when flying con- tact, to maintain a standard pro- cedure . On the south and south-east routes out of London Douglas DC-4S and DC-6s have replaced their twin- engined predecessor, the DC-3, on K.L.M. services to Amsterdam, and with Sabena to Brussels and Antwerp, and during the past months they have appeared under the American Over- seas Airlines' flag on schedules to Frankfurt, and to Scandinavia by the Scandinavian Airlines System. Also through the Gravesend gate fly the Pan American Airways Lockheed Constellations to Germany. Even on the short London-Paris route four- engined Langu6doc 161 s have re- placed the twins, and also passing over Dunsfold the Argentine company An A.O.A. Douglas DC-4, typical of the type flying on many European routes.
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