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JULY 8TH, 1948' CIVIL A^fATION BRITISH POWER UNITS : The first aircraft to be flown by Alitalia, the Italian company in which B.E.A. have a 40 per cent financial interest, on the Rome-Geneva service which opened on June 22nd. It is photographed on that day on the tarmac at Cointrin airport. The Fiat G 12 L is equipped with three Bristol Pegasus engines. Air Navigation Rules Amended : Aviation Plans for Pakistan : I. C.A. 0. Assistance for Private Flyers ^ TUDOR IV OPERATIONS "DRITISH SOUTH AMERICAN AIRWAYS CORPORATIONJ-J has made a statement on the suitability of Tudor IV aircraft on the Azores-Bermuda route in view of some mis-apprehension which is said to exist. The only restrictions on the operation of the Tudor IV on that route are those whichhave been imposed by the Corporation itself, and tests which have been carried out recently by the Ministry of Supply todetermine range and fuel consumption have confirmed results which were obtained by the Corporation, that the Tudor IV,has ample range for operating that route. When sufficient aircraft are available and crews have acquired experience ofthe northern route across the Atlantic, through Shannon and Gander, then the Tudor IV will again fly scheduled passengerservices. The Shannon-Gander route will still be used as a direct alternative route to the Azores-Bermuda route whencircumstances require it. AIR NAVIGATION AMENDMENTSP ROVISIONS of the Air Navigation Regulations AmendmentOrder, 1948, amend the Air Navigation Consolidation (Order) for 1923 and the Air Navigation Directions, 1936.Amongst the principal changes is one which concerns the pro- cedure governing registration of aircraft in Great Britain and•^Northern Ireland. The position is back to that which obtained before the schedule was amended in 1939 for the purpose ofmeeting wartime requirements. The regulations prescribe con- ditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by air-craft on any licensed airfield, and an extension of load sheet formalities to charter aircraft. As from September 1st, 1948,all public transport aircraft will be required to complete formal load sheets before commencing a flight. The rules of the airwhich have been issued from time to time in Notices to Air- men have been consolidated into one code which is designedto give effect to I.C.A.O. recommendations. Any aircraft registered in the U.K. carrying passengers or freight for hire orreward must carry W/T apparatus suitable for maintaining two-way communication and also radio navigation apparatusappropriate to the route to be flown if crossing the sea. Simi- lar apparatus must be carried if it is required by Air TrafficControl flight rules. The former becomes effective on August 1st this year but the latter not until January, 1949. CRASH OVER NORTHOLTS OON after 1600 hours on Sunday, July 4th, a DC-6 on aflight from Stockholm to London by S.A.S. collided with a R.A.F. Transport Command York in the vicinity ofNortholt. There were four aircraft stacked vertically in the circuit, with the DC-6 lowest at 2,500ft and the York at3,000ft While precise details cannot be obtained until after the investigation, it is known that visibility on the groundwas i| miles and there was cloud 3/10 at 200ft and 9/10 at 400ft. Stacking arrangements are made and passed byApproach Control, but orders for leaving the stack and crossing the Metropolitan Control Zone, although passed by ApproachControl, originate from Uxbridge. It is the responsibility of Uxbridge Control to allocate height and route through thezone and also the gate from which aircraft shall leave. There were no survivors from either the R.A.F. York or the DC-6and altogether 39 people were killed. ...... NAVIGATION DINNERO N July 2nd, only one year after being formed, the Insti-tute of Navigation held its first dinner at which more than 140 members and guests attended. H.R.H. the Duke ofEdinburgh was the guest of honour and amongst the many guests were the Minister of Civil Aviation, Lord Pakenham,and the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham. Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Astronomer Royal, President ofthe Institute, was in the chair and reviewed the activities of the Institute which showed it to embrace a wide field of in-terest, not only for those engaged in the actual science of navi- gation but also for those interested in related technical develop-ments. AIR TRANSPORT IN PAKISTAN ;T HE government of Pakistan announced on December 4th;1947, that it had decided, for the time being, to leave the operation of scheduled air transport services to private enter-prise, subject to control and regulation through a system of licences and allocation of routes. It also decided that scheduledair services should not be operated by more than two com- panies which should be backed by Pakistan capital and directedand controlled by Pakistan nationals. Applications for air transport licences were invited, and to assist in the selectionan ad hoc Air Transport Advisory Board was set up, consist- ing of three members, under the chairmanship of Mr. JusticeDin Mohammad. The Board assembled on March 8th, held twelve meetings to consider the four applications which hadbeen received, and recommended that licences to operate scheduled air services should be granted to Orient Airways,Ltd., and to a company to be known as Air Pakistan, Ltd., on behalf of which an application had been received from thePakistan Mercantile Corporation, Ltd. Later, however, the latter company withdrew, and in its place an applicationreceived from Islamic Airways Agencies, Ltd., on behalf of an operating company to be known as Pak Air, Ltd., wasaccepted. Air transport licences will, accordingly, be granted in due course. Conditions attached to the granting of air transport licences
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