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1948
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454 FLIGHT OCTOBER 14TH, 1948 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Lord Pakenham Disappoints Welsh Advisory Council : Cranfield for Airline Training : First Year of Air Transport in Malaya RADIO STATIONS IN AFRICA A IR FRANCE have been authorized by the French govern-•** ment to spend 80 million francs annually for the next few years on installing 40 new radio-security stations for air trafficin Africa. Air France was made responsible by the French Department of Civil Aviation some two years ago for theestablishment of radio stations in overseas territories of the French Union, and a selected team of technicians with previousexperience on the South American route began the task in North Africa and the Sahara. Stations have now been com-pleted at Tindjouf, Fort Trinquet, Bangui, Fort Lamy and Fort Archimbault, which together with the pre-war stations atDakar, Saint Louis, Port Etienne, Villa Cisneros and Cap Juby, already form an extensive network covering the Air Francetrunk routes and regional services in North, West and Central Africa. The 54 engineers and technicians will now tightenthis network with the addition of the 40 new stations in the same or adjoining territories. MINISTER IN WALES TOURING his recent tour of Welsh airports, Lord Pakenham,-L' the Minister of Civil Aviation, repeated the official view that a regular air service between North and South Wales wasnot at present an economic proposition. Although representa- tions were made by members of the Welsh Advisory Councilfor Civil Aviation, who stressed the claims of North Wales for better communications with South Wales and London, it isunderstood he was not convinced that such a connection would pay for itself, and that he was more concerned with theeconomic factor than with anything else. He was quite sure, however, that there was a definite need for such a service, andhe would endeavour to work out how it might be provided and paid for. As the party were leaving Valley, the probablenorthern terminus of any such service, Mr. Kenneth Davies, chairman of the Welsh Advisory Council said that Lord Paken-ham was the first Minister of Civil Aviation who had come to Wales to see for himself. One outcome of the visit was thatthe Council had had to abandon all hope of reviving Wrexham R.A.F. Station, and that area would continue to be served byHawarden. PRIVATE PILOTS' LICENCES AS part of the revised code of Air Navigation Regulationsthe Class "A" pilot's licence will be replaced, as pre- viously mentioned in Flight, by a Student's licence and aPrivate Pilot's licence. As in the case of the Commercial Pilots' licences, however, the new licensing procedure will notbecome effective until the Regulations have passed through Parliament. Pilots under training will not be allowed to flysolo until a Student Pilot's licence hus been obtained, for which the only requirements are that the applicant must beaged 17 or more and to have passed a medical examination. Such a licence will permit the holder to fly under the ordersof an authorized flying instructor. An applicant for the new Private Pilot's licence will have to have done 40 hours of-flying, of which 15 have been solo, and also to take examina- tions in navigation, weather and aircraft operation. Newlicences will be rated separately for each of three categories of aircraft: lightweight single-engined, lightweight multi-engined,and heavier types over 12,500 lb. To fly the heavier aircraft pilots must qualify for each individual type, and, if wishing tocarry passengers at night, a night-rating endorsement must be included. Holders of Class " A " licences will be able to makean exchange for the new licence on the first occasion of renewal, but only for that category of aircraft which they have beenflying. An endorsement for other categories will be necessary. AUSTRALIAN SAFETY PLANS AN allocation of ^5,000,000 has been made by the Govern-ment of Australia to modernize the Continent's radio system, with special attention to safety devices. The mainobject is to improve communications between air and ground, and between ground stations. The cost for the first year isexpected to be ^1,151,000, and the balance will be used over, later years. Developments are expected to include the pur- •chase of 180 radio transmitters and 89 D.M.E. beacons. Thirty radio range stations which are now being installed are to becompleted and nine more will be added. At 13 airports instru- ment landing systems will be provided, and lighting for nightoperations will be improved at all ^airports. Sydney and Darwin are to receive special radio transmitters and receivers. CORPORATIONS' FLYING TRAINING THE closing down of Airways Training, Limited, at Alder-maston on September 30th called for a reorganization of flying training, conversion and check flying in the two corpor-ations B.O.A.C. and B.E.A.C. British European Airways have now moved their training flight to Cranneld near Bedford,the College of Aeronautics' airfield, where the Corporation's gust research unit is already based. Between now and theend of IVJarch next year some 200 B.E.A. captains and first officers will pass through check flying, conversion and pro-motion courses which make up the winter training programme. Each course will last for a fortnight to six weeks. There areeight training captains on the flying staff at Cranfield. British Overseas Airways, on the other hand, pass captainsand first officers through similar courses at the headquarter bases of each line. York and Lancastrian training is carriedon at No. 2 line headquarters, Hum, flying-boat training at No. 4 line headquarters, Southampton, and Dakota training atNo. 1 line headquarters at Whitchurch. One senior captain B 10
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