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1948
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520 FLIGHT OCTOBER 28TH, 1948 Civil Aviation News knots the rate can be from 1,200-1,800 feet per minute. Thelanding run is, of course, also short when reversible pitch is used. It is rather interesting that cylinder head cooling ismaintained even when reverse pitch is in operation, a feature wliich cannot be claimed with other installations. Such coolingis achieved through a system by which exhaust gas pulsa- tions induce the cooling air over all cylinders by means of theaugmenters. Direction of slipstream therefore has no effect upon cooling. '- Noise level in the cabin is normal, it has been reduced quiterecently by the extension of the exhaust augmenters by about 18 inches. Large windows permit a good view from all seatsand passenger comfort is at a high level. It is perhaps unusual to have the server ' in a forward position on a medium-rangeaircraft but undoubtedly that position, near the C. of G. will be more popular than a tail position, with stewards andstewardesses. Progress with the Convair 240 will be interest- ing to follow and its economic possibilities will be watchedwith considerable interest especially by British operators. AIR FRANCE EXTENSIONS ON October 26th Air France opened a new route from Paristo Madrid with Languedoc 33-seater aircraft. The flight takes just under four hours and the fare from London throughParis is ^19 13s single and ^35 7s return. The service will be flown twice a week in both directions. Since the ten-yeartravel ban on Spain has been lifted Air France have opened routes to Barcelona and have included Madrid in the weeklyservice between Paris and Buenos Aires. More and more ser- vices for passengers and freight are planned to link importantindustrial centres in France with the principle North African towns. This is part of a policy of the French Governmentaimed at closer integration of the North African territories of Algiers, Tunisia and Morocco in the economic system of Metro-politan France. New stopping places at Lyons, Marseilles, Nice, Nantes and Bordeaux are included in the connectionsbetween Paris and Algiers, Tunis, Oran and Casablanca. There is also co-ordination of services between Air France and AirAtlas, which operates over the Barbary coast from Tunis to Casablanca. Languedocs will be used on all services exceptfrom Paris to Casablanca which will be operated with Douglas DC4S, starting on November 2nd. U.L.A.A. ORDERS TUTORS "VTEGOTIATIONS are now in hand which should lead to the-*- ' placing of an early order for six Motor Tutors for the use of Ultra Light Aircraft Association groups. These machinesshould be allocated to selected groups before next Easter. On the basis of flying a minimum of 150 hours per annum andinsurance costs at about £50 per annum, it is estimated that flying rates will be at £1 per hour. Purchase of these six Tutorshas been made possible by a grant from the Kemsley Trust Fund, a proportion of which money had already been advancedto the U.L.A.A. for the purchase of a batch of J.A.P. motors. The Association has repaid some of the previous loan, believedto be the first beneficiary under the scheme to do so. Sir Alan Cobham and Mr. P. W. S. (George) Bulman, who were, of;ourse, flying ultra light aircraft some 25 years ago, have agreed to serve as Vice-Presidents of the U.L.A.A. CIVIL AVIATION PRIMER HIGHWAYS of the Air," which is edited by V. E.Mearles, B.O.A.C.'s Education Officer, was written largely by B.O.A.C. personnel. It has been published to pro-vide a work for use in schools dealing with the development of civil aviation, and to make available for general reading anauthentic story of civil air transport, and Britain's and the British Commonwealth's contribution to its growth. The need for such a book has been apparent for sometime, to counter the popular opinion that flying is exclusively for the rich and fearless, and to answer the innumerableawkward questions which small boys ask. It is to Mr. Mearles' credit that he has produced a book which is compre-hensive as far as space permits, interesting, and written in language which even the most earthbound person -should beable to understand. On the subject of the British Govern- ment's desire for internationally controlled airlines the authorsays: " It is the belief of the British Government that there must spring so great a degree of co-operation, for the sakeof everyone, that one day there will be no more competition. All airlines would in that case become part of a huge inter-national combine. In other words there would be one world airline." There are several mistakes, especially in the historical sections, which must be corrected if the book is to be regardedas a standard text-book on civil aviation. For example, it is rather disquieting to read in the first line of the Forewordthat " It was only 41 years ago that the Wright Brothers made the first successful aircraft flight." The historic flight tookplace in 1903. Similarly, the Appendix giving specifications of airliners used on Empire air routes needs complete revision;but this is not surprising as even the Archangel Gabriel could not predict how the plans of our nationalized Corporationswould change in the inevitable time lag between compilation and publication of such an Appendix. Once these things have been put right, '' Highways of theAir" will go a long way towards achieving its object, for it tells the story of British civil aviation modestly but withjustifiable pride, backed with just enough statistics to lend weight to the narrative. It is good to read again how our> airmen pioneered most of the world^s important air rentes, while the brief notes on the air routes of to-day are sufficientto whet one's appetite to learn more about them. The sections on ''Airliners," "Airports," '" Maintenance " and " Pay- FUTURE CANADIAN TRANSPORT : The C. 102 short/medium range jet transport is being built by A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. Equipped with four civil rated R. R. Derwenl engines paired in twin nacelles and mounted on the centre section wing, it will carry 36 to 4J passengers and cruise at 400 m.p.h at 30,0JOft. load '' give a good basic picture of each subject; that on '' TheAircrew" is first class; while, S. J. Webb's story of a flight to Cairo by flying boat conveys much of the delights of this fogaiof travel. In fact, "Highways of the Air'" should do much to stimulate the spirit of airmindedness that is so badly neededto-day. J. W. R. T. K.L.M. FATAL CRASH ABOUT 40 minutes after midnight on October 21st a K.L.M.Constellation crashed some two miles from Prestwick Air- port after attempting to land in rather poor weather conditions.There were thirty passengers and ten crew on board the air- craft none of whom survived the crash. At the end of anormal flight from Amsterdam to Prestwick whilst en route for New York the commander of the aircraft, Capt. K. D.Parmehtier. asked for a G.C.A. let-down. The visibility was about 4,000 yards, the cloud base "was down to 300 feet.The circuit and approach were, however, quite normal and the aircraft broke cloud over the airfield. It is understoodthat Capt. Parmentier then informed Control that he in- tended to make an overshoot and proceed on a visual circuit.As far as can so far be determined the aircraft struck some high-tension cables, with the result that the machine was seton fire. The aircraft continued but eventually crashed in desolate country. Capt. Parmentier had flown with K.L.M. since 1929 andhad accumulated about 20,000 honrs. In 1934 he was com- mander of the K.L.M. Douglas DO2 which won the handicapprize for commercial aircraft in the London to Melbourne Air Race. During the war he flew on the Bristol-Lisbon serviceand was invested with the O.B.E. In the Royal Dutch Airline he was Chief of Flying Services and had just returned fromthe first K.L.M. flight to Shanghai. Also on board the air- craft were Mr. A. Veevendaal, the managing director and tech-nical vice-president of the company, Mr. Maclnerny, Euro- pean representative of the JLockheed Corporation, and Mr.Edgar FuW, a member of the K.L.M. Board of Control, Secre- tary of the Royal Netherlands Aero Club, founder of E.L.T.A., B 18
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