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1948
1948 - 1813.PDF
OCTOBER 28TH, 1948 FLIGHT the air exhibition in Amsterdam in 1919,and was also one of the founder mem- bers of K.L.M. The M.C.A. have alreadyopened an investigation into the accident and the Dutch Chief Inspector ofAccidents and another Dutch Govern- ment official are helping in the investi-gations. CONSTELLATION A.U.W. INCREASED AGAIN FLIGHT tests of a Lockheed Constella-tion at a new gross take-off weight of 105,000 lb have started. If commer-cial operation of the Constellation at these weights is accepted by the CivilAeronautics Administration it will mean nearly 3,000 lb additional load capacityto those aircraft already in service after minor modifications have been made.This will be particularly beneficial to operators over long ranges. It is under-stood that the necessary structural modi- fications will add only 450 lb to theempty all-up weight of the aircraft so allowing the additional weight available for extra range or pay load. It is expected that owing to thehigh power-weight ratio of the Constellation the greater weight will have only a negligible effect on its flying performance.The maximum landing weight will then be 89,500 lb. The old gross weight of 102,000 lb was the highest permitted by DOWN ON THE FARM : The Bristol Freighter of Central African Airways is about to take off from Salisbury on a flight to deliver a Ferguson tractor for a farm demonstra- tion at Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. the C.A.A. for a commercial air liner. The Constellation atthe new weight will be delivered as> standard production by next spring but modifications can be easily performed by airlines intheir own workshops to Type 749's. Special kits for the minor changes will be provided. BREVITIES T ORD PAKENHAM, Minister of Civil Aviation, travelled•*-' to Speke last week to discuss with representatives of the National Joint Council, the Liverpool Joint Panel and BritishEuropean Airways management the transfer of the B.E.A. Maintenance Base from Speke to Renfrew (Glasgow).# * * Hong Kong Airways, one of the associates of B.O.A.C., has recently increased its international services with a weekly flight between Hong Kong and Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Although Hong Kong Airways are at present operating DC 3s it is hoped to replace them by Plymouth flying boats in the near future. • * *Commencing Tuesday, November 9th, COBETA (Compagnie Beige de Transports (Aeriens) will operate from Brussels toHaifa a weekly return service. There will be direct connections to existingCOBETA services between Glasgow, Manchester and Brussels andSABENA services between London and Brussels. Through bookingscan be made from Glasgow, Man- chester and London. * * *B.E.A. internal services during the winter commencing October 31stwill include seven flights each day "in each direction between Jersey andGuernsey. There will be three re- turn flights a day from Northolt to ; Jersey, two to Guernsey, a daily-service from Southampton to Jersey. eighteen a week to Guernsey andtwo a week to Alderney. There will be two return services a day betweenLondon and Glasgow and also be- tween London and Belfast and Glas-gow and Belfast. Routes serving the Western Isles, Western Heb- 'irides, Aberdeen, Inverness, Wick,.-Orkney and Shetland will have from : one to three services every weekday.There will be a service betwen Lan- cashire and the Isle of Man andNorthern Ireland, while the Pen- zance-Scilly air ferry will be main-tained at a frequency of three times a day on all weekdays.• # • B.O.A.C. and Aer Lingus have arranged to give through farefacilities between Dublin and all "Inspector Smith calling Control—Now put stick right forward—Over" stations on the Corporation's routes. The arrangement comesinto force this month. Fares, which include the booking of hotel accommodation in London if necessary, will be normalB.O.A.C. fare from London plus £8 5s single or £14 17s return. * * * Although schedules have not yet been decided for the newP.A.W.A. route from Seattle and Portland to Hawaii, aproxi- mate travelling times are expected to be: to Manila, 46 hours;Shanghai, 45 hours; and Calcutta, 48 hours. Through flights will be arranged to Australia and New Zealand, Japan, China,the Philippines, Siam and India. * * * •As from December nth Swissair will open a new service from Zurich to Manchester on a twice weekly basis. TheCompany are also now operating DC 4 aircraft on the Geneva-Madrid-Lisbon route twiceweekly. A weekly service is being planned to fly between Switzerlandand Egypt once a week. # * # • <•• •, Australian National Airways have dismissed the captain of an aircraftwhich recently forced landed with one engine on fire. It has been re-ported that the pilot admitted that he forgot to operate the automaticfire extinguisher as his only thought was to land the aircraft to save thepassengers. The Australian Airline Pilots' Association regard the deci-sion as a harsh one in view of the fact that the departmental officialenquiry has not yet been completed. Further action will, however, dependon the result of that official enquiry. * * *Weekly connections between Stockholm, Madrid and Lisbon withintermediate landing at Hamburg out-bound and at Amsterdamhomeward bound will probably be included in the S.A.S. winter timetables which are timed to operate from the beginning of November.Connections between Scandinavian capitals and London, Amsterdam,Brussels, Zurich and Paris will be maintained, and three times a weekthere will be a Vickers Viking ser- vice to Prague and once a week toWarsaw, and also to Rome through Amsterdam and Geneva. The
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