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NOVEMBER IITH, 1948 FLIGHT 567 suggesting steps which could be taken to eliminate duplicationwhere shipments are handled by more than one carrier. It was pointed out at the meeting that the smaller but more frequentair cargoes out of Europe assisted the manufacturers since money that would normally be tied up in large stocks wouldbe released for other purposes. The Airlines' participation in the Berlin air lift was also discussed, particularly with regardto the possible use of more simple shipping documents for carriage within Germany. It was revealed that A.O.A. groundcrews in Germany were able to turn-round in i£ hours a DC-4 earring 17,0001b load. AIR CHARTER MARKET THE Berlin air lift continues to account for the scarcity ofcharter aircraft for other purposes, but the position has eased a little and a few Dakotas, Halifaxes and Liberatorshave recently become available. Interesting charter enquiries included one for flying two buses, one from Stockholm toBucharest and one from Stockholm to Sofia. The largest weighed over 4 tons, was 6| metres long and slightly over2 metres high and wide. It appeared probable that the most suitable aircraft was the Bristol Freighter into which the busescould be easily driven. Fruit is being carried from Valencia at ^75 a ton, and Liberators carrying 6| tons and Halifaxes carrying 6| tons have been offered at rates between £75 and£&o per ton. The Paris Air Freight Exchange has now started but at the- present time it is open only on three days a week.Fruit" from Valencia for the London market is also being worked on the Paris Exchange where Halifax aircraft areavailable, but it is understood they are more expensive. AIRFIELDS ARE ASSETS IN AMERICA MUNICIPAL airports in the United States earned more lastyear than ever before and for the first time many finished the year showing an operating profit. Enterprises not directlyconnected with aviation have accounted for more than two-thirds of the income, and among the profit-making groundfacilities provided at the airports were clothing stores, chemists, photographers, barbers' shops, post offices, banks,taxi and bus services and, of course, the usual promenade deck for visitors. Receipts at La Guardia Airfield, New York, werethe largest, but owing to expansion costs that airport operated at a loss; the income for the first six months of 1947 was^159,000, but expenditure exceeded £200,000. Miami Inter- national Airport made a profit of ^95,000, and other airfieldsincluding those at Dallas and St. Louis reported incomes which were more than double the total expenses. NORWEGIAN LIGHTWEIGHT FLOATS NORSK FLYINDUSTRI A/S, a Norwegian firm operatingfrom Fornebu airfield, near Oslo, has developed a new type of float suitable for small aircraft. They are of sturdy con-struction and are designed to permit installation on all normal types of light aircraft up to a maximum gross weight of3,0801b. A Fairchild UC-61-A has been so fitted, and certified as fulfilling the requirements of the United States C.A.R.Part O4, and the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Com- munications, Civil Aviation Department, has also approvedthem as independent equipment for aircraft up to that weight. The length is 19 feet, height 26 inches, width 28J inches, andthe draught with a fully laden aircraft is 17! inches. Dis- placement is 2,920 lb, block coefficient 0.485 and thread of the floats 93 inches. Designed with six watertight compartmentseach having a hand-hole for inspection, bilging and minor repairs, the decks can be completely removed. Each float isprotected by a bumper in the bow, mooring bollards fore and aft, and a retractable water-rudder. The floats are connectedto the spreader bar tubes by four vertical bolts outside the floats, thus ensuring water-tightness. All the struts are con-structed of cold-drawn streamline tubes and all steel parts are cadmium plated and sprayed with aluminium lacquer.The struts are internally protected with linseed and all control cables to the water-rudders are of stainless steel. Easymanoeuvring on the water is claimed and with a full load in calm water the Fairchild, equipped with a 200 h.p. Rangerengine, is stated to have taken off in 25-30 seconds. DIVERSION AIRFIELD-TURNHOUSE TPHE day after Turnhouse airport was closed to scheduled-*- traffic for the winter, Renfrew was fog-bound and unable to accept any traffic. Aer Lingus Dakotas were diverted toTurnhouse and passengers booked to fly from Scotland to Ireland were taken by road from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Tohandle the unexpected traffic, Customs officers were rushed to Turnhouse from Leith Docks, and other airport personnel,made redundant the day before, were recalled for temporary duty. Meanwhile, passengers for Edinburgh who would havelanded at Turnhouse at 1100 hours on summer schedules actually arrived at Princes Street, Edinburgh at 1530 hourshaving travelled by coach from Prestwick. FINNISH AIRLINE ANNIVERSARY THE Finnish airline Aero O/Y celebrated its 25th anniver-sary on November 1st. The first route was opened in 1923 between Helsingfors and Tallinn with a Junkers F-13carrying four passengers. The following year in co-operation with A.B.A. a new service was started from Helsin^fors toStockholm. The number of passengers carried in 1924 was 269, and in the first half of 1948 was 30,192. The companynow has about 415 employees, of whom 12 are pilots and ^ are other aircrew. The fleet consists of two JU-52S, twoDouglas DC-2S and eight Douglas DC-3S, one of which is a freighter. U.S. AIRLINES MOBILIZATION PLAN PLANS are being made to give the United States Air Forcealmost complete control of the civil airline fleets in the event of an emergency. The Military Air Transport Servicewhich is responsible for both the Air Force and Navy transport aircraft are submitting a plan to the Joint Chiefs of Staff forapproval. Both scheduled airlines and charter operators would be required to co-operate with M.A.T.S. to perform anyservice that might be requested. The Air Transport Association has estimated that memberscould make available more than ten times as much air trans- port as was available when the last war started, since scheduledairlines now fly 1,054 aircraft and the charter companies about 150. The M.A.T.S. operates about 540 transports. By in-creasing the daily use of aircraft by about 50 per cent and paying less attention to the convenience of passengers whenarranging schedules it has also been estimated that one-third of the airlines' fleet could be turned over to the Air Force inwartime without reducing the frequency of civilian services. Whereas the civilian fleet in 1941 was made up mostly of twin-engine aircraft, there are now 103 DC-6s, 264 Skymasters, 72 \IMU>OMIM TRAFFIC MJV SEPTEMBER OGURES issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation 1 for the month of September show that more air freight and air mail passed through London Airport than any other M.C.A. or licensed airport in the U.K. The figures for September, 1947, were 731,476 lb of freight and 488,198 1b of mail. Of the 38,402 passengers on scheduled services who passed through the airport, there were 77,381 arrivals and 21,021 departures involving 1,058 aircraft arrivals and 1,069 departures. The total aircraft movements include, in addition to airline schedules, charter, military, private, test, instructional, official and joy flights. Transit passengers are not included in • the figures for passenger traffic. Alder maston Belfast (Nutts Corner) . Birmingham (Elmdon) . Blackpool (Squires GateCardiff (Pengam Moors). CroydonEdinburgh (Turnhouse). Hum Isle of Man (Ronaldswa) Liverpool (Speke) London Airport ...Manchester (Ringway) . Northolt Prestwick Renfrew ... ) Southampton (Eastleigh) Southampton Water Weston-super-Mare All aircraft Movements Arr. 779 1,500 923 2,671— 1,279 715 874 1,373 1,5881,079 2,352 743 6681,199 — 903 Dep. 791 1,495 923 2,671— 1,277 7T5 874 1,355 1,5881,070 2,356 743 6681,211 — 908 Scheduled Movements Arr. 339 — —186 8498 25 437 333 1,058285 1,793 349 539220 31 Dep. 339 — —185 8497 25 437 333 1,069287 1,797 345 540220 32 ~-~ Scheduled Passen- 9,349 — —1,515 5712,384 114 10,190 9.614 38,4027,634 61,921 4,847 13.4645,103 1,185 Mail tb. 50,320 — —— — 52,064 88,871 534,302357 365,439 7,936 42,633 18,770 Freigbt Ib. M.777 — • — 5.281 284.377 64,920 1,265,030 73,960 772,543 69,789 61.71211,502 52,727 — 13
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