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686 FLIGHT DECEMBER O.TH, 1948 Civil Aviation News are to be replaced by Tudor I Vs. Atpresent the Tudor IVs are used only between London and Jamaica and thiswill be the first scheduled Tudor service to extend as far as Buenos Aires. Thefirst Tudor IV bound for Santiago left London on December 4th and the ser-vice operates once a week in each direction. The new Tudor flights toHavana, with connection to Mexico City, began on December 6th and also operates1 nee a week. On December gth the change-over from T^ancastrians to Tudorson the B.S.A.A. connection between Santiago and Buenos Aires takes effect.The Yorks now being operated on the east coast route to Brazil and the Argen-tine are due to be replaced by Tudor IVs in February, 1949. In .preparation for the introduction ofnew codes for the transmission of meteorological information to and fromaircraft in flight, which were approved for universal use from January 1st, 1949, by the International MeteorologicalOrganization meeting at Washington in September, 1947, Notice to Airmen No. 391 gives details of these codes. Thishas been done so that operators may become conversant with them before the date of their introduction. The latest infor-mation relating to the temporary conditions prevailing at United Kingdom Airfields is contained in Notice to AirmenNo. 394. * * * Comparative figures for passengers, freight and mail carriedby B.E.A. in October, 1948 and 1947 reveal an increase this year of 5,444 passengers; increases in freight and mail were441,241 lb and 245,926 lb respectively. * * • • The Pan American Airways' direct air service from Seattle and Portland to the Orient via Honolulu referred to in Flight, October 28th, began in November 24th. To start with the service operates twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays outward, returning on Sundays and Fridays. A third weekly flight will be added in March, 1949. The aircraft are equipped with "sleeperette" seats. * * • Conforming with I.C.A.O. recommendations it has been decided to effect frequency changes as from December 30th of H.F. R/T Airfield Control at numerous airfields. Details of these alterations to frequencies are given in Notice to Airmen No. 405. » * * The service between Malta, Tunis, Algiers and Tangier operated by Air Malta, Ltd., has been temporarily suspended. A.N.A. BRISTOL FREIGHTER : This Bristol freighter left Filton on November 23rd on its delivery flight to Melbourne for service with Australian National Airways. A.N.A. plan to ' use it on the route between Melbourne and Tasmania and it is expected that a fairly rigorous schedule will be arranged on these flights, possibly involving 10 to 12 hours flying a day. j It is hoped that the service will be resumed shortly, and inthe meantime Air Malta have arranged with their agents in Tangier to route via Casablanca and Tunis any passengers inpossession of Tickets to Malta. * * * It has been decided by the Air Transport Licensing Boardof the Indian Government that provisional licences are to be granted to Indian air transport companies to operate scheduledair services to East China and Australia. The East China route will cover Calcutta, Saigon, Hong Kong and Shanghai,and the Australian route will lie through Calcutta, Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Sourabaya, Darwin and Sydney. * * * A provisional air agreement has resulted from recent talksbetween the Governments of India and Iran. This provides for an Iranian airline and an Indian airline, both designatedby their respective governments, to operate on the Teheran- Zahidan-Karachi-Bombay route. It is understood that theIranian airline will be in a position to start its services in the near future. > » * * -• ~'~ - Commercial traffic returns of Air France for the first sixmonths of 1948 show that the company flew 11,061,120 miles during this period compared with 8,937,475 miles flown duringthe same period of 1947. The comparative figures for pas- sengers carried in the first half of 1948 and 1947 were 243,917and 174,858 respectively. Increases were also shown in mail and baggage figures and also in the weight of newspapers andfreight carried. The total commercial load carried by the company represented an increase of 40 per cent on the figuresfor the same period in 1947. FROM THE CLVBS THE second formal dinner-dance of this season was heldby the Brough Flying Club on November 19th. Over a hundred members and guests attended a successful evening. * • • TCHDLLOWING the annual general meeting at 3 p.m. on-T Saturday, December nth, Surrey Gliding Club are hold- ing a Christmas party at 5 p.m., starting with coloured filmstaken and shown by Dr. Peter Devitt. The club's bar will be open and a buffet supper with punch will be provided.Further details can be obtained from the club's chief instructor, Dr. L. Welch, Redhill Airfield. • * # A PPROXIMATELY 250 applications have been received \ry**• the Royal Aero Club for the Maintenance Schedules for privately owned light aircraft, details of which appeared inthe preceding issue of Flight. These applications cover twenty different types of aircraft, and to date over 60 repairers ant!clubs have been officially approved to carry out maintenance on the lines described; this list is continually being added toApplications for approval are made to the A.R.B., who recommend the names of suitable applications to be addedto the Royal Aero Club's list of approved establishments. In order to avoid confusion it should be pointed out that themaintenance scheme referred to in Flight, December 2nd, and previously on May 20th, is that which has been drawn upby the Royal Aero Club applicable to privately owned light aircraft. A somewhat similar agreement which has been reached between the Association of British Aero Clubs andthe A.R.B. and which refers to light aircraft used by flying clubs was described in Flight, May 6th. • # •M ENTION was made in Flight, November 18th, that theOrkney Flying Club was considering the purchase of an aircraft of its own. The machine being considered is a Gypsy-Moth 60 and it has been flown by a club member, Capt. Barclay, and reported to be in good condition. A decisionwill be made on the matter by the end of December. A large- scale publicity campaign has been launched by the club toraise funds and also to promote private flying. • * »F LYING weather at the Hereford Aero Club was good inthe early part of November and the club has been fairl' active. An outstanding performance recently was by Mr.Marriott, who soloed an Auster after only 4^ hours' instruction, having had no previous flying experience,club received a surprise visit from two German Air Force both of them students visiting this country on a F-scheme. One was a former jet pilot and the oth pilot, and both were delighted with the Austers.section of the club has also been active. One mr Woolcott, has quite a fleet of privately ownedprising an Auster, a Tiger and a Proctor. Bein; man he is now contemplating the purchase rto enable him to get right to the A 1
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