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DECEMBER 30TH, 1948 Civil Aviation News 785- North America or Australia since bothcompanies arrive in Australia on Satur- days and leave on Sundays, leaving agap of a week before replies can be sent to air mail letters. Once a fortnight 'B.C.P.A. runs a service on Wednesday and it is hoped that C.P.A. will make*efforts to fly mid-week services. * * * Lord Pakenham, Minister of CivilAviation, visited Malta and Rome from December 2Oth-23rd to gain experienceof air travel on the B.E.A. Continental routes. He discussed civil aviationmatters with the authorities of both countries. * * * ' Under an agreement with the Ethiopian Government, T.W.A. are tooperate a service between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, French Somaliland,Asmara, Khartoum and Cairo, and Asmara to Khartoum. The airline is tobe organized and financed by the Ethiopian Government, and the U.S.Civil Aeronautics Board has approved its operation by the U.S. airline. As part of the expansion programmefor Bombay airport, reported in Flight, December 23rd, rebuilding of the threeexisting runways, and the construction of a five-storey terminal building is to beincluded to provide accommodation for Customs and health facilities and the airlines using the airport. FOR THE SPANISH MAIN: The captain and crew of the B.S.A.A, Tudor IV B Elizabeth of England which recently wade its maiden fight to Jamaica. The message sent to H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, and the Royal reply, were published in the preceding issue of Flight. Left to right: Capt. Deloford, First officer S. A. D. Langston, Radio officer J. H. Richardson, Second officer D. B. Lydon, Hostess H. de Haggerston, Steward J. Lewis, Flight engineering officer W. J. L Arthur. A Canadian associate of the Hunting Aviation Group,Photographic Survey Co. of Toronto, has recently completed an aerial survey for the Imperial Pipeline Co., Ltd., of the On December 16th Pan American Airways increased theirall-cargo service between New York, London and Brussels. There are now two flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays,operated by Douglas DC-4S, and one service a week continues to Stuttgart, Istanbul and Damascus. After January 12th this proposed location of a new i6in pipe-line to carry crude oil flight will be further extended to Basra, Iraq. The flight ter-from Nichu, Alberta, to the refinery at Regina. A photo- mosaic comprising 400 vertical air photographs taken at ascale of one mile to the inch, was prepared of a strip of terri- tory 466 miles long by three miles wide. minating at Brussels links up with a C-47 carrying cargo andmail to and from Stuttgart, Munich and Prague. While Stutt- gart is being used instead of Frankfurt, a road service is pro-vided between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. FROM THE CLUBS ON January 8th, 1949, the Cowes Aero Club are holdingtheir annual dance at the Norton Chalet Hotel, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Buffet refreshments and the bar will be avail-able for members and guests, and for those who fly to the Island hangarage and transport from airfield to hotel will be arrangedby the club; accommodation for those remaining overnight can also be arranged at moderate charges. * # *W EATHER proved a serious handicap to flying in Scotlandduring October and November and alternate fogs and gales cut down flying time to 63 hours and 41 hours respec-tively at the Strathtay Aero Club operated by Airwork from Perth airfield. Interest has nevertheless remained enthusiasticand ten new members have joined recently; the social activities of the club have been well supported, having included twosuccessful dances, and the Hogmanay dinner-dance promises to be very popular. The annual general meeting of the club washeld on October 20th and following this it was announced that Mr. J. Ure Primrose, the Lord Provost of Perth, has beenelected president of the club, succeeding the late Major J. R. Cduper, D.S.O. * » *H ELD at the Park Lane Hotel the tenth annual dinner and dance of the Herts and Essex Aero Club on December 15th was an outstanding success and was attended by some 300 members and guests. The chairman of the pilot's committee, Mr. Victor Ercolani, took the chair at the dinner and with Mrs. Ercolani welcomed the members and guests on their arrival. During dinner it was announced that the chairman would be pleased to take wine "with all those Englishmen who have flown faster than the speed of sound—and Mrs. John Derry! '' The toast of " The Club " was proposed by Mr. Geoffrey deFreitas, Under Secretary of State for Air, who is a member of the Club, at which he learned to fly, and has logged about 80hours. Mr. de Freitas said that, as a member of a club, he knew well the high cost of private flying which resulted in it B 23 being restricted to men and women in their thirties and forties,and consequently the younger generation were coming to regard flying as something out of the way, whereas it was reallythe 20th century method of transport. As Under Secretary of State for Air he had the responsibility of seeing that the tax-payers money—/173 millions this year—was used for the air defence of this country. There was more than one school ofthought regarding the military advantages of assisting the flying clubs and, he pointed out, a working party was nowstudying the question of financial assistance for club flying. Replying to Mr. de Freitas, Mr. Ecolani reviewed theactivities of the Herts and Essex club from its foundation in 1930 up to 1939 and gave figures to show that over 25 per centof the members flew with the R.A.F., Fleet Air Arm and A.T.A. during the war and served with distinction, havinggained, besides the 6 D.F.C.s and 17 A.F.C.s referred to by Mr. de Freitas, a Polish V.C., George Medal and an O.B.E. Entertainment was provided by the well kfiown radio artistsHelen Hill, Jon Pertwee and Kenneth Home, and dancing until the small hours concluded a most enjoyable evening onwhich the club is to be heartily congratulated. * * * "FOLLOWING the first official meeting of the Orkney FlyingJ- Club reported in Flight, December 16th, the names of the officers of the club have now been announced. The chairmanis Mr. Marshall, local manager of B.E.A., and the club captain is Mr. Learmouth, of Kirkwall, a former R.A.F. fighter pilot.Other members are Mr. Petrie, who incidentally is already busy on the construction of his own private aircraft, and Mr.Bichan, who has flown with the Edinburgh and also the Loch Leven clubs. The hon. treasurer is Capt. Webster, D.C.M.,R.A., who performed liaison duties with R.A.F. Coastal and Fighter Controls as a plotting officer for the Army at Com-bined H.Q. during D-day operations. A number of members have volunteered to assist in the organization of an A.T.C.unit in Orkney and a Staff Officer from the Scottish Reserve Group, Turnhouse, is expected to visit Kirkwall shortly.
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