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JANUARY 6TH, 1949 FLIGHT Civil Aviation News parcel traffic affected the airlines who sub-chartered aircraftfrom private operators to clear some of the back logs of freight. Most British Halifaxes are still on the Berlin air lift. Thenumber of aircraft now available for chartering from the Baltic Exchange has been increased by aircraft from an Icelandiccompany operating Skymasters and a Spanish company operat- ing Bristol Wayfarers and Freighters The Paris air freightExchange has been active and closer links have been estab- lished between the Bourse de Fret Aerien de Paris and theBaltic Exchange in London. The Brussels Chamber of Com- merce is understood to be considering the possibilities of anair freight Exchange in addition to the one which has been proposed at Antwerp. No details are yet available of themove in America for an Exchange in New York. Recent activity has included the carriage of G.I. brides toAmerica in a Curtiss Commando, and Dakotas and a Liberator have been used by the oil companies for consignments of oil-field eqnipment. The fresh flower traffic from the south ot France has not yet started in earnest and as the eventualselling price of the flowers has been below expectations im- porters are not yet certain whether bulk air transport of thesecommodities will be economical. There are enquiries circulat- ing for the carriage of freight between Paris and London atthe rate of two Dakotas per month at ^106 per flight. Air- craft are also being sought to carry immigrants from Damascusto Caracas and from Athens to Haifa. BRITISH INTERNATIONAL GLIDING THE British Gliding Association has announced that as aresult of discussions following the Association's partici- pation in the 1948 international gliding contests in Switzerland,which were reported in Flight, August 12th, 1948, it has become apparent that international contest flying has reachedprofessional standards, and that to achieve any satisfactory results British pilots must be up to that standard. The Asso-ciation regards this as a very serious position because the majority wish to continue to keep gliding as the excellentsport that it is. If this state of affairs should prevail the successful participation in international contests would prob-ably be impossible. Reviewing the question of ensuring the existence of a sufficient number of pilots of international stan-dard to compose the British team the B.G.A. has arrived at two conclusions: (i) To hold our own National Contests on International lines,with one pilot per machine (i.e., it is the pilot gaining the most points who wins in International Contests), and make themlast for two weeks instead of one. The arguments at once put forward against this- are, first, that if only one pilot isallowed on each machine, many pilots will be excluded from flying at all, and also that all the ground crews would have towork for the whole of their annual holiday for the benefit of a very few. Secondly, the National Contests in this country PACIFIC DISCUSSIONS : At the third meeting of the South Pacific Air Transport Council the principal subjects were the purchase of DC-6 aircraft for B.C.P.A. and the site for a permanent interna- tional airport at Fiji. Four of the delegates were (left to right) : Capt. E. C. Johnson, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, Australia; Hon. Arthur S. Drakeford, Minister of Civil Aviation, Australia ; and A. W. Coles, Chairman of B.C.P.A. ; at back : A. A. Barlow, General Manager of B.C.P.A. are also regarded as the one real opportunity of meeting friends and generally getting together and having fun. (ii) Alternatively, for the few promising pilots to be sub-sidized. This would include the invidious job of selection, the provision of high performance competition gliders (whichwe do not produce in this country), the organization of fre- quent camps where these pilots could compete against eachother under contest rules, and lastly, sufficient time away from ordinary occupations to put in at least 50-60 hours gliding amonth during the summer. In other words, State camps, which the B.G.A. considers entirely impracticable. In view of this the B.&.A. recommend that all glidingenthusiasts in this country should give their serious thought to the question of whether Britain should remain the homeof competent skilled amateurs flying for the pure enjoyment of the sport or whether it is desirable to be able to sendabroad teams that would demonstrate that the British gliding movement is at least as good as any other country's. Despitethe B.G.A.'s concern regarding the future participation in international contests, it is nevertheless hoped that a smallteam will enter for the 1950 international contests to be held in Sweden. Moreover it is also hoped that one or two peoplewith a glider may visit the national contests in Sweden this year. BREVITIES AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS' Bristol Freighter,A for use on the inter-city air freight service, arrived in Melbourne on December 7th after an uneventful flight fromLondon. * # ' • The Air Registration Board has issued Notice to Licensed Air-craft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft No. 30, on the inspection of blade retaining-nuts on de Havilland four-bladedpropellers for Hercules engines. * • • A pamphlet now available from H.M. Stationery Office atis, entitled " Consol—An Aid to Navigation," includes a brief description of the use of tltfr navigational aid together withdetails of the service and cover provided by the existing Consol stations at Bushmills, Stavanger, Lugo and Seville. * * * Captain Carl Burke, manager ot Maritime Central Airways, Ltd., announced recently that the directors of the company had formed a new company in Newfoundland, Newfoundland Airways, Ltd., and had bought some of the assets of New- foundland Aero Sales and Services. Newfoundland Airways, Ltd., was formed in October and will operate niai* flights into the northern districts, ol Newfoundland during the winter. * • • A visit to Holland by Argentine Governmejat officials onDecember 10th marked the opening of the K.LJfcf. extension to Buenos Aires, as reported in Flight, December 9th, 1948.1 he visitors included the Argentine Director-General of Com- mercial Aviation, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport .. c 15 " -. • and the Director of the Argentine Post Office, who presented asymbolic mail-bag to Mr. F. van Houwelingen, the Director- General of the Netherlands Post Office, when the party arrivedat Schiphol. Before returning to the Argentine on December 23rd, they also visited Paris and Madrid. * # * Mr. G. S. Lindgren, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to theMinistry of Civil Aviation, left on December 28th for a fort- night's tour of the B.O.A.C. routes and bases in South and EastAfrica. He is expected to return to this country on January 12th by a South African Airways' Skymaster via Nairobi.* # * To meet the demand for speedy carriage of small packagesTrans-Australia Airlines has inaugurated an air express packet system on all interstate passenger aircraft. Double freightrates are charged for the service which is available tmta 15 minntes before the airport bus leaves the City offices and 15minutes before the aircraft takes off. * # » On December 15th, 1948, Lord Pakenham, the Minister of Civil Aviation, w-as the guest of honour at a dinner given by the Foreign Airlines Representatives at the Savoy Hotel. Nearly a hundred guests were present, including the Foreign Ambassadors and Air Attaches of all countries operating air services from Great Britain, and the Chief Executives of British and foreign airlines. . # » Business excursion fares have been introduced by PanAmerican World Airways in conjunction with Panair do Brasil for a circular trip joining London, New York, Rio de Janeiro,
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