FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1949
1949 - 0186.PDF
FLIGHT FEBRUARY 3RD, 1949 Council was set up in 1947, and its function was, among other things, to consider questions referred to it by the Minister which required consideration with a view to improvements in air transport services. The chairman and members of the Council are all admirable men, and one may expect sensible recom- mendations from them, but the Council is only an advi- sory bod ', and the Minister is free, if he so chooses, to disregard its recommendations. Women's Royal Air ForceW HATEVER may be the dire necessity for the step, the establishment of the Women's Royal Air Force at this particular moment does not appear too well timed. The unrest in the R.A.F. is not likely to be reduced by the introduction of women on an equal footing, with all that entails, except in the matter of pay and allowances, nor is it likely that there will be a rush of women to join the W.R.A.F. Rates of pay of about three-quarters those of men, which are already found to be inadequate, will scarcely tempt recruits to accept the obligation '' to serve in any part of the world, ashore or afloat, and to carry out duty in the air in any type of aircraft." And " other ranks " of the R.A.F. will not welcome having to salute W.R.A.F. officers as an obligation instead of W.A.A.F. officers as a matter of courte CONTENTS Outlook - .... Mamba Balliol in the Air .... Pakistan Party Here and There - ... Civil Aviation News Hawker Fury Trainer Objective Culham Ramjets Radar and the Weather "AbleMable" Gliding in France The Women's Royal Air Force - Correspondence - - - Service Aviation Forthcoming Events page 147 - 121 - 123 - 126 - 127 129 - 133 • 134 - 137 - 142 - 144 144 - 145 M6 - 148 Vertical SeparationA STATEMENT in the official report on the colli- sion between a York and a DC-6, which occurred on July 4th last year, has been challenged by the British Air Line Pilots' Association. While accepting the fact that no air operator had complained to the Ministry of Civil Aviation that a vertical separation of 500ft was too small, B.A.L.P.A. points out that the Association had, in response to a request from the Min- istry, stated the view that a minimum of 1, oooft should be demanded. This was in January, 1947. A second warning was sent to the Ministry in January, 1948. Deliberate disregard or a faulty filing .system? V THE ROYAL AE FRONT ROW (left to right) : Colonel W. C. Devereux, C.B.E., Lt.-Col. Sir Francis K. McCiean, A. F. C. Whitney W. Straight, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., • Lord Brabazon of Tara, M.C., P.C., Sir Frederick Handle/ Page, C.B.E., S. Kenneth Davies anrf Major J. Stewart, O.B.E. CENTRE ROW : Capt. C. F. Uwins, O.B.E., A.F.C., Capt. A. G. Lamplugh, C.B.E., A. O'Connor (House Secretary), Col. R. L. Preston, C.B.E., Major R. H. Mayo, O.B.E., H. W. H. Moore and Eric Greenwood, O.B.E. BACK ROW : Group Capt. John Cunningham, D.S.O., D.F.C.Wing Cdr. N. H. Woodhead.D.S.C, A.F.C., Frank Woodhead, Capt. Hubert S. Broad, M.B.E., A.F.C., Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett and W. G. Metcalfe. B 4
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
