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1949 - 0356.PDF
FLIGHT Civil Aviation News . . . be taken into consideration when load-ing an aircraft before flight. The meet- ing, which is attended by representativesof 23 nations and is expected to continue until the beginning of March, is underthe Chairmanship of Mr. R. D. Hoyt (United States); the Vice-Chairman isMr. A. Heum, of Norway. AIR FRANCE PLANS A CCORDING to figures compiled by A the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, Air France has the longest route mileage airline in the world with 64,560 undupli- cated route miles, covering 70 countries and Colonies on five Continents. This figure will be increased still further when the Constellation service between Paris, New York and Caracas is opened shortly. Summer schedules announced by the airline will include services to Paris from Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Man- chester and London with connections in Paris for Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, North Africa, Morocco, Majorca, Spain and Portugal. Seven services daily will operate from London to Paris and one each to Nice, Dinard and Deauville. A daily service will be operated between Manchester and Paris and the new Bir- mingham-Paris service will operate on alternate days with B.E.A. Services between Paris and Glas- gow, Belfast, London and the London-Riviera route will be operated with four-engined Languedocs. ISLE OF MAN PROSPECTS TySCUSSIONS recently took place between the Minister of -*--' Civil Aviation and a deputation from the Isle of Man, con- sisting of the Lieutenant-Governor, A.V-M. Sir Geoffrey Bromet, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. ; the Chairman of the Isle of Man Airports Board, Mr. T. C. Cowin; and Mr. G. Griffiths, the Airport Commandant of Ronaldsway Airport. Plans for B.E.A. services to the Isle of Man during the summer were discussed and Lord Pakenham said that in view of the heavy CONNY 8Y GAS LIGHT: A Constellation, about to alight at London Airport, coming in over the approach lighting system. Temporary threshold lighting has been installed atrtooth ends of runway 100:280 deg. The system is a modification of the Farnborough installation described in "Flight" of April 29th, 1949. losses incurred last summer, considerable reductions in the ser- vice were inevitable. Services would be operated between Liverpool and the Isle of Man; Liverpool, Isle of Man, Belfast; and a week-end service between London and the Isle of Man. He was anxious that the Island should be served by enough flights to ensure its well-being and said that sympathetic con- sideration would be given to any recommendations from the Air Transport Advisory Council regarding private companies who wished to operate scheduled services to the Island. The last date by which such applications should reach the A.T.A.C. had been altered from February 16th to February 23rd to give prospective operators time for further consideration in view of B.E.A.'s plans. BREVITIES IN answer to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. G. S.Lindgren, Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A., stated that B.E.A. had no intention of operating a service between London and Aberdeen during this year. # » * B.E.A. have announced that a Charter Section has been opened in Room 21, Dorland Hall, Lower Regent Street, S.W.i, under the supervision of Mr. G. H. W. Wharton, the Charter Su perintendent. • * * With effect froni March 1st, all aircraft flying by night incontrol zones in the United Kingdom must fly under IFR. Where a full 24-hour watch is not maintained IFR is to bemaintained during the hours of watch at night. This announce- ment is made by the M.C.A. in Notice to Airmen No. 486.# * # Air France introduced an increased service to the Riviera on February 18th and are reserving ten extra seats on the Languedoc 33-seaters for passengers from the U.K. After April 22nd the service will return to normal. The service operates from Paris to Nice and takes 2 hours 45 minutes; rapid road transport is arranged from Nice to Monte Carlo, Mentone, Antibes and Cannes. * • • Delegates from the United Kingdom to the Southern Africa Air Transport Council at Pretoria on February 22nd, left Southampton on February 15th by B.O.A.C. Solent flying boat on the scheduled service to Johannesburg. The dele- gation was headed by Sir George Cribbett, K.B.E., C.M.G., the Deputy Secretary of the M.C.A., and included Major J. R. McCrindle, O.B.E., Managing Director, External Affairs, B.O.A.C. * * * Appointments to fill the vacancies on the I.C.A.O. secre- tariat, previously referred to in Flight, have now been an- nounced, and include three citizens of the U.K. They are: Deputy Chief, Air Navigation Bureau—G/C. Frank Entwhistle, B.Sc., previously Chief of the I.C.A.O. Meteorological Sec- tion; Technical Officer, Accident Investigation Section—G/C. J. A. Newton, A.F.C.; Assistant to Secretary General—Mr. John Hutchinson. * * * Sleeper fares on the Punagra night flights between Miami and Buenos Aires have been reduced from $125 to $45. This route is operated by DC-6 aircraft and the timing of the flights lias been arranged to allow 11 hours uninterrupted sleep for the 12 passengers occupying sleepers and 40 passengers in reclining seats in the forward cabin. • •. * * It should be made clear that the Indian traffic figures given in a recent issue referred to the operations of Air-India, Ltd., and not to Air-India International. Also, though no pas- sengers were carried during the "first year of operations, the services transported regular loads of freight and mails. --% • '» • Starting on March 17th the Air France service from Paris to Buenos Aires is to be doubted and will operate twice weekly with Lockheed Constellations carrying 39 passengers. The service will leave Orly Airport, Paris, at 10 a.m. on Thursdays and Sundays, arriving in Buenos Aires at 5.30 p.m. on Fridays and Mondays. Return aircraft will leave Buenos Aires on Sundays and Wednesdays, arriving in Paris the following day. # • * During a recent visit to B.O.A.C. engine overhaul factory at Treforest, Mr. G. S. Lindgren, Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A., saw one of the first Cyclone engines to be over- hauled since the transfer of the Maintenance Base from Dorval to Filton. He was accompanied by Sir George Cribbett, Deputy Secretary of the M.C.A., and conducted over the fac- tory by Mr. J. Robson, Manager of the B.O.A.C.\s Repair Division, Mr. C. E. McGibbon, the Deputy Manager, and Mr. G. A. Hummerstone, M.B.E., Works Manager at Tre- r; T8
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