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1949
1949 - 0460.PDF
294 FLIGHT MARCH IOTH, -1949 Top Left : As the passenger launch approaches or leaves the quay it is customary for B.O.A.C. marine-craft men to parade. These uniformed staff are employed at Karachi. Top right : A fully manned launch stands by to take passengers to the flying boat moored off the Korangi Creek base at Karachi. Bottom left: An auxiliary high-speed launch as used originally by Imperial Airways and now by B.O.A.C. for general duty work. Bottom right : The original fleet of control passenger launches on trial at Southampton Water before being sent overseas in 1936. Most of these boats are still operating at various bases on B.O.A£. routes. Airline Marlrfers A Glimpse at B.O.A.C.'s Marine Craft OrganizationU rP to the withdrawal of the Short Hythe class flyin boats from the Australian route, British Overseas Airways Corporation was operating over 20,000 miles of flying-boat routes, on which 200 marine craft were manned by 700 trained staff at nearly 30 bases. Although the Corporation will continue to fly-11 Plymouth class flying-boats and 18 Solents on routes to the Middle East, Pakistan, India and the Far East to japan, and also from the U.K. via the Nile Valley and Central Africa to Johan- nesburg, the marine equipment and staff will gradually be reduced. Under the command of Mr. B. Smith, the B.O.A.C. Marine Superintendent and his deputy Mr. H. W. Scott, both of whom have worked with marine craft since Imperial Airways first flew the Empire flying boats in 1936, "are some 30 coxswains, boatswains and marine officers. Two of them hold Master's Certificates and several have First or Second Mate's Certificates and all have served tours of duty in distant and isolated places overseas. It is normal for one or two of these officers to be based at each main The latest type of air traffic control pinnace as used by the Ministryof Civil Aviation. These craft are equipped with radio. B 26
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