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1949
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MARCH 17TH, 1949 FLIGHT 3*1 Civil Aviation News Zealand last December the Australian Federal Government has agreed to pay about one-third of the construction cost of an international airport at Suva Point, Fiji. The remainder will be paid by the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The airport will be one of the main stopping- places on the Pacific route between Australia and North America. * * * The first post-war congress of the Insti-tute of Transport is to be held at the Palace Hotel, Buxton, from June 22nd to24th inclusive. The programme will consist of two papers—"The TeamSpirit in Industry," by Mr. J. Ben- stead, and "The Philosophy of Trans-port," by Mr. R. Birch—and a number of visits to industrial establishments.Sight-seeing tours will be arranged for the ladies and each evening social func-tions will be held. * * * Olley Air Services, Ltd., will operate day-return nights to all the principal race meetings this year, beginning with the Lincolnshire Handicap. Timetables have been arranged to allow passengers to leave London mid-morning and return in the late afternoon. Record bookings are expected for the Grand in addition to saving 200 miles, would be more convenient. National at Liverpool, for which meeting passengers will leave * * « London at 1030 hr and return at approximately 1830 hr. Owing to renovation work on the runway at Deurne Airport, * * * Antwerp, Sabena services between London and Antwerp were It is reported from Bombay that Jamnagar Airport, on the suspended on March 7th for approximately a month. Pas- north coast of the Kathiawar Peninsula, is to be developed sengers for Antwerp are being carried by coach from Brussels, by the Government of India to international standard for the an hour's journey. Passengers leave London Airport at benefit of air traffic to north and east India and the Far 1400 hr, arriving at Melsbroeck Airport, Brussels, at 1620 and East. At present all eastbound, aircraft land at Bombay or Antwerp at 1750. On the return flight passengers leave Ant- occasionally Ahmedabad, but it is considered that Jamnagar, werp at 0730 hr and reach London Airport at 0940. FAR-EAST BOTTLENECK : Operations into Hong Kong by large land-aircraft are limited by the size and position of Kai Tak airport. B.O.A.C. operate one Plymouth a week to Hong Kong and one through to Japan. It is probable that Canadairs will be found suitable for this service. ,..,•• •. ... ~--.--;..:...••:• •.. FROM THE CLUBS DURING the spell of fine weather in the New Year, the fourTiger Moths and three Hornet Moths belonging to the London Aeroplane Club have been continuously in use. DuringJanuary in hr 50 min were logged, with two first solos, and during February 108 hr 30 min included six qualifications for" A " licences. •'.-.•- • • *M EMBERS of the Redhill Flying Club flew rather more than 100 hours in February, during which period there were four ab initio solos. During the past eight months a total of 1,180 hours have been flown. The airfield is unfortunately still on the1-.''prior permission only " list, as the wire mesh laid during the war for the benefit •-of heavy aircraft is damaging to Tiger Moth tail-skids. Con- ^ tractors are in the process of removing it and it is hoped by early spring the airfield will be completely cleared of this hindrance to flying. There will be an "At Home" on Saturday, July 9th, but in the meantime the club welcomes visitors, who should obtain prior permission and land on the serviceable part of the airfield. The annual general meeting on April gth will be followed by a buffet dance. • * *A T the Shirehalf'; Worcester, on Thursday, March 3rd. Mr. G. S. Lindgreh nnd G/C. C. A. Wilcock attended the Worcester Aero Club's inaugural ball. The Parliamentary Secretary unveiled a three-bladed airscrew, which, taken from a Battle of Britain Hurricane, had been presented to the Club bv Rotol, Ltd., of Gloucester. Earlier in the afternoon Mr. Lindgren had been received by the Mayor of Worcester and inspected a guard of honour of No. 187 Squadron of the A.T.C. Other guests at the ball included the Mayor of Hereford and the Mayor and Mayoress of Gloucester, all of whom were wel- comed by the chairman of the club, W/C. Shakespeare, M.C., AFC. Mr. Lindgren remarked that it was the first time inni any flying-club inauguration ceremonies which he had attended that the club had aircraft, gliders, instructors and members, but had no airfield ; he hoped that before long the Worcester Club would be in a position to fulfil its flying activities. The Mayor of Hereford said he fully recognized the value of the affiliation of members of Hereford and Worcester Aero Clubs and he was happy that for the past two years Hereford had been able to provide the necessary facilities for air trans- port, flying instruction and gliding. He hoped that before long the Worcester^Club would be able to provide equal facilities for their own city.^.-"^ « • ^S~*\ * ^ •W ITH considerable eflthusiasui etoss-country flying is being practised Jsy members pfthe Derbv Aero Club in prepara- tion for the various Continental tours^rtftich are planned for this summer. Twenty-four members b>ive entered for the Deauville Rally on Saturday, July and and 14 of them will fly on to Barcelona on the following Monday to take part in the Spanish Air Rally. Thirty members of the Aero Club de Belgique have accepted an invitation from the chairman and committee of the Club to attend a garden party at Derby on June nth. With the arrival of another Auster, the property of Mr. S. W. Freestone, the number of private owners has been increased to 11. A party has been organized to take place in the club-house on Saturday, March igtli,.and for March 23rd a cross-country has been planned to Woodley Aerodrome, where transport will convey members to the " French Horn " at Sonning for lunch. * * * "CWIROAKS FLYING CLUB recently tried the experiment -L of reducing dual charges to those for solo, with the interest- ing result that members have logged more dual than solo flying. Before the reduction it was unusual for pupils to take further instruction after reaching "A" licence standard, on account of the higher cost, but with this latest encouragement there will undoubtedly be an improvement in the quality of flying. The club now has 300 members, including nine private owners, of which three own two aircraft each. There are seven part-time instructors for the three Tiger Moths, one D.H. 60G and one Magister—on which the rates are £3 per hour dual or solo. Flying hours for January and February this year were 188, a considerable increase over the figures for the corresponding months in 1948; total hours last year amounted to 1,357. Twenty-seven members qualified for "A" licences during 1948 and a further seven have qualified this year
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