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FLIGHT APRIL 7TH, 1949 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS TWENTY YEARS AGO, on March 30th, 1929, a Short Calcutta flying boat flew the Mediterranean section of the first service from the U.K. to India, operated by Imperial Airways. The journey, which took seven days, had to be made partly by train as flying rights through Italy were not held. STRATOCRUISERS FOR STERLING SWEDISH AIRLINES, part of the Scandinavian AirlinesSystem, has offered to sell for sterling four Boeing Strato- cruisers and, as the six Stratocruisers on order for B.O.A.C. are many months behind schedule—it is reported that they will probably not be delivered until November—it is likely that the Corporation will accept the Swedish offer. S.A.S. recently decided to standardize its long-range services and use Douglas Skymasters. This is the second time B.O.A.C. has been able to buy American aircraft without spending dollars, as the decision of Irish Airlines to drop its proposed transatlantic service released five Constellations which the Corporation was able to buy for sterling. If the proposed purchase is allowed, by the end of this year B.O.A.C. may have a fleet of 11 Constellations, ten Strato- cruisers, 22 Canadair Fours (the first of which, as reported in this issue, arrived at London Airport on March 29th, two months ahead of schedule) and 25 Hermes IV aircraft at present on order from Handley Page's, for use on Empire routes. B.S.A.A. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN HPHE Minister of Civil Aviation has appointed Sir Francis J- Brake M.I.E.E., as deputy chairman of British South American Airways Corporation, with effect from April 1st. He succeeds Sir John Stephenson, C.B.E., who recently resigned from the post, but who will take (without remuneration) the place on the Board vacated by Sir Francis Brake. During the war Sir Francis Brake was Controller of Construc- tion and Regional Services at the Ministry of Aircraft Produc- tion, and was concerned with the dispersal of factories: he was a member of the Air Supply Board. Since 1933 he has been managing director of Creed and Co., Ltd., and is also a director of Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., and of the Inter- national Marine Radio Co., Ltd. Presumably the post will be incorporated in -the combined Board when the proposed amalgamation takes effect. REFUELLING BERLIN WLLL over 1.000,000 gallons of fuel have been flown intoBerlin by British South American Airways Corporation. Since the Corporation began operating on the Air Lift last September their ^aircraft have made some 700 sorties fpapn their base at Wunsdorf into the Berlin airport of Gatcm-, carrying well over 5,000 tons of fuel and—until December— other supplies as well. Their Tudor V tankers are each fitted with five tanks, which B.O.A.C. to Buy Sweden's Strato- cruisers ? Ferrying Berlin's Fuel : Charter Firms' Scheduled Services carry on each trip a total of 2,300 gallons of petrol or 2,100gallons of fuel oil. A recent addition brings the fleet up to five, and each aircraft makes from three up to as many assix sorties in a day. The aircraft are operated by twelve crews who normally do a twelve-hour spell of duty, followed by 24hours off. AIR FRANCE TO BELFAST QN June 13th Air France is to start a service between Belfastand Paris—the first service linking Northern Ireland and the French capital. Operating three times a week, on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Saturdays, the service will be an exten- sion of the direct Glasgow-Paris route which has been operated since 1946. The 33-seater Languedoc aircraft will take 45 hours, stopping for a short time at Prestwick, and reaching Paris before midday, in time to connect with services to the French Riviera, Switzerland, Corsica, New York and Cairo. By stopping overnight in Paris, connections can be made with Rome, North and West Africa, South America, India and the Far East. The return fare on the Belfast-Paris service will be £26 us. Offices are being opened at Nutts Corner Airport for reservations and enquiries. CHARTER FIRMS' SCHEDULED SERVICES SINCE the Minister of Civil Aviation announced that chartercompanies would be permitted to operate scheduled services as associates of the Corporations (Flight, February 3rd),negotiations covering thirty routes have been completed. In answer to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Lindgren,Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, said that although no formal agreements had been completed,provisional approval had been given to charter companies operating under associate agreements with B.E.A. on thefollowing routes: — Scheduled services at ordinary fares: Blackpool-Southport;Birmingham-Southampton ; Birmingham-Jersey; Cardiff-Jersey and Guernsey ; Leeds-Jersey ; Blackpool-Jersey; Maochesfer-Jer-sey; Birmingham-Isle of Man; Leeds-I.o.M. ; Manchester-I.o.M. ; • Blackpool-I.o.M.; Glasgow-I.o.M; Newcastle-I.o.M.; Cardiff -Barnstaple; Croydon-Isle of Wight; Portsmouth-I.o.W.; Southampton-I.o.W.; London-Birmingham (during the BritishIndustries Fair); London-Leeds; London-Blackpool; London- Manchester; London-Cardiff; London-Land's End; Cardiff-Birmingham; Birmingham-Blackpool; Newcastle-Belfast. Inclusive tours: Southampton-Jersey and Guernsey; Aber-deen-Belfast; Birmingham-Belfast; Newcastle-Jersey. CHANGES IN BO.A.C SERVICES ON April 1st B.O.A.C increased the frequency of its London-*Montreal service to two flights a week in each directions- Constellations now leave London Airport on Tuesdays and Fridays. Three return services a week now fly between Lon- don and New York; on Mondays and Saturdays a stop is made at Prestwick, and on Wednesdays the service flies via Shannon. The Liberator mail and cargo service, which flies three times a week in each direction between London, Prestwick and Mon- treal, is now being operated by Scottish Airlines, who maintain. and man the six Liberators in the fleet. j~ The Atlantic excursion rate, in operation throughout th«| winter, was withdrawn on March 31st and fares are now;--" London-Montreal, ^150 is return, £83 7s single r and London- New York, /156 7s return, ^86 17s single. On the Plymouth flying-boat service to Japan, Shanghai lias been substituted as a night stop in place of Iwakuni, where a stop of only one hour is made. The weekly service from Southampton, which takes just over a week to fly the 10,000 miles has night stops at Augusta, Alexandria, Karachi, Cal- cutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The day of departure from Tokyo on the west-bound flight has recently been altered from Saturday to Sunday. D 2
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