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1949
1949 - 1163.PDF
•732 FLIGHT JUNE 23RD, 1949 Civil Aviation News Honolulu. Alternative routes across North America are avail-able through either San Francisco or Vancouver to connect with the Atlantic services at New York or Montreal. * # • The overall journey time on the Air Ceylon Skymaster ser-vice to England has been shortened to 39 hr 30 min. The service leaves Colombo on Wednesdays, calling at Bombay,Karachi, Cairo and Rome, and the eastward flights leave Lon- don on Fridays. * * » Holding that the Commonwealth Government has no power to ration petrol, the Australian High Court has declared in- valid the Act under which rationing was imposed. Airlines as well as users of motor vehicles have been affected and per- mission for new services has been refused because of the rationing. * * * Air France started a direct Paris-Belfast service on June 13th. Operated with Languedoc aircraft, the service leaves Paris on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and Belfast on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The flight iakes just under three hours and the return fare is £28 16s, with a cheaper week-end rate. * * * At the recent I.A.T.A. annual technical conference at Bur- genstock, Capt. J. C. Kelly Rogers, assistant general manager (technical) of Aer Lingus, was appointed second vice-chairman of the Association's Technical Committee. Following terms as second and first vice-chairman, Capt. Kelly Rogers will become chairman in two years' time. * • * Eight American airlines are understood to have rejected a plan designed by the Port of New York Authority to end the boycott of Idlewild Airport, which they have maintained since it opened in 1947. The proposed solution was a variable scale ISLAND DOVE : Air Malta, Ltd., is changing over to de Havilland Doves for its scheduled services radiating from the island, including the recently licensed extension to Cairo. The first one to leave England is here seen with A. Cdre. G. Powell (right), chairman of the company ; he is also chairman and managing director of the parent company. Silver City Airways, the chief engineer of which, Mr. R. B. Clarke, is on the left. of landing fees on the basis of actual cost, to be determined periodically by accountants of both sides, with the American Society of Accountants as arbiter. The original dispute arose when the Port Authority attempted to alter its existing lease agreements with the airlines operating into La Guardia. FROM THE CLUBS THE Auster Flying Club, in conjunction with Auster Air-craft, Ltd., is holding an air display on Sunday, July 10th, at Rearsby Aerodrome, Leicestershire. The flying programmeis scheduled to start at 1430 hr and will include individual aerobatics by a Meteor 4 and a Vampire; a display of aero-batics by various light aircraft, including a Miles 18, Sparrow Hawk, and Auster Autocrat; and high-speed flying by aHornet. Spitfires of No. 504 (County of Nottingham) Squad- ron, R.Aux.A.F., from Wymeswold, and Seafires from theRoyal Naval Air Station at Brarncote, will carry out formation flying. Other events will include a demonstration of para-chuting, by Major "Dumbo" Willens, and a bombing com- petition. * * •T HE International Rally organized by the Yorkshire Aero-plane Club during the week-end June 10th to 13th was attended by visitors from clubs in Belgium, France, Swedenand Switzerland. Mr. Freddy Van Gheluwe received a silver tankard on behalf of the Ghent Club for the largest Continental-club representation. Mr. Georg Lithander, who flew from Goteburg in a Saab Safir, received a similar award for flyingthe greatest distance, while other silver tankards were awarded to the owner of the most efficient aircraft, M. L'Huillier, whobrought a Piper Super Cruiser from Geneva, and to the owner of the most attractive aircraft, M. Bob Menard, who flew aPiper Clipper from Carcasonne. Each of the male visitors was presented with a souvenir ashtray and each lady received a large box of chocolates and a basket of toffees—in view of the current confectionery situation, a very handsome award. WIEN some 38 members of the Ultra Light Aircraft Asso-ciation attended the third annual general meeting at Londonderry House they learned that although individualmembership had increased only to 196 (from 18?) during the year, group membership had grown satisfactorily and therewere now 11 affiliated groups, which gave the Association a grand total of 655 members. It was proposed that a limitedliability company should be formed under the name " Ulair. Ltd.," to be controlled by the Association through the generalcouncil, which would appoint the directors. The company would handle all finance and accept all liabilities on behalfof the Association proper. The chairman announced that Mr. Peter Masefield hadagreed to become president of the Association. It was again maintained that the fundamental reason forthe manufacturers' reluctance to develop ultra-light aircraft was the absence of a suitable production engine. The chair-man of the Design Sub-Committee reported that private enter- prise had been approached and a number of projects wereunder consideration. He then gave details of the progress made. There was some encouragement to be found in th'successful flights of the Fairey Junior and the Slingsby Motor Tutor prototypes, both of which were powered by AeroncaJ.A.P. engines which had been supplied • by the Association with the assistanceof the Kemsley Trust. In a search for an aircraft in the high-performance classthe revival of the Chilton was being attempted. EXPERIMENTAL SAFIR : A Saab Safir, fitted with a six-cylinder Lycoming 0 435-A engine, was recently test-flown. This unit provides 190 h.p. for take-off and cruising speed is said to be 155 m.p.h. Take-off has been reduced to 160yd and the service ceiling increased to nearly 23,000ft. B 16
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