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1949
1949 - 1208.PDF
JUNE 30TH, FLIGHT 761 frames, engines or specialized equipment; it is felt that theseare fully dealt with in the appropriate manufacturers''publica- tions.The Inspection Procedures are issued in the form of leaflets designed for incorporation in a folder, and represent excellentvalue for money at 4d each, particularly as one leaflet may well run to 15 or more pages. It is the intention that leafletsshould be produced and issued in batches of six or twelve at a time; the first dozen, recently issued, are: — BL/5-1 Tightening and Locking of "Screw-threadtd Parts.BL/6-1 Soft Soldering. . BL/6-3 Casein Cement.BL/6-4 Oxy-Acetylene Weldiag. BL/S-i Crack Detection. AL/3-1 Installation and Maintenance of FJ-ying^Control Systems.AL/3-2 Control Chains. * AL / 7-3 Doping . ' AL /10-1 Routine Maintenance Checks of Airframe Instru-ments.. EL/10-1 Prevention, of Corrosion in Aircraft Engines.1 ".EL/I-I Batteries (Lead-Acid Type).' ' iiEL/2-1 Electrical Testing of Fire-Extinguishing Systems. It is intended to issue new batches of leaflets at intervals o£ approximately three months. It should be emphasized that these procedures are nothing other than recommendations, but where, in the interests of safety, it is necessary to make a par-ticular procedure mandatory, it will be included in the Civil Airworthiness Requirements and indicated as such in theInspection Procedures: it is then for the user to co-ordinate the two publications. Applications for leaflets and folders (the latter are priced at9s 6d each, including postage) should be addressed to the Air Registration Board (Publications Department), Greville House,37, Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos. CLEARING-HOUSE FIGURESI NTERNATIONAL air-traffic transactions handled by theI.A.T.A. Clearing House in London during the first four months of this yea,r totalled $46,370,000%. as compared with$24,938,000 during the same period last year. Monthly totals for March and April were $11,600,000 and $11,583,000 respec-tively. These two amounts were settled by cash payments of $891,000 for March and $769,000 for April, which alone savedmembers the necessity of transferring cash and paying exchange premiums on 84.6 per cent of their March transactions and 86.7per cent of their April transactions. Of the total transactions for the first four months of 1949, 85 per cent have been settledentirely by offset, as against 77 per cent during the same period of 1948. BREVITIES WITH the introduction of de Havilland Doves, Air Malta,Ltd., are considering reopening the route Malta-Tunis- Algiers-Tangier-Gibraltar, suspended through lack of suitable aircraft. * * * Seven hundred million miles have now been flown by Pan American Airways, according to a recently issued statement; over this distance 9,500,000 passengers have been carried. Operations began over a 90-mile route between Key West and Havana in 1927. * * * The Air Registration Board has announced the appearance of Notice to Licensed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft No. IJ, issue 5. It refers to the issue, by approved maintenance engineers in certain areas abroad, of certificates wf safety in respect of aircraft registered in the United King- dom. * * * Interest in Corsica as a tourist and holiday resort, combined with the obvious advantages of air transport to the island, are responsible for a considerable increase in the number of Air France services from the mainland. The total weekly scheduled flights were increased to 26 on June 27th, flying seven return services bituecn Niu and Baslia, four between Nice and 'Flight" photiiijrnph V PAYING LOAD : Interior of a North-West AmmesJLOM±_Ltd., Dakota convened to seat 32 passengers in Rumbold bench-type seats. Conversion was by the B.OA.C. Maintenance Branch at Croydon to the specification of W. S. Shackleton, Ltd., and provides adequate room and comfort, particularly in view of the compara- tively short hauls on which the aircraft will be engaged. n 15 Ajaccio, six between Marseilles and Bastia and nine between Marseilles and Ajaccio. The company has opened two new air stations in Lyons, one exclusively for the handling of freight and parcel post and the other for passengers. The latter station is said to compare favourably with the most up-to-date in Europe. * * • In answer to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Lind- gren said that B.S.A.A. crews would start Convair conversion training in September in readiness for route operations in Janu- ary, 1950. He was not certain that a Canadair training pro- gramme had been arranged for the ground staff. # * * Bahamas Airways, Ltd., at present operate a Catalina service each Saturday between West Palm Beach and Nassau. During the winter season, January to March, the frequency will be increased to handle the large tourist traffic between the U.S.A. and Nassau. * * * The Secretary of State for the Colonies has revealed in theHouse of Commons that the East African Airways Corporation is exempt from a tax of 9d a gallon on aviation fuel becauseit is a non-profit-making public utility which is subsidized by the East African Government. The tax is charged to privateusers and charter companies in East Africa. * * * For the operation of I.C.A.O. during 1950, a budget of2,810,607 Canadian dollars has been voted. This figure is smaller by $261,000 than the original estimates of the I.C.A.O.Council, but will allow the organization to continue its working programme at the present level without allowing for any ex-pansion of the total budget. The 1949 budget is $649,685. The Fourth Assembly of I.C.A.O. will be held in Buenos Aires. * * # It is claimed by B.E.A. that in April this year the load factor on the Channel Islands route was 80.5 per cent compared with ij.8-8 per cent in April last year. In the same periods the load factor on the Belfast route rose from 46.3 to 82 per cent. During the period April 1 to June 4 this year, passengers carried on the Channel Islands route numbered 11,700; between London and Scotland 8,900 were carried, and between London and Belfast 6,600. * * * The Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., has published, in brochureform, details of the BP Aviation Service throughout the world. In addition to lists of the grades of fuels which are available ati ach airport, special indication is given of customs airports anc' of whether prior notice is required before landing. The informa-tion, which is of considerable importance to commercial operators and private pilots, will be revised and re-issuedperiodically. * * « A bilateral agreement between Australia and Pakistan wassigned in Karachi on June 5th The agreement provides for Q.E.A. to fly over Pakistan and operate into Karachi airportand for a Pakistan airline to operate services to Sydney. Passenger and other traffic between the two countries is to heequally shared between Q.E.A. and the Pakistan airline, but
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