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1949
1949 - 1277.PDF
JULY 14TH, 1949 FLIGHT suitable spaces within the city should be reservedas landing areas for helicopters in order to connect Hull with adjacent terminal airports. # * * Expenditure on the development and mainten-ance of Shannon and Dublin Airports up to March 31st this year was £4,527,000, of which £2,245,000had been spent on the former. The gross revenue from Shannon amounted to £425,000 and fromDublin £139,000. • • * A recent route-analysis of Aer Lingus trafficshowed that the increase, as compared with last year's figures, was greater on the Glasgow servicethan on the routes to other provincial cities. During June the company carried 19,249 passen-gers. In May, cargo traffic was a record, the 120 tons carried constituting an increase of 75 percent over the May, 1948, total. # * * Since B.S.A.A. opened their route betweenMiami and Nassau in February, 1948, nearly 8,000 passengers have been carried, earning $165,500.Peak season on this route is January-March, and in those three months this year 1,200 dollar-payingpassengers flew by B.S.A.A.—-about 70 per cent of the total number of passengers carried on the-route. During the busy season, the normal service of six return flights a week (by Avro Yorks whichleave Miami in the early morning and return in the evening) was increased to fourteen. * * * Night-flying restrictions in the Middle East have been lifted,and on its Constellation service from Sydney, B.O.A.C. has introduced night stops at Karachi and Cairo in place of thepresent long halt at Karachi and the night stop at Rome. Arrival time in London will be 2 hr 35 min later, but passen-gers will make three complete night stops during the four-day journey. The outward routine is unchanged, with night stopsat Cairo and Singapore. - .- , ..^v. -.. „ ,.„•„., : ..-; FAIREY GODFATHER : As reported on p. 58, the Royal Naval Flying Club has recently re-opened at Gosport, using two Tipsy light aircraft presented by Sir Richard Fairey. One of the two is seen here being demonstrated by FjL. K. W. B/rt, the chief instructor, at the inaugural ceremony. On June 30th, the G.C.A. system at London Airport com-pleted two years of operation under M.C.A. control. A total of 5,161 approaches was made, of which 3,020 were optionaland 2,141 practice. All the 17 companies operating at the airport use G.C.A. either as a primary aid or as a monitor forI.L.S. approaches. The system is also installed at Northolt, Prestwick, Speke and Nutts Corner where, as at London Airport, it is manned throughout normal working hours. FROM THE CLUBS MEMBERS of the Lancashire Aero Club broke all their pre-vious records in May by logging 131 hours' flying and, although the exact figures are not yet known, it is thoughtthat in June some 150 hours were flown. Work on the new clubhouse at Barton was recently started,and volunteers are being recruited to assist in decorating the interior, and so to reduce the amount of the loan required fromthe Kemsley Trust. The target of ^250 for the building has not yet been reached, but at the end of June the fundamounted to £199 8s. * # • AT the end of June, when 17 members were under instruc-tion, membership of the Strathtay Aero Club included 62 holders of current licences, 14 of whom qualified during theprevious twelve months, in which period the flying-time SOUTH AFRICAN RALLY: Spectators at the recent Pietermaritz- burg air rally included (left to right), Mr. Thompson of Johannesburg, Mrs. Wyn Armitage, secretary of the 'Maritzburg Aero Club, and Colonel A. Malcolm Broad, Chairman of the Aero Club of South Africa. amounted to 635 hours. In co-operation with Airwork, Ltd.,pleasure flights were organized from the centre of Lanark Race- course during the Lanimer Day celebrations on June 9th; theweather was good and some 160 passengers were carried. The Royal Highland Show at Dundee brought record attendancesand many chartered aircraft visited Perth Airport at Scone. # # #S INCE the South Coast Flying Club reduced flying fees amonth ago there has been a marketl improvement in flying hours and also in membership. Joy-riding has been encouragedby advertising and other means, on the grounds that each passenger can be regarded as a potential club member. Theclub makes a feature of organizing parties for aviation and other events, and plans are well in hand for visiting the Gat-wick show on July 23rd. Preparations are also being made for a coach to take a party to Goodwood Races on Thursday,July 28th, and to fly another party to the National King's Cup Race, for which visit the fare will be £6 5s per head, includinglunch. A party of members and private-owner members, in- cluding Capt. Duncan Davis (chairman), flew to Deauville forthe recent rally. # * # "T^HIS year's air races at Thruxton, near Andover, are to be-*- held on Sunday, August 21st, on lines similar to those of the 1948 event. Interspersed with one-class scratch races forAusters and Magisters, and an open handicap race to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, will be a varied assortment of flying dis-plays and competitions. The support of the Royal Air Force is expected in the form of high-speed aerobatics by Spitfiresand Vampires, and detachments of the Army will, it is hoped, give airborne demonstrations, including a glider "snatch take-off." Air Service Training, Hamble, will contribute to the display.Competitions will include height-judging, speed-judging and aerial "red-tape" cutting. The main event will, of course,be the race to the Isle of Wight, for which, it is understood, a really impressive silver cup is being offered as first prize.The meeting is being organized by the Wiltshire School of Flying, Ltd., in conjunction with the Wiltshire Flying Cluband the Royal Artillery Aero Club, and the band of the Royal Artillery will be in attendance throughout the afternoon. Theprogramme starts at 2 p.m. and admission will be is 6d.
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