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1949
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JULY 2IST, 1949 FLIGHT 67 accommodate 22 passengers. The engineinstallation in the first aircraft is com- plete and running tests will proceed inorder that the machine may fly by the end of August to qualify for Farn-borough. The standard Marathon has four D.H. Gipsy Queen 71 pistonengines; the Mamba version is purely ex- perimental. Very few details of theestimated performance of the Mamba version have been published, but withapproximately 2,020 shaft h.p. against 1,380 h.p. of the standard models aclimb of 2,000ft per min and a cruising speed of 260 m.p.h. have been suggested. AIR CHARTER FRUIT traffic has been disappointingthis year, and although there have been some recent enquiries for flyingcargoes from Valencia and North Spain the rates quoted by owners are said tobe higher than the shippers are willing to consider. The freight market generally has been quiet during recentweeks and an indication of the current trend in prices was an inquiry to carry 44 passengers from Helsinki to New Yorkreturn, for which the charterers were not prepared to pay more than ^100 per head for the round trip. French Liberators are now in the market for charter inFrench West Africa, Madagascar and to the Far East; they are equipped to carry either 35 passengers or 6,000 kg offreight. A number of charterers have again flown pigeons in large quantities from the north and south of England toBelgium and Luxemburg. Another interesting cargo was 3,450 kg of live eels fromMontpellier to London, and a contract has been put out for tender for carrying fish packed in ice from Sweden to Athens,returning to Scandinavia with fruit. For this charter large- capacity aircraft are required—which should interest ownersof the Haltons returning from the Berlin Air Lift. Altogether, 17 large aircraft were withdrawn from the Air Lift On July 12th;all of them had been operating as tankers. The outlook for these Haltons, and for the tanker Liberators, is not thoughtto be particularly hopeful, since they will require conversion into normal freight:carriers and a new C. of A. will be necessarybefore they are ready for commercial operations. Charters for ships crews continue to be made, while a con-siderable number of inquiries are being received for day's outings, particularly to Jersey and the Continent. It is under-stood that aircraft are already being booked for this pnrpose for the summer of 1950. MARCH AIRPORT ACTIVITY MORE than 96,000 passengers travelled on scheduled airservices and international charter nights during March, embarking and disembarking at airports which report to the NEW BONANZA: Beech Aircraft Corporation have announced a new twin-engined project designated the Model 50. This new Twin Bonanza—as it is called—can accommodate five persons, or six over short ranges. Full details are not yet available, but the artist's impres- sion leaves no doubt that it is of conventional design with a mild Beechcraft flavour. Ministry of Civil Aviation. In the table are figures for the15 busiest airports in the United Kingdom. Northolt and London combined handled 58 per cent of the total number ofpassengers Aircraft movements in column (a) are for scheduled services and international charter flights only; in column (b)are jnovements of all other aircraft. Figures given in columns (c) and (d) are for passengers and freight on scheduled servicesand international charter flights only. Airport Aberdeen Belfast (Nutts Corner). Inverness Kirkwall Liverpool London ... Manchester Northolt Prestwick Renfrew Ronaldsway Southampton (Eastlefgh Southampton Water . St. Mary's (Scilly Isles) . Stornoway Others Aircraft Movements (a) 272 337 273 581 508 1,608 3082,279 501 68S 213 293 73 204 58 1,892 (b) 1,850 23 27 39 375 465 753 494 525 167 33 1,131 471 58 20 13,688 Passengers 765 5^57 1,301 1,307 4,560 24,877 2,839 30,813 7,379 5.837 2,058 1,423 1,449 784 632 4,731 Freight (Ib)In ftnd C^ut (d) 13,053 57,478 26,427 18,049 67.068 1.353,031 103,358827,526 62,631 51,486 11,255 4,488 35,549 2,315 12,046 882,925 CANADIAN CHARTER RATES '"PHE Canadian Air Transport Board has made new regula-J- tions to govern the rates charged by independent com- panies. Previously, operators engaged in contract charterflying were required to charge according to a set tariff or, in certain circumstances to make application to the Board forspecial rates. The new regulations (agreed by the Air In- dustries and Transport Associationol Canada, the members of which are mostly private air transportcompanies) permit reduced rates for large consignments and define con-ditions in which companies may operate from bases other than theirown. It is understood that a con- tract of 50 hours' flying at an aver-age of at least two hours daily has been established as a minimum topermit a reduction of six per cent, and the sliding scale permits amaximum reduction of 33 J per cent over a contract for 500 hr. or more.The scheme, it is thought, wil! benefit operators by increasing traffic JOHANNESBURG'S NUMBER TWO: Germiston Airport, about 30 minutes by road from the city, is now used by South African Airways as a main- tenance base for twin-engined air- craft and for operations by charter companies. The airport is also the headquarters of the Rand Flying Club. The international airport for Johannesburg, Palmietfontein, will eventually be superseded by the Jan Smuts Airport.
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