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FLIGHT, 13 October CIVIL AVIATION NEWS • • * type programme in the U.S., continues the article, but it is thought unlikely that such a Bill will be passed this session. These views are interesting indeed, and reflect once again the American reaction to the revelations at Farnborough. We might permit ourselves one slight regret—that, as a result of devaluation, we shall, perhaps, receive fewer dollars in the end. Since our civil jets are so far ahead in design, foreign airlines may feel compelled to operate them; in other words, the demand will in any case exist without the added incentive of lower dollar cost. BIG AIRCRAFT, LITTLE FILM AT a reception at the Odeon Cinema, London, last Thursday,Mr. G. Strauss, Minister of Supply, presented a copy of a film to the Bristol Aeroplane Company. The occasion was the premiere of the same film, which, dealing with the develop- ment of the Brabazon, is aptly named '' The Flying Sky- scraper," and is to be shown at some 3,000 cinemas throughout the country. In receiving the copy on behalf of the company, Mr. A. J. Pegg, chief test pilot, referred to the two phases in the develop- ment of the prototype—first the construction, which had just finished, and secondly, his own, the flight development, which was now in its very early stages. This absorbing film, which has been prepared by the Crown Film Unit for the Central Office of Information, tells the story of the Brabazon from the drawing-board to its first flight—and tells it well in a matter of ten minutes. BRISTOL LOOKS AHEAD TNDICATIVE of increasing public recognition of the helicop- -*- ter's potentialities in air transport is the attitude of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, which, in its journal, advo- cates the provision of a helicopter park to serve Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bath and South Wales. It is suggested that use might be made of the existing airport at Whitchurch, and that the helicopters might eventually "feed" services to Ireland, Scotland, North-east England and the Continent at a main-line airport such as Filton or Lulsgate Bottom. AIR FRANCE WINTER SERVICES A LTHOUGH final details of Air France's winter programme il will not be settled until later this month, its main features will include the continuation of the direct London-Riviera service with a minimum frequency of two services each week, increasing to four later in the season. On the London-Paris route summer schedules will continue to operate until the end of this month, after which there will be five return ser- CONDEMNED AREA: Whilst on a recent visit to Northern Rhodesia, Sir Miles Thomas examined the runway at Livingstone Airport, part of the surface of which will require re-laying to overcome blistering of the bitumen by the hot sun. In this photograph are Mr. Hedley Priest, director of the Colonial Development Corporation, Mr. Smith, engineer in charge of airport construction, and Mr. Vernon of Spillers Ltd., the flour millers, who expect to do considerable business in the area served by the airport. HM POLITE PITCH: During a brief visit to this country, Mr. Ralph Damon, president of Trans-World Airlines, made a flight in the prototype Ambassador. On the occasion of his trip Airspeeds used an interesting new passenger-comfort tech- nique—reversal of poxt-airscrew pitch in order to permit draughtless emplaning. vices each day, operated alternately with Languedocs and DC-4S. The Manchester-Birmingham-Paris service will fly three times each week, with connections in Paris to the Riviera. Six flights each week will be operated from London via Paris to Geneva and Zurich, and special winter-sports excursion rates, with the right to break the journey in Paris, will be offered. Services to Spain and Italy will be maintained at an average of twice a week, stopping at Madrid, Barcelona, Majorca, Lisbon, Rome, Milan, Padua and Trieste. As reported in Flight of October Oth, DC-4S are replacing Languedocs on most of the services to North Africa, in order to increase capacity. B.O.A.C.'s FIRST STRATOCRLISER ""THE pilot of the first Boeing Stratocruiser to be flown from J- the United States for delivery to B.O.A.C. (and expected this week-end) will be Capt. W. S. May, a Canadian who joined Imperial Airways in 1936, and who was one of the original pilots engaged on the North Atlantic route in 1941. Capt. May was recently appointed Chief Flying Instructor in charge of the Stratocruiser crew-tiaining programme at B.O.A.C.'s new Atlantic base at Filton, Bristol. Incidentally, residents of Chipping Sodbury, who recently complained of the noise of night-flying from Filton, have been assured that flying will be conducted so as to cause as little inconvenience to the public as possible, but they have been asked to bear in mind the fact that a certain amount of night- flying training on the Stratocruisers will be unavoidable. SABENA BUYS MORE DC-6s WITH the object of increasing frequency throughout itsservices, Sabena has ordered two new DC-6s, so bringing its total fleet to 61 aircraft. At present the fleet comprises three DC-6s, seven DC-4S, six Convair 240s, 17 DC-3S, one C-54, seven C-47S, six Doves and 12 of other types. DC-4S operate three services a week between Brussels and the Belgian Congo and the company hopes that by so increasing the DC-6 fleet, it will be possible to operate two of these flights with that type ' The additional aircraft will also enable a daily- service across the North Atlantic to be maintained: during the coming winter the route will be operated at the same fre- quency as during the summer period, i.e., with three flights a week in each direction. Other changes in the winter time-table which became effec- tive on October 2nd include close co-operation with other European airlines in the arrangement of schedules, in an effort to increase load factors and eliminate duplication on certain routes. Services to Milan, Zurich, Prague, Copenhagen and Stockholm will be flown daily; to Madrid and Lisbon twice weekly, and to Oslo and Christiansund three times a week. Twenty-six flights to London and 21 to Paris will be made from Brussels every week, and the thrice-weekly services to Rome, Geneva and Nice are being maintained. It is reported that the company has lost about ^135,000 in the financial year 1948. D 10
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