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FLIGHT. 13 October, 1949 5OI TOURIST RECORD IN 1949 IN a report on the 1949 tourist season,the Travel Association states that dur- ing the first eight months of the year ap- proximately 400,000 tourists from all parts of the world visited Britain, and by the end of the year it is expected that the figure will have risen to 560,000. It is estimated that one-quarter travelled by air. Traffic from North America was equal to that of the best pre-war year, and was 30 per cent greater than in 1948. Up to the end of August, 75,023 Ameri- can tourists visited Britain and more than 21,000, in transit tor other coun- tries, stayed for short periods. The Asso- ciation estimates that by the end of the year more than 135,000 visitors will have come from the ttaited States, including persons in transit, whilst visitors from Canada are expected to number between 30,000 and 35,000. Earnings from the U.S., including fare payments can be provisionally estimated at $70 million. The number of visitors from the Con- tinent has shown little increase, but it is thought that improvements in long-distance transport have brought more tourists from countries outside Europe. Such traffic this year has been more than ten per cent greater than in the corresponding best pre-war period, and it is expected that the expansion in the last two years will continue in 1950, when it is estimated that 600,000 visitors will come to Britain. Of this number, 175,000 are expected from North America, in addition to 30,000 or more Americans in transit to other countries. The target for the tourist trade in 1950 is £65 million, including fare payments to British carriers on international routes. Dollar earnings are expected to amount to about 100 million. LANCASTER ACCIDENT REPORT '"THE Chief Inspector of Accidents has submitted his report •*• on the cause of the accident to Lancaster III G-AHJVV, which flew into trees on high ground at Conholt Park, near Tarrant Rushton, on November 22nd, 1948. The aircraft was totally destroyed and seven of the occupants were killed, the sole survivor being the radio-officer, who was severely burnt. The pilot was Captain R. M. W. Heath, D.F.C.. aged 25, and ISLAND OPERATION : Unloading a Bristol Wayfarer in the Balea. ic Islands. TheSpanish charter company Aviacion y Comercio is flying weekly services between Barcelona and Ibiza (in the Islands) with 32-seater Bristol Wayfarers. the aircraft, which belonged to Flight Refuelling, Ltd., was on a flight from Wunstorf, Germany, to the Company's base at Tarrant Rushton, Dorset. Captain Heath, an ex-Transport Command pilot, had some 2,350 hours' flying experience. The aircraft took off from Wunstorf at 1456 hr, and at1658 hr established contact with Hum Approach Control, the pilot reporting that he was at 2,000 ft and descending belowcloud. At 1708 hr, in conditions of bad visibility, the air- craft flew into trees on ground 760 ft above sea level. Noevidence of pre-crash failure was found, and all the pre-flight safety requirements had been complied with. The aircrafthad evidently been making good a track 24 miles north of the desired one and, since visual fixes were impossible, it wasassumed that the navigator used a navigational aid to check his track and position before let-down The Chief Inspector concludes that the most likely cause ofthe aircraft's divergence from its desired track was that an error had been made in the selection of a Eureka responder beacon,and that the aircraft was being homed on Netheravon instead of Tarrant Rushton, where the pilot had been told to exuectclear weather conditions. BREVITIES WORK on the extension of Chileka Airport, the main air-field in Nyasaland, has been delayed for some two months by mechanical breakdowns of the earth-moving equipment. • * * Fares on the Qantas Empire Airways' services to New Guinea and the islands North of Australia have been increased by 10 per cent, due to the rapidly rising costs of operation. •-.-•- • •• • Capt. David A. Brice has resigned from his appointment in Skyways, Ltd., to rejoin B.O.A.C. Previously he served for two years with the R.A.F. and flew with B.O.A.C. from 1941 to 1946 when he was made chief pilot of B.S.A.A. He joined Skyways in 1947. • A.O.A. Stratocruiser services between New York and London are to be extended to Frankfurt from November 1st. The new service will be operated four times a week, and sleeper berths will be available. * • * After October 24th, all enquiries concerning M.C.A. Informa- tion Circulars should be addressed to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Est. 7a), Ariel House, Theobalds Road, London. W.C.i. This address is that of the new M.C.A. building, which has inherited the name of the old premises in the Strand. A branch of the Air Registration Board is to be set up in Karachi, to assist the Pakistan Government in establishing an Airworthiness Department of its Directorate of Civil Aviation; it will also conduct the Board's normal activities in respect ot British registered aircraft and personnel operating in that area. D 11 Mr. A. E. Clifford, an A.R.B. Senior Surveyor, assisted by Mr.H. B. Cundall, will be responsible for opening the new office. * * * It is reported from Australia that the Australian National Airlines Commission is considering the introduction of tourist fares on routes operated by Trans-Australian Airlines, the nationalized company. This would involve the adaptation of DC-3S to carry 28 passengers instead of the usual 21. * • » M.C.A. Information Circular No. 122 states that Article 32 of the Air Navigation Order, 1949, referring to "gliding by young persons," has been slightly amended. Normally, no-one under the age of 16 is allowed to have control of a glider in motion at a distance of more than three miles from a certified point. The amendment relaxes this condition when the flight is made in accordance with arrangements for the supervision of the pilot by the gliding club of which he is a member. e * * The Air Registration Board announces the third issue of Sub Section A.30 of British Civil Airworthiness Requirements to replace Issue No. 2. This sub-section deals with the pro- cedure for approving welders engaged in the welding of parts essential to the airworthiness of any aircraft effected by the Requirements, and where the process is such that the making of a sound weld depends largely upon the competence of the welder. The Board reserves the right to select samples of an approved welder's work at any time for examination purposes. * • • Following the return of Mr. G. R. Scott-Farnie (operations manager) from an extensive air tour of the British Caribbean area, International Aeradio, Ltd.. announce that a company
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