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1950
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74 FLIC, HT. nj January 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS in the F-86 fighter, the B-47 Stratojetbombrr and other military aircraft. * * # In order to meet the demand for addi- tional capacity from India to Rome, the B.O.A.C. Argonaut service between London and Calcutta will from January 19th call at Rome instead of Malta. * * * The Australian Minister of Civil Avia-tion has announced the .signature of tin- projected air agreement between Ceylonand Australia. For a trial period each airline will have the right to operate amonthly DC-4 flight or its equivalent The agreement provides for Ceylon t<>operate from Colombo to Sydney vui intermediate points and for Australia tofly its U.K. services via Ceylon. * # * Following the recent suspension of rail and river traffic by Pakistan, five Indianairlines are flying freight to Assam and Tripura states. In ten days the airlinescarried a million pounds of jute and two million oranges to Calcutta, returningwith i,20o,ooolb of miscellaneous supplies for the two states. SUMMER SOUVENIRS : Memories of last summer's many successful meetings are recalled in this view of the competitors' park at Thruxton—home of the Wiltshire Flying Club—on the occasion of the race meeting in August. All American Overseas Airlines transatlantic services are now being operated from Idlewild instead of La Gunrdia, from which the company's last scheduled flight was made on January 9th; it was the 19.522nd transatlantic crossing since the airline commenced these services in the summer of 1942. * # * Meeting recently at Taomina (Sicily) for the sixth session of the I.C.A.O. Juridical Committee, representatives of thirty nations discussed the problems of third-party risks and the responsibility of aircraft owners. * * * S.AS. announce that free coach transport is now available between Renfrew and Prestwick (and vice versa) by previous arrangement with their offices at either place. The company hopes that this facility will result in increased bookings to New York and Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm by its DC-6services. * • • The Air Registration Board announces the issue of Noticesto Licensed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft Nos. 2, 4 and 10. Subjects dealt with are respectively, Super-vision of Licensed Aircraft Engineers, Airscrews Approved for use on Civil Aircraft, and Rating and Categories of Engineers'Licenses. • • * A new "air-coach" service is to be operated between LosAngeles, Chicago and New York. Seventy passengers will be carried in each aircraft, and the service comprises daily returnflight to New York, a distance of approximately 3,000 miles. Fares for the complete route will be $110 (£39) ; from LosAngeles to Chicago they will be $85 (£30) and from Chicago to New York, $35 (/12). FORTHCOMING EVENTS, JANUARY—JUNE 19. Jan. Ian. Jan. fan. Jan. Feb fet>. Feb Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. March March March March March March March 21 24 25 23. 31 1 4 8 9. 13. 14. 17. 21. 21 22. 23. 25. 1. 1. 2. 4. 7. 8. 14. R.Ae.S. Section Lectures : " Acoustical Aspects of Recenc Aerodynamic Research " (joint symposium with Acoustics Group of the Physical Society). London Aeroplane Club : Annual Dinner Dance. R.Ae.C. : " Air Travel through the U.S.A." film by William Courteray, O.B.E.. M.M. (At Londonderry House.! R.Ae.S. (Reading) : " Redux Bonding of Aircraft Structures," by C. J. Moss, B.Sc. He'icopter Association : "Pest Control and the Helicopter," by W. E. Ripper. R.Ae.S. Section Lecture : " Further Problem? of Aircraft Stressing," by I. H. Argyris, A.F.R.Ae.S. Royal United Service Institution: " Aircraft for Army Uses," by Lt.-Gen. R. N. Gale, C.B., D.S.O.. O.B.E., M.C. British Interplanetary Society Discussion—" Effects o) Interplanetary Flight.'" R. Ae. S. (Brought): "Rocket Propulsion inc Inter-Planetary Flight." by A. V. Cleaver, A. R. Ae. S. R.Ae.S. : "Producing a Prototype Aircraft,' by C. T. Wilkini, A.f-.R.Ae.S. Institute of Transport : Brancker Memorial Lecture—A.V.-M. D. C. T. Bennett, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. R.Ae.S. Section Lecture : " Prototype Testing," by D. R. H. Dickinson, A.F.R.Ae.S. Institute of Navigation : " Air Traffic Control," a symposium of papers. R.Ae.S. (Belfast): "Strength-testing of Aircraft," by Dr. P. B. Walker. M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. Section Lecture : " Air-Intake Design lor High-speed Aircraft." by Dr. J. Seddon. B.Sc R.Ae.S. (Reading) : " Propeller Turbines." by A. C. Clinton, F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. Graduates : " Problems of Heat Transfer," by W. R. Shapey, B.Sc., Grad. R.Ae.S., and J. Rivers, Grad. R.Ae.S. Helicopter Association : " French Helicopter Development," by Col. R. M. Garry. R.Ae.S. (Weybridge) : " Do Scientists Know Anything I" by C. G. Grey, F.M.R.Ae.S. R A3.S. Graduates: "Engineering Problems of Aircraft Design." (Joint meeting with I.E.E. and I.ME. graduates.) R.Ae.S. : " Design for Maintenance," by R. G. Bishop, F.R.Ae.S. British Interplanetary Society : " Testing ot Rocket Motors," by Dipl. Ing. H. F. Zumpe. R.Ae.S. Graduates: "Gas-turbine Installation," by J. C. Wallin. B.Sc., A.F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.C. : Ball. Londonderry House. R.Ae.S. 'Belfast): "Problems of High-speed Flight," by H. Davies, M.Sc., F.R.Ae.S. March March March March March March March March April April April April April April April April April May May May 28- June '. June June June 16 17, 21 24 25 28 28 30, 1. 5. 8. 12. 13. 18. 18. 25. 27. 4. 25. •29. 3-4. 4. 10. 10. June 10-25. June 15-18 June 17. June 17-18. June 24-26. R.Ae.S. : " Air Survey," by G/C. F. C. V. Laws, C.B.. C.B.E. Institute of Transport : Annual Dinner. R.Ae.S. Section Lecture : " Boundary Layer at High Speeds," by A. D. Young, M.A., F.R.Ae.S. College of Aeronautics Senior Common Rocm Society : Annual Dinner. Helicopter Association : " Performance Testing of Heli- copters," by F. O'Hara, M.A. Institute of Transport (Metropolitan Graduates) : " Post- war R.A.F. Developments and their Effects onVCivil Aviation," by A. J. Allum. R.Ae.S. Graduates : "Undercarriage Design and Testing," by G. S. Cranwell, Grad. R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. : " Testing Aero Engines and Power Plants," by A. C. Lovesey, O.B.E., B.Sc., F.R.Ae.S. British Interplanetary Society: "Space Travel—Fact and Fiction." by A. C. Clarke. B.Sc. R.Ae.S. (Brough) : "Flying-boat Design Problems," by H. Knowler, A.M.I.C.E., F.R.Ae.S. British Interplanetary Society (Manchester) : Film Show. R.Ae.S. (Reading) : " Flying Boats," by H. Knowler, F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. : "The Berlin Air Lift," by A. Cdre. J. W. F. Merer, C.B. Institute of Transport : Informal Luncheon. Speaker : Sir Miles Thomas, D.F.C. R.Ae.S. Graduates : "Training of Aeronautical Engineers." (Discussion ; chairman, Marcus Langley, F.R.Ae.S.) R.Ae.S. Section Lecture : " Flight Refuelling and the Problem of Range," by C. H. Latimer Needham, M.Sc., F.R.Ae.S. R.Ae.S. : " High-speed Research in the Aerodynamics Division of the N.P.L.." by J. A. Bevan, M.A. (Cantab.), A.F.R.Ae.S.. and D. Holder (at Manchester). R.Ae.S. : Third Louis Bleriot Lecture, by Sir Frederick Handley Page, C.B.E., F.I.Ae.S., Hon. F.R.Ae.S. (in Paris). R.Ae.S. : 33th Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, by Sir Richard Fairey, M.B.E. Bembridge and Sandown Aero Club : Rally. Ultra Light Aircraft Association : Rally. F.A.I. : General Conference, Stockholm. Darlington Flying Display. Yorkshire Aeroplane Club : International Rally, Sherburn- in-Elmet, Leeds. Brussels International Aeronautical Exhibition. Benelux Air Tour. Wolverhampton Aero Club : King's Cup Race. Normandy Rally. Le Touquet Rally.
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