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f LIGHT, 26 January T950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS ... and England throughout the year. An increase of over 60 per cent was seen on the Riviera services, and on loutes to other parts of France the gains were as high as 205 per cent. On all the company's services linking Britain with the Continent the number of passengers carried was 59 per cent above the 1948 figure. * # # The Air Registration Board announces a further issue oi seven Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedure Leaflets, making a total of 19 issued to date. The leaflets are obtainable irom the A.R.B. Publications Department, Greville House, 37, Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos. * * * Claimed to be the heaviest single cargo evei loaded into an aircraft in-Australia, a large road grader weighing 9,2641!) was recently flown from Melbourne to JFlinders Island in an A.N.A. Bristol Freighter. The unit was driven into the air- craft under its own power on special ramps, and the " air lift '- enabled it to be put into operation at Flinders Island 24 hours aitei leaving a Melbourne factor :. , •;' t..~ * * * .'•,•" Passenger arrivals and departures at Dublin Airport during 1949 reached the record total ot 204,737. Of this figure Aer Lingus passengers accounted for 193,000; the remainder wen- carried by K.L.M. and by charter companies. Aircraft movements amounted to 16,626, and totals of 1,867,809 k^; of freight and 138,459 kg of mail were handled at the airport.' * * * On February 16th C A.B. will begin an enquiry to deter- mine whether a helicopter air mail and parcel-post service ft;r the New York city area is required by what is picturesquely termed "the public convenience and nect s:ty." The pici- posed service is similar to those already in operation in Chicago and Los Angeles. In addition to New York city, communities in Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut, all within a 50-mile radius of the city, would be affected. FROM the CLUBS &•• TO open the 1950 flying season and to promote a stillgreater integration of the flying-club movement, the A.B.A.C. is organizing a so-called "Easter Aerocade." Held during the holiday period, Friday, April 7th, to Monday, April 10th, this will comprise a mass flight by club members in their aircraft, calling at the majority of clubs in Great Britain. It is expected that more than 70 aircraft will take part in the event, which will include a series of social Junctions arranged by individual clubs. The intention is that the daily air-mileage should be in the neighbourhood of 200 to 220 and that between 20 and 25 clubs will be visited during the course of the week-end. The keynote is to be the elasticity of the programme and the free- dom of the participants to deviate from it as they wish. Members of the public will be invited to visit their local clubs during the visit of the "aerocade" and to inspect the aircraft and see for themselves how the flying club movement is developing. Details of the itinerary will be made available later. The Association also announces that a summer convention is being organized for August 19th and that four club "At Homes" (Northamptonshire Aero Club. Blackpool Aero Club, Wiltshire Flying Club and Liverpool Flying Club) are scheduled for May 20th, Tune loth, July 8th and August 5th respectively. • • • •I N spite of extremely bad weather during the latter part of December, the Wiltshire Flying Club accumulated a total oi 100 hours for the month, bringing the figure for 1949 to 2,147 hr. The last of the club's Magisters has now been sold, and the present fleet consists of five Autocrats and one Tiger Moth, in addition to the Dragon for any parties which may be organized. A new Auster, G-AHCR, has been purchased from Capt. Spencer Smith and is now undergoing C. of A. overhaul in the workshop. From February 1st it will be avail- able to members at the reduced rate of £2 10s per hour solo; a limit of T2O hours applies to this rate. ~~::~-.-.-Jr ..* . '• ^ Five officers from the Arab Legion have now almost com- pleted training for their Private Pilots' Licences, two having already qualified and returned to their home country, and two pupils from Pakistan are now taking the pilots' course. The club now has three Austers, one Proctor, a Messenger and a Stinson for s-ale. ' » . • ,.-.. T^HE Boston Aero Club, inaugurated on October 22nd with -»- 42 members, has now increased its paid-up membership to 76. It is hoped that the club-house will be completed and its interior decoration finished by the end of the month, and the securing of bar and catering licences is expected shortly after- wards. The Auster aircraft belonging to Aerial Spraying Contractors, Ltd., will shortly be divested of its spraying equipment and will then be available as an additional two-seat aircraft for solo flying. The club is anxious to double its membership as quickly as possible, and any information with regard to flying or'the club's activities are obtainable from the Secretary Mr. G. N. Snarey, A.F.C., A.R.A.E.S., Wilsford House', London Road, Sleaford. * * • T~\URING 1950 the Cheltenham Aero Club is attempting sub- -»-'' stantially to increase the scope of its activities. Steps are being taken to provide the finance necessary for extensive im- provements in accommodation and training facilities, the ultimate object being to develop the instructional side of the club into a first-rate training establishment. The organization will then bo able to undertake all types of training up to the standard of Commercial Pilots' Licences, Instrument Ratings and Instructors' Certificates. A training syllabus has been drawn up and will, it is hoped, enable the club to qualify for M.C.A. approval for the 30-hour Private Pilots' Licence course, while night-flying facilities will be available in the near future! For an initial period the night rate will be 10s per hour more than the day rate, and pupils will be asked to assist in signal- ling and other duties connected with nocturnal operations. . . . * * # '. ' "VTEYVS from the Royal Aero Club of Queensland. •^ Australia, indicates that 1949 was a record'*- flying year with a total of approximately 6,000 hours, an increase of 2,300 over the figure, for 1948. During the year 39 members qualified for " A " Licences and six graduated for Commercial • Licences. Four new country centres were added to the training cadre. * • »A VIATION circles in South Africa believe that the Government will provide a subsidy which will amount to a little more than half the requested sum of ^50,000, to aid private flying clubs. The Aero Club of South Africa is trying to reduce private-flying costs by urging a reduction of land- ing fee tariffs. TAXI-LIKE : The Lycoming-powered Fokker F.25 Promotor is remarkable for its spacious cabin and ease of ingress and exit, which allow pas- sengers to be dropped or pic.ed-up speedily, so facilitating short-distance charter trips and work of a comparable nature. An initial order was completed some time ago. - *„ *-:„'?-• :-%•* >
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