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32© FLIGHT, 9 March 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS 1 • - coast route to Santiago. The frequency will eventually be in- creased to three times weekly. Substitution of Stratocriusers for Constellations on the north Atlantic route has now been completed and a daily service is in operation. * * * A special diplomatic charter flight recently left London Air-port, carrying the delegates of the British Mission to Pakistan. The aircraft -was a Hunting Air Travel Viking. On arrival atKarachi, the mission will be taken on a three weeks' internal tour of Pakistan by another of the company's Vikings.* # » Air Djibouti, the French company based at Asmara andoperating Curtiss Commando aircraft, has appointed Mitchell, Cotts and Co., Ltd., to be its representatives on the BalticExchange. Other operators represented by this company are British Nederland Air Services, Ltd., Morton Air Services, Ltd.,Central African Airways Corporation and Cyprus Airways. * • * Quarterly statistics issued by the Australian department ofCivil Aviation show considerable increases in the carriage of freight and mail last year. In September, 1949, the quarterlyfreight figure had reached 11,733.6 tons as compared with 8,996.7 in June. Mail ton-miles increased from 227,419 in Juneto 600,352 during the September quarter. The Australian domestic-route network now totals some 52,715 miles. * * * The general volume of passenger traffic between the UnitedStates and Europe is now 30 per cent above last year's level, according to the New York Journal of Commerce. An Import-ant factor in this increase is that devaluation is making it possible for American tourists to obtain high value for theirdollars. Additionally, many passengers have advanced their holidays to take advantage of the reduced fares which the air-lines were offering during the winter season. T.W.A., P.A.A. and Air France report respective increases in January Atlantictraffic of 35, 30 and 32 per cent over the figures for the cor- responding month of last year. * * * Revised versions of the A.B.C. Airways Maps showing thecomplete route-structure in Europe and throughout the world have now been issued. The routes have been numbered andgive direct reference to time-tables in the A.B.C. Airways and Shipping Guide. An accompanying key enables the reader tosee which company is operating any particular service. * * * Qantas Empire Airways have been given permission to carrycivilian passengers between Sydney and Tokyo. Operated by Skymasters, the first service left Sydney on March 3rd. It isexpected that a bilateral agreement with the Philippines will shortly be concluded, enabling passengers to be carried directfrom Sydney to Manila; at the moment bookings are. accepted only for through passengers between Sydney and Tokyo.* * • A.Cdre. C. S. Cadell, managing director of InternationalAeradio, Ltd., left London on March 3rd for a tour of Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, to investigate the possibili-ties of extending I.A.L.'s activities in these areas. He will travel approximately 20,000 miles, and his visits will includeRangoon, Indonesia, Bangkok and Nairobi. * « * Statistical returns covering three years' (1947-1949) activitiesby Air Atlas, the French airline operating domestic services within Morocco, show that the company has been enjoying areasonable share in the world-wide expansion of civil aviation. With a fleet of six DC-3S, the aircraft kilometres flown in 1947were 1,581,625; in 1948, 1,612,885; and in 1949, 1,984,905. The volume of freight carried increased proportionately. FROM the CLUBS '"PHE Darlington Aero Club completed a total of 150 hours •*• during the three months from November to January. Social activities have expanded considerably and now include dances, film shows, whist-drives, clay-pigeon shooting, and shooting matches with a nearby R.A.F. station. Recently the M.C.A. announced its approval for the 30-hour Private Pilots' Licence course, so future members will have the added benefit of this facility. The annual air display has been arranged for Satur- day, June 10th. • • • I/LYING at the Gloucester and Cheltenham joint airport will -F cease for three days in the summer of 1951 when the Three Counties Agricultural Show takes place on the airfield. A con- dition of the arrangement is that the show authorities will pay /300 for the loss of flying facilities, together with the cost of subsequent ground-clearance and of the necessary advertising regarding flying-prohibition. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had previously given permis- sion for flying to take place concurrently with the show, pro- vided that adequate safety measures were ensured by separation HOME-GROWN : The aircraft seen Mere has not, as might at first appear, been neatly depMJjUpU^ttidst tne foliage as the result of engine rrilMi'r***^!! 1 11 irflijhiiiiii il Luton Minor, the property flfMr. A. W. Ord-HumeTjMlO carried out the work in **;' TTtian, j ._/Vi. ffpnrinnTrin Flight of February 2nd, he recently completed the overhaul of an Aeronca 100. The Luton Minor is expected to fly in June. of the show site and the aircraft operating area. The Three Counties Society, on the other hand, felt that the Ministry's plan left little or no room for car parks, and it was finally agreed that flying should be discontinued and compensation Paid- DENHAM Flying Club officially began operations on March1 st. (It will be recalled that the Denham Aero Club, with which the new club has no connection, was forced to close down last year.) Two Taylorcraft and three Magisters are now avail- able, and it is hoped that a Miles Mercury will be ready for more advanced training in about six weeks' time. Although the official opening date was, as stated above, March 1st, the club has been doing a certain amount of flying during the past two months and has achieved the creditable monthly average of 50 hours with only one aircraft in use most of the time. Membership now amounts to some 250, of which total 40 members form an active flying nucleus. In the coming months it is hoped to organize Sunday-morning forma- tion flights as a regular feature. The C.F.I, and club secretary is Mr. J. Briggs, who is assisted by three other instructors. * * *T HE Leicestershire Aero Club, which is leaving Ratcliffe air-field at the end of this month, is holding its final farewell party next Saturday. So that members may benefit by a littleextra flying, the closing date has been extended to cover the last two week-ends of the month. A new committee has beenformed to speed up the transfer to another airfield, although it has not yet been decided whether this will eventually beRearsby or another nearby site which provides suitable facili- ties. All possible measures are being taken to expedite themove and thus reduce the period during which the club's activi- ties will be curtailed. The committee announces that therewill be a rebate on subscription^ for the period during which no flying is possible. # • * '•••.«I T would appear that a somewhat unusual situation may soon arise at Staverton airfield, where, in addition to the existing Cheltenham Aero Club, a resurrection of the pre-war Cotswold Aero Club seems likely. The airfield is shortly to be de-requisitioned and it is intimated that the pre-war dub will attempt to re-establish its former status. Whether there will be sufficient local interest to justify the existence of two clubs seems debatable, but as the aims of the Cheltenham Aero Club (with its more advanced standards of flying) would seem to differ to a large extent from the possibly less specialized activities of the returning Cotswold club, it is possible that they may be able to operate side by side, if not hand in hand. Further details of the position at Staverton will be given when the plans for the new club have been formulated. -; V A \ .
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