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FLIGHT, 27 April 1950 533 SPREADING THE BUMPS : The fitting of a Piper 105 Super Cub with tandem landing gear represents a rational approach to the problem of landing light aircraft on rougn terrain. In spite of the increased drag the "150" still has a very sprightly performance: it is shown climbing away after a take-off run of only five times its own length. Details of the new undercarriage can be seen in the right-hand photograph. BREVITIES MEMBERS of the Aerolineas Argentinas technical staff artbeing sent to Schiphol for training iu overhaul mainten- ance and repair techniques under K.L.M. instructors. * # * The chairman of B.E.A., Lord Douglas of Kirtleside,recently inspected the Corporation's new maintenance base at Renfrew. The buildings will be completed next month,and the base will then undertake the overhaul and servicing of all Rapides and DC-3S used on the Scottish services. * * * The Temco Manufacturing Co. recently announced that the Air Material Command of the U.S.A.F. has placed an order for the conversion of three C-97 Stratofreighters for use as general passenger transports. The company hopes to complete modification of the first aircraft by June; the others will follow at short intervals. * * • P.A.A. will use Stratocruisers on a regular trans-Pacific-service from Sydney to San Francisco with effect from June 1st. The aircraft will fly from Honolulu to Sydney withslightly reduced loads because the runways at Mascot Airport are, at the moment, inadequate for fully loaded operations.A substantial reduction in scheduled flying time is expected. — ~- * * * The Government of Mexico recently ratified the I.C.A.O. Convention on International Rights of Aircraft, which is effective on July 4th. Following the United States, Mexico is the second nation to ratify this Convention; 2-3 other nations have signed it. The Convention is designed to afford international operators the largest possible measure of assist- ance in arranging the financing of aircraft purchases. * • + On April 30th, Tasman Empire Airways will celebrate the Kith anniversary of their first passenger-carrying flight. In ten years the company has flown 6,000,000 miles on regular scmces over the Tasman Sea and has carried 100,000 pas- sengers without accident, together with over 3,000,000 lb of mail and cargo. Up to nine return flights are operated weekly on this Australia-New Zealand service. , •-, .. . * • * ••:..*----• *;"' . - ••••'• Previously restricted to use only in daylight V.F.R. con- ditions until the height of a building in the northern funnel had been reduced, runway No. 6 (QDM16/134) at London Airport is now available for operations in all weathers. Marked at its highest point by a red omni-directional light, the build- ing remains an obstruction and pilots are warned to exercise (-"are until it is reduced in height. Details of lighting facilities <>« No. 6 runway are contained in Notam No. 65/1950. Recent additions to freight services (most of which are flownat night) to some 16 Continental cities, now gives B.E.A. the largest freight network in Europe. Daily services are flownto Buckeburg and Nice, and the frequency to Rome, Amster- dam, Copenhagen, Hamburg find Berlin is six flights weekly. * • * British Nederland Airservices, Ltd., have been successfulin negotiating a contract with the British Administration in Tripolitania to carry personnel and their families betweenTripoli, Libya and the U.K. Vikings and DC-3S will be used and Mitchell Cotts and Co. (Middle East), Ltd., will act ashandling and booking agents in Tripoli. * • * T "• Mr. E. T. Jones, O.B.E., Principal Director of ScientificResearch (Air) in the Ministry of Supply, and Capt. H. T. Farnsworth, Flight Test Superintendent at B.O.A.C.'s Opera-tional Development Unit, have been appointed assessors to assist Sir William McNair, K.C., in the public inquiry intothe Llandbw accident, to be held at Cardiff on May 16th. * • • The effectiveness of the Dehmel synthetic trainer, used byPan American crews, would appear to be convincingly demon- strated by the fact that ever ' member of the 95 Stratocruisercrews so far tested by the C.A.A. passed the stringent flight examinations at the first attempt. Referring to the good safetyrecord of domestic and international U.S. airlines last year, the chairman of the C.A.B., Mr. Joseph O'Connell, attributedthis achievement to training devices such as the Dehmel. * * * More than 4,000 bales of wool were transported to Mel-bourne from Tasmania by A.N.A. freighters between February 13th and March 18th. The aircraft made three trips a dav,carrying 38 bales each time. In addition, woollen yarn is being flown from Tasmania to all parts of Australia at the rateof i,000 bales per month. Freight traffic between Tasmania and the mainland has grown so* rapidly in the last year thatsix flights a day are now made by A.N.A. freighters alone. * # * • To facilitate the working of the Airways System which will shortly be introduced in the United Kingdom, the M.C.A. has decided to issue a new series of Radio Facility Charts. These charts, which will give full details of the air traffic control scheme and the associated radio navigation facilities, are intended for use in conjunction with the Instrument Approach and Landing Charts, and the new series will include such essential information as the location of radio-ranges, fan markers, D/F stations, meteorological broadcast stations, reporting points and minimum safe altitudes.
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