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FLIGHT, 17 August 1950 205 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS effects considerable savings in man-hours, fuel, and engine wear and tear. Replacing the operating control mechan-isms in the cockpit, the unit enables each engine to be ground-tested before instal-lation in the aircraft. In addition to replacing the cockpit control mechanism,' the apparatus also replaces the aircraft's own electricity supply. The following systems can be checked :oil-cooler door; cowl flaps, tachometer and airscrew synchronization; primersolenoid; oil dilution valve; blower actuator ; thermocouples ; pressure indi-cation and warning ; fuel-flow indicator; oil quantity gauge; fire detectors; theelectrical part of the airscrew control; b.m.e.p. transmitter; vacuum system;static system; and manifold pressure system. The unit is fully mobile and consistsof an instrument panel containing con- trol and indication sections. The lattercomprises a series of warning lights, which mainhy serve to check whether acomponent, either of the unit itself or of the engine under test, is energized ornot. In the control section are found the circuit-breaker switches; potentiometer; push buttons;fuses; and two terminals to provide current for electric tools. Auxiliary components are checked by various methods, inwhich use is made of electrical potentiometers, suction, com- pressed air, heat (for the fire detectors) and oil pressure. ROTARY POST : In conjunction with the Belgian postal authorities Sabena started the first Continental helicopter mail service yesterday, August 16th. One of the two Bell 47-Ds being used for the purpose is shown here at Melsbroek airport, Brussels. One of the main advantages of using such a device is that ifany components are not functioning correctly they can be detected and adjusted before the engine is installed in theaircraft, thus reducing the risk of time-wastage in redis- mantling the unit. BREVITIES PERMISSION has been refused for Pan-American Airwaysto operate a service within the United States. The com- pany's application to the C.A.B had been pending since March, 1945. The routes in question would have connected cities now served by P.A.A. as terminal points on their inter- national services. • • * The Martin 2-0-2A twin-engined transport has been certified ENGINE S MULATOR : The test rig designed by K.L.M. engineersfor testing DC-6 engines before installation (see pages 204-205) is seen to be a compact and easily movable unit. by the C.A.A. for a gross take-off weigiit of 43,000 1b, the greatest ever granted to twin-engined commercial aircraft. The original 2-0-2 was authorized for an all-up weight of 39,900-lb. * * * Traffic transactions registered by the I.A T.A. ClearingHouse in London during June reached the record figure of S13.745,ooo. The total for the first six months of the year,$81,900,000, is also higher than any previous figures. * # 1In preparation for regular services from Quito Equador, to points in North America, Panagra recently completed take-ofi tests with DC-4S fitted with Jato units. * * # A record average of 24 cars is now being floAn daily on the Silver City car ferry from Lympne to Le Touquet. On several occasions the Freighters, which are flying a total of 14 hours a day, have carried the maximum possible number of 26. * # # T.E.A. is to begin a new Solent flying-boa; service from Wellington to Rose Bay, Sydney, in the first week of October. Initial frequency will be twice weekly, and onl> a minimum number of passengers will be carried until the facilities at the Evans Bay, Wellington, landing point are improved. * . * * Following recent authorization by the C.A.B. and President Truman, United Air Lines announce plans to inaugurate direct Stratocruiser flights between Los Angeles and Honolulu early in October. This 2,558-mile addition to the existing 10,700- mile network will enable United to provide a one-carrier ser- vice between Hawaii and jS cities in the United States. * • * The accident rate for private aircraft in South Africa, as indicated by the figures for the last two years, is said to be causing great concern. Figures for 1949 show that one accident occurred in every 220 hours' flying by private pilots, as com- pared with one every 40,864 hours in scheduled airline operations. * « T It is reported from Australia that Captain P. G. Taylor, G.M., a former associate of the late Sir Chaaes Kingsford- Smith and, incidentally, the pilot responsible for surveying the air route to South Africa via the Cocos Islands, is to under- take a survey flight by Catalina from Australia to Chile across the South Pacific. Capt. Taylor has for some years been attempting to obtain permission and financial assistance to make this flight. The Australian Minieter for Air decided to V-.i-Y
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