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1950
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FLIGHT, 31 August 1950 In addition to its new four-day excur-sion fare for flights between London and Le Touquet, Air France announces areduced return fare of £\2 4s for the Lon- don-Paris route. A combined ticketprovides for travel on the normal day services in one direction and for a returnflight during the morning or evening "off-peak" periods. The normal fare is /14 8s * * # The bilateral agreement between theUnited States and France has been amended to permit French aircraft toland at Miami and American machines to call at Nice. Miami will be added to AirFrance routes to Martinique, via Guada- loupe, Puerto Rico, the DominicanRepublic and Haiti. P.A.A. will probably operate through Nice on theNorth Atlantic route to the Middle East, via Spain and Italy. 251 FRENCH EXPERIMENT: A recent photograph of the key 01 twin-engined light monoplane that reveals the extremely clean aerodynamic form of this French experi- mental aircraft. Two prototypes have been built, the first of which made its maiden flight on December 16th last. -.._•' Large increases in air-freight traffic, both within New Zealand Folkestone and Calais. The caT ferry service was recently and from points overseas, are reported by the National AirwaysCorporation of that country. Approximately 160 different types of commodities—mainly samples sent to test the NewZealand market—were flown in during the first three weeks of July. Increasing use of internal services is also reportedfor the carriage of livestock, eggs and furniture. * * * Eagle Aviation, Ltd., a charter company operating threeYorks, a Halifax and a Dakota, has now completed its move from Aldermaston to Luton. The company specializes in thecarriage of heavy freight loads, and recent cargoes have included a ship's propeller shaft, weighing nine tons, whichwas flown from Thornaby to Schiphol. The Dakota is at present engaged on a seven-month time charter to Air Malta,Ltd., flying a schedule service to Cairo, Catania and Rome. * * # From September 19th Silver City Airways are to reduce fareson their cross-Channel car fern' service. The rate for cars not exceeding 14ft in length will be cut from £27 to £KJand for larger vehicles from £32 to ^25. Silver City Freighters have already carried over 2,000 cars between Lympne andLe Touquet this summer and are proving a serious competitor to the Southern Region of British Railways, which in the sameperiod carried 1,500 cars between Dover and Boulogne and extended to include cycles and motor cycles. Fares are onlyslightly higher than the charge for surface transport from Dover to Calais. • • * ' • - - The conclusion of an interline agreement between Swissairand S.A.S. has enabled considerable improvements to be made in the services between Zurich and Copenhagen. Previouslythere was no regular daily connection between these two points, while on some days duplicate services were flown in the samedirection by both companies. From August i8th each company will, in turn, make daily flights between the two cities forpredetermined periods. Swissair is also co-operating with K.L.M. in the same fashion on the Zurich-Amsterdam route. * • • United Airlines' total of 150,411,000 revenue passenger-milesflown in July represented an 8| per cent increase over the figure for the corresponding month of last year. Air freight(2,568,000 ton-miles) in July showed a 51^ per cent improve- ment on last year's figure and n J per cent on that for Juneof this year, which was the busiest month in the company's 24-year history These large gains are attributed to heavyholiday bookings and a widespread increase in industrial activity throughout the United States. FROM THE CLUBS '"PHREE light aircraft designed for home construction are now-*- undergoing C. of A. flight trials. The U.L.A.A. design sub-committee has always made intensive efforts to sponsor thedevelopment of designs suitable for this purpose, and when the Cs. of A. are awarded a "publicity drive" is to be made topopularize the idea of home-built ultra-lights. The three air- craft in question—all single-seaters powered by 36 h.p. Aeronca- T.A.P. engines—are the Dart Kitten, Britten-Norman B.N.- iF. and the Slingsby Motor Tutor. It is hoped that hire- purchase arrangements may be made for the supply of con- struction kits. Since 1945 members of the U.L.A.A. have been responsible for work on twenty-three light-aircraft projects; some were re- constructions of pre-war machines and the remainder were new aircraft built to pre-war designs. Eight have already flown and six more are expected to fly in the near future. The Association reports that in every case the standard of workmanship was of an extremely high order. In response to enquiries from members the current issue of the Association's bulletin contains a list of all known ultra-light aircraft which are at present available for sale in this country. A new U.L.A.A. group js being formed at Coventry, to cater for enthusiasts residing in the Coventry, Birmingham and Leicester areas; details were given in a letter in our Corre- spondence columns last week. * * *T HE SURREY FLYING CLUB, based at Gatwick Airport, completed a total of 65 hours' flying during July with a fleet which includes Piper Cubs, a Fairchild Argus, a Hornet Moth and a Magister. During the month three pilots made their first solos and two more completed the course for the Private Pilots' Licence. A " tea patrol " is being organized for Saturday, September 23rd, when the Club's pilots will defend an area up to three miles from the airfield boundary. Attacking pilots, flying at 1,000-2,oooft, should endeavour to reach the airfield between 3.15 and 3.45 p.m. The crews of unspotted aircraft will receive free teas. The club-house at Gatwick, with its pleasant bar, billiards and television, provides unusually attractive facilities for visi- tors. Residential accommodation is also available. The annual subscription to the Surrey Flying Club is two guineas, and mem- bership details are obtainable from the secretary, Mr. C. I. Holdup, at the Airport (telephone Horley 1510).
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