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1950
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440 FLIGHT, 16 November 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS • • • Alcock, Samuel Cody and Horace Short. To avoid overlappingwith existing type-names, this class will be called Pionair. The B.E.A. rotary-winged aircraft become the King Arthur class.The more renowned names, such as Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad, are being withheld for the 30-passenger helicoptersintended for operation some years hence. The 42 Vikings already in service have names which do notaccord with the new scheme. They will, therefore, be renamed after famous British admirals, with the exception that oneaircraft (G-AHPL) will retain the title Viking. BREVITIES A B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser broke the (unofficial) record for atransatlantic crossing from Montreal to Prestwick when, on November 6th, it made the trip in 8 hr 3 min. Previously thebest time by a Stratocruiser on this route was 8 hr 45 min, although a Constellation had made the crossing in 8 hr 14 min. * # * Because the Venezuelan government has refused permission for P.A.A. to continue its non-stop Constellatioa service between Caracas and New York, flights now have to stop at Curasao, in the Dutch West Indies. •* * * Aer Lingus announces an operating profit of £115,000 for the first six months of the current financial year. This is £27,000 more than the profit for the corresponding period of 1949. Passenger and freight traffic is reported to have improved by 13.4 and 37.2 per cent respectively. * * . * Panagra reports that American tourists are no longer required to obtain visas for Argentina: by presidential decree they are permitted to enter the country for a period not exceeding three months. This welcome move is expected to encourage other South American countries to follow suit, with a consequent increase in traffic. * * * A C.A.B. examiner has recommended to the Board that a helicopter passenger, mail and cargo network linking 35 suburbs of the New York metropolis should be authorized. It is pro- posed that New York Airways, Inc., should operate the system for five years and the C.A.B. is expected to announce a final decision shortly. Postal authorities and the armed forces have both supported the proposal. A pithy comment on airline safety, made by a B.O.A.C.station manager who had been asked " if it was safe to fly ": " To become a statistical fatality you have to fly four days aweek at 200 m.p.h. for 194 years " * * * The Netherlands Government Civil Flying School will shortly take delivery of its fifteenth Beechcraft D-18; the fleet is used for fulfilling the training requirements of K.L.M. and other companies. The machine is being flown from Kansas to Amsterdam by a K.L.M. ciew. * # * In preparation for future inter-city helicopter services, Bir- mingham Airport Committee is seeking a site in or near the centre of the city for use as a heliport. Although the committee has not yet decided whether the provision of ground facilities is the responsibility of the M.C.A. or of the local authorities, it considers it desirable to effect the necessary land reservation without delay. * # # * . Ballasted to the currently authorized all-up weight of 105,0001b, the D.H. Comet carried out important trials from London Airport last week. By a coincidence, Sir Miles Thomas arrived at the airport from his visit to America and the West Indies just as the Comet was taking off; he remarked that it would be in operation on the British Empire eastern routes by next October. The first production aircraft, he said, should be delivered (unfurnished) to B.O.A.C. in February. * • * As part of its tests for the issue of a full C. of A. the first prototype of the Armstrong Whitworth Apollo is to carry out proving trials to several European capitals next month. These FREIGHT (IMPORT) CENTRAL!TERMINAL BUILDINGAREA STORM WATER BALANC RESERVOIR No .iMAINTENANCE AREA (91 aero) ALUMINIU^HANGARS 2 MAINTENANCE AREA (72 acresKEY WORK COMPLETED BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED POSSIBLE FUTURE BUILDINGS LONDON AIRPORT LAYOUT : The M.C.A. has decided that the increase in capacity which would result does not justify the provision of a further triangular runway system north of the Bath Road. The alterative proposal is shown in the plan above, which also reveals the progress of work on the main runway system. The terminal tarmac area is shown diagonally shaded. \\ l\
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