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1950
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562 FLIGHT] 14 December 1950 PERSONALITIES AT PILOTS' PARTY 4S in post years, the annual cocktail party of the British Air LinePilots' Association, held at the Savoy Hotel, London, on December 5th, proved to be a cheery gathering and one that incidentally £0R?9*|Mj9« and others the opportunity of off-the-record exchanges ofjhews wiOK various Higher Authorities. Among those intercepted by £ " Flight " camera were (reading across, from left to right) : Air ChmCMarshal Sir Frederick Bowhill and Lady Pakenham ; Major J. L. 6. RS^Qordes^ (secretary, G.A.PA.N.) with D. Follows (secretory of B.AlJ^KfT H. O'Neil, J. Matthews and Eric Rylands (chairman of Lancashire Aircraft Corporation and of B.A.C.A.) ; Lord Pakenham (Minister of Civil Aviation) and Capt. A. Le R. S. Upton (chairman of B.A.L.P.A.) ; Capt. H. Tarran Jones, Peter Masefield (chief executive, B.A.E.), Capt. F. N. jenkinson and Lord Douglas (chairman of B.E.A.) ; and Capt. 0. P. Jones with W. R. D. Perkins, M.P. (vice-president of B.A.L.P.A.). CIVIL AVIATION NEWS showing. At the same time the tax is thought to be a retardinginfluence on the development of British internal services. The Air League suggests that the industry might be givenrelief from the tax in the form of a refund ; this would eliminate many administrative complications. Specific consumptionfigures for different types of engines are known and records are kept of engine hours. All claimants for relief, says the memor-andum, " could iurnish unexceptionable evidence to support their claims." A special note is added on the subject of private owners. TheAir League feels that, in view of the relief already granted to flying clubs, "most unfair discrimination is being shown."In conclusion, the League expresses confidence that the reasons detailed in its memorandum show that the increasedtax cannot be applied to aviation spirit without serious discrimi- nation or, alternatively, that if there is no discrimination therecan be no benefit to revenue. There are positively no adminis- trative difficulties, contends the memorandum, which could PILOT SHORTAGE : The Icelandic airline, Flugfelag Islands, seems to have overcome the problem of a scarcity of trained aircrew by importing animal labour. Actually the sheep is one of 631 recently air-lifted in Dokotas over 200 miles from the isolated Otrstfi region on the south-east coast of Iceland to replace flocks depleted by foot-and-mouth disease at farms in the south-west. prevent the granting of at least sdme measure of relief.Suggestions are also given for the procedure which might be adopted for obtaining this relief. They include a requirementthat the user should be responsible for the burden of proof in claiming a refund of duty paid and that claims should be madeat agreed periods, either on the Excise authorities or on the |ppropriate ministry. iEW xM.C.Z. PROCEDURES '"THE introduction of the new London Control Zone, under-*•' phase II of the national airways system, will call for some alterations to the existing Metropolitan Control Zone approachprocedures. These will include the experimental introduction, in the landing patterns for London and Northolt airports, oftraffic-sequencing by G.C.A. search radar. The radio range at Bovingdon, the London Airport " MVA "and Tunbridge Wells radio beacons will no longer be used; two new ranges will be introduced, at Epsom and Watford; a fanmarker will be placed at Chertsey; radio beacons will be located at Brookmans Park and Crowborough; and there will be alocator beacon at Bovingdon. Aircraft bound for London, Northolt and Bovingdon willcontinue, under I.F.R., to enter the zone by the present points of entry (supplemented by Brookmans Park for Northolt traffic) andwill normally proceed to the Epsom range for London Airport and to the Watford range for Northolt and Bovingdon. Whereinward-bound traffic is approaching under radar control, the whole of the flight-path between the range station and thepoint of touch-down will be considered as the " landing pattern." The intermediate approach will be flown under instructions fromthe G.C.A. traffic director and will consist of that part of the pattern between the range station and a point eight miles fromtouch-down, on the extended centre-line of the runway. When radar control is not being used aircraft will be cleareddirect from the range station to the outer marker beacon, where they will conform to a one-minute " race-track " pattern. Finalapproach will be carried out under the instructions of the G.C.A. talk-down controller or by I.L.S. or other systems. The M.C.A. says that the new procedures are designed toassure a minimum of five minutes' longitudinal separation on final approach at London Airport, and a minimum of threeminutes at Northolt. Vertical separation will be 1,000ft. Captains wishing to leave the London Control Zone fromLondon, Northolt or Bovingdon under QBI conditions will continue to use existing procedures and points of exit, althoughsome slight alterations are being made in routeing. The date on which the revised procedures will take effect isshortly to be announced by the Ministry. CZECH SERVICES CURTAILED T AST week we reported that the U.S. authorities in Germany-*-' were considering the imposition of a complete ban on flights by Czechoslovak aircraft to Zurich and Rome, andthe reduction of flights to London and other Continental points. The ban has now been put into effect and the CzechoslovakGovernment has been requested to explain what is termed a "disgraceful flouting of accepted international practice." It is alleged that Czechoslovakia violated the safety regula-tions for flying over Germany, and that at least 30 unauthorized flights were made from November 14th-16th, carrying delegatesto the Warsaw "Peace Congress." The U.S. note, delivered to the Czech Foreign Minister in Prague and to representativesin Frankfurt, intimated that it might be necessary to take even more stringent measures to assure the protection of air spaceover the U.S. zone in Germany. The thrice-weekly flights to Zurich and two per week toRome have been stopped; services to London reduced in fre- **Jk
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