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1951
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FLIGHT, 25 January 1951 111 ui^EIGHT-LIFTER : Although designed primarily as a military transport, the Nord 2501—seen during its official presentation at Toussus-le-Noble Ifost week—has a distinct civil application ; its large, rearward facing clam-shell doors provide easy access for vehicles and bulky loads, towered by two Hercules 793s, the 2501 has a payload of 6 metric tons and can cruise at 280 m.p.h. CIVIL AVIATION NEWS I.C.A.O. OVERSEAS TTHE activities of I.C.A.O.'s Regional Offices in the Far East •*• and Pacific areas have recently included an important mission to Indonesia where, in spite of difficulties arising from the com- plicated internal situation, essential civil-aviation services have continued to function. I.C.A.O.'s representative reports that the new Indonesian Government has now assumed complete control of all civil aviation and has laid down a programme for the maintenance and improvement of airfields; this includes the construction of a new 7,500ft runway at Kamajoran, Djakarta. Traffic-control facilities have been re-established, as has the urgently needed Djakarta sub-area meteorological broadcast ser- vice. There is reported to be a shortage of trained meteorologi- cal personnel, however. I.C.A.O. is also helping to establish a search and rescue organization. I.CA.O.'s Far East office (which is at Melbourne) reports that visits such as that to Indonesia have been followed by a marked improvement in relations with member States and by a greater exchange of information. Other activities of the Melbourne office have included an , informal meeting between government and airline representatives to discuss the introduction of long-range radio-telephony for air- to-ground communications in the south Pacific. A series of progress reports has also been issued, showing the state of imple- mentation of the various recommendations made by the last South East Asia Regional Air Navigation Meeting. In another part of the world, I.CA.O.'s South American representative has visited Colombia, Venezuela and Equador. In the first-named country there is reported to be an active Directorate of Civil Aviation which is now planning to expand the already extensive network of internal routes. The I.C.A.O. representative found that, in spite of a shortage of trained personnel, the recommendations of the South American Regional Air Navigation Meeting have been largely implemented and a number of meteorological stations, planned by the Second Caribbean Regional Conference, are to be set up in the near future. It .is interesting to note that Avianca, the Colombian State airline, has now become one of the world's largest freight carriers. In Venezuela, the Department of Civil Aviation was found to be giving high priority to the implementation of I.C.A.O. stan- dards and procedures. These include the establishment of a comprehensive communications network, the provision of radio aids throughout the country, and the siting of an additional 40 met. reporting stations. In Equador—at present a non-contracting State—I.C.A.O. also found that its recommendations have been given effect to a far greater extent than had been expected. The organization's other regional offices have also been very active and the European and African Office, based at Paris, has now begun preparations for the third Eumed Region Air Navigation Meeting, to be held in June. The meeting will be Presented with a complete report on the air routes and facilities m this area. UNEXPECTED SOLUTION pE application of "Moral Rearmament" principles is claimed by Mr. W. A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines, to have averted a national airline strike which would have cost about $12,000,000. Speaking before the National Assembly for Moral Rearmament in Washington recently, Mr. Patterson reported that negotiations deadlocked for 16 months had been resumed "in a new spirit." Some 119 demands were quickly reduced to eleven problems, eight of which were subse- quently settled in ten days; on the three remaining questions an understanding was obtained of how the basic differences could be resolved. In fact, United's president now considers that such a spirit exists to-day between his company's manage- ment and workers that "no problems can arise which cannot be solved by these methods." Having heard the case of United Airlines and the views of Mr. Patterson, the head of National Airlines flew from Florida to Washington with members of his management committee and labour representatives, and subsequendy it was stated by Mr. W. T. Babbitt, vice-president of the Air Line Pilots' Association in America, that " through the joint effort based on the ideology and spirit of Moral Rearmament," the pending strike of National Airlines pilots had been averted. At this same time members of a M.R.A. delegation from Europe were reporting to the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate on the con- tribution M.R.A. was making to the unity of the West. B.E.A.-SWISSAIR AGREEMENT BY mutual agreement, B.E.A. and Swissair have ended thearrangement under which they acted as agents for each other in the two countries. B.E.A. has established its own organiza- tion with offices at Zurich and Geneva, while Swissair has opened a general office in London, with branches in Manchester and Glasgow. Freight traffic, however, will continue to be handled as under the previous arrangement. B.E.A. will also act as passenger agents in Switzerland for B.O.A.C., Q.E.A. and Cyprus Airways. 4- PASSENGER-BAIT ONE of the latest B.O.A.C. moves to capture a major shareof the American tourist traffic on North Atlantic routes this year is seen in the plan to inaugurate new de luxe " Monarch " flights between London and New York. They will be introduced on March 1st. Initial frequency will be three times weekly in both directions, increasing to five times weekly from April 1st and daily from May 1st. Attractions to be offered to passengers without extra charge include a seven-course dinner with free cocktails and cham- pagne, breakfast in bed, " beauty kits" for women passengers and overnight bags for all travellers. By such means the Corporation hopes to book a large num-
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