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T, 25 January 1951 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS 113 BREVITIES A B.O.A.C. Hermes flew last week from London Airport to JOL Tripoli in 4 hr 51 min; its average speed was 313 m.p.h. Normal scheduled time for the run is 1\ hr. * • * The Australian Airline pilots' Association is now seeking British pilots "for immediate employment." It has also been announced that a training school for civil pilots will soon be opened. The average age of captains and first officers at the moment is said to be between 28 and 32 and there is a serious shortage of new men. Companies are aiready looking to the flying clubs as a possible source of supply of second pilots. „ * • * Under the terms of an agreement between Italian civil aviation authorities and International Aeradio, Ltd., two traffic control advisers are being sent to the airports at Ciampino (Rome) and Malpensa (Milan). I.A.L. now has a large number of overseas commitments throughout the world, but this is considered to be the company's most important assignment in Europe to date. It is thought likely that it may also be the forerunner of similar arrangements with other governments. « * * f B.E.A. has announced provisional arrangements for reciprocal night services to carry newspapers between London, Glasgow and Manchester. They will probably begin on June 1st and, although no figure has yet been quoted, passengers will also be carried at fares representing " considerable reductions" on the normal London-Glasgow rate of £11 return. Aircraft will leave Renfrew at 11 p.m., reaching Manchester at 12.30 a.m. and Northolt at 2.30 a.m. The North-bound aircraft will leave London at 1 a.m. Compared with the previous year, traffic at Bromma, the air-port for Stockholm, showed a heavy increase during 1950. There was a particularly sharp rise (70 per cent) in the amount of freighthandled; this totalled 3,370 tons as compared with 2,248 in 1949. * * * Canada is soon to have its first direct air link with Europe.T.C.A. will inaugurate a service from Montreal to Paris, using North Stars, on April 1st; this follows the conclusion of abilateral air agreement between the two governments last August. Initial frequency will be one flight weekly, increasing to twiceweekly during the summer. Flight time for the 3,500-mile journey between Montreal and Orly will be 15 hr. * * * As a result of the recent appeal to pilots for information onreported instances of interference to V.H.F. broadcasts in this country, the M.C.A. has now been able to trace the cause of thetrouble to a harmonic transmission of a B.B.C. short-wave over- seas frequency. The M.C.A. now wishes to thank all pilotswho have sent in reports, but asks also that, in order to deter- mine the adequacy of the remedial measures taken, aircrews willcontinue to report for a further short period. * • • On January 16th, the Minister of Civil Aviation, Lord Paken-ham, visited Prestwick and Renfrew airports and was later entertained by the Scottish Advisory Council on Civil Aviation.It is understood that his visit was to discuss the Clydesmuir Committee's report on the future of Prestwick and to study thelayout at the airfield itself. The present expansion scheme for Prestwick includes the construction of a new runway and ter-minal buildings at a cost of £5,000,000. Work is not due to begin before 1953. GLIDING NEWS BUILT-IN THERMALS : A French glider fitted with four pulsejet units recently made an experimental flight at Melun Villaroche air- field near Paris. Each pulsejet weighs about 10 Ib and with their aid the machine is able to make a normal take-off. The glider is an Emouchet, and the Escopette power units were developed by S.N.E.C.M.A. Thrust per unit is 22 Ib. 'THE 1951 British National Gliding Championships will again •*- be run by the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club, at Camphill. Tentative dates are July 22nd to 29th, inclusive. The Kemsley Trophy—a silver Warwick Vase formally presented to the B.G.A. by Lord Kemsley at his cocktail partf on the occasion of B.GA.'s 21st anniversary—will be awarded annually to the champion club team at the conclusion of the National Championships. In the past, selectors of the British team for participation in the International Gliding Contests have been handicapped by the difficulty of judging individual ability owing to the rarity of the occasions upon which they fly competitively. The National Championships afford little or no guide to selection to the Internationals, as the former are often held after the Internationals have taken place. In any case, it does not necessarily follow that the winners of the Nationals would be available to take part in the Internationals,' or that all those suitable for the Internationals would be able to show their prowess at the Nationals. The B.G.A. selectors were, therefore, forced to adopt an arbitrary standard, which in 1950 was the possession of a Gold Badge. This excluded some pilots with consistently good records, such as Mr. Stephenson, of the London Club, who, for personal reasons, has been unable to obuin his Gold Badge. To overcome such difficulties, the B.G.A. has now initiateda scheme of " task-flying matches," full details of which may be obtained from the Association. The scheme allows a match to take place wherever and whenever there are two or more pilots available at the same time and place to undertake the same task. With a handicap system similar to that used in the 1950 Nationals, a direct comparison will be afforded between the performances of the two or more pilots competing in the match. The arrangements, which are extremely flexible, are left in the hands of clubs themselves. A pilot will have to complete a sufficient number of matches during the year to show his worthiness of consideration for selection to a place in the Inter- national Team. Stated tasks include goal, out-and-return and 100-km races and up-wind distance matches, all of which should provide really competitive conditions under which individual ability may be assessed and noted by the B.G.A. * * # The B.G.A. annual general meeting is to be held at Londonderry House, Park Lane, London, at 2.30 p.m., on Saturday, March 17th. ' Retiring members of the council, eligible for re-election, include Mrs. Ann Douglas, of the Surrey Club and Mr. B. Meads, M.B.E., of the Derby and Lanes Club. • * * The list of flights for consideration for 1950 annual awards closed on January 16th. It seems likely that the following performances may score: Height, 21,340 feet; goal, 134 miles; distance, 200 miles approx.; out-and-return, 141 miles; two-seater goal, £5 miles (Kranich), 75 miles (T.21). M. E. P.
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