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1951
1951 - 0196.PDF
12£ FLIGHT, 1 February 1951 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS BREVITIES UNDER an agreement with the Maltese Government andB.O.A.C., B.E.A. now operate a weekly service between Malta and Cairo on behalf of Malta Airways and Air Malta, Ltd. The route also serves Tripoli and Benghazi. * * * A C.A.B. examiner is reported to have approved a B.O.A.C. request for permission to make an intermediate stop at Boston on the London-New York service. Full approval by the C.A.B. is now being awaited. * * •Last year United Air Lines carried more than 2,500,000 passengers and flew an estimated 1,520,000/100 revenue pas-senger-miles—increases of 14 and 13J per cent respectively over the figures for the previous year. Freight also rose by 20 percent and air express by 38 per cent. * * * The interiors of Lockheed's new Super Constellations will incorporate many of the ideas of Mr. Henry Dreyfuss, the industrial designer whose ideas have been incorporated in many American railway coaches, ships' staterooms and hotel furnish- ings. Mr. Dreyfuss is said to be particularly interested in the application of " club car " or lounge interior layouts to transport aircraft. # * rt According to A.N.A.'s managing director, Mr. Ivan Holy-man, the company will in future make increasing use of British aircraft. Particular interest is being shown in the Viscount,Comet, Ambassador and the Hermes V. Meanwhile A.N.A. also hope to augment their present fleet with two or three moreSkymasters, although difficulties are being experienced in pro- curing these machines. * * # Bahamas Airways, Ltd., a subsidiary of B.O.A.C., have takendelivery of two converted DC-3s from the Smith Aircraft Cor- poration of Florida. Seating capacity has been increased to 32and a buffet added. Other refinements include interior redecor- ating and built-in passenger steps. Permission is being soughtfor C.A.A. approval of a 26,200 lb all-up weight. * * * International transactions made through the I.A.T.A. ClearingHouse in London during November indicate that the volume of world airline traffic continued at a high level even during thewinter months. Clearances totalled $12,000,318, which was almost the same as the October total. The turnover of trans-actions between I.A.T.A. members during the months from January to November inclusive were $132,628,000. The off-setting of credit and debit accounts by Clearing House members during November eliminated the need for cash payment on 86.8per cent of all transactions. » * * Remembering the transport difficulties which they experiencedduring World War II, many U.S. businessmen are now said to be showing interest in the twin-engined executive type of air-craft. In the present international situation the demand for such machines is growing rapidly, and at least one British type—theD.H. Dove—is already helping to meet it. * * • Under new security regulations all American private aircraft flying through special " defence zones " must file flight-plans with . the relevant traffic-control centres. Violation of the rule is punishable by a year's imprisonment, a $10,000 fine and the possible cancellation of pilots' licences. * * * The M.C.A. has granted permission for Scottish Aviation, Ltd., to run charter services, beginning this month, which will link Prestwick with seven English cities. The agreement stipu- lates daily feeder services from the Scottish airport to Brough, Exeter, Birmingham, Blackpool, Liverpool, Leeds and New- castle. From June the company will also run thrice-daily flights between Prestwick and Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. * * * Field Aircraft Services, Africa, Ltd., have acquired the assetsof Rhodesian Aircraft Maintenance and Services, Ltd. A new company is now being formed which will not actually operateaircraft but will concentrate on supply, maintenance and repair work, acting as agents for their parent company in this country,Field Aircraft Services, Ltd. The latter firm, incidentally, are now engaged in delivering ten Dakotas which have been sold toThe Union of Burma Airways. Field's recently supplied three Dakotas to B.F..A. and another to Cyprus Airways. * * * Following the arrival of an S.O.30 Bretagne at Teheran for delivery to Iranian Airways, His Majesty the Shah of Iran ex- pressed a wish to fly the machine personally. He subsequently piloted the Bretagne for an hour at 17,000ft over Mount Jeina- vend, the highest peak of the Elbruz mountains. On landing he expressed his satisfaction with the machine's handling qualities and was quoted as being impressed by its low-speed manoeuvr- ability. Iranian Airways have now put the aircraft into service on the route between Paris, Teheran and Bombay. FOUR OF A KIND : RECENT AUSTER TYPES Not only spotters will be interested in these four comparative side views of closely related Auster products. At top left is the well-known three- seat drrus-Minor-engined Autocrat ; below it the four-seat Autocar with Gipsy Major I ; at top right is an interesting hybrid (converted to special order) which may be called the 50—it is basically a Mk 5 with Autocar tail and Gipsy Major engine. Below it is the new threelfour seat Aiglet with large tail and Gipsy Major engine : this version is similar to the 50 in many respects and is the subject of a description on pages 118-119.
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