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1951
1951 - 0474.PDF
296 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION NEWS... while the aircraft is on the ground Otherdetailed iraprovemeiits include better distribution of the cabin-ventilating air anda redesign of the distribution ducting, valves and temperature controls. A com-pletely new electrical system has also been fitted. As the accompanying diagramshows, a central electrical compartment is provided abaft the co-pilot's seat, tofacilitate servicing of the major electrical accessories. The landing gear, also, iscompletely new and will incorporate a Decelostat unit to extend tyre-life bypreventing skidding (see Flight, February 8th). With the object of giving the 340maximum flexibility of performance to meet operators' needs for several years tocome, the manufacturers have so designed the aircraft that few modifications would beneeded to convert it to turboprop power. THE CHARTER MARKET THE frequent dock strikes in this country in recent weeks havebeen the cause of a minor airlift between Britain and Sweden, and brokers' reports indicate also that it is likely to continuethroughout this month. Various cargoes are offering for heavy four-engined machines on the outward flights, while loads ofreindeer meat are available for shipping back as ballast at rates comparable with those of surface transport. A total of nine Halifax The 44-seot layout of the new Convairliner 340 has been achieved by adding 4^-ft to the fuselage. External doors give direct access to the cargo compartments. flights and six York flights were arranged between England an<$r.Gothenburg in a recent week, carrying motor-car parts, machinery.:: and glass insulators. r The recent threat of a rail strike also brought a number ofenquiries for heavy aircraft to stand by for flying newspapers to the North of England, Ireland and Scotland—very probably atshort notice. U.S. buyers are, apparently, still keenly interested in acquiring;American-built aircraft, and the purchase of a number of DC-3S, Lodestars and Constellations is already under negotiation. BREVITIES AUSTRALIAN airline pilots have recently been awarded payincreases ranging from 25 to 33J per cent. Under the new scales, senior captains of Skymasters and Convairs will receivefrom £Ai,586 to £Ai,826 per annum. The lowest rates on the scale are those for probationary first officers, who now receive£A6o6 instead of £A46o. * * * American Airlines are to purchase three further DC-6Bs inaddition to the 14 already on order. The airline hopes that all 17 machines, costing some $19,000,000 will be delivered this year.The aircraft are to be 52-seaters and will have six-seat lounges. When delivery is completed, American's passenger fleet will com-prise 49 DC-6s, 17 DC-6Bs and 79 Convairliners, the largest post-war passenger fleet in the world. * * * Judging from advance bookings already received, services fromSouth Africa to Britain this summer are expected to break all traffic records. B.O.A.C.'s Johannesburg office reports reservationsup to May, while Pan-American have booked passengers as far ahead as June. S.A.A. have also received heavy demands for seatsthroughout the early summer months, and a K.L.M. official has said that bookings for April and May have been in hand since last November. * * * Plans for transforming Orly, the international airport of Paris,into one of the world's finest airline terminals were mentioned in an article in Flight of August 3rd, 1950. Now comes news of thefirst major step towards realization of the scheme. Under the Marshall Plan, counterpart funds amounting to 500,000,000 fr(about £500,000) have been allocated to the airport authorities for installing the necessary radar equipment and constructing essentialsections of tarmac. Work will be started shortly. * * * Aer Lingus have confirmed that the number of Viscounts whichthey have on order is four. When put into service they will be used on all of the company's routes between Dublin and Englandand Scotland. Incidentally, Aer Lingus, recently scheduled 14 extra DC-3S between Dublin and Edinburgh on one day to carry300 Irish supporters to the international rugby football match at Murrayfield. * * * P.A.W.A. have come to an arrangement by which EasternAirlines will operate, under charter between New York and Miami, aircraft of Pan-American's Atlantic Clipper fleet which are nowrouted between New York and Florida without passengers. Pan- American will thus be relieved of the cost of ferrying empty air- craft between the two points while Eastern will be able to absorb additional traffic during peak periods over this high-density route. The agreement is said to be unrelated to the present request by the two companies for approval of an inter-change agreement the Miami-New York route and certain routes in Latin America. * * * The Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court is reportedto have reversed a jury's decision to grant a mink-breeding company $10,000 damages as a result of the loss of a number ofanimals when a T.C.A. aircraft passed over the farm. It was found that the farm was established after the airline had begun operatingon the route and the Chief Justice considered that, in any case, it was not the airline's duty to ascertain the location of mink ranchesor fly so high that engine-noise would not disturb the animals. This test case is regarded as being very important in Canada wherethere are, of course, numerous such farms; airline managements in several other countries3 too, have been watching the proceedings with interest. * * * In October, 1950, the British national airways corporationscarried some 99,000 passengers—31 per cent more than in the corresponding month of the previous year. Two-thirds of thistotal flew on international services and the remainder on internal routes. Compared with October, 1949, passenger-mileage roseby 39 per cent to 77,000,000, with corresponding increases in freight and mail ton-mileage of 41 and 25 per cent respectively.B.O.A.C.'s figure for passenger-mileage was 41.9 per cent higher than that for 1949, while B.E.A.'s total was 31.9 per cent, higher. * * * British and Continental businessmen seeking markets for their products or new industrial sites in Canada are being offered the facilities of a new "industrial advisory service" set up by T.C.A. Under the plan, which is intended to help industrial and trade expansion in Canada, the company will arrange for representatives of British and Continental firms to receive the assistance of T.C.A.'s district managers in Canada in making local business contacts. Full information is obtainable from T.C.A. European offices. t * * * The Air Registration Board has announced two further issuesof British civil airworthiness requirements. They are Section C— Engines and Propellors Issue 2), and Section D—Aeroplanes(.Issue 2). The pamphlets are obtainable from the A.R.B. Publica- tions Department at Greville House, 37, Gratton Road, Chelten-ham, Glos, and are priced at 4s and 7s 6d respectively. The published requirements are confined to basic airworthiness
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