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1951
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FLIGHT, 23 March 1951 CIVIL AVIATION . . . -35* JANUARY AIRFIELD ACTIVITY AIR-TRANSPORT movements at British civil airfields in•**• January totalled 9,938, slightly less than in the corresponding month of the previous year. The total of all aircraft movements,at 23,282, represented a decrease of 7.8 per cent as compared with last year's figure. Though the number of passenger movements (103,384) showedlittle change compared with last January, freight rose by over 16 per cent to 2,030 tons; London Airport and Northolt togetherhandled 64,758 passengers (or 62.6 per cent) of all passenger move- ments. The figures for the two individual airports are nowbeginning to reflect the transfer of services from Northolt to London. The next busiest British airport for passenger traffic during January proved to be Prestwick, which handled 6,195 passengers. Detailed figures for the larger airfields are shown in the table below. Airfield Aberdeen (Dyce) Belfast (Nutts Corner) Birmingham (Elmdon) BlackbusheBlackpool (Squires Gate) Bovingdon Bristol (Whitchurch) Cardiff . Croydon ... Edinburgh (Turnhouse) GatwickGlasgow (Renfrew) Hum Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Inverness (Dalcross) Kirkwall Leeds (Yeadon) Liverpool (Speke) LondonLympne ... Manchester (Ringway) ... Northolt Nottingham (Tollerton) PrestwiekShoreham Southampton (Eastleigh) Southampton Water Southend (Rochford) Weston-super-Mare WickOther Airfields All reporting 1951 Airfields 1950 Channel Islands: Jersey Guernsey Alderney Aircraft Movements Air Trans- port 274 399 172 124 48 3625 57 227 112 11 691 32 275 150 2471 326 2 0497 523 2,567 429 195 II 10 17 255 668 9,938 9,961 959 646 188 Other Flights 632 23 327 950557 951877 213 523 888 105 558 1,104 26 17 23 149 648 795 221 541 653 90 324266 320 1,279 80 37 167 13,344 15,286 n/a n/a n/a Total 906 422 499 1,074 605 987902 270 750 1,000 1161,249 1,136 301 167 270 150 974 2 844 228 1,064 3 220 90 753266 515 II 1,289 97 292 835 23,282 25,247 n/a n/a n/a Passen- gers handled(ter- minal and transit) 1,127 5,066 1,105 1,453 129 69649 36 114 473 306,035 404 2.340 519 1 256 2 2,802 34,972z 3,315 29,786 6,195 1.681 259 44 12 495 2.983 103,384 103,292 [4,945 2,512 754 Freight(tons) 15.4 37.4 16.4 105.6— 16.95.1 84.6 .7 6.729.7 2.118.0 2.9 7.9 67.7 911.9 2.3 166.7 474.9 27.6 1.8 .3 2.7 — 6.817.5 2,029.6 1,743.0 38.2 39.8 11.0 V FIRE-FREEZER: This adapted U.S. Army fire-engine, in service at London Airport, carries a formidable battery by which CO2 and foam can be sprayed on and into a crash. The tank has capacity for some 6,000 Ib. of liquid C02 and 300 gall, of foam solution. PACIFIC TRAIL-BLAZER ON March 13th the Catalina flying-boat Frigate Bird the Second—which, as mentioned in Flight of March 2nd, is carrying out a survey of a possible Pacific route for regular services between Australia and South America—took off at dawn from Grafton, New South Wales, and landed at Noumea, New Caledonia, the following morning. Before leaving for Suva, Fiji, on the second leg of the flight, the crew of four were entertained by the Aus- tralian Consul and later the pilot, Capt. P. G. Taylor, broadcast a talk over Noumea radio on the objects of the flight. At Noumea, also, the Catalina (which is on loan from the Australian Air Force) took on board 1501b of mail for Tahiti, which was reached at 0217 hr G.M.T., on March 15th. Capt. Taylor hopes to reach Valparaiso, Chile, in three weeks, after calls at Samoa, Cook Island, Tahiti and Easter Island. BREVITIES ON March 13th a B.E.A. helicopter made the first provingflight for the London-Birmingham service which (as we reported last week) the Corporation is to open early in June.The technique of entering the London Control Zone and the radio coverage available along the route were investigated. TheS-51 wasjflown by Capt. John Thielmann. * * * The first of the six Australian-built D.H. Drovers is now in operation on a T.A.A. feeder route. It has been named after Dr. ffAUan fcVickers [who, since 1931, has participated in the Queensland "flying doctor" service. The remaining Drovers will be named after other prominent figures in the service. * * * The first version of the French experi- mental CM.88 Gemeaux, a light two- seater powered by two Turbomeca Pimene turbojets, is now awaiting favourable weather for making its first flight at Aire- sur-1'Adour. It will be used to carry out tests on wing profiles'and turbojet installations. * * * * Aer Lingus expect to operate as many as900 scheduled flights per month between London and Dublin this summer—thelargest number of services the company has ever been called upon to provide for passen-gers on this route. In August and September MARATHON-VENDING: Following a demon- stration flight by the Handley Page Marathon (reported on page 332), this group of interested parties and well-wishers posed before the machine. They are (from left to right) Mr. G. H. C. Lee (general manager, W.A.A.C.), Sir Herbert Walker (chairman, W.A.A.C.), Mrs. G. H. C. Lee, Major McCrindle (B.O.A.C), Lady Walker and—guess who? % J
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