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27 April 1951 flown to Beirut and next driven to Basra. From Basra to Bombayit will be airborne, then will go by road to Calcutta before being carried across the Pacific. For the 3,800-mile road crossing ofKorth America to Montreal that follows, an average speed of 42 m.p-h. is scheduled. Then comes the last air lap, to Prestwickvia Gander, and finally the A40 will be driven south to London Airport. The whole itinerary of 30,000-odd miles implies anaverage road/air speed of 1,000 miles per day. In view of the man-made obstacles which today hamper eventhe most orthodox and leisurely methods of international travel, the amount of organization demanded by a venture of this kind canbest be imagined. Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., are arranging the fuel supplies and the Automobile Association is attending to thetransit formalities. Pye V.H.F. equipment installed in the Austin will enable the co-drivers to converse with the aircraft. BREVITIES "VTEW international health regulations are now being discussedri by committees of the World Health Organization at Geneva. They are to replace many of the unwieldy international conventionsnow in existence and the draft under consideration will be placed before the W.H.O. general assembly next month. * * * K.L.M.'s chief stewardess, Miss Beatrix Terwindt, recentlyretired from active service after spending 14 years as a hostess. During this time Miss Terwindt, who received a number of decora-tions for secret missions during the war, has flown some 1,400,000 miles with K.L.M. * * * Bringing its fleet of Bristol Freighters to five, Silver City Air-ways have now purchased two further aircraft—one from Cie-Air Transport and the second from Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd.There is a possibility, also, that a sixth aircraft will be required during the peak period of the season.* * * On April 4th a new record was claimed for an Air France Con- stellation on the direct Paris-Cairo flight. Its time was 6 hr 48 min, the normal scheduled time being about 7J hr. A 56 min crossing was also recorded last week between London and Amster- dam by a K.L.M. Convairliner. * * * Eighteen K.L.M. Constellations, each carrying about 50passengers, have started a series of emigrant charter flights from Amsterdam to Sydney via Darwin. These flights are additional tothe Skymaster charter trips which have been carrying emigrants to Australia for some time. * * * Weston Aircraft, Ltd., a Canadian member of the Huntinggroup of companies, has now changed its name to Field Aviation Co., Ltd. (Canada), thus extending the Empire-wide coverage ofthis well-known aircraft maintenance organization. The Field organization makes available repair, maintenance and overhaulservices in the British Isles at Croydon, Bovingdon and Tollerton; in South Africa at Johannesburg; in Southern Rhodesia at Salis-bury; and in Canada at Oshawa. MOBILE HOME—in the truest seme of the word. This new folding caravan, designed by Mr. R. S. Worthington, is capable of being stowed with ease into the hold of a Bristol Freighter. It was built, incidentally. EQUALITY PLUS: The achievements of this Australian girl, Nancy Ellis, entitle her to aeronautical fame on at least five counts. She is the first woman in Australia to fly as first officer in a commercial aircraft, the first to obtain a first-class wireless operator's licence, the first to obtain a heavy aircraft endorsement in Australia, the only woman flying instructor in the country, and the only female member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in New York. Sabena has announced an order for six four-engined DC-6Bs toaugment the company's present fleet of 12 four-engined airliners. Delivery is expected about Marchj 1953. * * * B.E.A.'s travelling exhibition, which last year made a 7,000-mileContinental tour of some 50 European cities, will take the road again next month for a summer tour of Britain. It will be on viewat a number of important agricultural shows and in some places will be among Festival of Britain exhibits. * * * The first of two runways now being built at Sydney's international airport is expected to be ready by the end of this year. The required diversion of a small river has now been completed and some 8,000,000 cu yd of filling material will be poured into the old river bed, across which the airport is being extended. * * * Following the recent dispute which resulted in the suspension of air services between Mexico and Spain, Mexican and Cuban affiliates of P.A.A. have now combined in an effort to renew flights between the two countries. The Mexican Aviation Company is operating weekly flights to Madrid, using the facilities of the Cuban Aviation Company, which already maintains a service between Havana and Madrid. * * * News from the French aircraft industry tells of a new turboprop-powered transport which is now in the design-study stage at the S.N.C.A.S.O. factory. The machine is to have a gross weight of27 tons, will carry 70 passengers on 625-mile stages, and will cruise at approximately 312 m.p.h. It will probably be poweredby the French TB-1000 turboprops of 2,000 e.h.p., now under development. In the meantime, however, priority is being givento the S.O. 5100 "Champagne" four-jet powered passenger trans- port project. * * * A useful load 2^ times heavier than its own empty weight hasrecently been carried on test flights by a 125 h.p. Piper Super Cub in the United States. This is claimed to be a ratio never beforeachieved by any type of aircraft, regardless of size. The flights were made at a gross weight of 3,000 lb, the load—includingfuel, pilot and ballast—being 2,155 lb against an empty weight of on the caravan site operated by Mr. L. T. Carruthers who, as some of our 845 lb. The Super Cub, incidentally, holds the official world readers may recall, was formerly chief test pilot of Percivals. altitude record for Category II aircraft with a height of 30,203ft.
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