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192 FLIGHT THIS IS UTILIZATION . . . the time-lag between check strips—thus providing a closed spiral of progress. Since mere utilization is valueless by itself as a money- making aim, it will be interesting to look at the passenger- load factors on which the service frequency might be usefully stepped up. The Australian figures quoted are for the first quarter of 1950 and are interesting if only as a means of once more emphasizing the popularity of air travel in that country. Analysing some of the highlights, we find that A.N.A. filled 86 per cent of their seats on the Melbourne Sydney run. The present A.N.A. timetable offers eight to nine ser- vices a day in each direction on that route—against 12 summer services on B.E.A.'s Paris run. That 86 per cent factor is, as one might expect, one of the highest given in the records for the chosen period, but it is not quite the highest. Guinea Airways were reported to have filled 90 per cent of their seats on the Adelaide-Kingscote run, but this service is not recorded in timetables and may therefore be assumed to have been a "special." The next best figure given in the table is for Butler Air Transport, with 84 per cent between Sydney and Nabiac— a semi-local run, where the results confirm the way in which air travel is used in preference to the sometimes slow and uncomfortable means of alternative surface transport. Guinea Airways, incidentally, gallop home with the highest average factor throughout their Adelaide-rarea network, with a figure of 73 per cent. Of equal incidental interest is the fact that Guinea Airways no longer operate to or in New Guinea, where Qantas Empire Airways now hold sway—though G.A., otherwise occupied, have retained the name which was made in the days of the air gold-rush of the 'thirties, when mining equipment was carried piecemeal (and in very hefty pieces) between the coast and the mines in Junkers 52s on which tin-opening structural alterations had been carried out. When it is recorded that the total average passenger-load factor for all the internal services in Australia was as high as 66.8 per cent in 1950—and may even be higher now—we begin to see why maximum utilization is both possible and important. The airlines there, we are told, actually make money, which (remembering our good friend Doctor Samuel Johnson, who, with the evidence then at his disposal, and in all solemnity, said that we should die of suffocation if exposed to stage-coach speeds in excess of 20 m.p.h.) just isn't possible. T.A.A. Convairliner Operation* on Introduction into Service Total hours in first year VH-TAO ... 2,658 VH-TAP 2,732 VH-TAQ 2,312 VH-TAR 2,600 VH-TAS 2,565 First Four Convairliners Delivered: Average Daily Flying Times During Six Months' Initial Operation Reg. VH-TAP ... VH-TAQ ... VH-TAR ... VH-TAS ... January 1949 hr min 5 43 5 53 6 30 6 10 February 1949 hr min 6 7 5 34 5 37 6 22 Number of days off service: VH-TAP ... VH-TAQ ... VH-TAR ... VH-TAS ... 1»i i March 1949 hr min 7 6 7 22 7 44 6 58 2 2 1 3 April 1949 hr min 9 8 7 47 9 16 7 36 i May 1949 hr min 6 17 8 25 8 42 7 56 a*i 0 i June 1949 hr min 8 9 7 58 7 38 8 46 1 0 2 1 Total Hours for First Six Months: Inclusive average per day hr min hr min VH-TAP 1,145 15 7 18 VH-TAQ 1,300 10 11 VH-TAR ...- 1.375 40 36 VH-TAS 1,322 55 7 18 * VH-TAP went into service on January 24, 1949, and these missing days are not of course, included in the off-service totals or the daily average for that month. In May VH-TAP was withdrawn for repairs, following an undercarriage mishap. R.Ae.C. AVIATORS' CERTIFICATES BELOW is another of the periodical lists of those who havequalified for Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, covering the period from June 25th, 1951, to July 26th, 1951. The previouslist (May 10th to June 25th) appeared in Flight of July 13th. No. 27,300 27,301 27.302 27,30327,304 27,305 27,30* 27,307 27,308 27,309 27,310 27,311 27,312 27,31327,314 27,315 27,316 27,317 27,318 27,319 27,320 27,321 27,322 27,323 27,32427,325 27.32627,327 27,328 27,329 27,330 27,331 27,332 27,333 27,334 27,335 27,336 27,337 27,338 27,339 27,340 27,341 27,342 27,343 27,34427,345 Name Raymond Thomas Whitfield James Anthony Vigar Ian Richmond Amos Michael John MerryAlan Ernest Creeth Dennis Coop Albert Edward Niven Stephen Mitchell Thomas Guy Sydney Hatch William Jeffrey Roberts Brian Erbery Grimshaw Kenneth Albert Oriel Munson... Wallace Ivon Warmington Graeme Bruce YoungRonald Hugh McLauchlan Cedric William George Hughes Stephen William Botterill Alastair John MacDonald Derrick John Woods Oliver Quentin Hyder ... Douglas Thompson Adamson ... Peter Sidney Bridger Frank Percy Mann George Cowper Terence Henry PollansMichael Robert Southgate Brian Edwin KingDennis John Vann George Lewis Huntley George Frederick Harvey Edmond Augustus Devillez John Richardson Alan Edwin Col man Peter M off at Slade Antonio Pastor ...Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman Ian McPherson Fenton Ellis Wyn Williams Donovan Herbert Clarke John Michael Hughes Gwilym Lloyd Williams Richard Trenary John Wyckham Scofield Suckling Charles Hannah Walker John Mark MitchellJohn Trevlyn Holmes Club or School Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilotQualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Airways Aero Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Strathtay Aero ClubQualified Service pilot Wolverhampton A. C. Strathtay Aero Club Royal Naval Flying Club Herts and Essex A.C. Cambridge Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Herts and Essex A.C.Herts and Essex A.C. Cardiff Aero ClubWolverhampton A.C. Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Wolverhampton A.C. Elstree and Luton F.C. London Aeroplane Club R.A.F., Cottesmore R.A.F., Hooton Park Wiltshire School of Flying, 1 *ALta. Herts and Essex A.C.R.N. Flying Club Airways Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Strathtay Aero Club Redhill Flying ClubMidland Aero Club Date 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.5125.6.51 25.6.51 26.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.51 28.6.513.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 3.7.51 9.7.519.7.51 9.7.519.7.51 9.7.51 9.7.51 9.7.51 9.7.51 9.7.51 9.7.51 12.7.5112.7.51 12.7.51 12.7.51 10 7 11 12.7.51 12.7.51 12.7.51 12.7.51 13.7.51 16.7.5116.7.51 No. 27,346 27,347 27,348 27,349 27,350 27,351 27,352 27,353 27,354 27,355 27,356 27,357 27,358 27,359 27,360 27,361 27,362 27,363 27,364 27,365 27,366 27,367 27,368 27,369 27,370 27,371 27,372 27.373 27,374 27,375 27,376 27,377 27,378 27,379 27,380 27,381 27,382 27,383 27.384 27,385 27,386 27,387 27,388 27,389 27,390 27,391 27,392 27,393 27,394 27,395 Name George Nathan Drinkwater Arthur Clive Charlesworth Kenneth Francis PeacockAlan Bernard O'Hagan Harold Percival Dixon Luis George Anthony Maria Gordon John Malcolm Copeland... Edward Statters Alan Raymond Taylor Robert Geoffrey Halstead Arthur Christopher Doggett ... Desmond Arthur Vaughan Clark David Mangnall Howorth Trevor George Prytherch Neville Nathan Wolfe Bradpiece Somphong Butranon Brian Stephen Walley John Akers Geoffrey Raymond Willson George Kingsley Edward Martin Kenneth John Michael Davis ... Edward Hugh Legget Frederick Ronald Lund Nihal Evelyn Weerasinghe David Allen Wickins Jack Perkins Hey Alan Glanville Tipper Richard Henry Tretheway Patrick Dale Wood Samuel Morris Bryan Leonard Earl Irvine Colin Douglas Stewart John Derek Euman Renshaw ... James Stewart Readdie Salmond Kenneth Levi Hirst Matthew Young ... Ivor Arthur Simmons Alan John Selwood James Hadley Francis Lincoln Welford Stanley Leslie Aitken Edwin WildGeoffrey Arthur Henry Coleridge Robert John Williams ... Francis Edward Cload Ernest John Smith John James Lawrence John Anthony Hawkey Henry Howard Bernard Capes...Albert Allan Carress Club or School Redhill Flying Club Redhill Flying Club Redhill Flying ClubRochester Flying Club Strathtay Aero Club Redhill Flying Club Redhill Flying Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot R.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., CranwellQualified Service pilot Central Flying Group Lancashire Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot R.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., Cranwell Fair Oaks Aero Club Airways Aero Club Herts and Essex A.C. Plymouth and Dist. A.C. U.L.A.A. Experimental Group Redhill Flying ClubLondon Aeroplane Club Strathtay Aero Club R.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., Cranwell Qualified Service pilot R.A.F., CranwellR.A.F., Cranwell R.A.F., Cranwell Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Liverpool Flying Club Coventry Aero Club Coventry Aero Club Luton Flying ClubPlymouth and Dist. A.C. Herts and Essex A.C.Darlington and Dist. A.C. Qualified Service pilot Doncaster U.L.A.A. Gp.Qualified Service pilot Date 16.7.51 16.7.51 16.7.5119.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.5119.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.51 19.7.5119.7.51 20.7.51 23.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.5124.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.5124.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 24.7.51 26.7.5' 26.7.51 26.7.5' 26.7.5126.7.51 26.7.5126.7.5< 26.7.51 26.7.5126.7.51
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