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1951
1951 - 1937.PDF
404 FLIGHT, 21 September 195, CIVIL AVIATION B.O.A.C. ROUTE PLANSI N a recent speech before the Society of British Aircraft Con- structors, the chairman of B.O.A.C., Sir Miles Thomas, gave some indication of B.O.A.C.'s future plans in the matter of route extensions during the next few years. The Corporation is planning a route pattern which will provide two all-British round-the-world routes, one in the northern hemisphere and the other running south of the Equator through Australasia. The northern route will embrace the North Atlantic, Canada and the North Pacific and join up with existing B.O.A.C. services to Tokyo. The other route will cross the Atlantic and the American Continent to the shores of the Pacific, thence, in conjunction with the Corporation's associates, B.C.P.A. and Q.E.A., linking Australia to the homeland by east and west-bound routes. Sir Miles Thomas said that the date of introduction will be affected by a number of factors—such as the pressure of re-arma- ment—over which B.O.A.C. have no control, and the new route pattern could obviously not begin until the Comet and Bristol 175s were delivered and the problem of providing necessary ground facilities had been solved. Nevertheless, the pattern is said to be "a clear target" and B.O.A.C. is energetically working towards its achievement. LOCKHEED'S ALL-CARGO PROJECT THE Lockheed Aircraft Corporation has announced a new all-cargo project which is, in effect, a suitably modified version of the L-1049 Super-Constellation. Designated the L-1049B, it willhave a specially reinforced cabin structure, with extra sturdy fit- tings designed to withstand harsh treatment and massive loads.Intending to make the new Connie "a real money-maker," the manufacturers have designed it to have a direct operating cost ofless than five cents per ton mile. The first of these new cargo conversions will probably be ready for delivery by 1953. It seemslikely, also, that the type will have a military application, and orders are expected from the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Bothcommercial and military 1049BS will have 3,250 h.p. Wright com- pounded piston engines, with provision for conversion to turbo- prop power at a later date. Maximum payload for the commercial version is to be between 40,000 and 43,000 lb, although it is expected that the average payload carried domestically within the United States will be around 38,600 lb and that the average transatlantic figure will be 36,300 lb. Cruising speeds range from 300 to 336 m.p.h. The main cargo compartment will be 84ft in length, and will have a total cargo volume of 5J568 CU ft. Other special features include twin loading doors measuring 6ft x 9ft aft and 6ft x 5ft forward; an optional electrically driven conveyor chain built into the floor to facilitate the handling of heavy cargoes; flooring constructed of magnesium which, although of light weight! is particularly durable; and watertight jointing to permit the hos- ing down of the extra thick plastic wall coverings and the all- metal floor. In the L-1049B, Lockheed's seem to have evolved an aircraft which meets the long-desired specification for a high-speed, economical, large payload type for use on long-distance operations, A full-scale wooden mock-up has been prepared and the manu- facturers are ready to go ahead with production immediately. SCOTTISH SCHEDULES CHANGED PRESIDING at a recent meeting of the Scottish Advisory Coun-cil on Civil Aviation, Sir Patrick Dollan announced a number of changes in the frequencies of Scottish services. He pointed out that when the new schedule for London routes comes into force on October 28th there will be one daily return service between Edinburgh and London, except on Sundays; this frequency may be augmented if Edinburgh traffic warrants it. On the London- Glasgow flights two aircraft would operate each way on weekdays and one each way on Sundays. Winter timetables for other Scot- tish routes will take effect from October 1st. Other points of interest among the new schedules include the fact that frequency between Glasgow, Benbecula and Stornaway is to be thrice weekly instead of daily, while the Prestwick-Errol-Aberdeen service may be withdrawn for the rest of the year. Commenting on the results of Scottish traffic during the past twelve months, Sir Patrick said that the Edinburgh Festival had boosted totals satisfactorily, but the go-slow dispute in July had cost about £50,000 OPERATIONS OFFICERS' PAY THE M.C.A. has announced a number of salary increases foroperations officers. They range from an additional £60 a year starting salary for Grade 3 officers (at age 26), to £175 a year added to the maximum pay of Grade 1 officers. The increases were awarded by the Civil Service arbitration tribunal and are retro- spective to September 1st, 1950.' The claim had been placed before the tribunal on behalf of 138 operations officers whose salary scales (which, incidentally, had been in force since January 1st, 1947) were previously: Grade 3, £500, age 26, rising by incre- ments of £25 to £650; Grade 2, £700 to £900; and Grade 1, £950 to £1,100. On behalf of the personnel concerned, it was con- tended that the qualifications needed to become an operations officer were broadly comparable with those normally specified for other "professional" classes, a view which was apparently con- tested by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Most of the operations officers are ex-aircrew and, in some cases, retired airline pilots of some considerable experience. ANGLO-U.S. "AIR ALMANAC" IT is officially announced that, as from 1953, the Air Almanacand the American Air Almanac will become a single publica- tion, under the title of the Air Almanac. It will be produced jointly by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Hurstmonceux, and the Nautical Almanac Office of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, to meet the general requirements of air navigation in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The Air Almanac will be printed and pub- lished separately in England and the United States, but will other- wise be identical. A number of changes have been necessary in both the former publications. None of these, it is stated, has any effect on the principles of tabulation or on the use of the Almanac for naviga- tional purposes. FASHIONS IN FREIGHTERS: These two styles of cargo-stowage were seen at Farnborough. Above is the new Auster 8.4, which can be con- verted in a few minutes for use as an ambulance, a freighter or as" normal four-seat passenger machine. The rear loading doors or detachable. Just how useful is the capacious hold of the Bristol 1'u Freighter can be judged from the lower photograph, in which it issee" to accommodate easily a dismantled 171 helicopter.
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