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FLIGHT, 2i March 1952 335 SEATS ON TOP: This 45-ton double- deck Breguet 761, seen here with the blue and red markings of Air Algerie, is to be operated on that company's Toulouse-Algiers route. CIVIL AVIATION THREE-ENGINED DC-3 ""THE DC-3 equipped with an A auxiliary Turbomeca turbo jet, first exhibited at Le Bourget in connection with the 1951 Paris Aeronautical Salon, has recently completed a series of official tests under the control of the flight-test centre of the French Air Ministry. The increased rate of climb of the aircraft with one of the piston engines inoperative was measured in various configurations during the total of 50 test flights. The tests showed that in standard conditions the increase in the rate of climb during the critical take-off period is about 70 ft/min which under equal safety con ditions is equal to an increase of 1,770 lb in the all-up weight of the aircraft. The Turbomeca has been certificated in compliance with I.C.A.O. standards at a thrust of 350 lb, but in the DC-3 tests a unit giving only 310 lb static thrust was used. NO B.E.A./B.O.A.C. MERGER FOR some time there have been persistent rumours that B.E.A. and B.O.A.C. may be merged to form a single British Airways Corporation. This story, which had caused some trepidation among the staffs of the two Corporations—particularly those in the younger of the two organizations—was officially denied last week in the House of Commons. In answer to a question from Mr. Beswick, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation said, "No change in the separate existence of the two Corporations is under consideration." THE CORPORATIONS IN NOVEMBER THE November, 1951, traffic returns for B.O.A.C. and B.E.A., together with their United Kingdom associates, show a 28 per cent rise in passenger-miles flown—73,643,000 in November, 1951, as against 57,334,000 in November, 1950. B.O.A.C. revenue traffic exceeded 9,000,000 short ton-miles, a rise of 21 per cent, with an overall load-factor of 64 per cent compared with 57 per cent for the same period in 1950. B.E.A. traffic rose by 29 per cent to over 2,000,000 short ton-miles with a load-factor of 63 per cent, compared with 53 per cent in November, 1950. CUSTOMS FOR STAVERTON? IT is expected that Stavenon Airport, owned jointly by Gloucester and Cheltenham Corporations, will have Customs facilities. The airport was used last year by Murray Chown Aviation when they operated a Cheltenham-Jersey run in associa tion with B.E.A., but the service was suspended during the winter. It is reported that Aer Lingus is considering making an inter mediate stop at Staverton on its Dublin-London route if and when Customs facilities are provided. Staverton was a request call of Railway Air Services before the war. A LITTLE OF A LOT: One of the IL 12 aircraft used by Polskie Linie Lotnicze (Polish Air Lines) on its twice-weekly Warsaw-Berlin-Brussels- Paris service, seen here at Melsbroek Airport, Brussels. was held for Hunting Air Transport, Ltd., on the Baltic Exchange. This change has been necessitated by the reorganization within the Hunting Group of companies, and it is understood that as a result of this the agency will be carried on by E. A. Gibson and Co., Ltd., with effect from April 1st. * * * Trans World Airlines has leased two of its 55 DC-3S to North east Airlines and two more to Wisconsin Central Airlines. No sales are planned, however, until deliveries of Super Constellation and Martin 4-0-4S are well under way. Eastern Air Lines, also, have recently sold 20 of their fleet of 49 DC-3S, but no further sales are planned by this company in the near future. * * * American Airlines flew nearly 90,000,000 ton-miles of cargo during 1951, a figure which they claim is a record. The cargo volume was up 40 per cent on 1950's figure. Some 72.4 per cent of the total volume of cargo was carried on A.A.'s 144 mixed passenger-freight aircraft, the rest on its 13 DC-4 "airfreighters." BREVITIES During February, B.E.A. carried approximately 51,200 passengers, an increase of just over 17 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year, and 37^ per cent better than in February, 1950. International routes showed the greater passenger increase, rising by 2ii per cent from 27,700 in Feb ruary, 1951, to 33,600 in February of this year. On the domestic services the February figures were 15,900 and 17,600 for 1951 and 1952 respectively, an increase of 10J per cent. * * * Although Japan Air Lines is the only national airline at present operating in Japan, it is reported that the Japanese Aeronautics Board has received 14 applications for internal airline operations when the peace treaty becomes effective. * * * It is announced by Mitchell Cotts and Co., Ltd., that as from March 31st they have agreed to relinquish the sole agency which Better aerodromes., better services, and, finally, new aircraft on the internal air services of New Zealand from Whangarei to Invercargill are being planned by the National Airways Cor poration. In a message to the Corporation's staff the general manager said the probable main developments included a new replacement aircraft, probably a turbojet, by 1956; improvements to a number of airports, including lighting of New Plymouth, Gisborne, Napier and Palmerston North aerodromes for night uie; daily main trunk freight services; new routes; Sunday services and permanent summer and winter timetables. He added that these developments were subject to official approval. * * * Carrs Auto Sales, Ltd., state that when the M.C.A. gave them the contract to operate the car-hire service at London and Northolt Airports a motor-cycle dispatch-rider service was also included. Details of both services, including charges, are given in leaflets issued from the firm's address at Standard House, South End, Croydon (Croydon 6088).
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