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221 FLIGHT 22 August 1952 CIVIL AVIATION... BIG DAY FOR BRIS TOL: As reported on page 200, the Bristol Britannia made a suc cessful first flight on Saturday. High power and low consumption are not the only vir tues of the Britan nia's four Proteus turboprops: the take off (right) is reported to have been "re markably quiet." side the Aeronautica Militare, which at present is alone responsible for airfields. The committee further recommends buying out the B.E.A. and T.W.A. interests in L.A.I, and Alitalia, the two companies to remain on a wholly Italian-owned and Italian-operated basis. The question of fleet replacements is to be investigated and arrangements for loans made for this purpose. A mail subsidy is to be established and certain uneconomical, though necessary, routes are also to be subsidized. On the question of the industry, the committee recommends that production should be resumed, starting with medium-sized civil types. They also hope to organize standardization of as much equipment as possible between the civil and military sides. This work wo'ild devolve largely upon the Association of Air Industries (A.I.A.), the Air Carriers Federation (Fedaerea), and the Aero nautical Society (A.I.D.A.). SABENA ORDER LEFTMASTERS TWO Douglas DC-6A Liftmasters have been ordered by •*- Sabena for delivery in August, 1954, bringing to 25 the total number of these high-speed cargo aircraft sold by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. The first European operator to order the type (earlier this year) was K.L.M. The new Sabena order follows tie company's decision to order eight DC-6B passenger transports —powered, like the DC-6A, with four P. and W. engines of 2,500 h.p.—to augment its present long-range fleet of five DC-6s. I.A.T.A.'s ANNUAL MEETING SWISSAIR will act as host to some 200 delegates of the eighth annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association, which is to be held this year in the Palais du Conseil General at Geneva from September i5-i9th. At the meeting Dr. Walter Berchold, president of the Swiss airline, will rake over from Sir Miles Thomas of B.O.A.C. as the new president of the association. Representatives of I.A.T.A.'s 67 member airlines will attend, together with observers from other international organizations, governments and like agencies. The delegates, most of whom will be heads or senior executives of airline companies, will lay down the broad lines of policy for the standing committees and traffic conferences, form instructions for the director general as to views they wish placed before I.A.C.O. and other bodies, elect officers and fill committee vacancies. Tourist services and jet operations will, it is expected, be discussed on the level of general policy. CHARTER NOTES BRITAIN'S independent air-transport operators experienced only a moderate week of charter business during the seven days ending August 17th. Excluding trooping flights, about 85 trips were completed, most of them over comparatively short distances. The total mileage flown was about 35>ooo; of this amount 22,000 miles were covered on passenger charters and 13,500 on freight work; approximately 800 passengers and 350 tons of freight were carried. Some 35 per cent of the week's business consisted, of student flights between some of the principal cities of Europe; freight flights between Berlin and Hamburg amounted to a further 35 per cent and the remaining activity was largely made up bv two long-distance trips. Dakotas were the aircraft in greatest demand, being called upon to complete 12,000 revenue-miles; Yorks flew approximately 10,500 miles and Bristol Freighters and a Tudor some 6,500 miles each. The estimated revenue from these flights was £15,000 and the number of hours flown, 225. »•<-<«,-» Longest flight of the week was performed by an Air Charter Tudor which returned from Johannesburg with 25 passengers and 3,700 lb of freight; the Tudor was due to leave for Tokyo on August 18th. Scottish Aviation completed a return Dakota flight to Dukhan with a mixed load of passengers and freight for the Iraq Petroleum Company. Scottish also made three return scheduled passenger trips between Northolt and Dublin on behalf of Aer Lingus (relevant statistics have not been included in the above calculations). Forty-five students were flown from Copenhagen to Paris in an Eagle Aviation York and a further 45 were taken back to Denmark. Skyways also took students to Copenhagen, 46 for the Y.W.C.A., and brought 45 home. On behalf of the National Union of Stu dents they took 45 passengers to Barcelona and returned with 39 more. A Skyways York based in Hamburg completed a round trip Hamburg-Hanover-Berlin-Hanover-Hamburg with 44 passen gers; this company now has 16 Yorks in service. Silver City Freighters were confined to short flights which could be operated in conjunction with the busy cross-Channel car ferries. They flew ten tons of cheese from Le Touquet to Lympne and a smaller consignment of the same produce from Cherbourg to Southampton. Two cars were flown from Blackbushe to Brest and 30 passengers and 2,400 lb of freight were carried from Blackbushe to Jersey for a film company. Horse flights during the week consisted of two trips from Lympne to Deauville with eight of Lord Cowdray's polo ponies, and a flight from Cambridge to Deauville with one horse, including a stop at Blackbushe to pick up two more. One of the busiest firms last week was B.K.S. Aero Charter, owners of two Dakotas. They completed four fully loaded return trips to Basle, carrying 32 students in each direction, two return trips to Paris with similar loads and one flight from Southend to Munich,alsowith32passengers. Air Charter Yorks and SilverCity Freighters made 54 cargo flights between Berlin and Hamburg. BREVITIES SIR GEORGE CRIBBETT, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is visiting Australia to take part in discus sions at Canberra with the Australian and New Zealand Ministers for Air. The meeting will review the future of air transport operations of joint interest to the three Governments. * * * Two new appointments are announced by the Hunting group of companies. A. Cdre. G. S. Shaw, who was director of Personal Services at the Air Ministry until his recent retirement, has been appointed group liaison officer; M. J. L. Logan, formerly secretary of the Airbrokers' Association at the Baltic Exchange, has joined the head office staff of Hunting Air Transport, Ltd. * + •* America's Civil Aeronautics Board is reported to be leaning towards the opinion that rearward-facing seats offer greater safety in crashes. The subject is so controversial, however, that (for 1952 at least) the annual C.A.B. revision of safety rules is not likely to include a requirement for commercial installation of such seats. * * * According to a report from Amsterdam, K.L.M. have decided to buy a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter; whether or not the S-55 would be one built under licence in England by Westland's is not stated. The report adds that K.L.M. hope to have two S-55S in service by the end of 1953. It will be recalled that the two transatlantic S-55S of the U.S.A.F. recently looked in at the Dutch national air disday at Ypenburg on their way from Wiesbaden at the request of Dr. Albert Plesman, president of K.L.M.
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