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1953
1953 - 0801.PDF
FLIGHT, 19 June 1953 795 CIVIL AVIATION BREVITIES ON Wednesday of last week, Air France took delivery of the first of their three Comet iAs. After a period of crew training, which will extend to the end of the summer, the airline will introduce Comet services on the routes from Paris to Cairo and Beirut. * * * Speakers at the tenth annual meeting of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers will include Mr. J. D. Profumo, Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A., and Mr. E. D. Ayre, retiring chairman of the general council. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow (June 20th) in the Assembly Room, Manson House, 26 Portland Place, London, W.I. * * * Honduras became the sixtieth member of I.C.A.O. on June 6th. * * * The Leeds and Bradford Joint Aerodrome Committee decided recently to request the two city councils for authority to negotiate with the Air Ministry for the purchase of Yeadon aerodrome. Following the withdrawal of M.C.A. staff .ast February, Lan cashire Aircraft Corporation, on the expiration of their lease, also withdrew their staff and aircraft from Yeadon. * * * Cambrian Air Services have been operating since May 24th the first scheduled services ever flown between Wales and the West of England and the Continent. Doves operate three times weekly—on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays—between Cardiff, Bristol and Paris. Fares have been worked out on a "tourist" basis; for example, a single fare from Bristol to Paris is £8 is and a twelve-month return ticket costs £14 10s. B.O.A.C. announce the appointment of Mr. Michael Clapham as representative at Rome. * * * Three Douglas DC-6Bs have been ordered by Linea Aerea National (Chile) for use on both internal and international routes. * * * T.C.A.'s district traffic and sales manager in London, Mr. J. D. Roberts, has recently been transferred to Montreal. He is succeeded by Mr. E. J. May, who was attached to the R.A.F. for five years during the war. * * * A merger application by the Flying Tiger Line and Slick Airways, America's two leading scheduled all-freight carriers, is due for a C.A.B. hearing this month. It is reported that a decision is likely to take at least six months. Both operators claim that their income from all-freight operations has had to be subsidized from other activities, such as the Korean airlift, but that together they would profitably carry 48 per cent of the domestic freight traffic, or "something like 100m ton/miles." * * * P.A.W.A. have set up a multi-purpose central reservations control unit at London Airport "to act as a co-ordinated European flight movement control with area dispatch, to maintain a wait-list record for the whole of Europe on westbound transatlantic flights, to move passengers to their destinations by the first available flight, re-routing when necessary, and to work closely with com missary to supply them with such information to have the correct -number and type of meals aboard all aircraft." FROM THE CLUBS FLYING time logged by members of the Elstree Flying Club during May totalled 228 hours. Commencing on Sunday next, June 21st, a monthly competition will be held to test members' flying and aircraft handling skill; details will be withheld until the pre-flight briefing. The following Sunday, June 28th, is the date arranged for Elstree's Afternoon Patrol; time, 1600-1630 hr; defended zone, 1-3 miles radius, i,ooo-2,50oft height; prizes, the customary free teas. Combined with the patrol will be a spot- landing contest for pilots on arrival. * * * P ANSHANGER has been announced as the base from which the national air touring competition on July 25th will be flown. Competing pilots must have at least 100 hours solo experience, and aircraft must be flown solo during the competition. Entry forms, obtainable from the Royal Aero Club, must be returned to the club not later than July 6th. * * * T O assist the chairman, Mr. G. H. M. Miles, S/L. B. H. Arkell has joined the staff of the Association of British Aero Clubs. The Association says that the duties of Miss E. Southern as secretary will continue unchanged, but with the growth of the organization the amount of detail technical work devolving upon the chairman has now proved greater than can be handled effec tively on a part-time voluntary basis. S/L. Arkell is a founder-member of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain, and he played an active part in its formation as a member of its council and Editor of its journal. From 1945 to 1951 he was engaged in test flying, first with Fairey Aviation and later with Bristol's. * * * D ESPITE difficulties resulting from the closing-down of the Reserve Flying School, Fairoaks Aero Club will remain in business. The large hangar formerly used by the R.F.S. is being taken over by a local aircraft manufacturer, but the club will retain the hangar near the control tower. Part of this building has previously been occupied by R.F.S. Ansons, and extra space will thus be available to private owners. Flying training will continue to be given (in Magisters, Austers and Tiger Moths) under the C.F.I., W/C. C. F. Arthur. LOBSTER teas are one of the afternoon attractions at the Southern Aero Club's "At Home" next Sunday, June 21st. The function commences with an arrival competition between noon and 1300 hr (featuring a sealed landing-time), while after lunch are planned spot landing, balloon bursting and flour bombing contests, and a Concours d'Elegance for visiting aircraft. * * * M EMBERS of the Airways Aero Club and the Sabena Flying Club were guests of the Air France Aero Club at Le Touquet over the weekend of June 5th-7th, in the first international airways clubs' rally. Fifty-four visitors, in some 20 aircraft, arrived for the occasion, and prizes were presented to winners of the various events by the Syndicat dTnitiative, the Hotels Associa tion of Le Touquet, and the Aero Club of Le Touquet. Aircraft types included several Austers, the Tiger Moth, Stampe SV4, Norecrin, Aerocentre NC 853, Sipa^ Monocoupe, Caudron Goe- land, Argus, and the Saab Safir. On the Saturday, a lunch was given for the visitors at the airport restaurant by the Air France Club; guests of honour were Dr. Pouget, mayor of Le Touquet, M. Ziegler, director-general of Air France, and Mr. J. Lobley and Mr. I. Scott-Hill, of the Airways Aero Club. * * * R ECENTLY published by the Popular Flying Association is A Guide to Group and Ultra-Light Flying, which gives com prehensive information on the association's activities, for members and others. The first part of the booklet refers to the problems of co-ownership groups, but includes also much of practical value to individual enthusiasts. The second part consists of a series of appendices, dealing with group formation, cost assessment and the design, operation and maintenance of light aircraft. The booklet, of undoubted value to all interested in low-cost light aircraft operation, is available at 2s 6d from Mr. Maurice Imray, secretary of the association, at Londonderry House, 19 Park Lane, London, W.i. (Regent 3050.) * * * E RRONEOUSLY announced, and quoted in our June 5th issue, was the name of the C.F.I, of the Ulster Flying Club. The C.F.I, is in fact W/C. C. W. Lindsay, A.F.C.; Mr. George Wynne-Eyton is assistant instructor and secretary. AIRWAYS ENTENTE: Cheery scene at the Le Touquet rally reported above. Mr. Morand, secretary of the Air France Aero Club, is presenting a bottle of champagne to M. Ziegler. On his right are Messrs. Lobley B.O.A.C.) and Scott-Hill (of B.E.A., president and chairman of the Airways Aero Club). A Sipa, Aerocentre NC 853, Moth Minor and Tiger Moth form the background.
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