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Aviation History
1953
1953 - 1698.PDF
852 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION . . . AND NOW THE DC-7B ADDITIONAL fuel and a higher take-off weight are the main **• features of a new version of the Douglas DC-7, designated DC-7B, ordered by P.A.W.A. The company's order for seven aircraft brings to 88 the total number of DC-7-type airliners sold. Other purchasers are United, Delta-C & S., Panagra, Eastern, National and American. PanArn DC-7Bs will carry 6,260 U.S. gallons of fuel compared with 5,526 gallons in the standard version, and the take-off weight will be 2,500 lb heavier than the previously announced maximum of 122,500 lb. With a payload of 52 passengers, mail and freight, they wi'.l be able to operate a stage-lengdi of 4,000 miles with a fuel reserve of 1,000 gallons. Mr. Nat Paschall, Douglas vice-president for commercial sales, describes P.A.W.A.'s aircraft as the first of the DC-7 series built especially for over-ocean operation, adding that it will be capable of flying non-stop from New York to London in just over 10 hours. The DC-7B will have the same power units as the DC-7 —four Wright R.3350 compound engines each delivering 3,250 b.h.p. at take-off. Costing over £700,000 each, the new air craft will be delivered in 1955. SWISS CAR FERRY A NEW ferry service between Blackbushe and Zurich will be inaugurated by Silver City Airways on January 2nd. Carry ing up to three cars and 20 passengers, Superfreighters will make a weekly round trip on this route during January, February and March. The one-way fare for cars of up to 13ft 6in in length will be £25, and longer cars will cost £35; passenger fares will be £14 17s single and £26 15s return. Aircraft will leave Black bushe at 8 a.m. on Saturday mornings, taking about 3 hr for the 490-mile flight; return flights will be at 2.30 p.m. on Sundays. BREVITIES ON December 8th a DC-6B of Canadian Pacific Airlines, carry ing 57 passengers and a crew of eight, made what is claimed to be the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight. With the aid of strong tailwinds, it covered the 4,700 miles from Tokyo to Vancouver in 13 hr 51 min, averaging some 345 m.p.h. * * * B.O.A.C. announce that Mr. John Linstead, one of the original Imperial Airways trainees, has been appointed sales planning manager at head office. He is succeeded as manager (Far East) by Mr. R. H. Trench Thompson, and Mr. J. R. Allison, manager at Basra succeeds Mr. Thompson as manager (Pakistan). The new manager at Basra is Mr. A. B. Palmer. * * * Six new Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures Leaflets were issued by the AR.B. on December 1st. The leaflets give guid ance on, respectively, testing of pressure cabins; maintenance of landing wheels; methods of crack detection; fire precautions; fire detection equipment; and fire extinguisher equipment. * * * At the request of the M.T.C.A. the Air Registration Board is to withdraw approval of life-jackets which are "not simple to operate and which are not capable of supporting an unconscious person for a reasonable period in such an attitude that he will not drown in moderate sea conditions." Types of jacket affected by the decision are mentioned in Notice to Licensed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft No. 39, Issue 2. In Caracas, on December 8th, Dutch and Venezuelan officials began discussions on the subject of a bilateral agreement between their two countries. * * * Glamorgan County Planning Committee has granted per mission to Swansea Corporation to retain Fairwood Common as a municipal aerodrome for civil use. * * * Pan American World Airways have declared a 40 per cent share dividend, the company's highest since the war. A previous dividend of 25 cents per share was paid at the end of July 1953. Stockholders have received payments each year since 1941. * * * To meet their current heavy traffic demands, B.O.A.C. are operating 11 extra Comet return services on the London-Singapore route until March, 1954. Services leave London on Thursdays, and depart from Singapore on Saturdays. * * * Recent developments of the single-engined Type 171 Sycamore include a pest-control spraying version, equipment for which is being designed and manufactured by Pest Control, Ltd., of Cambridge. The basic vehicle will be the adaptable Sycamore 4, one of which will be used to demonstrate prototype spraying gear to the Air Registration Board. When the Board has approved the equipment, it will be produced by Pest Control and marketed by Bristol's. AMSTERDAM APPROACH: h accordance wit1) the latest I.C.A.O. standards. Runway 23 at Schiphol has been equipped with cross-bar approach lighting (left) and day marking aids. The cross-bars are spaced at 500ft intervals and are of identical length, whereas the Calvert system at London Airport has cross-bars of converging length. The markings emphasize the threshold, touch-down zone and centre-line of the runway. White, red and green lights are employed; six white pilot-lights, facing the tower, enable the controller to assess and adjust intensity.
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