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1954
1954 - 2021.PDF
FLIGHT, 9 Jul;, 195, CIVIL AVIATION VISCOUNT-CONVAIR COMPARISON AN interesting comparison between the Viscount 701 and the • Convair 340, based on the most realistic figures obtainable, is published in the June B.E.A. Magazine. The Corporation's chief executive, Mr. Peter Masefield, quotes the following figures as an indication of why the Viscount has been gaining so many orders recently. Incidentally, the three Series 744 48-seaters ordered by Capital Airlines for delivery early next year will be those originally destined to be B.E.A/s 24m, 25th and 26th Viscounts. X Number of passenger seats ..,/ Normal cruising speed ... ».. Normal cruising height ... Normal cruising horse power ... Payload for 600 miles/ inter national sector JT. Reserve fuel for 600 mile sector Gross weight .../ ... Aircraft (direct) Operating cost for 600 mile sector Operating cos/per aircraft mile for 600 mHe sector Revenue for 600 mile sector at 65 pec-cent load factor Surplus of revenue over direct operating cost for 600 mile sector Block time for 600 miles discount 701 47 306 m.p.h. 17,000ft 3,724 e.h.p. 10,674 lb 4,688 lb 57,000 lb £203 6.74 shillings £511 £308 2 hr 23 min Convair 340 44 253 m.p.h. 10,000ft 2,400 b.h.p. 10,350 lb 1,499 lb 47,000 lb £207 6.90 shillings £479 £272 2 hr 45 min DECCA RADAR SYSTEMS TN addition to their marine equipment, Decca Radar, Ltd., now -•- handle a wide field of other radar activities, including military systems, civil air aids, radar links and meteorological radar. All these latter activities now come within the scope of the company's new radar systems division, to be headed by A. Cdre. Michael Watson, C.B., C.B.E., assisted by Mr. S. J. Kyte. - A. Cdre Watson, who retires from the R.A.F. at $is own request to take up this appointment, joined the Service jh 1929, and for the major perj6d of his career specialized in Signals duties. At the outbreak, of the war he was Chief Signlls Officer, No. 5 Bomber Group. Subsequently he held appointments at Air Ministry and in 1944 became Deputy Chief Air Signals Officer pf S.H.A.E.F. In 1950 he was posted as Command Signals Officer, Fighter Com mand;, under Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry, and from then until 1953 played a major part in planning Britain's post-war fighter defence systems. Since 1953 A. Cdre. Watson has been Director of Signals, Air Ministry. Throughout his Ser vice career he has continued active flying, including jet fighters and transport aircraft. FOR JAPAN: This Mara thon, first of two for Far East Air Lines, will shortly enter service on Japanese domestic routes. It was handed over last week at Wood- ley by Sir Frederick Handley Page to Ad miral Nakamura; both are seen right) samp ling the comfort ^ff the 20-seat cabin. ' i JAPANESE MARATHONS A. Cdre. Michael Watson, C.B., C.B.E. 'T'HE first of two Marathon feederliners for a new Japanese * airline was formally handed over by Sir Frederick Handles Page at Woodley, Reading, on June 29th. It was accepted on behalf of the operator, Far East Air Lines, by Admiral Todomi: Nakamura, aviation manager of C. Itoh and Co. This Companj acts as Handley Page's agents in Japan, and is also understood tc have a majority holding in the new airline. Before handing over a key to the aircraft, together with its C. of A., Sir Frederick expressed pleasure at Japan's re-entry intc the field of civil aviation, recalling such pre-war relationships as the Mitsubishi licence for his own company's slotted wing. He noted that the Marathon was the largest British airliner yet sold to Japan. Admiral Nakamura said that the Marathons would be used from the end of this month on a Japanese internal route-between Osaka and Fukuoka [a distance of about 290 miles] Next year Far East Air Lines hoped to extend their network as far south as Okinawa. He forecast a good reception for the new aircraft from the Japanese travelling public. Temporarily carrying the British registration G-AMHY, the Marathon is a brand new aircraft, attractively finished with a white top, fuselage flashes in dark and light blue and the Japanese flag on the outer fins. Its companion aircraft, externally complete stood nearby ^at Woodley. Both machines are being flown out tc Japan in easy stages, and the first, piloted by Capt. H. G. Holmes : operations manager of F.E.A.L., will leave shortly. Although the Japanese Marathons are equipped to carry 20 passengers, instead of the standard 18, the Rumbold interior is remarkably spacious. The gangway is reasonably wide and leg-room is quite generous by comparison with the tourist-class interiors of many larger aircraft. The 20 seats are arranged in pairs—four on the port side and six on the starboard. Freight and baggage are loaded into a rear compartment through a special door on the starboard side, aft of the toilet. The interior colour- scheme is light blue and cream. F.E.A.L. will operate with a crew of two pilots plus stewardess. Radio equipment is all of S.T.R. manufacture, consisting of A.D.F. receiver, V.H.F. transmitter-receiver, H.F. transmi tei and H.F. receiver. Although the Handley Page (Reading) factory at Woodle: is still working on the batch of Marathon crew-trainers for -he R.A.F., it is unlikely that there will be any further product on of civil versions. The company's next airliner will be the H.P..TU Dakota-replacement, with four Leonides Majors of 870 h.p. A full-size mock-up of the H.P.R.3 was to be glimpsed in the hang^i where the Marathon ceremony took place, though on this occa sion it was shrouded in tarpaulin and visitors were denied acce s Nearby was a newly built fuselage section, hinting that constri: tion of a prototype is under way.
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