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1954
1954 - 2176.PDF
'JGHT, 30 July 1954 157 [CIVIL AVIATION . . . the fleet differs in several respects from the Viscounts now in (service with B.E.A., Air France and Aer Lingus, and its sister- 'ships will embody further improvements. A feature of all the Australian Viscounts is the use, for the first time, of a new [type of Goodyear single-disc brake with one annular piston instead of the conventional group of pistons. The new "full- Wrcle" brake is designed to give reduced weight and easier [maintenance. Externally, the most noticeable difference is the incorporation in T.A.A. aircraft of a flush air intake for the inter-cooler in the iair-conditioning system, instead of the ventral scoop fitted to irevious Viscounts. All Australian Viscounts have increased fuel [capacity: the four bag-type wing tanks of the Series 720 carry 1,950 gallons, compared with the previous total of 1,720 gallons. The sixth of the T.A.A. fleet will carry a further 290 gallons in [external "slipper" tanks positioned on the leading edge of the ving, outboard of the outer Darts. Numbers three and four air-raft will have wing fittings for these auxiliary tanks and number ive will also carry the extra wiring and piping required. The first ive Series 720s will have the Dart 505 turboprop, providing 1,400 ;.h.p. plus 365 lb thrust. The sixth, however, will have the up-rated ^Jart 506 giving 80-90 h.p. more under cruising conditions and, consequently, an average speed increase of 18 m.p.h. This advan tage will be coupled with faster climb, higher cruising altitude and lower specific fuel consumption. Seating arrangements adopted by T.A.A. for the Viscount have not yet been finally settled; presumably T.A.A.'s executives are balancing the economic arguments for five-abreast seating against he passenger-appeal of the more spacious four-abreast layout. [t has been decided, however, to fit 11 rows of seats instead of he customary 10; this is done by re-positioning the forward lulkhead. VH-TVA is at present fitted with 44 seats. The Hurn factory, incidentally, is now producing Viscounts at he rate of three a month; extensions now in hand, and due to >e completed at the end of September, will enable the rate to be mshed up to five per month from October. Capacity will then be ivailable, Vickers state, to increase Viscount production to eight i month—or nearly 100 a year—if the growth of orders makes such i programme necessary. To date, 34 of the 101 Viscounts ordered lave been delivered. K. SAFIR SALES 2 OLE distribution rights in the Urujea Kingdom for the •^ Saab 91C four-seat personal andwuring aircraft and for the 'IB three-seat trainer, have beea^acquired by Aerocontacts, ,td., of Gatwick. The Safir 9*C is unusual among European lircraft in being a true busju^ss and executive aircraft which is lot only comfortable, £a*f and economic, but also aerobatic; he prototype 91C wnr*5riefly described in Flight on January 1st, 954, when the aircraft was in this country undergoing A.R.B. ertification. Delivery date for the 91C Safir is quoted as some ix weeks, and the price (duty paid) is some £8,000. Aero- :ontacts will stock spares for the Safir and are qualified to ervice and overhaul it. STACKING ROOM ONLY ^\UR review, published last week, of the film Maide Stum _ Pilot, drew attention to the possibilities of the •wide-screen inema for various aeronautical applications, indoding that of amiliarizing pilots with approaches to airfiriQs. We have ubsequently learned that Pan American AirWays have in fact lemonstrated to representatives of the C.A.A. and the C.A.B. i one-hour film made for this very purpose." Produced under the Iirection of Capt. K. J. Scribner, chief pflot of PanAm's Atlantic division, the film is designed to farnifiarize pilots with the let-lown and approach procedures for La Guardia Airport. Under present regulations, a jnlot must practise these pro cedures at each airport on his assigned route with a check pilot, -xcept under visual flight ruMs. The film, made with a wide-ngle lens so mounted as jto give the captain's view from the cockpit, is intended as a/Substitute for this practice. Four ad-'antages for the film Astern are cited by Capt. Scribner: it irovides .a complete^^picture of the airport; reduction of noise round airports; effects a saving of millions of dollars annually |y elimination qfnSying by multi-engined aircraft; and leaves he pilot free o|<* distractions, so that he can give his undivided ttention to the film of the airport and its environs and the Krompanying narrative. h-~ • exi&ct fr°m the commentary is of particular interest in - Ki" re^ects operator's efforts to minimize the airport-noise ir°WaJM "The turning point of Runway 31 is in line with the ,': >nm8 tank, permitting a normal turn to put you in direct ' ;[linent with the runway. Your minimum circling altitude is ft. However, for noise-abatement purposes, 1,400ft can be '• untamed under good V.F.R. conditions until you begin your FTn into your final approach." AUSTRALIANS AT FILTON: Among visitors to\the Bristol Aeroplane Co.^ last week were Mr. G. P. N. Watt (right), rhairrpnn nf T A A a director of Qantas, and (left) Mr. J. T. WatkinsrfTA.A.J,s"director of engineering. Shaking hands with Mr. Watt, who, with his colleague, was about to leave Filton by Cambrian Air Services Dove, is Mr. W. R. Fames, sales manager of Bristol's aircraft division. BREVITIES THE first of four Constellation 749s bought from Qantas by B.O.A.C. arrived from Sydney on Monday on a combined delivery and passenger flight:" The aircraft, VH-EAF Horace Brinsmead, will be repainted and re-registered G-ANTF before entering service on B.O.A.C.'s African and Eastern routes. * * * Two of the three Dakotas recently offered for sale under an Air Ministry tender have beenjyiugnt by Transair, bringing the company's Dakota fleet jap^toten aircraft. Mr. M. M. Moore resigned^ffom the board of Westminster Airways Servicing, Ltd., on^Jtiry 16th, and relinquished his posi tion as technical directpr^of that company. Mr. C. D. Jordan, works manager, is JH5W in charge of the technical side of the company's business. * * * The complete Martin 2-0-2 fleaf* of Pioneer Air Lines is now being offered for sale in Amejica. William C. Wold Associates, New York, who have h^effappointed sales agents, announce that the nine aircrajk-tftn be offered individually and that lease- purchase and fctfdgn-currency arrangements are possible. * * * From October 3rd passenger services between London and Amsterdam will be operated jointly in pool between B.E.A. and K.L.M. Between that date and the end of October there will be seven services daily on this route, dropping to six daily from October 31st;,next summer the frequency will increase to nine return flight^aaily. * * * Temco Aircraft Corporation of Dallas are converting a Convair 340 airliner into an executive ,j«msport for the Government of Saudi Arabia. The interjc^sextremely luxurious and includes a buffet, 20-seat cojjipmment, executive office section and a "roomette" withJb€5room and bath. Three standard Convair 340s were recently delivered to Saudi Arabian Airlines. * * * United Air Lines claim to have the largest number of Curtiss-Wright simulators of any airline. The company has four simu lators—two for DC-6B crews and* two for Convair 340 crews, one of each type being situated at the Chicago and Denver training centres. When,.<rfe new Chicago centre is fully opera tional it is expected-tfiat all four simulators will be in use 16 hr daily, seven daya^a week. All U.A.L. crews will perform at least 12 hr simulator training annually. * * * Pan American's "Pay Later" plan, whereby air tickets can be bought on a hire-purchase basis, is reported to have generated over $lm worth of sales in the first six weeks of operation. More than 90 per cent of the tiekets sold under the plan repre sented new business. Thejime taken to clear an application for credit travel normally varies between one and seven days. From August 1st the plan win cover travel on the services of American Airlines as well as those of P.A.W.A.
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