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1954
1954 - 2316.PDF
FINNISH ROUTE TO LONDON ON September 1st at 2015 a Finnair Convair 340 is due to arrive at London Airport, thereby inaugurating a new thrice- weekly service linking London and Helsinki. This new service, which will fly westbound on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and eastbound on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, will be routed via Copenhagen and Difsseldorf. Finnair is the name adapted last year by Aero O/Y, Finnish Airlines, a company wj»f6n was founded on November 1st, 1923, and which began operations on a route from Helsinki to Reval. The second Furnish air route was that between Helsinki and Stockholm, which opened on June 1st, 1924, closed that August through finaifcial difficulties and re-opened in May, 1925. These early routes were operated only in the summer months and they were all/flown by Junkers-F 13 single-engined floatplanes. Hel sinki did not have a land airport until Malmi was opened in 1938. B.E.A. will act as general agent in the United Kingdom for Finnair, and Mr. O. Juntunen will be Finnair representative at London Airport. 20 August 1954 251 STILL GOING STRDNG after seventeen years' service, the Beech Model 18 is still among the most popular executive transports. As reported below, the improved Super 18 version is now in production; shown here are the revised lines of cabin, cockpit, nose and wing-tips. BEECH SUPER 18 AT Wichita, Kansas, the Beech Aircraft Corporation has just •**• completed the first production version of the "stretched" Model 18 with higher performance and greater capacity. Desig nated Super 18, the new Beechcraft first flew as a prototype in December 1953. It embodies several improvements, including jet-type exhaust stacks for the 450 hup. P. and W. R-985 AN 14Bs; longer nose containing radio equipment; redesigned wing- tips and cockpit; extra, largej^wihdows; higher cabin ceiling; and larger cabin doors. All-up weight oLrilfg Super 18 is 9,300 lb, 550 lb heavier than the previous model. Maximum speed at 5,000ft is 234 m.p.h., and cruising spjfcd at 10,000ft (66.7 per cent of max. power) is 215 m.p.h., giving an extreme range—with 45 min reserve—of 1,120 mileSv£<A cruising speed of 182 m.p.h. at 10,000ft gives a range of 1^45 5 miles with the same reserve. Production of Super 18s will be at the rate of eight per month by October; more than 30 will be delivered by the end of the year. The backlog extends well into next year and is valued at over £1,400,000. AIR-TRAVEL APPOINTMENTS TPHE appointment (to take place in the near future) has been •*• announced of Mr. Harold Bamberg, managing director of the Eagle Aviation, Eagle Aircraft Services and Air Liaison com panies, as chairman and managing director**? Sir Henry Lunn, Ltd., the travel agency, in which he-lias recently acquired a financial interest. It is expected that Air Liaison, Ltd., a travel company specializing in air jwtvel, will be closely associated with Sir Henry Lunn, Ltd., ,i»'the future, and that the overall travel facilities offered will be considerably increased. Although neither company has divulged any definite plans for an increased co-ordination of activities with Eagle Aviation, Ltd., it is reasonable to assume that the charter company's air craft may be used in the increase of travel facilities mentioned, particularly in the field of inclusive holiday tours abroad. BREVITIES \ITEST African Airways experienced a_r#markable response to T ~ a recent offer of 5s pleasure flights^kflTBristol Freighter from Accra. Africans travelled up to lOiHriiles for a flight, and police had to be called to control tha^crowds. The Freighter made 20 flights, carrying 800 pass^iigers. * * * India's decision to cancel her bilateral agreement with America has been criticized in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Carl Hinshaw (Republican, California)" said that India stood to benefit by encouraging AmerieaiP'tourists, who were at present provided with ten flights weekly to India by U.S. carriers; other countries, he said, had,, "demonstrated a similar tendency to re- strictionism" since India announced her intention to terminate the agreement. * * * The Council of the Air Registration Bopd" announces the issue of procedures leaflets dealing with thsf^tromating of magnesium alloys; with pneumatic systems^-atf" conditioning systems; bond ing and circuit testing; and««fety belts and harness. Also newly issued is Notice to hicarffed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft No. 9,'7ssue 3, dealing with aircraft maintenance schedules and certificates of maintenance. * * * Japan and Brazil are discussing details of a bilateral agreement p'oviding for air services between the two countries. A Japan Air Lines DC-6B is expected to make a goodwill flight from kyo to Sao Paulo via Wake Island, San Francisco, New Orleans and Caracas, arriving on October 10th. It will carry Japanese 1 overnment officials and business representatives. * * * Cathay Pacific Airways, whose DC-4 was shot down off Hainan Island by Chinese Communist fighter#»on July 23rd, resumed iieir service from Hongkong to -Bangkok and Singapore on :';• ,Jgust 12th. In command vwrfTJapt. Philip Blown, the Austra- i^n, pilot involved inj^'shooting incident. The replacement i->C-4 was bought from Canadian Pacific Airlines. the present flights to West Africa—serving Lagos, Accra and Kano—are first-class and one is a tourist service. * * * On August 9th a Sabena DC-6B begsfi the company's 3,000th flight on the Brussels-Congo route, -€)f this total, two-thirds have been flown in the past fourjjrtirs. When the service began in 1935, the journey took 5i«d§ys (106 hr flying time); today, the DC-6B flies from Brurfls to Leopoldville via Geneva and Kano in 18 hr elapsed time; 16 hr flying time. * * * Bristol 170 F-VNAI of Air Vietnam^was destroyed at Pakse, Laos, on August 16th while making^efiarter flight for the French Union Forces from the Red River delta to Saigon. The aircraft is reported to have fallenJp*j*atributary of the river while attempt ing a single-enginedJafJcung. Of the 51 passengers, 46 lost their lives; three of the-crew of four survived. * * * The two B.O.A.C. Comet Is remaining at London Airport are to be Cocooned for indefinite storage. Four other Comet Is are undergoing tests at Farnbordugh. * * * Forty D.M.E. beacons have beenjj#*are now being installed in Australia and New Guineaas^fWlrTof a programme calling for the eventual installationo^J'flrbeacons. Use of D.M.E. on Austra lian airways will be£**fle mandatory after February 1st, 1955. * * * The 1,243 pilots of American Airrmes were still on strike as this issue of Flight closed for^ess. The company announced last Friday that unless th»*ftrike ended nearly 16,000 employees would be laid off before "the end of the month. * * * . The assessor appointed to study B.E.A.'s estimate of probable savings resulting from the transfer of maintenance work from Renfrew to London is,Mr. J. A. Walker, partner in an Edinburgh firm of accountants. * * * v * •* * Following the success of last year's inaugural event, it has been _ from mid-September, the number of B.O.A.C. services from decided to hold another Airlipes Ball at the Royal Albert Hall on Britain to West Africa will be increased from eight to ten flights October 15th. Dancing-frtSm 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., will be to the weekly. Both the additional services will be first-class; seven of bands of Geraldo and T*eudy Foster.
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