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FLIGHT, 11 March 1955 311 BRITISH INDEPENDENT OPERATORS... Herts and Essex Aero Club (1946), Ltd.—Operators of charterpassenger services. Head Office, Stapleford Airfield, near Abridge, Essex. Main base, Stapleford. Executives: Rogerprogley (managing director) and P. Ayles (operations manager). Fleet: three Tiger Moths, one Hornet Moth, one Proctor, oneRapide, three Austers, one Gemini and one Messenger. Hunting-Clan Air Transport, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger ser-vices, trooping and general charter. Head office, 5, Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London, W.I. Main base, London Air-port. Executives: M. H. Curtis (managing director), E. H. Baker •(secretary), Col. B. J. O. Burrows (executive assistant to man-aging director), Capt. L. B. Greensted (technical manager), H. G. Matheson (commercial manager), J. Robinson (sales man-ager), R. W. F. Wingrave (traffic controller), D. T. Shaw (com- mercial economics controller), J. L. Logan (sales superintendent,Southern England), A. F. Dedman (accountant), L. V. E. Atkin- son (base manager, London Airport), Capt. R. W. L. Mulliner(flight captain), H. B. Cundall (development engineer), A. J. Stocks (traffic superintendent, London area). Scheduled routes:Northern Network Services: London - Newcastle; Manchester - Newcastle; Glasgow - Newcastle; Newcastle - Paris; Newcastle -Amsterdam - Dusseldorf; Newcastle - Hamburg - Copenhagen; Newcastle - Stavanger - Oslo; London - Gibraltar. Newcastle -Brussels - Zurich (subject to approval). Newcastle - Belfast (approved by M.T.C.A. for future operations). East AfricanSafari Service between London and Nairobi via Malta - Wadi- Halfa - Khartoum and Entebbe. Central African Safari Servicebetween London and Salisbury via Malta - Wadi-Halfa - Khar- toum - Entebbe - N'Dola and Lusaka. West African SafariService between London and Accra via Tangier - Villa Cisneros - Dakar - Bathurst - Freetown. Fleet: eight Vikings, four Dakotasand two Yorks. On order: five Viscounts. During 1954 Hunt- ing-Clan Air Transport carried 85,483 passengers. (The airline is associated with the Hunting Group of companies,one member of which produces the Prince and—illustrated below —Survey Prince light transports; other member-firms operate theaircraft in many parts of the world in a variety of roles, including survey and executive transportation.) Island Air Services (London), Ltd.—Operators of generalcharter and passenger services, and pleasure flights at London Airport. Head office, London Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex.Main base, London Airport. Executives: Monique Rendall (managing director and chief pilot), R. C. Rendall (director) andJean Edwards (operations manager). Fleet: three Rapides. Jersey Airlines (Airlines [Jersey] Ltd.).—Scheduled passengerservices and charter flights. Head Office, 4, The Parade, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Main base, Jersey. Executives:M. L. Thomas (managing director) and W/C. L. A. Egglesfield (general manager). Scheduled routes: Manchester, Coventryand Bournemouth to Channel Islands, Dinard and La Baule, London - Channel Islands - St. Brieuc - Lannion - Brest, Exeter -Channel Islands, Caen and Paris and inter-Channel Islands ser- vices. Application pending for Jersey - Bilbao (Spain). Fleet:three Herons and six Rapides. Manx Airlines, Ltd.—Scheduled services for passengers andfreight; ambulance and short- and long-range charter flights. Head office, Ronaldsway Airport, Ballasalla, Isle of Man. (Londonbrokers: James Burness and Sons, Ltd., 15 St. Helens Place, E.C.3). Main base, Ronaldsway. Executives: G. H. Drum-mond (chairman), G. S. Hankinson (managing director) and T. L. Vondy (director). Scheduled routes: Isle of Man to Renfrew,Carlisle and Newcastle. Fleet: two Dakotas and four Rapides. Marshall Flying Services, Ltd.—Charter and pleasure flights.Head office, The Aerodrome, Newmarket Road, Cambridge. Main base, Cambridge. Executives: A. G. G. Marshall (man-aging director) and H. E. Tappin (manager/chief pilot). Fleet: four Rapides, one Autocrat, five Tiger Moths. Morton Air Services, Ltd.—Operators of scheduled passengciservices, charter and air ambulance flights. Head office, Croy- don Airport, Surrey. Main base, Croydon. Executives: T. W.Morton (managing director), J. J. Fargher (secretary), P. Eskell (commercial manager) and J. Warburton (chief pilot). Scheduled routes: Croydon to Jersey, Guernsey and Le Touquet. Fleet:four Doves, three Consuls and one Rapide. In 1954 Morton Air Services carried 14,100 passengers. OIley Air Service, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger services, charterand air ambulance. Head office, Croydon Airport, Surrey. Main base, Croydon. Executives: T. W. Morton (chairman), S. A.Carter (secretary and commercial manager) and J. Warburton (chief pilot). Scheduled routes: Croydon to Jersey/Guernsey,and to race meetings. Fleet: three Doves, two Consuls and two Rapides. In 1954 Olley Air Service carried 12,500 passengers. Skyways, Ltd., and Lancashire Aircraft Corporation.—Opera-tors of scheduled passenger services, charter, trooping and pleasure flights. Head office, 7, Berkeley Street, London, W.I.Main base, Stansted. Executives: Eric Rylands (managing director), Sir Wavell Wakefield, M.P. (director), Charles F. Dick-son (director), J. M. Twiss (general manager), A.Cdre. Sydney Smith (contracts manager), A. J. Henderson (secretary), M. D.Day (technical manager), H. P. Snelling (commercial manager), and Mrs. E. Whittaker (head of public relations and assistant tomanaging director). Scheduled routes: Crusader service, United Kingdom - Cyprus and Malta - Cyprus. Fleet: tenHermes, nineteen Yorks (operated by Skyways), four Dakotas and twelve twin- and single-engined aircraft (operated by LancashireAircraft Corporation). In 1954 Skyways and Lancashire Aircraft Corporation carried 72,104 passengers and 3,900 short tons offreight; total hours flown by group 25,619; capacity ton-miles flown, 21,876,700. Scottish Airlines.—Scheduled services and charter trooping.Head office, Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire. Main bases, Prestwick and Stansted. Executives: I. C. Grant (general manager), D.McConnell (secretary), W. A. Wilkinson (technical manager) and W. M. Cummings (London manager). Scheduled routes: Prest-wick-Ronaldsway. Fleet: five Yorks and one Dakota. On order: six Prestwick Twin Pioneers. In 1954 Scottish Airlines carried24,030 passengers and 208 short tons of freight; revenue passenger miles flown, 39,358,880; freight short-ton miles,1,102,500. Silver City Airways, Ltd.-^-Operators of scheduled vehicle-ferries, passenger services, helicopter freight services, charter and trooping flights and livestock transportation. Head office, 1Great Cumberland Place, London, W.I. Main bases, Ferryfield, Blackbushe and Southampton. Executives: A.Cdre G. S. Powell(managing director), W. G. Franklin (commercial general man- ager) and S. A. Tennant (technical general manager). Scheduledroutes: Ferryfield to Ostend, Calais and Le Touquet; Gatwick - Le Touquet; Birmingham - Le Touquet; Southampton - Cher-bourg, Deauville and Guernsey; Blackbushe - Birmingham - Woodvale - Newtownards; and Belfast - Stranraer. Fleet: nineBristol Superfreighters, six Bristol Freighters, two DC-3s; Rapides, etc. In 1954 Silver City carried 110,000 passengers and58,052 tons of freight. Transair, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger services, mail, freight andcharter services. Head office, Croydon Airport, Surrey. Main bases, Croydon and Gatwick. Executives: G. H. Freeman(chairman and managing director), C. Nunn (supplies controller), H. S. Perren (commercial manager), C. W. H. Bebb (operationsmanager), P. H. Meadway (chief pilot), D. L. Brooks (chief engineer), and W. A. Richardson (chief inspector). Scheduledroutes: Croydon - Paris and Croydon - Jersey - Guernsey (news- papers and mail); Croydon - Dusseldorf, Croydon - Hanover andCroydon - Hamburg (newspapers); inclusive tour passenger-ser- vices between Gatwick and Jersey, Lourdes, Perpignan, Ham-burg, Klagenfurt, Venice, Turin, Toulouse and Alghero. Fleet: ten Dakotas. Wolverhampton Aviation, Ltd. (in conjunction with DerbyAviation, Ltd.).—Operators of scheduled and charter services and a flying school. Head office: 78 Buckingham Gate, London,S.W.I. Main base: Wolverhampton. Executives: G/C. C. A. B. Wilcock (chairman), J. Harben (deputy chairman), L. E. T.Barley (managing director), E. W. Phillips, R. R. Paine, W/C. H. A. Roxburgh, A. C. Felts (company secretary), R. C. R.Cooper (chief engineer) and Capt. R. Wallis (chief pilot). Scheduled route: Wolverhampton - Jersey. Fleet: one Rapide,one Gemini and numerous light aircraft. The versatile Hunting- Percival Survey Prince, both operated and pro- duced within the Hunt- ing Group, is used by a number of operators for survey and trans- port. Details of the Prince are given in the table on p. 337.
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