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1955
1955 - 0778.PDF
776 FLIGHT Even the Stratocruiser, giant of the North Atlan- tic route, is dwarfed by B.O.A.C's new Headquar- ters Building at London Airport. The building is not intended solely for air- craft maintenance; Sir Miles Thomas is moving his office there this month, and by July the H.Q. will house most of B.O.A.C.'s London staff. "Flight" photograph OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT % "D ECENT successes of the Viscount sales drive have tended to-"^- overshadow the export orders received for smaller types of civil aircraft. Some 65 de Havilland Herons^ for example, havenow been delivered to 16 countries overseas. Dove sales have passed the 500 mark, and these aircraft are operating in at least40 parts of the world, the most recent delivery being to Trans- portes Aereos de Timor, for internal services. Hunting-Percival recently announced the first civil order for thesurvey version of the Pembroke: two of these aircraft have been bought by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture. Auster Aircrafthave delivered ten Autocars to the Argentine for crop spraying, ambulance and passenger work, and 11 more have been ordered.During the past year Austers have also been sold to Australia, Belgium, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden and West Africa. INDEPENDENTS' OSLO MEETING "EUROPE'S major independent operators were represented at•*—' the latest meeting of F.I.T.A.P., which was held last month in Oslo. In the chair was Mr. Ludwig Braathen, who will besucceeded as chairman by A. Cdre. Powell at the Federation's next meeting—in Paris on June 15th. Independent airlines fromall parts of the world, including American carriers, will be present at this meeting, which will also be attended by observers frominterested international organizations and bodies. At the Oslo meeting, attention was drawn to the issue—thendue for consideration by the Norwegian parliament—as to whether certain domestic routes should be operated by S.A.S., the Scan-dinavian tri-State airline, or by Braathens. The State airline, which is pressing for exclusive rights to operate these services,estimates that they will involve a loss of some £200,000, whereas the independent airline believes that they can be operated at aprofit. Difficulties in obtaining scheduled rights have also been experienced by Fred Olsen Air Transport, who recently concludedan agreement whereby their two Viscounts, due for delivery later this year, will be leased to B.E.A. The meeting also condemned the pressure which is alleged tohave been brought to bear on I.A.T.A. agents selling tickets for certain non-I.A.T.A. airline services, though this is permittedunder agency agreements. It is believed that the independent carrier concerned is Loftleidir, the Icelandic company whichoperates transatlantic services at fares 18 per cent below the I.A.T.A. minimum. The meeting also passed a resolutionapplauding the recent French decision to abolish tax on aviation fuel for domestic services. A newcomer to the ter- ritories served by West African Airways Cor- poration is the Heron 2. The first of W.A.A.C.'s three Herons is shown with passengers about to leave Lagos for Accra. The occasion was the inauguration of the Heron service, on May 16th, on the Lagos- Accra - Kumaii route. BREVITIES PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES announced thatthey have made the first non-stop commercial flight from Zurich to Karachi. This distinction is claimed for the P.I.A.Super Constellation which on May 23rd covered this 3,970-mile route in 12 hr 50 min at an average speed of 309 m.p.h. * * * The Boeing 707 prototype made its 100th test flight onMay 19th. The maiden flight was made on July 15th last year in the hands of A.M. "Tex" Johnston, who was also at thecontrols for the 100th test. Average duration of each flight has been about 1J hr; the 150 hr mark was, in fact, reached in the23rd minute of the 100th flight. Production of KC-135s (tanker- transport versions of the 707 for Strategic Air Command) is nowunder way in Boeing's Renton plant. k fr .' With the restoration of German sovereignty, approval forscheduled or non-scheduled traffic flights into or over West German territory must now be obtained from the Federal Ministryof Transport (Civil Aviation Department), Bonn am Rhein, Lennestrasse 30. The only formality required for non-trafficflights is the submission of a flight plan to the appropriate air traffic control centre. * * * A four-engine syncroscope is among the 30 items of Smithsmanufacture to be fitted to the Viscounts ordered by Capital Airlines. Others include a special thermocouple harness andengine-speed indicator system for the Dart turboprops, an A.C. direct-mounted oil-pressure measurement system and a range ofposition indicators and transmitters for control surfaces and other parts of the aircraft. * * * Recipients of the 1955-56 fellowships at the Graduate Schoolof Business, Columbia University, awarded by Seaboard and Western Airlines, are R. F. Eggan of Missouri and L. F. G.Jeanjean of Paris. Mr. Eggan, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, is completing a tour of duty with the MilitarySea Transport Service (Atlantic area). Mr. Jeanjean, the first Frenchman to qualify for the award, holds Paris degrees in lawand political science. Two such fellowships have been awarded annually by Seaboard and Western Airlines since 1951; theirobject is to facilitate the study of air freight and to increase public consciousness of the value of air freight.
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