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1956
1956 - 0062.PDF
62 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION . . . FREEMEN OF THE AIR THE new constitution of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Naviga-tors as a livery company of the City of London will be discussed at a meeting of full members of the Guild on February 2nd. Themeeting will be held at 3.30 p.m. at Londonderry House. Under the new constitution there will be only two classes of membership,upper freemen and under freemen. In future, admission to the Guild will be restricted to British subjects with the followingqualifications: — Upper Freemen: The holders of professional pilots' or navigators'licences and test pilots engaged in the profession of air pilot or air navigator. Under Freemen: The holder of a private pilot's licence; a servingmember of H.M. Forces qualified as a pilot or navigator; one who contributes to the advancement of the profession; or a person entitledto the Freedom of the Guild by Patrimony or Servitude (by City custom). Freemen of the Guild will be eligible to become freemen of the City of London. SEATS BY SHORT CPECIFIED for installation in B.E.A.'s fleet of Viscount-Majors,^ a new type of passenger seat has been designed by Short Bros, and Harland, Ltd. The seat, illustrated below, complies with thelatest A.R.B. requirements; it will withstand a force of 9g when facing forward or aft, and in the event of an emergency landing thepadded back of the seat folds forward when struck from behind (a feature designed to cater only for the "forward-facing" case).Designed for installation in many types of airliner in addition to the Viscount, the new seats will be available in double or triple units,weighing 60 lb and 90 lb respectively. Both types can be folded against the cabin walls—a procedure which does not require theuse of tools—when the aircraft is required for freighting. The seats have foam plastic cushions supported on Terylene stretchers;seat backs are individually adjustable over an angle of 15 degrees and the arm rests can also be adjusted to increase seat-width. BREVITIES EDINBURGH will be the venue for the 1956 annual general•*—' meeting of I.A.T.A. airline presidents, lasting from Septem- ber 17th to 20th. At this meeting Lord Douglas of Kirtleside,chairman of B.E.A., will take office as president of I.A.T.A. for 1956-57. . * * * . In last week's article on the report of the Select Committeeon Estimates the reference to landing fees should have read: ". . . the Committee recommended that landing fees should beincreased." * * * February 18th is announced as the inaugural date for Finnair'sConvair 340 service between Helsinki and Moscow. The service, taking three hours, will be flown twice weekly in each direction;four return flights will be operated weekly by Aeroflot with Il-12s. G/C. Jack Newton (left) was due to take office yesterday as chief of the Flight Branch of I.C.A.O.'s Air Navigation Bureau. A formei R.A.F. and civil pilot with 10,000 hr to his credit, he succeeds another Englishman—G/C. Frank Entwistle (right), who is retiring from I.C.A.O. to take up an appointment with Cossor (Canada), Ltd. • A report from Rome last week said that the Italian airlineL.A.I, were expected to reach a decision "later this month" on the type of aircraft to replace their long-haul DC-6Bs. A news-paper story that United States pressure had caused the airline to abandon plans to order the Britannia were described as"absurd" by an L.A.I, spokesman, who emphasized that the final decision had yet to be made. *'-••* * .......... •- :• Announcing the resumption of their normal service betweenLondon and Paris on January 6th, Air France also state that a new service, known as the Eastern Epicurean, will be introducedon January 18th. Operated by Super Constellations on Wednes- days and Sundays, it will carry both first-class and touristpassengers. Other Air France services on this route, both first- class and tourist, will continue to be operated by Viscounts. Representing, it is claimed, about one-third of all transatlanticair traffic, 204,851 passengers were carried across the Atlantic Ocean in 1955 by P.A.W.A. Of this total, regular scheduledflights carried 98,329 passengers westbound and 88,646 east- bound; charter flights carried 6,612 westbound and 4,013 east-bound. In 1954, PanAm's transatlantic services carried 150,014 passengers—36 per cent less than the 1955 total. Mr. N. W. Croucher, London manager of Australian NationalAirways, has been appointed technical director, overseas, a post covering A.N.A. and its flying and non-flying associates andsubsidiaries. Mr. E. R. Knight, assistant manager, takes over the position of London manager. Three views illustrating operation of the new Short Bros, and Harland seat described above: (left) double chair in upright position; (centre) the seats can be folded against the cabin walls to provide freight capacity; (right) a small wheel adjusts outer arm.rests, enabling seat-width to be varied by up to Tin.
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