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FLIGHT, 2 March 1956 •-•'.'• ' V - CIVIL AVIATION ... which Federal aid is granted for the development of internationalairports with runway lengths up to 8,400ft.(with the local govern- ment paying about half the cost). On the subject of runwaybearing-strength Mr. Lowen pointed out that it meant nothing to say that a jet transport weighs, say, 280,000 lb: what did matterwas how that load was distributed. Idlewild, for example, would support a hypothetical single-wheel aircraft of 200,000 lb butwould take a dual tandem-wheel aircraft weighing 500,000 lb. On this basis many of the large U.S. airports already had adequatebearing strength, and where beefing up was needed it would be possible to install an overlay, which would be less costly thanlaying a new runway. On the topic of traffic control Mr. Lowen said that the primary purpose of new navaid facilities—for which$40m was called for in the President's budget message—would be to extend control above 24,000ft. "We would", he said, "moveour traffic control into the jet age immediately. The military . . . want such service, and we propose to give it to them, and by sodoing to perfect our methods for the day when civil jets will add their numbers to the upper strata traffic." BREVITIES TALKS in Dublin on the revision of the 1946 Anglo-Irish airagreement began on February 20th. Discussions are aimed at the drafting of a new agreement between B.E.A. and Aer Lingusabout the sharing of traffic, and, it is understood, the extent to which Aer Rianta will participate. 1 -•--••• ••• ': • ••"-:"•:/••:••;>'• 253 The "threatened traffic jams on the world airways" will, sayI.A.T.A., be a prominent item on the agenda of the ninth annual technical conference at San Remo, Italy, from May 7th to 19th. * * * DC-6B, F-BGOD, of the French airline T.A.I, crashed 15miles south east of Cairo on February 20th en route from Saigon. Of the 64 people on board 52 died; six of the crew, including thecaptain, survived. * * * York G-ANSY of Scottish Airlines, carrying 45 Service per-sonnel and a crew of five from Egypt to the United Kingdom, crashed after taking off from Luqa, Malta, on February 18th.The passengers and crew were killed. * * *PanAm are to employ as stewardesses 50 British subjects between the ages of 21 and 27 for the airline's North Atlantic and MiddleEast schedules. The girls will be based in New York City, flying up to 85 hours per month. Starting salary is £82 per month.* * * Final arrangements have been made for Pacific Western Airlinesof Vancouver to acquire Associated Airways of Edmonton. Last year the airline took over Queen Charlotte Airlines.* * * Mr. Geoffrey Gibbons, has been made the assistant traffic man-ager of British European Airways. * * * . The C.A.B. has now approved a temporary ten per cent increasein first-class transatlantic and trans-Pacific fares. This is a reversal of the board's refusal on February 2nd to approve increases agreedby I.A.T.A. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS SINCE the inception of the A.T.C. flying scholarship scheme in1950, over 1,500 cadets have received flying instruction up to P.P.L. standard. This was disclosed by Air Chief Marshal SirRonald Ivelaw-Chapman, speaking at the annual dinner of the Association of British Aero Clubs and Centres at the WaldorfHotel, London, on Friday, February 17th. Of those cadets, he said, over 600 had entered regular R.A.F. service, more than 230had served as National Service pilots and 120 were members of the Auxiliary and Reserve branches. At the dinner the health of the Association was proposed byMr. J. A. Boyd-Carpenter, M.P., Minister of Pensions and National Insurance and previously Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.Replying, Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas, M.P., a vice-president of the Association, repeated the criticism made in the A.B.A.C. report(reported in Flight of February 17th) concerning the arrangement whereby club landing-cards for use at certain State aerodromesare issued by the Royal Aero Club and not by the Association. An immediate objection to this reference was voiced by Mr.S. Kenneth Davies, chairman of the Royal Aero Club, who was present as a guest and who later left the dinner, apparently inprotest, during Mr. de Freitas' speech. The toast of the guests was proposed by W/C. R. J. B. Pearse,vice-chairman of the Association, and the reply was made by Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, Vice-Chief of theAir Staff. Sir Ronald referred to the recent change in emphasis in the flying-scholarship scheme; the Service's requirement, hesaid, was no longer for a large reserve of pilots; a high rate of recruiting must now be maintained, together with a higher stan-dard of selection. The annual target number of scholarships was 400; 350 had been awarded in 1954 out of more than 600 applica-tions, and 197 out of 450 applications in 1955. The Lennox-Boyd Efficiency Trophy for 1954 was next pre-sented by Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies and donor of the trophy, to Air Chief Marshal SirWilliam Elliot, who received it on behalf of the West London Aero Club. The final speaker at the dinner was Monsieur l'AbbeAmiard of the French Federation Nationale Aeronautique, who reported that his own home-built Jodel had made its first flightat Flers, and went on to urge all present to attend his club s rally there over the weekend of June 30th—July 1st. A NEW hill site near Cocking, on the South Downs, was usedfor the first time by members of the Lasham Gliding Centre on Sunday, February 19th, when a Tiger Moth tug and five sail-planes were flown there by a party under C.F.I. Derek Piggott. The site, which has been loaned by Lord Cowdray, consists of afield large enough for aero-towing and situated at the top of the During the first visit, Lt. Virginia Sweet, U.S.A.F., Bruce Sinclair and Ernie Smith completed their "Silver C five-hour duration legs, and reported experiencing thermals to 2,400ft and lift of 20ft/sec. It is hoped that a large number of five-hour nights will be completed from Cocking this year. Other news from Lasham is that the Surrey Gliding Club havenow bought the prototype Slingsby T.42 Eagle (which will be used for advanced training); and mat over 800 gliding-courseenquiries were received following the recent B.B.C. "Holiday Hour" piogramme featuring a visit to the aerodrome. AN appeal for funds for the Cambridge University Gliding Club• is being made in an endeavour to prevent the club from ceasing operations. The financial difficulties were outlinedby Dr. J.W.S. Pringle, F.R.S., president of the club, at the annual dinner in Cambridge on Saturday, February 18th. Other speakersat the dinner, which was attended by 64 members and guests, were A. Alexander, John Furlong and Hugo Trotter. The appealis for £4,000. The chairman of the appeal committee, Dr. Alice Roughton, said that £500 was required immediately if the club,whose membership is at present 120, was not to close by the end of the academic year. /CELEBRATION of the Midland Gliding Club's twenty-first^ birthday took place at a dinner in the Long Mynd clubhouse recently, at which Mr. Robert Neill, chairman, recalled theclub's pre-war history. During 1955, it was reported, 5,470 launches were made and 2,271 flying hours were logged. THE remission of import duty on light aircraft suitable fortraining purposes has been announced by the New Zealand Minister of Customs, Mr. D. J. Eyre. This decision, he said,was intended to give further help to aero clubs in the important work of training pilots. . RECENTLY reported by Warsaw Radio is the setting up ofan experimental gliding establishment in Bielsko, Poland, for the construction of new sailplanes and for gliding researchin preparation for Poland's participation in the 1956 World Gliding Championships at St. Yan. Three new versions of theJaskolka single-seater are planned, in addition to the Nietoperz (a tailless design); an all-metal machine; and one incorporatingthe extensive use of plastics. Experiments with jettisonable rockets for the launching of gliders, it is reported, are also beingmade. SEVEN competitors for the 1956 flying scholarships awardedby the Women's Junior Air Corps received trial flying lessons at Fair Oaks recently. The scholarships entitle thewinners to 25hr of free flying training, W.J.A.C. wings being awarded when P.P.L. requirements have been satisfied. Accord-ing to the official W.J.A.C announcement, one of the young ladies is "tall, dark and attractive, with curly hair"; one is "veryattractive, small and dark"; one is "fair and vivacious"; one is "dark and of medium height"; and one is "dark, attractive andvery intelligent" [our italics]. In addition, three northern en- trants, colouring unspecified, were to take trial lessons at New-castle.
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