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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 0310.PDF
306 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION . . . CHANGES IN B.O.A.C. BRITANNIAS ORIGINALLY, B.O.A.C. were to have received 15 Bristol-built Britannia 102s, seven Belfast-built Britannia 302s (Proteus 755s, longer fuselage and other changes) and 11 Bristol-built Britannia 312s (with additional integral tanks in the outer wings and many other changes). It has now been decided todeliver only two 302s; the other five Belfast-built B.O.A.C. long- fuselage aircraft are to have bag tanks in the outer wings, bring-ing the fuel capacity substantially up to that of the 312, and will be designated 305. Although slightly less efficient than the 312 tankage the newarrangement will give the 305 very great range. Much of the wing structure for these machines is already built, and integraltanks could not have been included. B.O.A.C. will begin to receive their 302s in February next; the 305 deliveries will startin September, 1957, preceded by the first 312 in April, 1957. NEW OWNERS OF B.E.A.'s VIKINGS ALL of B.E.A.'s 47 Vikings, which have served the Corporation• since its formation in 1946, are now with new employers. These are as follows: Eagle Aircraft Services, Ltd., 19; AlfonsAmann (Germany), 6; First Air Trading Co., Ltd., 5; Argentine Aeronautical Mission in Europe, 4; B.K.S. Air Transport, Ltd.,2; Central African Airways Corp., 2; Misrair, 2; Karl Herfurtner (Germany), 2; Field Aircraft Services, Ltd., 2; B.O.A.C. (forKuwait National Airlines), 1; Hunting-Clan Air Transport, Ltd., 1; and Overseas Aviation, Ltd., 1. During their eight years with B.E.A., Vikings flew 65.5 millionaircraft miles and carried nearly three million passengers. The sale of the fleet of 47 aircraft was carried out by Mr. James J.Cuming, B.E.A.'s purchasing manager. ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS TPHE private discussions that have been taking place in London•• between Britain and America about route agreements between the scheduled airlines of the two countries have now been com-pleted. It seems unlikely that, at this early stage, many details will be given of the conclusions reached. The talks were a con- Representatives of El Al Israel Airlines and Canadian Pacific Airlines visited Filton recently to discuss Britannia progress. Both companies have signed contracts for the Britannia 310—El Al have three on order and Canadian Pacific four with an option on five more. Seen here are (standing) Mr. David Hurford of Bristol; Mr. James Rice, C.P.A. resident engineer at Bristol; Mr. R. Dunlop of Bristol; Mr. Jack Gillies, C.P.A.'s chief engineer; Mr. R. Adler, El Al; Mr. J. Yeadon, Bristol; and seated (left) Mr. Chaim Pearlman, El Al's chief engineer; Mr. Martin Sandier, El Al; Mr. Milton Lang, El Al; and Mr. T. W. Campbell, Bristol. (Left) Finnair's DC-3 "Haahka," at Rovaniemi, just north of the Arctic circle. A daily service links Helsinki and Rovaniemi by way of Oulu and Kemi. (Below) The new look of the Lockheed L.1649A Super Constellation is apparent from this new impression of the aircraft in the colours of L.A.I., who have recently ordered four. tinuation of those held in Washington last May, when there wasagreement about the sharing of rights for B.O.A.C.'s projected trans-polar route between Britain and the U.S.A., and on thatbetween New York and Nassau. It is presumably with B.O.A.C.'s proposed "globe-encircling"routes that the latest talks have been concerned; it will be recalled that tentative plans have been outlined for a B.O.A.C. trans-polarservice, using long-range Britannias, to Canada and on to Japan by way of the Aleutians. More recently has come the news thatC.A.B. have approved a B.O.A.C. proposal to operate into San Francisco, and the extension of this service across the Pacific,linking up with the already established B.O.A.C. routes to Australia and the Far East, is certain to have been one of the topics discussed. HERMES SABOTAGET HE destruction of Skyways' Hermes G-ALDW at Nicosia Air-port on March 4th was later found to have been caused by a time-bomb placed in the luggage compartment. The explosionoccurred 20 minutes before the aircraft was due to depart for the United Kingdom with 68 passengers, mostly Service personnel.The flight was one of twelve per month operated by Skyways between the United Kingdom and Cyprus under a Governmenttrooping contract. The company also operates through Nicosia to the Far East, together with Airwork. These services are beingre-routed via Beirut to avoid night stops in Cyprus, although ser- vices terminating there are continuing as usual. MESSAGE (TYPEWRITTEN) RECEIVED A B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser on a recent scheduled flight fromLondon to New York had on board a radio teleprinter which automatically recorded navigation and met. reports transmitted byradio stations in Britain and Newfoundland. The teleprinter typed the messages automatically, it being necessary for the crew onlyto change frequencies in mid-Atlantic. An installation of this kind is certain to be welcomed by airline crews; it is as yet experi-mental, and this one was carried out by B.O.A.C. on behalf of the -Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The makers of the equipment were Standard Telephones andCables, Ltd., and the engineering of the airborne insta'lation (which weighs only 40 lb) is described as "a major step forwardin aviation telecommunications." The teleprinter was a Creed unit specially developed for airborne use. It is understood thatMarconi also are working on a similar device. THE C.A.A. CONTROVERSY ^, last autumn, the U.S. Department of Commerce_ dis-missed Fred Lee. chief of the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion, certain sections of the U.S. transport industry angrily insistedthat the C.A.A. would do its job better freed from government control. A bi'l proposing such a move was introduced to theSenate by Oklahoma's A. S. ("Mike") Monroney, who is chairman of the Senate's Aviation Sub-committee. One of his most voci-ferous supporters was the president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots' Association, J. B. Hartranft, whose impassioned allegationsabout Commerce's interference were certainly quoteworthy, even if they did not reflect the sentiments of everyone in the U.S.operating industry. The Department of Commerce had, he said, made a "ridiculousbean-bag" out of the Administrator's office; pointing out that the last three administrators had averaged only 21 months in office,
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