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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 0340.PDF
340 FLIGHT Alter a complete overhaul by Eagle Aircraft Services, Ltd., these two Vickers Viking IBs, formerly belonging to their fleet, have been sold to the newly formed company Transportes Aereos da India Portuguesa. The aircraft, G-AIVB (now CR-IAD) and G-AHPP (CR-IAC) were disposed of through W.S.Shackleton, Ltd. CIVIL AVIATION . . . TRIPLE-CENTURY VISCOUNT SALES AS recorded elsewhere in this issue (pages 322-324) Viscountsales have now reached the 300 mark. An announcement by the Persian Government in Teheran on March 12th statedthat three Viscounts (type unspecified) are being bought for mili- tary transport duties. Although not officially confirmed byVickers at the time this issue went to press, this order brings the total number of Viscounts sold to 301: they have been orderedat a rate of one every other day since the beginning of December. Appropriately, the 100th machine off the production line, thefifteenth 745 for Capital Airlines, was handed over to the cus- tomer a few days later. A tribute paid by Trans-Canada Air Lines to the performanceof its Viscounts appears in a news item on the previous page. B.E.A. CONTRACT WITH B.P. "pOR the next three years all of B.E.A.'s fuel requirements will•• be met by the British Petroleum Company. The contract, which was the result of a competitive tender, covers some 60 air-ports in the United Kingdom and abroad, and is stated to be valued at more than £8m. With effect from April 1st it calls forthe supply of some 400,000 tons of aviation fuel, the majority of it aviation kerosine. B.O.A.C. AND B.E.A. MAKE THEIR OWN WAYI T was known last January that the Government were to reviewthe Exchequer's power to make grants to the Corporations, in view of the fact that both are now operating at a profit. (B.O.A.C.have received no grant since 1951; a grant of £lm was made to B.E.A. during the financial year ended March 31st 1955). It wasconsidered possible (Flight, January 6th) that legislation would be introduced to maintain the Exchequer's power—due to lapseat the end of this month—to make grants in an emergency. That this is not considered necessary is evident from the Civil AviationEstimates, published on March 13th, in which no provision is made for the making of further grants. The new Estimates showa net decrease of £1,085,010. BREVITIES THE entire K.L.M. fleet of 14 Convair 340s has been broughtup to Convair 440 Metropolitan standard. The modifications, carried out during the past few months, include improved sound-proofing and increased power (P. and W. R-2800 CB17 engines). K.L.M. have also converted four Lockheed 1049E Super Constel-lations to Super-G standard. * * * In view of the political situation, B.E.A. services to Athens weretemporarily discontinued last week on the advice of the Foreign Office. * * * The first Viscount for the Venezuelan airline L.A.V. was re-cently delivered to Caracas. Two more aircraft will be delivered shortly. * * * Washington Radio reported on March 8th that Lufthansa hasdecided to buy four Boeing 707s. The German airline has already stated its intention to buy either the DC-8 or the 707. * * * The Soviet Government is stated to be interested in the S.E.Caravelle and to be considering sending a delegation to France to study the possible application of the aircraft to Aeroflot's routes.* * * The anniversary of the first flight from England to SouthAfrica in 1920 was commemorated by the unveiling of a memorial by Sir Miles Thomas at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg on March 20th. The two pilots of the pioneer flight, Sir Pierre van Ryneveld and Sir Quintin Brand, were present at the ceremony. * * * The composition of United Airlines DC-8 fleet will be fifteenaircraft with J57s and fifteen with J75s. * * * The I.A.T.A. European Traffic Conference, originally scheduled for September, has been put forward to May 29th. The venue has not yet been announced. * * * .••"" • ..-• .-•• Plans are being considered by the M.T.C.A. for a new loungeat London Airport, to be used by the Royal Family and by State visitors. .,.-.. i :••-•••:..•*•••••.-.* * . -••• The summer schedules announced by B.O.A.C. include 27 re- turn flights per week on the Stratocruiser Atlantic services—18 to the U.S.A., seven to Canada, and two to the Caribbean. * * * The DC-8 will be fitted with an integrated flight instrument system developed by the Kollsman Instrument Corporation of New York. '"•"•* * * •;•:•"" The ban on overtime by B.E.A. and B.O.A.C. engineers, whose pay claim for a 15 per cent increase was recently rejected, con- tinued last week. Up to March 16th no serious dislocation of services had been experienced. * * * On April 18th B.W.I.A. will open a twice-weekly Viscountservice from New York to Nassau and on to Jamaica. From November, the start of the winter holiday season, frequencies be-tween New York and Nassau will be stepped up to one service a day. This "Flight" photograph, taken recently at Nice, shows the progress made with the fine new airport buildings there.
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