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371 Although the arrival at London Airport on March 15th of Mr. Georgi Malenkov, former Soviet Premier, was not as spectacular as that of Gen. I. Serov, the Soviet chief of security (see next page), it was nevertheless interesting to renew acquaintance with the 11-14. A new modification, not noted during a previous visit to this country, is the long stroke—possibly a structural stiff ener—along the top of the fuselage. BREVITIES A DISCUSSION of all aspects of air traffic control will take**• place at Southend on October 4th and 5th under the auspices of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers. The convention islikely to include a static exhibition, lectures and opportunities for discussion and the exchange of information. * * * Sabena is reported to be considering the purchase of FokkerFriendships for use on the company's routes in the Belgian Congo. * * * The M.T.C.A. have bought 16 Collins V.O.R. ground stations,eight for use in the United Kingdom, the others for installation in "various British colonies." * * * New B.E.A. appointments include Mr. Alfred A. Pigg to beManager, France, in succession to the late Colonel Carr; Mr. Geoffrey J. Shannon to be Manager, Switzerland (Mr. Pigg'sformer post); and Mr. Harry P. Lambe to be Manager, Turkey (Mr. Shannon's former post).* * * The official report of the accident to Cambrian Airways DoveG-AKSK in the New Forest on July 23rd, 1955, states that the port engine was mistakenly shut down instead of the starboardengine, which had developed a mechanical fault (a broken crank- shaft). The pilot, who was killed, was Capt. R. J. Carson. * • * A new international airport for Stockholm is being planned.Located at Jordbro, 14 miles south of the city, the project fore- shadows two parallel runways of 10,800ft, plus a supplementary6,500ft runway. Completion is scheduled for the end of 1959 at a cost of about £10m. * * * American Airlines will operate non-stop DC-7 flights between New York and Los Angeles, beginning May 20th, at thrice-daily frequency, which will, it is claimed, provide the fastest connecting service to the U.S. West Coast from Europe. The company will also offer, from April 9th, "the fastest and most direct" coast-to- coast cargo service with DC-6As. * * * When asked why K.L.M. had chosen the DC-8 and not theBoeing 707, the airline's president, Mr. I. A. Aler, is reported to have replied: "The ordering of the new jet airliners is 80 percent a question of trust, and because of a long connection with Douglas, K.L.M. decided to order the DC-8—though the Boeing will certainly be as good an aircraft." Delivery of either aircraft,he added, would depend on the engines: K.L.M. had ordered J75s and no British jet engines would be used. K.L.M.'s DC-8swould be written down in five years. * * * Mr. Tom Lucking has been appointed sales representative ofEagle's charter division. Mr. J. Green has been made operations planning officer for the company. * * * During a demonstration flight at Hamburg on March 19th in the course of Britannia G-ANBE's European tour, an airscrew hit a runway light during take-off. The aircraft interrupted its tour to return to London on three engines for a replacement. * * * Because of an anticipated heavy demand B.O.A.C.'s sixteenStratocruisers will be used exclusively for transatlantic flights this summer. The New York-Nassau-Jamaica service will be oper-ated by Viscounts of the Corporation's Caribbean associate, B.W.I.A. * * * Of the 17,813 aircraft owners in the U.S.A. who have failed toobtain airworthiness certificates since January 1st, 1953, 3,000— in response to a C.A.A. questionnaire—reported their aircraftdestroyed or retired; 2,500 were not known; and only 3,700 requested continued registration. The balance either failed toreply or are still being "processed." * * * ... -.; :;: The total fleet of turbine aircraft ordered by U.S. domestic air-lines will, says American Airline's president, Mr. C. R. Smith, "fall short of producing the total of service anticipated for 1961."He estimates that domestic airlines will need to produce 55,OOOm seat miles compared with 31,100m last year, and that about 70 percent of the 1961 traffic will be carried by the new transports, the remainder by existing aircraft. ,t , * * * •'• '•'"'•• 'v "•• At the annual dinner of the Institute of Transport at the Dor-chester Hotel, London, on March 16th, Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, recalled that he wasthe tenth Minister of Transport since the war, and added: "It is not a good thing not to have continuity of administration in acomplex industry such as transport." The president of the Insti- tute, Mr. Peter Masefield, was in the chair.
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