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>--• 170 CIVIL AVIATION . . . FLIGHT, 27 July 1956 was in everyone else's mind. "I have sat in conferences when thenumber of votes that have been taken on different alternatives have run into scores, and it was interesting to find each man's mindgradually coming closer to the other man's with varying degrees of reluctance until, finally, a proposition stood forth which no onewould vote against, from which some would abstain, but which attracted the maximum number of adherents. This teamworkled finally to a unanimous recommendation to governments." CONTROL CONVENTION THE Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers are to hold a conven-tion at Southend-on-Sea on October 4 and 5, with the object of bringing together representatives of all those who make use ofA.T.C., as well as the equipment operators and manufacturers. Lectures will be given on "The pilot's aspect of air traffic control"and "The future of military air traffic control in the United King- dom" by senior civil airline and R.A.F. officers, and the Guild'stechnical committee will state their recommendations for improv- ing A.T.C. in the United Kingdom.The Guild are anxious to obtain a representative attendance, and interested persons or organizations should ask the Clerk ofthe Guild for full details. Sufficient time will be devoted to questions, which will be answered by A.T.C. and industry repre-sentatives, and should make the conference a valuable clearing house for fresh thoughts on this important subject. •-.-• BEALL AND END-ALL THE fortieth anniversary this month of the Boeing AirplaneCompany was the occasion for a little reminiscing and satellite- gazing by the senior vice-president, Mr. Wellwood E. Beall. "Thenext 40 years will see an old saying disproved," he predicts. "Some things that go up will not cone down—at least, not to earth."Commenting that the future of civil aviation was arriving so fast In our "Airliners" issue (July 6) we commented upon the appearance of an East German jet-liner project with two large podded engines. This "Flight" drawing shows a later version with four engines. It reported that at least one prototype is being built.is that his inclination was to duck, Mr. Beall added: "I think that Ican see clearly what to expect by 1975. Beyond that are only vapour trails." That anniversaries are no time for worried doubts we are quitesure, and Boeing, with orders for over a hundred 707s beneath their belts, are as competent as anyone to look to the next course—infifteen years' time. "We can foresee," they say, "a 200-passenger jet transport with a maximum speed of 1,500 m.p.h. at 50,00Oftelevation. It will fly from Seattle to New York in 1 hr 45 min, and from New York to Paris in 2 hr 25 min." By 1975 it will, weagree, be quite unthinkable to take much longer—except, perhaps, from terminal to town. . BREVITIES R. G. H. FREEMAN, chairman and managing director ofTransair, has been elected chairman of the British Indepen- dent Air Transport Association, a post relinquished by SirArchibald Hope on his recent appointment to the board of D. Napier and Son, Ltd. Captain T. W. Morton has been elected vice-chairman of B.I.A.T.A. * • * Qantas are reported to have said that they may announce a DC-8 or 707 order within the next few months. , w- * * * •--..».• The Indian Government are negotiating for the purchase of six Ilyushin 14s. * * * Air France have opened a freight handling unit at London Airport Central. * * * B.O.A.C.'s general sales manager, Mr. Gilbert Lee, has strengthened his sales organization by the appointment of feur regional sales managers at head office in London. * * * Britannia G-ANBH, which has been in Entebbe carrying out a"confirmatory" series of engine de-icing tests, will probably fly on to India for trials in monsoon conditions. G-ALBO is beingre-engined with Orions, and the first 300 is due to fly next week. Bristol hope to show both aircraft at Farnborough.* * * Qantas has just completed a successful Super Constellationproving flight into Kai Tak, Hong Kong, in anticipation of a service early next year from Sydney via Darwin and Manila. * * i Mr, Max Keller, previously assistant relations manager atZurich, will succeed Mr. A. Kuhn as sales manager of Swissair in U.K. and Ireland as from August 1. * * * Although Sir Harold Whirtingham has retired from the post ofdirector of medical services to B.O.A.C. he will continue in a part-time consultative capacity as medical adviser. Dr. K. G.Bergin has been appointed medical superintendent, Air Services, and Dr. A. S. R. Peffers as superintendent U.K. Medical Services. * * * West Hartlepool (Greatham) civil airport serving the Teessidehas been reopened with a full aerodrome licence for day and night operations with V.H.F. R/T and homing facilities. Considerableimprovements have been made to the grass landing area, which has marked runways; the longest run is 3,800ft. It is reportedthat £42,500 is expected to be spent between now and 1961. A heliport is now being constructed on top of an eight-story Warsaw building. Two more will be completed within five years, and similar heliports will be built in all major Polish cities. * * * A Dutch mission has reopened negotiations in Washington toextend K.L.M.'s Atlantic routes to California and Texas. The Dutch are said to be protesting about U.S. discrimination againstK.L.M. in granting permission to other European airlines to fly to cities in the U.S. interior. * * * S.A.S. has increased its trans-polar flights Los Angeles-Copen- hagen to one per day. The airline has denied that it is behind plans for the building of a civil airport at Spitzbergen. * * * Mr. William Lear, of Lear, Inc., who recently flew his Cessnato Moscow, reported that the control tower was using only four frequencies and was unable to speak much English. Russianswho looked over his aircraft "could not believe" that it had 800 frequencies, or that Western airlines regularly used up to 360. Mr. Peter Masefield (right), now managing director of Bristol Aircraft, had his first business association with his former colleagues on July 20 when he handed over a Bristol 173 to Lord Douglas (left), chairman of B.E.A., and Mr. Anthony Milward, chief executive. The first twin- engined helicopter ever to be taken over by an airline, the 173 was flown from Bristol to B.E.A. headquarters at Ruislip. "Flight" photo
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