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1956
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692 FLIGHT, 26 October 1956 An artist's impression of Bell's three-engined, 25-passenger turbine helicopter project, the D216. It will carry a maximum pay load of between 6fi00 Ib and 8,000 Ib at 120 m.p.h. An operating cost of •• 70 cents per seat mile is expected. CIVIL AVIATION ... NORTHEAST AND THE BRITANNIA A SPOKESMAN for Northeast Airlines, asked to comment onreports that the present investigation of the airline by the Civil Aeronautics Board might hold up the proposed Britanniapurchase, said that they were "absolutely incorrect." There had been "no change" in the company's plans to purchase Britannias.The C.A.B. is investigating whether Howard Hughes has gained control of Northeast in addition to the control he already has ofT.W.A. DITCH WITHOUT A HITCH AMESSAGE which reflects everyone's admiration for the "text-book ditching" of a PanAm Stratocruiser in the Pacific on October 16 has been sent to the C.A.A. by the Air League. Thetext of the cabled congratulations read: "Chairman and Council of Air League of the British Empire, a body- devoted to development commercial aviation, wish express their deep admiration of courage and high professional skill of captain of aircraft Sovereign of Skies and conduct of crew resulting in saving lives thirty- one passengers. This feat will rank high among great traditions of American merchant airmen. Request you convey this message Captain Ogg and crew of aircraft."The Stratocruiser had left Honolulu on an overnight flight to San Francisco when first one and then the other of its outboardengines failed. The pilot, Captain Richard Ogg, decided that the risk of trying to return to Honolulu was too great, so he headedfor the weather ship Pontchartrain. This he circled for three hours until dawn came, when he jettisoned fuel and, after two practiceruns, made a successful touchdown on the sea. Passengers and crew of the Stratocruiser got out of the aircraft into its four life-rafts and were then taken on board the Pontchartrain by the weather ship's lifeboats. BRISTOL'S NEW AIRPORT OUR issue of July 6 recorded the return to Bristol municipalauthorities of the airport at Whitchurch, which had been requisitioned for 17 yews. The usefulness of the airport as aWest Country terminal was expected to be short-lived, and a move has had to be made to Lulsgate Bottom, eight miles W.S.W. Thenew municipal airport is expected to be ready for opening on April 17 next year, despite building delays caused by bad weather.The use of Lulsgate as a diversionary alternate for London Airport is still under consideration. BREVITIES NEW ZEALAND National Airways Corporation may order tenFokker Friendships to replace some of its 28 DC-3s, accord- ing to Mr. Shand, Minister of Civil Aviation. * * * The President of Vietnam has just taken delivery of an Aero Commander 560A. * * *The Boeing 707s ordered by Qantas will be in service in mid- 1959 with "priority allocation" to the Pacific. * * *• The American magazine Flying reports that a "major airline" is contemplating fitting JATO to its entire fleet of DC-7Bs. * * * K.L.M. and Roumania have reached basic agreement about aproposed air service between Amsterdam and Bucharest. * * * Five Convair 340s have been ordered by C.A.A. for use as radioand navaid calibration vehicles. The chairman of Middle East Air- lines, Sheik Najib Alamuddin, has been visiting Lon- don for consulta- tion with Associated British Air Lines (Middle East), Ltd. He is seen here at London Airport with his wife. Mr. Byron F. Sherrill has been appointed assistant to Mr.Warren Lee Pierson, chairman of T.W.A. * * * K.L.M.'s DC-7Cs will each be christened after a famous sea—e.g. White Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, etc. * * * An average of 44,000 thunderstorms occur in the world everyday, according to the Flight Safety Foundation. * * * A rain-repellant compound is reported to have proved moresatisfactory than windscreen wipers on the the Boeing 707 during C.A.A. tests. * * * A Tu-104 arrived at Delhi on October 18 on its way to Rangoon.The flight was a proving operation for the forthcoming Olympic Games. A Tu-104 will fly the Russian team as far as Burma. * * * I.A.T.A. have moved their head office to more spacious quartersin University Street, Montreal. The new address is Terminal Centre Building, Montreal 3, Canada. * * * Sabena's profit in 1955 was the equivalent of £670,000. Theannual report indicates that the airline carried 16,000 passengers on its helicopter services during the year.* * * There was a drop in air freight traffic at U.K. airports of 16 percent during July in comparison with July 1955. * * * During the month of September a thousand tons of air freight,excluding vehicles, were flown across the English Channel by Silver City's Roadair service.* * * The United States federal airways system is valued by theC.A.A. at the equivalent of about £35m. Cost of operating, main- taining and amortizing is about £27m per year. * * * The Christopher Columbus Communications Prize (equivalentto about £3,000) has been awarded to I.C.A.O. The award is presented every four years by the City of Genoa, Columbus'birthplace. ••.•:.:...* .. .* • * • .-. --~' The latest count of total Viscount flying hours is 338,899.Highest utilization, which is being achieved by Butler, is 9 hr 8 min per aircraft per day. Capital comes second with eight hours.B.E.A., Aer Lingus and T.C.A. are just under eight hours. =».
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