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1957
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FLIGHT, 12 July 1957 57 IVIL AVIATION THE FILIPINOS STEP OUT SINCE 1954, when Philippine Air Lines abandoned long-haulinternational services, the airline has concentrated on opera- tions within the Republic and to Hong Kong. Now the companyis on a sounder financial footing, limited overseas services are soon [to be resumed, and the second Viscount to be delivered willinaugurate in October a new service between Manila and Tokyo with a stop at Okinawa. Development of domestic services, particularly over the mostinaccessible type of jungle, has resulted also in the need for an aircraft to supplement the DC-3s, Otters and Hiller helicoptersoperated at present. An order has, we learn, been placed for five Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers for short-haul work in twin-I engined safety over this difficult country. Partly because there is common equipment in the Otters, and partly because of long operating experience with them and the cheapness of spares, Prattand Whitney 1340 Wasp engines will be installed. I At Scottish Aviation, installation of one P. and W. engine hasI already begun and certification of the new engine-airframe com- i bination is expected to start in about three months' time. The Wasp engine is larger and heavier than the standard Alvisi Leonides, and slightly larger cowlings and new mountings are I therefore required. But the increased power (600 h.p.) gives ! improved performance in spite of an additional 1,000 lb in gross I weight, and P.A.L. will equip their Twin Pioneers with 20 seats ! instead of 16.Deliveries of the Wasp-Twin Pioneers to P.A.L. are expected to begin on July 1, 1958, and will continue at the rate of one amonth thereafter. An Alvis-engined aircraft will be delivered in December this year so that the airline can obtain experience ofthe type, but replacement engines to standardize the fleet will be sent out later.The Ansor Corporation (the name is derived from Andres Soriano, President of P.A.L.) are to become agents for the sale ofPratt-and-Whitney-engined Twin Pioneers. They have fifty such engines on the shelf at the moment and they are, in fact, payingfor the development of the installation. Recorded elsewhere in these pages is news of P.A.L's intention to purchase two FokkerFriendships, for delivery at the end of next year. The airline say also that they soon hope to be able to place an order for Boeing 707sor DC-8s to "break the Pacific wide open." ELANDS FOR BRAZIL? FOLLOWING earlier reports that the Brazilian companyR.E.A.L. had decided to re-engine its fleet of Convair 340s and 440s with Napier Eland turboprops come reports that Cruzeiro doSul have made a similar decision. The U.S. journal Aviation Daily states that the Brazilian airline has applied to the Bank ofBrazil for permission to purchase 12 engine conversion-kits for its SAN , FRANCISCO • DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT The president of S.A.S., Mr. Henning Throne-Hoist (centre), signs a contract with Sud-Aviation for six Caravelles. This event, a momentous occasion for the French concern, took place in Paris on June 28. On the right is M. Georges Hereil, president of Sud-Aviation. Convair 340s and 440s (the present fleet consists of four 340s withfour 440s on order; Cruzeiro are also seeking to buy four more 440s).Next month a new Convair 440 ordered by Napier will, it is understood, be delivered to the Pacific Aeromotive EngineeringCo. of Santa Monica, to be re-engined with Elands. The Napier company's existing Eland-powered Convair 340 is due to fly fromthis country to California in the autumn for its C.A.A. certification programme. U.S. ROUTE-TALKS DEADLOCK ~\f ERY little official information has been forthcoming about the* delicate route-discussions which have now been going on for a year or more between Britain and the U.S.A. Not even the usualcommunique ("full and frank discussions ... a wide measure of agreement") was issued after the most recent talks in London.These discussions, it appears, ended in deadlock—though they were apparently amicable enough, each side appreciating the other'spoint of view. B.O.A.C., it is known, want trans-Pacific rights from San Fran-cisco to Australasia (Flight, May 3), to give the Corporation the highly prized round-the-world route which Qantas will soon enjoy.The Americans want T.W.A. to be able to link Frankfurt (the only point to which T.W.A. may operate from London) with Zurich.At first sight this may appear a small enough request and one which has nothing to do with this country. But the closing of thisgap (a move already approved by the governments concerned) would be of meagre value to T.W.A. unlessthe airline had fifth-freedom rights to haul transatlantic traffic out of London to pointson its network in Europe and the East. It needs but a glance at T.W.A.'s routes toappreciate the effect such rights might have on B.E.A.'s continental traffic andB.O.A.C.'s eastern traffic. It has been said, incidentally, that it wassolely due to the gap between Frankfurt and Zurich that T.W.A. made a loss oninternational operations last year. (The airline incurred a loss in its domesticoperations as well.) The Americans also seek traffic rights inHong Kong for Northwest, in exchange for an unknown route concession in the FarEast. Northwest already operate to Hong Kong from Formosa, but only undercharter to Hong Kong Airways, who intend to operate this service themselves withViscounts. Traffic rights in Hong Kong for Northwest would, the British feel,permit the Americans to command a great deal of B.O.A.C.'s potential Far Eastern The Caravelle's recent 69-day sales-tour of the Americas was probably the most ambitious ever undertaken with an airliner. This map shows the itinerary, dots indicating the demon- stration flights. Throughout the tour the Caravelle and its Rolls-Royce Avon RA.29s "behaved perfectly." "•' //•-
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