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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0510.PDF
526 FLIGHT WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. Yankee Golf was the first of B.E.A.'s IB-strong fleet of Viscount 806s which are still being delivered. Engines are Dart 520s. Air Navigation and Trading, Ltd., is engaged on charter servicesand flying training at its Blackpool and Middleton bases. Head Office: Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool. Executives: R. L.Whytham, chairman; G. C. Whytham, operations manager; T. J. Franks, chief pilot. Fleet: two Avro 19, four Anson, two Rapide, two Dragon,six Auster, four Tiger Moth, three Proctor. Airviews, Ltd. In addition to charter, pleasure and survey flights,this company operates scheduled services from Manchester to New- castle, to the Isle of Wight and to Newquay. Head Office: Ringway Airport, Manchester. Executives: J. B. Martin, B. M. Martin, directors. Fleet: one Dove, two Rapide, one Auster. Airways Union, Ltd. Charter flying is only one of many activities,this company also being engaged on component manufacture, aircraft B.O.A.C.'s DC-7Cs share the airline's North Atlantic traffic with Britannia 312s and Stratocruisers. The latter are to be progressively withdrawn before the end of the year. Pictured below at London Airport, aircraft of Britavia's Hermes division are based at Blackbushe. Air Charter have recently supplemented their Channel Air Bridge with coach-air services to Calais, Ostend and Rotterdam. Air Couriers (Transport) Ltd., operate general charter flights andPress and television flying. Head Office: Croydon Airport, Surrey. Executives: C. P. L. Gogsal,F. W. Griffith, directors; K. J. Kelly, chief engineer. Fleet: three Rapide, two Gemini, one Oxford. Air Kruisc—see British Aviation Services. repair, airport management, and running flying schools and clubs.Head Office: Weston-super-Mare Airport, Somerset. Executives: R. King-Farlow, chairman; S. J. Cox, secretary and general manager. Fleet:one Gemini, three Auster, four Tiger Moth, one Messenger. On order: two Chipmunk. Airwork, Ltd., founded almost 30 years ago, is the oldest independentBritish airline. Scheduled "Safari" services are operated in conjunc- tion with Hunting-Clan Air Transport to West, East and Central Africa,the Vikings used on these services since 1952 having recently been replaced with Viscounts. Airwork is also the main contractor in theGovernment trooping service to Singapore. A recently negotiated long-term charter involves regular Hermes services to West Africa onbehalf of the Gold Coast Chamber of Mines. Whitehall Securities, Blue Star Shipping and Furness Withy aremajor shareholders in Airwork. The airline, in turn, controls Transair, Ltd., and holds a substantial share in Air Charter, Ltd., Fison Airwork,Ltd., Straits Air Freight Express, Ltd. (New Zealand), and Commercial Air Services (South Africa). Head Office: 35 Piccadilly, London, W.I. Executives: M. D. Wyatt,chairman/managing director; R. Loudon Cumming, directory/secretary; Hon. W. K. Davison, general manager; L. R. Castlemaine, sales manager;G. E. Ford, operations manager; K. R. Sangster, traffic manager; L. A. Lafone, general manager technical; A. D. Page, aircraft sales manager.Fleet: four Hermes, five Viking, two Viscount, one Consul. On order: two Viscount 813. Aquila Airways—see British Aviation Services. Autair, Ltd., conduct all types of charter helicopter operations, theirexperience including service with Antarctic expeditions. Head Office: 75 Wigmore Street, London, W.I. Executives: W. H.Armstrong, managing director; Capt. L. R. Lord, chief pilot; T. Howie, chief engineer. Fleet: three S-51, one Bell 47G-2.
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