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1959
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13 February 1959 lying the Ministry's policy towards operating procedures: theburden of noise must not be transferred from one community to another; as many people as possible must be relieved of thisburden, and no aircraft types were to be banned from any particu- lar airport. Mr. Hay then referred briefly to the operating restric-tions in force: a minimum height of l,OOOft when taking off over built-up areas, and a minimum glide-path of 3 deg on landing.Since mid-November his Ministry had been recording altitudes and noise levels for Boeing 707 and Comet take-offs and hadmonitored landing procedures through the use of radar. The M.T.C.A. had already placed various restrictions onground engine-testing. Earth banks were being erected at London Airport and at Gatwick to reduce the noise coming from main-tenance sheds, and airlines were now obliged to fit mufflers to engines being run on the ground. Mr. Hay assured the Housethat intensive research was already being carried out to reduce noise levels. He referred to the suppressors now fitted to theComet, and added that the by-pass and ducted fan engines would present less of a problem. (In a subsequent written-answer to aquestion raised by Mr. Hunter on the subject of smoke, Mr. Hay stated that his Ministry was not prepared to request PanAm torefrain from using water/methanol injection on take-off.) 235 J.A.L. AND THE ROTODYNE "NOTWITHSTANDING present doubts about B.E.A.'s-1-1 interest in the Rolls-Royce Tyne-powered version of the Rotodyne, Japan Air Lines last week made a positive statement oftheir intentions. According to a report in the Singapore Sunday newspaper Tiger Standard on February 1, Mr. Susumo Saito,J.A.L.'s general sales manager, said that his airline plans to intro- duce Rotodynes "to carry passengers from airport to city." J.A.L.intended, he said, to "experiment with the Rotodyne first in Tokyo, and if it proves successful we will extend this service toother places also." Mr. Saito was until recently J.A.L.'s district manager in Singapore. According to a report in the Daily Mail last week, the Treasuryhave been prepared to invest up to £4 million in the Rotodyne during the next three years, though this has presumably beenconditional upon B.E.A.'s intentions to order the aircraft. In a letter to the Daily Mail the chairman of B.E.A., LordDouglas of Kirtleside, has stated that a definite order for Roto- dynes cannot be placed by B.E.A. until it is known whether alarger version can be developed and whether the aircraft noise level will be acceptable. BREVITIES The I.A.T.A. fares conference is due to re-open in Paris on Monday, February 16. * * * American Airlines announce the appointment of Mr. F. C.Wiser as vice-president, operations. * * - *Swissair and S.A.S. are reported to be considering the opera- tion of services into Rotterdam. * * * Schiphol experienced 404 hours of fog last year. The equivalent figure for 1957 was 287 hours. * * * Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd. are due to inaugurate a once- weekly service between Bermuda, Baltimore and Washington next month. * * * Ansett-A.N.A. are opening a London branch in the nearfuture. Mr. A. C. H. Petherwick, their former manager in South Australia, has been appointed U.K. sales manager.* * I.A.C. have introduced a Janata (austerity) service at reducedfares between Calcutta and Agartala. If the public response is favourable this class of travel will be extended to other routes.* * * Ansett-A.N.A. have revealed plans for helicopter services in Melbourne. The proposed network would link the city centre with the airport and with outlying districts. Fares would be in line with existing taxi fares. Airwork Services Ltd. have moved from Gatwick to Hurn. * * * El Al will place Britannias on their Amsterdam service as fromMarch 28. * * *The Austrian Government have granted a loan amounting to 25m schillings (about £342,000) to Austrian Airlines.* * * A Caravelle is due to leave for Stockholm at the end of thismonth to participate in a two-month crew-training course for S.A.S. * * * A new airfield has been constructed in the Sibyl valley in NewGuinea to facilitate the progress of a Dutch scientific expedition into the Star mountains.* * * Pegasus Airlines now have a fleet of three Vikings based atLuton. The airline has applied to operate a scheduled service between Luton and Rotterdam.* * * American Airlines will pay Douglas $4im for converting ten oftheir DC-7Bs into all-cargo aircraft. Capacity of the DC-7B freighter has been given as 16| tons.* * * A new company—South Airlines—has been formed at Leedsto operate Heron services from Yeadon to Exeter and later to Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight.* * * Aero Contractors have applied to the Dutch Ministry ofTransport to operate regular helicopter services using Vertol 44s from Schiphol to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. * * * Last year Aer Lingus passenger traffic exceeded the half-million mark for the first time. The airline's four Viscount 700s will be taken out of service and sold as they become due for check 4s. * * Birmingham City Council have agreed to take over ElmdonAirport from the M.T.C.A. The Ministry are expected to pay for the full cost of providing technical services and for 60 per centof the £700,000 capital programme covering the next five years. * * *Sir George Edwards, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) manag- ing director, has expressed his belief that Continental will buymore Viscounts. Another prospective Viscount customer is Mr. Arthur Butler, whose request for importing six Caravelles hasbeen refused by the Australian Government. * * * An air services agreement between Yugoslavia and the U.K.was completed in London on February 3. B.E.A.'s once-weekly service to Belgrade will now no longer be operated under tem-porary rights. J.A.T. has received reciprocal rights to operate Belgrade - London via one or more intermediate points. A rare air-to-air shot of a night-landing by a Super Constellation using the "electronic flash approach system" (EFAS). This "beckoning" lighting has been used for some years at Newark Airport, N.J., and a system made by Sylvanio Electric Products of New York is now being installed at Chicago Midway
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