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1959
1959 - 0889.PDF
446 AIR COMMERCE . . . FLIGHT Lett, newly appointed managing director of Pakistan International is A. Cdre. Malik Nur Khan, a senior P.A.F. officer with a "distinguished experience of flying, command and staff duties" Right, scene at the 14th I.F.A.LP.A. annual meeting, held this year at Hel- sinki, from March 10-17. Addressing the pilots is Mr. Clarence Sayen (U.S.A.), president of the Association BREVITIES A Ghana Airways Stratocruiser lost a propeller 25 minutesafter take-off from Accra on March 18. The aircraft turned back and the engine is reported to have caught fire after the airlinerlanded. There were no casualties. * * * The publicity manager of Aer Lingus, Mr. G. C. Draper, is tojoin Central African Airways on June 1 as traffic and sales manager. He will work closely with Mr. Max Stuaft-Shaw,formerly assistant general manager of Aer Lingus and now general manager of C.A.A. * * * Earlier reports that the East German BB.152 jet airliner hadcrashed on March 4 (see Flight last week and p. 426 of this issue) were some time later confirmed by the East German government.The crew of four were killed in the course of a test flight near Dresden in bad weather; no other details are available.* * * Bristol are reported to be discussing with "big freight airlines inAmerica" a new cargo version of the Britannia with a tail ramp large enough for the loading of vehicles. It is suggested thatM.A.T.S., whose future in relation to the civil airlines is at present under Senate investigation, might purchase a number which could be not less than 50. * * * The Bulgarian Government has admitted before the Inter-national Court of Justice that its anti-aircraft artillery acted with "undue haste" in shooting down an El Al Constellation onJuly 27, 1955. The 51 passengers and crew of seven were killed. The French lawyer representing Bulgaria, Professor Pierre Cot,said that compensation would be paid. * * * In the opening stages of the public inquiry into the IndependentAir Travel Viking accident last September, the Solicitor-General, Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, submitted that the aircraft was over-loaded at take-off; that there was a possibility that aircrew flight- time limitations had been exceeded; and that neither of the twomen who did maintenance work on the engine prior to the flight was licensed, these matters being in breach of regulations. * * * Capt. M. Kozubski, managing director of Independent AirTravel, which is at present involved in a public inquiry into the Viking crash at Southall (see above), has sold his majorityshareholding in the company. He proposes to form another independent company, to be known as Falcon Airways. Capt.Kozubski has said : "My departure from Independent has nothing whatsoever to do with the accident." American Airlines' Boeing 707 load factor for the first fiveweeks of operation was 96.2 per cent. * * * - ' • B.E.A.'s freight traffic last year increased by 18 per cent over that carried in 1957. Of the total 26,500 tons, 64.3 per cent was carried in the holds of scheduled aircraft on passenger services. * * * In future all reports of near-misses in America will be forwardedto a newly formed F.A.A. near-miss "clearing house." The new establishment is known as the Central Reporting Office, and it willbe devoted entirely to the speedy investigation of reports. * * * Swissair announced last week a proposed increase in sharecapital from 63 to 105m Swiss francs, to be made at the annual general meeting on April 9. Net profit in 1958 amounted to morethan Fr. 5.1m, and a dividend of 6 per cent—the same as in 1957— is to be recommended. * * * Alitalia's four Douglas DC-8s are due for delivery in February1960, and for service in April 1960. Previously the delivery date was given as summer 1960. J.A.L. announce that the first of theirfour DC-8s will be delivered in May 1960; the date previously announced was September 1960. * * * i .•"'.•.'' Los Angeles Airways have bought two 10-passenger S-62 heli-copters (G.E. T58 gas turbine). Delivery is to start early in 1960. The type has a F.A.A. airworthiness certificate. The airline isnegotiating to purchase the twin-engined S-61, a 25-passenger turbine helicopter expected to be available early in 1961. * * * According to evidence given at the recent inquest into the crashof Hunting-Clan Viscount G-ANRR in Surrey last December, certain parts of the elevator spring tab mechanism had beenincorrectly assembled during a major check. Verdicts of accidental death were returned on the five crew-members who lost their lives. * * * According to the latest issue of B.O.A.C. News, the Corpora-tion's associated companies are likely to make "very heavy" losses in the 1958-59 year. Those chiefly concerned may be MiddleEast Airlines, B.W.I.A., Kuwait Airways, and Bahamas Airways. B.O.A.C.'s total investments in associates is about £15m, of which£2|m is in shares, £5m in debentures and interest-bearing loans, and the balance representing aircraft and equipment supplied onhire or hire-purchase. -.-.. WESTLAND'S LONDON HELIPORT (Continued from page 440) heliport will undoubtedly assist the general development of thehelicopter for civil uses by providing a much needed operational facility. By this means factual evidence will be forthcoming toprove the case for the establishment of other heliports in London, and ofccourse in other cities. Withan overall cost in the region of £60,000, and a contem-plated life based on a lease agreement of seven years only, it is clear that no profit is to be expected. Running costs are likely tobe high, but despite this it is intended that the heliport shall as far as possible be made to operate on a commercially economicbasis. Revenue will be derived from landing and parking fees, the saleof fuel and so forth. Initially the scale of landing charges will be similar to that for an aerpplane at a Government-controlled air-port. This rate is based on an aircraft's gross certificated weight, and approximates to seven shillings for each 1,000 lb. Factualevidence as to what extent the heliport will generate helicopter traffic flow will obviously not become available until it is opened.Even so, it will take a few months to establish a utilization pattern, days and hours of highest frequency, and so on. There seems littledoubt that the existence of the heliport will stimulate the interest of business houses in helicopter use, and generate new charterand possibly scheduled operation activities. It is not until a site such as the Westland Heliport has becomea firm project that a true appreciation can be gained of the many problems of detail which have to be resolved or of the number ofpeople representing various interests who have to be drawn into consultation. Official hesitancy in readily agreeing to standards fora "first-off" project is not conducive to speedy decision. For such reasons it would have been an unusual achievementhad the planning and timing of the programme, and estimates of cost, strictly conformed to the originally determined pattern.Construction of the heliport will thus have taken 83 months up to the time for official opening towards the end of next month.
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