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1959
1959 - 1544.PDF
29 May 1959 757 On the way home from its 18,500-mile tour the Handley Page Dart Herald stopped at Isfahan in central Iran. It arrived at Blackbushe, on schedule, on May 20, having visited 73 countries proposal. Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Air Agreement of1956, both the State Corporations and British independent airlines were authorized to operate services into the Irish Republic inreturn for concessions to Aer Lingus-Irish Air Lines granting them fifth-freedom rights at British airports, notably at Man-chester. In addition to B.E.A. participation on three Aer Lingus Dublin - U.K. routes, B.O.A.C. operate three North Atlanticnights weekly through Shannon, using Britannias, and B.K.S. and Silver City operate services into Dublin from Newcastle andBlackpool respectively. Now that the Valley/Mona operation has been decided in favour of Aer Lingus, Kildare Street may pos-sibly turn a more sympathetic ear towards the B.K.S. Yeadon/ Dublin application. There has been considerable comment in Irish aviation circleson the question raised by Mr. N. Pannell (Kirkdale) regarding the numbers of passengers originating in the United Kingdomwho travel by Aer Lingus services to the Continent. Aer Lingus has only one U.K. pick-up point for its services tothe Continent. This is Manchester, from where the Irish airline operates eight return flights weekly to the Continent. In poolwith British European Airways and K.L.M. they operate three return flights weekly to Amsterdam and, in pool with Sabena,two flights per week to Brussels (and onward to Frankfurt). In pool with B.E.A. they operate the Manchester - Diisseldorf sectorof the Dublin - Copenhagen route, and the Manchester - Zurich sector of the Dublin - Zurich route. On the other hand, B.E.A. operate up to two daily returnLondon - Dublin flights, up to five weekly return flights Birming- ham - Dublin, and, in pool with Aer Lingus and K.L.M., threereturn flights between Manchester and Dublin. In addition, B.K.S. Air Transport operate three return services weekly between New-castle and Dublin, and, in pool with Aer Lingus, Silver City Airways operate twice weekly between Blackpool and Dublin. BREVITIES B.O.A.C.'s first Boeing 707 was airborne for the first time from Renton municipal airport on May 22. . * * * A runway suitable for jet aircraft use is to be constructed atLa Aurora airport, Guatemala. * * * Average load-factor on T.W.A.'s Boeing 707s since they enteredservice on March 20 has been 95.9 per cent. All jet services remain heavily booked. * + *Eagle's application for V.L.F. services to Hong Kong with DC-6s has received approval in Hong Kong, conditional uponreview of the licence one and two years after the date of the issue. * * * On May 13 a DC-3 of Aerolineas Argentinas, en route from Buenos Aires to Bahia Blanca, crashed into the sea after taking-off from Mar del Plata. There were no survivors among the four crew and six passengers. * * * A DC-6 of Transportes Aereos Peruanas S.A., missing on aflight from Lima to Pucallpa on May 13, was spotted burnt-out in the jungle of north-east Peru two days later. There was littlehope that any of the 12 persons on board was still alive. * * * On May 1959 a Tu-114 flew 4,225 miles between Moscow andKhabarovsk on the Manchurian border at an average speed of 485 m.p.h. This is claimed as a world record, although the dis-tance was comfortably exceeded by a Britannia of El Al which flew 6,100 miles non-stop between New York and Tel Aviv onDecember 19, 1957. Moscow - Khabarovsk is to be a regular Aerofiot service. A telephone call from the Belgian Congo set into action this charter of Goodyear giant tyres. They were flown from Elmdon to Amsterdam by a Don Everall DC-3 and completed their journey by sea Decca 424 airfield control radar is to be installed at Madras Airport. * * * Mr. Joseph H. FitzGerald has been appointed executive vice-president and general manager of Ozark. * * *Icelandair carried 79,450 passengers in 1958—24,381 on inter- national routes—at a load factor of 59.5 per cent.* * * A new training centre for United Airlines' flying staff is being constructed at Denver, Colorado. * * * Kabul airport is to be constructed by Russian technicians undera contract with the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Works. * * * AiResearch gas turbine power units (to be installed in Volks-wagen vehicles) have been ordered by K.L.M. for starting their DC-8s. * * *The revised take-off weight, altitude and temperature limita- tions, expected for some time, are to be introduced on March 31next year. * * * During the interval between the expiry of Irish Airlines' con-tract with Seaboard and Western and delivery of their three Boeing 707s in 1960, the airline may charter two Britannias fortheir transatlantic services. * * * Ceylon is negotiating new traffic rights with Italy and with Scandinavia. Air Ceylon's rights through Rome are at present subject to review every six months and it is hoped to reach a permanent agreement. * * * The C.A.B. have overruled U.S. domestic carriers' objectionsto direct flights from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washing- ton, Chicago and Detroit to Tokyo, Manila and other points inthe Far East. PanAm will now press its case for these services. * * * To suggestions that T.E.A.L.'s monopoly on the trans-Tasmanroute should be brought to an end, Mr. Mathison, New Zealand's Minister of Civil Aviation, has stated that "this would sound thedeath knell of T.E.A.L." * * * B.O.A.C.'s interest in the National College of Air Trainingis under the care of Capt. T. H. Farnsworth (chief of flight opera- tions), Capt. W. B. Houston (training manager) and Mr. R. M.Forrest (solicitor). The two Corporations paid £340,000 for the A.S.T. airfield and buildings. * * * The Jean Lennox Bird Trophy has been awarded by the BritishWomen Pilots' Association to Mrs. Jackie Moggridge "in con- sideration of the fact that she was engaged as an airline pilotcarrying passengers in the employment of a commercial company. This was an achievement showing great skill, ability and per-sonality." (Mrs. Moggridge began flying executive aircraft for Lee Refrigeration Ltd. in September 1957.)
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