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1960
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FLIGHT, 12 February 1960 223 AIR COMMERCE . . . ILYUSHIN IL-18 EXPORTS THE East German Deutsche Lufthansa has signed an agree-I ment with the USSR whereby it will be "supplied with several Ilyushin II-18s." The first will be put into service from^pril 1 on the Berlin (Schoenefeld) - Moscow route and, as from May, from Berlin to Bucharest, Sophia and Tirana.The Communist Chinese airUne also now operates II-18s, and i? has been reported that CSA (Czechoslovak Airlines) areplanning to introduce the type. There have been no reports that the Polish airline LOT, which may still be in the market forComet 4s and Viscounts, is planning to introduce Il-l8s. But it is also reported that the Rumanian airline TAROM is to takedelivery of a number of these aircraft. Recent reports from Australia suggest that a Russian trademission has been offering Il-18s for sale at favourable terms. It appears that Russian sales efforts have been meeting withsuccess among the airlines in the Soviet sphere of influence- namely China, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Rumania,though not yet Poland. PANAM'S NOISE CONSCIOUSNESS TN a letter to die Daily Telegraph, the station operations*- manager of Pan American at London Airport, H. H. Elliott, refers to criticisms of the Boeing 707's noise. Specifically herefers to a report that members of the London Airport Consulta- tive Committee felt, after observing two take-offs, that the resultswere not typical because pilots had been told that their take-offs were being observed. He writes: "My company makes special efforts to reduce noise on everyBoeing 707 departure. Our pilots are carefully briefed prior to aU departures to remind them of the importance with which we viewnoise abatement efforts at London Airport, and to ensure that flight commanders make special efforts to hold noise levels to the absoluteminimum. "In addition, my company engage staff who are occupied solely withthe noise abatement programme, and whose main function is to com- municate with jet aircraft just prior to and during take-off, giving eachpilot a 'countdown' in order to ensure a reduction from take-off power to normal climb power before the aircraft passes over built up areas.We have found this procedure to be extremely effective, as noise level on the ground is related not only to the height of the aircraft abovethe ground but also to the thrust being developed by the engines when the aircraft passes overhead." BREVITIES An air services agreement between Afghanistan and Great Britain is being negotiated in Kabul. The Ministry of Aviation is represented by Graham Wilson. We record with regret the death of Gp Capt Walter William Deane, personal assistant to Eoin Mekie, chairman of Silver Gty Airways. He was 63. A record turn-round for a BOAC Comet is claimed by the traffic staff at Rangoon who recently achieved a time of 26 minutes compared with the normal transit time of 45 minutes. A prospect for Napier Eland-powered Convair 540s is a new Texanairline (yet to be named) which proposes to operate local services between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Indian Airlines have contracted with Fokker for the purchase of five Friendships for delivery in 1961. The agreement was signed on January 22. Pakistan International are to operate Boeing 707 services betweenLondon and Karachi from March. The aircraft will be leased from PanAm and the service will be operated at an initial frequency of oneper week, rising to a three a week by October. Evidence of Orion Airways' interest in the Avro 748 is containedin an application to the AT AC by the airline to operate this type and DC-3s between Shoreham and Beauvais from May 1, 1961. The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators announce the award ofMaster Air Pilot Certificates to Capt Andrew C. T. Evans of Britavia; Capt Bruce M. Taber of Trans-Australia Airlines; and Capt Donald A.Winch, assistant chief check and training captain of TAA. Legal action has been taken against the FAA by US Air Line Pilots': Association and by Capt Robert G. Chew, an Eastern Air Lines pilot, r The latter is asking for a ruling by the Court on the FAA administrator's| audiority to set a mandatory retirement age (60) for pilots. An order for five and an option on ten more Allison Super Convairshas been placed by Lake Central Airlines. The first should be delivered in the late summer and services will start 45 days later. Conversion willbe undertaken by PacAero. The order includes provision for the over- haul of engines and propellers by Allison on an exchange basis. West Africa, Equatorial Africa, South Africa, Central and East Africahave all been included in the Avro salej tour being made by K. Edgerton and M. Cooper-Slipper. The team is to go on to Abyssinia, the Sudanand Egypt before returning. Arrangements have been made for the 748 to do tropical and high-altitude trials in Africa in about a year's time. As a routine procedure the CAB are to appoint a "human factors team"to study each fatal aircraft accident. They will attempt to determine whether any physical disability of the human mechanism may havebeen a contributory cause, and by studying human aspects attempt to reconstruct the events which led to the mishap. An amendment to Annex 2 of ICAO's Standards and RecommendedPractices has been adopted prohibiting VFR flying at night in controlled air space without the specific permission of the appropriate authority.Though this practice is already illegal in many countries, it was apparently not universally prohibited. It is reported that the amendmentwas opposed by the US, Canada and Japan. Latest among the Asian airports for which improvements have beenproposed is Singapore. Recommendations made to the Government suggest a 2,000ft extension to the 8,000ft runway, improvements to theapproach lighting, new taxiways and aprons, radar installations and nydrant refuelling. A new control tower is to be completed before themiddle of the year and this should make the airport "the most advanced air traffic control centre in South East Asia." F'rst non-US carrier to open a hangar of its own in New York's great lalewild complex is Swissair, whose new building is depicted here. It "HI be used to service DC-8s after their introduction by Swissair in May Lufthansa 707 services from Frankfurt to New York will start on March 17 and daily non-stop flights on April 1. The first Boeing 707 services to be operated to New York by Air-Indiawill start on May 14 with three weekly round-trips. DC-7Cs chartered from Sabena have replaced El Al's DC-6Bs on theJohannesburg - Tel Aviv service and stops have been reduced to one at Leopoldville. This spring, on a date yet to be settied, BOAC will return to Cairo.Ground handling will be carried out by Karnak, the Egyptian travel and tourist organization, and the corporation intend to reopen an office inCairo. Concern is being expressed by the FAA's Bureau of Flight Standardsabout 707 take-offs through water or slush. It has issued memoranda to its inspectors to ensure that airlines write into their operations manualsprecautions against hazardous take-off conditions. A Lloyd Aereo Boliviano DC-4 on a flight between Cochabambaand La Paz on February 5 crashed shortly after taking off. There were no survivors among the 55 passengers and four crew. All LAB'sdomestic flights were subsequently cancelled and the airline's office closed for the day in mourning. Braniff are still considering conversion of their piston-enginedConvairs to turboprops. Charles A. Beard, Braniff's president, said recently that a replacement for the Convairs would be needed, but thatBoeing 727, Douglas DC-9 or Caravelle jets would be too large for his airline's shorter routes. All aircraft flying US jet routes may soon be required by the FAAto carry serviceable radar transponders. This would enable the maximum operating ceiling for civil jets to be increased from 35,000ft to 39,000ft.Clearance at the higher altitudes is being urged by operators of JT4- engined DC-8s and 707s. PacAero of Santa Monica have received FAA approval for an alterna-tive fuel system for DC-3s and Super DC-3s powered by all Wright R-1820 or C9 series engines. The corporation have modified certainBendix-Stromberg pressure-type carburettors to prevent icing or freezing of the impact tubes or the boost venturi. CAB approval has been obtained by American Airlines for the leasefrom United Aircraft of JT3C-7s for their Boeing 720s and JT3D-ls for their 72OBs. A subsidiary of United known as Amleas will lease onterms whereby American will pay hire charges to the value of the engines ($156,237 for the JT3C-7s and $196,827 for the JT3D-ls) in 28quarterly instalments, plus interest at 4| per cent on the unpaid balance. The annual rental charge will then drop to 5 per cent of the above values.American also has an option to buy the engines outright. International Aeradio have published a Handbook of Aircraft Data.It gives facts and figures about all civil aircraft of all nationalities used for transport, aerial work or business purposes, ranging from theRawdon T.l.S of 1,9001b all up weight to the Tu-114 which is quoted at 413,9171b, 344 variants in all. Parameters chosen are those consideredto be of most use to airport authorities, though it is anticipated thai many others will find the Handbook a convenient source of reference.It is obtainable, price 10s 6d, from International Aeradio Ltd, Hayes Road, Southall, Middlesex.
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