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810 FLIGHT, 10 June. l9fiQ AIR COMMERCE . . . week was introduced at the Hagerstown factory, and production rate is down to one aircraft per month. According to John Foley (Democrat representative for Maryland) Fairchild is "in a very tough way." He has been urging the Defense Appropriations Sub- Committee to reverse the USAF's decision not to buy the F-27: the F-27, he says, does two-and-a-half times the work of the C-47 at only 39 per cent of the ton-mile cost. Meanwhile Fairchild are offering new versions of the F-27 for military application in the hope that the USAF will, in fact, reverse its decision. These projects are: — t M-258G This appears to be the military designation of the com-mercial F-27B Freightship, of the type delivered to Northern Con- solidated. It has a heavier floor and enlarged forward door. Powerplant:Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.8. M-258H This is the same as the above but with claimed STOLcapability conferred by double-slotted flaps and variable-incidence tail- plane. Powerplant: Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.8.M-2S8J This is the "H" with STOL capability, but unpressurized and with rear loading. Powerplant: Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.8.M-2S8K This is essentially the "J," but powered by GE T64-8 turboprops. There is a glimmer of hope for a further substantial commercial order for the Fairchild Friendship: Eastern Air Lines were re- ported in April to be discussing a possible order for about 30 of the F-27E (RDa.10 project) version. Footnote: Fokker now use the designations Series 100 and Series 200to distinguish, respectively, the RDa.6 Dart and RDa.7 powered versions of the Friendship. According to Fairchild usage F-27 and F-27A connotethe same difference. MOSCOW CHANGES AIRPORTS TN a surprise Notam from the USSR Aeronautical Information *• Service, it was announced that Sheremetievo is to replac-r Vnukovo as the Soviet capital's international airport as frotu June 1. This was the date on which the Notam was actual]-? received by the Ministry of Aviation AIS, though the Russian statement was dated May 18. Vnukovo may be used as an alterna- nate, but Kubinka, the existing alternate, is now closed. Sheremetievo is located about 17 miles NNW of Moscow. The;e is one runway, 07/25,11,480ft by 260ft (3,500m by 80m), equipped with ILS and full approach threshold and runway lighting. Approach to Sheremetievo shall be conducted at flight levels assigned by control, and deviations are "strongly prohibited." The Russian authorities have supplied, in their customary way, full information describing the facilities and flight rules. FAREWELL AIRCO "CINCE the three member companies of Aircraft Manufactur- ^ ing Co Ltd now find themselves members of separate groups," a DH statement explains, "they are discussing arrange- ments whereby the D.H.I21 project will in due course be fully undertaken by the de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd. Hunting Air- craft and Fairey Aviation have agreed to co-operate to the extent necessary to ensure the planned programme." This ends speculation about the future of Airco, whose mem- bers now have divided loyalties in the reshaped industry. The company was formed in January 1958, with DH having a 67i per cent share, Hunting 22^ per cent, and Fairey 10 per cent. BREVITIES Almost 50,000 flying hours had been completed by Douglas DC-8s by the second anniversary of the first flight on May 30. PanAm's new £4 million, four-acre terminal building at I die wildAirport was opened on June 2. Derby Aviation have had approved by the ATAC a normal scheduledservice between Cardiff/Bristol and Palma. It will operate between April and October each year until 1966. A statement made in Basle last month by a director of Balair says thatno indications of mechanical failure have been found which would account for the accident to the airline's DC-4 in the Sudan on May 15. Last Friday was the day on which BOAC re-opened services toAmman, Jordan, after a break of nearly four years. The outbound service leaves London on Fridays, calling at Rome, and the return ser-vice leaves Amman on Sundays. Air Ceylon's proposed service to Canton is threatened by Chineserefusal to disclose air navigation information about Chinese territory. The Chinese say that this is because they fear that the information couldbe used by Air Ceylon's operating partner KLM for military purposes. BEA Comet 4B services to Oslo started on June 1 but because ofnoise objections Garderrnoen Airport—25 miles from the city—and not Fornebu was used. Permission to use the latter airport may be given in1962 when a new runway is completed. It is reported that Boeing estimate that the 727 should fly in September1962. The design has apparently been offered to Qantas, TAA, Ansett- ANA and TEA for delivery in 1963; previous quoted delivery date wasmid-1964. A new air transport company formed in Paraguay is Corporation,Paraguaya de Transportes Aereos SA. The principal shareholder is a US concern, the International Products Corporation. The airline is tooperate a freight service between Asuncion, Montevideo, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires and internal services in Paraguay. Jet Aircraft Flight Planning Data, Civil Air Publication 159, is nowon sale through HMSO price 3s 6d. It contains flight-planning data sheets for typical jet aircraft with explanations and examples on theiruse. As from October 1 this year it will be required reading for flight planning examinations for the senior commercial pilots', airline trans-port pilots' and flight navigators' licences. Schiphol's new runway 06/24 came into service on June 1. It is10,660ft long, 150ft wide, and can withstand a single isolated wheel load of 160,0001b. It is reported that the independent airline Air Condor, an associateof Shortcut Aviation Ltd, is likely to lease two Viscount 700s from next January. The company owns a Bristol Wayfarer, leases a BristolFreighter, and is about to take delivery of a Viking. Another operator to convert surplus piston-engined airliners to all-freight configuration is JAL. The Japanese carrier has asked Douglas to convert two of its four DC-7Cs to DC-7F standard, for operation betweenTokyo and San Francisco at twice-weekly frequency from February 1961. No-passport, 24- or 48-hour trips to Paris are available on the Sky-ways coach/air service which operates daily from Lympne Airport and at weekends from London. Day return flights are restricted to groupsof not less than 15 passengers "because of operational limitations." Aer Lingus inaugurated a direct service between London and Shannonon May 30. The return flight will connect with incoming transatlantic services on six days a week and the service from London will connectwith flights from Shannon to New York and Boston. The 17-day mid- week excursion fare is £16 10s. BOAC's Boeing 707 service to Montreal was inaugurated on June 1.Just before the aircraft landed at Montreal it was noticed that a wind- screen had cracked and passengers were transferred. This is the secondrecent report of this particular fault (see "When Pressure Failure Threatens," Flight, April 15, 1960). Jet noise was the object of a meeting of leading European airportofficials in Paris recently. The following airports were represented: Amsterdam, Basle, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Geneva, Lisbon,London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Zurich. The Association of German Commercial Airports was represented, and the Port of NewYork Authority attended. (See note on page 807.) As we go to press it is announced that the CAB has refused a BOACapplication to operate eight charter nights for British lawyers across the Atlantic this summer (see page 808). Reasons given are that:—(1) theparticipants would be drawn from associated bodies of the British legal profession whose combined membership exceeds 19,900 and may includefamily members; (2) passengers could choose from any of eight de- partures and eight return nights. These air-starting apron vehicles are Atlas Copco Air Partners, seen here in use on a Sabena 707 at Ringway and a TCA DC-8 at London
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