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FLIGHT, 1 July 1960 27 SUPER VC10 (continued from page 23) routes, but to all trunk services. It is for that reason that we, with BOAC, have developed and are still developing the VC10 family of rear-engined transports. The great advantages of rear-mounted engines to both passenger and operator are no longer seriously disputed, and these considerable competitive advantages will accrue to BOAC in 1963 with the VC10, and in 1965 with the Super VC10 . . . Traffic on the North Atlantic is growing rapidly under the impetus of economy fares and special payment terms. The capacity of the Super VC10 is a recognition of this fact and we are very pleased to be able to offer such an aircraft, which we are convinced will be the right vehicle for its time." THE TWO VCIOs COMPARED Powerplant Thrust ... Height Wing area (gross) Max take-off weight... Max landing weight ... Max zero fuel weight Max design payload ... Max no. of passengersMax fuel Cont. cruise speed ... Range Take-off Super VC10 4 R-R Conway RCo.42/2 Not available146ft 186ft39ft 6m 2.800 sq ft 347,000lb 241.0001b 219,0001b 58,0O0lb 212 18,750 Imp gal 575 m.p.h. See text See text VC10 4 R-R Conway RCo.42 4 x 20,2501b*140ft 158ft 10in 39ft Hin 2,800 sq ft 299,000lb 197,5001b 176,5001b 38,0001b 150 17,300 Imp gal 552-587 m.p.h.t Flight, 20.11.59, p. 621 Flight. 2011.59, p. 621 •Guaranteed minimum. t30,000-40,000ft at 240,000lb. ONCE AN HOUR TO PARIS , "THERE is an old transport rule-of-thumb which states that ideal •*• frequency of operation is reached when departures occur at intervals equivalent to the journey time. Although air transport frequencies only rarely reach this level outside the USA, they are doing so now on BEA's London - Paris service. Delay in getting the Vanguard into service (BEA are still plan- ning on the arbitrary date of October 1) has meant that from today, July 1, the number of flights planned to be operated with the Vanguard has had to be doubled; 30 Viscount flights daily are needed to carry the traffic and the average frequency of departure between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. will be about one an hour. The extra Viscount capacity needed for services on which Vanguards were scheduled has been obtained by acquiring addi- tional aircraft. Two Viscounts have been chartered from Fred Olsen Flyselskap A/S for use on the London - Paris service and a further two transferred to this route from other operations. One 701, for example, will be replaced by a chartered Dan-Air Elizabethan which will operate Channel Islands services. A result of the pressure on BEA's capacity is that no first-class accommodation is to be offered on the Paris service—it has been decided that it would be too difficult to convert all the Viscounts to a uniform first-class and tourist-class cabin layout. Nor will catering or bar services be available. A letter aimed at ameliorating the effect this may have on BEA's relations with its first-class passengers has been sent by Mr Anthony Milward, BEA's chief executive, to every prospective traveller. BREVITIES Butler Aviation of Chicago has purchased a Napier Eland Convair 540for delivery in September. It will be converted for executive transport use. The aircraft concerned is N340EL, the original Napier conversion. A central heliport is being built in Moscow from which services areto be operated to the three Moscow airports—Vnukovo, Bykovo and Sheremetievo. Sight-seeing facilities over Moscow may also be provided. BEA placed a third repeat order for D.H. Comet 4Bs last week. Onemore was purchased, for delivery this year, to bring the BEA Comet 4B fleet up to 10. The original order, for six aircraft, was placed inSeptember 1957. BOAC are to open a sales office in Madrid on July 14 and in Lisbonon August 1. Both cities are served by Comet 4s flying between London and South America—to Recife, Sao Paulo. Montevideo, Buenos Airesand Santiago. It is reported that the general manager of Turkish Air Lines, UlviYenal, has been dismissed as a consequence of the military coup d'etat. The Turkish Ministry of Transport is said to be investigating thepurchases made by Ulvi Yenal's department during his term of office. It is reported that VASP of Sao Paulo are likely to sign a contractfor seven Dart Heralds. A Handley Page spokesman said last week that airlines in Argentina as well as Brazil had stated their intention to buyat least 16 Heralds. It is possible that the Herald may be manufactured in Brazil. A DC-4 of Continental Air Transport is being overhauled by HongKong Engineering Co. A spokesman for the company says: "Airlines with flights to the Far East would find it well worthwhile to arrange foroverhauls to be done in Hong Kong. Local labour costs make overhauls in Hong Kong a thoroughly economic proposition." Slick Airways have now definitely ordered two Canadair CL-44s fordelivery in September and October 1961. They have also placed an option on another four aircraft for delivery in 1962. The value of theorder for' the first two aircraft and spare parts is more than $9 million of which a payment of $900,000 has already been made. Of this $100,000was paid over when the letter of intent was given to Canadair. Issued last month by the SBAC is a pamphlet Turbine TransportOrder Book. Corrected to June 2, it gives the number of Boeing 707s on order as 154, Boeing 720s 56, JT4-powered DC-8s 91, and Rolls-Royce Conway and JT3-powered DC-8s 56. The Society have also issued a list of the world's scheduled airline fleets for aircraft in serviceand on order. This is correct to May 24, 1960, and is arranged geo- graphically. Pan American has reduced its shareholding in Panair do Brasil from48 per cent to 38 per cent. With US foreign aid funds, PanAm has bought a 49 per cent interest in Aryana, the Afghan airline. US sources saythat of about £1.7 million US aid to Afghanistan, £1.1 million went into the airline. There is said to be a clause in the agreement whereby theUS Government can buy the Pan American share at the original price. This was the scene at Alitalia's base at Rome airport recently when Alitalia's first Caravelle was handed over by Sud-Aviation. She was baptized "Aldebaran" by Countess Caranbini. Alitalia are having four Thai Airways are offering two DC-4s priced from $150,000 to $250,000. The El Al order for two Boeing 707-420s (Rolls-Royce Conways) hasnow been confirmed. They are for delivery in May and June 1961, and an option has been taken on a third. According to the chairman, Lord Douglas, BEA are expecting tomake a profit in the current 1960-61 financial year, but it may not be as much as last year's estimated £2 million net. The latest figures available up to April 30 show a total of 2,680,000Viscount hours, and 1,715,809 landings. At that time 113 aircraft had each done more than 10,000hr, the highest being 14,236 logged byTAA's VH-TUE. The result of the four-year-old General Passenger Fare Investigationconducted by the CAB into the fare structure of the US airlines is that the Board has agreed to allow fares to be increased from today, July 1,by an average of about 5 per cent. This is expected to give the airlines an extra $84 million revenue per year. It is likely that Iberia's monopoly of Spanish domestic services willbe broken by a bill now going through the Spanish parliament whereby Aviaco will be able to operate internal routes. Iberia are expected toconcentrate on overseas routes, for which purposes DC-8s have been bought and de Havilland Comet 4Cs are reportedly being considered. According to a US source the United Air Lines' agreement with SudAviation for the purchase of 20 Caravelles involves the transfer of eight United DC-6s and seven United DC-7s to a special company jointlyowned by United and Sud. It is likely that Sferma, a Sud Aviation subsidiary, will convert some of these aircraft to all-cargo configurationin France. This arrangement is believed to be part of the Douglas-Sud Aviation technical agreement signed just before United purchased their20 Caravelles last March.
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