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286 FLIGHT, 31 August 1961 Straight and Level YOU know how airlines announcenew services and so forth byputting in very tiny print at the bottom of the advertisement "subject to government approval." Canadian Pacific Air Lines have announced that as from October 7 they will operate a direct service from Vancouver to London. Full details are given, about the type of aircraft (DC-8s and Britan- nias), days of departure, connections with other CPAL services, and so forth. In Ottawa the Canadian Minister of Transport, Mr Leon Balcer, confirms that CPAL is designated by the Canadian Government to operate the route. Neither the airline nor the Canadian Minister of Transport mentions that the necessary permission has not been forthcoming from the United Kingdom Government. So far as I can discover, the United Kingdom Government have no intention of granting such permis- sion. Perhaps the words "subject to govern- ment approval" were in such small print that I couldn't read them. Seriously, the Canadians gave BOAC Toronto last year: shouldn't we now give CPAL London? They have been asking for it for years and years and years, and Grant McConachie does buy British aeroplanes (so does Gordon McGregor). You know. Commonwealth spirit and all that. • Talking about Commonwealth spirit and all that, did you realize that no fewer than 12 Commonwealth airline operators have now bought the Friend- ship? The twelfth customer, announced last week, was East African Airways Corporation. And if rumours I hear that Nigeria Airways are about to order seven Friendships are true, they will be the thirteenth operator to import this Common Market product. Still, I am glad to say that Boeing, who are about to sell Vertol 107 heli- I'm feeling sick "There was I—nothing on the sock." [A faithful reproduction of an illustration of a Felixstowe F.2A flying-boat from the book Aerial Transport, by C. Holt Thomas, published in 1920. Original caption: "Aerial transport over the sea."] copters to BEA, describe the corporation in Boeing Magazine (in a caption to the V-107 flying over Westminster) as British Empire Airways—and, just to show that there is no mistake, they credit the photograph to British Empire Airways. • "A Boeing 707 turboprop airliner of Qantas flew the 7,000-mile San Francisco to Sydney flight in a record 13hr 44min."—Sunday Telegraph, August 20. "Jet Turns Back: American Super Constellation landed at Shannon early today after turning back because of faulty engine . . ."—Daily Mail, August 22. • Once again an agreement between the USA and the USSR for the opera- tion of reciprocal air services has been postponed because of international tension. This has happened twice before, I seem to recall. The two sides start to negotiate, reach the point of agreement, and then there is an international crisis and the dele- gates go home in a huff. Last time the huff was about the U-2 incident. Obviously, the surest way of avoiding internat- ional crises in the future would be for the Americans and the Russians to stop trying to negotiate an air agreement. • Flight staff member: "What shall 1 call this piece on the Gagarin film?" Flight colleague; "What about Star- rin' Gagarin?" "No, don't be silly, the Russians would write to us to say that we had omitted the g." "Well, he was weightless, wasn't he ?" • Britain's airline industry has asked Straight and Level to issue Ministry officials with AOCs—Administrators' Operating Certificates. In the same way that Air Operators" Certificates are intended to reassure the public of the airlines' competence, so these new AOCs will reassure the public of the competence of Ministry officials. Dr J. Nit will carry out the appropriate interviews shortly ROGER BACON Q/cruggs ,/ntvcraji The Directors of Scruggs Aircraft have pleasure in inviting to join them for cocktails, bed, breakfast, custard and chips in their underground sound-proofed, shower- proofed enclosure, P.I-20, for the duration of the SB AC Display, September 4-10, 1961. Dancing, swimming, golf, brochures, bingo, mock- ups, haircutting and bound volumes of Straight and Level available throughout the show. Nominal charges only. No charges to Ministry officials. Details of Scruggs products available by prior applica- tion only. R.S.V.P. DRESS: Corduroys and Wellington boots
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