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-LIGHT, 7 December 1961 891 shuffling led Mr Ansett to send a letter to Mr Heffron which he hadpublished as a full page advertisement in the Sydney press—accord- ing to reports, before Mr Heffron had actually seen the letterThis set out Ansett's case—that the reallocation of routes was unfair, and that he intended to obtain a restraint by legal proceed-ings. If this did not prove successful, Mr Ansett stated his intention, an the day that licences were transferred from Airlines of NSWto East-West, to begin operating Ansett-ANA services into Grafton, Tamworth, Armidale and Inverell, and later to Casino and CoffsHarbour, by making those centres stopping places on its interstate services. The fares would be the same as those now in force onAirlines of NSW routes, or considerably less than those on East- West routes, thus subjecting the latter to severe competition. Ansett-ANA does not at present operate into any of the aboveplaces, which are currently served by East-West, although Airlines of NSW serves Casino and Coffs Harbour (which are not servedby East-West). So, not surprisingly, Mr Heffron's reaction to the Ansett letter was that as the head of a sovereign state he was notintimidated by ''threats, bounce or bluster." Mr Menzies, Austra- lia's Prime Minister, tried to get Mr Heffron to postpone any actionuntil after the Federal election, but this the NSW Cabinet were in no mood to do. Airlines of NSW has now issued a High Courtwrit against the NSW Government, the Commonwealth Govern- ment and the Australian Director-General of Civil Aviation (MrD. G. Anderson, CBE). NEW BOEING 727 DETAILS T^URTHER. details of the 727's systems have been released by r Boeing, supplementing the description in Flight's Commercial Aircraft number of November 23. The thrust reversers of the JT8D-1 turbofans are covered inflight by doors which form a continuation of the engine cowling. These doors, mechanically linked to the inner clamshell doors whichclose behind the engine to deflect the jet stream forward, open and serve as additional jet deflectors when reverse thrust is applied;this is directed above and below the pod-mounted engines and to each side of the centre engine. Flying controls are fully power boosted, with the dual ruddersegments each operated by a separate power system. Inboard ailerons are used at high speeds and outboard ailerons operate inconjunction with them at low speeds. Outboard wing spoilers can be used differentially in banking or together in descents; theinboard spoilers operate as "lift dumpers" only after landing. With slats outboard and leading edge flaps inboard, and triple-slotted flaps, the 727 will, claims Boeing, take off in only 4,500 to 5,000ft at a gross weight of about 140,0001b. Other 727 designdetails include nosewheel braking, a retractable tail skid and an overhead cabin air conditioning system augmenting the side-wallsystem of present Boeing jet airliners. ;ed by Boeing is this illustration of the 727, the first to provide any technical detail. A note above records other new items of information about the design \r radar scanner •d-retracting nose gear; leels with brakes d passenger-door (plug I stairs (telescoping under jpboard -section, containing bag- nks irflap ear (dual wheels, inward ing) g-edge slats Icontrol tab eed (outboard) aileron kes and spoilers seed (inboard) aileron d air-brakes ' JT8D Turbofan (14,0001b reverser with cov duct for centre engine : engine eparately powered rudder 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Centre-engine air inlet Tourist section (six abreast) Triple-slotted, high-life trail ing- edge flaps Double-unit mid-cabin galley First-class section (four abreast) Lavatory (one forward, two aft) Aft integral passenger stairs 31 Windows (three-pane plastic at 20in centres) Fait-safe fuselage structure Flight deck Life-raft stowage Leading-edge (also engine in- takes) anti-iced by engine bleed air Retractable tail-skid Fuel dump chute Overhead air distribution system (side-wall system not shown) >r control tab passenger door (inward
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