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124 FLIGHT International, 26 July 1962 Letters The Editor of "Flight International" is not necessarily in agreement with the views expressed by correspondents in these columns. Names and addresses of writers, not for publication in detail, must in all cases accompany letters. BOAC and Cunard Eagle SIR,—We read from the pages of Flight International that feeling towards BOAC in Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaica is not one of complete satisfaction (June 21, page 964) and that Cunard Eagle Airways have built up a fund of good will. During 1961, CEA carried 30,000 passengers between Florida and Nassau, compared with 18.000 by BOAC/ BAL. Also, with one daily Viscount, CEA carried nearly as many passengers between New York and Bermuda as BOAC with jets—26,000 and 32,000 respectively. It would be interesting to compare figures for the period when CEA operated its 707 on this route. I cannot quote figures for passengers carried between London and Bermuda and Bahamas, but since CEA started the 707 service I know their payload has been very good. In view of the facts that CEA have such a fund of good will and are organized to operate this route satisfactorily, would it not be sensible for BOAC-Cunard to lease 707s to CEA to operate the mid-Atlantic route as at present and for BOAC to continue to operate via New York, i.e., CEA to fly London/Bermuda/Nassau/Miami/Jamaica, and BOAC London/New York/Nassau/Lima, etc? Clonmel, Co Tipperary I. B. J. WILSON Tribute from the US SIR,—I wish to congratulate you and your staff for keeping me up to date on the overall aviation picture for the past six years. Also please give my special regard to the members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces for their fine performance in duties performed for the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. ROBERT F. SIMON New York, NY Member, US Armor Assn, VSAFResvr Keeping: the Right Way Up SIR,—We would like to offer our condolences to your correspondent Mr Yoxall on the embarrassing error in his Upavon report (Flight International, June 21). We refer of course to his failure to notice the modification to the Jet Provosts used in the CFS aerobatic team. This modification enables the pilots to fly inverted while keeping the aircraft the right way up, thus offering some sort of compromise between the aesthetic and the sensational. Mr Yoxall's error is the more regrettable since his use of the word "our" marks him out as a member of a previous CFS aerobatic team. However, it was probably a long time ago and we would like to offer him the opportunity of getting his hand back in. We look forward to his vising us in the near future. Enclosed is a photograph [reproduced herewith—Ed.] of one of the team members about to get airborne in a modified Jet Provost. Little Rissington, Gios A. J. R. DOYLE Team undersecretary) ["/. Y." comments: I did, in fact, notice it but felt shy about commenting on modern practices far beyond the comprehension of a square. Mistakenly, I was under the impression it had something to do with inverted take-off on the Hawker P.II27. The word 'our' does not mark me as a member of a previous CFS team, only as one who has been at their mercy on a number of occasions—some of which happened before the present aesthetic outfit were inverted on their mother's knees and dive-bombed with a powder puff—Ed.] Launching- a Lunar Satellite SIR,—After reading the article on ESRO*s future plans (Flight International, June 21), I offer the Government a much cheaper and much surer way of establishing a lunar satellite. The article states that ESRO proposes to launch a lunar satellite "somewhere in the later 60s." Surely it would be cheaper to ask the Americans to "boot it out of the door" of their Apollo whilst on their way to the first lunar landing ? Maidenhead, Berks j. WIELECHOWSKI Virtues of the DC-3 SIR,—Our friend the DC-3 is in for yet another hammering, this time from the Air Registration Board. There is no point in repeating the virtues of the DC-3, for anyone who reads Flight International knows that with out it commercial aviation would never have become ac cepted and established. Still there is no genuine replace ment in production or even on the drawing-board, and that is why there are more of the type in world service than all other airliners put together. Kill, or even maim, the DC-3 and feeder services must die. In the event of an emergency (which fortunately is rare), it can still be force-landed in the old-fashioned way and people can walk out alive—many have done so. If any investigation is needed into the safety of civil aviation it is a thorough search into the dangers of the large modern jet airliner—which, alas, has killed several hundred pas sengers in the last few weeks. Elstree, Herts D. F. OGILVV FORTHCOMING EVENTS Photographic evidence offered by the CFS "Red Pelicans" aerobatic team of their local modification to a Jet Provost (see "Keeping the Right Way Up"), letter from Fl Lt Doyle July July Aug Aug Aug Aug 26 2X I 6 X 11 Aug 11-Sept 3 Aug Aug Aug Aug Sept 15 16-18 15 26 3-9 Sept 15 RAeS Astronautics and Guided Flight Section: "Thiokol XLR-99 Rocket Engine for the X-15 Aircraft" by H. Davies. RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall: At Home. Kronfeld Club: "Gliders used in the invasion of Europe." Tiger Club: Display, Fair Oaks. Kronfeld Club: "Gliding Miscellany." HMS "Ariel" Lee-on-Solent: At Home. National Aeronautic Association: '6th World Parachute Championships: Orange, MSss. Kronfeld Club: Film Evening. Royal Aero Club: National Air Races, Coventry. Kronfeld Club: Film Evening. Waveney Flying Group: Fly-in, Seething. SB AC Flying Display and Exhibition, Farn- borough. RAF"At Home" Day.
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