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1962
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FLIGHT International, 9 August 1962 191 The first pressurized version of the Super Brous- sard, the MH. 262, is due to fly before the end of the year. It is being built by Nord at Chatillon TRANS-EUROPEAN'S TROUBLES A RECEIVER has been appointed to handle the affairs of Trans- European Airways, the Gatwick-based Constellation operator (three L.049s) which started operations with Rapides in May 1959. It is understood that operations will continue under the com pany^ E licence, which at the moment is not thought to be in jeopardy. Two other independents, BKS and Tradair, have suc cessfully continued to operate in receivership. Trans-European were the subject of an article in Flight International for February 22, pages 276-77. — AND WORLD WIDE'S TROUBLES SO far the Air Transport Licensing Board has only once had to exercise the extreme sanction of revoking an operator's licences, this being in respect of Air Safaris. A few other operators, for example North-South, are believed to have asked for their licences to be revoked in anticipation of Board action, which involves the giving of 21 days' notice to the operator. Now, in a recent issue of its Notices, the Board proposes to revoke the E licence held by World Wide Aviation Ltd. Having given the operator concerned the requisite 21 days' notice, it is now open to anyone to make an objection or representation. It is understood that World Wide had previously asked for the licence to be suspended temporarily pending reorganization and recapital ization. The regulations do not require the ATLB to publish its reasons for revoking a licence, which it has done in this case under Section 3(2) of the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act. But reference to this part of the Act suggests that the Board is no longer satisfied as to the financial resources of the operator concerned. World Wide began operations in December 1960 with two leased DC-4s based at Gatwick. The company has not operated since last January, and the DC-4s have been disposed of (one, it is believed, to Starways). World Wide's Air Operator's Certificate was volun tarily returned to the Ministry of Aviation last month. The com pany's managing director, Capt W. J. Bright, hopes to be able to resume operations in due course, though he has no firm plans at the present time. Pittsburgh has a new floating heliport, the first of its kind in the USA, Moored neor the northern bank of the Monongahela River, it was in augurated on July 27 with an S-55 flight CUNARD AIR APPOINTMENT MR HARRY SNELLING, chief executive of Cunard Eagle in the western hemisphere, has been appointed deputy general manager in the United States for the Cunard Steam-Ship Co. He will be responsible for matters concerning air transport. It is significant that Mr Snelling, who under Mr Harold Bamberg has been responsible for all the airline's Boeing and Viscount operations on the mid-Atlantic route and Bermuda - New York and Bahamas - Miami, is not given a place in BOAC-Cunard Ltd. But Mr Snelling's appointment to advise Cunatd Steam-Ship will greatly strengthen the shipping company's ability to evaluate the returns on its 30 per cent air transport interest in BOAC-Cunard. GETTING THE RIGHT PILOTS AS foreshadowed in the Ministry of Aviation's white paper on air safety, an advisory committee on the training and education of airline pilots has been formed. The Minister, Mr Julian Amery, gave the terms of reference in the Commons on July 30 as "to enquire into (a) recruitment and selection of professional pilots for civil aviation, and (b) facilities and standards for their flying training and education; and to make recommendations." The Minister announced that the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, president of the British Air Line Pilots Association, had agreed to be chairman of the committee. This will be comprised of the follow ing: Mr J. Brosgall, training adviser to Unilever Ltd; Mr S. T. Broad, county education officer for Hertfordshire; and Mr A. M. A. Majendie, deputy general manager of the Aviation Division, S. Smith & Son. Mr Majendie was from 1951-54 Comet flight manager with BOAC before he joined Smiths. He played a leading part in the develop ment of the corporation's early jet operations. He has also served as the pilots' representative on the ARB. Airwork Appointments Mr A. G. Green and Mr J. N. Woolley. directors of Bristow Helicopters Ltd, have been appointed to the board of Airwork International, of which Bristow is a subsidiary. Westpoint Car Ferries Westpoint Aviation Ltd of Exeter Airport have applied to the ATLB for an A licence to operate a vehicle- ferry service between Exeter and Cherbourg with Bristol 170 air craft at a twice-daily frequency. Royal Nepal DC-3 Lost A DC-3 of Royal Nepal Airlines with 12 passengers on board, including, it is believed, the Nepalese Ambassador to India, was missing on a scheduled flight from Khatmandu to Delhi on August 1. Near Miss over Missouri Two jet airliners with a total of 189 occupants experienced a near miss over Kansas City on August 1. It is reported that the airliners (not identified as this issue went to press) missed one another by 300ft. Lufthansa and Nairobi According to reports from Kenya, West German Government development assistance of £3£m for Kenya and £4m for Tanganyika may be reviewed if Lufthansa is not given traffic rights in Nairobi. TEAL's Jet Plans Sir Leonard Isitt, chairman of New Zealand's airline TEAL, estimates that by 1965 TEAL could be flying to North America, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia. The big jets with which TEAL plans to replace its Electras in 1965 will cost of the order of £10-12m, Sir Leonard has estimated.
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