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FLIGHT International, 17 January 196] Panair do Brasil Constellation Found The Panair do Brasil Constellation which crashed on December 14 in Brazil has been discovered near the tributary of the Amazon in Northern Brazil. All 43 passengers and the crew of seven were found dead. DC-8 Selling Well Trans-Canada Air Lines have placed a repeat order for a fifth DC-8F Jet Trader. Price quoted by Douglas, including equipment for conversion to all-passenger configuration, is about S7m with delivery in April 1964. Delivery of the first four DC-8Fs to TCA will be made in the next three months. Ralph Cohen to Join SAS Mr S. R. Cohen has resigned from the post of public relations officer of I ATA in order to join SAS in New York as assistant to the president of SAS Inc, Tore H. Nilbert. RAeS Airline Engineering Next Monday, January 21, is the date set for the all-day RAeS symposium on airline engineering at 4 Hamilton Place. Among the speakers are to be Mr M. B. Morgan. Ministry of Aviation; Mr R. C. Morgan, BEA; and Mr Charles Abell, BOAC. Coventry Airport has been nominated by BEA as its alternate for Birmingham, and by Aer Lingus as number one alternate for the Midlands. The first diversions took place last weekend. Plans to increase Coventry's runway from 5,300ft to 7,500ft, and eventually to 9,000ft, are under consideration by the city authorities. Lucking v. BEA Today, January 17, the Air Transport Licensing Board will hear the applications by BEA and eight independents (BKS. Cambrian, Dan-Air, Derby, Manx, Silver City, Starways, and Jersey Airlines) for UK domestic fare increases. Appearing as objectors to the BEA applications are Mr A. J. Lucking "and others," representing members of the public. Mackey v. BOAC-Cunard Mackey Airlines has petitioned the j CAB in respect of BOAC-Cunard's application for a foreign airline \ permit. Mackey contends that this application threatens to tri- j plicate competition, already "devastating," from Bahamas Airways and Cunard Eagle on Bahamas - Florida routes. Mackey demands an investigation of existing British UK rights to determine whether all or some should be revoked, cancelled or suspended. BOAC v. CAB A US district court has rejected a move by BOAC and five other foreign airlines (SAS, Sabena, KLM, Bahamas Airways and BWIA) to prevent the CAB from regulating the opera tions of foreign carriers. The CAB proposal, requiring airlines to submit details of schedules and origin-destination traffic statistics, was first raised two years ago (Flight, February 17, 1961, page 223). The judge left unanswered the question of whether such CAB action would violate US law and US bilateral agreements, questions which the President will have to consider. 76 AIR COM M ERCE . . . technical specialist in the particular topic; and these discussions often lead to items in Focus. The Committee's function is not to answer specific technical problems but to supply those who make decisions on safety matters with all the information available from accident experience. The co-operation and organization to achieve this aim is formidable, but good progress has been made during the last year. So far the strongest practical support has come from the airlines, to whom Flight Safety work obviously has the greatest value. However, growing support is now coming from the manufacturing side of the industry. BOAC's Break With Ghana Apart from the traffic pool agree ment between BOAC and Ghana Airways that was ended by BOAC last November, the division between the two airlines now appears to be nearly complete. British United Airways are now the general sales agents in the UK, and the Cunard Eagle maintenance facility at London Heathrow now handles major overhauls, turn-round checks, and tarmac technical services for Ghana Airways' Britan- nias. BOAC, however, still provide passenger-handling services at London. BEA Extends Comet Services Next summer more than half of BEA's 59 Continental destinations will be served by Comet 4Bs. On the short cross-Channel routes Comets will serve Amsterdam and Brussels in addition to the existing service to Paris. On the longer routes Comets will serve Venice, Naples, Stavanger and Ber gen, amongst others for the first time. Viscounts will also be replaced, by Vanguards, on the routes to Palma from London, Glas gow, and Manchester and on all services from London to Barce lona and Gibraltar. Viscounts will also be replaced, by Vanguards, on the routes to Palma from London, Glasgow, and Man chester, and on all services from London to Barcelona and Gibraltar. All Turbine Helicopter Airline Just before Christmas, New York Airways operated its last piston-powered helicopter service. The airline now has four Boeing Vertol 107s and will receive its fifth 107 shortly. Yeadon Gets its Loan Mr Julian Amery has said that the Ministry of Aviation is to recommend a Government loan for the extension of Yeadon Airport's main runway. The Leeds/Bradford airport committee have been seeking £600,000 to cover the scheme. A. A. Lombard for ARB The Air Registration Board announces the appointment of Mr A. A. Lombard, MiiwechE, FRAes, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr A. A. Rubbra, CBE. Mr Lombard, who is appointed as a representative of the aircraft constructors is director of engineering, Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine Division, and is a director of Rolls-Royce Ltd and of Napier Aero Engines Ltd.
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