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1963 - 0147.PDF
fLIGHTInternational, 135 14 January 1963 This photograph shows some of the eleven BOAC Britannia 102s now stored at Cambridge Airport pending sale. It is believed that a number of offers have been made for the aircraft but were refused since they came below the mini mum reserve price of £150,000 each. As reported on these pages last week, a Chinese delegation has recently been taken for a flight in one of the aircraft, but a BOAC spokesman says that so far no offer has been received THE MOST LIKELY ABNORMALITY PENDING a full report of the investigator's findings into the crash iast March of an American Airlines' Boeing 707 shortly after taking off from Idlewild, the Civil Aeronautics Board have announced details of the "most likely abnormality" to have caused the crash. The Board said that wires in the autopilot system leading to the rudder boost control mechanism had been damaged by the im proper use of tweezers in binding up, and they had found similarly damaged wires in the manuacturer's factory. Mr Nilo McCammon, general manager of the Eclipse-Pioneer Division of the Bendix Corporation, makers of the servo mecha nism, said in a statement that "the screw unit had passed 61 different inspections at the factory, had been inspected by Boeing before installation, and was subsequently overhauled and inspected regu larly. Both the sleeving, as it is called, and the wiring must be inspected, and if they are damaged in any way they must be re placed. In view of this, it is certain that the cut in the cover of this servo's wiring and any other damage, had it then existed, would have been noticed and corrected in the course of such overhaul inspection." The possibility that a small bolt might have dropped out of the automatic pilot control system, a theory put forward by the FAA ust June, was mentioned in the report. It conceded that this was one of several things that could have caused the crash. AIR TRAFFIC CENSUS NO 3 DURING the period from OOOlhr on February 4 to 2359hr on February 10 the Ministry of Aviation will carry out a third census of civil aircraft movements in UK airspace. All types of British and foreign civil aircraft will be included. The purpose of the census is to provide for the planning of future air traffic control services, a factual record of the quantity and nature of civil traffic flying in the UK flight information regions. The basic information required is a record of the position, height and type of activity of each aircraft. A recording of the de tails once in every hour will be sufficient and to enable this to be done special census cards have been printed designed for use in the cockpit. A set of cards has already been issued to the owner of each British aircraft with a request for them to be completed if his aircraft flies during the census week. The record is required to be made at 30min past each hour. Census cards will be distributed to foreign aircraft on their arrival in or departure from the UK. It is not possible to issue cards to foreign aircraft over-flying the UK but during the period of the survey pilots of such aircraft are requested to report position, height, origin and destination by R/T to the appropriate ATC centre in accordance with details given in Civil Aviation Informa tion Circular No 5 available from the Ministry of Aviation, 19-29 Woburn Place, London WC1, telephone Terminus 3366, extension ^27 or 4083. Jets for Syrian Airways Since the Syrian component of UAA became independent following the political rupture of 1961, Syrian Arab Airways has been shopping for jets. A delegation has been in the UK examining the Comet and the Trident at Hatfield, the BAC One-Eleven at Weybridge, and the Rolls-Royce Avon and Spey engines at Derby. The delegation has also been to Toulouse to inspect the Caravelle. A decision is expected shortly. El Al Resignation? Brig-Gen E. Ben-Arzi. managing director of El Al, is reported to have offered his resignation to the Israeli Government. The DC-4 G-APID which suffered an undercarriage collapse at Liverpool Airport on October 18 while on a flight to Liverpool from Gatwick was not operated by Starways Ltd as reported in our issue of November 1. The publishers regret having published, through no fault of their own, an inaccurate report concerning Starways Ltd, and apologize for any inconvenience caused to that company. Australian 727 Seating From Australia come reports that the Department of Civil Aviation has proposed a restriction of 109 seats in the Boeing 727s ordered by TAA and Ansett-ANA. The FAA permits a maximum of 114. The DCA is also reported to have suggested that seats should be rearward-facing. SAS Reduces Loss In the year ended September 30. 1962, accord ing to preliminary reports. SAS lost about £1.6m net. The net loss in the previous year was £6.2m. The improvement is attri buted partly to reorganization and rationalization which has included a reduction in employees of 1,900. BKS London - Newcastle Throughout the winter London - New castle frequency of BKS Avro 748 flights is 42, not much less than the 44 flights a week operated during the summer. From next June frequency will go up to 54 flights per week, a total of 3.000 seats. Last year 70,000 passengers were carried on the route, the fifth busiest in the UK. Crash at Sao Paulo On January 15 a Convair 240 of Cruzeiro do Sul crashed into houses in a suburb of Sao Paulo whilst on the approach to Congonhas Airport. Six people were killed out of the 40 passengers and five crew on board the Convair, and seven people on the ground lost their lives. The aircraft was performing the regular service between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and it is reported that at the time of the accident the aircraft was flying on one engine.
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