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1963 - 0274.PDF
260 FLIGHT International, 21 February l%$ (£) Straight and Level Q THE Ministry of Aviation has issued its first Civil Aviation Information Cir cular, No 9/1963, on pink paper. Henceforth, as you know, all Circulars on safety subjects will be pink 'uns. This one reads:— "Incidents have recently been reported of aircraft flying low between the cliff's and the lighthouse at Beachy Head . . . "Pilots are warned that a telephone cable runs from the top of the cliff to the lighthouse; and they are reminded of the provisions of Section 11 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1949. and of Rule 5(l)(e) of the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control Regulations. I960." "Hello, hello, is that the Eastbourne constabulary? Ah, this is Beachy Head lighthouse here. Look here, that blasted aeroplane is buzzing back and forth between the lighthouse and the cliffs again. Doesn't the pilot know the provisions of Section 11 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1949, and of Rule 5 brackets 1 brackets brackets e brackets of the Rules of the Air and . . . hello? hello? hello? . . ." • Two comments on BOAC-Cunard, from the highest independent-airline sources: Mr Clive Hunting, 1962 president of the British Independent Air Transport Association, speaking last November at the BIATA annual dinner:— "Whether this blend of public and private enterprise is likely to set a trend which will be worth repeating in other spheres of influence, I do not know, but it certainly seems to make sense on the routes affected. . ." And Mr Myles Wyatt, chairman of British United Airways, in his Brancker Memorial Lecture, February 1963:— "This has only been in operation for a short lime and no results are yet published, but As Lord Brabazon told IATA: "Few air lines give the impres sion of living in the red. Notice palatial offices on the most expensive sites in all capitals. Austerity has never been the hallmark of airline operators ..." Well, One Very Well Known British Airline (whose name, to improve the fun, I have had re moved from the board) has evidently taken note of Lord Brabazon's admoni tion whatever the outcome, it is a bold experimental partnership . . ." Do we take it, then, that the independents are in favour of their operations being taken over by the corporations ? • The other week 1 looked in my diary and saw, under Saturday, February 9, "Sun rises, 7.27." This, I thought, ought to be the day when the 727 first flies. And it was. • Moscow Radio's home service on the occasion of Aeroflot's 40th anniversary:— "The Soviet Tupolev passenger jet aircraft appeared two years before the . . . British Comet , . ." The Russians still don't lead the world in history scholarship. • Major Johnie Reeves of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has told a "Are You All Right?"—No \3 [P.S. I am assured that, in fact, everyone was] symposium at San Antonio Air Force Base. Texas, That the Titan uses fuels that can. if ingested by missile site workers, cause convulsions andgastro-intestinal disturbances. "Hey Joe, you feeling okay? You look real bad." "Yeah, 1 guess I got convulsions and gastro-intestinal disturbances." "Convulsions and gastro-intestinal dis turbances? Joe, you been drinking Titan fuel again?" "Yeah—is that bad ?" "Is that bad? You heard what the Major said, Joe. Why, that stuff doesn't even agree with Titan." TENSION If you aren't suffering from it already, take a long, hard look at this • From the personal column of The Times, February 11: "The Director of Accounts, Air Ministry, acknowledges receipt of £172 Conscience Money." • Re-reading Mr Clive Hunting's speech on the occasion referred to in col 1, I was reminded of something he said, something I meant to put in the column before:— "I was horrified to find at a recent Battle of Britain service that our national anthem is Hymn Number 707. Perhaps Sir George Edwards, with his well known powers of persuasion, might like to have a word with the Archbishop to see if he can have i altered to Hymn Number One-Eleven?" ROGER BACO^
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