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596 FLIGHT Internationa!, 25 April 1963 On April II, less than nine year:, after the first flight of the Boeing 707 prototype on July IS, 1954, the Boeing Company's Transport Divi sion turned out the 1,000th airframe in the series. The number is made up of about 330 commercial jet liners of the 707-720-727 series and some 660 KC-135 tanker- transports and C-135 transports for the USAF. The 1,000th aircraft is a convertible passenger I cargo 707- 320C for PanAm AIR COMMERCE . . FOCUS ON THE WRONG AIRPORT THE Flight Safety Committee's bulletin Focus has often featured reports of pilots landing at the wrong airport. This embarrassing and potentially disastrous kind of incident was again highlighted in a recent bulletin by a pilot's account of how such a thing happened to him:— "We were cleared by Madrid control to CJ beacon at FL60, to be controlled by radar for identification, and we were given a course of 290° for radar positioning to runway 23. Distance to go was 29 miles. At FL60 we had ground contact in light rain. A further descent to 5,000ft was received with instructions to maintain a heading of 290°. When reaching 5,000ft we got a further descent to 4,000ft, 16 miles from field and heading 285°, and were asked to report the field in sight. Reaching 4,000ft we saw a runway at ten o'clock about eight miles away. The controller was advised, and we were cleared to the tower frequency, which in turn cleared us for an approach and landing on 23. The last heading received and a normal runway direction brought us in on base leg to the runway in sight. "Being over land with few ground lights, we had the landing lights on from 1,000ft, but when crossing the fence, tower asked us to show the landing lights. This was too late for an overshoot, and a landing was made on runway 23 at Torrejon. "During the whole approach, navaids were set on runway 33, because runway 23 has no aids. Our IAS below FL60 was 200kt, with normal reduction during approach. The surface wind was S-SW, up to 15kt." The airline concerned has since warned its pilots about mistakes such as this, pointing out that 8 n.m. is too great a distance to permit positive identification. Where no navigational aids are available for identification it is essential to retain radar guidance until positive identification can be made. There is normally no need to start a visual approach without help until 3 n.m. from touch-down. To do so in an area where confusing aerodromes exist is particularly unwise. All-turbine National National Airlines now have an all-turbine fleet of DC-8s and Electras with the sale of their ten DC-6s to the New York firm of aircraft brokers Frederick B. Ayer and Associates, for $2m cash. Ayer has already found new homes for five of the aircraft. Three will go to Mackey Airlines on a lease agreement to operate their recently awarded scheduled service between Jackson ville and Nassau. The other two are being leased to Aerovias Panama for their busy routes between Miami and Latin America. A DOZEN HERALD OPERATORS AFTER a slow start to sales, the Handley Page Herald order book now contains an impressive number of operators. Interest in the aircraft is still very strong amongst operators in the Far East and Africa. The recent Royal Malayan Air Force order for four series 400s, and the Philippine airline Cruz Airways's order for two series 200s are typical of the world wide interest in the Herald. For the record, the up-to-date and complete Herald order book is presented here:— HERALD ORDER BOOK Customer MoA (for BEA) Jersey Airlines (British United) Nordair Maritime Central Itavia British United Eastern Provincial Arkia Royal Arab Air Force Globe Air Crui Airways Royal Malayan Air Force No on order 3 Series 100 6 Series 200 2 Series 200 (option on 2) 2 Series 200 (option on 2) 2 Series 200 (option on 1) 1 Series 200 (executive version) 2 Series 200 2 Series 200 2 Series 200 (military version) 3 Series 200 (option on 1) 2 Series 200 4 Series 400 Delivery Date In service since April 1962 Four delivered: remaining two in June Delivered 1963 April 1963 Delivered Delivered Delivery postponed pending review of Israeli air transport policy First in January, second in April One in spring 1963, one mid-1963 First spring 1963, second autumn 1963 First in 1963 Total: 31 (13 delivered, 6 more on option) For their VCI0 fleet BOAC have chosen this economy-class seat made by Aircraft Furnishing Ltd out of nine alternative designs. The total contract is worth over £300,000. The seat embodies a new type of suspension which eliminates all rigid transverse structure at the rear of the chair to give more leg room for passengers seated behind
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