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198 FLIGHT International, 8 August 1963 (J) Straight and Le ve I 0 " MT is, after all, only one man's view of g BO AC"—Mr Julian Amery, Minister of Aviation, on the Corbett report on BOAC. For the past year now Mr Amery has answered most MPs' questions on BOAC with the reply that it will have to await Mr Corbett's report. Mr Corbett was the City of London accountant to whom Mr Amery subcontracted the job of diagnosing BOAC's troubles. Then, when the report is written, the Minister says he cannot publish it because, among other things, "it is only one man's view of BOAC." As The Times says, nothing has happened to make Mr Corbett any less highly re garded than he was when he was loudly hymned a year ago. PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES! Sensational Straight and Level Contest A Thousand Prizes To Be Won! FIRST PRIZE: A visit to Flight International offices to see Straight and Level being written. Hundreds of other prizes, includ ing an inflatable plastic appeal commis sioner; a tape recording of the sound of grass growing under Blue Streak; and a bronze sculpture of a supersonic airliner's operating costs. This is what you have to do:— Read the following without falling asleep: It is interesting to note that, as we have been at pains to point out in these columns on many previous occasions, and as we know our diligent readers are well aware of, the impact of aviation on the world of aviation, has had a very big impact (see Straight and Level, February 31, 1963, page 218). Indeed, it is interesting to note that, we have come a long way since that first faltering flight at Kitty Hawk to the time when Man is now, as we have been at pains to point out on many previous occasions, taking his first faltering steps out of this World towards the stars. There are of course many problems but the super sonic airliner will come, of that there can be no doubt whatsoever. Here it is in teresting and pertinent to note that freight increased in the first quarter of the year by 22% to 816,910,321 ton-miles compared with 23% (659,208,991 ton-miles) in the previous year, while passenger-miles in creased 15 % to 732,468, compared with 14 % 708,231 passenger-miles in the last 25% of the year but one before that, while mail increased by 18% to 784,903,261 ton-miles compared with 16% (849,223,300 ton-miles) in the following month. Indeed as we have already noted (Straight and Level, August 7,1963, page 999), French air traffic controllers have gone on strike and the COMSAT meeting of ATSIOA is being held by the BSLAIGTI at ATRWF next week. We hope that by now we have written enough to fill up this space. Yes, it is in teresting to note that we have. Thank heavens for that. "And your flight captain is a man with millions of miles of flight experience." (See last item in col 2 below) • Extract from the recent book Air Transport and its Regulators by Professor Richard Caves, page 420:— "In an effort to stay the hand of fate Capital had earlier hired Lippincott and Margulies, a firm of corporate-identity specialists. They reported that the carrier had no corporate image and advised it to spell its name with capital letters . . ." I wonder how much capital Capital in vested in that capital suggestion? • "The safety standards laid down by the Ministry are the same for scheduled and non-scheduled operations."—extract from Ministry of Planes reply to question on UK air safety. Could not this gramophone record be played in future with orchestral accompani ment, or something to freshen it up a little ? They are the same, we know. The point is that ihey should be different. • "// is the implementation of modular, state-of-the-art design principle into a viable third-generation air defense ground environ ment system..."—From a US press release. If it were not for the fact that this par ticular system is said to contain "map con figurations and alphanumeric symbology" I would not have a clue as to what they are talking about. Perhaps I should configure my dubita- tions in the formation of an enletterment, correspondencewise. It might elicit an elucidation. • Alitalia have just issued a little publicity booklet entitled "Are You Kidding?", one of the most stunning pieces of airline publi city I have seen. My picture this week is taken from it. I hope to show you others in later edi tions of this stunning aviation column. • "How many revolutions of the earth did you say Bykovsky did?" "Can't remember off hand, but it was a lot of revolutions even for a Communist." • "The trouble with this good weather is that wherever you fly it can only get worse." "What are you worried about? You've got an instrument rating and an ankle- length raincoat, haven't you? That's all you need for flying in this country." • "Assembly of the first PC-9 is scheduled to start February 15, 1964, and it will be flown March 15 of the following year."— From a Douglas statement. I do get irritated with these manufac turers who are so vague about their schedules and target dates. After all, i they haven't got confidence in their own ability to meet targets, what potential customer will have? What time on March 15, 1965, Douglas? • I have often wondered what one might do or say if and when the balloon goes up. Now we have the answer. Mrs Richard Jeffries of Honeybottotn Lane, near Abingdon airfield, was "knocked for six" when a big parachute training balloon blew up recently. She said: "My budgerigar Mickey was knocked off his perch." ROGER BACO<
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