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FLIGHT International, 22 August 1963 273 One of the ways Douglas are getting over the problem of communications posed by the major subcontracting of DC-9 component design and assembly is by the use of Datafax facsimile transmission systems aug mented by direct telephone lines. The picture shows Mr J. C. Rrizendine, DC-9 programme manager at Douglas in Long Beach, California, and Mr W. Jackson, his counterpart at de Havilland Aircraft of Canada in Malton, Ontario, using the international data link. Clear reproductions of such data as engineering drawings and columns of figures can be transmitted instantaneously NOT ENOUGH EXITS? CONSCIENCES in the airline industry have always tended to be uneasy about the safety aspects of high-density seating. The president of United Air Lines, Mr W. A. Patterson, is on record as having asked: "»Do narrow aisles and sardine seating provide for reasonable and adequate vacation of jet aircraft in case of minor ground accidents ? In good conscience, just how many passengers can one squeeze into an aeroplane?" Now his airline has objected, on grounds of safety, to PAA's proposed thrift class jet services between California and Honolulu. In a complaint lodged with the CAB, UAL have urged the Board to "conduct, sponsor or support" the safety of 189-passenger jet flights in an inquiry into the safety of high-density seating aircraft in case of the need for emergency evacuation. United say that evacuation tests carried out by the FAA were not typical, since they involved the evacuation of able-bodied people, whereas a typical passenger mix in reality might include "disabled persons, elderly persons, the blind, small children, etc." The CAB is urged to carry out representative tests claiming that the PAA proposal (to which UAL object also on economic grounds) is a "dan gerous step" along a road, encouraged or tolerated by the CAB, of cramming more and more seats into aircraft. TMA's ACCIDENT RECORD RECENTLY a DC-4 of Trans-Mediterranean Airways caught fire in the airline's hangar at Beirut Airport, causing damage to the aircraft and injuries to three people. This was the latest in what appears to be a remarkably high number of accidents and incidents suffered by Trans-Mediterranean, a small Lebanese company which operates DC-6s and DC-4s. Since July 1959 eight aircraft have been either written off or substantially damaged, with the loss of ten crew members. The following record, which is not necessarily complete, includes all the reported serious accidents in the last four years:— Date July 5, 1959 May 27, I960 May 24, 1961 A Pril 6, 1962 J"'y 9, 1962 »Pt 13, 1962 )j n 21, 1963 Mar IS, 1963 Type York York York York DC-4 York DC-4 York Regn EP-ADE OD-ACD OD-ACO OD-ACN OD-AEC OD-ADA OD-ADO OD-ACZ Location Kuwait Mehrabab Azaiba Lahore Nr. Brindisi Azaiba II Azaiba II Nr. Teheran Crew Fatalities 6 4 Circumstances Written off Written off Written off Believed written off Written off Written off Substantially damaged Written off Used Airliners The August list of Aircraft Exchange contains a number of well sought-after used aircraft. At an asking price of around £420,000 are eight Viscount 810s, and two Britannia 302s "price negotiable." Four DC8 series 30s are offered at £ 1.8m. The ever popular DC-6B seems to be maintaining its price: the list contains a selection of 25 prices ranging up to £265,000. From Bin Cheng's Pen The Law Society Gazette is publishing in serial form an important paper by Dr Bin Cheng, "Carriage by Air from Warsaw to Guadalajara." Copies of the Gazette, the June issue of which contains Part 1, may be obtained by application to the journal's office at Law Societies Hall, Chancery Lane, London WC2 (CHA 1222). Ayr's Views on Abbotsinch In a letter to the Ayr County Council, the Minister of Aviation has repudiated the Council's charge that the agreement with Glasgow Corporation to share the cost of developing Abbotsinch is inconsistent with the 1961 White Paper on Civil Aerodromes. The White Paper grouped Glasgow with six other major provincial airports in the United Kingdom, the future development of which, it considered, would best be served under local ownership and management with the support of local resources. However, the White Paper made it quite clear that the Government would consider giving financial aid to airports in this group, particularly those serving major centres of population. In the letter to Ayr County Council, the Minister considered it reason able that, in the case of Glasgow, the taxpayer should share the balance of the capital cost because of the Corporation's other financial commitments and the special problems of the Scottish economy. This aircraft carrying vehicle has been proposed by Mr R. P. Gibbens of the Martin Company's Orlando Division as a means of cutting down the cost and easing the task of manaevring aircraft on the ground. It is envisaged that aircraft would taxi on and off the vehicle under their own power, and would be carried along by it at speeds of up to 20 m.p.h.
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