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HJGHT International, 16 January 1964 87 IMA DC-4 LOST ? A TMA DC-4 missing on a flight from Beirut to Kabul via Kuwait on December 12 must now be presumed lost. The aircraft had a crew of three on board. If the aircraft crashed it will have been the ninth aircraft lost by this small Lebanese company since July 1959, with a total loss of 13 crew. During the last year a TMA DC-4 was damaged by fire in the hangar at Beirut, injuring three people; a York was written off near Teheran with the loss of four crew in March; and a DC-4 was substantially damaged near Azaiba in January last year. The TMA accident record was the subject of a note in Flight International for August 22, 1963, page 273. Air Couriers' Adria Contract Air Couriers at London Gatwick are overhauling a DC-6B of the Yugoslav airline Adria. Martins-Fairways Take-over Martins Air Charter have taken over the small Dutch company Fairways Rotterdam. TWA's Profit in the 12 months ending November 30 was £6.4m compared with a loss of £3.9m in the same period ending November 1962. BALPA Tech Sec Leaves Mr D. J. Coxhead, AFC ARAes, MIN, former test pilot and aeronautical engineer, recently left the British Air Line Pilots' Association, where he was technical secretary for two years, to return to industry. He has joined GEC. Airport Congestion Study A study made for the FAA with the co-operation of the US Air Transport Association finds that airport congestion is the principal cause of airline delays. The study was made by R. Dixon Speas Associates, Manhasset, NY. College of Air Training Appointment Dr Kenneth G. Bergin, BOAC's director, personnel and medical services, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Governors of the College of Air Training. PAA's Dozen C-Jets Pan American have ordered a twelfth Boeing 707-320C, for delivery in 1965. British Eagle Scottish Appointment Mr Ian Ritchie is appointed British Eagle's manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland. A Scot, he has represented TWA and also TCA in Scotland. More DC-8-50s for Delta Delta have ordered two more Douglas DC-8-5Os, for delivery before April 1965, to bring the DC-8 fleet up to 16 aircraft, of which ten have been delivered. One-Elevens for Hawaiian The order being negotiated between BAC and Hawaiian Airways calls for three One-Elevens, two for delivery in 1965 and a third in 1966. CAB approval of the pur- chase, since Hawaiian is a subsidized carrier, is required. Short-haul Airliner Market A $50,000 FAA contract to survey the potential US domestic and world markets for a new short-haul passenger-cargo aircraft (Flight International, October 24, 1963, page 684) has been awarded to Systems Analysis and Research Corporation of Washington. The final report is due by October 1. PAA-NYA Deal Reports of merger talks between PAA and NYA, the New York helicopter airline, are referred to in a recent Interavia Air Letter. Jets and Turbulence The November/December issue of Boeing Airliner contained an article discussing the effect of turbulence on jets and recommending higher turbulence/penetration speeds. £A15,000 for Lost Licence An Australian pilot, Capt J. W. Burgess of Qantas, has been awarded £A15,000 under a 1954 insurance policy with Lloyds of London. JAL Short-range Jet Order According to an announcement by the Japanese airline last week, "JAL will decide early in 1964 on the type of short-range jet aircraft which it will purchase to go into service on the main Japanese trunk routes from 1966 onwards." Jet Freighters for Qantas Qantas have signed a contract with Boeing for the delivery of three Boeing 707-320C mixed passenger/ cargo jets in 1965, two in April and one in September. These air- craft will supplement eleven 707-138Bs in service or on order. The C-Jets will provide the same passenger accommodation as the present Qantas 707s, plus cargo volume. Autair Refused Valencia The Air Transport Licensing Board have refused an application by Autair for an "air villa service" to Valencia to be operated on behalf of Mediterranean Villas Ltd, who hire out accommodation in the area. The Board say that BUA, who carried the bulk of those hiring the accommodation in 1963, had already been licensed for the 1964 season on the strength of a repetition of the demand. Coupled with BEA's plan to increase capacity on the Valencia route substantially in 1964, the Board did not feel there was any need or demand for the extra service proposed by Autair. DC-7 Lease Schreiner Aero Contractors, the Dutch independent which recently ordered Friendships, has leased a DC-7 from Flying Enterprise, one of the three aircraft purchased in the USA. The aircraft will be used for tourist charter work. Tn-114 Safety Record During his visit to the USSR Mr Najeeb Halaby, administrator of the FAA, was told by Soviet officials that the Tu-114 had had a perfect safety record during its three or four years of Aeroflot service. Boeing-Beaver Near-miss Report The Dutch Aeronautical Board of Investigation has blamed a PAA pilot and a Royal Dutch Air Force pilot for the near collision between a Boeing 707 and a Beaver over eastern Holland in July 1962. Twenty-six of the 79 passengers in the Boeing were injured when the pilot, Capt James Magenis, 55, took evasive action. The report says that Capt Magenis had failed to arrange an adequate look-out system although there were deficiences in the company's rules and that Sgt Maj Aarts, pilot of the Beaver, was at fault in having wrongly changed course. With more than twenty 727s now flying, the flight line at Renton is beginning to afford Boeing publicity photographers with opportunities for impressive pictures like this (Lufthansa's first 727: see page 82)
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