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FLIGHT International, 7 May 1964 749 The picture that had to be taken— to emphasize the subtle differences as well as the similarities between the </e Havilland and Boeing formulae for the regional jet airliner ETHIOPIAN VERSUS RAND CORPORATION ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES have denounced as "reckless and irres- ponsible" a report by the Rand Corporation criticizing the airline's entry into the field of international jet operations. A Rand study published in March suggested that the USA and other countries had gone too far in loan assistance in Africa, citing Ethiopian's fan jet service which opened in January 1963 as a "costly and reckless expansion." Ethiopian predict a net profit in the current year compared with a 1963 loss of £415,000 and note that they paid 25 per cent cash for their Boeing 720s and are paying 5 per cent interest on the balance of two seven-year loans. The airline's general manger, Mr Jack Asine, says that replacement of US personnel by Ethiopians con- tinues methodically at all levels, and that the Ethiopian Govern- ment and people are "proud of their airline's progress." DC-8 Orders now amount to 225, of which 202 have been delivered. Douglas have orders for six more DC-8s, though the purchasers have not yet been announced. Eight Million Passengers have been flown in Air France's Caravelles since these aircraft began operations with the French airline in 1959. Air France has given the honour of being the symbolic eight- millionth passenger to a person who will "typify the modem English traveller abroad." Do You Know Birmingham? Birmingham Airport is running a "Do You Know Your Birmingham Airport ?" contest. First prize is a holiday in Morocco, flying by BEA, and there are ten consolation prizes. Questionnaires may be obtained from BBP Advertising, 168 Corporation Street, Birmingham, where an exhibition is being held. Migrant ATCO The annual 15 per cent increase in Australian air traffic has led the Australian Department of Civil Aviation to undertake a UK recruiting drive for air traffic controllers. Last year 50 were recruited and these are now well advanced on their training course at Melbourne. The current drive is for 60 recruits. Appli- cations should be made to the Civil Aviation Liaison Officer, Australia House, Strand, London WC2. TEM 2435. JAL Round the World? The Japanese have asked the Americans for the extension of JAL routes from San Francisco to New York and beyond. It is hoped to start a new service in October in time for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. EAAC DC-3 Pilot Killed The pilot of an EAAC Dakota was killed on April 27 when the aircraft hit an obstruction on the runway while it was landing at Kilwa, South Tanganyika, apparently causing a propeller, or part of a propeller, to enter the cockpit. None of the 22 passengers or other crew members was hurt. Northwest DC-7C Crash Unsolved The CAB report on the Northwest Airline's DC-7C accident off Alaska in June 1963, in which all 95 US Service personnel and families and the crew of six died, states that because of a lack of evidence the Board is unable to determine the probable cause of this accident. ICAO's New Film "Roads in the Sky" is the name of a new ICAO film telling the story of how the aeroplane helps economic develop- ment in regions where there are no roads and railways. Running for just under a quarter of an hour, it costs $50 and is available in English, French or Spanish from ICAO, 1080 University Street, Montreal PQ, Canada. British Eagle's Badge has been chosen by the Society of Industrial Artists and De- signers as one of the best trademarks and symbols created by members of the society. It was designed by Peter Langford in col- laboration with Peter Hounsell of Hausman Langford and Partners Ltd, the airline's advertising agents. Traffic Control Lecture The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navi- gators announces an important addition to its fixture list: On the evening of Wednesday, October 28, AVM Sir Laurence Sinclair, Controller of the National Air Traffic Control Services, is to lecture on work of his organization in relation to transatlantic and cross-Channel operations. The venue is the Physics Department lecture theatre at Imperial College, London SW7, and the time 6.15 p.m. New insignia of the three CAA subsidiaries, from left to r'g"t; the flying leopard of Air Malawi, the national airline of Nyasaland; the Zimbabwe bird of Southern wooesio's national airline, Air Rhodesia; and the fish ™?'e of Northern Rhodesia, the symbol of Zambia
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