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fLIGHT International, 4 June 1964 923 NO BURNING IN THE WAGNER YET IN our report on the W-18 local-service transport design by Wagner Aircraft Co, of San Diego, Calif (issue dated May 14), we reported that fuel is burnt in the JIL (jet-induced lift) system inside the wing and tail unit. At present this is incorrect, and the true position is outlined by the company's v-p engineering, Mr Fred G. Wagner, in the following terms:— "We will eventually burn fuel in the JIL jet pumps. In order to have enough time for developing this burning system to a fail-safe installation, we do not burn fuel in the JIL jet pumps of the W-18. Another British report talked about fuel-burning in our JIL system because we issued such information last fall. Since then we have changed our thinking in the following way. We need a powerful APU aboard the aircraft in order to make it independent of ground- support equipment. Of course, we do not like to give the APU a free ride; therefore, we have chosen an APU-compressor combina- tion generating enough compressed air for driving the JIL jet pumps. In this way we come to a very simple system which should prevent ulcers in people who are afraid of a 'burning wing.' "You will understand that the compressed air is at a temperature between 400° and 600'F before expansion in the jet pump nozzle. The heat, of course, comes from the compression. "On page 752 of your magazine you show in the wing schematic a feeding line for compressed air only. However, your caption to the same figure talks about fuel burning. You are right about the advantages of burning which you mention in your article. We have done quite a lot of experiments with extremely hot systems, and are very much aware of the advantages of such fuel burning systems. A future version of the W-18 may very well have a fuel burning system. We are pretty sure that a refined W-18 and/or a future project will have a fuel burning system. Until then, the W-18 will operate on compressed air only." Snowballing Costs The FAA have published the results of a study on the cost of moving snow, ice and slush at eight major US airports—approximately $900,000 in 1962-63. The final cost is available from the Federal Aviation Agency, Building C, 1711 New York Avenue, Washington DC. 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 service, is to lecture on the work of his service 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. Bahamas Airways Herald A Handley Page Herald owned by Eastern Provincial Airlines of Canada has been operated for a month by Bahamas Airways, ending on May 25. A report that the aircraft was for evaluation by Bahamas Airways, with a view to a possible order for five Heralds by the BOAC subsidiary, is described as "completely inaccurate" by a spokesman for BOAC Associated Companies in London. The aircraft was, he says, on a purely commercial charter. Pacific Airlines F-27 Accident Further information about the accident, recorded in the May 14 issue, near San Francisco when a Pacific Airlines F-27 crashed with the loss of all 44 on board, has now become available. The voice recorder recovered from the wreckage records the last words of the pilot, Capt Ernest Clark, as: "My God, I've been shot." A .357 Smith and Wesson revolver found in the wreckage was traced to a man who is said to have insured his life for more than £57,000 (another report says £18,000) before boarding the aircraft at Reno. Sir Basil Smallpeice, former BOAC managing director, has been appointed administrative adviser in the Queen's Household, it was announced from Buckingham Palace on May 26. This is a new post and Sir Basil's appointment, says the announcement, "will be on a part-time basis and will take effect in the early autumn for two years." A New Airport for Copenhagen? Three possible sites are being considered by the Dutch Government for a new airport to serve Copenhagen. In terms of aircraft movements, the present Kastrup Airport is the fourth busiest in Europe and, it is estimated, will be seriously inadequate for traffic within five years. It is expected that work on the new airport will start within two years. ICAO Training Films The third edition of ICAO's catalogue of training films, covering every aspect of airline operation, has been published. It is available priced US $1 or equivalent from the Distribution Officer, International Aviation Building, 1080 Univer- sity Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, or in the United Kingdom from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, PO Box 569, London SE1. ;"3 0 i Above and left, proposed terminal of the new East Midland Airport at Castle Donington near Derby. Five local authorities in Derby- shire, Notts and Leicester- shire are sharing the £1 million cost of the airport, from which the first flights are scheduled to take place on April I, 1965. The first £670,000 contract for the engineering work has a ready beer awarded. The design is by the Notts County Council architects department
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