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244 FLIGHT International, 13 August 1964 AIR COMMERCE . . . OZONE AND THE CONCORD UNDER the front-page headline "Concord Hits Gas Hazard" the Daily Mail on August 7 stated that scientists at RAE Farnborough have concluded that ozone (the poisonous "blown-fuse" gas O3) is "a possible hazard to the occupants" of supersonic airliners. Tests had shown that at 65,000ft the Os content may be as high as 6 : 1,000,000 or "60 times the recognized danger level" in factories using electrical plant. Adds the Mail: "The Farnborough scientists think they see the answer. If the air is heated to a high temperature by heat 'bled' from the jet engines, part of the ozone will be chemi- cally changed back to oxygen." Experiments with a heated tube, it was said, were in progress. The existence of a higher concentration of ozone in the upper stratosphere has been known for many years; US balloon ascents to 70,000ft 30 years ago provided some of the earliest physical measure- ments. There is no record of systematic sampling sweeps above 60,000ft by British aircraft, though possibly U-2s have done such research in the USA. The ozone problem has not been especially stressed by Bo Lundberg in his SST papers, and this is the first time that ozone has been publicly mentioned as an SST hazard. Is it likely to be an unknown as serious as the sonic boom? The story does not seem to have blown too many fuses in the Ministry of Aviation. A spokesman said: "This is a well known phenomenon and has been well understood for a long time. In being heated by the engine compressors, ozone in the air for the cabin will be dis- sociated and converted into oxygen and any residue can be removed by catalytic filters." "Performance on Slippery Runways in Crosswinds" is the title of a paper by NASA engineers Home and Cobb. It is published in the June 1964 issue of the American Air Line Pilots' Association's journal Airline Pilot, published at 55th Street and Cicero, Chicago 38, Illinois, USA. Air Ferry Traffic After carrying some 120,000 passengers last year, the airline's first full year of operations, Air Ferry were well on the way to a significant traffic increase over the August bank holiday weekend when the 100,000th 1964 passenger was carried. Apart from inclusive tour and scheduled services, the expanding Manston-based operator is chartered for a lot of freight traffic. Swiss Pioneer Retires Mr Eugen Groh has retired as vice-presi- dent of Swissair's finances and economics department, but will continue to help the airline in an advisory capacity. Mr Groh was with the old Balair, which merged with Ad Astra in 1931 to form Swissair, and has been a vice-president since 1938. His successor is Mr Hans Schneider, former manager of the main division's control and administrative services. South Atlantic Team-up A pool agreement has been signed between Alitalia and Aerolineas Argentinas on their services between Italy and South America and between Paris and South America. The services affected are Alitalia's twice-weekly flights between Milan and Rome, and Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Santiago, also the four times weekly services of Aerolineas Argentinas between Buenos Aires and Paris. Air Transport in the Evening Enrolment has now started for the City of London College's evening courses in air transport subjects that form part of the fuller course for the Institute of Transport examinations. Details may be obtained from the Head of the Shipping and Commercial Products Department of the College, address: City of London College, Moorgate, E.C.2. Competition for United Air Lines Following the Capital Airlines merger with United Air Lines in 1961, some 19 city pairs on the UAL network were left without competition. The final recom- mendations of the CAB's automatic investigation into the need for new competitors on the routes were announced last week. They grant American Airlines authority for a non-stop service between Cleveland and New York/Newark, and for Northwest Airlines between Chicago and Cleveland, Cleveland and Philadelphia, and Detroit and Philadelphia. Five trunk airlines and four local service carriers had filed applications to serve one or more of these markets. One Eleven and Lufthansa Lufthansa has confirmed its interest in the BAC One-Eleven, and has said that the board of directors will consider, at the end of September, proposals as to whether the airline's Viscount and Convair replacement would be a 75-seat or a 55-seat jet. The other candidates are the DC-9 and the F.28. Lufthansa are also understood to be one of the key airlines in Boeing's forthcoming decision on whether or not to proceed with their small short-range jet, the 737. BUA to the Isle of Man Currently carrying over half the air traffic travelling to and from the Isle of Man, BUA announces that from next June the DC-3s presently used on most flights to the island will be replaced with Heralds and Viscounts. BUA serves the popular northern holiday resort from Belfast, Birmingham, Blackpool, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, and Newcastle; the traffic this season is up 10 per cent over last year. More Boeings for Western The Los Angeles-based US west-coast trunk operator Western Airlines has again re-ordered Boeing 72OBs to bring its total fleet of the type to 17 aircraft. The latest •; order—for four worth $25m with equipment and spares—is the largest single order placed by Western. Delivery of the new order will begin next March. A grand total of 628 Boeing commercial jets have now been ordered of which around 436 have been delivered. Aer Lingus' Pilot Shortage In the next few months, Aer Lingus hopes to recruit 30 to 40 more pilots to cope with expanding; business over the airline's transatlantic and European network. During the next year, Aer Lingus will be introducing its new short- haul jet fleet of One-Elevens, and the additional Boeing capacity will be used to step-up the number of flights over the North Atlantic. More than 30 pilots now on line duty will begin conversion courses for the One-Eleven in October. The new pilots will initially fly Viscounts. NZNAC Into the Black During the financial year 1963-64, New Zealand National Airways Corporation made a profit of £18,000. \ This was after making full provision for depreciation amounting to £521,000 and paying interest totalling £277,000 on capital lent by the Government. The result is a heartening improvement over the previous year's trading, which resulted in a loss of £136,320. A release from the economic pressures on the nation of the previous two years, and hence a steady growth in traffic, is the root of the' return to profitability. US Entry Approval for Air Afrique President Johnson has approved the CAB issue of a foreign air carrier licence to the multi- national airline Air Afrique for services to New York. Last May • the Board had approved an interim development plan for Air Afrique to have a blocked-space agreement with Pan American. Air Afrique's new permit, for a two-year period, authorizes a trans- atlantic service between a point or points in the Congo (Brazzaville), intermediate points in Cameroun, Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, and the terminal point New York. BEA Gears-up for Cargo Already the biggest carrier of intra- European cargo, BEA has completely reorganized its cargo selling organization to meet the 70 per cent capacity planned for 1965/66 when the soon-to-be-delivered fleet of five Argosy 200s will be fully operational. Based at BEA's new West London Air Terminal, the - new Cargo Sales Branch is managed by Mr John Guy with assistant managers Mr Arthur Joyce and Mr Harry Smallman responsible for the UK, and for the European and Overseas markets re- " spectively. A special department to formulate the method and •? policy of selling cargo capacity has been set up under Mr Alistair f Tucker. f" Improved 11-18 for Tarom Rumania's airline Tarom, recently reported shopping in the United States for new aircraft, has ordered a new Ilyushin 11-18 to supplement the five it already operates. To be delivered next year, the aircraft will be cleared at a new gross weight of 143,3001b (previously 135,6001b) giving the four-engined turboprop a maximum range of some 3,700 nautical miles (previously .3,000 nautical miles). The total value of the contract, including spares, maintenance equipment and technical service, is 2.5m roubles. Technoimport, the Rumanian purchasing agency, also recently bought another Soviet civil transport—an Antonov An-24—paying 900,000 roubles for the aircraft including spares and technical assistance.
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