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tUCHT International, 25 March 1965 441 dationship with Douglas. Because of the airline's use of DC-8s it ,; so offers prospects of standardization. KLM says, however, that the order does not rule out the possibility of the F-28 being ordered for shorter-haul high-frequency services. BUA AND THE ONE-ELEVEN LAST Friday (March 19) Mr Freddie Laker, British United Airways managing director, told his side of the One-Eleven story to the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists in London. Beginning with the original specification (" ... I wrote it on the back of a cigarette packet, so you can see it wasn't very big"), the story was set against the background of BUA becoming the first independent to pioneer a British transport aircraft since Edward Hillman's Dragon of 1932. The lecturer talked of the requirement and of his influence and of how BUA believes that the aircraft could enable it to make money without putting up fares for at least ten years. Of the problems of pioneering Mr Laker said that he had often criticized BEA and BOAC, but "took it all back." Nevertheless he emphasized again the view that British operators must give manu- facturers greater freedom to design for the requirements of the world-wide market ("it is in their interests—after all"). In spite of empty-weight growth ("not more than the average to be expected") and development difficulties, he thought "the aircraft still looks good." He liked the accommodation, particularly the 84-seat version. Route-proving, accomplished in three weeks instead of four, had "materially improved our confidence in the aircraft," Mr Laker said. "We are now waiting impatiently for the magic piece of paper... for the first services to begin to Genoa on April 2." An assurance that the One-Eleven C of A would be awarded before the end of the month was made by Mr R. E. Hardingham, ARB chief executive, speaking during question time. Mr Harding- ham said that the engine-overheating problem during One-Eleven prolonged stalling trials had been "overcome quite simply." Questioned about his application for a One-Eleven development subsidy from the Government to cover introductory costs, Mr Laker reaffirmed his dislike for subsidies but said that he viewed this as a special case. "We've spent a lot of money helping to get this aeroplane right, and will go on doing so. So far we are the only British customer, and we feel that deserves support. We don't want the subsidy for crew training or our own route proving—just for our part in getting the aeroplane right." ANOTHER TURBO-SKYVAN SALE FOLLOWING only a week after the announcement of the first Short Turbo-Skyvan sale—to Aer Alpi (see Flight last week, page 394)—has come another, this time to Emerald Airways. This new company, not yet operating, will be based virtually on Short's own doorstep. The order, for one Turbo-Skyvan plus an option on two more, is the first major step in the founding of Emerald Airways. The airline plans to operate mixed-traffic services connecting many points within Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In particular, feeder services are planned linking the main airports of Ireland (Aldergrove, Dublin and Shannon) with such towns as Eglington, Enniskillen, Galway, Killarney, Rosapenna, Newtownards and Waterford. Pan American Buys 727s Eleven Boeing 727s have been ordered by Pan American for use on their German network. Super Caravelles for Syria A contract for two Super Caravelles has been signed by Syrian Arab Airlines. The first will be delivered in October and the second next year. DC-9s for Iberia On March 21, when it signed for three aircraft, Iberia became the third European airline to order the DC-9. This was also the fifth DC-9 order within a week and brings the total to 114, plus 15 for lease and 102 on option. More DC-9s for Swissair The option held by Swissair on two DC-9s has now been taken up, so that the firm order from this carrier is now for 12 aircraft. The order for the original ten was announced in May last year. Hreguet 763 Deux Ponts are now being used U) - - - •:. ior freight services on the London - Paris route and will be used later for palletized services connecting with long-haul all-freight jet services when these are introduced (see last week's issue page 396). Consideration is also being given to the use of the Deux Ponts for vehicle-ferry services on the France - Corsica route South African Airways' Boeing 727s are to be given the names of South African rivers—"Orange," "Vaal," "Letaba," "Limpopo" and "Tugela." Southampton Runway Following the decision to lay down a runway at Southampton Airport, British United Air Ferries has applied to the ATLB to vary its existing licences to include South- ampton on vehicle-ferry services to and from Bournemouth. Air-India's Second Boeing 707-320B was delivered earlier this month. Named "Lhotse" this is the eighth 707 for the airline's fleet. On its delivery flight on March 13-14 it flew the 9,500 miles from Seattle to Bombay with only two stops, at New York and London. Mr Arnold Heard is joining British United Airways' economic planning department as licensing superintendent next month. Mr Heard has, for the past four years, been commercial manager of Autair. Nord 262 Certificated The US Federal Aviation Agency has issued a type certificate for the Nord 262. Lake Central Airlines has eight of these short-haul turboprops on order, with options on 13 more. A Symposium on Cheap Short-range Transport will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, at the RAeS. Papers will be given by airline and aircraft industry representatives. The symposium will be introduced by Mr A. L. Courtney of the RAE and the chairman will be Prof M. J. Lighthill. DC-9s for Saudi Arabian An order from Saudi Arabian Airlines for three DC-9s, with an option on two more, has now been signed. Deliveries will start in the autumn of 1966. This order had pre- viously been listed by Douglas without buyer identification so that the total number of firm orders still stands at 111. Coach Air Connections Since March 21 express coach services to London's Victoria coach station have been connecting with Skyways Coach Air Services from this terminal. This link-up offers daily return connections with Continental services for nearly every major centre in Britain. Mr Charles McGibbon, manager of BOAC's engine overhaul factories at Treforest for the past 15 years, and formerly deputy manager of the repair division of BOAC, is retiring from corporation service on March 31. He expects to remain in the aircraft or airline industry. BOAC's CL-44 agreement with Seaboard is to be extended by one month until October, when the corporation's two Boeing 707-32OC freighters will take over the North Atlantic cargo services. At present these are operated six times a week by CL-44, three hi BOAC's own right and three under charter from Seaboard. The introduction of the 320Cs will increase the daily freight capacity available on this route from 27 tons (one CL-44) to more than 80tons(two707-320Cs).
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