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630 FLIGHT International, 22 April AIR TRANSPORT. . . DUTY ON AUSTRALIAN 727s IN one of the most remarkable political decisions in Australian air transport history, the Commonwealth Government has decided to make the State airline TAA and its private-enterprise competitor Ansett-ANA pay a special 1\ per cent duty on its six Boeing 727s. The duty will add about £A1 million (£800,000) to the cost of these aircraft. It is imposed under the 1957 Anglo-Australian trade agreement. This agreement provides for a preferential tariff in favour of British goods where these are considered to meet Australian needs as adequately as those from other countries. This duty can be waived at the discretion of the Australian Government after con- sultation with Britain. Both airlines have told the Government in the strongest terms that not only was the Trident inferior in airfield and payload/range performance, being unable in Series 1 form to operate Adelaide - Perth with an economic payload, but that if they had ordered the development Trident lEs tnese aircraft would still not have been delivered (the Boeing 727s entered passenger service last November), The Australian Government has, however, been under strong pressure from the British Government to honour the controversial clause ever since the Australian airlines bought Electras instead of Vanguards or Britannias, and Friendships instead of Heralds. The British Government may have gained a political victory, but it will hardly have gained goodwill for British aircraft among Australian airlines. Suggestions that Australia should, because of the probable imposition of duty, reconsider its decision to buy DC-9s instead of BAC One-Elevens have been dismissed by the two airlines. They say that the possibility that duty might have to be paid on the DC-9s was considered when making the decision. NO MORE IN-FLIGHT FILMS? MAIL voting by 81 IATA airlines on the in-flight entertainment problem has resulted in a unanimous decision to abolish film shows on international services. Under the agreement TWA will phase the showing of films out between August 31 and the date of expiration of the contract. Pakistan International will do so from March 31, 1966, and Philippine Air Lines, the third airline showing films, will do so at a date still to be decided. The decision—which will certainly be agreed by governments, but which will undoubtedly be resisted by the film and film equip- ment industries—does not apply to other forms of aural and visual entertainment on international nights, and does not affect the use of any kind of in-flight entertainment on US domestic services. THE GUILD'S 1964 AWARDS SIR ALAN COBHAM, the Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, made the annual presentation of the Guild's trophies and medals at a reception in London on April 8. The awards are made to British pilots for outstanding services to aviation The Derry and Richards Memorial Medal, which was awarded to Mr Brian Trubshaw, chief test pilot, BAC Weybridge, is for the best achievement in experimental test flying during the year. The presentation to Mr Trubshaw was specially significant because it was the first time in the Guild's history that any award had been made to the same recipient twice. Mr Trubshaw received the medal in 1962 and became the recipient again for his flight development of the VC10 through the entire proving programme. During the course of the trials Mr Trubshaw carried out over 1,900 stalls at varying weights and e.g. positions. The citation reads: "On one flight, because of a failed electrical connection . Mr Trubshaw brought the aircraft and crew safely back to Wisley with only half the elevator control available to him, having over- come a flutter situation which arose on the partial elevator, and also an associated failure in part of the hydraulic and electrical services. Unable to read the instruments because of the violent motion of the aircraft, he broadcast to base the complete nature of the trouble should he fail to bring it back. By his-further responsi- bility for the flight testing of the Super VC10 and the One-Eleven, on which he personally took over the investigation of the deep-stali phenomena, Mr Trubshaw's flight-test contribution is considered, to say the least, to be exceptional." The Brackley Memorial Trophy, originally concerned primarily with the operation of flying-boats but now presented for outstanding contributions to the development of air transport, was awarded to Capt Frederick Ladd, chief pilot and manager of New Zealand Tourist Air Travel Ltd. Capt Ladd has become something of a legend throughout New Zealand and the Fiji Islands for his flying of small amphibian aircraft, especially on mercy missions to isolated spots. The Cumberbatch Trophy, for outstanding contributions to air safety was awarded posthumously to Mr John Wright Gibbs, former chairman of the UK Flight Safety Committee. The citation reads: "Mr Gibbs, who died suddenly last November, dedicated himself to flight safety for more than 20 years ... As the BEA representative he played a large part in the formation of the Flight Safety Committee in 1959, becoming its chairman." The Pike Trophy is awarded for a praiseworthy contribution to the maintenance of high standards of flying instruction and safety during the year. Capt Charles Hamilton, flight captain instrument flying, Airwork Services Training, Perth, is the recipient for 1964. Last year Capt Hamilton flew 700 hours of instrument training with a total of 45 students, each of whom successfully passed the instrument-rating test. In the past four years Capt Hamilton has trained 148 students—three-quarters of them pilots from overseas presenting considerable language difficulties—and has achieved a success of 100 per cent passes. Sir Alan Cobham also presented the Grand Master's Medal. This personal award of the Duke of Edinburgh to an outstanding cadet at the College of Air Training, Hamble, went to Mr Terence Henderson who passed out from the College last year and is now a second officer with the BEA Trident fleet. During the evening, Sir Graham Sutton, Director-General of the Meteorological Office, made special presentations to Capt J. E. Sayce (BOAC) and Capt P. Bray (BEA) for "long and merito- rious service in the provision of air-to-ground weather reports." Sir Alan Cobham, Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, presented the Guild's annual trophies in London on April 8. The recipients were, left to right, Mr Brian Trubshaw, Deny and Richards Memorial Medal; Capt Frederick Ladd, Brackley Memorial Trophy; Mrs M. Gibbs, Cumberbatch Trophy posthumously awarded to her late husband, Mr John Wright Gibbs; Capt Charles Hamilton, Pike Trophy; Mr Terence Henderson, Grand Master's Medal
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