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FLIGHT International, 13 January 1966 53 NOISE AT GATWICK ON January 3 experimental ATC procedures were intro- duced in the Gatwick area so that aircraft will not fly over Horsham or East Grinstead. Announcing this in the House of Commons on December 22, Mr John Stonehouse, Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, said that there was no guarantee that the procedures would be continued in-definitely but that a report on the experiment would be called for.He also said that when and if the night jet traffic at Gatwick reached the proportions of that at Heathrow, the Ministry would consider the possibility of applying grants (as at Heath- row) for the soundproofing of houses. Night jet movements at Gatwick last summer totalled about 900 by comparison with the present April-October limit at Heathrow of 3,500 move- ments. Monitoring arrangements are being introduced at Gat- wick to check whether aircraft are following the noise-abate- ment procedures. CRASH SURVIVAL RECOMMENDATIONS THE CAB has made three specific recommendations, among others to be proposed later to the FAA, for improving post- crash/fire survival chances for passengers. The first is an early research into materials used in cabin furnishing to discover whether they give off toxic fumes when burning and whether a fire affecting both plastic linings and insulating material destroys their individual flame-resistant qualities. The second is a thorough investigation into ways of educating passengers on the means of operating emergency exits. The third—related specifically to the Salt Lake City accident on November 11— proposes the relocation of the belly fuel lines in the Boeing 727 (see Flight for December 23, page 1073). The CAB's eventual recommendations to the FAA will deal with other air-safety problems. The board will ask for research into ways to prevent, control, or reduce fire inside cabins— possibly by using some kind of sprinkler system. All present anti-fire devices and techniques are aimed at fighting flames from the outside. The CAB and the industry were disturbed by the loss of life in the Salt Lake City crash, in which the fuselage stayed almost intact and where virtually complete survival would have been possible had it not been for a fire which spread while the aircraft was still moving. The CAB will also ask for the possible development of better emergency exits. There is a feeling that window exits are too small and that more are needed. One proposal the board may make is for research into the possibility of using an entire section of fuselage (as with wide cargo doors) as an escape hatch. Another long-term recommendation is for more sophisticated flight recorders. ALIA Joins IATA ALIA, Royal Jordanian Airlines, has joined IATA as an active member, bringing the total member- ship to 99 including 13 associate members. BEA Board Re-appointment Mr A. C. Ping has been appointed a part-time member of the BEA board for a further period of three years from December 3, 1965. Brussels Appeal Dismissed The appeal by British United Airways against the ATLB's refusal of a licence for London Gatwick-Brussels services has been dismissed by the Minister of Aviation. Air-India's London Manager Mr J. B. Jungalwalla has been appointed to the position of manager, London, for Air- India, following the appointment of Mr E. Pereira, his pre- decessor, as manager, Geneva. Autoland Development Symposium The Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists will hold a symposium on the "Development of Autoland" on January 26 at the Feltham Hotel, High St, Feltham, Middx, at 6.30 p.m. The centre wing section of the first Fokker F.28 Fellowship is lowered on to the assembly jig. The structure was built at Fokker's Dordrecht works Orkney Services Approved The ATLB has granted the application by Duncan Logan (Contractors) for services in the Orkneys starting on January 1. Dornier Do28A and BN-2 air- craft have been specified. The approval is for a Class B licence with the Orkney Islands Shipping Co as charterer. The First Aeroflot International Cargo Service is to be oper- ated between Moscow and Paris once weekly with An-12s. An agreement was signed recently in Paris between Air France and Aeroflot, who will share the costs and revenues. Air France may put a cargo service on the route when and if traffic justifies it. DC-9 Flight Crews The Australian authorities have not yet decided whether the TAA and Ansett-ANA-DC-9s shall be approved for two-pilot flight-crew operation. A technical mis- sion from Australia is going to study the operation of the aircraft in service in the USA where the FAA has approved two-pilot crewing. Dan-Air Frequency Reduction From January 10 the fre- quency of Dan-Air Services operations on the route between Bristol/Cardiff, Liverpool, Tees-side and Newcastle was reduced to three times a week instead of every weekday. The load fac- tors at this time of the year, the airline says, are such that the higher frequency is uneconomic. BWIA Appointment Mr Walter Girling has been appointed deputy general manager of British West Indian Airways. He has been manager for BWIA in Jamaica since 1963 and joined the airline in 1949. Mr Girling will continue as general manager of Air Jamaica and also as a director of Jamaica Air Service, the BWIA subsidiary which operates domestic services in the island. TMA in Hong Kong Mr Ghazi Kraytem, Trans-Mediter- ranean Airways European manager, has moved from Frank- furt to London following the transfer of TMA's UK manager, Mr Samir Haddad, to Hong Kong, where he will open a new office in preparation for cargo services to be started this year. Mr Raymond Nery will assist Mr Kraytem by handling the day-to-day UK operation. Two more staff members have joined TMA in London. PAA Approved to Cat 2 Pan American has become the second US airline to be certificated by the FAA to land in Cat 2 conditions with their DC-8s. United Air Lines got Cat 2 approval for DC-8s last October (see Flight for November 11, page 806) and TWA and American Airlines are in the final stages of an FAA evaluation programme for the rating. Five US airports have FAA approval for Cat 2 flights—Dulles, Oak- land, Greater Pittsburgh, Louisville and Atlanta.
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