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1967
1967 - 0051.PDF
fUGHT Interrational, 12 January 1967 Agreement was reached on specifications to be presented as n addition to the existing PAMC on flying qualities, and the whole of this discussion was most valuable. Effect of Turbulence on Flying Qualities The Committee's consideration of this agenda item included a brief examina- tion of human factors and of a report on the work being conducted in a "jet-upset" centrifuge at Johnsville, Pa, USA, which now simulates a Boeing 720B flightdeck. Although there has been a reduction in the number of known jet-upset incidents, the Committee considered that the advent of SSTs and stretched jets would be likely to result in an intensifica- tion of oscillations and vibrations resulting from relatively minor displacements of the aeroplane and the problem could not be regarded as having been solved. The Committee recommended that States and organisations should pursue, as a matter of urgency, their investigations into the problems associated with the effect of flight in turbulence on flying 51 qualities. Pilots' flight instruments, failure indications, angle of attack indicators, turbulence modes on flight directors and autopilots, and the reliability of electrical systems under extreme positive and negative g loads were all pointed out as possibly fruitful areas of study. The Committee held brief discussions and exchanged views on crash fires, human survivability, draft SST specifications and the flying qualities of new forms of aircraft (VTOL, STOL, SST). None of these items were deemed to be suffi- ciently mature to require the writing of specifications and will therefore be reconsidered at the next meeting. Two of the weekends during the period of the meeting were taken up by technically interesting visits to the Canadair plant in Montreal and the Canadian National Aeronautical Establish- ment in Ottawa. It is expected that the eighth meeting of the Committee will be held in the spring of 1968 and the draft agenda is already agreed. L.T. F.27s FOR AEROPOSTALE THE French Government is to order 12 Fokker F.27 Friend- ships for use by the Aeropostale de Nuit services. These night-mail services are operated by Air France on behalf of the French postal authorities, using a fleet of seven DC-4s and 15 DC-3s. The F.27 order means the first step on the way to modernisation of this fleet. The services, it is under- stood, will in the near future become independent of Air France and be operated by a separate unit. Although the contract between the French Government and Fokker has not yet been finalised it is reported in Holland that the first three aircraft will be made available by this summer. The order is part of a French-Dutch deal in which the Netherlands will buy more Sud Alouette 3s for the Air Force. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY CHANGES THE transfer of responsibilities in the head office of the British Airports Authority has meant that two principal depart- ments have taken over new functions and have been renamed. The commercial department has, since January 2, been research and projects (director, Mr Graham Hill); and the traffic and public relations department is now commercial and public relations (director, Mr Geoffrey Pitt). Research and projects have taken over responsibility for airport development, traffic forecasts and statistics, and operational research. Commercial and public relations is responsible for policy on commercial matters, airport utilisation, estate management and valuation, and publicity matters. -: ---..-.-•.--••-. ;. :<—-:™ Swissair Operations Mr Albert G. Fischer has succeeded Capt Robert Fretz as Swissair's vice-president, operations, on the latter's retirement. Mr Fischer, who joined Swissair last April, has been a pilot in the Swiss Air Force and is a specialist in air traffic control. Capt Fretz joined Swissair as a pilot in the winter of 1937-38. . Air Albert G. Fischer I BE A Retirement After more than 18 years with BEA, Mr Malcolm Buckle, general manager (personnel), retired at the end of 1966. Mr Buckle had been engaged in industrial rela- tions work for 30 years. He is succeeded by Mr Ronald Leach, formerly assistant general manager (personnel). BOAC Board Re-appointments The Board of Trade has re- appointed the following members to the board of BOAC: Mr G. H. C. Lee (full-time member for five years to November 1971); Sir Anthony Milward, (part-time member until March 1969, to coincide with his present appointment as chairman of BEA); and Mr Ron Smith (part-time member for three years until January 1970). PAA Pioneer Retires Mr Willis G. Lipscomb, a leading figure in air transport for nearly 40 years, retired as Pan American Airways senior vice-president, traffic and sales, on January 1. He has been succeeded by Norman P. Blake, pre- viously vice-president, sales, since 1965. Mr Lipscomb, who will continue to serve PAA as a consultant, joined the airline in 1947 and led PAA's continuing campaign for lower fares. Douglas Technical Sales Mr Henry C. Coburn has been appointed technical sales manager in the Douglas Aircraft Company's Geneva office. He replaces Mr Walter Rosenow, who has returned to Long Beach, Calif, as manager of inter- national sales engineering. Mr Coburn is responsible for tech- nical aspects of sales of new Douglas jets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Irish International's Boeing 720-048, EI-ALC, which, now registered 9Y-TCS, has been leased for six months to British West Indian Airways
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