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1969
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RIGHT Internationa/, 9 January 1969 AIR TRANSPORT.. LIGHT COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS Airways Group Buys into Shorehain On January 1 the Airways Group of companies owned by Mr and Mrs A. P. Mack and based at London Gatwick Airport—the group comprises Air London Ltd, Airways Training Ltd, and Airways Brokers (Sales) Ltd—bought a two-thirds share in the Shore- ham Aviation Group of companies. The latter include the Shoreham School of Flying (four Beagle Pups, two Bolkow Juniors and one Cherokee used on pilot training), Shoreham Aviation Ltd (charter company using one Beagle B.206 and one Piper Twin Comanche), and Shoreham Aviation Services (maintenance engineering company). The shares were acquired from two of the three former holders of the Shoreham group— from Mr George Lowdell and Mr Falwasser. The hold ing of Mr Frank Hewitt is unchanged—his wholly owned Hewitt Investment Company owns the Beagle Pups and the two light twins that are leased to the operating companies. The merger of these two leading organisations in the south London and Sussex area is likely to create a stronger group for both charter flying and training. One may speculate that the training activities of the Airways Group will in time merge with those of Shoreham, and perhaps even be based solely at Shoreham when Gatwick becomes too busy. On the other hand the charter opportunities of both groups are likely to emerge as a more viable business for one company and Gatwick Airport should prove to be an excellent centre. Any expansion of training and charter at Shoreham must obviously Left, Gill Aviation of Newcastle upon Tyne, which began operations two years ago by offering flight training and more recently as Piper regional agents for CSE, is now expanding to provide an air taxi charter service using an Aztec D and a Cherokee Six. The Aztec is owned by North British Properties but operated by Gill. In the picture below Mr Michael Gill (right) hands over the Aztec to Mr Kenneth Bell, a director of NBP. Right, Wg Cdr Brian lies has been appointed chief test pilot of Miles Aviation and Transport (R & D) Ltd. The company is increasingly involved in development flying of light transport aircraft. The Turbo Islander and the Turbo Commander are recent aircraft with which Wg Cdr lies has been concerned Cherokee Airlines' three-engined Bushmaster and single-engined Cherokee Six cargo aircraft at Los Angeles International. One of Flying Tigers' new DC-8-63Fs taxies in behind. See story on this page Howard Levy photograph depend on a go-ahead with the proposal to build a hard run way and the sale of freehold building land. Air London operates three Beagle B.206 (one on lease from Beagle) on training for Airways Training Ltd and on charter flights arranged by itself and by the associated brokerage company. Mr Ronald F. Willmott, formerly opera tions manager of Transglobe, has been appointed a director of Airways Training and of Air London. Mr John Bull, formerly of Erna Low Travel, has been appointed sales manager of Air London and of Airways Brokers. Cherokee Airlines, operating from Los Angeles International Airport, have leased the prototype Aircraft Hydro-Forming Bushmaster 2000 to supplement their Short Skyvan and Cherokee Six cargo< aircraft The company requires "flexible" and varied aircraft because of the variety of cargo which has to be flown into the smaller airports in the region. The Skyvan has already moved some 30,000 baby chicks to Nogales, Mexico, on a single journey—with the crew running back through the aircraft and yelling to keep the birds from falling asleep and possibly suffocating because of bunching-up. Upon landing in the early morning, and before arrival of the Mexi can farm hands, the crew had to offload the cartons because of the heat the chicks generated inside the aircraft; they were then forced to ward off attacking stray cats and then coyotes— but not a chick was lost. Hydro-Forming reports another Bushmaster on order for Cherokee Airlines and three for US Steel for Central/South American operations and four for Mindanao Airlines, Port Moresby. New Guinea. The Bushmaster 2000 is now certifi cated under FAA CAR Part 3 and priced at $175,000 (£73,000) powered by 450 h.p. P&W R985-14B engines. Gross weight is 12,500-16,5001b, depending upon areas of operation. Air-taxi Insurance Demanded Two rules affecting US air- taxi operators and to be put into force hy the Civil Aero nautics Board will introduce compulsory liability insurance and permit the operation of jet aircraft of up to 27,0001b gross weight. The CAB describes its insurance rule as "a giant step forward in securing protection for the public"; the amount of liability insurance per passenger is set at $75,000 (£31,250), on the grounds that air-taxi operators should not carry less insur ance than supplemental carriers. Consideration will be given to a possible subsequent increase in the amount for both air-taxi operators and supplemental. For property damage, the com-
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