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410 A IR TRANSPORT. READY FOR AUSTRALIA THE South Pacific service by American Airlines to New Zealand and Australia is due to start before the end of the year, according to the airline's president, Mr George A. Spater. In Melbourne recently he said that it would have started earlier but for the fact that inter-governmental negotiations following the CAB's Pacific route awards had still to take place. "We have the pilots, navigators and aircraft to start next week," he added. The terminal point in Australia had not yet been decided, said Mr Spater; it would be either Melbourne or Sydney. Also still to be fixed was the frequency of the service, a matter for negotiation between the airline and the Australian Department of Civil Aviation. American hopes to be allowed to start with a daily service west of Honolulu. It is promoting the new route in the Pacific area with an £8 million publicity campaign. PROBLEM FOR CAMBRIAN A COMPREHENSIVE review has been completed by Cambrian Airways of the first few months of operation from Hawarden, North Wales, the airport for Chester. The airline resumed flights between Hawarden and London on April 1 this year after taking over the service from the defunct British Eagle. Mr D. J. Davies, managing director, said the results had not reached expectations and losses were heavier than expected. The whole position, he said, will be looked at very seriously at the end of 12 months' operation. Cambrian had assessed the position last November and decided that they needed to carry through Hawarden at least 3,000 stage passengers in the first year, and even at that level would be losing £15,000 on the operation in 12 months. CURBING THE UPROAR THERE were seven infringements, among 54 jet departures monitored, of the 102 PNdB night noise limit at Gatwick during the first quarter of the year. The Board of Trade says that this showed a slight improvement on previous results, but that the number of infringements "continues to cause concern." Six occurred in February on two nights—suggesting that weather conditions might have been responsible for the high readings. FLIGHT International, II September 1969 Four of the seven readings were within 2 PNdB of the limit; two were high, but below the day limit of 110 PNdB; one, how ever, is described as "serious." The number of day-time infringements represented 0.7 per cent of the total monitored. Approach-path monitoring has not yet started at Gatwick because equipment has not been installed. During the same quarter at Heathrow the number of day infringements was about average at 0.6 per cent, but the night infringement average was on the high side at 2.6 per cent of the number of departing aircraft monitored. Only three out of 823 aircraft monitored on approach were below the 3° glidepath. Helicopter to Macao? The Far East Hydrofoil Co is con sidering the Sud Super Frelon for its services between Hong Kong and Macao. More for General Electric Trans International has chosen the General Electric CF6-50A engine for its DC-lOs. It was the first carrier to specify the convertible DC-10, and has ordered two, with an option on two more. Moscow Movements There are over 400 departures a day from the four Moscow airports (Vnukovo, Sheremetiyevo, Domodedovo and Bykovo), said Gen L. V. Zholudev, USSR First Deputy Minister of Aviation, in a recent interview. BEA's Merchantmen The first BEA Vanguard converted for cargo service—the airline uses the name Merchantman for the conversion—is due to enter service on October 1 on a London-Paris scheduled all-cargo flight. Four will be in service by the beginning of next year, and the fifth is expected to start operations next April. VC10 Automatic Landings The target date for clearance by the Board of Trade of Category 2 automatic landings for BOAC's Super VClOs is January 1. Four aircraft are already equipped and all but one will be equipped before the end of the year. The main programme of flight and simulator training should begin next month. Category 2 involves landings in runway visual ranges of 400-800 metres, with a decision height of 100-200ft. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS: AUGUST FATAL ACCIDENTS Date Aug. 26 Carrier Aeroflot Aircraft 11-18 Location Vnukovo Airport, Moscow Fatalities Pass Crew 16 Total Occupants Pass Crew 102 10 Circumstances Wheels-up crash landing and fire after flight from Norilsk, N. Siberia. Date Aug. 1 2 12 17 20 30 Carrier PAA Alitalia Caribair Laker Cambrian Britannia Aircraft B.707 (N447PA) Caravelle (l-DABF) DC-9 (N938PR) One-Eleven (G-AVBX) Viscount (G-AMON) B.737 (G.AWSY) NON-FATAL INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS Location Brussels Airport Marseilles Airport H. S. Truman Airport St Thomas, VI Nr Hanover Airport Glamorgan (Rhoose) Luton Airport Injuries Pass Crew _ 4 2 2 ~ ~~ ~~ — — — — Total Occupants Pass Crew — 4 37 8 114 5 83 6 66 — — Circumstances Nosewheel collapse after landing on cargo flight from Chicago via London. Overran on landing and fell into water of Etang de Berre after scheduled flight from Rome. Brake and braking- parachute failure reported. Skidded on wet runway after landing on flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two persons on ground injured. Emergency landing at Hanover because of fire behind cockpit on charter flight from Klagenfurt, Austria, to Tegel, Berlin. Fire extinguished on ground. Overran runway after flight from Gerona, Italy. Powerplant struck by servicing vehicle.
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