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Aviation History
1971
1971 - 0806.PDF
LIGHT COMMERCIAL a BUSINESS A Twin Otter for the Peruvian Air Force making its first flight from the DH Canada Downsview factory is seen lifting off the wheeled dolly (see news story) Air Alpes expansion Air Alpes, the French carrier based at Chambery, has taken delivery of four Pilatus Porters as a stage in the expansion of the company. Air Alpes started operations in 1961 with the emphasis on charters in the Alps but it has since expanded into third-level operations using two Beech 99s. Two more Beech 99s are to be acquired and in addition the company expects to take delivery of two Twin Otters before the end of 1971. Alaskan bush services The Bureau of Operating Rights of the CAB has recommended the board to permit local air taxi operators to provide regular services within Alaska. A spokesman for the bureau recently observed that few of the bush communities generate more than even three passengers daily and he felt that their needs would be better met by air taxi operators with local know ledge rather than by the existing subsidised carrier services. The suggestion runs counter to the findings of a recent CAB examination which recommended that sub sidies should be continued. Northern growth Northern Executive Aviation reports a traffic growth of 25 per cent during 1970 and expects that increasing air taxi operations will lead to a further growth of 40 per cent during 1971. The company flies regular week-night freight flights between Manchester and London and the fleet at present consists of three Aztecs, one Twin Comanche and an Islander. Turboprops at Reading Flight development of the Cessna 402 Turbostar is continuing with a view to obtaining certification in June. The aircraft is powered by two Allison 250-B17 turboprops of 400 h.p. and together with a similarly powered Baron which is about to fly it will be displayed at the Reading Show. The Astafan-engined Turbo-Commander currently flying as an engine test-bed at the Pau airfield of Turbomeca ("Flight," April 29, page Floating off the runway Float-equipped Twin Otters, the largest float aircraft in current production in the world, are being flown out of the Downsview facility of de Havilland Canada by making use of four-wheeled dolly units. To save expensive temporary installations of wheeled undercarriages, the aircraft are completed on floats which are positioned in cradles on the dollies. The technique was developed when the Beaver was in production and the company claims that it is equally efficient when applied to the heavier Twin Otter. Oil rig support A Dakota of Air Anglia is now flying regularly under charter to the Shell/Esso consortium in support of North Sea oil rigs. Crews are flown from Aberdeen to Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands where the transfer is made to a BEA helicopter for the 100-mile journey to the drilling rig Staflo. Air Anglia is negotiating two further oil company contracts. Third London airport commissioned The airport at the village of London on the Orkney Island of Eday had its first scheduled passenger-carrying movement on May 3. London (Eday) has two grass strips reclaimed from sand and heather and it will be used for a twice-weekly service by an Islander of Loganair; the sector from Kirkwall takes 9mm flying time. New Portsmouth operator Haywards Aviation which started flying in July 1970 has now been awarded an air operators' certificate covering the use of its Dove on charter work from the company's Portsmouth base.
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