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56a FLIGHT International, 11 January 1973 r.-,,»,y,, i.-.,a—— LIGHT COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS a series of airfields to serve different geographical sectors. The Greater London Council itself has proposed a two-level system: primary airfields would accommodate all types of executive and light commercial aviation including third level services and secondary airfields would be designated for leisure flying. The study suggests that the primary air fields should be protected by planning action so that they were not lost to other users. The report notes that it is a relatively simple matter for a local authority to suppress development; it is more diffi cult to ensure that investment by a private operator occurs in places and at times consistent with the needs of general aviation users at large or with the wishes of local planning authorities. The authors wonder how these authorities could exercise control over the type of activity carried on except where they chose to operate or subsidise general aviation aerodromes and they note that land use controls are a crude way of influencing activities. In any case they argue that many matters not connected with land use such as air traffic control, customs, etc would be outside plan ning control. Lufthansa trains in the sun Remarkably high annual utili sations are being achieved by the training aircraft opera ted by Pacific Southwest Airlines. The airline operates a flying training school at Phoenix, Arizona, and is responsible for initial training of Lufthansa cadet pilots to commercial licence and instrument rating standard. Two-hundred-and-seventy hours' flying is carried out dur ing the ten-month course, which utilises a fleet of nine Bonanzas and six Barons. Indicative of the ideal training weather conditions is the average annual utilisation of the Bonanzas, which has reached 2,100hr, and the-school claims an overall service ability factor of 93-2 per cent for its basic trainers. Lufthansa began training at PSA five years ago and has recently extended its contract for a further five years. On completion of the licence and instrument rating sylla bus, Lufthansa graduates are given an additional 40hrs flying on King Airs with flight decks modified to ap proximate to the Boeing 737 for advanced systems training. Japanese local airline proposed The Japanese civil aviation council has proposed the formation of a third-level air line under the joint ownership of Japanese Air Lines, All Nippon. Toa Domestic and local government authorities. An initial Government grant of $2-6 million is proposed for the purchase of aircraft during the 1973 financial Stapleford Tawney, to the north-east of London, has commercial as well as private development potential Pointing out the urgent need for regional advice to be made available to local Authorities the authors of the study observe that they lack expertise in the operational and commercial aspects of general aviation; they note that no wider context exists within which they can assess desirable developments within their area. They suggest that the opportunity exists for the Civil Aviation Authority to try to overcome some of the deficiencies of data and knowledge. year. There are at present 54 aviation companies operating public transport aircraft in Japan, but these have no centralised route structure. It is intended that the new company should begin operations with routes on northern Hokkaido Island. Block Bolkow order Helicopter Marketing, the United Kingdom agent for the Bolkow B6105D helicopter, has announced that it has placed an order for ten to be de livered during 1973. The order is worth approximately £1 • 5 million. Oxford export earnings up Training provided for pilots of overseas airlines at the Oxford Air Training School during 1972 was valued at £1 • 1 million, a marked increase on the 1971 figure of £0-7 million. Export business ac counted for 76 per cent of the revenue of the school during the year, in which students from (39 different countries underwent training at Oxford. Scottish helicopter contract The first major contract for the recently formed North Scottish Helicopters has been placed by the Forestry Commission. It> is valued at £40,000 and will call for the use of up to three helicopters to spray 25,000 acres of forest near Fort William. Learjet distributor for Canada Canada Learjet of Calgary, Alberta, has been appointed exclusive Canadian distri butor for Gates Learjet and will take over the marketing responsibility of the parent company's Montreal office. Canada Learjet will soon open a sales office on the east side of Canada. The Canadian civil register currently in cludes six Learjets and the new distributor is to add a Learjet 25B to its fleet. Australian agricultural aviation safer Australian agri cultural pilots treated 10-5 million acres in 1971, accord ing to recently released figures. This effort was achieved with an accident rate of 2-62 per 10,000hr, less than pne- fifth of the rate recorded in 1955. DCA statistics show that 70 firms employ 170 pilots in agricultural flying in Aus tralia and that spraying accounts for approximately one- third of the annual effort. The first Britten-Norman Islander for 1973 delivery has been sold to Taxi Aero Costa do Sol of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the first batch to be painted at the parent company's plant at Gosselies, Belgium
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