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1998
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STRAIGHT a LEVEL — 75 YEARS AGO ••• Extracts from Flight, January 4,1923 Air Mails in Australia From Hudson Fysh, Chief Pilot of the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, Ltd., comes a letter, sent from Cloncurry. The "cover", to use a philatelic term, bears a lable printed in red, inscribed "For Aerial Transmission. First Trip Australia's Second Aerial Mail," and has, in addition the current 5d. Australia brown postage stamp, postmarked "Cloncurry. 5-A-l 1-1922. Queensland." But why not have a proper Aerial Mail stamp? ••• Work on the Aeromarine Airways Some interesting figures are to hand on the work carried out on the Aeromarine Airways for the year ending November 1, last. On the Southern Division, which includes Key West-Havana, Miami, Bimini, Nascau and Palm Beach, and spe cial flights from New York to points in Florida and Cuba, 268,535 passenger miles were flown in 744 flights, and 2,399 passengers carried. For the Great Lakes Division, including a double daily service between Cleveland and Detroit, sightsee ing flights over Lakes Erie and St. Clair, and cer tain special flights, 412,854 passenger miles were flown in 574 flights and 4,388 passengers carried. Three types of flying boats were used in these operations - "F.5-L" type 11-passenger cabin boats; 6-seater converted Navy Coast Patrol "HS2L" type; and 3-seater Aeromarine boats. Not a single passenger or employe was injured during these operations. ••• Radio Services for Civil Air Routes Strict adherence to the radio organisation described in this Notice affords the best possible means for the efficient control of air traffic and for ensuring the safety of aircraft and passengers, and bearings taken by D.F. stations can be assumed to be of a high accu racy, but it must be clearly understood that the Air Ministry, while taking every reasonable precaution to ensure the efficient working of the radio services of all classes mentioned in this Notice, accept no responsi bility for any consequences arising directly or indi rectly from the use of these services, from any inaccuracy of bearings or information given, from any failure in the services or from any other cause whatsoever. Copies ofthisNotice can be obtained from the AirMinistiy. • If you want to see a .- .-. . (British) Avro Shackleton -.. — . . flying, go to the USA, because the FAA , says it's safe for \ Americans to ' maintain and fly it, I even iftheCAAsays j 100 Supersaver was introduced to the Arnencan airforce in1957 On ,ts first flight the pilot took it up to 35 000 feet, opened the throttle, and it's unsafe for the J smaShed through the sound barrier. British to do so. McBoffin: "Well, at least that way we know the pilots will be awake". Now it's the turn of the (British) English Electric/ BAC Lightning, which the CAA says is far too deadly to be let loose in the hands of people who maintained and flew it in RAF service for decades. The Anglo- American Lightning As sociation (c/o Andrew Brodie,+44181 349 2260) has just shipped two Lightning two-seaters to Stennis, Mississippi, and hopes the FAA will let it fly one within 18 months. Doubtless, they'll use British pilots and mechan ics, and the CAA will seek to ban British enthusiasts from travelling to the USA to see it fly, in case they have fatal heart-attacks from the excitement of it all. Coltrane's Planes & Automobiles YUCKSPEAK Series of1,000,000 Undocumented features = Software bugs Douglas McBoffin: "It's months away, but our new Wonderjet will take off at 11.00am precisely that day" Budgie News: "Any par ticular reason?" Budgie Blues I If you can't see the triple main gear, or the undercarriage pods on the no-dihedral wing, or the bullet on the top of the tail, the best way of telling the difference between a Tu-154 and a 727 Budgie News, 26 November - 2 December) is by counting the number of cockpit win dows. 38 ... .— . .-.. .-.. .. - . ... J Lankester Parker (right) receives Brackley trophy, 1950 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 7 - 13 January 1998
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