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347 FLIGHT Internationol, 4 September 1969 How the Fokker F.27-200 appears in the new Ansett styling. This picture was taken recently at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, when this Friendship was emerging from overhaul and repainting. The fin is in orange with the logo in orange on a white background. The cheatline is deep brown and orange/white and the remainder of the fuselage is white above and light grey below AIR TRANSPORT... 707 CRASH CAUSE RECOMMENDATIONS from the US National Transportation Safety Board in a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration point to the cause of the accident on July 26 to the TWA Boeing 707-320C during a training flight at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Centre, Pomona, New Jersey. The investigations so far have shown that the crew experienced a malfunction of the hydraulic system at a critical point during a simulated three-engine overshoot. Cockpit voice recordings indicate a belief in a complete hydraulic-system failure and the command was given for "all pumps off." When the No 2 auxiliary pump (rudder boost) is turned off, the NTSB letter says, the effective rudder travel is decreased by about a half and there is no available power assistance. In order to maintain safe flight with the rudder boost off, an increase of approximately 40-50kt would be required to main tain control. The letter proposes a review of the emergency procedures by operators of 707s and "like aircraft" so as to "clarify troubleshooting of hydraulic-system malfunctions," and recommends changes in the rudder pump low-pressure light circuitry. STOL-HANDUNG STUDY A CONTRACT valued at about $137,000 (£57,000) has been awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration to McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, to study the low-speed flight characteristics of STOL aircraft. The investigation is intended to provide technical data for use by designers of STOL transport aircraft and by the FAA in establishing airworthiness standards for their certification and operation. A final report of the findings and recommendations is required by June 1970. The specific task of Douglas will be to investigate stability and control problems encountered in the take-off and landing- approach stages of flight by short-haul STOL transports designed to apply the principle of deflected slipstream for lift augmentation. Essential lateral manoeuvrability factors will be determined for VFR and IFR take-offs and approaches, con sidering atmospheric turbulence, crosswinds and related dynamic stability and flight-control factors. Research experience with various STOL prototypes has, the FAA say, revealed potential problems associated with handling qualities during take-off and landing approach—qualities which are not present with more conventional aircraft. Flight charac teristics, rather than stalling speed or performance, have generally set the operating restrictions for STOLs. The use of stability augmentation systems are likely to be required to achieve acceptable characteristics under critical operating conditions. A simulator at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, will be used in the study. The use of this simulator, with computer facilities and a projection television cockpit display, will make it possible to simulate the handling characteristics of a wide variety of STOL configurations with a range of stability and control characteristics typical of new designs. CATAPULT TAKE-OFFS? SO as to lessen noise in the vicinity of airports the US Federal Aviation Administration is considering the commercial use of auxiliary launch systems. A contract valued at more than $49,500 (£17,000) has been awarded to the AU-American Engineering Co of Wilmington, Delaware, for an eight-month laboratory research study to determine whether such systems could be used effectively for transport aircraft. Factors to be studied include, of course, safety characteristics, as well as cost, passenger comfort and the effect on take-off flight paths. The use of such devices for STOL and supersonic transports, and future giant freighters, such as the proposed C-5A Galaxy derivative, (L-500), will be specially considered. Such systems have so far been used only for military aircraft and All- American will look into the possibility of providing and operating them at an economic cost to the airlines and airport owners. Dan-Air Appointment Mr A. J. Snudden, the managing director of Dan-Air Services, has been elected to the board of Davies & Newman, of which Dan-Air is a subsidiary. New Chairman for UTA General Georges Fayet, chairman of Union de Transports Aerien (UTA), has retired after more than 20 years as head of the company. M Francis Fabre, one of the two vice-presidents, replaces him as chairman. Finnair Engineering Mr Carl Stude has been appointed vice-president, engineering and maintenance, and a member of the board of Finnair, in succession to Mr Bertel Aulin. who retired on June 1 after 33 years with the airline. Mr Stude, who joined Finnair in 1952, was appointed assistant vice-president, technical, on April 1 this year. Air-shuttle Director. Mr William H. Murphy, Eastern Air lines' station manager at New York Kennedy since 1966, has been named director of Eastern's Air-shuttle, with headquarters at LaGuardia Airport. He replaces Mr Frank J. Stulgaitis who is to be manager, customer services operations, for Eastern in Los Angeles, to which a new Eastern service starts this month. Douglas Marketing Mr Charles M. Forsyth has been appointed vice-president, commercial marketing, for the Douglas Aircraft Company division of McDonnell Douglas. He succeeds Mr James B. Edwards, who will retire next year after service with Douglas since 1930 but will, in the meantime, assume Mr Forsyth's previous post of vice-president, assistant to the president. Seychelles DCA The former Director of Civil Aviation in East Africa, Mr Basil F. Sutton, has been recruited by the Ministry of Overseas Development on behalf of the Seychelles Government as Director of Civil Aviation. Now an Operations Officer in the Board of Trade, Mr Sutton will be posted later this year to Victoria, Mahe, and will undertake the duties both of DCA and airport commandant.
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