Ext 609/48 'Monthly newsletters of Middle East civil air attaché (December 1947, January 1948)' [‎6r] (11/78)

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CONFIDENTIAL.
miPT - SECTION II - i’luRODHQviES - parci[;raph I(L
otanclArcla of -;ror. centrol 3or\'iccn, The present Egyptian control
staff - duo to various causes, one 'being undorpayrsont - are not
over enthusiastic, and in addition the majority have a very limited
knowledge of English.
(c) search and rescue facilities - as mentioned last month - arc
almost entirely dependant upon the cooperation of the R.A.F. control
Centre at Fey id, with whom the -oroblem of rapid communication is a
pressing one. pt is understood that a continuous w/T watch may soon
he opened for S.A.R. purposes on 842o Kcs. het\;ecn the Area control
Centre parouk, and the S.A.R. Centre payid.
(d) pe date c:cperience has shaven the meteorological services at
parouk to he superior 'bo those formerly available at / L lmasa.
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AmAEA.
(a) The mobile lighting equipment for this airport has now been
made available by the R.A.F.
(b) The BASS Mark II equipment still awaits customs clearance at
port said.
(c) The Almaza tower radio, aftor many complaints, has no;? been
roplacod by American equipment, raid results have greatly improved*
B.O.A.C. are maintaining the new set.
(d) 'gc understand that the Air Traffic control school was
transferred from parouk to ;JLmasa during December because the
Egyptians have rented the premises to T.Y/.A. for something over
£E2 per day. T.f.f. arc to use these premises for tho training
of their own pilots.
3. IvARIlIT (FQUAD EL ; y.AL) Sea-port Aerodrome.
(a) Mariui is in future to ‘be Imown by the name of pouad el jtwil
(pouad the pirst) sea-port aerodrome.
(b) Representatives of this office, U.K.C.A.T.R. and B.O.A.C.
Middle past Eegional Hoadauarters recently attended a meeting held
in the office of the Egypt: an Tjndor Secretary of state for Air
for the purpose of discussing; tho question of tho opening of this
aerodrome. Another moctii: ; \ic.i subsequently held at Rod-ol-parag
as a result of which the B.O.A.C. ejeperts recommended minimum
requirements for pouad el gwal which were provisionally agreed to
by the Egyptian Roprosenv.ative. The recommendations covered
requirements for th^.- Marine Section’s equipment and personnel; air
traffic control; flare pash; and the training of controllers and
marine staff by B.O.A.C.
The Egyptians have been informed that all equipment necessary
for the implementation of the recommended requirements, together
with certain radio facilities, could be loaned them from the existing
equipment at Rod-el-parag. This lean w r ould, of course, bo on a
financial basis, and the Egyptian reaction has not yot been received.
it was agreed at the first meeting referred to above that it
should be possible to transfer traffic from Rod-ol-parag to pouad I
during April 1948. Details of landing and ascending directions, buoyage
and lighting were also discussed. Tho Egyptians anticipate difficulty
in opening the Meteorological station at pound I - which B.O.A.C. have
stated to bo necessary to them for their operations there - owing
to the lack of trained meteorologists, tho number required to open the
Station being at least four. should it bo impossible to open tho
Station for this reason, B.O.A.C. would have
SECTION II,
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paragraph 3 (b)/.