Ext 609/48 'Monthly newsletters of Middle East civil air attaché (December 1947, January 1948)' [‎10v] (20/78)

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OCCUPIED TS1RITQ2I5S, P/,RAGPw\PII 3«
IvSIX AHA AIRFIE LD - TRIPOLI.
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an extract frcm the 3CYPTIAN VAIL of 15th
januaxy ; -
"Britain has given permission to the united states to reopen terrroornrily
w-ne airfield at nellahj for the use of ‘chc Britain* s approval
is conditional on ^ he ougccsiIvj oi clie disoosal ox Italy ^ s or^'~uar /fiican
Empire-.... Last year, the TJ.S. Government offered the field and its
installations for sale cut there uere no takers."
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Bofore
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4. BRITISH JJmTION SPRU C ES (MALTA).
~ih±5 company is interested in'the inauguration of a comrne
oer\ ice on uiie a.ou^c ]vial ua—inpoli—Qairo, and has been invited
picpcsc-.ls Gcr consiaeration cy the ] inistry of civil /viation.
submitting such proposals, hb\/ever, the General Manager of the
ht.s decided oO visit- Cairo this month for discussions 'with, the
Affairs Authorities, but to da.tc has not arrived in Cairo. ^
to report further on this next month.
it is uiilikeay that ohe Egyptian Authorities wcixld object
granting ri 0 nt-s in co^iro xor such a service, even though it is
that they vyould ^'ish to take action recimrocallv
PALESTINE
-• following is cno text of the Government of Palestine’s Notice
to Airmen no. 1/1548:-
'fitn efa.ee ^ from the diLto of this notice the use of xydda Airport,
EEGiuPT- IN Ef/iERGENCY, is confined to aircraft fitted with w/t
equipment, (but see pai«agraph 2 below).
2 . provided that they are flown by pilots holding a.British "b"
licence or its equivalent, aircraft belonging to Messrs. Aviron
Limited may use uhe Airport, even though they are not fitted with
P/T eqiiipm.nt. The pilots must, hoivover, pay particular
attenuion lo visual flying control signals frcm the control Tower.
3. I u -* s regretted that this measure may cause inconvenience to
members of flying clubs and private owners, but it is necessary
in the interests of flying safety at an airport which is in
continual use by airline operators”.
2. JEIISK PILOTS.
T.l'] EGYPTIAN MAIL on 21st January reported that ..."A Jewish
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. spokesman said that the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. had bought used cut serviceable
Auster scout planes from British surplus for ’’the training of Jewish
“H ? 0I ^ Grci ^ aviation 1 '. The spokesman said there are now about
1 ^ i '^^) 2 o yai Air pcrco trained Jewish pilots in Palestine who would work
oitn the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. -sponsored AVTRCN COimany in training rilots and developing
the air industry”. ^ :j
3* A IR IRAIvCE IN PiJjEST INE.
IlITERAVLl -’ 0 .140? reported that ”in view of tension in Palestine, Air
pranco has temporarily elhiiinated landings at Lydda. on the weekly service
rem pans to Tananarive, Madagascar, there is now a night landing at
Mombasa, penya* On Air prance’s service from paris tc Saigon, aircraft land
a. Athens, Basra and Karachi; on return flights there is a night landing
at munis”. 0
LEBANON".