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c i v il a v i a t i o n a g e n c i e s h a d i n d i c a t e d

t h a t P a n A m w o u l d h a v e t o s e e k

t h e i r a p p r o v a l b e f o r e r a i s i n g c o m

m i s s i o n s .

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c o m m i s s i o n q u e s t i o n i n t o t h e o p e n a r e

n o t t o b e d i s c o u n t e d , a l t h o u g h r e p o r t s

t h a t n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h I r a n a r e

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c r e a s e i n r e v e n u e .

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A ne a r l y doub l e d ne t p r o f i t o f

12,036,000 for ca l en da r ye ar 1974 on

t o t a l g r oup s a l e s o f 271 , 811 , 000 wa s

r e p o r t e d l a s t w e e k b y t h e B r i t i s h

A i r c r a f t C o r p o r a t i o n t o i t s p a r e n t

V i c k e r s . E x p o r t s w e r e 1 7 3 m i l l i o n ,

n e a r l y t w i c e t h e 1 9 7 3 f i g u r e . O r d e r s

i n ha nd a t t he e nd

of

t h e y e a r w e r e

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m i l l i o n f o r e x p o r t , c o m p a r e d w i t h

636 mi l l ion (425 mi l l ion for ex

p o r t ) a t t he e n d o f 1973 . Th e i n t a ke o f

n e w o r d e r s e x c e e d e d 4 5 0 m i l l i o n f o r

t h e s e c o n d y e a r r u n n i n g .

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we r e r e s pe c t i v e l y 124 mi l l i on ( 9 2

mi l l i on e xpo r t s ) a nd 153 mi l l i on

( 66 mi l l i on e xpo r t s ) . BAC ' s f u l l

a c c o u n t s w i ll b e p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g

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Gr oup f a c t o r i e s a t Ea s t K i l b r i de ,

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addresses

guests at the unveiling of the IAI Kfir J79-

powered Mirage derivative. Another aircraft

gave o flying display full details and photo

graphs of the occasion are on pages

666-667.

One report quotes French sources as intimating

that the fuselage is constructed of a new

combination of titanium, steel and aluminium.

If so it wo uld appear that the Kfir is being

manufactured from new rather than using

time-expired or damaged Mirage parts

H i l l i n g t o n a n d B l a n t y r e . T h e c u r r e n t

c l a i m f o r a n e x t r a 12 a we e k t o s t a r t

t h e n e w p a y a g r e e m e n t y e a r f o l lo w s

a n i n t e r i m s e t t l e m e n t o f 8 l a s t

N o v e m b e r .

Ro l l s - Royc e ha s s a i d t ha t t he pa y

i n c r e a s e w o u l d c a u s e a l o s s t h a t t h e

Gove r nme n t r e f u s e s t o f und , t ha t i t

c a n n o t i n c r e a s e i ts p r i c e s a n d t h a t in

c r e a s e d p r o d u c t i v i t y i s t h e o n l y j u s t i

f ica tion . I t ha s of fered a ten per c en t

pay inc re as e for a 15 per cen t increase-

i n o u t p u t , t o b e p a i d w h e n t h e o u t p u t

t a r ge t i s a c h i e ve d .

S k y s h i p m o d e l d e m o n s t r a t e d

A 30 f t - d i a me t e r s c a l e mode l o f t he

J o h n W e s t D e s i g n A s s o c i a t e s S k y s h i p

v e h i c l e w a s d e m o n s t r a t e d o n A p r i l 1 7

i n t h e a i r s h i p h a n g a r a t C a r d i n g t o n ,

Be ds , i n s i de t he ha nga r , bu i l t i n 1930

t o h o u s e t h e R 1 0 1 a i r s h i p , t h e l i e l i u m -

f il le d, e l e c t r i c a l l y po we r e d mode l wa s

f lown un de r r a d i o c on t r o l , w i t h t r a i l

i n g l a n y a r d s f o r m a n u a l r e v e r s i o n i n

case of d i f f icul t ies .

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c e n t r e , ha s a pa y l oa d o f 401b ( ma i n l y

b a l t e r i e s a n d r a d i o - c o n t r o l e q u i p m e n t )

an d a gro ss li f t of 2151b. Pl an s fo r

l a r g e r S k y s h i p s w e r e r e c o r d e d l a s t

w e e k .

Q u e e n s A w a r d s i n a v i a t i o n

Fi ve of t he 95 Qu e e n ' s Aw a r d s f o r

i n d u s t r y a n n o u n c e d l a s t M o n d a y

r e c o g n i s e d e x p o r t a n d t e c h n o l o g i c a l

i n n o v a t i o n i n a v i a t i o n . T h e y w e r e

m a d e t o t h e B r i t i s h A i r c r a f t C o r p o r a

t i on ' s Gu i d e d W e a p on Di v i s i on f o r

e x p o r t a c h i e v e m e n t a n d f o r te c h n o

logica l innovat ion in the f ie ld of h igh-

p e r f o r m a n c e r a d o m e s ; t h e B r i t is h

H o v e r c r a f t C o r p o r a t i o n f o r h o v e r

c r a f t e x p o r t s ; B r i t t e n - N o r m a n f o r

d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e T r i s l a n d e r ;

M a r c o n i - E l l i o t t A v i o n i c S y s t e m s f o r

d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e N a v v v a ss n a v i g a

t i o n a n d w e a p o n - a i m i n g s y s t e m f o r

t h e J a g u a r ; a n d S h o r t B r o t h e r s a n d

H a r l a n d f o r e x p o r t s of t h e S k y v a n .

S E N S O R

The Bil l to nationalise the British

airframe industry, which was due

to be published before Easter, may

still appear but it is now unlikely

to become law this year. There is

even speculation in the British air

craft industry that it may not even

be enacted next year. The Chan

cellor of the Exchequ er, Mr Healey,

is not looking for new public ex

penditure, especially 300 million

expected as compen sation in this

case, and he is not a strong sup

porter of Mr Bern's nationalisation

measure s. There is also pressure

from,

trade unions who are becom

ing aware that .300 million spent

on compensating shareholders and

private owners could be used to

finance new aircraft work.

Some general -av iat ion

salesmen in

the United Kingdom are reporting

slow sales so far this year, a situa

tion which they do not expect to

improve following the Chancellor's

budget. On e of the strongest areas,

howeve r, is the training of over

seas pilots. One major private

school is completely booked up,

though there are signs that this

may not be the case in two years'

time.

The future of the Koyal Aero Club

is- noio being considered more in

relation to the Army and Navy

Club rather than to the United Ser

vices Club in its existing superb but

increasingly costly premises in Pall

Mall.

Singapore a.s well as Australia are

considering orders for the Rapier.

Influential people close to the

D-Notice system of achieving

security by voluntary agreeme nt

between the Press and Government

still find Whiteha ll officials who,

when politically embarrassed by a

story, think that a D-Notice can be

slapped on as if it were the

Official Secrets Act.

A Lancaster Mk 10 for the Strath-

allan Collection in Scotland is ex

pected to arrive at Prestwick Air

port en route front the Canad ian

Air Force base at Namatto some

time next month. It will be flown

by Capt P. A. MacK enzie, flight

operations director of British Ca le

donian, with a crew of two. The

aircraft has been bought by Sir

William Roberts from Northwestern

Air Lease of Edmonton.

Fokker-VFW has reserved a

second-

hand F .27 for use as an integration

prototype of a maritime-reco nnais

sance version of the aircraft, which

would compete with the Hawker

Siddeley H S.748 Coastguarder. A

conference of potential equipmen t

suppliers has already been held

Aerospat ia le wi l l have

the twin-

Arriel-powered SA.365 Dauphin at

the Paris Show with demonstration

furnishing an d equipmen t. The

compa ny is not likely to display the

LTS-10l-pow ered SA.366, which is

continuing installation developm ent

flying at Marigna ne.