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THE WEATHER
Fine and falall day and every day-i 'SWISSAIR'S Convale jetlinar, whith cruises above tho
weather.
CHINA
·Established 1845
CONVAIR JET SPECIAL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1961.
Advertirar'a 'Announconsent
K.C. HARVEY Public Relations
901 Queen's Theatre Bldg. Tel: 3/555 & 31566.
Comment Flying Ambassador of Goodwill between East and West of the SWISSAIR'S NEW JET IN HK
day
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
TIT the Inaugu ntion,
W tadng, of its Convair jet
#ervice, from Hongkong, the Swiss national airline, Swasair, completes phase three of its fet programme. Commencing this afternoon, the first of the new jets will take-off from Kal Tak.
Today's arrival of || CONVAIR
inaugural flight
to Europe
bound for Europe, thereby With the touch-down, at Kai Tak, 'of
Inauguratlag the afeline's
Far East service out of the Colony.
|
The swift 880-M jetliners will! serve the Fur East; the Caravelles are ying! throughout Europe and to: the Middle East; the DC-88 are spanning the Atlantic. This in
considerable chievement, notably be- enuse Swissair has вис- "readed in reducing, to a rainimum, the number of types of jet aircraft serve its needs, world-wide.
Delivery
10
The intervening months, during which Swissue has awnited delivery of the Convair Jets. have been opanned-both in
fleet.
Swissair's Convair 880M jetliner, Hong- kong and Switzerland jointly inaugurate the first Swissair jet flight, westbound, from the Colony.
Refuelled, and her two galleys; by half the distance between slocked with vintage wines and Switzerland and Hongkong- chulce Items of Swiss culsine, and in so doing will enable the streamlined fetliner takes the Swiss of the Colony off from Kol Tak's
seaborne share with travellers of
advantages runway, a Flying Ambassador | nations the many of Goodwill between East and of this pedigree jetliner, West,
At controls
to the
This is an economic age: the Convair 880-M Jetliner is 植 multi-million US dollar AC- quisition, yet the prudent confi- garation of the cabin provides for 64 veonomy-class passengers and 20 first-class passengers, on the Far East route of Swissair.
Economy
many
At the controls of the Con- vair Bus ure senior, mult million-mileage pilate of the Swis
uiring national
For many, wed:s, these highly- expredeneed caplatis have been i undergoing rigorous training
This means that, for relation with Swissuir's pool partner.
Scandinavian Alpines System, | travellers-and especially for 15 time and distance by
those who do not have the ad- the DCGI of the airline's in Sweden.
vantage of an expense account To equip themselves for the more than 75 per cent of the This Bas muunt that the responsibilities of flying a jet- accommodation on the Con- Swiss national airline has liner with a speed of 019mph, | vair 880-M jetliner serving the or 84 per cent of the speed of ¦ Far East is available at the continued to operate
sound, it was necessary for economy fare. platan-engine aircraft these plots to go back to against
formidable school, to "un-learn" alt the
they Economy-with the advan- competition of
lages of speed, and "above-the- other know about pleton-engine alr
cruising-are craft and to master the intricn- weather" operators' jets.
of the made possible for the economi¬ In the face of competition-ies and technicalities
colly-minded who fly Swissair and with
comparatively mighty jels
out of Hongkong and from slower aircraft-Swissair
other centres along the Far has succeeded in
East route. taining consistently- favourable payloads out of ; Hongkong, despite the fret that the jet services alter- natively available by other airlines were spanning the
main-
Today, Tuesday, September 12, Hongkong shares with the Swiss in their home country. and with the Swiss community
For first-class pussengers,
thus
a
n this Colony, the entente delightful, rolunda-styled lounge cordiale that this Jet Are has has been provided. Provi- brought to the world.
sion also has been made for
these passengers to enjoy light The Convair 380-M, develop-refreshment, while relaxing in
distance between Hong- ment model of the 880, will clip fear-cushioned pillow-sents.
kong and Karope in half¦
the time taken by the
· piston-enginud DCOB,
For
Loyalty
Swissair's passengers,▸ whose consistent loyalty o the airline, despite the lure: of the speedier jets, has been the mainstay of the sustained paytmuls, the
Jure Idlsurely flights in the DCGBA have been, to many, sentimental journeys.
Time moves on: the Jet Age is upon us. Swissair Con- vair jets serving Hongkong will clip the distance 10 Europe by as much as 50
vent.
per
Those passengers who con- Linued to By Swinnair with the DCGBs, and who have taken a final, sentimental Journey aboard that thoroughbred of piston- engine aircraft, now will reap the reward of having, at their disposal, a jetliner that combines present-day ..requirements of speed, efficiency and "above-tho- weather comfort.
880-M:
VITAL STATISTICS
Speed: Maximum cruies thrust 610mph at 20,000
feet.
Wingspan: 120 feet. Length: 12019 feet. Height: 37 feet, four Inches,
Maximum Kamp Weight: 191.400 pounds,
Maximom
Allowable
· Take-off Weight: 191,000 pounds.
Maximum Landing Weight:
165,000 pounds. Maximum. lets fuel:
121,500 pounds.
Passenger capacity: 84 (20 first-class, Oi economy- class).
Operational 15,000-42,000 FL
Range:
de lling:
3,400 nautical miles (with reserve).
Take-off distance: 0,080
feel.
Landing feel.
distance-4.850
Engines Four General Electrio CJ-805-38's.
Equipment Includes: all- weather radar, Doppler navigational Byalem, alr conditioning. automatio pressurisation, two food
indirect lighting, buffels, contemporary lounge, where refreshments аге
served.
Swissair Convair 860-M jetliner, seen in fight, cruises "above-the-weather", at between 35,000-11,000ft. Her speed is G19mph, or 84 per cent of the speed of sound.
Popular District Manager's
role in
aviation
Mr F. A. Pfiffner, Swissair District Manager, Hongkong, was born of
Swiss parents in Lincoln, England, where he was educated.
The first signs of his interest in aviation were revealed, at the age of 15, when he became a member of the Air Training Corps of his school, which was preparing youngsters for entry into the Royal Air Force.
Tony Paner
volunteered¦ trained
B meteorological Geneva and served In that at several stations of and was accepted by the RAF observer at the Air Ministry, capacity
Le network, including Malia. st the age of 17.
He was then in London, and served with the RAF, both in the United Kingdom and overseas.
SWISS HOSPITALITY
WORLDWIDE
SERVICE
Mr Piffner joined Swissair in 1957, at the time when the airline.commenced its Far East Hongkong. After completing three years' operations through
District Manager, service, he returned to Swit- He is, zerland, where he became sponsible for Hongkong, Macao and has many
in
the
and Taiwan
тем
Swiss Meteorological, Service, friends throughout the world.
Weather Forecaster
preparing forecasts for aircraft out of Geneva,
*THIS IS YOUR
SPECIAL
SWISSAIR
CONVAIR EDITION
to commemorate, the inauguralion'
of Swissair's
jeta serving: the Far East
Mr. F. A. PAßner, well, known and popilar Dii- trict Manager" of "Swlissir based in Hongkong, Arvi became Interested in aula- tion at the age of 15,
By an interesting coincidence,
renews former A keen gourmet, Mr Piffner Tony Paffner Mr Piffner joined Swedish acquaintance with SAS, the is an authority on the national Airlines (ABA), which became latter being to pool operation diahes of Switzerland. part of the Scandinavian Air with Swissair in the Far East.
He served as
He is well-known for his. Chief Flight Despatcher, in
Iene Schnitzler, of Manila. Ing examples of. Swiss culsine
have two He was promoted to be Sta- Thay
children, and tempting, dishes of other Hon Manager for SAS Ja Anthony and Jacqueline.
countries are featured.
Geneva, for the (SAS) group. He married, In 1950, Mar- house-parties, at which interest-
SWISSAIR world-wide, Swiss hospitality world-lines System.
wide-such are the hallmarks of the national airline carrier and its country of origin.
CONGRATULATIONS
to
SWISSAIR
on
introducing the
CONVAIR JET SERVICE
STOP PRESS May our future business association
NO MONKEY BUSINESS
Swissair security personnej Kal Tak · Airport today reported nnuaual Rotlvity vicinity *tarmio, area occupied miriina's
brand-now Convair ·880-NI Í Jolliner.
After detalled investigation, firmly established Itinerant Monkey, no fixed sbode, lingored area Convair 880-11, obvious intention preted as
- 'BŁOWAWAY. Arit westbound
night out of Hongkong, Succulent marle on-loaded ale-
raft, while Monkey in area inqulaitive one
plahe react.
We wishing satisfy curtosily and
purmat (endencion,
continue happily, as always.
☆
H.K. Tours & Travel Service Ltd.
Poninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Tol: 64073, 64343/4/5/6
Switzerland is unique, be- cause there is no country any- where quite like it. It is small, compact and yet it has succeed- ed. In welding twenty-two states, representing a diversity of Euro- pean languages and cultures, into one harmonious whole.
Switzerland has few natural resources, but its people have, by their own industry and ingenuity, raised the country to level of prosperity that is dificult to achieve, where there are neither raw materials nor a sea coast to facilitate trade.
An Industrial country such as Switzerland, situated in the most active aren of Europe, with its production regionus highly decentralised and trading with the whole-world, must have at its disposal an extensive system af transport and communica- tions.
Central pass
into
The Confederation was born along the central pass of the Alps, so that from the outset Switzerland was brought close connection with the con- finental transport system, In the course of time. further im- portant trade routes traversed the country, the rivers and the lakes were navigated, and for a long period the Rhine bridge at Basie was the last possiblity of crossing the river by bridge before it flowed into the sea.
Everything in the location and the economic development of Switzerland favoured the rapid construction of a transport sys- tem based upon the most modern methods - avaliable, to become in time an indispensablo factor in making the beauty of the country neccssible to the tourist, And thus the complete- ly unproduelive wealth of scenery became an Important consideration in the Swiss publie economy.
From descriptions of travel of 'earlier timos is revealed the ad- miration of foreign visitors for the beauty of the Bwise Janda- cape and the thornaler of the Bwas poople. Thus Goethe," in hila travel sketches of a journey. Into the Valais, hover Knowing by what means he would be able to cross the. Turka. Pass, and exalting provides a vivid Improsalon of Lynvolling in Switzerland before" the coming of the railway. Tak
congratulations
SWISSAIR
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