

A local housewife urged the airline to give the bees a good whiff of bruised lemon tree leaves. 'Bees', he wrote, 'don't like the smell of horses, but wrap him carefully so he won't get stung'. A Londoner suggested tying a horse under the wing. 'No' said the airline engineers: 'formic acid from the dead bees might damage the metal or the rubber in the fuel tanks'.Ī man from Durban thought that garlic might help. Blow smoke or gas into the wing, he advised. They were not, in fact, aircraft-type bugs at all, but a swarm of bees estimated at 75,000 which came out of nowhere soon after the plane had landed at Kentucky Airport, Salisbury, Rhodesia to take up happy residence inside one of its wings.ĬAA mechanics scattered, and to remove them, the airline called in a local beekeeper, Jack Garrett. The trouble with a new Vickers Viscount propjet was that the bugs would not go away. 'Getting the bugs out' is standard procedure whenever anything as complex as a brand new aircraft is delivered.

Matopos is near Bulawayo with a large National Park known as Matobo. Rear fuselage section assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.įront fuselage section assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.įuselage section assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.įuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.įirst flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.ĭelivered to Central African Airways Corporation (CAA) named as 'R M A 'Matopos', Was the 74th Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,Īnd the 77th Viscount assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
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115 - the 115th production Type 700 series Viscount built, They were also fitted with de Havilland propellers, which was the first application to a production Viscount. They were powered by Rolls-Royce Dart RDa6 Mark 510 engines with a 47 seat high-density cabin.

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The Airline Pilot Programs take a student from zero flight time through the commercial single and multi-engine certificates, plus all three flight instructor ratings.Ĭalifornia Airways is a FAA-approved Part 141 flight school, and sponsors international students for the M-1 Student visa subject to availability. Offering affordable flight training and aircraft rental for pilots of all experience levels, California Airways offers training from student pilot through ATP ratings.
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Over the past 53 years, California Airways taught thousands of pilots how to fly. California Airways is the San Francisco Bay Area's oldest flight school and flying club.
