Annual report on Northern Rhodesia / Colonial Office.

  • Colonial Office
Date:
[1951]
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Credit: Annual report on Northern Rhodesia / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at Lusaka and Livingstone. This is the first year that the Club has owned and operated its own aircraft, and the fleet consists of four Piper Cubs, one Piper Cruiser and one Stinson Voyager. The main feature of the work of the Department of Civil Aviation has been the further implementation of international standards and practices laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Improvements have taken place during the year to the Aeronautical Telecommunications Service including the introduction of teletype links between Livingstone, Salisbury and Bulawayo, and partial introduction between Livingstone and Lusaka. Development in aids to navigation has resulted in complete territorial coverage by MF radio beacons, whilst improvements have been made both to the range and extent of VHF facilities, which now give complete territorial coverage for high flying jet aircraft. The cover within the corridor route for normal piston engined aircraft operations is complete. Considerable attention has been paid to the requirements of the Comet Jet shortly to be introduced, and successful trials with this particular aircraft have taken place both at Livingstone Airport and at the designated alternative Lusaka Airport. Apart from the Comet, visits were also made to the Territory by the Viscount Prop-Jet airliner, as well as a number of jet-engined fighting aircraft. The Northern Rhodesia Territorial Meteorological Service was inaugurated during the year and progress has been made in the provision of meteorological forecasting, but the scope of the service has been limited by shortage of trained staff. Aerodrome improvements have been made at Lusaka, Fort Jame¬ son and Mankoya, while plans for the construction of an improved and enlarged runway at Ndola were completed. Work continues at the new aerodromes at Mongu and Fort Rosebery and survey has been under¬ taken for the planning of a new aerodrome at Solwezi. In 1951 there was a considerable increase in the scheduled and non-scheduled aircraft movements, which has resulted in increased passenger and freight loads. POSTS Post Offices were established during the year at Luampa and Lukulu (Barotse Province), Mulundu (Western Province), Nakonde (Northern Province), Simango (Southern Province) and at the Living¬ stone Airport. These additions brought the total number of Post Offices in the Territory to sixty-seven. The offices at Kasama, Katete and Mazabuka were transferred to new buildings and the new premises at Abercom will be ready for occupation early in 1952.
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