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THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
CHINA MAIL,
AVIATION
Bervative: China has to face the same difficulty, and it is my opinion that it will be many years before the Chinese take to flying or, make use of the advantages to be gained
or
the
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costly in time and money, is likely Trophy, recently won by Fly-from aerial mails. Therefore we to give the best results in the end. ing Officer Waghorn at over must not judge the success Another point that is likely to lead 328 miles per hour on a Gloster Rolls failure of aerial services in China to more efficient air lines is the Royce Seaplane Racer. The World's till they have been operating for at complete separation of Commercial speed record set up by F. 0.least two years. and Military aviation. I now come Waghorn was captured from him by If we were to compare Chinese to the advance made in the machines Sqd. Ldr. Olibar a few days later, aviation with that of either Great themselves. Commercial flying real when he attained a speed of "over Britain of America, we, should find ly started in 1919; the largest 355 m.p.h. I have heard it said that to all intents and purposes, machines carried 8 or 10 passengers that air racing is too dangerous and Chinese avalation is non-existent. at a speed of roughly 70 m.p.h.; does not justify the expenditure of There is however, existing even these machines were really convert life and money. Here I must dia- to-day, the foundation for excellent | ed war machines, with two engines agree; it is only by developing, fast military and civil aviation and in most cases. They were un racing machines that the standard my next section I hope to be able economical, slow and quite unsuited machines of a country ear he im to show you how progress may be for the work, so it soon became ob- proved. The problems set up at made and how efficient civil and vious that machines would have to speeds approaching 6 mp. minute military aerial services сап .ba be designed and built specially to teach our designers a great deal by established, and if established, carry malis, passengers and freight. drawing attention to small faults what they would mean to
An Advanced Stage
which would otherwise never be dis. future development of China.. After nearly ten years of experi- covered. Thus improvemente cari be
Possibilities of Future ments, we have reached what may embodied in both commercial
There is one golden rule that ap- be termed an advanced stage. Our fighting machines with the result plies to all the development and re- machines are larger, they carry that their speeds gradually in construction plans for China, it is more than double the load, and increase, year by year. At present "Political Upheavals and Civil Ware one case, that of the new Imperial commercial aircraft cruise at be-must end, otherwise all the excel- Airway Liners, built by Handley tween 100 and 120 m.ph. justent schemes, propounded by the Page, Ltd., they carry four times Imagine what it would mean if this.
Nationalist Government are doomed the load. Steady progress has been speed could be increased to say, 200 to failure. Therefore, if we are made in engine design; to-day our m.p.h. Shanghai would be within 5 going to look into the future of aircraft engines run for over 300 hours of Hong Kong, allowing for could be done, we must assume that hours between overhauls instead of getting to and from the machine. China ia united under the Na- as in the old days, 100. Many of This is no wild dream; in a year ortionalist Government. you here to-night are engineers; so two we shall see the speed of com- you will appreciate what this nieans mercial aircraft approaching 200 in economy of operation.
m.pl To-day the passenger may travel In the light hours about 1,000 Aviation, Having done this, we miles; this would be doubled, and if may ask ourselves, what are the re- multi-engined machines are steadily quirements of China in both these developed and, the air routes of the branches of this new science. I world are lighted, there is no reason will deal with the Military why the passenger should not travel frat.
and
Chinese Aviation and discuss what
In the first place it is necessary to separate Military from Civil
side
This is such an important ad vancement; I think the time will not be wasted if we examine it more closely, A modern air liner ffies 90,000 miles per annum, assuming she averages 100 m.p..., that is, 900 flying hours. Three overhauls per day and night, 24 hours out of the So large a country as
That 24, or 4,800 miles per day Lon-obviously must have an Army and achievement is one the British Air-den-Karachi in one day, London-a Navy follows, quite naturally, craft Industry may well be proud Hong Kong in three.
that she must also have an Air of.
Service.
& Antwerondon, Hall, Hamburg, anpum instead of nine.
5,283 2od Nov.
& Antwerp. MACEDONIA 11,320 9th Nov, Bombay, Marseilles & London.
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Nov. 8th 10.000 18th Nov. Sth Dec. 10,00% 17th Dee.
TILAWA
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Schneider Trophy Before leaving this section of my B1. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st | lecture I think that I ought to re- and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and mind you that in spite of
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TALAMBA
DELTA-
ARAFURA
TAKADA
•
MACEDONIA *KIDDERPORE SHIRALA *BEUTANA KASHGAR TALMA
TANDA
8,018 2nd Oct.
6 4.m. 8,097 7th Oct. 6,000 8th Oct. 6,949 12th 12th
11,120
Ock
Oct.
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China
Having shown you what is being
The old saying, 'it is no done in other parts of the world, in good trying to run before you can a. very eketchy way, I am afraid, walk,' applies with absolute truth but then time does not permit it to in aviation. I have examined this: be otherwise, I propose to turn to problem from all sides and I have the second section of my lecture. come to the conclusion that the way Past and Present Aviation in China to establish a sound and reliable Aviation in China is by no means Air Service in China, would be to new step in the advancement of assume that it must be started right China towards modern civilisation. from the beginning. I do not As far back as 1911 there were a mean that it will be necessary to number of young Chinese learning destroy everything existing to-day, to fly. Perhaps the two most but all departments and equipment. famous of these were Mr. Tom Gun must be reorganised and overw and Mr. Lam Yu-fuk; unfortunately hauled. Tom Gun is dead, but Mr. Lam, better known these days as Art The country should be divided Lam, is still flying. He recently into "Aerial Sections," five in all, flew to Shanghai from Canton. The Southern Provinces, The
Aerial Stations
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It was not Coast,
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till the year 1920 that real efforts A series of aerodromes and land; were made to introduce flying, both ing grounds must be established in for military and civil
each Section'; when this is done A large contract was entered into it will be time enough to appoint by the Government of those days Flying Squadrons to their bases." The tide-table given below has, and, British machines were im While this work is in progress, the been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre ported into Northern China, to Central Aviation Department in dieting Machine, which includes 40
draw up detailed components for the better prediction gether with British Instructors. Nanking, ean of tides, from the result of the Unfortunately this scheme did not plans and proposals, which I think analysis of the tidal observations, meet with any real success; largely should be divided into two periods. ly every case these foreigners have taken at the Kowloon tidal observa- owing to the political differences of The first period of say two years, been formed into what have been Lory under the direction of Dr. Dobcrck during the years 1887, 1388 the various parties then established should start at once and be known called 'Aviation Missions, and in -and 1889,
throughout China. After a period as "The Training Period." Dur-practically every case these - Mis- for Kowloon; but they may be used Tuchuns for purely military purefficient training of the pilots and reasons why China should obtain The times and heights are given the machines were taken over by ing this time all flying and money sions have been obtained from should be concentrated upon the Great Britain. There are many for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very
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After a lapse of a few years, factory manner It will be necessary to the lack of machines and general change of current, the two phenomena efforts were made both in Canton to establish at least two large train organisation for flying, they have being quite distinct
and Mukden to establish flying ing schools, both of which should not been able to gain any wide Mukden employed a French in- have two sides, the flying side and experience. It was not until late in September 28 to October 4, 1929. structor and a number of Russian the engineering side;
aviators; with their assistance, con-
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any importance took place; obvious they have, up to this day, maintain-found that they wish to develop short a time been able to gain a wide In the past, countries who havely Chinese pilots have not in eo Standard Standard
Ht. ed a moderately efficient Air Ser their aviation, have employed experience in this kind of aviation. Tima
Times
vice. This Air Service is purely foreigners to assist in the early I think, all will agree with me, one 1.6 military. In Canton the steps taken days of training and to help with of the principal advantages of an 98 m 4. 167.1]
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of learning aerial warfare even at the present time. It is not a sub- ject that can be picked up from books; practised at random and tion by those who have actually followed, without detailed explana← experienced it. posal, let us assume that China en- To further investigate this pro-
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