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ITALY'S PROGRESS. IN THE AIR
EPISODE IN PAGEANT OF FASCISM
"COCHRANS
OF FLYING"
(By Michael Langley.)
gift cannot have been the result of E have a King's Cup to-day ed the "Record Mondiale” at a
gift, cannot have been the result W no exhibition of nero-speed of 682,078 km. per hour is
treasurer of the Conservative Party. nautics. The Italians have an x-there; in the same machine. Cas- The donation is considerably hibition but no King's Cup. In sinenili beat the 100 km. recurd at more than £10,000, and is not the the development of flying every 629.370 km. per hour off Ancona first contribution from this source. Great Power has struck out its last October.
both admirable and
It was given some time. ago. own line-a line determined by the There is also the · Ricci ઉં, રા Part of it has been spent on the national Instinct more than any diminutive triplane with a ten- was built in poster and cinema campaign on bedeliberate plan. The Americans foot wing span. It half of the National Govenment. go for the most numerous and 1920, and is said to be the world's
The gift is described as a thank-fcurious records, the Germans care-smallest airplane.. offering for
Meanwhile spectacle the Government's fully develop commercial avla-
apert- Iachievements.
tion, the British excel in safety Italy is getting on with the job. I and individual bravery.
examined a model of the proposed But the Italians are the Rein- Milan hydroplane port. They are DARE DEVILRY IS NOT DEAR
hardts and Cochrans of flying, already, working on this great new Judge Rowlands thinks that a Balbo's trans-atlantic flight was airport, which is expected to be an professional parachute jumper de{the serial equivalent of a produc-inland safety zone for the sea-go- serves much more than £10 a jump. tion of "The Miracle." In, other ing air fleets of the future.
In point of fact there are no for countries men fly for personal The area under water will total tunes to be made these days from glory, excitement, pleasure er a 770,000 square yards, and a small parachuting,
living. In Italy aviation is an town will be built to house hun- There was a time when the episode in the Pageant of Fascism.dreds of officers and men. Two daring parachutist received any. For this reason the air exhibition canals over a mille long, 220 yards thing up to £50 a "drop." Even which I visited' in Milan recently wide and eight feet deep have re- two years ago a skilful parachutist Was
comic.cently been constructed in con- could sometimes command £26. We could learn something from nection with the undertaking. Then the ranks of the Jumpers them, but they could learn much They will be used for aquatic grew and jumping became safer. more from us.
sports, for it will be two years be- Today the modern parachute la For one thing, there is no techni-fore the port can be completed and almost foolproof.
cal or other detail.
Its vast possibilities shared-be- The touring air circuses, which It is characteristic of Italian ex-tween the Air. Ministry and the are able to give a parachutist six hibitions to prefer to provide the Provincial Administration. bring any convenience that out months' employment, an secure ex-visitor with a composite and pas- Civil Aviation Neglected weighs the possible steadiness of perienced men for less than £5 asionate picture of the subject. But while so much attention has exchange with Manila
and drop.
This, the first exhibition of Italian been paid to the military and de- Hong Kong, Saturday; Aug. 11, 1994. Batavia and India, to say nothing;
aeronautics, at the new Palazzo fensive side it is surprising that of London and other markets?
dell Arte at Milan, is no excep-little or nothing can be seen HONOURING ANFÖLD FRIEND, On the face of our problem of
tion. It presents the history of this exhibition which bears wit- The Trade Enquiry. to-day lie the outstanding diffi- Next year the Welsh Elstedfod aviation in a succession of gloriousness to the development and im- culties made by the Chinese Cus will be held at Carnarvon. Mr. and closely linked Italian achieve-portance of Italian civil aviation. The Secretary of the Trade toms Tariff and the variations of Lloyd George will be the star turn, ments.
It may be that by the new 30 per Enquiry Commission followed the value of the dollar, we have. A year before the event a pro- Leonardo da Vinci's 400-year-old cent. reduction on all air tickets precedent in inviting aug-no indication of how far the Com- clamation ceremony takes place. Mr. drawings of "fights" in imagina-to Milan it is hoped to bring this gestions; but if the re- mission is ready to consider the Lloyd George attended it last tion have made him as much a branch of flying within the actual ponse is not as generous as latter obstacle.
month, and took part in the ritual national hero as Marshal Balbo, experience of many.
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the members might expect no Quite possibly it may not be prolaiming next year's event. whose "Savoie-Marchetti S. 55′′ | In four years of rapid expansion one could be much surprised. feasible to hit upon any solution He paid tribute to the memory flying-boat dominates one of the 11,000 miles of serial routes have The personnel of the Commission that will at the sathe time make of an old friend, the late Sir Henry main halls of the exhibition. been opened up. Among these are itself secures that the Banking trade with China easier and also Jones. Sir Henry was the son of a And even Leonardo is not the the Rome-Tripoli and Rome- Interest, the Shipping Interest improve trade with the rest of Welsh cobbler who became profirst hero. There is a Sala d'Icaro Athens-Rhodes routes. The coast and the Trading Interest will be the world. In that case is it pro-fessor of philosophy at Glasgow, with a poem by d'Annunzio on a of Libya from Tripoli via Bengasi represented by men whose know-posed to sacrifice one or the other He was made a knight on Mr. Lloyd plaque and a carved figure of to Tobruk has a regular service. ledge of the facts of the markets and concentrate on what is left George's recommendation.
Icarus soaring towards the cell-Tirana, capital of Albania, is 4 is not likely to be equalled by It should not be overlooked that
ing. He was too ill to come to London
centre for many short "hops," in 4 most of those who read the in our losses are confined to the to a receive his honour, and the
War Heroes Memorial country otherwise poorly equipped vitation. There may be some Chinese trade, and that the King sent a special envoy to him Besides the large silver airplane with communications. suspicion that in case the findings figures for most of the other on his deathbed.
in which the leader of the Italian
Passengers carried on Italian air are somewhat jejune and com-markets are not so discouraging. mon place, critics may be con- They show actually an improve cototages
Mr. Lloyd George dedicated two Air Armada crossed the North lines during 1938 numbered 37,114.
to his memory founded with the retort that ment, which might be encourag Llangernyw, his birthplace.
at Atlantic, gigantic jigsaw Nearly 3,000,000 miles were flown, pictures illustrating the reception while the goods, luggage and mails they had their opportunity and ed.
and impression made by the air-transport accounted for an aver failed to take it.
For the China trade are we
men in other countries,
age daily load of slightly more Yet that would only be techni-shut up to a consideration of cally true. The subject of a how to encourage local products? revival of trade in a depression, What we note is that several
Captain of Cricket Team (to new or of the creation of new means industries that promised well resident): Will you join our crie- their lives in the war there is a lating to her military aircraft, are
ket club, sir?"
low black ceiling, and strains of not brought forward in the pre- of employment on a large scale have been checkmated by an in- is partly concerned with policy, crease of the Tariff: that quite afraid I know absolutely nothing above. All around are the photo-enough that the people should-ex---
New Resident: "Well, really, I'm solemn music float down from sent exhibition. It is apparently partly with the means available, a number of industrial prospec about the game. I couldn't do any graphs, autographs, letters and press their admiration and won- and partly with detail. ---
tors who have visited us with thing except umpire." Beyond the general experience the idea of inaugurating new that profits are hard to come by, factories have in the end decided and the general hope that they that it would be better to get useless streamlines are without will be more obtainable some Inside the Tariff wall, and have good engine. day, the public' can scarcely be gone on to Canton. Hong Kong said to have any definite opinions, itself is in a poor position for though on policy or detail many bargaining for reductions of might have either a strong wish rates, but if the Empire as a visit me on Sunday afternoon?".
New Mad: May my sweetheart or a practical suggestion to whole could be persuaded to act, Mistress: "Who is your sweet make.
something might be done. Aro heart?"
Looking Ahead
In the room devoted to the than 1000 tons memory of those aviators who lost
These, as well as the details re-
biographical sketches of the fifty der at a country's air power. En- men thus honoured. Among them gineers and statisticians may The turtle to an example of how are Baracchini, Colonel Piccio stimulate intereat, but the a Ruggero. Captain Ruffo di Calabria artists win the day in the first
and the great Baracca During Italian seronautical exhibition.
Their tradition is great in Italy. the war Baracoa fought and des- troyed thirty-four enemy airplanes They have caught the trend of before he crashed to his death at public feeling and expressed an the charred wreckage of engine made a successful appeal to a res- emotion in fine terms. They have Lugo. His machine caught fre: and fuselage is on show. ponsive people and they are the The crude machines of the early men, least sulted. to control the days of Italian aviation are there, spirit which they are able to rouse.
We suggest that such ideas as we to seek common action? It New Maid: "I don't know yet - there are floating about in the would be necessary to put up |am a stranger here."
public mind could best be elicited definite proposals, and quite
and beans?
*
As It Seemed.
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digestible with the aid
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ly coloured charts. The
in which Mussolini- crashed in the
SALVATIONIST PASSES.
by a little more communicative possibly we might find the Bri A business commentator says as well as those used in the Libya Should Aying he thought of as a ness on the part of the Commis-tish Government inclined to bar the important partner is always war of 1912. Statistics, relating to purely military sport? sion itself as to the points on gain with us as well as with named first what about pork development which information or suggestion Nanking. would be useful, and we think The alternative. is somewhat! that one or more questionnaires drastic, but is the sort of policy heavy gentleman, not noticing Campo di Arcore a little more might be prepared which could suitable for discussion by the cut of order on the glass, stood than thirteen years ago la poised be used as a guide. The Com-Commission, who might use upon the weighing machine and in mission of some years ago on official records to put us in a serted his penny. Two street urchins at a sensational angle of the head which our Free Trade system position to have an informed es were eagerly watching, expecting the of the main stairs.. was founded, came to conclusions timate of probable advantages. machine to break. The dial register-But no working models or intricate
London. for critical. ex- Commander John Carleton, the the other, exclaimed: "Aw, he's hol- pila pr while conditions have obviously putting Hong Kong Itself within her!"
amlankton. The changed there is no indication of the Tariff wall by means of a
which says of State affairs "These tion Army Self-Denial Week, has
Originator Of Self- Denial Week;
that served the Colony well, but We refer of course to the plan of led 28 pounds, One urchin, turning to parts are expat same attitude man who originated the Salva-
the extent to which a changed Customs Union. Would it be Facts You Did Not Know perts, and not discussed in public" of 88.
Thatters are best left to the ex-died at Bromley, Kent, at the age
policy would be considered. The a scheme acceptable to the Chin- Currency Commission was com-jese Government? —~ And if so, on
driven, English inventor's
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When in 1885, General Booth, asked his officers to suggest ways So the visitor, whether he is one work, Carleton said he could give of collecting money for Army
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cent, glows, with eatisfaction at and said We ought not to sakc Kulilled
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which and give the proceeds to help
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