THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935.
BRITAIN'S AIR LINES SAFEST IN
240 M.P.H. PLANES
SPEED ON AIR ROUTES
Faster Machines To Be Introduced
NEW BID FOR PROSPERITY
IN ENGLAND
London.
Air Line operators are cons dering plans for providing still faster machines on the British in- ternal routes.
The volume of air traffic on the trunk routes this year shows a small increase over last year's figures, but the results. are not very encouraging. Speed is the key which will open the door to prosperity.
This year transport firms have had twin and four-engined--ma- -chines capable of carrying up to) 12 and 14 passengers at 130 to 140 mph. It is not enough.
TOP SPEED OF 258 MPH.
WAKE IS.
·(45)
HAVALAN ISLANDS
MARSHALL,
ISLANDS
"(SAP).
OCEA
GILSERT
(BR.)
HOWLAND-IS *BAKER IS.
JARVIS
IS.
PHOENIX 15.
(DR)
Britain is contesting the claim of the United States to three tiny South Pacific Islands—Jarvis, Rowland and. Bakery--which Pan American Airways has picked as bases for the China Clipper » “(below)" and "other""planes "in" "the"trans-Pacife”service."
There has lately been produced WAS AMELIA
by the Bristol Aeroplane-Co. the world's fastest air liner.
It developed the top speed of 268 m.ph. and a cruising speed! of 240 m.p.h. Then the Air Ministry ordered nearly 200 ma-i chines for the Home Defence Force. So machines are not yet. available for aircraft lines-
This machine. can take 12 or more passengers. Its two radial air-cooled Pegasus engines will develop some 1.400 h.p., and in this respect it compares with the American Douglas machine, though it is miles faster. IN 45 MINUTES
2937.
radio beacons and lighted ways, floodlit airdromes "blind approach" systems everywhere for night fying in all weathers.
· £70,000 AIR ORDER
DECORATED
BY ITALY?}
Misunderstanding Arises
ITALO BALBO MEDAL
RETURNED
Chicago.
*
SCARING GEESE BY AEROPLANE
Niagara Falls Project
DANGER OF MEETING THEIR DEATH
NEW GERMAN AEROPLANE
High-Speed JunkersTM Machine For London Run"
Berlin
The new Junkers *TG86,* which will be taken into service shortly by the German Lufthansa
of 225 miles an hour at a height of 8,500 feet, and bas a craising speed of 212 miles van hou.
This will bring Landon within less than three hours reach Berlin
NEW SUPER DRONE
Easy-Flying Small Machine
COSTS 2D. PER AIR MILE TO RUN
London.
WORLD
STRIKING
FIGURES
FINE RECORD OF
PROGRESS
Higher Mileage But Fewer Deaths
RISKS OF PRIVATE PILOTS ANALYSED
London
Striking figures showing the steady increase of safety in Bri tish air transport were quoted by Mr. C. F. B. Richardson in an ad- dress to the Institute of Actuar- fies in London recently.
In 1929, when British avia- tion companies carried 28,327 passengers on their regular ar routes at home and abroad, 12)
The passengers were killed: number of passenger
miles flown was 7,147,000.
The prejudice against the ultra-light aeroplane is being
In 1934, when the number of fovercome by the new Super passenger miles 29,091,000—had Drone. This aeroplane has! been more than quadrupled, and certain characteristics peculiar the number of passengers had in- to itself.
creased nearly five times-135,000 Developed from the original de-only nine were killed. jsign of the late Mr. Lowe-Wilde,
During the six years 1929-34 it is powered with a 25-h-inclusive only 44 passengers lost Douglas engine modified for air their lives, a mortality rate of work.
130 per 1,000 passenger, fights! The load carried by each square and 505 per 100,000 passengeri foot of the wings is about half miles fown,
that of the ordinary light aero-
FOREIGN FATALITIES plane. This feature enables the
Passenger fatalities rates in machine to develop a perform leading foreign countries, stated ance much greater than on. Richardson, were: would expect from its horse- power. -
the it"
Passengers Deaths Cawied 1928-32 109 1,203,549
1927-31 · 32
1927-31
rate,
*517,310)
122449
AIR FORCE PLAN
Niagara Falls. Aeroplanes will be sent Foar ing over the Niagara River Low Running Costs.
United States Amelia Earhart Putnam has re-rapids in an attempt to frighten The new model now being built Germans
France turned the Italo Balbo medal pre- thousands of geese away from will have a maximum speed of 70 Italy
1923-32 9: 155,974 seated to her by the former threaten to sweep them over only 22 mph, while at the nor
treacherous waters which mph with a landing speed of Holland
1929-31 13 109,866 An air liner cruising at 240 Italian Consul-General here last Niagara Falls, the State
Discussing risks of private con-mal cruising speed of 60 mph. pilots. Mr. Richardson said age mph would reach chies like May, which she was given to Tservation department an- the aeroplane does 48 air miles to appeared to have little effect on Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and
the gallon
the mortality
although Plymouth in 45 minutes dying derstand was from the Italian nounced recently.
Government, but which he now The Navy offered to send planes The running cost (including pilots under 28 tended to have time from Hestor or Croydom.
It is presumed that civil avia-explains was a gift from him per-borne, conservation commissioner, ance, housing and repairs) is only The mortality of student pilots to the falls, but Mr. Lithgow Os-fuel and oil, depreciation, insur-a higher mortality than older men. tion models will be available by sonally.
decided first to seek the assist-twopence per air mile
was low, but they showed a heavy The action of Dr. Giuseppe ance of private fliers. A Roches- Although it is a single seater it mortality after qualifying. By that year we should have Castruccio, in face of an inscrip- ter aviator, whose name the com-is claimed that it is as easy to “Aviation is a new hasard that is air-tion on the leather case: "Con-missioner did not know, was the learn to fly on the Drone as entering more and more into our and ferred on Amelia Earhart by first to volunteer.
any gilder
(business,” he added, “and the life fitted the Italian Government, May "We may yet accept the Navy's The model has not received a insurance companies will be and day 23, 1935-"
The Fascist ideo-offer,” Mr. Osborne said.
certificate of airworthiness, be forced sooner or later to face the logy subordinates women. Dr. For two days the geese, appar-cause the engine does not comply problem and find a solution for Castruccio has been transferred ently unaware of their own peril, with all-requirements, and to Las Paulo. Brazil, and is on had been swimming in the river aeroplane does not reach the the way there.
After floating down toward the standard rate of climb laid down Miss Earhart understood, as did brink of the falls, they began fly-by the international Commission the 2500 Chicago elnbwomen being back upstream again. Unless for Aerial Navigation fore whom the ceremony was per-they would be driven away, game
Better Performance formed, that the recognition of wardens feared they would be But the Drone, owing to its low flying achievements was come too weary to fly and perish climbing speed of 40 mph has (official.
in the falls.
a greater angle of clinib at 380ft Honour Withdrawn?.
per minute than many aeroplanes But somewhere the procedure Ordinary-efforts to scare off that possess the official certif- misfired It is not clear whether the sock failed. Searchlights on cate, and the Air Ministry has representations were made to the Canadian ledge were winked, issued a special permit for it to The Union Government is en- Miss Earhart that award of the shotguns boomed at them, even fly anywhere within the United barking on a five-year plan for Air medal had been a mistake. Some rockets hissed toward them--but Kingdom.
Force expansion which, when reports go so far as to say that the geese wouldn't leave.
The Drone has the same per-completed, will make South A special envoy from Aus the Italian Government withdrew It was believed the only solu-mission in France and Belgium. Africa the equal in the air of any tralia has just arrived in this the honour.
tion was for the birds to "take a and is now manufactured in second-rate Power, country and will place a £70,000 Dr. Castruccio called Miss Bar-hint" and "either continue their France by the Societe Francaise The programe visualises 250 order for flying boats for the hart's attention to newspaper se- south-bound trip or fly to a safer Aviation Nouvelle.
new machines and 3,000 air me Sydney (Australia) and Hobart counts stating that the award had resting place of their own accord. In France it is known as thechanics and 1,000 pilots, including (Tasmania) air service. jbeen oficial. Instead, it was. It is not usual for geese to set-, Sfan. Pe
**the permanent force and reser He is Flying Officer B. Sheil, personal on his part, he explain-tle on the perilous river during It is expected that other conn-vet -personal assistant to Sir Charles ed, a token of his personal-ad-their migrations as the broad ex-tries also will soos grant permis- The "piznes will be built at Pre-
Kingsford Smith and director of miration and “devotion.”
panse of the Niagara is a regular sion for the machine to fly overtoria under licence. The first two the Trans-Tasman Air Service Upon receipt of the letter conscheduled. stop.
their territory, especially since models; Hawker Hartebeestes, Development Co., Ltd, Sydney. taining this information, Miss There have beer years when the the practicability of the aero-have already arrived. Others will Mr. Sheil is negotiating for the Earhart, who became Mrs. George mortality rate among the geese plane was demonstrated by the be imported periodically to keep -delivery of machines which will Palmer Putnam in 1931, promptly was exceedingly high. In 1932 dight of Capt. Theret across the up with the latest improvements
have a 2,000-miles range, a crais-[decided to return the medal. thundreds of them were dashed Alps from France to Turin and ing speed of not less than 150| Both Mr and Mrs. Putnam are over the falls to destruction, but back in a Sfan miles an heat, and a capacity of understood to believe that Fas" as a rule, they get away with only
Australia-New Zealand Service Likely
-SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
London-
her
Other Effects Fail
20 passengers and 2,00015. of cist policy toward women is resa few casualties.
mail.
ponsible for the fasco. During
In view of the range required, her visit to Rome after her solo
there seems to be little doubt that Pacific flight, she was entertain- the intention is to operate as farled, but awarded no medals.
26 New Zealand a
If traffe,justifies, more ma- NEW AERODROMES
chines may be ordered.
Mr. Sheil was in charge of the flying portion of the Duke of -Gloucester's recent tour of Aus- tralia.
CIVIL AIRPORT AT LIMA
FOR PARIS
Plan Sponsored By Ministry
Paris
General Denain, Minister for Air, |is proposing to "build
are to
A new civil and commercial air-dromes round Paris. post is under construction at Linna,be used by air force Per and when in operation will training purposes. service for all non-military air
One or two new" ser planes.
will also be set aside for
SERVICEABLE US. AIRSHIP.
The ZMO 2, zme "ble stationed at
zie station
and light aerodromes.
port will henceforth exclusively for civil
ves for
DUST HAZARD LESSEN
ཝཾ མེ ཨེ
EXPEDITION TO AMAZON
British Planes To
Be Used
IN S. AFRICA
Five-Year Expansion
Scheduled
Johannesburg
US. AIR SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND
Planned To Start Next Year
Wellington
Mr. Coates, the Prime Minister,
Two DH Moth Major aero-announces the completion of ar- planes, fitted with floats, will be rangements with, the Pan-Ameri taken on the Amazon expedition can Airways for a service between which will start from Spain this the United States and New Zea mouth. The Spanish Ministry, of land
Education is providing funds up It will probably be started with flying-boats next August from the to about $500,000
The expedition will explore the Auckland terminal, and will carry ore remote waters of the Amazon, passengers zul ́mall
specially designed flat botte
The seaplanes, which deck, 77be housedüin a hanga
vance #recum- ble bases,
forma
NEW PLANE FOR US. ARMY
FUEL AND OIL
An average, aeroplate fter 3.6 on a gallon of gasoline,
100 miles o
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