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CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 19376
AVIATION'S GROWTH IN CHINA Eurasia Corporation's Encouraging Report For 1936
A comprehensive review of the have been made by the Corporation [radio stations: Shanghai, Nanking, the south route. If the latter scheme business activities, traffic results in its flying services in 1966, ac- Chengchow, Kwanyintong, Sian, materialises, it will take about 7 Hanchung, Lanchow, days to reach Berlin from Shanghai. and technical improvements of the cording to the report A large han-Fenziang, Eurasia Aviation Corporation dur gar was erected in the Lunghwa Hsinning,. Suchow, Ansi, Ninghsia, Founded in February, 1931, by ing 1936 and its future plans for Aerodrome last June at a cost of Paotow, Chengtu, Niping, Kwan-Chinese. and German interests, the 1937 are contained in the annual re-more than $150,000. The building hang, Kwangyuen, Kunming, Shein-Eurasia Aviation Corporation is at port of the Corporation, just re can accommodate simultaneously wei, Peiping, Hankow and Taiyuan. present capitalised at $9,000,000, The first planes used by the divided between the Ministry of leased.
three 3-engined Junkers planes and According to the report. a high its elaborate designs and up-to-date Eurasia in 1981 were of the single- Communications and the Deutsche record, has been set in the number equipment are said to be second to motor Junkers F-18 and W-33 types.Dufthansa.
In order to meet the creasing traffic, It has the following lines în of passengers carried by the planes none in the Far East.
Prior to 1936, the planes used only bigger and faster planes have been operation: Shanghai-Tchukuchak, of the Corporation during 1936, the figure being 5,115, which represent-long-wave transmitters for com-bought and to-day several 8-engin- Peiping-Canton, Lanchow-Paotow,
As a ed a 50 per cent increase over that munication with ground stations. led Junkers Ju-52 machines are on and Sian-Kunming.
But last year, both the planes and regular run on the Corporation's sequence to the Sian revolt, flights on the last airline have been tem- Steady increase has also been ground stations were equipped ad- long distance lines,
In addition to the company's ef-porarily suspended Central News witnessed in the kilometers, flown,ditional short-wave radio sets, thus mails in ton-kilometers and freight combining the advantages of long forts in improving its technical Agency. in ton-kilometers in the past year. and short waves and assuring the equipment and offering the greatest The number of kilometers flown great possible safety and regularity comfort and safety to the patrons of its air services, an agreement stood at 911,315, while that in 1935, in flying. only 744,735. The figures for mails Moreover, four additional meteo-has been concluded with a large in- in ton-kilometers and freight in rological stations were established surance company, whereby free ac-
travelling ton-kilometers were 24,219 and 155,- between Chengtu and Kunming,cident insurance is offered to all 536 respectively.
Sian and Lanchow. At present, the passengers
of 1935.
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Marked technical improvements Corporation operates the following Eurasia planes.
LONDON by AIR
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An Amusing Story From Canada
An amusing story is being told
As regards the plans of the Cor- poration for 1937, they so far em- body only two things, namely, the revival of the Peiping-Canton line, which was shortened in 1935 with its southern terminus in Chengchowy pilots flying in the Far North of Canada. It appears that an Indian instead of in Canton, and the in- auguration of direct air traffic bemedicine man in a remote village had been telling its inhabitants tween China and Europe via Sou-
stories of a mythical Thunder-bird' thern Asia.
which was supposed to haunt
a
In connection with the first plan, that is, the revival of the Peiping-neighbouring mountain, hatching Canton line, in Corporation has out lighting and making thunder petitioned the Ministry of Com- with her wings. One day the big a surveying munications to this effect. As soon transport-plane of
as permission is granted, prepara-party-the first aircraft to visit suddenly tions will be made for an early in-that particular region
appeared in sight exactly above the auguration of this section.
Indians stared
The company's first efforts were mountain. The bent on the opening of an air seraghast, believing this roaring mach- vice between Europe and China ine to be an actual manifestation of through the northern part of the the much discussed Thunderbird'. country. Owing to the unfavourable The medicine-man himself rushed political conditions up there, how out of his hut, gave one amazed look ever, the company deems it advis skyward and then the apparition able to abandon the northern route being altogether too much for him the for the time being, but turns its-at--turned and vanished into tention to the possibility of taking neighbouring bush..
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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1937.