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23ft. Power speed of 3 miles an
fitted with 100 hp en
as been selected for ser
ways Ltd, for their Empire flying routes. The pri
boat are to police aircraft alighting areas and keep
flying boats are landing or taking off
raft to and from mootings and landing stages. ich “ăn designed by #Hubert-Scott-Paine for air liaso
Coxswain only. Photo shows Power Southampton. They are supplied in large number for ser router (Fox Copyright: By Air Mail).
England -Australia! THE SHORT-MAYO
Marine Service
COMPOSITE
Trials With The Upper Component
PASSENGER TRAFFIC ON
THE EMPIRE AIR LINES
trafic, sengers, our
more:
statistics
figures on Empire air routes shows show
are now more-and-
markable increase in the vo-
usiness passengers making their journeys to and from India lume of passengers, notably on the by air while another fact reveal- service between England and India.ed by recent figures is that there is growth in the num-
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"Of course, at this time of year" explains one of the Empire Traffic experts, many
ber
by our India service are Gove ment officials and others tray
to and fro on leave. An intere ing point here, is that more and
more of sach
engers now to take
of the inter-book-
which exist be
tween air and sea transport, mak-
Apart from seasonal leave pas
at higher
ruising speeds.
port.
flying right gland and Aus-
of these Eng sengers are busi- are tourists and
-some of them ad the world by abination of air and sea trans-
Af
ute a study of traffic figures shows that mately half the passengers now
them, some-
ing a journey one way by air-linerasing this route are business men, the other half comprising tourists and in the other direction by ocean and other travellers. The Africa liner.
route is particularly attractive to tourists, owing to the magnificent
eye views it provides." In connection with the scheme
ess men in America, need- ake urgent journeys to In- whereby pilots of Qantas Empire
ow book combined Airways are mastering the techni
Flying trials are now being car-
ges before lear que of flying boat operation-withried out with t
the seaplane Mer would be possible by any syst
Attan- a view, in due course, to the use cuzy, the upper component of the of surface launching The sea- tic in an
liner, and then fly-
of the big "C" Class flying-boats on
Short Mayo composite apparatus. plane Mercury has four motors ing on to their destinations by our Air tests have already been made developing a total of 1,280 horse Empire service & marine air service right through successfully, with the lower com power, and, when carrying a load times, their argent business com-
Australia-four more "Qantas" ponent, the flying-boat “Maia.”
of 1000 lbs. of mails, will have a pleted, they will make a leisurely Captains are now on their way to The next stage will be for the sea range of approximately 3,500 miles return trip to the United States by England to take a course of train-plane to be mounted on the wing of at a cruising speed of 160 to 170 one or other of the ste ing at Southampton These four the flying-boat and for the two miles an hour. pilots are
Allan, Tapp, components to ascend under their Denney and ufrey
lown power as one machine, an- Bram, Flight Su-other stage following when in due perintenda of "Qantas, and two course actual mid-air launching other pilots--Captains Crowther tests are carried out, “Mercury”
Gurney recently took a being released by means of a course at Southampton special gear from the wing of the and are crew on their way back to flying-boat, as soon as a suitable Australia. Before leaving England, operating height has been obtain- Captain Brain spoke in terms of fed. praise not only of the confort, but also of the ease in handling from a pilot's view-point, of the now Em- pire flying boats of the "C" class
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