THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 8, 1938.
Imperial Airways Huge
Imperial Airways now have in service or on order 80 aeroplanes, of an aggregate of 185,065- h.p.
A complete list of these aircraft is issued with the report of the annual general meeting,
In view of the Air Ministry's. decision to hold an inquiry into allegations of inefficiency in Bri- tish air lines, details of Imperial Airways equipment are of "special interest.
With t
the exception of four aero- planes engaged on special charter or survey duty and the Mayo Com- posite expérimental aircraft, all the machines are, or will be, on air line services.
Speeds given here are the normal cruising speeds of the respective types. The maximum speeds are considerably greater. Scheduled route speeds are based on economical cruising speeds, plus a margin allowed for adverse- winds.
The Present Fleet
The fleet of Imperial Airways consists of:
29 Empire four-engined Bristol- Pegasus flying-boats, of which six have yet to be delivered. Cruising speed about 165 m.p.h.
Two Shortland aeroplanes--the four-engined Scylla and Syrin. C. S. 95 m.p.h.
Seven foor-engined Handley Page land aeroplane, Jupiter en gines, of which there are three on the European services and four on the section between Alexandria and Karachi, C. S. about 95 m.p.h..
Five four-engined land aeroplan- es of the Atalanta class. C. S. about 120 m.p.h.
Eleven D. H. 86 four-engined— Gipsy Six engines small air liners of the Diana class, C. S. 145 m.p.h.
Fourteen four-engined land aeroplanes of the Ensign class-A. S. Tiger engines not yet deliver ed. C. S. about 165 m.p.h.
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HORATIUS
Fleet
Imperial Airways liner "Horatius” în front of the control tower of the magnificent new airport at Le Bourget. (Fox Copyright).・・
C. S. exceeds 200 m.p.h..
Types of the respective services class. ares
Penang-Hong Kong: The Diana the main Empire routes. It may, de- pending upon date of delivery, be Khartoum to Lagos: The Diana available for European lines. In cer- Heracles class.
tain circumstances it might be put Bermuda-New York: Empire on the Paris route. flying-boat.
London-Paris: The type. C. S. about 95 m.p.h.
London-Brussels-Cologne: The
m.p.h.
There is not intention to take the
Scylla type. C, S. about 95 m.p.h.- Owing to the delay in deliveries Heracles class off the Paris route,
Southampton-Alexandria :" Em-
of new types, due, it is stated, to an assurance which obviously does pire flying-boats. C. S. about 165 the rearmament programme, the not rule out the possibility of
realisation of the plan
for
a operating that route with two schedule of 2% days between Lon- classes, one fast and one slow. don and Karachi will not yet be
More Atlantic Experiments One ser-
possible. It depends upon the Extension of the flying-boat ser- vice by Empire flying-boats and
Ensign type, and since this type vices from Singapore to Australia one by Hannibal class of land air has yet to undergo manufacturers' will depend upon the completion of liner each week.
Alexandria-Kisumu and Durban: Empire flying-boats.
Alexandria-Karachi:
Karachi-Singapore:
Five four-engined machines of the D. H. Albatross-Gipsy Twelve engines-type not yet delivered. Atalanta class..
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WEEKLY.
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at 9.00 a.m
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The
and official tests before going into production it does not appear like ly that it will be in service before next midsummer,
The programme of replacements may have to be modified, for it is not yet known whether the Ensign or the Albatross type will be the first to be available.
It is intended, as soon as pos- sible, to put faster machines than
those now in use on certain of the European lines on which foreign air lines are at present outstripping us in speed.
suitable bases. For these the Commonwealth and the operating company, Q.A.N.T.A.S., are respon- sible, and they are not yet ready.
Some of the Empire flying-boats are intended for operation over this section by Q.A.N.T.AS., and there is no reason to fear that de- lay will be due to tardy deliveries of these machines. Those remaining. on order are being delivered at the rate of one a fortnight.
Further Atlantic air service ex-
periments are to be carried out next summer for the Air Ministry. The Albatross type -and- álso- It has been stated that the Al-improved and bigger Empire-flying- batross type is not intended for boat now being built will be tried.
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HOUSEHOLD COAL
Revised prices effective from 1st November, 1937, price per metric ton delivered, as follows:-
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BOWEN ROAD & LOWER LEVELS $28.00
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REPULSE BAY
POKFULUM
SHEK O & STANLEY
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$31.00
$30.00
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