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BRITISH FLYING
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THE PRINCES' JOURNEY.
ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT.
THE 1930 JANE.
JANE'S ALL THE Wonto's AGRAFT, 1030. Edited by C. G. Grzy and LEONARD BRIDGMAN, (Samp Bot Low, £2 2s net.) The worldwide progress of avin-. [tion, in bulk and numbers if not in signifient quality, can be meaaur- ed by the increasing massiveness of this well-tried work of -reference, the twentieth issue of which has been published. All the world's nireraft get more and mote nurper- The most important journey, probably, that any Englishman willous and widespread, but Mr. Groy, make this year began by air fourth Abyssinin at one end of his Inaintains his form in reducing days ago, when the Prince ofst and Yugoslavia at the other.
LONDON, Jan. 20.
had a difficult task in their efforts about an hour and a half distant Wales, who heads the list of British them to an intelligible order. His
to break into the aeroplane indus
For a long time try in Japan. Japan has sought to build up an aeroplane industry of their own. Japanese companies have hitherto constructed fying machines on British and French lines with i
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Recently success.
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Tokyo's New Air At present there are 42 civil air- ports and landing fields in Japan. Tokyo's new airport, situated less than half an hour from the heart of the city; is nearing completion and in expected to be put to use by April. The aerodrome is located at, FOREIGN 'PLANES AND NEW Haneda, on Tokyo Bay, at a point between Omori and Kamata, much AIR PORTS.
more convenient to the capital than Tachikawa, the present commer- vial airport for the city, which is by motor. The landdo field will light acroplane owners, and his have an ares of 137 heres and when brother Prince George flew from competed in 1932 it will be the London to Paris on the way to largest civilian aviation leld in the South America, where they will Orient., The Government is spend make an extensive official tour.
in prescribed limits its facts are MAINTAINING The brothers flew in the Prince comprehensive and, as far as can ing about Y.4,000,000 to catablish
Of this sum shout of Wales' own "Puss Moth" light be judged in a cursory nurvey, re- this air held.
Hable. Its general arrangement in Y.3,000,000 was decoted to purchase monoplane, piloted by his personal of the land. The remainder is pilot, Mr. E. H. Fielden. Though extremely lucid, and the editor's being spent upon a lighting system, weather conditions were not, good claim that bis detailed classifica WHATEVER the construction of an observatory and in places along the route tiun under geographical tradings,ASSEMBLY Japanese Air Transport Company, tower, communications offices, cus- visibility was poor the Prince show-renders an index unnecessary in ENTERS, THE PER- of the largest commercial toms offices and other equipment. ed his never-failing faith in avin well justified. The information SONALITY OF
A concrete runway 400 metres long tion by deciding to travel by air given here is pertinent to the busi SMARTLY DRESSED operators in the Orient, brake away
will also he laid downs. Half of the instead of by host and train. His man, the technical staffs of the MAN IS FELT AND from the HBC of Japanese-made
ground will be levelled and equip small machine, escorted first by niteräft industry, and the traveller | RESPECTED. planes and ordered six Super-ped to such an entend that the field Royal Air Force single-seaters and by air. The reader in search of a Universal: Fokker machines F-7 may he put to use by the end of then aeross the English Channel scientific survey of aeronautical SM's, equipped with Wright Whirl-next March. More than 200 work by big flying boats, landed at Leutput, or wally detailed statis- men are now being employed level. Bourget airport, Paris, a few tical information, must look else wind motors, from the Netherlands.ling the ground and laying turf, minutes more than two hours after where. But if one wants to know These Fokker machines are being.As soon as the airport is completed ascending from Hendon gerodrome, what aircraft are to be had in used in a passenger and mail ser all the civilian aviation equipment near London. The flying bont Drazil., what gir lines are running vice between Japan, Korea and now at Tachikawa will be moved escort was made up of Supermarine in New Guinea, or which aireraft! there and business offices will be Southampton" biplanes exactly firms are producing the best exam- established there by the Japan Air similar to machines forming parties of a given, type, All the Transport Company. The levelling of the Argentine navy's aireraft World's Aircraft" is the most like- process began at the north end of equipment.
I place to turn to. the field and is progressing south- The monoplane used for this The work is divided into five ward. A mixture of clay and sand fight bears the registration letter-retions dealing respectively with a base, this ing G-ABBS and was bought as a civil aviation, service aviation, Jajan has not made very great in being used as strides in the development of com- material being brought to the site birthday present to himself last seroplanes, aero-engines, and air- Recently he has bought hips, gach section being dissiɓed. by bont, rid the Ebi riven upon year. mercial aviation as the acroplane which the western end of the field a new machine of the same type, alphabetically according to thy has been regarded as a weapon of fronts. The surface of the field which embodies certain improve-countries engaged, and covering attack and defence. However, the will be raised two feet with olayments, such as the provision of the year's work. The first two Japanese Government has now re- and on top of this turf will be "air wheels" (for safer and easier sections are rather variable in their placed to prevent dust in dry and landing on 'rough or swampy actail. There are, for instance, linquished this view and Japanese windy weather. Hangers and other ground) and wheel brakes. The full and interesting summaries of" commercial flying is expected to facilities for seaplanes will ho new craft left England on board serial organization in Germany,
Russia, Canada, and the United. set a pace second to none in the established at the western edge of H.M.S. Warspite a fortnight ago States, while some other countries, for the Mediterranean, where it wasg., France, are not so well done, transhipped to the aircraft carrier In this connection the editor re- Engle, which will take it to Buenos marks that the way of the compiler Aires for the Prince's use in South America.
Kwantung and as soon as permis Rion from the Chinese Government is obtained the service will be ex tended to Shanghai.
Orient. The air-mail already runs between Osaka and Tokyo and Osaka and. Oita nod from Tokyo to Sendai. This service has heen ex- tended to Seoul and Dairen: The Japan Air Transport Company uses about 40 Fokker planes,
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the field where it touches the Ebi River. The other buildings will be erected at the southern edge and the concrete runway will stretch from south to porth. The Tokyo Prefectural Government, is build- ing a road from the field to' con- nect with the Tokyo-Yokohama highway, which is only a short distance away. The connecting road will be 24 feet wide over most of its length and 25 feet at the aviation field.
Aircraft in Great Exhibition.
not gasy, for the aviation autho pities of foreign countries are Ly no means, always eager to part with informations Pres
The acroplate section, which
tour will be, the opening at Buenos Show on paper. It contains brief The cardinal event of the Princesminates the book, has the interest ad the limitation of an Aero Aires on March 14 of the British particulars of the scope of opera companies, together with stan Empire Trade Exhibition, an entertions of the aircraft manufacturing Pris designed to extend British drilized pecifications of the nature trade with the vast and immensely and performance of their principal rich South American markets. In products. In one or two cases of which the reviewer has persona): that effort the British aircraft in-nowledge the descriptions are too performance dustry is planning to play an im-glowing and the
figures optimistic, but the work on portant part, reinforced by the the hole shows cure and discretion. presence of the world's most illus-The engine section, planned on the trious private neroplane owner and same lines, has some interesting.
partienlars of heavy oil designs. of the aircraft-carrier. Eagle, first An admirable feature of the bonk of these ships of war:fo, be seen in its wealth of photographs. The ject for the camera, and the South American waters,
neroplane is in any case a fine sub- practised eye, skimming through these pages, will probably get a harper Iden of the current trend of technical design than a study of the specifications affords. The value of the work would certainly be en- banood if each section were intro try and civil aeroplanes for flying duced by a critical summary of the The progress 15, demonstration, not only in Buenos year's progress. Aires but also in other "Bouth no doubt, all there; but the render o consults a monumental work American countries. One feature of this kind is entitled to have his of the "static" exhibition, the path made as smooth as possible. Schneider Trophy won decisively by The Times British seaplanos in the last two international-contesta-will-mani
Linking With the Soviet Lines. The Japanese are preparing to link up with the Soviet air lines in the north, by building another large airfield at Toyohara in Saghalica. The landing field will be 180,000 tsubo in, area and will have two runways of 2,000 metres in length. The proposed airfield is situated. In addition, to taking the greater a short distance to the south-west part of the space in the Govern of Toyohara station and negotia- ment Pavilion on the exhibition tions for buying up the and have grounds British constructors are already been undertaken. The sending a number of modern mili Chosenese Government is also making extensive plans. Airports are being laid out) and eight land marks have been erected to guide flyers across country from the Man churian border.
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mated at seven to eight hours.
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The proposed participation of sailors in recognising the different beginning During the next 11 years the service was announced, Japanese the British direraft industry in the aircraft types. fleet reconnaissance
Exhibition is on a scale which justi- fighters must have names promoters started to organize a Japanese Government contemplates company in Tokyo to operate
fies the claim that no aircraft pro-with "0" ducing nation has made previously The first of the class to be named subsidizing the air-craft industry similar service from Japan to such a determined hid for foreign under this scheme is a slightly modified form of the Hart day to the extent of approximately America. Four huge airships on
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were to enake regular trips carry. The late Aghter-reconnaissance It is a two-senter of extremely high neroplane selected for re-equipment performants and is designed both stations have been erected ating passenger at G.81,500 per of the Fleet Air Arm formerly for operation from the deck of on Tokyo, Hakone, Nara Canka and head. The capital of the Company called the Ben Hart, is officially aircraft carrier and for nge with Fukuoka Route, marks have been was to be 180,000,000. Undoubt re-named the Osprey. The new seaplane fonts. Its cousin the title accords with recent Air Minis #Hart! attains with full military placed at eight places between edly the financial depression, the policy by which each new type lond on board a speed of 150 miles secessity of conducting, investiga of aircraft adopted for the service an hour many miles an hour Tokyo and Fukuoka. Five métero ions and studies and negotiations is given a name beginning with a faster than the maximum reached If when at home, they will call logical stations, to assure accurate with the American Goveromerit for specified initial letter. Thus, land by any foreign aeroplane of the or telephone to the abore address, Banding, prisikerer ate will post fightors must have names begin. same class at a height of 7,000 therill receive the atmost assist pone, the project identitely The
film fentes photos ten dayak ng anthin the cornyggth she lett, azuilakasin en -in operation The first one was Japanese authorities are inclined to N." single-engined bombers with Osprey is equally outstanding patios on all subject of spoi among the world's sex-going nire will be placed at their diaposRL-2 the view that the plan will not P and so forth. established at Onogova.
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