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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
MOTOR UNION
INSURANCE CO IIo
Incorporated in England
(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association}
SPECIALIZES IN MOTOR INSURANCE
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York Building.
Phone C. 587.
Consistent Year after Year!
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THE SINCERE Co., Ltd.
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The ISIS! SIX
swift....smooth-
flowing...silent...
U.S. PASSENGER TRANSPORT.
Competition with Railway Companies.
may
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929.
while providing complete ventila COLLECTING MANIA.
tion.*
Whatever the outside 'conditiona
I've added quite a decent "piece"
to-day.
Yes, a real City one. What
makes it rare
WAS
Is that the sitting "beak"
the Lord Mayor. Cost me a tenner, that same
"dangerous drive."
The Bobby; though, was lucky to
survive.
That! Oh, at Kingston! I was
smartly fined, But that's a desperately common
kind.
Now this, which has a literary
Louch
may be, the temperature of a cabin LA woman in New York on being should not fall below 60 degrees, fued for a motoring offence asked Fahrenheit. The most common for the summons in order that she")" method of heating is to introduce might add it to her collection.] .. air pre-heated by contact with ex-? That's my collection.. Not a baď haust pipes. This seems to work
one, eh? quite well, although the system There has been a vast diange in,served on beautiful trays, DA #
used in the Curtiss Condor of the attitude of the airplane opera pleasant surprise for the new oir steamt henting is promising because tor towards the comfort of the traveller. On some private planes it eliminates all possibility of the passenger, There
or four years electrin kitchens and electrical, re-introduction of exhaust
gas into ayo a rough open cockpit was con-frigerators have been provided. the cabin, sidered good enough for the hardy. The transport companies
Ventilation of cabins, is fairly air traveller, who had to dress the follow suit.
satisfactory, although it is still It is expected that telegraph largely a matter of guess part when braving the oflen" ieg
work. slipstream of the propeller. Now messages may supi be transmitted Strange as it may seem, in the the large multi-engined cabin via radio telephone as a regular average cabin the air moves from plane is more luxurious than service. Perhaps we shall have the rear of the cabin to the front. Pullman ear.
radio music and moving pictures Inlets for heated air should there- abroad! For example, in May 1928 the
fore be placed in or near the floor Ladies will be interested and per Western Air Express accepled-de- livery of the three tri-motored Fok- hapa disappointed to know that not the rear of the cabin, with ker F-10's then described as the special dress in required for air ventilators at the top.
The Terror of Airslckness. fastest and most luxurious ai travel. With heated cabins, and planes in America. Since that windows open or shut at the desire
One of the terrors which prospec date the planes themselves have of the passengers, travel is no more altered little, but according to the arduous than in a Pullman. More tive air passengers seem to dread le over, there is no coal dust or grime airsickness. Some people are sure passenger agent of this companyi to fear.
to be airsick under almost any con- more than 200 refinements have
Perhaps the most authoritative ditions, just as some people are sea- been provided in the latest speci-study of the principles of passenger sick on the calmest seas, But pro- comfort is that which appears in n vided passenger cabins are large The tilt of the chairs lus been report issued by the Daniel Gugand well ventilated, airsickness is changed, so that the passenger is genheim Fund. The subsequent little to be feared. Stout more comfortably seated. The up-considerations of passenger accom- Service, Inc., a reliable organiza- holstery has been made a little modation are need largely on the tion, reports that less than 2 per thicker. Additional ceiling lights| findings of this report.
cent, of the passengers carried in a have been installed. An ernate. container is provided for ice for two rows of single chairs placed. Another report states that European designirs seem to pre- and Grand Rapids became air- closed cabin plane between Detroit.
water. A
convenient smoking on either sida of a central aisle. stand has been provided with room in the United States, two sents the worst conditions of weather, on the London-Paris Service, under for matches, ashes, and cigarettes, one side of the aisle and a single the percentage of sensiek passen- The floor linóleum__has been seat on the other is considered a
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fications,"
way,
the
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Air
of Benaick
Humpy weather, nervous tension, poor ventilation, and to some extent, vibration, are the causes of airsickness. An Inhaler said to render passengers immune to air-
ickness is being tried out by thei
medicines Luft-Hansa.. but
in general do not seem to be much used:
|covered with a rug. The baggage good arrangement because it avoidsers may approximate 100 per cent
compartment has been more en-n unduly long cabin, and allows On European service all the year partly inclosed, and a cabin has laven provided for carrying food-assenger londs to be concentrated. Found the perceninge
Two seats together may also please passengers is about 5 per cent. stuffs, dishes, and entery, "Whe
friends, and give courage to a tim-It should be less in the United passenzer agent appears to he
Grons couple! Comfortable chairs, stendier winds.
States where there are stronger but quite right in claiming more con-preferably with adjustable backs fort than in a Pulun
and bad rests, are essential. The best remedy for airsickness is Comfort-Airlines 2- Railwayp
sleep; and in general, passengers The airlines seem to be outdoing lung air trips should be able to the railways in ofer way sleep. Chairs should be strong and securing the comfort of rigidly fastened, but have no sharp the passenger. In large machines, | edges or corners. Spaciousness in when once The plane is under the cabin adds to comfort, mental second pilot will and physical. Everyone seems paas out daily newspapers. agreed that none but the lightest Complete weather service will] Some lines, ga 50 far 48 parcels' should be placed in the probably 'enable our pilots to dodge to provide magazines. Writing cabin. Heavy units of baggage Jocalized arcus of disturbance. Ven- paper and envelopes `are always should be preferably placed for-tilation will remove danger from available, with sometimes a com- ward, to prevent the baggage close air. Large, stable, speedy fortable little table. There is crashing on the passenger in machines will suffer less and less always a log book at hand describ-) case of an accident.
from gusts. Night dying may he ing points of hiterest on the trip.
A good Lieutenant Monteith, in a paper calmer than day flying. Some of the operators state in presented before the American So-place in the enbin is as near the centre of gravity as possible. thele pamphlets that lunch is pros ciety of Mechanical Engineers, pre- Ivided. Others keep a dainty hunch, diets.that the large four-engined Cleanliness and careful sanitary Experience plane of the near future will have arrangements help.
brings immunity. A good pilot arrangements similar to those of the best traim, with sleeping com- can do much to avoid bumps. On partments, smoking rooms, un ob the whole, passengers need not
fear airstekness so very much." servation platform, and conveniene.
for meats.
SALOON
£378
like the river that inspired its name
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WATCH the speedometer-6 to över 60 on top. See how she holds the road at high speeds—the sus- pension is so perfect, the body hung so fow, yet with ample clearance. Body and chassis are united in a one-piece creakless unit. Feel the steadiness of the steering-no kick or wobble Here's a six-cylinder engine (18 R.A.C. hp) with pent-roof anti-knock head, vertical valves—-an engine built for long
life and speed, yet which does over zo to the gallon.
Here you have the famous Lockliced hydraulic brakes acting evenly on all four wheels. And here British coachwork modelled on the most graceful lines and finished in the beautiful colours now ob- winable in cellulose lacquer. Here is something really new-at a price hitherto thought impossible.
THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE
25 Queen's Road Central
PRODUCT OF MORRIS MOTORS (1926) LTD.
Tel. Central 4759.
CHAIRMANI SIR WILLIAM R; MORRIS, BT.
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No Parachutes for Passengers. ' European operators are unanim- ously of the opinion that pansen- gers should not be provided with parachutes, beenman they arc difficult of ane, and because few Passengers would be able to use them, in an emergency. And cer- tainly the pilot should not have a
rachute, if the passengers live! 7107269 Many plans have been sug- gested of seats with parachuted at- tached, a parachute for the whole plane, et cetera. These sugges- tions are the subject of much controversy, and no such device': has entre near to adaption as yet. Regarding safety belts, the general practice is to omit them la cabin planes, although they might be very useful in humpy wenther,
in
The Bureau of Standards Washington has done some splendid work in determining the most effective nuine insulating material. It has been found that the material should be of a fibrous and resilie character packed as loosely as pos- sible between the inner and outer walls of the enhiä. Our diagram on page 407 shows a typient and effective method of packing. The | same material and method of park- ing are also effective in providing heat insulation, Unfortunately, Ja cabin cannot be completely' in- sulated, because of windows, and even if these are closed they still are poor insulators.
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Among the materials employed for noise. insulation are sponge rubber. A fairly thick plywood with balen wood epre has promise, The use of abundjroofing materia) is advantageous because it serves also as a heat Insulator and tends,; to dampen unpleasang vibration.
While Insulated cabins are very much
uninsulated quieler thun ones,the problem of noise is for from being solved. There are cer- Lain inherent factors wich make for noise in the airplane. The high-speed "propeller has its tips moving nearly at the speed of Hound," and is bound to produce noise. Some authorities believe that gearing down the propeller is
remedy, but the gearing itself produces noise. Long" exhaust pipes reduce the noise of this ex- haust Mufflers for large engines. are so heavy and "large as to be prohibitive.
The average man in the street associates airplanes travel with plenty of fresh air rushing in through the windows or past the open cockpit. Yet the best plan for passenger work would be to fly with all windows closed so as to prevent draughts and lessen noisë,
Stratford-on-Avon-didn't
me much.
cost
But still you must admit "iťa
rather nice,
And in America would fefch its
price..
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4 The NEW
Yes, practically none has been
defended:
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This Leeds "Car left on highway;
unattended
With engine running" doesn't
look too bad,
And here's the only bit of luck:
I've had.
"Summona dismissed”—that was
at Bath: You sco The poor pedestrian couldn't
swear to me.. After the crash his memory was
dim:.
I didn't say that I remembered.
kim!
"That one's n Andover-not For driving with a Hcence out
of date.
And here's a York one where
they did my brown, No lamps at night-my batteries
ran down.
Yes, there are plenty more, for
one I've got
From every county-sometimes
quite a lot,
You've an appointment? Sorry
you, can't stay.
I'll let you see the rest another
day.
The
Silvertown Tyre
Balloon That
extra
hemy
Gives
More
Miles and
BETTER
SERVICE
ALL SIZES IN STOCK Next time-- TRY GOODRICH!
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Branch Office:-485 Yat Tak Road, Canton.
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