THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.- SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931.
TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE.
Flying Boats on Water Route to Panama
Gain Wide Experience.
FORD AIR MAIL.
Between Madrid and the Canary Isles.
14 HOURS FLIGHT.
Oversea
air mail service be
the
LOOKING AHEAD.
50,000,000 New Cars in Next Ten Years.
Detroit,
.
planes will be rearing an regular Bermuda and the Azores, under
hedinle over the Atlantic via tion of the planes accuratelylands by many hours and closely 31, but the next 10 years, And the present plan outlined by Pan- American Airways and Imperial Airways, Ltd.
over the Atlantle and the passthe pilots assigned to the line islands carried the plane over the
Scoville
in the next decade and will rise from 105 cars per 1,000 people in 1080 to 228 cara per 1,000 people. in 1940."
Why More Auto Owners. Scoville draws this conclusion: from the following considera tions:
"1. The desire to own an auto- mobile is almost universal.
UNIVERSAL USE.
2. The young people who are gloony Mar. The
alrendy The great adventure of Baking post, is used and devetailed with tween Madrid, capital of experience of the last 16 month coming of age have the Old and New Worlds with the detailed, network of ground Spain, and the Canary Islands, in business has led automobile acquired the automoblie habit.
A person who has once commercial airline is at bani, control by radio.
Spanish possessions in the South manuiacturers to feel their way Contracts for mail earrying wit Marine weather charts over a Atlantic, has just been successful- cautionsly out of the depression driven an automobile rarely aban
dons
habit except as a mattor Contis bendvertised from Lut period of years covering the openly inaugurated with a Ford, tri-So- cautious are they that they do the nuit le necessity. +[>>E A Stel Washington.
The sea of the Caribbean were re-
motor transport land plane, ac dare not even venture an opinion
"4. The proportion of old cars scheme, as outlined in prosent fully studied and this was supple-cording to reports received by the of what the prospects for next plans, would have acomed fantas-mented by a study of the upper air Ford Motor Company:
month may be, let alone the which can be bought for a small sum has been increasing each year jcoming year. even to the most far-seeing strata along the route made an
and is likely to increase far Radio com
The advent of the new service
is one bold and venumber of years to come. several test Bights.
Yez there atic economists
Transportation writes
was hailed by Spanish newspapers Leo passes were installed at several
prognosticator among Kuresome
"G. The continued expansioni experts a derate nyo,
outstanding event 310
them--one who affera facts and A. Kieran. But indications point round atations, one at Colon and
at La Fe, Cuba. These Spanish aviation, reducing as it figures covering the automobile of paved roads will result in toward the time soon when new Jone
"6. More families are being instruments can check the past does the travel time between the industry's prospects not only for increased automobile ownership.
Spanish peninsula and the Canary within a range of 250 miles
although designed along quite multiple car ownership.
7. Neither airplanes nor any in addition, the planes carry direc: Taking the island possessions to he paints a more glorious picture educated to the advantages of
conservative and sober lines, than tion-finding loops for work out of the kingdom. range or on the surface of the
The route of the Ford transport the Industry has seen even in the other contrivance appears likely to displace the automobile as a co- The ster between the first fight water if they should he forced on its Bight to ned from the best of its past years,
(down.
The daring prophet is John Wyenlent and economical means of
transportation," bility of regular cuminercial ser
Won't Recognize Saturation. vier with profitable payloads has are specially trained and are all breiling Spanish Sahara, with a Scoville, chief statistician for th
Long Jump over water to Las Chrysler Corporation, ex-naval Biers, The crews have Palmas For when Coinnei
Santa
a detailed study of the And
Cruz de has made
Then, Scoville adda: Charles A. Lindbergh, then Cap- all been recruited from the staval Tenerife. The outbound flight trend of automotive production ain, lurched down through the ranks and each man has been with stops for fuel at Casablanca and sales, of population, f misty dawn on the runway of further trained na a salior to
of the relationship between nude Roosevelt Field, 1, L. on that May handle the large flying boats on and Cabo Juby, required 14 hours, general business conditions, and
The On its return Bight, the party movning in 1927, bounded into the the surface of the water.
As a result. here's his 1920. on. air by sheer inertia and gradually canvas engine covers are so made of officials who inaugurated the motive sales to population frem
Cosar Gomez, forcenst: evolved his course into a graceful that they can be converted into service, including
Class Air Lines, "1. The trend of automobiio are on the firest Circle cutirne, to nila if necessary and the planes director of liad in Park the nest evening out carry water and extra antions for which operates the services to tales will be upward in 1931 and
Canaries (14 well Constant
communication be-Madrid, Seville and Barcelona, production in 1931 will be aum
what greater than in 1930.
"2. The number of motor tween plane and radio station is and Ernesto Navarro, technical
Each advisor of the National Aeronaut vehicles produced in the United ept open during thichts.
States in the next decade will ho The Bureau, participated for three station has three ranges.
Jover 53,000,000. range of station and plane alike days in the search of the Sahara
miller varies from 260
on short for the Spanish military pilots emergener wave of Burguete and Nunez, who had waves to an
boon forced down in the desert. 3.700 miles.
During this search, the party it! Training the Pilots in Position
The Ford plane combed the Sahara Plotting.
from the air over a strip of terri
ory 300 kilometers inland frors the Coast. The search ended when this lost diers found their way to an outpost and reported themselves safe,
been long.
ver pe, his phone was much Bonded, and the load consisted of fuel far the true Since that time the North Allanile has been flown many times, bat to ropunereialize the project the operators have had 12 devise men mens whereby the combined pay and useful as will be in greater proportion in the dying mus than the inst lout carried in the Splet of London its now-to fight
Tagest Water Hop Crossing Seems Fensdble.
447
Over
to
emergencies.
training hus been given to the
aud
The radio equipaen! on planes can be changed from short long wave sets in one minute by aepreially built system of A wave of 34.5 plug du voila,
FUSCTVO meters is kent in
for emergener and a 127 meter fengu w ve is used for communication Jup to 1,400 miles.
Before each light weather re- ports are assembled by radio frons the
various
meteorologien stations operated by the company
between As
was in constant com-
the lights,
3. The number of ears in use at the end of 1940 will be about 32,350.000.
Money In Service,"
is
A
When we do finally hit the passing through the tail of a saturation polit, it will be like
anything
happening. saturated condition will arrive comet-no one will realize that gradually and Imperceptibly, and after saturation has arrived, pro- duction will be greater than ever."
Must production hereafter will. be for
repincement of older auto- mobiles.
the
statistician mayz. The used cas problem will be less of a problem by 1940, he adde, when there will he 10,000,000 "used car transfers" in a year.
"From 8,000 to 10,000 cars wear "Used out daily," he points out. cars will soon become mare scarce.
4. By 1940 the servicing of Used car prices will rise, trading automobiles in use will be a bus will increase and new car output mess with a volume of over a bil-will rise. lion and a quarter dollars a year; Nineteen thirty-two will show the largest production of automobiles in the history of the industry with the possible excep. tion of 1329.
There is an enormous market fmf used cars as nearly half of the families in the country do not yet own an automobile.“
LOUDSPEAKER HORN.
A loudspeaker hus been installed on an English automo- bile to take the place of a horn. The driver shouts into the speaker, as a warning. With the speaker which amplifies his voice, and acts
in the interesting are those, pre-a motorist can also talk to traffic
Most
Upon his return to Madrid Pilotdictions that place total produc policemen without getting out of
next decade at the car. Ansaldo reported that in the round tion for the trip Right between Madril and 50,000,000 cars, the number of the Canary Islands and the flights ears in use in 1940 at 32.350,000 over the desert in search of the and the new record for annual lost avlators the plane had flown automotive production at 7,000,000. Bugo kilometers, approximately They are interesting because of 5,000 miles. with perfect per- the desire of manufacturers at present to keep their production closely paralleling the sales of their products, and just a conser- vative step ahend.
formance.
I navigation further special
personnel. When out of range of
5. or the radio compasses, the naviga- Faced with the senior Tess De probletus of installing regular tors of the planes follow advanced procedure, trabs-Atlantic air service and the gril navigation
Throughout the difficult flights wowledge that one lailure would including plotting of positions
lover the desret and despite the destroy the effret of
strom elestial observations DAILY
heat the plane's three
"6. In the next decade we will cessful yoyages, the herds of the converting muriners' tables to the ric propraset operating compronica [varying altitudes, While prinzi. † Wright 1-4 motors finctioned per- proceeded to experiment with pat reliance is placed on the radio fectly, the pilots Ansaldo and witness in the United States a pro. great care on oller long the and frequent reports are bread-Soriano, reported following the duction in some years in excess "7. The automobile business over water with commercial loads. Jest to ground stations en route, return of the party to Madrid, of 7,000,000 vehicles.
will in the future years make a The new route of Fan-American dead reckoning, and other forms The plane, being equipped with Airways
from Centner,
Cuba, navigation are used continually radio,
munication with the Spanish greater contribution to our indus miles over water to Kingston, by pilots, and accurate reports Jamniza And
there 662 miles net in to the office at the con-military base at Cabo Juby during trial activity than it has ever done
losion of each flight. water
Cristobal the longest non-stop airline in the world. It brings the Canal Zones within two days travel from the United States. This division at the company has served us the lying physical laboratory Fur other routes and the pioneering work necessary to the establish on long #fiat- ment of service over water luns been done by the
The inaugural flight in the Ford airline in the twice weekly ser vires in both directions, a sarding
plane, which the lassa line had to June T. Trippe, president,
operated in regular service be The equipment on the line is in the aves, and during the fight tween Madrid, Seville, and Bar- was preliminary to the considered the most elaborate the planes colleet radio reports celona,
of the service any airline yet operated. in from surface ships or other aero-regular operation addition to the Bring boats, an planes along the route. interlacking system of radio cone tro has been established and emergency training of the crew has been carried out in the final detail so that nothing has been left to chance
or the human element. Mr. Trippe said recently.
A Beet of Consolidated Commer dore flying bouts in useal on the While the ground stations and fish!. With a fall ter hours direction finders are inerated to crining range at Hitt miles an provide tourings, the flying bouted from Madrid. Large crowds perennial bagaboo of saturation, Scoville's opinion, after hour, och plane has a leading through the use of direction find greeted the plane and its party at is capacity of 1,200 pounds in adding loops built into their radio both Las Palmas and Santa Cruz observing the greater use of auto- tion to the full erew and marine apparatus, may obtain compass de Tenerife. The plane carried mobiles among farmers, while a equipment. The 662-mile flight hearing from marine stations audi southbound requires six here, but ships along the pars through in addition to the pilots and the great proportion are still confined
official party two mechanies, a to the bit cities. the reverse, route, against the floor wave adapters, A direction prevailing forth-northeast wind finder is in the course of installa-ra operator, large consignments
and bundler inkes an hour longer between tin at Kingston which will be mail
Madria newspaper Cristobal and Kingston, accordiar operative in all four directions to
guardia." to the averages made in the first rover the entire course at few months of operation. Buth rentre. passenvers and mail are curriel, It is from the research and xperience gained in the operation
Operations Procedure Distinctly Diferent.
To Reach Normal in Fall. Looking over the periodle riso and decline of automotive produc- between Spain and the Canaries Ition and sales in the last 10 years. The company report shows that with amphibian planes. The ser- Seuville sees the movement cou planes have kept in constant comylee at first will be weekly but tinue toward a slight rise in sules unication with the radio hacen later it is planned to put it this year from its present position since the first trip over the line daily basis.
below normal, with final arrival at one month- 350.
A gathering of distinguished the normal level in September. Spanish civil ometals, including And 1932, he adds, should be Minister of the Interior Matos, above normal most of the year. participated in the ceremonies. That there is considerably more incident to the inauguration of room for auto sales in this coun- abroad. despite the the service when the plane depart try and
To Have Central "Nervous" System.
iLz
of the 1.19-mile route with one tops that the company hopes to The operations procedure is dis- rolleet sufficient data to demons tinctly different from other air rate the feasibility of establiste Hines in so far as the pilots, crews Bag trans-Atlantic
The services. and radio men as all specially weather between New York and trained for their specine tasks. Rermuda is admittedly an alistarle Mr. Trippe poluted on that the land the present plans
calls for a ordinary rules for cross-country supplementary terminal on the flying do not apply on the long Atlantic seaboard further south over-water flights. A hybrid sys which may be used during the tem of operations and control, winter months and when fog and taken from marine experiences ice preclude lights to this city.-- and aerial performances of the Exchange,
"I believe that the number of the automobiles in use per 1,000 which # Van- bus steadily Increased in this country, will continue to increase
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