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8. Slipways, Moorings, etc.:—

(a) Slipways

(b) Beaching Facilities

(c) Cranes

(d) Piers and Landing Stages

(e) Moorings

() Towing and Disembarkation

Facilities

(Zh 14 )

One slipway, width 50 feet and gradient 1 in 20. Slipway of concrete blocks capable of bearing the weight of aircraft up to 200 tons. Minimum depth at end of slipway about 10 feet at M.L.W.S. Haud worked capstans at top of slipway also bollards and buoys conveniently spaced for beaching operations.

Foreshore throughout length of aerodrome and landing field a built up sea wall with concrete and rubble filling along the bottom. Unsuitable for beaching aircraft. One 5-ton crane on sea wall at R.A.F. Base.

Aircraft, of any size, can be safely berthed alongside pon- toon for the disembarkation of passengers, freight, etc. All facilities available for disembarking passengers etc. by motor boat when aircraft bes out at moorings.

Four Short

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rubber buoys spaced conveniently within 300 feet of main pontoon: moored to 5-ton concrete sinkers with " and 1” short link chain each of 4 fms. in length.

Also one Munro type buoy moored to

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a 5-ton block with 21 stud link cable. Four of the buoys suitable for mooring heavy type aircraft up to any present day maximum tonnage.

Motor boats for control. towing, and disembarkation of

passengers, etc., available at all times.

9.

Accommodation :—

(a) Ilangars

Number. Structure.

Net Breadth.

Net Depth.

Net Door Net Door

Height.

Width.

Reservations.

One.

Steel and 134′ 3′′ concrete.

250'

85'

121′ 6′′

Not less than 25% normally avail-

able for visiting aircraft.

(b) Handling Personnel

(c) Hotels, Rest Houses, etc.

(4) Medical Facilities

Handling personnel available from 0900 to 1700 and at all

other times as requested.

No accommodation or food available at airport. There are

good hotels in Kowloon and Victoria.

Medical room with first aid equipment at airport. Fully equipped government hospital one mile distant, with doctors always available.

10. Repair Facilities:

(a) Workshops

(b) Spare Parts

(d) Weighbridge

11. Communications:-

Repairs undertaken by the Far East Flying Training School, Ltd., who have workshops at airport fully equipped for all wood and inetal repairs, including welding, and a stuff of licensed ground engineers.

Spares for Gipsy and Armstrong Siddeley engines and Avro and De Havilland aircraft stocked by above firm. Large quantity aircraft general spares, sheet metal, tubing, etc., available.

Aircraft weighbridge-up to 35 Tons.

(a) Air Line

(b) Railway (c) Road

Imperial Airways to England and Australia, viá Thai

(Siam).

Air France viá Hanoi, French Indo-China to France. Pan American Airways to America, viá Manila and

Honolulu.

Eurasia and China National Airways to China (restricted

service in operation at present).

To Canton, Hankow, etc., (service interrupted at present). Good roads throughout territory.