1934-09-27 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 1934.

REMARKABLE GROWTH OF AIRMINDEDNESS AND THE AIR MAILS

CIVIL AVIATION IN

MALAYA

CAPT. BARNARD'S WARM TRIBUTE

WAR TIME PILOTS

COMPREHENSIVE and interesting information

on the development of British civil aviation was recently given in ́a lecture at Singapore by Capt. C. A. Barnard, manager of the Malayan area of Imperial Airways, Ltd.

In the course of his talk Capt. Barnard said:

I think it is generally appreciated that a captain of a present day commercial aircraft and the other members of his crew are very highly specialized, and you would, no doubt, like me to tell you something of their training."

AS IS THE CASE WITH ALL OTHER PROFESSIONS, EXPERIENCE JS THE CHIEF FACTOR, AND FOR THIS REASON IMPERIAL AIR- WAYS VALUES THE MANY WAR TIME PILOTS WHO STILL REMAIN IN ITS EMPLOY, AS UNDOUBTEDLY THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EFFI- CIENCY IS ALMOST INCOMPARABLE.

Of the several war time pilots, of British Chambers of Commerce, who are still employed, the great-jand the Federation of British In- er number have now completed industries, on the subject of the air the neighbourhood of 10.000 hours mail.

in the air; and it requires no It does not take any effort of memory. stretch of imagination to appre-on my part to recall when the first re ciate what this figure of hours gular air mail was established in 1919

between London and Paris. inust represent in terms of ex- The charge was 2/6d. an ounce, perience, especially if the number History tells us of the introduc-

of hours are multiplied by a hun-tion of the penny post by Rowland dred, thus representing the ap- Hill in 1840 and that during the proximate number of miles each thirty years following, the letter of these several pilots have flown mail volume was increased ten since the war.

times.

They, too, have had to keep pace

The letter mail surcharge to with the progress and develop-Paris, has for some years been ment of aircraft design, and the 11d., and history has repeated it arduous requirements of civil fly-self as in the case of Rowland ing. ie., regularity, and punctu Hill, and to a great extent, the ality and above all to re-model vast air network of to-day may be their war time flying to the re-attributed to that original trans- quirements of civil aviation, which channel service. in principle, réquire that nothing

be done in the direction of an air-

air passengers.

11

Ten Times Increase What then might be the posi

on

Seeking new scientific data

Cosyns, the stratosphere, Max shown above with his aluminum Vanderbilt, sphere, and Neree Belgian scientist, soared far above Hour-Harenne, Belgium, their goal at a height of 42,000 feet. Pro fessor Cosyns made a former stratosphere ascent with Professor Auguste Piccard.

LIVESTOCK

TRANSPORT

BY PLANE

New Growing Form Of Traffic

FLYING MENAGERIES

A specially interesting feature |of airway traffic at the present time, as shown by figures which have just become available, is the Increase which continues to be re corded in the transport of live- stock by air.

"What our waybills show us," sald an official of Imperial Air- ways, "is that more and more pedigree animals, such as doga and cats, are being sent over to the continent by air. There is also a growing traffic in the air dispatch of day-old chicks from poultry farms in England to simi- lar establishments throughout Europe, while from along the Em- pire routes tropical fish in tanks are now consigned to London by air. Not long ago we received a crate of live locusta from Africa, Intended for experiments in this country with a view to the exter. mination of the locust plague by chemical means.

*The list attached, which has just been brought up-to-date. by our freight department, shows the variety of the livestock we called upon to handle:—' Dogs.

FLYING SMUGGLERS.

CHECKED

Micc.

Parrots. Day-old chicks.

Britain's Customs Keep Racing pigeons.

Eye On 'Planes

Cate Monkeys. Lion cubs.. Live locusts in

Are

crates.

Turkeys.

Live Rsh in tanks: Bees.

Rare Zoo

Live allixators,

specimens. "One day we brought over

con- fully-grown Hon from the tinent in a special cage. On - an- The Customs and Excise De other occasion we fixed up

NEW ORGANISATION

Forced to land in England on their attempted light from Toronto, Ont, to Bagdad, Iraq, Capt. Leonard Reid, left, and Capt. James Ayling are shown above at Heston aerodrome, London, Motor trouble forced them to land after their trans-Athalie hop.

CEYLON'S NEW AIRPORT

JAPANESE

BARNSTORMERS

FOR SOUTH SEAS

Woman Parachute Expert And Stunt Flyer

Tokyo,

On the first visit of a Japanese woman flier to the South Seas, - Miss Sumiko Nishiyama, a para- chute expert of the Taundanuma Aviation School, Chiha Prefecture, will go to Palao and three other South Seas Islands ender Japanese mandate early in November. She will be accompanied by Mr. Katsuo Suzuki, a stunt filler.

WORK STARTS

ON RATMALANA

FLYING FIELD

CROYDON LINES TO BE COPIED

BEST SITE IN THE EAST

NEW HITCH

IN AIR ROUTE

TO FAR EAST

Anglo-French Talks Break Down

NO BRITISH FLIGHTS TO MARSEILLES YET

The negotiations between the British and French Air Ministries for the opening of the Paris-Mar- seilles section to Imperial Air ways seroplanes flying on the Em- pire routes have broken down, but further steps are contemplated on the British side which may induce the French authorities to modify their opposition.

"France, with a profitable traffic to the Riviera, is anxious, to pré-? serve this against British com. |petition France, too, runs 'a ser-

vice to the Far East.

The result is that the traveller

by Imperial Airways to the East

or to Africa at present spends nearly 86 hours in the train from Paris to Brindisi. Formerly the Italian Government opposed a similar obstacle but that trouble has been got over and if an agree ment can be made with France, journeys from Croydon to Indis and the Far East and to Cape- Work on Ceylon's first zero-town will be possible wholly By |drome has been started at Rat- sir.

malana,

Colombo.

Heavy British Traffic

It is hoped that construction! There is a great deal of British will be completed by the end of traffic on the Marselles route, it year, and that for the first time is, in fact, mainly British, the pro-

cent. It consists of visitors to the

CURTISS-WRIGHT Christmas air malls will be de- portion being stated at 60 por

AMPHIBION Many Novel Features Embraced

livered direct by air.

It is understood that an R. A. Riviera and passengers travelling F. officer from India will arrive overland to catch the mail boats to shortly to supervise work, and India.

The unified company that the aerodrome will be con-known as Air France fear that structed on the lines of a termin- these British passengers will de- us, similar to Croydon, with police sert them, and that not only will and customa stations; and immi, they lose heavily in income, but in

From

service, will be introduced later If

As unfair on the British side, and no satisfactory.compromise has been found.

Breach Of Bargaini

the A new amphibion, with many craft in flight which will in any tion, if the whole of the first class wise cause discomfort or alarm to mall is carried by air at practical.partment is steadily creating a freight compartment of a machine novel features has been designed gration and quarantine facilities, prestige.

The site, which is 10 miles from French civil aviation has, indeed been slipping hack, and it was' sought to country-wide organisation of pre- as a horse-box, so as to fly over by and built under the super- ly no extra charge to the public? ventive officers to deal with Bri- a valuable performing horse from vision of Captain Frank Court Colombo Harbour, has been pro-chock this decline by amalgamating the Commercial Flying

The letter air mail would im-tain's growing air traffic with Paris,

ney, noted aeronautical engineer.nounced by experts to be one of large number of small companies into Commercial flying of to-day is mediately increase in volume by foreign countries..

Alligators Carried for the Curtiss-Wright Corporn-the best in the East, and will be a concern analogous to Imperial Air- for the average passenger made approximately 10 times the ship-

Sometimes an aircraft will ar- tion.

connected with Colombo by road ways. It has, nevertheless, come in. This "airguard", organisation is

This new amphibion, of and rail.

for a great deal of criticism, comparatively

Firstly, ping companies would scarcely still in its infancy, About one rive with a regular menagerie on simple.

The condition on which the the pilot's skill is enhanced by the raise serious objections as they hundred officers are at present board-animals, birds, and all biplane construction, combines Passenger Service Later French Air Ministry insisted for

uses; are paid in most cases by space directly engaged in the work.

large load various instruments he

kinds of tropical fish in tanks; high performance,

om the start the aerodrome waiving their prohibition was the secondly, there may be no com-reserved, rather than by the plicated evolutions as la the case weight

Skeleton organisations capable of whille from one of the machine carrying capacity with ample pas- will be available for airmail carpooling of receipts. The basis of actually shipped, and wide expansion have already been which landed one evening we un-senger accommodation and com- rying machines, but a passenger the pooling system was regarded with the flying of military air-civil aviation would receive that established at 21 airports, sere-loaded a number of live alligators fort, craft; and thirdly, the aircraft le filip which is so essential to the dromes and landing fields. The in crates.

The unusual characteristics of there is a sufficient demand. The flown at convenient height security of its development.

"As a means of transporte for this new amphibion Include a ground will be used by the R. A. work consists almost exclusively of where it is possible to fly on a A guarantee of reasonable re-examining, passengers' baggage and livestock the sir is now recognised three wheel landing gear, two F. when required. level plane with good visibility, muneration for, and the carriage the corparatively small quantities as ideal. Valuable animals of the wheels placed behind the centra

Club of Ceylon,

It is further held by the Air and with the least possible amount of all first class letter mail by air, of goods that are transported by pedigree type, for example, make of gravity, and one wheel in the which was organised some years of disturbance.

would possibly justify eventually air.

their journey by air in a minimum nose of the ship, so that it lands ago but has been unable to make Ministry that the French refusal Once one is introduced to air travel the creation and establishment of There is practically no smuggling of time, while during their periods in the same position on land aa progress owing to the lack of as a breach of a bargain, under and its kaleidoscople intereat, through express air mall services operated by air at present. All aircraft ar- of transport they can be fed and when landing on water.

landing ground, will also be ac-which French air services

lowed to cross India on their route out any flight, it is seldom that one)

turns to the more generally accepted entirely as such; and in addition riving in Britain from abroad are receive special attention from the Pusher Installation

commodated.

to Indo-China, and Rhodesia an it would probably demand in the compelled to land at a Customs airway staff, arriving at their des- Another interesting feature of

the way to Madagascar. This per I am reminded of the word coin-near future an added frequency aerodrome for examination, and in tinations in a condition which the ship is the pusher installation

(Continued from Column 2.)

mission to cross British territory ed by the late General Sir Sefton of service by the creation of a the event of a forced landing the gives them every chance of suc-of the, Wright Whirlwind engine. Government Viewpoint

was given on the understanding Brancker, one time Director of service at least twice a week on pilot is obliged by law to com-cess if as we often find to be the The propeller is located some 31

There is little doubt that there that reciprocal facilities- would be.. Civil Aviation, who did so much the main Empire routes, in the inmunicate immediately. with the case they have been sent, to take inches from the engine shaft, be: in its earlier years to further its terests of the speeding up of com-nearest Customs officer.

part in some exhibition or show." ing driven by the short extension is urgent need for the air mail given over French territory. It ta service to operate with greater expected that if such facilities on The airplant has exceptionally frequency, and at a higher speed reasonable terms continue to be good performance, and it is be- than the average speed of to-day refused, the right to cross India but to achieve these, a much and Rhodesia will be withdrawn lieved will be exceedingly popular greater volume of mall load is re from the French companies.

modes of transport.

interest.

The word is "airmind-munications between the Empire! Years of investigation by the edness," and no better equivalent and Mother Country.

of it exists to-day.

Airmindedness of

authorities have shown-that as à British elvil aviation would)

rule the only attempts at smuggling' to-day is then forge still further ahead with are those made occasionally by in growing so rapidly that one anti-the fullest confidence, protected individual passengers in the hope of cipates in a few years time it will its policy of rapid development.

bringing in a few cigara, a little

be remarked in obituary notices (Continued on Foot of Column 8scent, or perhaps a camera, without

that he or she never travelled in

an aeroplane, as one reads now-a- days of a country, peasant who had departed from this earth never having travelled in a rail-

• way train.

Reason For Subsidies

I propose to pay a brief refers ence to the chief motive underly- ing the very existence of our air services, and the real reason for

JAPANESE ON LIBEL

CHARGES

Solicitor Withdraws From The Case

FURTHER ADJOURNMENT

Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro,

which various national Govern Senior, who represented the Japan- ments pay subsidies, either direct-ose Gore Kurata, an unemployed

ly

paying duty.

Actually the task of the would-be aerial smuggler is much more diffi

-PLANE ACCIDENT. AT KOWLOON

Avro Avian Falls Into

The Sea

OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY

shaft.

with the flying sportsmen.

cult at airports than at seaports An Avro Avian aeroplane, piloted good.. The smaller number of passengers by Flight Lieutenant LP: Rowley, arriving at a time enables the air fell into the harbour at Kowloon guards to search all baggage, In-City ahortly after taking off from stead of selecting only a few items the Kaf Tak, Aerodrome yesterday for examination.

AVIATION INSURANCE IN JAPAN

Tokyo.

afternoon, Mr. C. A. Fidler was a passenger in the plane at the time, but fortunately both escaped with out injury,

Details regarding "the accident are not available but enquiries

indirectly, to maintain their photographer, on charges of alleged The Marine Insurance Company from an official of the Company to national air services or a comparibel against members of the Hons and the Tokyo Fire Insurance Com- whom the plane bulonged eliciting able basis with those of the other Kong Police Force, asked leave to

of to-day..

NEW ZEALANDERS

The Aero

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Al-

BY AIR AND SEA TO ENGLAND

Quick Route Established From The Far East

Das to the general. design of quired, and, that if provided, will this airplane it is exceptionally automatically cheapen the cost. useful as a photographic plane for it is to be hoped profoundly that the use of newsreels and newa-that day is not too far away.

It is very Btting, I think, that I con papers, as visibility from practicinde my lecture with a brief refer- cally every angle is exceptionally once is the progress of civil aviation

Interests in Malays from a mental view palat, kak

Imperial Airways, I am sure, would like me to acknowledge their indebtedness to the several Governments in Malaya who each have done so much to provide the

To develop air travel between ground essentials for the success. ful exploitation of international England and the Far East, airlines through Malaya; and Messra. Alfred Holt and Co, own. who have each adopted a long era of the Blue Funnel line, for eighted policy in taking immediate which Messrs. Butterfield & Swire steps to see that the moat modera are the local agents, recently con-

CELEBRATE

Dominion Anniversary Dinner Last Night

LANE, CRAWFORD'S RESTAURANT

BLUE FUNNEL LINE PLAN

progressive nations of the world withdraw from the case at the re-/Pany both applied to the Ministry of the news that no statement could A band of local New Zealanders equipment will be available at an cluded satisfactory. Interchange sumption of the hearing before Mr.Commerce on September 16 for per be made until after an enquiry had and their Australian friends early date for International Bir arrangements with Imperial Air 1. refer to His Majesty's London, E. W. Hamilton at Central Magis mission to engage in aviation been held into the cause of the ac-gathered at Lane; Crawford's Ex-refer especially to the new Civil

to the Post Master General, who, at times, has been humorously tracy yesterday. described as "our best customer.

Mr. D'Almada e Castro said that| The national motive underlying he had not received further in- the creation of any air route is to structions, speed up communications, and the The first charge against defen future of the British Empire as a dant is that, on August 81, he

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Safety Switch For Aeroplanes

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It is now possible to make the combined air and sen journey from the United Kingdom to Shanghai In about 19 days, Connection between vessels, and

civil air power may rest entirely published a false and defamatory Prevents Fire After Accidents specialy prepared for the cement in respect to wireless com- planes takes place at Singapore.

The cost of the single Journey is $178.4.0 and for the return journey £355.10.0

the occasion of the 24th annivar Aerodrome in the Kallang Basin, sary of the Dominion of New at present in the course of complet

tlon and the improvement of the Zealand..

aerodromes at Penang and Kuala A typically Antipodean menu

Lumpur: and the additional equip was upon the trifling value of a post-libel concerning the Hong Kong A safety switch,

munication with aircraft which age stamp to each and everyone of Police Force, in the form of an minimize the danger of fire

designed to as not to operate at an acceleration of national Bower of the South, was will shortly be provided: you who write letters which the anonymous letter to the Inspector aeroplane accidents, has been tested at tain H M Balmond, and in one ver- H. D. Matthews, President of the

3 after leas than 4g.) (1.8., 128ft. per second), worn by avery gues AusActres The switch is the invention of Cap Among those present were: Dr. G.P.O. classify under the heading General of Police, Hong Kong, the Royal Aincraft Establishment, sion is already in use in motorcars. It "First Class Letter Mail," you which contained the following: "All South Farnborough, by the Air a worked by a who indirectly contribute to the these heads are the best friend of Mary, and permission has been trolled by a pendulum. future of civil aviation develop the Police Department of Wanchal given for the appliance to be "alted For usa in aeroplanes the move ment

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