1934-10-25 — Page 7

AMERICAN AVIATION

Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh have, recently resumed their tour of western states, visiting airports for an aeroplane company, after spending three days as surprise quests on an Okla homa farm where they had made a forced landing because of en- gine trouble. Lindbergh showing his crippled plane to Homer Altkens, left, kis host, and Harrison Parsons, centre.

WINNERS OF RACE

BY 19 HOURS

BELGIAN AIR DEFENCES TO BE STRONGER

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934

FIRM EARNS $11,437,250 ON $1,000 INVESTED

FLYING SCHOOL AID

FOR CHINA

PRATT WHITNEY FIRM

UNDER FIRE

RIVAL REGIMES ASSISTED

Washington, Sept. 18.

Evidence that Americans aided in establish- ing military dying schools for the rival Nanking and Canton governments in China followed testi- mony that the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company made $11,437,250 on an investment of $1,000, be- fore the Senate Munitions Investigating Com- mittee yesterday.

Beginning its third-and for the present, last week of public hearings, the committee uncoveted correspondence indicating that Mr. Leighton Rogers, former chief of the Aeronautics Division of the Commerce Department's Division of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in 1933, sought to hire 84 pilot instructors to establish for the Cantonese revolutionaries the same sort of training centre that had already been set up for the Nanking Government...

In a letter, Mr. Francis H. Love, director of the United Air- craft Export Company if New York, was quoted as having said that in answer to Mr. Rogers's request he had chosen three men "to teach commercial flying methods" to the Cantonese. On the stand yester-

Jones And Waller Spend Future Contracts May Be Placed day, he described his reference to "commercial" flying as a slip, de-

* Night On Mount Isa

MANY PLANES WEST OF ALLAHAHAD

London, To-day.

With French Firms

claring that there was no question that the pilots were to go to China for military flying.

"SOUTH PACINIC:

O GEAN

INDIAN

TICA

- SOUTH POLE.

ATMATI

OCZAN

OCEAN

The map in the above layout shows the route to be followed by Lincoln Ellsworth, the famed American explorer, on his exploration trip into the frigid regions of the Antarctic. The expedition Left New Zealand aboard the Wyatt Earp, carrying supplies, and the giant plane, top, which Ells- worth will use in a flight over the South Pole. Ellsworth is pictured, left, with his noted pilot, Bernt Balchen.

It is proposed to increase the Bel gian Air Force, which numbers |about 204 machines, by 60 per cent. mented Senator Arthur H. Van-subsidiaries of United Aircraft,

by next July.

denburg (R.) of Michigan, "that parent company of Pratt & The heavy bombing aeroplanes the Department of Commerce Whitney, with salaries as fol test in the Mildenhall to Melbourne are French (Breguet), the chasers, Was co-operating with American lows: 1930, $29,165;. 1931. $30, NEW ATLANTIC FLYING-BOAT scouts, and light bombers being Bri-plane manufacturers in the sale 000; 1932, $89,500; 1933, $33,600; and of war equipment to China." and 1934, to August 1, $21,600. Fox,

The charge that the Pratt and The sums were

"Then it must follow," com- in 1930 has been employed by EXPANSION OF THE R.A.F.

The winners of the speed con-

furnished the

air race were the British pilots, tish. Fairey-Firefly, Scott and Campbell Black, in their]Hawker-Fury machines, - D. H. Comet, who arrived 19 hours Future contracts for aeroplanes Whitney Company copied the committee by Commander Wil- 19 minutes ahead of Parmentier be placed in France instead of design for its "Wasp" engine son's secretary, who informed

and Mall, the Dutch pilots, in their

England,

Douglas DC2 air liner. Colonel

Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pang- SAFETY IN THE

borne, the American pilots, were

third in their Boeing transport, landing 2 hours 42 minutes later.

the progress of the other com- petitors, and in the handicap even!, which is being held in connection with the race,

The only other competitors who have so far reached Australia urę Cathart Jones the British flyers, and K. F. H. Waller, in their D. H. Comet. On arriving at Darwin

Bangkok for Singapore.

AIR STUDIED IN

GREAT BRITAIN "Flying Safe Means Of Transport"

DESIGN IMPROVEMENT

from the Wright company with the committee that the comman only two small changes and sold der is on an "extended husiness

it to the Government with the trip."

Letter To Black Committee

·Bribes Unnecessary

TO CARRY 24 PEOPLE

Largest Of Kind Ever Built In Great Britain

A giant 170-m.p.h. Aying-boat, capable of carrying 24 passengers in the daytime and sleeping 18 in separate berths by night, is to be

It will be the largest commer. cial flying-boat ever built in Brit-

fleet.

FASHIONS RUSHED BY PLANES

How Rhodesian Women Keep In Style

PROGRESS WELL

UP TO BRITAIN'S

NEW PROGRAMME

Two Aerodromes In Preparation

BIGGER PERSONNEL SEEN

AIR RECORD. TO PERU SET Transport Plane Makes Swift Trip

U.S. SERVICE SPEEDED UP

Lima, Peru, Sept. 19. International air traffic on the west coast entered a new stage with arrival of the new Panagra Douglas land plane which came The addition to the Air Force of in last night, setting a new record virtually six new squadrons, in from Cristobal.

this year's Estimates, is proceed- The plane covered the distance ing on normal lines, and will be in nine hours, 35 minutea actual complete probably a little earlier flying time,

than at first planned. Meanwhile,

the other thirty-fivè squadrone to

jaid of naval officers who later were, hired by the company,

A contrary opinion as to the brought Mr. Donald L. Brown, necessity of paying bribes to for-built for Imperial Airways. president of the company, to his eign officials in order to get feet, with the declaration "I'll business was injected into the challenge that statement to the hearing to-day when Mr. Love sin, and will be the first of a new world."

said that such practice he knew from personal experience to bel

Addition of the Douglas plaster "completely and entirely unneces The unsolicited letter was aary"

be formed by the end of 1938 are to the Pan American Grace Air He admitted that "al

ways fleet shortens the distance being provided for. written by a Mr. Albert A. Ken-most everywhere there are a nett, who described himself as a number of self-appointed commit-

Bigger entries to Halton (for between the United States and aircraftmen) and to Cranwell (for Peru and as a result the New York The investigations initiated and "workman holding no office," to teemen that come around but they flew to Mount Isau, Queensland, co-ordinated by the Aeronautical the Black Committee. when it referred to such men as "chise

cadets) are being received, while to Lima trip may be made in not where they stayed the night before Research Committee, which have was investigating air mail ron-lers."

officers and others due to leave more than 40 hours elapsed time. Mr. Brown proceeding to Charlesville.

the Service next year are under The Douglas plane will began its as their main object the Increase tracts last spring.

Mr. Love spoke highly of

arrangements to remain on the regular schedule on Thursday The New Zealanders, MacGregor of safety in Bght, are discussed in declared that if Mr. Kennett held General Azcarate of Mexico,

active. Hat.

when it leaves for Chile. and Walker, in their Miles Hawk, the report of the committee for any responsible position, he would Commander Merino of Chile,, and

It is obvious that the new are reported at Batavia, and the 1933-34.

24 HOURS BEHIND LONDON The report was issued know him and labeled his charges Captain Zar of Argentina; whose olher Zealanders, Hewett and Kay, last month as a Blue Book.

as "ramblings." The allegation names have been brought out in

squadrons, other than the six in in their D. H. Dragon, have left "Though only 31 years have paas- made by Mr. Kennett. that the previous testimony in an un- The following appreciation of this year's estimates, cannot be ed aince the first flight of an aero-Pratt and Whitney Company favourable light, saying he had the services of Imperial Airways ready for personnel for a few Flt. Lt. Stodart and Mr. K plane was made," state the commit: made its engine from certain done business with all of them on

aerodromes, buildings, aircraft, Stodart, in their airspeed Courier tee, "flying may now be regarded as government specifications and an honourable basis. "It is an appeared in the edition of the months, but the plans, comprising This that therefore there was nothing absolute outrage that letters of Rhodesla Herald recently under and transport, are being carried sen, in his De Soutter Mark li, have is due, on the one hand, to the of a "chance nature" in its ven-irresponsible salesmen should be the heading. Keeping in Close out with, if anything, accelerated arrived at Calcutta,

steadily increasing reliability of ture was said by Mr. Brown to allowed to be published when the Touch-New Fashions and Air speed. C. J. Melrose, in his D. II. Pusa aircraft engines, and on the other

be "incorrect."

facts are otherwise." Mr. Love!

In addition to new aerodromes! Mall Benefits: Moth, has reached Allahabad.

already in preparation, as for ex- to the satisfactory development of] The worker ended his letter declared...

"An outstanding Instance of the ample, Mildenhalt, two new ones others still in the race are report-rules of design.

with the comment that "if this.

"Unusually Free"

benefits & land-locked country, are to be made, the sites having Sq. Ldr.. Stodart, and K. G. ed at places west of Allahabad.-

"But it must be admitted that pull business is eliminated then British Wireless Service.

this relative immunity from acct the government won't be dealing Senator Vandenburg remarked such as. Rhodesia, receives by the lately been acquired. One of these Stodart left here at 9.15 p.m. dents has been attained mainly by out millions to millionaires. Mr. that the United's files were "un-air mail service was given during is at Feltwell, near Ely, the other G.M.T., and 15 minutes later Lt. M.

at Marham, ́near King's Lynn., the agelong process of trial and Brown, retorted, "I didn't know usually free" from letters indi-the week. error, and at the cost of much loss there was such a thing as pull in eating that any commissions had "A leading fashion store in been paid for foreign officials Salisbury received examples of a of life. We feel it to be our chief government business.”

Mr. Love also told the commit new hat, which has created some- itee that he found no reason to thing of a sensation: in fashion

FOR CHARTER SOON The committee investigatór keep secret from one country in circles, and is being produced for this cannot be done without a ser then went on to develop the fol- South America his dealings with autumn wear.

another. He said he told officials "Actually the examples now.avail- Imperial Airways will be shortly tous and continuing study of the lowing facts in the case:

That the Pratt & Whitney of Colombia and Peru that he able in town were only produced putting into service two new high that J, D. Hewett and C. E. Kay, science of flight.".

Company made 1,143,725 per was doing business with both 24 hours before the air mail left speed special charter aeroplanes, the New Zealanders, have arrived

details of which will be given later. at Alor Star-Reuter cent on its original investment nations, although a Pratt & Croydon."

AS5 the Danish pilot, Lient, Han-

Result Of Handicap

Race Unknown

#3:

16 DAYS' TIME LIMIT TO

REACH MELBOURNE

All

The result of the handicap event for which the first prize is £2,000 will not be known for some days as all pilots are allowed 16 days in

safe means of transport.

duty, as a committee, to do the best

we can to foresee" and guard against possible causes of accidents; and

A Series Of Crashes

Findings in Case

The Accident Sub-Committee had in eight years since 1925. Start-Whitney agent in Lapaz was which to reach Melbourne and only been engaged for two years in an ing with an investment of $1,000, shown to have feared being jailed the actual flying time counts against endeavour to elucidate a series of its return during the period has If Colombian officials found that the competitors. The flying time accidents, to a well known light aero heen $11,000,000,0000000 he was dealing with both coun- includes all stops at places en route plane.

HIGH-SPEED PLANES

That a complete staff of tech-tries. Mr. Love termed this fear Practical Floating Airport

For Atlantic Now Designed

$50 AEROPLANE, FINE ON BRITISH CONCERN

MYSTERY SOLVED

Stodarts Leave Calcutta

Calcutta, To-day.

Hansen, the Danish pilot, renewed his journey.

A message from Charleville States that Cathcart Jones and K. F. H. Waller, the British com petitors, arrived at 8.50 p.m. G.M.T. A message from Ingapore states

JONES AND WALLER FINISH FOURTH

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Other arrivals are:- reported at various pointa along the route. The A chain of floating aerodromes jaerodromes 500 miles apart will New Zealand entry, a Manawatu Aeroplane piloted by Squadron spanning the Atlantic between Lon-make It a paying proposition. don and New York, and moored to The official representative of the Leader Malcolm MacGregor and the bed of the ocean Seadrome Ocean Dock Corporation Henry Walker, is in the lead, hav- Fast airliners landing on them, of America, recently said that after ing landed at Batavia at 2.51 am.

other than the 25 checking points. There had been eight cases of nicians and executives withdrew absolutely ridiculous.” of which five are compulsory breakages of these 'planes in the from the Wright Company to The greatest handicap. allowance lair, all resulting in loss of life. It start the new company and that is 42 hours 2 minutes 24 seconds seemed probable that the accidente although more than $481,000 to the Danish flyer. Hansen. Of had been caused by a form of rud had been paid the Wright Com- those still left in the race the win- der flutter, and an investigation at pany to develop an engine of the ners, Scott, and Campbell Black, the National Favalcas Laborator Was

It had had no-suc- have the lowest allowance of 85 confirmed that rudder or elevator cess. minutes 24 seconds, British Wire dutter might under certain condi- That 100 per cent. of Pratt & posed on Aviation Developments refuelling, and then taking off again fifteen years of experiment a prac. G.M.T. The pilots took off her Dar- less Service.

Hons cause a serious accident. Whitney's business in 1926 was Ltd., Charing-cross-road, London, for the next one throughout the day tical floating airport or acadrome win 40 minutes later

Recommendations were made to done with the United States Navy alter the design ao as to prevent and 80.7 per cent, in 1927.

TROUT BY AIR IN UNION

any such occurrence in the future, but the sub-committee were not

⠀⠀⠀ Engine Recommended

satisfied that this was sufficient an- That although there was still A shipment of trout from the lawer to the problema. Subsequent some doubt about the engine's Jonkershoek hatcheries, was recently a machine which had been modi- performance, Commander

ly sent from Cape Town to Mbeya fled to meet their recommendations Wilson, then head of the engine

In the Imperial: Airways' Uner An- broke up in the air.

dromeda. The transport by air of There were certain features com

trout fry from the Union of South mon to all the known

Africa to Tanganyika, where the periments on a model with

rivers are frequently being restock of the correct propo

ed to provide sport, la developing were now in progi Dito a regular traffic..

tional Physical Labor

of the Navy Bu

recommen

A fine of 250 and costs was Im

Bridgwater magistrates for fly and night-

has been designed. It has a flight The other New Zealand entry, pl- ing an aircraft which was not re- London within twenty-four hours deck 1,500 feet long and 300 feet loted by J D. Hewitt and C. E. gistered under the Air Navigation only of New York-

wide, and an hotel with accommoda- Kay, arrived at Singapore at 4.14 Consolidation Order.

All this is no longer a fantastic tion for 500 passengers by day and a.m. G. M. T while Squadron Lea-

der Stodart and his brother, K. G viston, acco to the advocates 100. by night. of the pan, but a sche

capable It has a crew of forty-three, and Stodart, in their Airspeed Courier, of fulfilment with

AIR PAGEANT REFUSAL

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