1935-01-17 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, JANUARY-17, 1935′′

LACK OF GOOD 'DROMES: BRITAIN'S AIR WEAKNESS IN FAR EAST

CIVIL AVIATION'S REQUIREMENTS

GOOD LANDING-PLACES NEEDED IN MALAYA

HONG KONG & SINGAPORE OPEN TO ATTACK FROM AIR

THE

(By Lawrence Impey)

more one studies the political situation in' the Far East, as far as British interests are concerned, the more one is impressed with the vital necessity for the speediest possible dévelop- ment of every branch of our aviation, writes Law- rence Impey in the "Daily Mail.”.

Dozens of well-informed officials and residents in the Far East have reiterated again and again to the writer the probability and the danger of an attack, first on Hong Kong and then on. Sin-

gapore.

COLLEGE BOYS

GO HOME BY AIR

FOR HOLIDAYS

SCHOOL CHARTERS OWN PLANE

FIRST TIME ON RECORD

Some authorities state that: Hong Kong could hold out for six weeks in case of such attack from Isea and air, but it seems doubt. ful whether they have fully con- sidered the position from all! points of view.

In the first place, the British

naval units and aircraft carrier woud have to leave the port immediately to avoid being hem med in and destroyed from the lair. Secondly, any attacking force would undoubtedly land on the mainland between Hong Karig and Canton and establish an air aero-bage there, from whence Hong last Kong, its harbour, barracks, and month for Liverpool carrying a forts could be subjected to an in-

tensive daily bombardment.

Britain's first school holiday plane left the Isle of Man

party of masters and boys from King William's College, Castletown, homeward bound for Christmas.

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Flying Boat Solution

To oppose this, there is a fine aerodrome with only a couple of

The acroplane carried two mas-Moth 'planes operating from it. fers and five boys, and the head-Flying boats would seem to be master (the Rev. G. H. Harris) told the obvious solution of the pro a Daily Mail reporter that he hop-tlem, as bases could be establish

ed in almost any of the numerous bays on the island.

ed it would be the beginning of .a. Tegular service.

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Until this can be done officially The college grounds adjoin the there seems no reason, why Im- aerodrome from which the party perial Airways should not be en- will fly," he said, "and I am told the couraged to extend their service from Singapore to Hong Kong,

machine will pass over the steamet and thus take the first step in the in which the remainder of the boys right direction, estabishing sea-

will be travelling,

The consent of the boys" parents was obtained, and had it not been

plane bases which would serve for other purposes in case of trouble.

Turning to Singapore, this vital

for the extra cost am sure we centre has, a 'fine military aero- could have filled half-a-dozen ma-drome already, and a large civil chines.

fying ground is nearing comple- tion.

"So far as I know no other public school has ever chartered an aero-| plane for the boys to fly, home for holidays."

NEW FARMAN WING CONSTRUCTION

IMMENSE SPREAD

TRAILING EDGE ALMOST REACHES TAIL

!

Smaller Landing Grounds

But it was most lamentably evident to me in my recent flight from London to Malaya that suf ficient attention had not been given to the smaller landing en route. Between Bangkok and Singapore only one aerodrome at Alor Star was usable, and on that the aeroplane

grounds

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1903

1934

The American celebration of the 31st anniversary of the Brat successful seroplane fight, made by Wilbur (le it) and Orville Wright, (right) at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, recalls the first picture of a "dying machine" ever published in a newspaper, that at the left, which appeared in the London "Evening Post" in December 1709, or 2225 years ago. The fanciful designer imagined that the magnets, suspended over the two iron balls in the bird-like contraption would pull it up into the air. The first flight of the Wrights is pictured in the centre, and at the right 'is the plane" "designed' for regular trans-Atlantic passenger service, The Wrights, asked in 1908, if a plane would ever fy the ocean, said no

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They were glad to get back on « terra firma again! Jean LaRene (top) of Dallas and Henrietta Summer, of Hollywood (lower) made an unsoccessful attempt, to break the women's endurance'ra-^ 'cord of 240 hours in a refueling Their flight at Oklahoma City. plane is also shown.

was well over the tyres in mud GOLD PROSPECTING

BY AEROPLANE

Central And Eastern Canadian Mining

HOW PLANES ASSIST THE

#GOLD-SEEKER

and water, while one of the Ger- nian Ayers in the recent London to Melbourne contest managed to leave the ground there only on the third attempt, by jettisoning M. Henri Farman, whose activiall his personal baggage...... ties in the sphere of aeronautical

Kuala Lumpar, Penang and research are well known, has re- other grounds should be taken in cently designed a new machine of hand at once, in the interests of unusual appearance in order to Jeivil aviation if for no other rea- make a special study of flight con-

son and it would seem that at a The acroplane is playing a vital ditions with a very deep wing, such place like Alor Star, with sero-part in the development of the As has recently been effected by planes coming in several times a American, British and German con week from Bangkok or Singa mining industry of the province of structors. The construction of the pore, the installation of a tele British Columbia. Fifty to 60 machine is identical with that of phone and telegraph service is an years ago the hills of British Co

||lumbia were the centre, of an SCA the Farman 402 (110-h.p. Lorraine urgent necessity. When I was

there they were just diamantling tive gold-mining industry; again

GENERAL GOERING'S ASSURANCE

TO GREAT BRITAIN REGARDING GERMAN COMMERCIAL

NEW DESIGNE

HELICOPTER

CAN HOVER

Machine That Will Rise Vertically

“FREE-WHEEL" · "DEVICE" THAT

GUARDS AGAINST FALLS

Arrangements have been made for the construction in England of the "Asboth Helicopter, a flying machine that can rise Vertically, hover, or fly forward:

It has one great advantage over previous experimental efforts to produce helicopters in that by means of a free-wheel device.

AUSTRALIA MAKES £5,000 GRANT TO MRS. ULM^

Bill Pasted To Aid Air Ace's Widow

Canberra, Dec. 14, The House of Representatives passed a bili to-day making a grant of £25,000 to Mrs. Charles T P. Ulm, whose husband, has been missing for 10 days on a trans- pacific flight

Although Mr. Ulm carried £5,000 in life insurance, supporters of the assure sald this would be needed to settle his Uabilities. The flight was sponsored by the Government. was sent to the The measure Senate for action, Ar

PLANES

GERMANY IS

UNEQUAL TO

AIR ATTACK

No Technical Means

Now Available

GERMANY'S TIES OF BLOOD.

WITH BRITAIN RA

MANOEUVRE PLANNED

U.S. NAVAL AIR

FORCE STARTS

NEW TRAINING

Two Months' War Game In Caribbean

MIDWAY ISLAND TO MANILA FLIGHT

Colon, Panama Canal Zone,

Jan. 8. Naval officials, announced - two-

A months aviation, mandeuvres cover ing the Caribbean Sea to-day, when the U. S. 8. Wright arrived from Norfolk, Virginia, with four-new- planes,

The CaribbeanTM manoeuvres^^I^""" present the start of far-flung naval fiying operations planned for this. year, possibly culminating in the summer with the flight of a group of sesplanes, from Midway Island to Manila:

All the fleet air-base planes at Ceco Solo will join la: the Carib bean manoeuvres, 'basing on vari ous islands in the Caribbean, and several destroyers, also, will tako. part.

Four new planes will be flown from Norfolk, starting on January 15, to Panama, probably without a stop duplicating the feat of an other group of planes last year.

The U. 9. S. Wright is the flage ship of Rear Admiral A. W. John son, in command of fleet aeronav. ·

ties. The Caribbean, manoeuvres,

are designed to execute various problems in connection with the de feriae, of the Panama canal

Meanwhile Rear Admiral W. E. Crosley, commandant of the Af [teenth naval district, announced in- definite postponement of the con struction of the base at Balboa, say.

"The German people has the ing the submarine base at Coco Solo greatest respect and fellow feeling probably would be reconstructed on for the British people, with whom a permanent basis. Associated wit te connected by tles of blood,

declared Gen. Goering in an In- terview recently.

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He described as absurd any fear CAMERAS AS REGULAR

in Britain of a German "air" men-, ace.

abuzhou old ag General Goering, who is Minis

should the engine "Cut Curatlar UNITED STATES

airscrews or yanes automatically rotate and allow the craft to sink slowly to the earth.-

to actual flight testing. ""*

AIR EQUIPMENT

ter for Air, said that, from the military point of view, Germany Pilots Must Qualify had no technical means to carry ↓

Fijout an air attack.

AIR BASES Four New Stations For

Army Airmen

PACIFIC COAST DEFENCES TO BE STRENGTHENED

Naturally, we have some trial machines." he said. "but to talk about Germany's possessing hundreds of military machines is ridiculous."

Photographers

Pilots of Twa, Inc., which oper ates a daily transcontinental air transport service, from New York musthereafter qualify as photo graphers and "shoot" the upper Busrates and interfacce of clouds and other phenomena observed.

material that will aid the study of For the purpose of gathering meteorology, helping to safeguard passenger flights by making per

TESTING VIBRATION IN AEROPLANES

No Conversion Detecting Flutter"

SERVE AS As an old airman he knew that during flights, on Los Angeles, Jan. 8.- Engineera" of the Lockheed 'Air. The army air corps, it was reverted into really, efficient war

passenger planes could not be con craft Corporation have perfected a ported here today, is planning four machines. No other Air Minis defector for determining the vibra coast defence air bases on the Pack- tion frequencies of different parts fic coast in line with the recent ter, therefore thinks of such of an aeroplane on the ground prior creation of the army's general held possibility in regard to his own sible a more accurate forecast of

quarters air force.

air arms...

weather conditions, the company "I other nations arm for a war has-tued instructions that In The tentative allotment is be in the air, then we must be at least future all its pilots and co-pilots are lieved to be;

given the right to make industrial to be equipped with cameras, Rockwell field, San Diego, Cali-preparations to guarantee later on fórnia, three bombing squadrons; the necessary security for the Ger- March field, Riverside, California, man people. But if other nations three attack squadrons; Hamilton want to disarm their military air ASSEMBLING METAL When the frequency of the part field, near San Rafael, California, feets then Germany will be quite under test is reached responds. three bombing squadrons. A fourth agreeable and in the interests of Thus, by determining the frequency base is reported to be under con- the peace of the world would na- periods of all parts of a new ma-sideration for the Puget Sound area turally act according chine, any parts with a similar frein the North-west.

Germany was surrounded by na quency can be altered to prevent Each of the first three fielde tione armed

named would in addition, hava qan therefore,.. service and one observation squa- of defence: dron Associated Press.

General Goerl

This instrument consists of amall, electrically-driven fywheel, connected eccentrically to a shaft which transmita, through springs, the impulses to the part being teat ed.

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engine), and it is nearly all wing telephone which had been put at the opening of the century the AIRMANS AFRICAN:

The trailing edge, which is so deep that it almost reaches the tallin temporarily for the London-Yukon territory farther to the

unit, is divided into four flaps, two - von ́each side, of the fuselage. The

Melbourne race

North, was the scene of a hectic The cost of improvements as search for placer gold. outside flaps act in a similar way not exceed the initial cost of a ever, while Western Canada has outlined above would probably For the past thirty years, how- to warping wings, and the inside couple of cruisers, and no one on continued to produce some gold, flaps as stabilizers. Additions the spot could be in any doubt as the interest of gold seekers ha flaps are also attached to the wing

to which would be of the greater centred in Central and tips.

ultimate value.

The machine is virtually a flying laboratory, and the pilot's cockpit

is so fitted that the ordinary con

trols, as well as the special flaps

can be utilized to make tests and Latest Radio

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PLANE BODIES

New Type Construction Saves Skilled Labour

A new type of metal construction carential, cäkid for aeroplanes which enables up akilled labour to be used during s sembly has been developed by Mt. James Martin, who is partnered by Captain V. H. Baker, chief instruc tor of Heston Airport.

The first machine built under this new principle was recently demon- the Martin-Bak

Dedham,

gham.

shire

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