1935-01-31 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1935

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION THE WORLD OVER

Ruskin is building more 70-passenger airliners like this, the world's largest plane, the Maxim Gorki. It is used to bombard remote areas with propaganda. A printing. press, broadcasting studio, and loud speakers, ure carried for this purpose in the cabin borne by the 210-foot wingspread. There are eight motors, and a The plane is capable of 135 miles per hour, and could be quickly changed into a war transport or bomber with a capacity, for tons of aeria? u ombs,

crow of sixX...

AIR

1

MAIL TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT

FASTER DISTRIBUTION OF LETTERS NEEDED ENORMOUS COST OF EXTRA

SPEED IN PLANES

DURI

(By Herr Zimmerman, of Swissair Co.)

·CIVIL FLYING IN GERMANY

RAPID PROGRESS RUSSO-GERMAN SERVICE MAKES RAPID STRIDES

Under the leadership of General Goering, Minister for Air, the de- velopment of Germany's civil air services is proceeding rapidly.

The construction of the new cen- trai Phine-Main' airport, to which the headquarters of the German Hairship service is being transfer-

URING the last few years night and day express air mail ret, is already well under way.

traffic has developed very satisfactorily, as far as the purely The report of the "Deruluft" technical point of view is concerned. Whether the customer Air Company, a concern operated who wants to make use of this means of transport is satisfied by by German and Russia, jointly, the standard reached, or by what is offered to him, appears to

be very doubtful in view of the quantities curried.

When examining the reason why air mal is not mure extensively used, in view of the comparative

ly small additional charges made. (taking into consideration the adj vantages of dispatch), one is al- ways faced with the fact that it is rare that either time of delivery or; dispatch is reasonably coppecteil | with the actual flying time: It often happens that the time taken to transport an air mail letter from the letter box to the aerodrome,

Cost Of Speeding Up

AVIATION'S GREAT ADVANCE

shows the rapidity with which Germany has become air-minded| during the last 12 years. On ila inception in 1922 the company pro- vided a bi-weekly service between Berlin and Moscow in small, one- engined. four-seater 'planes. the first year 570 passengers were j

In

Distinctive Feats In All farried and the flight lasted 24.

Parts Of The World'

30 YEARS' RECORD

Pan American Airways, girðingi

hours.

In 1933-34 28,000-passengers or more than in the company's first 10 yearя put together were conveyed in three-engined 'planes carrying 10 to 17 per- sons. The time taken on the fight had shrunk to 10 hours, of which barely eight are spent in the air.

The area included has also in- --Leningrad.

and from the arrival aerodrome South America and flying the the addressee-considering such main routes of Alaska and of distances in Europe is greater China, had set up the following than the actual flying time.

operating record to Sept. 1 of last year. It had 31,006 miles of air- ways in operation; served thirty-creased enormously. three countries and colonies;. bad Helsingfors and the Baltic States carried 128,205 passengers over are all served now, and the dis- to whether the post office at 10,625,883 passenger milea; hadiance covered this year has been tharities should

10 times as great as in 1922.

1.

If the enormous cost involved in

speeding up an aircraft is consider

ed, the question naturally arises of

not discover

#trasported 17,702,989 pounds of new system of distribution of the mail and cargo and had maintained

air mail, quite apart from the schedule with a regularity of 99-AVIATION'S GROWTH

873 per cent......

Abroad, Imperial

+

The

•!

Takes Rank As World Industry To-day

scheduled time of mail vans. many places, of course, a special

Airways, flies IN 31 YEARS express service is run from the colon schedule from London not mere- lecting post office to the aerodrome. ly to Paris but to Cape Town, to At others, however, the mail is Singapore and to Brisbane. taken with the passengers, which Dutch K.LM, maintains a weekly aguin involves delay. Also, it service to Java, 9,000 miles from seems that the systém of having Amsterdam. The French fly to, post offices at the aerodromes them Saigon and from Dakar in Africa selves, does not always give satieto Natal, Brazil: The Germans

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spider web their own land and

BOMBERS AGAINST BATTLESHIPS

U.. Note Of Warning

BOMBING AEROPLANES CAN

· SINK ANY BATTLESHIP-

Janah's decision to terminate the naval ratlo treaty calls forth the most varied American com- ment, none of it unfriendly but all! of it dominated by a note of an- xiety.

HUMAN AND MECHANICAL ACHIEVEMENT

The flying machipe celebrated its reach their air. tentacles to Euro-thirty-first birthday on December pean neighbours, buf, in addition 17 last, fuel grown to a position of

niso cross the South Atlantic in importance amour the first indust

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PLANES THAT CAN DO 252 M.P.H.

1.

U.S. Army Orders 50

· PRESENT PURSUIT PLANES OUTCLASSED

tries of the World.

The epoch, begun at Kitty Hawk In 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright, has been one of a remark-

MR. C. W. A. SCOTT PRAISES BRITISH 'PLANES

:

What Air Race Proved

Mr. C. W. A. Scott who, with Mr. T. Campbell Bluck made tho record fight from England to Aus trulla in the Melbourne, air race, -speaking at City Livery Club at Grocers Hall, E.C., said the value of high-spiced aeroplanes in this country was not the same as in other countries, pirticularly the United States. He asked them not to Juud or praise too much

..the products of other countries." The inct remained that the British- machine with which they won the race proved better than those of other countries..

TR

the

The world record for land planes went to France

when Raymond Delmolte (above) whizzed around

a four-lap course at Istres, France, at an average speed of 312 miles per hour. The previous record of 308 miles per hour was held by the late Jimmy Weddell of New Orleans.

MAKER OF NOTED

PLANE WILL GIVE

WRIGHT LECTURE D. W. DOUGLAS CHOSEN

AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY HONOURS AMERICAN

CLYDE PANGBORN'S

NEXT FLIGHT

Globe Air Dash To Be Non-Stop

PANGBORN PLANS TO START WORLD FLIGHT IN JULY

To Refuel His Machine While Aloft

FOLLOWS NATURAL LAW OF PROGRESS

HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT

IN COMMERCE

WHAT A CROYDON AIR - LINER MAY DISGORGE

Is

the growth of commercial, aviation in Europe and America ag

astonishing at all. Its success has simply been dictated by the natural laws of progress. The aeroplane is the latest phase in the development of transport, grown up from the days of the horse, the galley and the stage coach."

The rapid growth of world figures for mileage, flown by re gularly operated air transport lines amply shows the position to-day. In 1919 one million miles were flown; in 1922 the years, total had risen to five and a half million miles, while in 1929 the mileage amounted to 53 millions, rising in 1932 to 90 millions. ***

Opening The World

Et

cer-

All this progress has sprung in a few short years from a handful of experimental services inaugurated as bold and risky ventures by a few. pioneers who were fortunate enough to secure the blessing, of their respective Governments. The ample justi fication for the hard-won milestones of the pioneers is seen to-day.

As the result of a world tour in direct and highly organised rail which as close a study of commer-traffic, The Americans have cial aviation was made as time tainly produced an astonishing would permit. some comparison of range of machines which are far operations in the different coun-in advance in regard to speed of Clyde Pangborn's widely herald-tries visited can be given, and some any aireraft operated anywhere else Jed flight around the world will be lessons learnt for. `the guidance of in the world. A specialised de-

a 'nonstop trip. He will refuel in those in Australia.

mand has also produced America's the air. If he is successful he will

system of night-operated passenger make the longest hop on record in Firstly, aviation is of course, mak-airways, which are a development of four days, ten hours. He willing enormous strides, such strides the old air mall systems. Amerien start from San Diego, July 1, and as to make it almost impossible for in crossed by air from New York end the flight there.

the people of a country ke Aus-to San Francisco.&.distance of 2,700. The intrepid avlator. first flier tralia, which has been practically miles, in 20 hours flying night and.. to fit across the Pacific, made his outside the sphere of aviation ad-day, the elaborate and costly light nonstop announcement recently at vancement, to grasp In full the ing system being the main secret of the Portland airport. He had pre-significance of this improvement. safe operation on the New York- viously announced plans for a It is necessary to see the new won-Chicago-San Francisco route alone globe-circling flight, but this was ders of the air to realise how feat there are 175 aerial beams and 97 his first intimation It would be a the true era of aerial transporta-luminated landing grounds, be non-stop attempt. As he stepped tion in dawning on the world. The sides an elaborate system of wea- from the plane, he was asked what visit of Imperial Airways Astraen her reporting. American aviation, his next fight will be. He quick supplied the only modern touch inoperating night and day, is quite ly replied:

Australia which had been seen for unable to cope with the traffic "I expect to make a non-stop several years. The operations of offering, and is making enormous flight around the world. I've been Imperial Airways, K.L.M., Luft-trides. working on it for three years, and hansa,, Air France, and the three

(Continued on Page 11) hope to start from San Diego by large American Bervices, Pan-Į July 1, not later than July 4." American Airways, United

He will use an especially built Lines, and Transcontinental and Burnelli plane, now more than half Western Air Ine: speak for them- completed at Keyport, N. J. With selves. In Europe, Imperial Air- him will be Bennett Griffin as coways have adopted a bold policy, in pilot and Redder Nichols as radio developing empire air lines and operator: Nichols accompanied placing on their routes large and Pangborn and Colonel Roscoe comfortable machines of the Turner. on their recent flight from Heracles and Hannibal types carry- England to Australia.

Ing 38 and 28 paasengers respec- He explained. "How much gas?tively. The Scipio, type flying-boats It will carry 2,500 gallons, that and Atlanta type monoplanes are will give a cruising range of 8-also most successful and have play- American Secretary for War re 000 miles. Will refuel at Newed their part in placing Imperial commend and material increase York, Moscow and Chita, Siberia. Airways in a favourable position-in Army, strength.

LURE OF BIG-GAME COUNTRY

Watching Wild Animals

From The Air

4

Alr AMERICA BELIEVES

IN AIR POWER Army Increase Only In Warplanes

BUILDING UP COUNTRY'S AIR DEFENCES

Only in the air force does the

well on the road towards self- In other words, the United States support, with a diminishing subsidy Government has reaches a decision revenue per mile and a growing to concentrate its resources on revenue per mile from passengers, building up the country's, air de and freight.

fences;

High-speed Commercial Craft- The American Navy is moving in The United States has developed mendations of the Navy Depart

the same direction, but the recom

a type of high-speed commercial aircraft to fulfil the needs of long-ment are not yet available. distance air travel and for the

While President Roosevelt has transport of mails over great dis-reached a further decision not to tances between large centres

of propose a single Air Force, but to'. population and in competition with continue with independent forces for the Army and Navy, there is'a strong movement in Congress for union and the 'administration may: have to battle with the legislators to prevent the appointment of s single administrative head for all

JAPAN-FORMOSA

· AIR TRANSPORT

Government aviation except air

mail,

WHAT THE PLANE HAS DONE FOR TOURISTS

Long-distance pleasure trips, Donald Wills Douglas; American during which tourists will travel by able series of human and mechani-aeroplane manufacturer, has been air-liner. ocean-liner, river-steamer, ral achievements, a pioneering of chosen to stand under the original and motor-car, are now being pr the air comparable in appeal to the Wright aeroplane in the South ganised on a far larger scale than Imagination only to that of the sea. Kensington Muzeum in London and has ever been the case before.

The aeroplane was born in the era deliver the 1935 Wilbur Wright The first such excursion, provid Big. Developments For which brought the telephone, auto-Memorial lecture to the Royal ing ten days in the big-game coun- mobile and radio. Outstripped at Aeronautical Society.

Next Year Planned first, it puces the field toward new Fifty Army aeroplanes each cap industrial and commercial horizons. glas's name in the select list of liner voyage across the Atlantic, Formosa and Japan is to be in- The honour will place Mr. Dou York on. December 14. After their Regular air transport between

try of Central Africa, left New

fable of a speed of 252 miles an

"So broad has been the stride American and European aviation the tourists arrived at Gibraltar on augurated in January, 1986. Pre-

PETROL TROUBLE Perhaps the most notable utter-hour, are being built for the United taken in the field of aviation since leaders who have been called on December 19, Naples two days later, parations along the route will be

IN. R.A.F. is that. Mr. Arthur Staten War Department by the Con- its inception in America," said to discuss world-wide flying trends, and Alexandria on Christmas Day, started in April this year and trial Curious Cause Traced Brisbane, who, after telling mil-solidated Aircraft Company of Buf-Orville. Wright, "that no one per For the lecture, which will be Then, after a series of sightseeing fights will be made in the autums. lions of readers that there a no falo.

son possibly could be familiar with delivered in May Mr. Douglas has tours from Cairo, the party left reason for any quarrel, remarks:

The new machine in a two-seater, its every phase of development, selected as his topic the new high- Cairo in one of the air-liners of distance of 1,500 kilometres be occurred last month, were due to

According to present plans, the "The United States for every able to fly 100 miles an hour faster especially during the past 10 years speed transport aeroplanes. Many Imperial Airways on January 4, tween Tokyo and Tathoku, the foreign matter accidentally intro, Air Force petrol troubles, which, battleship constructed by a posthan the pursuit aeroplane already

My belief that it is impossible craft of this type bearing his flying via Khartoum te Nairobi, capital city of Formosa, will be decod into the petrol between the sible enemy should build a squa- used by the Army Air Corps. for anyone to have a complete grasp name are dron of 54 bombing aeroplanes.

Each aeroplane costs £8,000, and of all of these developments in the United States and through views, while in flight of the by high-powered Douglas machines and its delivery to the R.A.F. It now in operation both and obtaining wonderful bird's eye covered in eight and a half hours time it left the producers hande They would sink any new bat-the increasing cost of machines has heightened when I reflect upon out the world. tleship and several of its mates induced the War Department to add what has been achieved from the

scenery and wild life below. manufactured under license by the may now be stated that this was with case, and would make the only 300, insteady of 500, machines viewpoint of scientific advance-

From Nairobi they made a tour Nakajima Aircraft Company. owners of the new ships afraid to the Army Air Corps' 1085 pro- ment and in the fields of engineer

by motor car through the big-game Stops will be made at Osaka, the wrong kind of grease for lubri

entirely due to the substitution of to send them out-of-port

Ing-and-mechanics.

country, the trip back-to-Cairo Eukuoka and Nawe, in the Loochon eating the metal valves, cocks, and Fifty-four bombing seroplanes

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pumps In a refinery and storage depot. It proved difficult to trace. was not the

⚫ance

of

gramine.

MOLLISON SELLS HIS" COMET

would cost #7656,00. One first- Civil Aviation Changes Due Bought By Portugal Edward Hillman's Enterprisement common to petrol

The change in the administra-intention of making him a member tion of civil aviation, is fully in of the Council.

represent

class battleship in America costa £10,000,000.

Mf. Brisbane, adds:

The Portuguese Government has In his comet-like course in ayla" for a newcomer to aviation so fuels. From this substance coal "War threatened between Rus- accordance with Air Ministry It is in the interest of civil avia-which Mr. and Mrs. Mollison took taught many lessons and did much the market and to specify the quall- according to an Air Ministry re bought the D.H. Comet machine in tion, the late Edward Hillman quickly to appreciate the needs of petrol is exceptionally free, so free, sla and Japan, but that threat is policy and the recent report of the tion that he should not be It over, now that Rossin hos 900 war Gorell Committee on Civil Avlation, were, the interesta

part in the Melbourne Air Race. It service. Ifications of the machine he wanted, port, that the content is "neg!! planes and a fleet of submarines The raising of the status of the might in timp be in da

will be used for a flight from Lis In 1988 he commissioned the De Mr. Hillman began Lay London-gible. at: Vladivostok, within easy stirk- Director of Cell Aviation to that ing subordinated to,

boh to South America, with Senhor Havilland Aircraft Company to Paris air service in 1938 at striking- Ing distance of Toldo and every of Director-General will be

Bleck and Senhor Costa Macedo as build a passenger aeroplane to rely low fares. Unsubsidized, he tributed to the energy he displayed, Japanese Industrial centre This proved. He will now be on

the pil

terane quirements which he specified, and carried on month after month, and personally in every detail of his country expects, no quarrel with equality with the members of the tion

The fight will be of an offefal the first of the now famous his services were free from acci- business to his determination and Japan.

Council, although there is no

character, and will be backed by the Dragon series was produced, dent until a few weeks ago! Portuguese Government,

It was a remarkable achievement His success must largely be at-land this best out of his employees. to hid capacity for getting the most

Involved with;

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