1935-07-25 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, JULY 25,

ATLANTIC SERVICE FLYING BOATS WILL BE BUILT IN ENGLAND

ROUTE TO BE OPENED

NEXT YEAR

PRELIMINARY TALKS COMPLETED

BERMUDA AND THE AZORES

TO BE USED AS BASES

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FLYING boats are to be built in England for an Atlantic service between Liverpool and New York which is planned for next year. Following negotiations between the Liverpool Corporation and the Bellanca Air- craft firm of America, the corporation has leas- ed to the aircraft constructors nine acres front- ing the Mersey and adjoining the aerodrome, and also a further 400 acres and slips for the con- struction of the boats...

Mr. Kronick, who has come from the USA to complete the negotiations, and who is forming the British International Aircraft Distributing Co. Ltd. to operate the route, said: “We are awaiting details from the Bellanca Corporation concerning the type of boat and hope to start on construction soon-

“They are prepared to send over few weeks time and is to be used a seaplane via Bermuda and the for demonstrations here. Azoges to start the Atlantic ser- A stcond is being ordered for vice. It will have a crew of three the Liverpool-New York service. and a range of 2400 miles.

21.d others will be baik at Liver-

"The seaplanes carry 10 to 12jzcel to the specifications of these Passengers. They can be deliverie eðin 2% months from the date of} order and cost 20,000 dollars (±26,000)ì” ..

A Bellanca seaplane which has! passed American tests and which

is being delivered to a Continen-1

BRITAIN TO OPEN AIR SCHOOLS

Liert. Felix Waitkus of Kob- Jer. Wisconsin, is waiting for - favourable weather at New York

a non-stop

to hop-off of

fight to Lithuania.

FIGHTING

sola

MACHINES

ON TRIAL

World Contest In- Belgium

CLIMBING REQUIREMENTS

London.

AIRPORT PLAN FOR

LONDON

PLATFORM OVER CANNON

STREET STATION

EXPERT ADVICE SOUGHT BY

CORPORATION

A£5.000.000 scheme for a great landing platform for air liners

high above the street at Cannon-street Railway Station, Lon don, is now being considered by the City Lands Committee of the "City Corporation.

The committee are investigating possible sites and plans for an airport in the heart of the City. A sum of £150 was❘ granted to them to obtain expert advice on the question

This new plan is the one that lines have been asked for their has met with most favour.

Jonizian on the scheme, and most

Air Ministry opinion has been of them have said they are willing! sought Experts from the Minis-to co-operate if the plan can be ty have attended meetings of the proved practicable. committee.

Operators of the principal

But officials of the City Corpora- airtion refused to deng—or confirm

reports that money is to be raised for the building of this remark-on

ble airport

LEAP FROM BALLOON

TWO MILES

DESCENT BY

PARACHUTE

The Belgian Government has arranged for an international | competition. of single-seater Fighter aeroplanes, to be held at Evere Aerodrome from July HOW

tal firm is flying to Liverpool in a Five Institutions To Train Pilots 15.

"LUVLY TOWN”

TEST FOR RA.F.

CANDIDATES

Simple Scholastic Requirements

ESSAY ON FAVOURITE

FILM STAR

London;

The Ministry of Al recently annemeed that, very shortly, five

pilots and the instruction of re- sermo aviators will be establish- od. The new scheme is in line with the expansion of the Regal

On the occasion of a previous contest of the kind a British jpilot, confident in the strength of his machine, did a "power dive"

Professor's Brave Action

DISASTER WAS AVERTED

Moscow.

The airport would be a vast platform. with Jong

runways radiating from it in every prevail- ing wind direction. so that air- planes could land in any wind.

In Fog

thish.

Indian Ocsen

Besan

On consecutive week-ends Captain Campbell, who finished first with "Scott in a D. H. Comet in the Londes to Melbourne mir race, plans to make the long-distance flights outlined on this map. He wil return to England after each hop.

AMPHIBIAN'S FEAT

GETS INTO AIR AND CLIMBS

ON ONE MOTOR

VAST POSSIBILITIES

day when aeroplane have to sacrifice speed and per- the earth is gone.

formance in order to be able to land both on the water and

SEC-

For recently a test of a new Sikorsky amphibian was cessfully completed in Bridgeport Conn, which proved rather definitely that this new type of ship will offer to concessions to land planes merely because of its boat-shaped body.

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For it performed the unprece,front doors of, such lake cities as dented feat of taking of The whole structure would be climbing to 200 feet altitude on one And since the S-3 has a top speed and Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo. at leas: 400 feet above the street Hlevel

motor after the fuel pressure had) of nearly 190 miles an hour, it St. Paul's Cathedral, the highing it to idle. This was the first parable with fast land transports. jdropped on the other motor, forc-could operate on a schedule com- est building in the City, is 365 feetime Capt. Boris Sergievsky, chief The saving of time in each case to Critics of the scheme point out said that he had ever done it or minutes of a city's business centre test pilot of the Sikorsky plant. passengers alighting within a few that in a typical London fog the had known of an amphibian get would be considerable. platform would be uselest

The radio beacon, used in iting into the air on one motor.

Pan American Airways, which Emergency Landing Fields " joperates a number of Sikorsky planes, including the S-12, the of every pond this company, has ordered six of

America and Germany and other

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A drama enacted in the Soviet Earopean countries, with the aid Potentially the craft's land-largest flying boat ever built by - aviation schools for training. lat more than 400 mp.h.. achier stratosphere balloon which reach-1of which the pilot can dy entirely jwater role makes

and stream an emergener landing the new S-45's for shorter over-2) ing a great triumph, with the re-ed a height of nearly 10 miles, blind. is the answer to that

Part of the central platform field. And if there is no pond or water hops in its Caribbean and sult that the Fairey Aviation Co. has just been revealed.

would be reserved for giroplanes stream Landy, the new S-4 can South American divisions. It is. was able to set up an aeroplane The chief figure is the 41-year and helicopters.

take the shock of an emergency also learned that K. I M, the factory in Belgium None of the old Professor Verigo, who though

The platform would be support landing directly upon its sturdy Royal Dutch Air Lines, has order- other competitors dared risk the he had never before used a para-and it is estimated that the rents gers. The plane has a special re of a Dutch service from Amster- ed by a great skyscraper building, hull without injury to its passened one. There have been rumours terminal velocity, dive.

Air Force.

The Mistry also announced. the formation of a University of Lezden Squadron which will cott- metre to operate at the "begin- ning of October.

At Victory House, Kingsway. FRENCH SEAPLANE

London, where applications to join

the RAF are received the sim-{ #lest examination which the ap- plicant will be required to pass is for the aircraft hand who is concerned with the naskilled tasks- of looking after aircraft in hang- ars, wheeling them in and out and cleaning them. The skilled men

also complete this examination.

Here is the test paper: 1. Write a short essay on any subject.

BASES

To Be Located In

Pacific

Paris-

A. Fairey machine will again chute, calmly leaped out of the frou offices in this skyscraper. compete in the coming contest.gondola at a height of 11,500 combined with landing fees from and other types expected are alfeet, and thus saved the balloon airliners using the airport, would ¦ Dewoitine (Hispano-Suiza e-from destruction.

pa of the £5,000.000 initial cost gine). Fiat (Gnomie-Rhone), Aria

in ten years.

In the words of Capt Zille, who,

(Gaome-Rhone), P.Z.L. (Gnome with the professor and a naviga-FLYING FLEA Rhoze), Fokker (Hispano-Suiza),tor. 3. Printski. made the and Mureaux (Hispano-Suiza).

The following are the Belgian cent, he was startled to discover requirements: A speed of 400 that the balloon was falling ra kph (246.4 miles per hour) at a

pidly. Ar 23,000ft he realised that the envelope had ripped.

duration of two hours at eighth-

I had to make up my mind at

height of 5,000 metres (16,400ft); The fall became even more rapid The Ministeries of 3arine and tenths of full power; climb toonce," he said, "and I gave thei Colonies have agreed upon the 5.000 metres (16-400 ft) in 6min order to abandon the balloon establishment of seaplane bases and a landing speed not exceeding Professor Verigo calmly walked to in the Pacific. declares an article 74 m.ph.

the door of the gondolá and stood ready. He had never touched a

in a recent issue of Le Matin. The machine must carry either 2 Name six of the largest one of the leading political papersione 20 mm, gan and two machine

cities in Great Britain,

Arithmetic

1. Add: E S. ¿.

€387 14 9-

943 2 品

199

5

here.

guns, or four machine-runs and The article states that one of four 10 kg. bombs. the bases will be located az peete. capital of

Tahiti

Pa- the

parachute before in his life.

"I Said - Jump' "We were then a little over two miles up. I merely said ‘Jump

"

PLANES FOR

ALL PURSES

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MOVEMENT GOING AHEAD

ALL IN COST OF £80

'bounds.

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AEROPLANE STOCK ISSUE SPECULATION

10/- Shares Change Hands At

Higher Than 56/-

the

stock markets in London recently

A prominest feature of

was a lively gamble in the 10% Ordinary shares of the Bristol Aeroplane Co. The shares were "introduced to the market, and dealings started at 54s. After changing hands as high as 58% 9d the price closed at 56s 32.

dam to the Dutch West Indies- An 5-13 is ideally suited for West Indian waters-

ROBOT PLANE

- CONTROLLED

BY WIRELESS Flies With Nobody On Board

SUCCESS AFTER MANY YEARS' RESEARCH

The Robot aeroplane is here. The aeroplane which can fly without any person on board. It cen -

Fly at more than 100 mph.

largest of the Society Islands, and PORTABLE HEATER DEVISED and without a word he went out have written to the Air, League of bian S-43 that it promises new Rise to more than 10,000ft

And is operated entirely by zadio.

The British "Flying. Flea" mÜDE- ment is going ahead by leaps and tractable landing gear, however, which can be let down or pulled build their own planes for £80

About 200 people who want tojne in 12 seconds. *.

So versatile is this new amphi-) as though he had been doing such the British Empire about it. that another will later be created j

An electric and gas heater,

a thing most of his life...

types of operation to airline at Noumea, capital of New Cale

"The release of his weight And from subsequent inquiries operators; also considerable time portable and adjustable in height, steadied the descent considerably from idle curiosity, it is deduced its use as well as other economies years of unremitting research by Both Ministries, the article con-has been devised for warming up but we were still in great danger. „hat 90 per cent are building, eriwhich bid fair to make it a popu- the Technical Department of the

not arise will be saved in ground travel by secondary education or those eluces, are also considering the aeroplane motors. This device is At 8,500ft the navigator jumped intend to antide experienced in the trades for establishment of other seaplane said to prolong the life of the He was not as calm as the profes which they apply. These include Cases in the Pacific.

tor eliminating the long warm-up wireless operators: photograph-

period formerly necessary. ers; and armourers..

2 Multiply 23.547 by 604. 3. Divide 358,602 by 45%. The next test is applied to boys

Highest Test··

The highest educational test is

fur clerk. Here it is:

1.

Write a short essay on one

of the following subjects:

(a) The main industry of

town.

(b) My favourite film star. (a) Thrift.

conia.

FRENCH AIR RECORD

Buenos Aires To Le Bourget

from

Paris

sor."

disaster.

Buenos Planes Like Motor-Cars Are Offered To Private Fliers

un details that would

inventor.

engines

arc

cities.

This triumph is the result of 10

Target Practice.

A special Flight has now been formed to enable pilotless 'planes. to carry out target practice.

Big Saving in Time ** Using amphibians on this route,

The main function of the pilot- for example, passengers could useless airplane is to provide a target Five Nearly Ready

existing surface transport to get at which live amminition can be Present regulations, if strictly to the waterfront in Boston, board ared by anti air craft guns. enforted are not helpful to cheap ship of the S-43 type, and be de- This has actually been done,

Many others are believed to be

lar type of ship with commercial Air Ministry,

For the last 12 months tests operators. constructing from the original Cape Zille played his part

One of the factors which irks have been carried out in secret, splendidly. He remained stand-

book, in French, by M. Mignet, the airline operators and which cuts and pilotless biplanes have been SUB-ZERO FLYING

ing right outside the gondola on

Several manufacturers of air-the business centres

into profits is ground travel from taking off, climbing, turning, and the step ladder, ready to leap

of cities to performing all the normal evola- According to the US-War and clear in the event of a crash.

craft material steel, wood, and their airports. In a short triptions of a machine as if it were in Navy Departments, the army He landed 135 miles south of

investigating the from Boston to New York, for the hands of a skilled pilot, includ- aviation personnel will undergo a Moscow, and the balloon was only marker, and are getting ready to instance, which requires only one ing the approach and perfect period of training in cold weather saved from dashing into a pine] quote.

hour and 45 minutes of air time, landings and all by means of re operations at a base near Duluth forest by peasants seizing the There is a prospect of a second another hour and 15 minutes is mote radio control for the purpose of testing equip-guide-rope and drawing it clear.table British engine. from the consumed in ground travel from Another record has been set ment while operating under sub-a few feet only separated it from ors of Scott, Shipley, of motor-the airports to the respective (d) Competition of road and}*P om the 8.900-miles airmail zero conditions.

cycle fame. rail transport.

route between France and South

They contemplate a two-cylinderj 2. Write the following passage America, mails

two-stroke of 25 horse power. at less than £50. ·· in your best handwriting, making Aires reaching the Le Bourget all necessary corrections and airport in a total time of 2 days,

18 hours, 29 minutes, which is 11: "In this luvly town by the hours 44 minutes better than the tydeless see, on this coast all the previous record for the easters Two British cabin aeroplanes, the paseangers may talk in ordin-

home-made planes.

posited on the North or East largely with the fleet and at eliments of the landscape water journey made in April.

Anyway, there is a spirit in the Rivers in New York close to the places where the live shells can- The machine which carried the ideal for private owners, which ary zones without speaking tubes, Air Ministry conducive to combin-business centres. rocks trees gardens howses are

not fall on inhabited areas." exactly wat

mails one wood expect

across the Atlantic from have just been put on the market as they sit side by side

ing assistance to the small man

Similarly, time would be saved

They have been used with land- them to be; for they have been Natal to Dakar was the Centaure, show many points in common ing is made so simple that the pocket and his safety.

Radio may be fitted. And fly with consideration alike of his by passengers bound from Saxing wheels for normal take off painted so much that it is there which made the westward record with a high quality saloon car rudder need not be used in fight.

Francisco to New York At flights from aerodromes, and have representation more than there of 2 days 20 hours 45 minutes The Monospar Jubilee," which One control does the lot

for the engine. A

Five Fleas are nearly ready, but Chicago they could be easily also been fitted with floats for reality that one discovers at from

Paris to Buenos Aires a has five comfortable bucket seats, Both machines have wheel Passioly the first to fy will be the lake front and land at the very

transferred to an amphibian on catapulting from aircraft carriers. every step; the plain trees are by few days before.

has a dipping headlamp.

In both cases the radio-control- de brakes, and both are fitted with that built for Air Commodore

led machine without human crew Its two engines, out on the fire extinguishers.

Chamier, secretary-general of the

has taken on, and landed satisfac wings, may be started from the The handsome instrument Air League of the British Empire cabin Radio is fitted as stand-boards resemble those on exper The English version of Mignet's

torily.

book will be ready in three weeks protect the

are in the good unless there is delay with the class £1,500 and flustrations.

punctuations:

Cezanne, the olive trees by Dufyl there are flours by Van Gogh

and still lives by Friz And there!

U.S. TRAINING FLIGHT

is the most beautiful key in the The U. S. Navy has made teardr world a key from which cranes tative, although as yet unsane Sunblinds derricks and other machinery tioned, plans for a flight from cupants. And a useful guarantee are abcent a sunny promenard Hawaii to the Philippines by a is supplied for engine overhauls. £8752 where moet tif life on land and squad of patrol

(sez a key still hawnt- the summer. The

of greek solely in the nature

nes during The other machine is

„ seater Heinet Moth. It a training pets to match the Though the end

shead

front, miles En

People who want to start (work

fications of

les Items from the Pon

111 League of the

Berkeley-street, London,

EMERGENCY FIELDS

License

men and aircraft Lu. S Department of emergency-fields for

The maximum radius in the "closed circuit is not more than 10 miles from the operating centre The aircraft are purely target machines, and

are not for y

has been announced, chang

ertaining thereto.

ttling

blems for