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EMPIRE AIR TRAVEL

Madrid

Paris

New times, On the London to Continent air rentes are indicat-

ed in the map above.

FEMALE

IMPERSONATOR

ARRIVES

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1935

FIGURES

MAN-MADE WINGS

PIONEERS OF MODERN

AEROPLANE

EARLY HEAVIER-THAN-AIR

FLIGHT ATTEMPTS

(By Edgar Middleton)

UNDREDS of years before the same idea struck Venize

H los, Icarus made the first flight from Crete. He long had

wanted to imitate the birds, so he fastened wings on to his shoulders by means of was. But the heat of the sun melted the wax The wings came off and he fell into the sea-

It was not until the nineteenth century that any further at- (Continue from Page 6)

tempt was made at heavier-than-air-flight. Then gliding started "Their art fall of realism, the study of serial stability and laid the foundations of aeroplane whereas ours alwars has some design. Otto Lilienthal, a Berlin engineer, in 1871 used bird-shap- thing to do with imperialismed wings strapped on his body in a line with the shoulders.

more The framework was made of osier and the wings of calico. Stage acting is, becoming popular in Russia Dr. Mei add- longest glide was 300 metres made by launching himself from a ed

tower in face of the wind. In 1896 he was killed in flight after a fall of eighty metres.

»

In 1842 a machine

His

the

was con-

Dr. Mel was welcomed at all the cities he visited in Europe. From

In America Octave Chanute, highly-powered internal combus- Moscow he went to Berlin and Frenchman, who studiedition engine. In 1809 Sir George from there to Paris, London, Rome. Lilienthal's methods. "in the Cayley already had described a Naples Florence, and Venice, from eighties of last century, made a power-driven aeroplane to where he took the Conte Verde for number of gdides. Percy Institute of Civil Engineers.

He declined to give Picher, Shanghai.

an Englishman, used performances at the above places method by *means of structed to his designs, but the and did not appear on the stage. which he rose like a kite. His motive power being steam the

glider and himself were pulled weight of the engine made flight. When in England be paid a visit along the ground by a pair of impossible. If constructed to to Shakespeare's home at Strat-horses until the wind made him day with an internal combustion Irise. On October 1, 1899, he engine there is no doubt thatj Speaking of Berlin, he said that too met his death as the result this machine would have flown. Germany has for the last 20 years of a fall.

Flew For Five Minutes! maintained her superior standard Practical aviation began with

Fifty years later Sir Hiram

STRATFORD VISITED

ford-on-AvoN-

of stage acting. In France be the development of the light. Maxim designed a large steam-

concluded. madera and old fashion-

ed opera acting still exists.

Asked whether he intends to

give a performance in Shanghai

shortly after his arrival, he said,

I have the intention of giving a

·COUNTERFEITERS SENTENCED

driven biplane with 3,900 square feet of surface and weighing three tons. The experiments" OD this machine, which was run on rails, were so designed as to pre-

distance into the air, and no con- clusive results were obtained.

series of performances at Shang-4 Chinese Found Guilty rent it rising more than a small

hai in aid of the victims of the Yang-tse-kiang floods."

At Sessions

LARS AND SCOUNDRELST

at

SHOW MARKED INCREASES

The flying Key brothers of Meridian, Missouri, Fred (left), and A and their plane "Ole Miss” in which they broke the world's official endurance light mark of 553 hours beld by another pair of brothers, the Hunters. The anodicial mark stood at 647 hours, which the Keys also proceeded to shatter.

ALOFT FOR 28 DAYS

FLYING BROTHERS'

GREAT FEAT

NEW WORLD RECORD SET

Meridian, Miss., July. 1.

✰

THREE ESSENTIAL FACTORS

SPEED, COMFORT AND RELIABILITY

FINE RECORD ESTABLISHED BY

IMPERIAL

AIRWAYS

TRAVELLING to and from London on the

Empire air-lines of Imperial Airways, dur ing the month of May, there were traffic in- creases as compared with the corresponding month of the previous year-of over 70 per cent. in respect of passengers, and of more than 60 per cent. în mail

On the service to Australia, through Iraq, India, and Malaya, the increase in passenger traffic was in the neighbourhood of 100 per cent; while mail loads on this route increased by over 60 per cent.

The Empire air services operated by Imperial Airways now extend from London to Northern, Central, and Southern Africa, and to Iraq, India, Malaya, and Australia,« covering a total distance of approximately 20,000 miles, and traffic on these routes has grown so remarkably that it was found neces-** sary, not long ago, to duplicate the services so as to provide a twice-weekly service in each direction between London and Johannesburg and London and Calcutta

́CIVIL AVIATION PROMOTION

Two Committees To Aid Air Minister

London, To-day.

The striking traffic progress which has been recorded on the Empire services of Imperial Airways is attributed to an un- remitting study of the require ments of long-distance air tra- vellers, and of the convenience of users of the air-mail.

Sixteen years' experience in operating commercial aeroplanes shows that success in catering Two committees have been es- for passengers on long-distance Then in 1896 Professor Lang-RED and AI Key became the undisputed world champion en- tablished to advise the Secretary routes depends upon a very care- SPECIAL DELEGATE'S RETURN

ley produced a successful model durance then at 12:01 para, C. 3 1. 12:01 E D. 1), to for sur dit te vise stres connect, fal blending of three main fac- Dr. Mei apatinued his voyage to

in America. Experiments with a day. At that time they passed the unofficial record of 647 ed with the promotion of civil tors These are speed, re Shanghai on board the sa. Coste:

The four Chinese, Yeung Ping, fall-sized machine, however, did hours 28 minutes and 30 seconds set in 1930 in St. Louis by aviation. One, under the chair-liability, and comfort. To stress Yerde at 11 am to-day.

Dr. Mai is accompanied by Mr. alias Yeung Hon-kee, Tsang Ming, not prove satisfactory. And the Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brine

manship of Sir Warren Fisher, any one of these factors unduly, Shang Yuen-yul a special delexate alias Tsang Hop-wing. Wan Cheung same year M. Ader. a Frenchman.

Last Thursday they beat the official record of 553 hours, 41 Secretary to the Treasury, is to at the expense of the other two, minutes and 30 seconds made in Chicago in 1930 by John and Ken-consider questions affecting in may prevent an air service from who was sent to Europe by the and Tsau Chuen charged before produced the first power machine,

Mr. Justice Lindsell the which actually few a distance of neth Hunter of Chicago.

ternational air communication, giving the public that maxiomore Ministry of Education. China, to

Criminal Sessions yesterday with 300 metres."

They planned to come down at 6:30 o'clock to-night-

while the other, with Sir Henry of all-round value which is to be study dramatic art

at No. But the real pioneers of flight. It will be recalled that Dr. Melmaking counterfeit coins

"After careful check-up and in-Maybury, the well-known traffic derived from a use of the flying now understood. were Lan-fang was one of the group of 10. Takuling Road, Kowloon were as it is

spection of the plane." Al Key authority and member of London rou es.. Henry Farman, which included all found guilty, by the unanimous Santos Dumont,

(said, in a short-wave radio talk Passenger Transport Boord asl Chinese artists

S. F. Cody and Orville.and Wil-

with his father, it seems that Chairman, is to report 03. China's "Greta Garbo," Miss But-Verdict of the jury.

civil The first accused was sentenced bur Wright.

crystallization has began to set in aviation at home. It will take terfly Wu. The arrived-

due to the constant vibration on alinto account the requirements of Colony for a short visit on July 4 to six years hard labour and the The latter began with a glider second and third to five years each on the Chanute model. They add-|

number of the wires and small the Post Office for air mails and while the fourth received threeled first a horizontal fore-rudder}

braces; having the undisputed the relation between aviation and for rising and falling, and then

world's air record in the bag, wefother forms of transport. |- deem it unwise to remain in the

last.

WELCOME PARTY

the

Dr. Mei Lan-fang was the rest years.

at a" welcome Arty of honour

Mr. J. A. Fraser, assistant At-ja vertical plane, with which they held at the Hong Kong Hotel torney-General, instructed by Mr. Succeeded in achieving a quarter-: Roof Garden at 9 2.

W. J. Lockhart-Smith, assistant circle turn in 1902

Their first power-driven flight Among those who attended Crown Solicitor, appeared for the were Sir Robert Ho Tung. Mr. prosecution, and the accused, who took place on December 17, 1908. David A. W. K. Au, manager of pleaded "Not Guilty, were notUsing an aeroplane with a 12- the Shanghai and Commercial | legally represented.

[horse-power engine and with a Savings Bank, Mr. Shou J. Chen. The jurors empanelled were: B. surface of 48 square metres, în manager of the Bank of China. CA Proulx (Foreman), Chan 58 seconds they Sew 260 metres. 2. T. Lee, manager of the Bank See-ming. Sun Him-lai. E G. Communications, Mr. Ng Griggs, F. M.X. da Souza, E. 0. Chung-ming, manager of the P. Hyndman and Pau Man-ick. Bank of East Asia, and many other prominent bankers.

of

ONLY 42 YEARS OLD

In passing sentence. His Lord- ship said: The jury have rightly found you "Guilty." You are the

A painter and philanthropist, Dr. worst gang of liars and scoundrels Mei Lan-fang was born in the it has been my misfortune to deal province of Kiangsu. He first ap-with." peared on the stage in Shanghai

IN GAOL

at the age of 19 years and PRISONER'S DEATH secured 27,000 votes in a popnlar- ity contest as "The King Of Actors" He has now acted in over 400 opera plays, one third of which were his own production!

Inquest Yesterday

VERDICT OF DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES

NEW SERVICES IN

INDIA

General Air-Mail Speed-Up

PLANS FOR FUTURE

Bombay.

As part of the £700,000 scheme of the Indian Government to fas ter air communications in India, la coast air-mail line is to be start-i ed from Bombay to Trivandrum in

HANGAR CONTRACTS BY AIR MINISTRY

In Connection With Air Force Expansion

London,

The British Air Ministry has began to place orders in connec- tion with the expansion of the Royal Air Force.

Wright, Anderson and Co. ct Gateshead, have received a large

contract for the construction of several aeroplane hangars in various parts of the country. These will keep their works at full pressure for a year.

US. PLANE

PRODUCTION

UP IN 1935

First Quarter's Figures

25 PER CENT DECREASE IN MILITARY DELIVERIES

noon."

It is understood that a survey" air any longer than this after-by the Air Ministry of the lines on which the home air services Their father, who in profes-might develop has been in pro- sional life is a prominent prac-gress for some time, and a report ticing physician of Meridian, is a will be issued shortly which will real aviation enthusiast himself help the planned development of and a pilot in his own right.

Earlier Endurance Records

HISTORICAL DATES

Dec. 17, 1903-Wright brothers

made first fight in heavier-than-air

machine, 12 seconds,

Sept. 12, 1908—— Orville Wright made!

regular air services by the indi- |cation of routes, a study of the possibilities of night flying, and of the necessary provision of beacons and airport lighting s75- tems-British Wireless Service.

NEW AIR LINE-

TO DUBLIN

Atlantic Airport For

Free State

FLYING TEN MILLION MILES

Record Of Fourteen Captains Of Imperial Airways

London. Statics which have just been brought up-to-date show that fourteen of the veteran Air Cap- tains of Imperial Airways have, amongst them, now spent just over 100,000 hours in the air, which represents approximately 10,000,000 miles of flying.

The fourteen airmen in ques- tion are Captains: E. S. Alcock, W. Armstrong, Dismore, D. E Drew, F. VW. Foy, E J Horsey, O. P. Jones, . Perry, W. Rogers, J. Spafford, F. D. Travers; LA: Walters, A. $. Wilcookson and A. B. H. Yonell.

To push the speed factor too favourably on the factors of far may for example, re-act -

sustained tight of 1 hour, 15 minutes

May, 1910-Glenn Curtiss flew fromį. Albany to New York, a distance of

spaciousness and comfort, As | 143 miles, in 2 hous, 50 mínustes.

for reliability, this is the very Sept. 12, 1910--Ralph Johnstone set world's record for duration and dis-

London and Dublin are to be basis of all air transport. Speed, tance by flying 101 miles in 3 hours, joined by a regular mail and pas-in fact, means nothing in com- |14 minutes.

senger air service in a few weeks. mercial operation unless it can be In 1930 he spent six months in

April 12, 1911–—M, P. Prier, France,

Free State oficials are also allied with a high factor of re The American aircraft indus-made the first non-stop flight from the United States of America, here he was as royally received

the state of Travancore in the ex-try produced 349 aeroplanes in London to Paris, 250 miles, in 3 hours, negotiating to make one of the liability. And in this respect the western Ireland seaports, pro-Imperial Airway's Empire serv as previously in Tokyo and Hong

treme south of India. At present the first three months of 1935, 56 minutes.

April 15, 1913— Dessert made a bably Queenstown, a junction for vices now operate on an all-the- Kong. He received the degree of Mr. Macfadyen sitting as Coro-there is no direct communication reports Mr. Wellwood E. Beall, non-stop fight

from Paris to Berlin, the planned North Atlantic air year-round basis, and in all sorts honoris per at the Central Magistracy between these towns.

Far Eastern Manager of Boeing 342 miles 2 Doctor of Literature.

assisted by a jury comprising

June, 1913-M Brindejoc few from services, which may start next of climates, with a reliability -causa. at California University.

It is hoped, later to extend this Aircraft Company. In the first

which stands at just on 100 per The new Dublin service will be cente June 14, 1919-John Alcock and A. under Free State control, but af (Continued on Page 11) planes...

W. Brown England, made the first

London operating company will Aeroplanes coming out of the non-stop flight across the Atlantic factories in the first quarter of Ocean from St. John's, NF, to Clit actuaily run the air linerz

US. AIRLINE WAGES soner, Lam Tin, aged 23, who died hours. A service from Madras to 1935 included 193 for domestico, la gentesats hell On the Atlantic service, proposi in the Victoria Gaol hospital yes Colombo in Ceylon would bring civil use, 84 for military pur and Macready, United States Army journey will take less than two Greatest Single Fixed

May 23, 1923 Liestenants Kellyed by Pan American Airways, the Evidence having been given by hours of each other, instead of three months of 1935, as York to San Diego, 2515 miles, in 28 days in great dying boats, and the

Bombay and Colombo within 24 poses, and 12 for export In the made a non-stop flight from New

Expenditure Dr. G. L Shaw, medical officer of over three days.as at present the gnol, that deceased was The lighting of the air route quarter of 1934, Mr. Beall states Lindbergh made non-stop flight, New be made for Ban Francisco, on to by the greatest single fixed ex-

compared with the corresponding hours, 50 minutes

May 20-21, 1927 Col Charks A At New York connections will Wages and salaries represent advanced stage of tuberculosis servas India from Karachi in Cal- there was an increase of about York to Paris, 3610 miles, in 33% Shanghai and then Berlin, so that penditure of commercial airlipes when admitted, the jury returned cutta is also looked forward to 100 per cent. in production for hours Robbing and Kelly the world will be crossed in less in the United States, according to a verdict of death from natural It will mean the speeding up of

the mail to Australia.

CATTLE LIFTING ON LANTAU

Hired Junk Employed

From Castle Peak

'SMART FINES ON THIEF- AND RECEIVER

Messrs. A. Morse (Foreman), G. northeastwards to Trichinopol three months of 1934 the pro-Paris to Warsaw, 930 miles, in 11 year. R M. Ricketts and F. J. Neves,Plans are also in hand to fly the/daction total was 259 zero-

held an inquiry yesterday after-

present Karachi-Bombay-Madres noon into the death of a male pri-service in 12 hours, instead of 24

terday morning.

causes..

Chan Kwong, 24, a farmer, Mo Wo Village, New Territories, hired a junk and went from Cas- was charged at the District Oftle Peak to Lantan Island, where fice South before Mr. Kennedy they stole the ezen from different Skipton with the theft of three pens. They returned to Castle oxen from different villagers on Peak, where they were met by *Lantau Island, while Chan

45, a cattle dealer of

Peak, was charged with

the animals

-Sergeant L prosecution defendant, others who

Chan Yun, who took the cattle to

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African Air Mails Plans

Nairobi The British: Air announced in the House of inistry experts recently - con-

Imons a few months ago. Matankak in an attempt to sell cluded a series of conter

PREMA PONTE conference them to another dealer

withy

tativ of the Bri

Both men were found guilty. Chan Kwok was fined $750′′- in tish Past

months" hard -la-which the han Yun $150, In de for the

hard labour

the nature of the

hour-

mph fare will be about £100 ASV

at Fort Worth, „Terse, set a reinelling than a fortnight endurkice record of 172 - hours, 2- minutes in monoplane Fort Worth

→ July 13-19, 1929 Dale Jackson and JAPANESE AIR EXPANSION Forrest O'Brine in the St. Louis Robin exceeded the refuelling endur, ance record by nearly 175 hours, when Com-they remained soft. 420 honis, 23

mientas, at, SE*

figures made public recently by C. B. Smith, president of American Airlines

Căting his company's prelimiz-

stateme An ambitions plan for air ex-ary financial pansion in Japan has been decid- period from May 13, 1934—when ed on by the Imperial Aviation America Ines began opera-

Association. This includes the tions——— provision of 300 ne

and the org

flying cos also intends

Feb, 28, 1935, he said des accounted for the total $4,483750

Each dollar