1935-09-21 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1935

GROWTH ON ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA AIR

PLANES FOR THE IFS.

ORDERS PLACED

IN GREAT BRITAIN

BY AUTHORITIES

Fighters To Be Used For Training

HIGH-SPEED PROBLEM.

FOR RECRUITS

London.

The Irish Free State has or dered four aeroplanes of the Avro Type 656. Although designed, as a fighter, the Avro Type 636. which is a British biplane with a maximum speed of 175 miles an hour, is to be used by the Free State for training purposes. At need, of course, it would also be.... used for fighting.

The increasing speed of Ser- vice flying in all countries gives.

These Russian fyers (left to right). Sigismund Levaneriski, fight leader, Levchenko, navigator, and Baidukov, pilot; are wait- ing favourable weather conditions before making a second attempt. on the Moscow to San Francisco fight, viz the North Pole. O failure caused the first fight fai ure.

LIGHT AEROPLANES

LINE

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DUPLICATE SERVICE THIS MONTH

TWICE-WEEKLY AIR MAIL TO OPERATE

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS OFFERS

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

THE

continued growth in traffic on the Em pire air route which connects England with Australia, via Egypt, Iraq, India and Malaya, has now led to a decision to duplicate the ser- vice between Calcutta and Singapore.

It may be remembered that the increase in air traffic be tween England and India necessitated. in January last, the duplication of the weekly service between London and Calcutta Since then the growth-in passenger, mail and freight traffic. not only between London and Calcutta, but onward to Singa pore. has rendered-it necessary for Imperial Airways to arrange to extend this twice-weekly service so that, in addi- tion to the London-Calcutta stages, it also, embraces the sec-1 tions between Calcutta and Singapore.

"These additional facilities in the shape of a twice-weekly service in each direction between London and Singapore come

rise to new problems of train- MACHINE NOW BACKBONE into operation for the first time with the departure of the ser-

ing The Avro “Tutor the standard trainer in the RAF is admittedly extraordinarily efficient as an introduction to the 200 miles an hour class.

But in view of the much greater speeds of new types in prepara- tion for the Service. it will be necessary to provide an interme- diate stage in training, for which, doubtless. the 200 m.ph. class would serve

In the small Air Force of the Irish State methods are necessar ily different Hence the adoption of a high-speed Trainer-Fighter.

Adapted as Bomber

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The Avro 636. is a mainly metal

OF CIVIL AVIATION

TYPE HAS PROVED

ITS VALUE (By C. W. A. Scott).

vice from London on Tuesday. September 21 This service, after reaching Calcutta on Monday, September 30, will be con- tinued on to Singapore to inaugurate the duplication BetweeN Calcutta 'and Singapore, the date of arrival at Singapore being. Tuesday, October 2

Thenceforth both the services that leave England weekly on the route to India.and the East

was in 1924, if I remember aright, that the first of the will continue through to Singa- light aeroplane trials took place at Lympne. where and pore, affording departures from when a curious selection of small machines popularly called London for Singapore

light aeroplanes made their first bow in public.

Tuesday and Saturday.

EXPERIMENTAL PLANES IN

AMERICA

New Type To Be Tested By US. Bureau of Commerce

New York

The US. Bureau of Commerce has purchased 15 planes of a new type for ex- perimental purposes_

every The meeting was tempered with an assortment of Air

In the reverse direction. from Force machines, as it was not supposed that the meeting could Singapore to London, the first stand on its own feet without the support of better known of the duplicated services is due] types. for the public always wants to see something for its to leave Singapore on October money.

3 and from that date; in addi- structure of great strength. The The meeting was not an unqualified success", An Airton to the previous weekly second cockpit can be closed when Force machine contributed one of the brighter spots of the departure each Sunday, there not in use. but for training it is day by firing into the telephone wires on the lee side of the will be an additional departorel fully equipped with duplicate aerodrome, thereby causing not a little consternation to those from Singapore for Calcutta) if they come up to expecta controls.

persons connected with the wires and an outburst in the shape and London every Thursday. Carrying only the pilot, it can of a bill from the Postmaster General, which was ultimately be used for a variety of purposes.! (I suppose) met by the Air Ministry.

be

+

and as a two-seater it can

The next time I saw a light; readily adapted as a bomber or aeroplane was when Squadron for liaison with ground troops Leader Longcroft (I think it The Irish Free State machine was her flew a "Wren at the! fitted with unsupercharged RA.F. Display at Hendon later! "Jaguar" engines, which gave the that year. Of all exhibitions Avro 636 2 cruising speed of 150 of aircraft that was quite the m.ph. and a range of 450 miles. most horrid to wateh.

sre

The standard Avro. fitted with! Four years had passed since the "Panthers." has a cruising speed fearly light aeroplane trials and the of 195 mph a climb to 15.000ft ultimate proof of a in seven minutes, and a "ceiling" plane's

reliability.

light дето-

But

the

280 MILES FOR

9 SHILLINGS

Officer's Bid In 6 HP. Plane

London

Flight-Lieut Mole, 20 RAF!

of 32.000ft. The range of speed in (original idea was lost in the final don to the Isle of Mans this type is up to 230 mp.h.

selection of type.

CANNON PLANE

CRASHES

British Pilot Killed In Belgium

Brussels.

A new British fighter plane. the Fairey Fantome, crashed on the military aerodrome at Erere. near here, recently..

The machine carried a 20mm Quick-firing gun known as the Moteur canon," and its speed ex- ceeded 246 mp.h required.

LIVERPOOL TO AMERICA IN 16 HOURS

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AIR ATTACKS ON TURKEY

Defence Measures Outlined

ISTANBUL VULNERABLE,

Ankara officer, is to try to fly from Lon-t Villagers in even the remotest dis-parts of Turkey are included in a tance of nearly 280 miles at a total scheme for nation-wide instruction cast of 9s. He will make the jour- in methods of defence against gas The sole reason that light aeroney in a "baby" "plane, fitted with and air attacks decided on by the planes were used was due to the a 6 hp motorcycle engine, in Government

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fact that they were cheap to buy which Mr. Robert Kronfeld, the Mobile instructors will visit the in the first place and cheap to German glider, recently few from outlying districts to teach the operate in the second." These London to Paris for 6s

peasarts how to defend themselves were the prime considerations of Flight-Lieut. Mole's venture and safeguard their cattle the would-be record breaker who will involve the longest sea cross crops from fires and aerial had not much money to spending ever undertaken in this tiny bardment. (they were nearly all privately planea distance of 60 miles, and financed) and certainly not much the total cost in petrol will be about

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OF THE AIR

Written As Plane Dives To Doom

DRAMATIC DOCUMENT

Amsterdam

The most dramatic diary in been made public here. the history of aviation has just

*Now we are up to 18,300. Wel seem to be above the clouds. There is a blue sky.

glen, the Dutch journalist, while It was written by M Vanlan- and the giant Douglas Royal Dutch bon-air liner, with 12 others, was |hurtling through snow and train Raid Shelters

to its doom in the Swiss Alps on The Istanbul authorities have July 20. money to waste..

ordered that old buildings with The vogue for light aeroplane The pilot records was on

He stated that he would be es- large cellars, including a number! The liner was dying from Milan

Opening Entry Records came corted from Blackpool to the Isle of ancient palaces shall be conto Amsterdam, and the diary opens Flying Officer Stephen Trower, and went Hinkler's time to Aus-of Man by Mr. Derwent Hall verted into shelters against was killed instantly.

tralia was beaten again and again Caine, MP who will be flying an-tacks from the airba

at-with this entry: Some experts believe the crash Records to Cape Town suffered other machine.

We have just taken off from was due to a sudden loss of speed. the same humiliation. But why?

The obligation to carry out this Milan, and soon we will cross the Others, in view of the 'plane's re- Simply because the manufacturers

work is placed on the owners of Alpe." Then comes the following: markable controllability, think the realised the importance of holding

the buildings.

"Over the Alps. Rain beats pilot must have been taken ill.

Turkish military experts consi-down. We can see very little be view and bettered their machines these records from a sales point of

der Istanbul and the Straits to below. Our height is now 72,000ft. At some of the major US, air most vulnerable to serial attacks, as they could.

"We are climbing hard to try ports transport pilots preparing to and that, in view of their strate and get above these storm clouds. take off must receive their release gical importance, practically the I can see that we are now at 13, over the radio instead of waiting whole of the defensive resources 500ft The original Moths had Cirrus for a green signal light from the must be concentrated at these engines. This did not please the field control tower.

points. De Havilland Company. produced and built the first of the Trans-Atlantic flights between Gipsy engines. Here again the horse power was' increased. It Liverpool and New York, lasting from 16 to 20 hours, during which went up to 100 with the addition the two dozen passengers in aj

of the Gipsy Mark 2, and in the

bine sky. giant seaplane would be able to Mark 3 to 120. And the perform Cleveland, Ohio. Don Longla fire extinguisher, hooked his

An Explosiozi dance and enjoy cinematograph ance of the machines appreciated never

had held the stick of an feet in his safety belt, hung from An explosion. Rain, rain We "It is now -12.30 by my watch shows, are envisaged by the Bel-in proportion.

aeroplane in his life, but he flew the side of the plane and fished are descending rapidly. My first machine along the Ans-a plane over the municipal airport for nearly 40 minutes. FinallyThe indicator shows 12,000 tralian route was a Gipsy Mark II for 40 minutes recently. Moth, and 1 never want a better He flew the plane because he wheel to the sleeve from which if 400ft now. Rain changes to mow

he succeeded in fastening the As I write we still drop machine than that, with its range had to, while the pilot, Dick Field, had slipped. He could not screw I can see nothing. of 1800 miles and its cruising lowered himself head first and it tight, so he told Long and the 9,600ft —— more mow.

- We are now speed of nearly 95 m.ph. I made fastened a wheel that had come other passengers, Miss Estelle three records to Australia in that loose in taking, cl The U. S. Army had an air corps machine, and it is still going Two other persons were in the with all their strength in the This shows the mountai

Carrel and Jack Baldwin, to pull How we are dropping Lightning. 9,000ft 840011, 7,50011 as far back as Civil War times strong, though it first saw the private plane.

peaks rope Mr. Field discovered the dan-

we are just above them Mr. Field explained So came the birth of the light gling wheel shortly after

to them again. Now 6,3001£ the that he had attac aeroplane as we know it to-day-plane left the ground. To Long the

Here the diary end The next step along the road to he gai "You've got to fly this combined- popularity was comfort The open

Kazy to joxkpit was discarded and

lanca Aircraft Corporation an American firm of aircraft manu- facturers

FIRST AIR CORPS

It consisted of an observation bal-light of day early in 1931 loon used to note enemy move- ments.

BRITAIN'S PROGRAMME

"Great Britain has undertaken a Pass Moth and the Desoutter

programine to tra

Air Force

"ground technicians

$2,500

hese were

on Page 117

Fly Or Flounder He Flew

"Still we climb 14,100ft, now 15,000. But here comes the rain

Flew again. It grows heavier. No more

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