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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUAREA IKS

AIR MAIL SERVICES TO AND FROM MALAYA

BRITISH AIR

MAIL SERVICES

IN THE FUTURE Imperial Airways Expansion

"REVOLUTIONARY PLANNING

ANNOUNCED

Only gradually is the public besiming to absorb the far-i reaching advantages of the re-i volutionary undertaking the Government recently entrusted to Imperial Airways, when a -world-wide announcement was made that it is planned that by 1937 all first class letter mail: within the British Empire will, so far as is practicable, be car- ried throughout by air at ap proximately the same postage fee as is now charged for sur- face mail

When this project is actually achieved, the benefits to the Fai East, and Malaya in particular, by receiving a 11⁄2d letter posted

Mrs. Amy Mollison, above, has „issued an appeal for a “lighting

up time” for aviators.

AIR SAFETY IN FOG

Improvements At Heston

LORENZ SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED.

4 days before in London, will London:

GAINING A

DAY

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

Crossing International Date Line

"Call it a day" will soon have new meaning on the trans- Pacie a route which Pan- American Airways have in- langurated with Sikorsky flying boats. The Westbound boat flying from San Francisco to Manila and China finds itself 24| hours behind its schedule when

crossing the International Date Line at the 180th degree of Jongitude.

The Eastbound aircraft, homing- for the American Pacific coast ¡gains a day.

Miss Jean. Batten, ahove, bru thrée records on her recent -Atlangic" fight.

FLIGHT ACROSS

ATLANTIC

Jean Batten Lands

In Swamp

SAFE AFTER BEING LOST

12 HOURS

Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 10: Miss Jean Batten arrived here safely

SCHEDULES COMPARED

DIFFERENCES SLIGHT

Greater Elasticity On British Lines

In connection with the heave increase of air mails over Christ- mas, necessitating duplication of the Imperial Airmail services in and out of Malaya, it is pointed out that now that the KLM (Royal Dutch Air Line) has re- verted to its winter schedule the difference between the Dutch and Imperial air mail deliveries is very slight

Datch Imperial

“An -examination of the two The line from 'Frisco is to ran

|time tables shows that the res- for 2,410 miles over the Pacific)

pective times required to get a Ocean to Eonolulu in the Hawadiati

return letter from Londont group, thence for 1,360 miles to Reston aerodrome)Midway Island, 1,242 to Wake

14 days 12 hours. De inestimable; the day will then i will be the first British air port Island, 1,450 miles to Guam. and

17 * 18 have passed when the air mail is to be equipped with means for 1,500 miles to Manila in the Philip

The difference in time between regarded as a rare and expensive guiding to a safe landing in fog pine Islands

to-day after having been miss the two services is reduced by the facility to be used only as the ex-jaircraft whose pilots cannot see The line where the change of ing for more than 12 hours fact that the connecting mail to ception, not as the rule

the ground or the aerodrome date occurs, as adopted by the Bri-since she left Port Natal follow-London from Amsterdam does not New Fleets Planned

boundaries.

tish Admiralty is a modification ing her record flight across the leave until the day after the ar A recent announcement of thej

The system is the Lorenz, in-of the 130th meridian, and is South Atlantic.

rival of the KALAM plane from the Chairman of Imperial - Airways vented in Germany. It has been drawn so as to include islands of

She explained that she had had Far East. Most of the mail-car- outlined the planning of a new designed with a view to standardi-

to make a forced landing owing to ried on the Dutch liners is for feet, which is now already undersation at all international aero-

jlack of petrol. She came down last Holland. construction, and which is special-dromes, and has been adopted in

that

Moscow Oslo Cologne Rotterdam Warsaw. Danzig

Berlin

Atlantic Flight Without Radio

Miss-Batten, flew across the Southern Atlantic without wire- Tess.

ly designed to legisate for the many countries. It is already in JEAN'S THREE NEW RECORDS bulk carriage of Empire letter stalled or being completed at: mail by air. By 1937 it Paris 55 -planned

the main Fenna Zurich trunk routes-England to Ans-

Copenhagen Malmo tralia and England to Cape Town

Responding Instruments will be operated by flying ships. In addition to these places, other which will travel by day, and

German towns are being added to given suitable ground organise the list. More than 50 passenger tion, by right also, at 2 speed aeroplanes of German air lines are which should ensure a faster being equipped with the necessary schedule, thus eventually responding instruments: ing Singapore within 412 days of London, Australia within 7 days and Cape Town within 4 days.

Experience is needed by pilots who have to use tals, or any other fog-landing system. Few British This new fleet of firing ships, pilots except those engaged on Air the construction of which is:

Ministry research have the experi- illustrated in this issue will totali

ence, but Heston airport is used by 29_in_number. each weighing a foreign air travellers, and such proximately 17 tons when fully loaded; it will be the largest air!quipment is therefore much need- liner fleet in the world-

ed.

7

As at present installed zt "hes-

11 and arrived at Rio de Janeiro, on Nov. 15. after having been missing for more than 12 hours. Before starting she said: I sz

Įnight in a swamp bear. AraruŽINE, Imperial Airways do not alter a town on the coast 175 miles their schedule in the European

north-east.

Thinking that her plane was too near the sea, she began to taxi intai

iwinter.

Consistent Schedule

As is well known, Imperial „Air-

a better position. In doing so the ways operate their Empire ser- tip of the propelier struck a heap vices to a schedule and route) She left Lympne on Novof sand and was bent making it which is gonsistent throughout impossible for her to take off again the year their operating schedule Night Spent In Hut -- lis based on a careful study of After telephoning to Rio de known weather conditions, and Janeiro to say that she was "safe, įsufficient elasticity is incorporated Miss Batten spent the night'in ajin their time table" to ensure fisherman's hut.

maximum regularity, given mor

relying solely on my aeroplane and am not carrying paraconte, Efebelt or collapsible eas”

She crossed the South Atlántic in 13 hours 15 minutes, setting

three new records.

a

A military plane piloted by mal operating conditions. The "Capt Aquino was sent for her this The progressive speeding up of Brazilian Congress has passed morning, and she reached Rio de Empire communications by latter resolution congratulating her.

In 1934 she few solo from

Haneiro at ten o'clock

jair mail, however, remains always England to Australia in 14 days

She flew back with a mechanic one of the chief problems for con- 2332 hours, beating Mrs. Moll- to inspect her plans. It proved start study: it was only some 12- son's record

impossible to repair it on the spot months ago that the first tangible so she returned to-night and is step fowards arealisation of "all, staying at the British Embassy. letter mail by air mail" was in- "I am very pleased to have ar-troduced; when an exclusive zon- rived safely," said Miss Battening of Imperial air mail 'rates to "and incidentally to have broken (and from the Home country gave the record for the London-to-Brazil the British Near East the equiva- fight and the Atlantic crossing. I lent of a 3. rate per 1⁄2 oz: and hope to fetch my plane and land at and the British Middle and Far Campos dos Alonsos to-morrow." East the approximate equivalent Brazilians Impressed of a 6d rate, each being approxi-

Each

night, by means of four cabins landings being carried out," it is zone differs from Greenwich Mean The Brazilians were much immately one-half of the rates pre-

stated.

Experiments Proceeding

From:

Lacurious Appointments ton. the only Maim made for the any-one group on the same side of Performance is expected to eclipse any ship that has been system is the modest one that it the line. The Hawaiian group

should provide satisfactory proof thas come under this ruling. produced so far by aerial trane of its ability to facilitate the ap- port; equipment will include

Time Gained proach and landing of aeroplanes | luxurious seating accommodation in bad visibility. Later modifica Since 1883 a system of Standard for 24 people during the day, and tions are sleeping accommodation for 16 a should permit of wholly blind and universally adopted.

contemplated which Time by zones has been gradually

forward midships, promenade

Time by an integral number of pressed by Miss Batten's dainty,viously charged. and "aft; in addition to which

hours, each-place being fast or slow neat appearance. She was very

Further Strides there will be a spacious Captain's ¦. Experiments are being carried of G.M.TU

calm and did not look excessively | Recent announcements bridge in the nose on the upper out by the Air Ministry with an- Time is gained when flying east-

Weary.

London indicate the further tre- deck, freight and mail compart other system, a Viastra aeroplane, ward because the pilot is flying to

Grave fears had been felt heremendous stride which has already ment, a kitchen and two toilets.

as already announced, being used wards a rising sun nad is thus fy for her safety, and the Pan-been effected to legislate for "all The decision of Imperial Air for this purpose. This system is ing towards more and more day American Airways Porto Rican letter mail by air mail” a new ways to operate flying ships of similar to the Lorenz A system light, fr

clipper had been ordered to make feet of to fewer than 29 four- the greater part of their main adopted by the American Bureau trunk routes may be readily un-

When flying westward he is pro-a detour to try to trace her. jengined flying boats having been of Air Commerce is somewhat difceeding towards a setting sun and,

Miss Batten is to stop a week placed on order, each having a derstood when it is appreciated to

¡ferent

therefore, towards more darkness bere, and then will probably so to mail carrying capacity of 3-5 what great extent the route Eng- land/Australia alone is downments are proceeding in Great ward from Canton to California is

As recently announced, experij The fring boat proceeding east Buenos Aires.

tons, according to the amorist of fuel carried. This 1937 should ver water

Britain with an entirely new thus gaining time at the rate of

MERGER IN BRITAIN see realisation of an Empire wide "Many Difficulties

method, depending upon infra-red about one hour per 800 miles

scheme, which already is under Many difficulties at present exs. Progress at Heston is due throughout the flight About 12 Great Britain, following the lead that careful construction which perienced over all the Empire largely to the efforts of Mr. Bode-hours are gained on the total flight of France, has merged all its in-alone has placed Britain in routes in the selection and main-rick Denman, the termical direc- When the 180th meridian is dependent airlines into one unit forefront of the world's commer tenance of aerodromes under bad tor, who has studied the different reached this accumulation of gain which will be called "Allied British cial air transport weather conditions will also be systems in the United States and is expressed in terms of a day. eliminated; and where short land

Germany. crossings need to be effected, the ships of the air will, where neces- sary, make use of suitable lakes INLAND PLANES IN

and rivers for alighting.

Malava, so it is proposed, is to have three services per week to and from London and since the

NEW GUINEA

3,000 Trips Without

Mishap

present plans are designed to in- augurate the new "all letter mail by air mail" era by 1937 if prac

Adelaide ticable, it is anticipated that ex-| The way spots in New Guinea, perimental fights will be made otherwise inaccessible for trans} over the routes towards the end port, have been reached by aero of the coming year.

LANDING FIELD FÜR CALIFORNIA

planes carrying heavy loads, makes a story as romantic as any in the history of this mandated territory.us

When operators of Guinea: Air“ ways Ltd. suggested that ma- chinery should be taken up by The US. navy has leased 250 plane, the inhabitants said it was acres of land and 100 acres of possible. Zet since the com water at Long Beach, Calif, and will spend a quarter of a million was formed in 1927, it has

{carried"

dollars, there in the construction pounds of

of a landing feld

BLIND APPROACHES

The Newark airp

installed

than 5,000,000

Land more than gers mak kong 3,000

$5,000 itzips

ont mishap.

PILOTS HAVE LONG SERVIC

The air passengers may leave China on Monday and be due at California on Wednesday.

Airways.”.

NEW AFRICAN SERVICE

Africa is being rapidly criBÉ-

Although the trip may be scheduled to take three days they crossed by a network of airlines. will find it is only Tuesday at Cali Imperial Airways will shortly open fornia, and it will appear as if the 2 service to West Africa - The 8,662 miles have been miraculous new link will branch from the ly completed in two instead of main Cairo-to-Cape Town, line in three days.

the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

the

AVIATION HEROES

HONOURED.

Personally Decorated By President

Washington: Aviation heroes of the past year who saved the lives of pas- sengers of the US mail at grave risks to themselves received hen- our awards personally from Pre fsident Roosevelt here this week.

To seven pilots, were handed personally by the President the zirmall fliers medal of honour, authorised by Congress în 1931- Two co-pilota," not authorised un- der the act to receive the enli received letters of commendation for he

made" on the

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