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NIGHT LANDING THRILLS

Above is a recent portrait of · Captain A. G. H. Fokker, the

aeroplane famous Dutch signer.

de-

WOMAN FLIER'S

RECORD

Miss Gower A First Class Navigator

ONLY WOMAN, TO HOLD CERTIFICATE

Tunbridge Wells-Miss Pau- line Gower told an interviewer

AIRWAYS OF EMPIRE

EXHIBITION AT KENSINGTON

Past, Present. And Future

WORKING MODELS OPEN TO VIEW

London.

Anyone who is not yet air- minded should become so after a visit to the Empire Airways Ex-1 hibition at the Science Museuïm, jes South Kensington.

It

This exhibition was opened OF December 3 by Viscount Swinton (Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister), Secretary for Air. will be a tremendous attraction. during the school holidays, to the undoubtedly zir-minded younger generation. It is free and will be open daily from 10 am to 6 pm until the end of January.

a striking comparison is pre-

last month, in the home of her rided by the fact that this most father, Sir Robert Gower, at up-to-date exhibition of working en- of aeroplanes, aero Sandown Court, that she had models just had from the Air Ministry gines, wind tunnels, testing tanks. the greatest news of her life.

She had received the Air Minis-dromes and air trafic contro

try's

first-class air-navigation certificate, a unique distinction. for she is the only woman to bold; that diplom

adjoins the museum's remarkable į collection of early steam engines:

She also said that the day be AUSTRIA BUYS BRITISH PLANES fore she bad piluted her 20,000th | passenger.

"Air Trips Ltd”

In 1930 Miss Gower and Miss Dorothy Spicer formed a company under the style of "Air Trips Ltd." Realising that there might be prejudice against the employmentí of women-articularly young} zirks--they employed themselves. They took

Machines For Internal Communications

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Vienna: Captain Larsky.

British General presenting the Aircraft Company, states that General Laehr, commander

Air but amateur pilot's the Austrian

Force. has ordered a fleet of Monospar aero- certificates and bought a three-

planes for communication seater tiplane.

vices.

Obtaining further certificates, they rented a field in Berkshire and began to take up passengers in a in air taxis. They lived caravan and Sew from morning | to night.

Now they own two 'planes and a

CHINA MAIL SĂ FURDAY, JANUARY 1

The decision of Colonel : Lind- bergh, above, to live in England to escape the continual threats to the safety of himself and his

America, crused- family in sensation a few weeks ago.

a

FIGHT FOR LIFE IN MID-AIR Maniac's Attack On

Prison Guard

DRAMA OF THE CLOUDS IN CANADA

Prince Albert, Sask. For the second time-in Canada within а few months grim- faced men have struggled des- perately in mid-air with a homi- cidal maniac who threatened to bring disaster to a *plane in which all were travelling..

The drama enacted high over Saskat- sparsely-settled northern

FOR

R.A.F. FLIERS BRITISH

"T" GROUND LIGHTS

AS GUIDE

FIGHTERS IN PRACTICE

AT BIGGIN HILL

FASCINATING SPECTACLES SEEN

(By Major

• C. C. Turner)

London.

ON many clear, dark evenings motorists on the

road between Bromley and Westerham may come across an interesting exhibition of flying at Biggin Hill aerodrome, to the east of the road, which skirts it

The droning of engines is heard, and away to the north are seen the red and green navigation lights of an aeroplane, its shape just visible to good eyes. It is 200 or 300 feet up, and it is com- ing down on a long slant to the aerodrome.

The aerodrome is not lit up except for the red obstruction lights on the wireless mast, faint gleams in the windows of aero drome buildings, and one tiny red light at the aerodrome boan- dary under the incoming machine.

But the spectator may be in at something between 45 and 60° a position to see on the ground miles per hour, according to con- half a dozen faint, hazy, yellow (ditions.

Seen from the road the aero- glowing patches. at wide inter- vals The pilot descending with plane seems to creep over the aero- gentlecess. slowed drom boundary, of rather, where apparert down to about 100 miles per the spectator guesses the boundary

+

hour. has his eyes fixed on the exists. ground lights indicated by this

Moment Of Anxiety glow.

Even to the spectator it is a The flares are arranged in a fixed (moment of anxiety, and in a second order, and at regulation distances. or so he may hear a faint thud as Subconsciously, almost. the eye wheels touch ground, followed by and brain of the pilot judge a slight metallic rattling as the diminishing altitude and distance aeroplane trundles on towards the land hand on-throttle and control other side of the aerodrome, the İstick. he is ready at the right plot switching on some of his instant to flatten out for the land power, and taxi-ing perhaps toj

take-off for more practice. ing-

Shaped Like w

Within half an hour you may see There are six ground lights alla score of such landings, a strance- together, and these are arranged fascinating spectacle. The aero not for this practice as a "m" so that the long arm planes are

Phary means for which is 250 yards in length, is equipped with pointing into the wind. The aerilluminating the ground below or plane, therefore. has to be brought in front. down so that it lands on the longi

Occasionally a pilot is found who chewan, was revealed when the arm of the "T" and runs towards has no skill for night landings. It is not his fault, and be is trans- 'plane arrived REF=

prisoners.

The order was placed after General Loear had himself flow as a passenger in one of these machines.

flourishing air taxi business. They and locomotives. There could be

are getting more machines.

Tribute To Instructor

PARACHUTE

Machine Totally Wrecked

Air

3

bere with -Wo Royal

the cross-piece.

The aeroplanes engaked are ferred to piloting duties which do Canadian Bulldor" single-seater Day and not demand night-landing expert- Mounted Police guard, and the Night Fighters, of which there ance. pilot abozrd

of are squadrons at Biggin Hill at The pilot, Mr. Windrum.

Kenley (not far away), and at Canadian Airways, told how one Hornchurch and North Weald, in of the prisoners, Edward Eayduck. aged 26, who had been committed Essex, and the pilots are practis to North Battleford Mental Hosing landing at night with no more

no plainer reminder of the speed pital, broke the straps pinioninzo guide them than the "landing

of progress.

Twelve Years Hence

k

Life And Death Struggle For some minutes the two were]

"I

(their duty.

Special Task The task of the Day and Night

ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

THIRD "FLOATING those who participated in the con-

AIRPORT

Despite his gallantry. Chartier Being Constructed For Assistant Secretary of State, who

has been sent to gaol for a month on a charge of stealing traps.

Earlier Case mate

In September a demented pas- senger attacked the pilot and as-

German Line

Berlin

It will be used to assist the aero-

Four Return Trips his wrists, freed himself from the Fon the ground. It needs good

A Week experience that can be worked in She paid a great tribute to Capt. At a glance, also, the visitor strait-jacket, and suddenly furious sight nice judgment, and all the

REGULAR SCHEDULE IN 1937 Gerald Ferguson of Heston may see the enormous strides that attacked the guard, Constable with the other busy routine of who instructed her and helped her civil fring has made in the past Bartram to acquire the knowledge which dozen years.

New York-The seal was set enabled her to obtain the Ministery's first class certificate. Looking at the models of the locked in a life and death struggle. Fighter is to go up and tackle on December 12 on what may to be an epoch-making "Capt. Ferguson was most patient big land air liners and of the and Hayduck was overpowered enemy raiders in the air. The prove with me," she said "and. I owe dying boats to be launched for only when the second prisoner, machines are designed not only for agreement reached between the him a great debt of gratitude" Imperial Airways in the coming Eugene Chartier, slipped his bonds great speed and fast climb, but for representatives of Britain, the Miss Dorothy Spicer, her part-year, and at the model of the and came to the aid of the con-comparatively slow landing In United States, Canada and Ire [point of fact, they, take the groundland-for-the establishment of a cer, was the first woman in the Mayo Composite Aircraft, one stable

trans-Atlantic air service... world to secure the Air Ministry's gives up any attempt to visualise

"It was a nerve-shattering, ex-

In a statement approved by all certificate for aviation construc-the future twelve years hence.

myself had to stay at the controls,

ference held -at- Washington ezr-| tional engineering.

The Composite Aircraft now perience," said Mr. Wiadrum. nearing completion, is a great

not knowing how the struggle

ly last month Me Walton Moore, would end." PILOT'S ESCAPE BY step ahead: a four-engined

jchine, so heavily loaded that it

has been acting as chairman, "an- could not take off at less than

nounced that four return journeys (about 120 miles per hour, will be

a week would be made next summ- released when the big "Mother

mer between the United Kingdom Boat has attained that speed.

A third "fosting airport" is be- and the United States. would not be able to take off un-

It is expected that the service der its own power. A thrilling escape by parachute Past, present and future pirsistant pilot of an aeroplane flying ing constructed at the Howald

schedule in the spring of 1937. from Detron to Buffalo They Yard in Kiel, for the German Luft will be resumed on a regulari

Hansa

By Northern Route from an acropiane was made near liners are shown by models, mailed him to avert disaster. Stamford (Lines) last month by of them working. There are full-

When the plane landed at Toron-

"It is recognised," -- said Mr. Leading Aircraftman Macdonald.jsize aero engines, their working

and his assistant, Irving Davis, a route, and it is acknowledged that Moore, that the northern attached to the 11th Flying Train-parts exposed and in movement to, the pilot, William Mulqueezes, planes on the South Atlantic postal my School Royal Air Force, at But greatest novelty of all is a parachute-jumper, were arrested the North Atlantic programme has is much shorter than the sou- Wittering.

model testing tank with a flying:

have the advantage. Luft-Hansa shipping feet. Macdonald was flying towards boat afloat in it, which is set in and charged with manslaughter, also intuenced this increase of the therr one, and, therefore, wa

but were acqui

however, does not Easton-on-the-Hall when he jump-motion by pressing a button. ed from the machine with his A wind tunnel, also, is at work,

possibility of cons parachute. The seroplane was an aeroplane poised in the rush

being made of route.” then at a great height, and Mac-of air and carrying instruments

Mr. Moore explained that -donald's impētus was such that recording various forces The travelled about a mile before their incidence.

A new aeronautical map of will be a very considerable depart-agreement was based on the prin reaching the ground. He escap- Interesting Models ed with shock and a cut on the Aeroplanes landing at night Great Britain on a scale of 1-500,-are from ordinary-cartographic cipal of full reciprocity and cád Lace, M

a model aerodrome are shows, 000 troughly eight miles to the practice. It has been designed not precinde, the possibility col The machine crashed in a field and an air liner is seen dying inch) has been begin by the Ord-specially for use in the air, and similar arrangements between the bear the vllage of Easton and above a dense layer of clouds, nance Survey Office, it is announe omits many features, such as the United States and other countries was totally wrecked, the engine the visitor hearing the pilot called in their report for 1934-35.names of all met the larger). In fact, it is expected that the embedding itself in the grounding-up. Croydon by radio tetem entirely new produc- towng, which have hitherto in French, German, and Dutch Gov this country in the near future to nearly 4ft A private. motorist phony and asking for his position, the report states, "which variably appeared on all ordinary remments will send missions picked un Macdonald and took tion. Then the response is heard,

series when complete will discuss other aspects of the TZR36/ of 15 sheets, projected so Atlantic service. form a continuation of the The Atlantic seaboard ports pablished-French 1-500,-mentioned as, possible termini for he Anglo-American service are ouzstical series” report points out that the Harbour Grace, Newfoundland eights in the feet in New York, Baltimore, Cape Charler prove inconvent or Norfolk, Virginia, and Chicles-

and

Air Map For Br. Isles

him back to the aerodrome. V Grand Croydon asking Lymone and Paham the bearing of the liner

MEXICAN AIRLINES PETITION and, finally, the swiftly calculat profile map

ed statement of the pilot's exact air ro as position, conveyed to him by the Me

Several Mexican - airlines

serting the it is impossible for same means

them to obtain a suffici ber of qualified emplo petitioned President Car modify the law

only Hedron mile nel on transp

1 Models of the principal air

orts of the Empire, and a g profesion

beautiful photo-

nating

all sides

ration and tervel

the main

metrical ton South Carolina.

but that the decision

sice of the Air

the south would, dis only be used for lights way of Beziunds.

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AFTER EACH FLIGHT: every air Tiner has its enginės and its whole structure meticulously examined in stric

· accordance with Air Ministry rules -

AN OFFICIAL LICENSED BY THE AIR MINISTRY satisfies himself that each of these air liners is absolutely -fit for duty before it is allowed to start on any journey in any part of the world

AFTER A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF WORKING HOURS all the engines in every air liner are stripped, re-built and tested, and this applies to every part of the route throughout Europe and the British Empire THE CAPTAINS of the air liners of Imperial Airways and its associated companies are the most experienced body of pilots employed by any air transport, company in the world NO OVERWEIGHT is ever carried by these air liners. Every gallon of petrol, oil and water, every passenger and all mail and luggage is weighed before leaving the ground

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