THE CHINA MAH, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1936
BIGGEST CIVIL AIRCRAFT ORDER EVER PLACED
LARGE NEW BOMBER WORLD'S BEST FIGHTER
Marvel In Speed
And Control
COAST TO LONDON IN TEN MINUTES
The most formidable air weapon yet developed was demonstrated last month at the Heathrow aero- drome, off the Great West Road. by Flight Lieut. C. S. Staniland. It is called the Fairey "Battle" me- dium bomber and it is powered with the new Rolls-Royce Merlin twelve-cylinder engine.
Its performance in speed, range, load and powers of manoeuvre is
NEW ALTITUDE PECORDS
FOR AMPHIBIANS
Stratford, Conn.: Mr. Boris Sergievsky, flying a Sikorsky amphibian S-43 plane, recently broke two world altitude recorda by reaching a
height of 27,950
feet. The mark established new amphibian class C-3 records for altitude with and without pay loads, bettering the previous re- cords by more than 9,000 feet. The plane used is a duplicate of the "baby Clippers" used by air lines
operating between the Hawaiian Islands.
AIR MENACE TO
WARSHIPS
No Great Danger From Aircraft
TESTS BY ADMIRALTY
29 FLYING BOATS
£2,000,000 ORDER
Imperial Airways' New Fleet
LUXURY MACHINES ON- EASTERN ROUTE
London.
Two thousand men at Roches- ter, in a factory on the flat, dreary banks of the river Medway, are at present working on the biggest civil aircraft order ever placed.
From the most prosaic ma- terials, they are building a fleet of 129 flying boats, to stride the 'Em-' pire air route from England to] Australia by way of Egypt, Pales- tine, Iraq, India, Siam and Malaya.j
A composite picture of one of the 28 new Empire flying-boats under construction for Imperial Airways Ltd., by Messrs. Short Bros., Ltd, Rochester.
COMBINED SEA AND AIR
TRAVEL
Nothing like them will have SHIPPING COMPANIES AGREEMENT
been seen in the air before, for rance or any similar craft, in the each ship will represent an ad-
world.
Five ar at présent under con-
pected to be completed by the end
WITH IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
F
Experiments with bombs aimed so good, that this new bomber mayat battleships have convinced the sound the death knell of the sin-Admiralty that a modern battle gle-seater fighter.
ship is in no great danger from I stood spellbound on the sunlit aircraft. The new British battle-
RRANGEMENTS have now been concluded between Imperial aerodrome while Staniland did ships to be laid down next January struction. The fall order is ex-main Shipping Companies whereby passengers are enabled to ARRANGE VON and Associated Companies and vertail of the things with this load-carrying ma- will be virtually bomb-proof, chine which few pilots would care The tests involved the explosion of 1937, and the new service will travel with tickets which combine. voyages by sea and air at to attempt in the smallest and
ef numerous bombs, both above be inaugurated in the beginning
through rates. handiest single-seater fighter.and below water, against actual of that year. writes the Morning Post corres warship targets. They showed porident. It was a revelation in that from even a heavy bomb, control. How any single-seater carrying
a big charge of high- First tests on the flying boats fighter could hope to intercept and explosives, the superstructure of will be carried out next month.
a bomber of such the ship suffers surprisingly little As far as luxury is concerned, speed and manoeuvrability it is damage.
the new dying boats will be the For the take-off Staniland had made with the U.S. battleship
Experiments have also been last word in comfort in the air.
Two large saloons, 'decorated- the wing flaps, which aid in slow Washington, a post-Jutland ship in blue leather, are fitted with fying, down, and the machine lettwhich had to be discarded under specially constructed chairs. Tan/connections arranged and the re-K.P.M. and the Rotterdam Lloyd.
shoot down
difficult to see.
Tests In April
Under this arrangement, if, foxjquoting these fares in conjune- example, a passenger from Japan tion with Imperial Airways are to London wishes to make his the Blue Funnel Line (also the journey in sections such as Japan Western Austraan Steam Navi- Port Said by air, Port Said to Mar-Navigation Company, the British to Singapore by sea, Singapore togation Company), P. & O. Steam seflies by sea, and thence across India Steam Navigation Company, land to London, he can do so on Baras Philp Line, the Java-China- are combined ticket with all the Japan Line, Nederland Line,
servations made ahead of him. the ground after a fairly short run.
Apart from the saving in time levers by the side of each chair Then the wheels were drawn up
will enable a passenger to raise or commends itself in a number of ment.
This convenient arrangement re-land cost offered by this agree- Slight List into the recesses in the wings, the
Three 2.000lb air bombs and lower his seat as he wishes with ways. It speeds up travel cen-seeker to see from the air certain it enables the pleasure flaps were merged with the wings,
out any disarmament of the een-siderably for those who do not de-parts of the world which are nor- and the machine, cleared for two 400th torpedo warheads were
tre of gravity. action, as it were, swung down exploded under water near the
The seat of the chair merely It also affords a means of avoid-course of a sea voyage.
sire to travel throughout by air.mally inaccessible during the wind for a run past the sheds. ship's bottom. The only effect
slides forward while the back
Jing stormy or grilling weather on occupier is carried over the same spot all the time.
Smoking Allowed
the Washington Treaty.
Down it came, at ever-increasing was to give her a list of Sdeg«)slides down, and the weight of the certain sections of long sea juur-] speed, until the wings were below and in this condition she rode out the level of the shed roofs.
a gale for three days.
The shock of these explosions
Aerobatics
Suddenly the machine tipped did not even put out candles stack
NEW AIRPORT FOR SUSSEX?
others.
neys.
Deviations Possible Those who wish to visit people en route across the
uses
ITALY'S AIR FORCE
Denial Of Plans For 15,000 New 'Planes
Rome.
The report stated that the plan
áver to stand vertically on a wing for deck at the end of the ship. In one of the saloons, smoking or places tip and spin round in a perfect She remained afloat for four days will be permitted. The present world can make a deviation from turn not more than 50ft. from the without repairs or pumps, andį rule against moking in the air their sea journey, and pick up the ground.
finally had to be sunk by gunfire, was not made so much from a line again further along. In fact At once it banked over the other It is stated that these tests have safety, as from a psychological this sca-cum-air travelling ar- way and completed a figure of let the US. Navy to retain battle-point of view.
rangement can be put to a great eight. Then, as the throttle lever ships as the backbone of the fleet. Passengers wishing to smoke number
of
when it is A report "that Italy's air went forward, the engine roared
will no longer have to refrain be considered what a tremendous strength is to be, increased by more deeply and the aeroplane
cause of the unfounded fears of area is covered by Imperial Air-1,500 new 'planes this year was surged up towards the sky.
ways' routes, and the Shipping denied in authoritative quarters Smoothly it rolled over, levelled
The seats have been arranged in Companies parties
to the agree here last month. out. rolled over again and
rows on one side of the mainment. again a third time, climbing all,
lounge, with windows so placed, This agreement also legislates] was to bring the Air Force up to the way, executing the rolis with;
that it is possible to look outside for the inter-changeability of re-a total of 5,500 machines, and that an ease which would have doze
and below without any straining. turn portion of tickets. Thus a the new 'planes would be mostly credit to the smallest and lightest
On the other side of the lounge passenger travelling from Singa-high-speed bombers of the $81 aerobatic machine. Loops and a
is a clear space, specially created pore to London by sea can change type. This type is believed cap- half roll from the top of a loop
so that those who are weary of the return half of his ticket to able of speeds of between 220 and followed and then a fly past at TO BE JOINTLY OWNED
sitting can stretch their legs. travel back to his original port of 250 mp.h., carrying three tons of slow speed with the wing Raps.
embarkation by air, or vice versa. explosives and with a range of down, and the machine, in COM-
Littlehampton. Here, the windows are higher in this case the fare charged in 1,860 miles. parison with its previous speed Plans for building another large up, so that again passengers will direction is half of each Com- passage, looking as if it were new airport on the South Coast be able to look out without the in-pany's return fare. hovering.
are now being considered by convenience of bending down delegates from three councils-
Automatic Pilot
3 Towns Propose To Collaborate
Bunks
At night time, the chairs will
stored in a left above, and replaced
41
Savings In Time Among the Shipping Companies
d, is atjable for passengers, mail and perial Airways' marine aircraft
In some quarters it is declared that such an increase in a year would be beyond the capacity of the plant available in view of other war requirements.
AIR PRECAUTIONS INCREASED
French Air Patrol In Rhineland
Strasbourg.
No maximum speed figure mayLittlehampton, Arundel and Bog-be removed from each saloon, be given; but in round, terms it nor Regis may be said that the machine It is proposed that the new with bunks. This will be done will contain the most up-to-date could reach London from the coast airport, if started shall be built when the passengers have landed equipment for navigational pur in ten minutes' firing. If one de-at one of these three towns and for dinner. -ducts the time needed for finding, shall be owned jointly by the three
poses and will have a sliding roof The new air-liners will have to permit of a rear view. climbing up to and making con- councils, in the same way as the a total loaded weight of appro- tact with such a bomber, one finds Shoreham airport is by Brighton,ximately 17 tons, of which be-and the over-all length 88% feet. The wing span will be 114 feet, that the world's faster single- Hove and Worthing
tween 3 and 5 tons will be avail-An innovation in so far as Im- seater fighter of the present mo- The idea, it is under ment would be extraordinarily present in its infancy. 1 no de-freight for normal stage flights, are concerned is that these air- lucky if it had 60 seconds in which tailed plans, such as tr
The fight of two German aero-! probable but they can be given a range up craft will be of the unbraced high-planes over the prohibited French to intercept and shoot down this cost, have yet been discussed.
to 1,500 miles by carrying more wing monoplane type with wing-jarea on Machine if it were on its way to
Suitable Site
the Rhine frontier last fuel and less load. raid London. The "Battle" has an
tip floats.
Imonth has caused the authorities The delegates are at present The structure of the hull, wing automatic pilot to relieve the pilot concentrating on finding a suitable and tail unit will be entirely of
200 M.P.H.
here to increase aircraft surveil when it is on its course.
site and discussing the advisabil-metal. An upper deck in the fore-variable pitch propellers will pull tion posts on
Four Pegasus 10c. engines with lance. "In addition to the observa- Fairey "Battle" aeroplanes are lity of building an airport at all part of the hull will accommodate the new flying boats, through the engined military plane, with its land, a Poetz two- to form the equipment for first. Of the three towns Bognor Regis the crew, mail cargo and line EAF. attack units. They is the favoured candidate for an ship's office.
the fair. The speed is expected to be base
the zerodrome of have already been ordered in airport, because it is the farthest
(not far short of 200 miles-an-hour. Tatzheim, has now started to Innovation quantity by the Air Ministry, and from the airport at Shoreham and
There will be sleeping accom-patrol in the district. Immediately adjacent will be a modation for 16 and day-time ac- it is expected that delivery to the also the land is more suitable.
Several fast, light 'planes have wireless cabin, fitted with long commodation for 25 passengers already been in use for some time Including new land 'plares Im-for chasing German machines ob-
Service will begin in the summer.
If this airport is built the and short wave and direction find-
at
South Coast will be well equipped ing equipment. The control cabin perial Airways are to spend about served, flying over the frontier.
with both civil and Service air-will be completely enclosed. It £21,000,000 on their Empire air The object of these police planes ports. In less than 40 miles of (Continued at foot of Next Coll' fleets. coast there are now civil airports from at Shoreham and Fortsmouth, with
AIR RACE TO ISLE OF MAN
Details of the air race London to the Isle of Man Whit-Saturday, May 30, issued last month by the promo- ers, the Douglas June Effort and Season Extension Committee.
cn Service airports at Yapton and were Tangmerc.
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"Already work has started building a new Empire air base on Thorney Island, and plans are be-
air base at Portsmouth
is to force the intruders to land
Last month's incident has con- siderably disturbed the Local population. Business activity, (which, had been reviving the week had another serions
New Air Ministry Post before,
setback.
KING EDWARD'S LETTER TO AP DANISH KING
Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Se-ties created by the present great ing prepared for building another cretary for Air, announced in the demand upon the aircraft indus- House of Commons last month try. It is understood that one or that it had been decided to ap-two firms in the industry have PRECAUTIONS FOR AIR RAIDS point a Director of Aircraft Pro- been unable to keep deliveries A letter from King Edward toj
duction. The post is to be diled quite up to schedule, and in order King Christian of Denmark was The Air Raid Precautions De- by a business man of special ex-that the fall capacity of the in carried in the first plane on the partment of the Home Office is perience from outside.
dustry should be realised it will new direct air mail service to theặ preparing a guide to the necessary This new appointment indicates be necessary to arrange for a cer Scandinavian countries, which left {precautions to be taken in fac- the determination of the Air Min-tain amount of redistribution of Heston aerodrome at 9.24 am, on tories and business premises. istry to overcome all the diffeul-work.
March 17.
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