1937-02-20 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1937.

GIANT STRIDES IN AIR TRANSPORT

ATLANTIC SERVICE

into service. Already the C class flying-boats, of which 28 are in con- struction, have proved themselves the fastest in the world, besides being the most silent and luxurious; while a speed in the The world's air stage is how be neighbourhood of 200 miles an ing cleared for yet another great hour is to be attained by the 12- phase of progress: The present mo-huge 20-ton land-planes of the E ment is witnessing the initiation of class which are now being built developments which should make for the Company.

On the "Atlantic the aircraft em- 1937 one of if not the most im- portant years in the history of Bri-ployed in preliminary flights will include 4-motored flying-boats of a tish civil aviation.

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The new Empire air scheme, with special long-range-type; also the its carriage of letter-mails without composite apparatus in which a surcharge over thousands of miles fast multi-engined mail-carrying of routes, is being inaugurated. Pre-seaplane is to be launched in mid- liminary fights will take place on air from the wing of a large flying- the North Atlantic, with a view to boat. Yet another method of ap the establishment of a regular proaching the problem of long

range flying with commercial loads is by means of fuelling in the air, a direction in whch Imperial Air- ways have been collaborating with Sir Alan Cobham in researches and experiments which are shown to have great promise.

ocean

Great air-mail connecting Britain with the aerial networks of Canada and the United States. An important marine route will also be opened-up between Bermuda and New York.

Further units of the new Imper- In addition to the putting into ial Airways fleet of giant multi-service of huge day-and-night fly- engined aircraft will be comingling air-liners, the Empire will be

LONDON by AIR

is nearer by weeks!

DORADO

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.

This is the machine, a new Burnell UB-4, representing a radical departure in design, that may be used by the United States for their share of the proposed joint Anglo-American Atlantic service busy during 1937 with the complefact, go a long way towards realis- a wonderful system of ing the ambition of great inter- ground organisation so as to permit connected Imperial air-lines carry- air services to operate to a 24-ing their loads completely round hours schedule. This amplified or the globe.

ganisation, carried out systema-

tically, implies the establishment It has just been calculated that of new air-ports and landing-during the next three years more grounds; the provision of new than 400,000 passengers will be wireless stations equipped with the flying in and out of Moscow by the latest apparatus; the installation various air routes. At the big new of new airway beacons, and the Moscow aerodrome now in construc- operation of a meteorological sys- tion, gigantic air fetes are to be tem which will furnish a con-held, and provision is to be made for tinuous day and night service of 500,000 spectators. weather forecasts and reports.

The ever-growing network of the There are now 14,805 licensed world's long-distance air-lines will aeroplane pilots in the United States. be augmented during 1937 by the Among them are 7,186 transport opening for traffic of the great pilots, and 410 women: pilots. The trans-Canada route. Other links, air-line also, are promised in trunk air no routes and the year 1937 should, in

the United States nearly 200 women air-

Air liners leave Hong Kong every Friday to connect with the main Australia-London service

London reached in 10 days instead of a month!

Perfect Comfort - Plenty of room for luggage

Hotels, meals even tips included in the fare

42 DAYS

PENANG LONDON

52 DAYS

SINGAPORE LONDON

TWICE WEEKEY

Special Through Fara

on

IMPERIAL KLM

AIRWAYS

AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Hong

or the Company's

ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES

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