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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1987- --

Awarded To Mr. Donald Douglas

Aviation's most coveted award, the Collier Trophy, given each year for the outstanding achievement in American Aeronautics, has been presented to Mr. Donald Wills Dou- glas, from the hands of President Roosevelt.. The Committee for 1986 recorded for aeronautical his tory their decision that the current presentation should be:

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make 15 miles to a gallon. This ship, developed by. Harden Campe bell, is shown at - Washington as Department

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“To Donald W. Douglas, for the outstanding twin-engined commer cial transport airplane. This air- plane by reason of its high speed, economy and quiet passenger com- fort, has been generally adopted by transport lines throughout the United States. Its merits have been further recognised by its adoption abroad and its influence: on foreign design is already appar-its Diesel Aircraft engine, ent. In making. this waward re Glenn L. Martin, for his bomber, Frank Caldwell, for the control- cognition is given to the technical and production personnel of the lable pitch propeller and Douglas organisation.”

The Packard Motor Car Co. for statements on the merits of the Empire Airmail Pilots

Albert F. Hegenberger, for his

In the last 6 years the Collier blind. flying. Trophy was earned by:

Prominent personalities in the Harold Pitcairn for his autogiro flying world, managers of air naviga tion companies, made the following

work,

DORADO

Donglas machine, which is used by

Forty-nine Imperial Airways K.L.M. on its Java service.

Signor Solesin, of Avioline in Mi-pilots have completed a course of lan:

one month's training at Hamble in In my opinion the DC3 guaran-handling Cutty Sark amphibians and Short Calcutta or Rangoon fly- tees 100% safety and economy, When you add to this the comforting-boats, to fit them for control of and the remarkable noiselessness the Empire boats that are now go- of this plane, one can conclude that ing into service on main imperial routes. Air Service Training, has it is second to none of its kind.".

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Mr. Zimmermann, Swiss Air, is a three years' contract with Im- perial Airways for this essential not less enthusiastic:

work.

I am extremely pleased with the Most numerous type in the School operating results. The DCS has fleet is the Aero Cadet, a trainer astounded me, as it shows a com-biplane which is recognised in this plete improvement on the DC2. "I country and abroad as one of the wonder whether there is a transport pleasantest aeroplanes for the pilot more suitable for our purposes than yet built. The Hamble fleet also the DC3; as we will operate shortly includes three amphibians, a large a direct service between Zurich and three-engined flying-boat, an auto London, a stretch of 530 miles, and giro, and a three-engined land we intend to put a giant Douglas monoplane.

of the type DC3 into service for this important air connection."

Mr. Krzycskowski of LOT, War-]

saw::

The Dollar round-the-world linerTM SS

esident Monroe" is expect

ed to arrive in Hong Kong on

The Douglas DC2 gave us full March 15, and is edeled to sail and-the-worki satisfaction, and I am an independ-for Mamla and

ent judge of this machine, as we at 8 am on Wednesday, March 17. are users and not constructors of

planes. The DC2 was a revelation The "President Cleveland as and the DC3 means another pected on the morning of Tuesday, improvement being more economic March 16, from Shanghai, and is al and still more important than its scheduled to sail for Manila at noo predecessor.

on March 18.

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