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METSABIO TAOGOMIY

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THEN CHINA, MÁIL MARCH 24

MASS PRODUCTION IN REALM OF

AIRCRAFT

ous it must be done at an early PROBLEM OF AIR

stage of manufacture, when the workman still has ready š

to

both sides of the ship, and this in CATERING

turn

The Harrow Type Bomber solves carrying the making interesting facts-emerge during

Small Sections

is found to be a considerable dif- larger ference, for example, between the likes and dislikes of seasoned, ex- perienced air travellers, and those

of each section of the structure of the work of the Catering Depart- First of the new-type bombing, planes to be built at a rate former-vanced stage before it is taken for

wing or fuselage to a relatively ad-nent of Imperial Airways. There aircraft, ordered in quantity under ly associated only with production ward for assembly into a the Royal Air Force expansion of small machines. - Preliminary unit. scheme, to reach the Service is a drawings of the Harrow were not heavy bomber that represents a in existence till late in 1935, yet marked accession to British strik-less than a year afterwards the Hence the Handley Page system making air voyages for the first ing power in the air and the area first batch of Harrow bombers was breaks down the aeroplane into time. The sophisticated passenger, within which it can effectively leaving the assembly line and trial small sections to which the metal who regards an air trip quite as a operate. The machine is the Hand-flights were in progress.

skin is attached early in manufac matter of course, demands, a sub-

ley Page Harrow monoplane, which New methods of manufacture ture. Extensive use of jig ganges stantial meal. But the passenger has successfully completed official were adopted because of the urgent eliminates from the workshop the who is unaccustomed to aerial tra- trials, attaining performances ap-need for far greater numbers of familiar "blue prints that are vel feels as a rule that he or she preciably higher than the designers aircraft than any British govern- necessary without jigs. At no would like something lighter-chic- had estimated, and is now being de- ment had previously demanded in stage of manufacture are many ken, for example, and perhaps a livered for Service use.

time of peace, and for technical workmen engaged simultaneously fresh fruit salad.

The Harrow is the first aircraft reasons associated with problems on the same component, which Ham, tongue, and galantines are to be built according to the novel of modern stressed skin" con- means that each man has plenty of always popular items on an aerial system of "mass production", evol-struction. Unless the task of rivetroom and can work rapidly and menn. Another dish generally lik ved by the Handley Page engineers, ting the metal skin to the frame comfortably. In all, the systemied is salmon mayonaise. A special which enables the largest aero-members is to be difficult and tedi-substitutes for a smaller number of feature, by the way, is made of

dificult and lengthy operations ap-salads in airway catering.

LONDON by AIR

is nearer by weeks!

DORADO

`IMPERMEAIRWAYS

proximately a thousand simple

stages in the making of one. Harrow

bomber

Great savings in man-hours and considerably more than that of important aceleration of output comparable big planes already in. are seared. Similar methode tre

service. also employed in production the It is a "high-wing" monoplane Handley Page Hampden high speed with the wings attached at the top "fighter bomber", which has

of the fuselage, a kind of design ordered by the Air Ministry in nam which was chosen to provide ample bers sufficient to call for manufac-room for military equipment and to ture of some of them in another facilitate rapid loading and unload- firm's factory under licence from ing. High Wigs introduce-com- the Handley Page company.

plexities in planning retractile un- dercarriages, and the undercarriage Long Range Counter-attack

of the Harrow is fixed Special re- The Harrow has designed to car-search was undertaken to determine ry heavy loads over long distances. a form of landing wheels and struts Its bomb capacity is greater than which should offer low head resis that of any aeroplane previously in tance; the fixed chassis of the Har service in the Royal Air Force. It row gives rise to little more head can be quickly adapted for the resistance than a retracted under- transport of thirty or more fully carriage and weighs considerably armed troops. Yet, thanks to skil-less.

ful design and the use of modern Two Bristol Pegasus air-cooled knowledge of aerodynamics, it at supercharged radial engines, driv- tains exceptionally high top speeding three-bladed controllable-pitch and its normal operational speed is lairscrews, provide power.

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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

Hotels, meals even tips included in the fare

IMPERIAL

42 DAYS

PENANG LONDON 5 DAYS SINGAPORE LONDON

TWICE WEEKLY

and

AIRWAYS KLAA

AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

coking and information from Imperial Airways (Far East) Ltd. Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong,

lephone: 50905,

or the Company's Booking Agents.

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DING, OHATER BOAD.