1937-10-30 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL OCTOE

WAR MENACE MOVES BRITISH AIR FACTORIES TO THE WEST

MACHINES FOR THE ROYAL port, and in the same region the AIR FORCE WILL SHORTLY BE extensive manufacturing plant IN BIG PRODUCTION AT near Manchester of A. V. Roe has BELFAST, WHERE THE NEW long been established.

FACTORY FOR SHORT- AND HARLAND IS RAPIDLY BEING EQUIPPED.

Costly Changes

Gradually experimental

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This company associates Short training establishments of the Air Bros, makers of civil and military Ministry are, to as great an extent flying boats, and Harland and as possible, to be moved west- Wolff, the shipbuilders.

This development is one of many indications of a trend to migrate

westwards and northwards for aircraft manufacture.

The considerations which actuate this move also govern certain Air Force location changes which are in gradual progress.

At the new factory at Belfast, Bristol "Bombay" heavy transport monoplanes and a new version of the Handley Page "Hampden" fighter-bomber will be produced.

Among recent extensions of this kind was the establishment of big factory at Wolverhampton for Boulton and Paul, of Norwich. The

History will be made from the River Medway when the first experi-effect would be to give air raiders

mental flight of the Short-Mayo composite aircraft will be made. The smaller machine, the "Mercury," has been lifted into position on the larger "Maia" în readiness for the flight, in which the smaller machine can leave the larger one in flight and carry on under its own power. This "pick-a-back" plane has a range of 3,500 to 4,000 miles without land- ing. The above two pictures, taken on October 12, show the world's first "aerial tag" on the water at Rochester. (Fox Copyright By Air Mail).

IMPERIALS TOURING TRAIN

cials in charge of the train find that the business men who visit the exhibition are particularly keen as to the time saving aspects of modern air transport, and are Many thousands of people have anxious to take full advantage of now had an opportunity of inspect the "all first-class mails by air" plan, ing the Imperial Airways exhibi-making many enquiries as to the tion train, which is touring Eng- use of special lightweight stationery land, Wales, and Scotland. Off and other matters.

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from the Continent 100 miles more to fly each way.

wards. Their present sites will be adapted as operational bases. The changes involve much labour and costly moving of plant and cannot be undertaken hurriedly.

In the course of the expansion of the Air Force, and the crea- tion of many new squadrons for home defence, regard is being given to the strategical disposï- tion of bomber and fighter bases. These lie in the eastern and southern part of Britain, nearly all of them east of a line drawn through Winchester and Oxford.

A large number of changes are involved, and some of the intended new bases are at present secret

In France, also, a similar migra tory trend is slowly in progress, and a move of aircraft manufac ture from the region of the capital The Fairey Aviation Co. recent towards the north-east and the ly opened a factory near South-south-west is the accepted policy.

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