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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 15, 1938.

R.A.F. PLANES FLY

100,000,000 Miles

Miles A Year

Aeroplanes of the R.A.F. have in the past year flown about 100,000,000 miles, writes an air correspondent. If all the flights were joined as a continuous line, it would reach as far as the sun about 92,900,000 miles from the earth and nearly, three times round the sun's 2,715,428 miles equator. The imaginary flight would have taken more than 80

years.

not

does Air Ministry The divulge the flying time year's ag- gregate of the Air Force. The on the estimate above is based number of pilots serving and under training, and on knowledge of the amount of flying done in the vari- ous categories. Then, the speeds of the numerous types of aeroplanes are taken into account.

There are machines in the Ser- vice which can attain a speed ex- ceeding 300 m.p.h., and a consider- able number only a few miles short of 300 m.p.h. Some of the training machines do nearly 200 m.p.h. put to their maximum speeds; they are flown, normally, at economical speeds, and there is much flying at less than that. My calculations are based on cruising speeds of the various types, and of these I have taken a conservative view.

But aeroplanes are rarely

DOUBLED IN TWO YEARS

The Imperial Airways flyingboat Carpentaria left Southampton recently for Karachi on its first stage. From there it will operate between Singapore and Sydney when this service is opened. (Fox Copyright).

doubled, and the average speed has THE gone up considerably.

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WORLD GOES BY By “ ULYSSES"

There are more than 2,000 first- line machines, and about 600 training aircraft in the Flight Training Schools and in the train- ing of. R. A. F. personnel at civil flight training centres. Training of the new Volunteer Reserve, the annual obligatory flying of the H. M. King Anthony, Rex Impera- Reserve of Air Officers, and the tor, F.D., has just issued -a work of the Fleet Air Arm are in-clamation announcing that he is the

legal king of England. (Continued at foot of Column)

It was estimated that in 1985 the aggregate mileage was about 50,000,000. In the past two years eluded,

than more the R.A.F. has been

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TEET his Majesty King Anthony document on George V pointing out

of England.

that he was not of British royal de- scent. In 1932 we issued a long pro-Manifesto, and on December 1, 1996, the we served an Injunction on Earl Marshal.

He traces his descent from Henry VII, and in doing so manages to cast considerable doubt (to my un- tutored mind) as to the claims of the present Ruling House.

we

“On April 12, 1937, a similar In- junction was served on Dr. Lang at Lambeth Palace. Since 1930 have addressed over a thousand pub- lic meetings in England and Wales, " of and at these meetings tens Tele-thousands of copies of our Manifesto

have been distributed.”

His Majesty, with commendable

King Anthony is enthroned at 19, King's-crescent, London, N.4. phone, Stamford Hill 4349.

He says:-

"In February, 1931, We served a shrewdness, has not forgotten the

Last year there were 88 fatal ac cidents, with a loss of 141 lives, and these casualties should be con- sidered in relation to the amount of flying.

CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS

By Comparison with 1934

and 1935, which were years of excep- tionally few fatal accidents, the figurest-for-1936 and 1937 are un-

by fortunately, high. But

com- parison with the previous five or six years there is a proportional decrease despite the fact that in these last two years training of carried new personnel has been

out to a far greater extent than in normal times. In the past year, also, an exceptionally large num- her passed from training types to service types, thus entering upon a recognised dangerous phase in the flying career.

There has been no attempt to abate the high standard of flying, or to make less exacting demanda The R. A. F. upon the personnel. is the best trained air force in the world.

Mint/

Under Tudor Rule (i.e. Anthony) all privately owned mints, called banks shall be confiscated trans- ferred to the State, and reopened as branches of the Royal Mint of Eng-

land.

Further inquiries regarding the proposed removal of the present Royal Family should be directed to Anthony, Rex Imperator, F.D., at the Regal Headquarters, Stamford Hill.

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