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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1931.

AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

BRITISH FLYING

NEWS.

FLEET OF MONOPLANES

mental flights between England and INDIA'S AIR POLICY. Australia is a little less than the record of 151 days for the palo journey established by Squadron NINE DAYS TO AUSTRALIA: Leader H. 13. L. Hinkler three years ago. Thus does everyday commercial flying trend hard on the heels of record, Or so-called "stunt," nchievement.

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"PLANES.

LONDON, April 14. No praise is too great for Scott's record-breaking flight from England to Australia. To reach Port Dar. win 220 hours after ascending from Lympne aerodrome, sponding 110 hours in the air and lopping nearly nineteen houre from the previous Most opportunely the Air Minis- record time set by that great air try permits publication of details of pilot Air Commodore · Kingsford a specification issued to certain Smith, is an achievement worthy to British constructore last December rank with any in the history of which calls for the supply of a distance. Aying. Scott's own plain, specially-designed high speed nail straightforward story of his dash plane. The standards of perform- across the world is sufficient testianco laid down are astonishing by mony to the determination and skill comparison with the speeds and of an iron yening + man, That for ranges usually associated with air the first time the England-Australia line operation, but there is, never record goes to an Englishman-alltheless, reason to suppose that two earlier records have been set by or three, at least, of the aeroplanes Australian nirmen-is considered being designed to fill the specifics. reason for additional jubilation in tion will considerably surpass the

this country,

official requirements.

ORDERED.

The announcement that the In- dian government has ordered a fleet of monoplane air-liners for the operation of internal, airways in India marks a new and important stage in the development of Empire air communications. For the first time the principle of unified con trol, fulfilled in the monopoly operation by Imperial Airways of the existing lines radiating from London to the east and Africa, is broken.

The experiment is interesting: only events can show whether the Indian government is right or wrong in refusing to budge from insistence that internal airways in the territory over which it rules must be state-controlled.

From the end of this year, when the present agreement chartering Imperial Airways aeroplanes for Once again the British Eight The minimum cruising speed, the continuation of the air mail aeroplane and its engine have carrying 1,000 pounds of mail and from Karachi to Delhi is due to proved their trustworthiness. Scott & crew of two, is to be 150 miles expire, the British company will reports that his motor ran perfectly an hour. Range in still air must be faced with a gap, between Cnl- all through the flight, and his snall be at least 1,000 miles, the top cutta and Karachi, in the proposed The speed as great as possible but the service to Australia. Undoubtedly aeroplane never failed him.

landing spred not greater than 30 the Indian government will perimit miles an hour-an important safety Imperial Airways craft to carry provision. If more than one engineside India to destinations beyond Baila and passengers embarked out- is atted the aeroplane must be able India as Dutch and French mn- to maintain level flight at heights chines do to-day, but they will not up to 5,000 fect with one engine countenance the carriage of internal stopped. Included in the obliga-traffic along the main routes by any

aeroplanes except their own.

list of achievements staading to the credit of British light planes in surely lengthy enough to class them As the world's supreme high-speed touring vehicle for the ordinary flyer. No other country baikis light

|aireraft comparable with them.

The 120 hp. "Gipsy Moth" tory equipment are reserve water G-ABHY was bought by Mr. Scott | tinks (unless air-cooled motors, are only a few weeks ago. It is a employed), parachutes for the ere, standard machines, except for the ja trap-door allowing mails in he

piovision of extra fuel tanks bring picked up or dropped while the ing the capneity up to 193 gals-machine is in flight, powerful wire sufficient for 15 hours eruising at 92 | less transmitter and receiver and a miles an hour. Actually an exactly filling-out of navigational and re- similar machine is listed as a special cording instruments. The cockpit "long range" model by the defaust be arranged to accommodate Havilland company and may be two pilots, ench with a separate set bought by anybody wishing to do of flying controls. long-distance touring. It cost him £550, the odd £50 being the charge made for extra tankage.

The alternative is for the Indian aeroplance to be responsible for the transport of the mails from

Karachi to Calcutta. Here difficul- ties might arise from differences of size and loading of. the machines eployed. For example, should one Handley Page biplanes reach Kara- of the new giant four-engined chi from the west with 0,000 pounds

The Flast.

or more of load on, board several Wheel brakes are to be fitted and analler planes might be required the complete range of equipment to take the load across Indin with- required for flying by night and out delay. day over land and sea, as scheduled in official Air Ministry publications, must he provided. I'vidence that

The machines ordered by the In- dian government are three-engined the Ministry visualises possible ex-"Avro Ten" high-wing monoplanen, tensive use of this type of civil air.

A-PENNY A MILE. ・・ In preliminary tests with full load on board the machines, weighing altogether just over 2,000 pounds, 1ose from the ground after a forcraft is the statement that advan ,ward run sf only 216 yards, and in tages of being able to fit fonts or kis in place of the normal landing fuel-consumption test flights from

wheels is to be borne in mind London to Frankfort and back the

during design. engine used 31;gallons every hour, This is equivalent, flying in still

of acroplanes

single pair of wings being loented above the faselage, with space in the cabin for eight passengers and served by a crew of two or threy men. They cruise at 100 miles an hour and are designed to operato in India with aufcient fuel, on

the regular operation of airways

The appearance air, to about 16 miles to the gallon, possessing the specified qualities board for flights nou-stop of 80) and makes it possible to calculate should certainly lead to important that the actual flying cost of the air mail developments. Presumably some of the stages contemplated in miles, a range necessary because entire flight was a little more than such a machine would be handed apenpy a mile. The neroplanes over to Imperial Airways for ex- in India are more than 600 miles thus amply justified the second ob.hustive test flying over as estab- jective of Mr. Scott's scheme, to lished route. With the sin thus get himself and his newly acquired secured the preparation of a scheme aeroplane to Australia in the cheap for air mail services should be a jest way possible. His first, the simple matter. We may yet see sunnahing of the record, was glori. within the next few years night and day air mail services operating regularly to the uttermost corners of the Empire.

ously gained.

SPEEDING THE AIR MAILS. The duration of his flight, nearly six days less than the time-table

SEALS,

long. Each machine is powered with three 230 h.m. Armstrong- Siddeley "Enx" air-cooled engines.

Work on the 'planes intended for India is already begun. When fly. early in the autumn, the fleet will ing trials are completed, probably

be delivered by air, flying in forma tion from England to India. The first internal airways are likely to be inaugurated at the beginning of next year.

Inid down for the two experimental AEROPLANE FOR GUARDING return mail-carrying flights to Aug. tralia being made by Imperial Air- |· ways, has naturally led to further discussion about accelerating the ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE primitive weapons, are allowed to

air mail.

The ideal, from the purely postal point of view, would be to carry the mails acres the world without Jinlts, except to re-fuel and to

PATROLS ALASKAN WATERS.

Vancouver, Conađa.-On, a mis- sion both picturesque and practical a flying bont of the Royal Canadian

U.S. NAVAL AVIATION FATALITIES.“

GREAT IMPROVEMENT

LAST YEAR.

DARK SHADOW IN THE FAR EAST.

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only four-fifths of the food for 65. millions it is clear that she has no hope of growing the extra food that will be needed for the 20 millions or more extra mouths that are destined to be added within tho next twenty or thirty years,

A study of naval aviation fatality statistics during the past nine years, says the "Army and Navy Register" (Washington), reveals the fact that, taking into considerá- tion the number of hours flown, the

The point is, can Japan repeat rato of aviation fatalities was. lower in the, 1030 fiscal year than

what England did in the last cen- in any year since aviation bechino tury-industrialise and sell man an important part of the pro-

factured goods abroad in sufficient This quantities to pay for the food she gramme of naval activities. improvement in the safety factor of will have to import! naval aviation is due to several It is on this course that tho things. In the first place, the con-Japanese have decides. Thus they stant improvements that are being are throwing all their weight into made in aeronautical instruments building up a great textile indus- and the development of new safety try. Her output in textiles is now devices have played an important greater even than that of England. part in reducing aviation accidents. But will she be able to hold her, but improved training methods have also been contributing factors in

own in textiles; and, still more

making for safety in naval avin-

to the point, will she bo, able to build up other industries to the tion.

extent that will be necessary 1

That is the dark problem för her future,

In 1922 naval aziatore Bew a total of 38,340.76 hours with 14 fatalities, while the following fiscal year naval' airmen flew a total of 52,004.3 hours with 24 fatalities. The Navy flew 59,103.7 hours in 1024 with a total of 18 fatalities, while in 1923 a total of 83,791,5 hours was flown with 32 fatalities.

Building up industries and win- ning markels abroad for them de- penda ultimately on the price at

which the industry's goods can be produced, and the price itself de- pends in turn upon the industrial resources at a country's disposn)— In 1926, during which fiscal year. its supplies of fuel and iron and occurred the lowest number of the like. But Japan has practical- fatalities during the history of lyn iron, very little and very naval aviation, the Navy flow 63,225.5 hours with 17 fatalities, of oil, In a word, she has po in- poor coal, and only trifling supplies

hours was flown with 26 fatalities. while in 1927 a total of 103,301:75dustrial resources...

1. Whether sho will succeed can only The year 1929 saw 1 further in he decided by the future. But of down, during which fiscal periodainimum of her difficulties: she is erense, in the number of hours this wo can bo sure as the very

137,296 hours were flown with 35 going to be harassed with a prol- fatalities. Thirty fatalities occur- em of unemployment not less in red during the 1929 fiscal year, magnitude and not less chronic than 203,197.95 hours being flown during our own, but also with the signi greatest improvement, of course, this twelve-month period. The was noted during the 1030 fiscal year, when the Navy airmen flow a total of 284, 787.05 hours with 18 fatalities.

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IF AMERICA GOES TO ·.

WAR.

FOUR MILLION MEN IN FIELD

IMMEDIATELY.

Washington, May 13.-America's preparedness for possible war was kill the seals on their way to the described here to-day by General Pribilof breeding grounds. The Douglas MacArthur, the chief of United States const guard escorts

staff of the United States Army, the herd, which numbers a million

In an address before the War

ficant difference that she will be without the vast nedumulations of

enpital that we have to draw upon

for supporting a large non-produc- tive section of the people. This will probably contribute an element to the Japaneer situation that bas been absent from our own, and an clement that might electrify the Japanese unemployed to social vial- ener-hunger..

It is because of this potential and probable nature of their unemploy- nent problem that Japanese states- inent cannot help being concerned with the question of emigration. For this reason no Government in Japan can dare to slacken the hold un Manchuria.

The Japanese problem, since it must thus manifest itself in inter- national relations, is much i concern of the world us of Japan

itself.

Hów, for example, are Japanese statesmen going to justify to a public opinion, inflamed by hungry and despairing men, the existence

of unused but useable lands like Bernco and New Guinen, two fertilo itlands which together are as larga as eleven Englands and now shared in almost complete idieners between us and the Dutch.

- Australia's Empty Lands.

What, when emigration, at the very minimum estimate of its ser vice, may stand between social re- volution and social stability, is to. prevent the Japanese from spilling over their frontiers and pouring into these empty landa1.

Or, coming to an even more de- licate subject, how are these states- men going to justify to Japanese public opinion. the condition of Australia. There in the tropical northers half are thousands of Fundred Australias square miles supporting

A tew

The Japanna, indeed, will not be alone in asking awkward quee- tions about Australia Italy ia

or more, from Southern waters to Policica Commission, General Masalready asking them the brother

transfer from one plane to another, Air. Force has accompanied Hia the Canadian' border where it is Arthur said that the War Depart-been discussing the matter in the

all through each twenty-four hours. Majesty's Canadian Ship Armen

taken over by the Dominion's ment and the Army's general staff an Alaskan patrol th If this were done, avausing the tierca on

authorities.

have completed plans which would essential lighting equipment of the guard tens of thousands of fur seals

The Pribilof seals are noted for enable them to place, 4,000,000 men, airways, experts believa regular on their annual migration to breed- service might be operated, allowing ing grounds in the Pribilof Islands. their valuable pelts. They make a in the field immediately in the event suflicient time for unavoidable de- The seal patrol will continue two tour of the Pacific each year, leave of any outbreak of hostilities in Jays, which would bring Australia months and the aircraft will make

daily flights over the migratinging Alaska in the Fall, passing volving the United States. within less than acven days of

hords to spot any attacks by hunters along the coast of Japan, and"then" General MacArthur said that the who are outlawed by international going North in the Spring. Ex-country's military chieftains are periments are to be conducted dur-organizing industry for wartime exploits, undoubtedly point the among Japan, Great Britain, Rusing the present patrol in an effort emergencies on a sutsfactory basis. THE JONGKONG DAILY PRESS, LTD., 11, Jes House Street, Hongkong, way; it is Instructive to note that is and the United States none but to settle the long-disputed question He said that in event of war in- the fifteen days' schedule adopted Indians and other aborigines, with whether seals contribute to the de-dustry would be drafted and there by Imperial Airways for the experi- • (Continued at foot of next column)-pletion of coast-salmon.--

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Flights like Scott's, though at the time of accomplishment they agreement. rank de adventures and personal"

Under the scaling treaty of 1911

of Signor Mussolini himself has Italian Prese Italy is also a coun- try with a population problem- second only to Japan's-and in the coming generation this will no doubt be the vital question in Euro pean politics..

In view of this; and in view of the_rapprochement that is being worked between Italy and Germany and the ex-Enemy, group, what is to prevent an extension, to Japan 1 will be suffering severer and severer In the future all three countries

economie stringency-one from the Reparations burden and the other two from overpopulation. If there

be no legal means in existencer like a strong effective League of 4 Nations, necessity may force them. to attempt other means to ease them-