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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931,

AIRWAYS AND

AVIATION.

A WEEK OF BRITISH FLYING NEWS.

'PLANE RACE. FOR LIFE.

R.A.F. ACCIDENT TOLL

EAST AND WEST AFRICAN | NURSE TAKES SICK LONDON

ROUTES.

MAN TO LOCARNO.

The story of a dramatic dash by acroplane to the Swiss-Italian Lakes to save the life of a Londoner

by the two brothers of the sick mán who accompanied him in the plane. Mr. Sidney Davis, aged 28, to- uncconist, of Acre-lane, Brixton, was found to be suffering from the disease, Specialists were consulted, and the family were advised that: the patient's only chance was to get to Locarno, от the Lake Maggiore.

STEADY, IMPROVEMENT. FOR TEN YEARS,

BETTER RECORD THAN

FRANCE AND U.S.A.

In spite of a more than 100 per cent, increase in the number of R.A.F. squadrons in the past ten years, and a steady increase in the actual flying per unit, the number of accidents has not greatly in

creased.

FLYING WARSHIP

FOR JAPAN. A

BUILT BY GREAT BRITAIN,

THE FORD RUBBER FIASCO.

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The biggest British flying boat | appears to be an impossible task. yet built, and the largest wor After despatching materials for the 'plane of the kind supplied to any of the world's air services, has passed into the flying fleet of tho Japanese Impérial Navy, following completion of antisfactory ac ceptance trials over Osaka Bay. Built, like the new. four-engined bonts for Imperial „Airways, by Mesars. Short Brothers, and possess ing ability to remain aloft without descending to refuel longer than any other similar craft yet placed in service, this new flying boat is a biplane weighing with full and on board no less than eighteen tons. Power is derived from three

manner.

building, of a city for 25,000 in- habitants, a Times correspondeati says the staff has been reduced from 3,000 to 200. In clearing the jungle, trees difficult to fell have been left cumbering the ground and future operations. As the work could not be properly carried out within the scheduled time, paths wore cut through the debris, and the plane' stuck in at random. Tens of thou- sands wero set out in this scientifia The majority, BOOB BUC cumbed. Their former haunts know them no longer. The ongineers of artisans provided the plants with little umbrella shades to protecti ench of $25 h.p., a type world- them against the tropical oun. famous as being the "parent of

Nurses gave them tepid baths twich. the magificent racing engine that a day. But the winds showed na drove to victory the winning respect for the aunshinder In their British seaplane in the 1929 inter-.

fall; they broke, bruised, and national contest for the Schneider crushed 'many of the tender young The patient, his nurse and hia

Trophy and, in the same manchinc,

Fordlings. two brothers, Samuel and Harry

inter Davis, set off from Croydon aero-Ministry has consistently withheld

established the existing drame on their atrange journey information about the amount of world's record speed of 387.7 miles The sick man lay on astratcher

fying by the R.A.F. in a year and about the steady improvement re

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Such figures as are available do

not corroborate an American' claim

therefore, was round the south of The British service has through.

the Alps.

LONDON, April 4. Marked acceleration of the British nir services to.the East and Africa is assured by the completion of fly-stricken with tuberculosis was told ing trials of the fleet of big four engined flying honta intended for regular operation from the middle. of May in the Mediterranean."

The new machines, incidentally the largest passenger carrying boats to he placed in commission by any air line in the world, also ensure

degree of comfort till now unat tained in air travel. The size of the gront hull has enabled the

It was decided to convoy him that the proportion of fatalitica in water-cooled "Buzzard" motors, interior decorator to provide there by aeroplane and striet in-

the British service is 70 per cent. saloon accommodation equal in junctions

were given that the luxury to the costliest pullman rail machine must not rise above 6,000 greater than in that of the United coaches; relative freedom from fert. The route to be followed, | States. noise is secured by packing the walls with sound-dendening material and in the location of the power units between the huge biplane wings well above the hull, and the view outwards through large win down is unhindered by struts or other structural members,

Tower, derived from four "Jupi-placed across two Brats in the ter" air-cooled motors, each giving machine, which was in charge of up to 555 h.p., drives these big Captain A. J. Styran and Mr.garding fatal accidents, but it is machines through the air at a top Frederick A. Lacroix. "

possible to lift the veil to some ex- speed of 132 miles an hour, tho economic cruising speed being just over 100 m.p.l. The engines aro moderately supercharged, and o cordingly deliver full power at heights up to 1,000 leet; the boats may thus be flown without loss of speed or flying efficiency at the most suitable height over the water below, 5,000 feet as the weather conditions dictate.

HELP FOR THE AFRICAN SERVICES.

Yesterding the feet of three craft was inspected at the works of the makers, MensTB, Short Brothers, situated at Rochester on the River Medway, where most of the test Bights were accomplished. Imperial Airways pilots will fly them to the

Mediterranean, where their arrival will release for service over the African great lakes staller three- engined "Calcutta” biplanes which have flown the Mediterranean routes for the last two years.

The greater speed of the new

Ban Into Storm.

out had a better record than the French.

For Service reasona the Air

more especially as no such opportu·

an hour.

The non-stop range in still air of the craft is approximately 2,000

sen miles. With sufficient fuel on

They crossed Paris in excellent tent, and one hastens to do so, the board for a flight of this duration weather, and made for Lyons. Just before arriving there they ran into a rainstorm, and had to work their way round it, which delayed them about an hour.

"

They left Lyuna Inter for Geneva, and arrangements were made to take the patient by ambulance to a clinic.

nity is likely to occur again for some time.

French Ministry's Claim,

In December last, when the

the disposable load, comprising crew, equipment, armament and so forth, remains in the neighbour hood of 4,000 pounds- notable achievement in air boat design. Such a craft, apart from its ser-

Law Buit Over Seeds, At the inception, millions of seeds were collected at great cxpense by, an expedition sent to the neigh. bouring State of Amazonas. The

Government scized the consignment fearing the wily Americans might transport them and convert the mangrove swamps of Florida into rubber plantations. The export of rubber seeds is strictly forbidden, A low case ensued. The Ford com-

French Air Ministry stated that in vice value, obviously possesses great any won the day. But when the

the French military air services in "Except for n little fatigue,"1030 there had been one, death for said Mr. Harry Davie, who was Interviewed Bidney stood the every 3,001 hours of flying, and jourdey well. It was our first exclaimed this was a better average perience of flying, and we found it than that of any other country; thế”

very pleasant method, of travel. None of us suffered any discomfort and, except for the storm, there was

untoward incident."

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British Air Ministry maintained silence, although it could easily have shown that in the British ser vices the amount of flying per

general performance to many single.denth by accident was little less seater fighters,

100 M.P.H. ON. Figares quoted during the House

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than 10,000 hours.

This fact has come to light in a curious way. In the annual report

of Commons debaté on the Air on the health of the Royal Air Estimates reveal the striking ad- Force for 1921-1022 the proportion vance in performance of the list

boats, which are styled generically | few years. In 1923 the standard of fatal accidents to dying hours

the "Kent" class, is the most important factor in reducing the time scheduled for the air line journey between London and Kara- ahi, India, from over seven days to 5 days

hours 15 minutes..

The African service will also bene. it, the time-table reduction secured being aimed to bring Central Africa within little more than six days of England.

SPEED IN AIR DEFENCE. Before the end of this month one fighter squadron (No. 45) of the

single-seater moved at 113 miles an hour; the Hawker "Fury" is just about 100 miles an hour faster.

potential abilities as an air liner travelling along the sen routee of the world. Almost, if not quite, the regular operation of a trans- atlantic service becomes reasonably possible.

decision was given, the seeds had. became worthless and the money lost. Some parts of the concession are so steep that the best way to prepare for tapping the trees, when' arriving at maturity, will be to train monkeys to carry out the Provisional agreement between Great Britain, the United States,

task. Will the body of experts, so and France controls the mutual able to rise to the occasions! They atrikingly successful hitherto, be

fature use of a line going across the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Azores and Bermuda. The longest stage on this journey is just under

2,000 miles.

have at least eight years in which to train a race of monkeys capable of performing tapping operations. and inoculated against swallowing. the latex,

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Prohibition, Ete. was given. That was the last or-ledge of nativu psychology, with all Mr. Ford, true to his principles, rasion on which the proportion has initiative crushed out of them by enforced prohibition within bis do-

been published.

the machine, the management has main. But, in practice, is enter- become the laughing stock of priso gave a remarkable filip to Brazil.

the sale of intoxicating liquore. Small bara sprung up all round tho outskirts of the concession, lika. mushrooms in a dowy meadow on al- warm September morning. On pay

Millions Squandered,

are taken together the figures are Millions have been squandered. four times as favourable as they Has Mr. Ford counted the cast 1921-22" were in the two-year period Probably not, incredible as this may

These new fighters represent only

But on February 24 this year one class in which the British air- craft industry is now producing war Lord Trenchard made the follow. 'planes far superior to those builting statement: "If 1920 and 1930 by any other nation. There is no doubt that Britain service aircraft other nation can produce, in speed, to-day far surpass the best that any

rato of climb, ease of control and general Dying efficiency. With these qualities are associated the long life and strength typical of British aircraft construction since the earliest days

In "His Life and Work" he days motor launches trail up the "To-day wo keep on figures. [ river laden with all the nectars of Wo do not bother to keep the erstwhile American bar to slake

Now, the figures for this periode. were:-1021, 2,100 hours; 1922, 3187 3: hours--a mean of 2.013 hours per fatal accident. It will be observed records." The sail is unfit for the thirst of the workers of the new Royal Air Force is scheduled to be

that 1022 showed a 47 per cent.

rubber growing, despite the commo: Ford Paradise. Tho owners are re-equipped with Hawker Fury"

improvement over the previous interceptor biplanes, selected by

Largely responsible for the suc-

year. That improvement has been politan character of the Hevea. If stated freely to help themselves to the Air Ministry after keen com-

cess of several of the new British almost consistently maintained over ever rubber is produced, the cost petrol and lubricating oil from the war machines is the Rolls-Royce since, and, although the precise will be many shillings per lb. and Ford reservoirs, while in every petitive trials and possessing per- formance in speed and rate of

Kestrel" engine, a power unit figure is not officially published, constitute & startling handicap for dimb far surpassing all earlier developing approximately 500 hp. Lord Trenchard's statement, which,

native habitation may be found loot. eralt of the kind and vastly superior which is especially well suited to of course, is incontrovertible, shows the Ford works. With the money from the Ford dumpe. Some of the to any fighters built outside Great the design of aeroplanes offering that in the phat two years the num expended, hundreds of thousands of latter may perhaps corvo as so. Britain. Other squadrons will re- amal resistance to movement ber of hours per fatal accident was acres of first-class rubber estatea venirs in the days to come

through the air, the area of the about 10,000:

for the could have been acquired by put- engine seen from the front being

grand-and even the great grand. exceptionally smáll.'

chasing shares on the London Stock children of their present possessora, Exchange. And so wb may be

Wages ruled high, strikes and proud of that gallant little army disputes were constant, and révolts. of British Contemptibles, which, in frequent against Detroit method of

and with no millions behind them, clocks and quoucing up at canteens the face of the greatest diffeulties, regimentation, of punching time

industry which re- for ments. The supervising staff

SAFETY. IN THE AIR.

ceive similar equipment later on,

With full military load on board,

No figures relating to the United the "Fury" attains a velocity in

States, servics, by which compari- level flight of considerably more

son can be made, are available, but in 1928 there were 1,432 accidents than 200 miles an hour and climbs An arresting comparison, calcul to a height of 20,000 feet, marly ated to illustrate the degree of of all kinds in that service, and four miles up, in a few minutos.ety reached by modern air trane since the number of machines in The defence of Great Britain is V. Pierey in a lecture last night in excess of the British, it is fairly port, was proffered by Dr. N. A.

UBB was not more than 25 per cent. thus to receive the help of machines before the Royal Society of Arts. better equipped than any earlier operated by Imperial, Airways in higher.

He stated that in all the services clear that the accident ratio was has raised up an ́ interceptor craft for the dificult 1930 the average fatal accident rate It need hardly be said that these fleets more credit on the British have displayed lack of capacity task of protecting London from was one to every 3,000,000 passon facts are not divulged in order that race than any yet run by Uncle either, to organize or control. Bred future. air attack, a problem ven-

gor-miles.

To reproduce the aerial average any unduly optimistic view may be Sam, and some of whose very faults in the narrow atmosphere of Det dered still more difficult of solution motor-car would be obliged to taken.

cover 10,000 miles a year for at ud in the Air Ministry there i

Certainly in the RAF arize from the unwillingness to roit, imbued with the Prussianíem least three hundred years heforé

by the appearance in Great Britain

day bombers, equal in speed and (Continued on next Colums)

the first talecident1020 inclination to remit one lots of crucify humanity either one of tho régime possessing no know. passenger fell dus,

precautions and safeguarda.

machine of on a cross of gold.

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