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AIRWAYS

THE FLYING BEGGARS.

ONE SOLUTION FOR THE FLYING CLUB'S PLIGHT.

[BY E. B. BRASIER CREAGH)

AND AVIATION

This raises the question of flying facilities, which, being a matter of international polities but with a particularly local favour, I leave it to you to think out at another. time.

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What 850,000 p.a. Could Do.

But this 850,000. That is what Many of my best friends in Hong I want you to think about just Kong are keen members of the now. What is it! What could one

do with such a sum, paid annually Colony's Flying Club and nobody can have a deeper appreciation of 850,000 would pay per cont, on the feeling of helplesancas and dig an investment one million dollars. 850,000 would enable our appointment from which they are now auffering" as a result of the local meteorological station present condition of the Club's learn as much about the upper air, finances than I have. To have in the Far East, as is known about overcome the initial dificulties of that at Croydon. creation, to have earned the appro bation of the local Government and not a little financial assistance with it, to have set up the training organisation, brought out men and machines 'from England and to have put some fifteen people into a state of training at which they could, if the facilities existed, take their tickets one after the other, is

$50,000 would be sufficient to pay the costs of an expert commission to examine the practicability of a Far Eastern uir route.

260,000 would suffice as a subsidy for a weekly air mail and passen ger service from here to Bangkok, from where, already, two efficient services already-run to Europe." achievement worthy of the

$60,000 “

year could assure to highest praise, even if it had not

Hong Kong the inestimable advan been done at this great distnice tngo of being in closer touch with

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BRITISH FLYING NEWS.

THE NEXT AIR WAR.

TEST OF LONDON'S. DEFENCES.

SIR ALAN COBHAM'S GREAT VENTURE.

SURVEYING THE HEART OF AFRICA.

SLEEPLESSNESS IN

SUMMER

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bo crossed before they are reached, Too often the night is wasted in

One of the most important survey flights of recent, year-a journey of 12,000 miles from England into the an unsatisfactory effort to correct heart of Africa-started last month the faulty thinking of the day; the Flying with a crew of five in a big day should bury ita own dead, and monoplane on floats which is "the largest marine aircraft of this type remorse should set with the sun yet Built, Sir Alan Cobham, world lest it give birth to fresh occasions famous for pioneer survey flights to for its own roproduction. The India, Africa and Australin, has night is not the time for futile re planned to follow a route which will

PREIGHT REDUCTIONS FOR

AIR CRAFT MATERIAL, - take him by way of the Mediter. Brots or fanciful anticipations; re Tanoan and Nile valley to the great laxation is an esscitia! preliminary More than three hundred aero high altitude lakes of Central Africa to fruitful effort, for the body planes will be engaged in nearly and may in the future constituto cannot function properly if it is six days of consolere dir "war" the essential link in a big new later this month, when the Royal system of transcontinental airways,

always kept taut. Air Force will again hold exercises In addition to his survey work, Sir

Art of Enjoyment... daigned to tent Britain's defences | Alan Cobham is commissioned to against air attack. The operations test thoroughly the Short "Valetta"

A particularly favourable time will cover a region including the seaplane, which is an experimental for cure is the summer, and there coast-line south, south-east and east machine designed to provide a comfore summor sleeplessness, properly of London, which, as the "brain" perisan with a flying boat of equal treated, may have a lifelong happy and vital centre of the abole coun- power and size. try, is the point particularly to be

The unusual importance of the iguarded from "enemy" raiders.

flight lies in the fact that should however, that trying to crowd inte Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Sir Alan find satisfactory condia week or two the remedy of the Teres-the air territorials" and tiona all the way to the most accumulated exhaustion and mal certain cadro (or skeleton) squad-southerly point of his voyage, the adjustments of an entire year ́ia rons will take part in the drama picturesque Lake Kivy located in likely of itself to intensify a of attack and defence. The not the mountains 5,000 feet above sea

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woric of listening and observation level, he would establish the immedency to insomnia. A wise choice. posts established throughout south diate possibility of operating flying of relaxation possibilities by day, east and part of eastern England, machines regularly right across coupled with the deliberate cultiva and the regular and territorial anti-Africa from east to west. Such a tion of the neglected art of enjoy- aircraft and searchlight batteries route would provide for hir-borne !

will be called into action. One in goods coming from India, the Farment, will be followed at once by novation this year will make the East, and Australasis, an alterna deepening of sleep which can

defences decidedly more difficult. Straits of Gibraltar, but up to the

from Europe and in so short a time / London, and the other capitals of tank of the ground observers and tive to the Mediterranean and the easily be made habitual, even after

the old world, than" Shanghai for the first time in RA.F. exer- present the essential connecting the holiday has ended.

as eighteen months.

And now they are beggars.

One is tempted to go out into the highways and byways of the Colony, to call on the sympathy of the world,

as Mr. Shenton has done, on their behalf and to appeal to all and sundry for a financial

Such a sum would make Hong Kong eises friendly bombers will be tak the Croydon of the Far East, to use the phrase coined by my friend Flying Officer Howes in his interest- ing article published in the July number of Chop Sticks,

ing the air and it will be essential to distinguish friend from foe, a problem always cropping up in ac 'tual air warfare.

Facts and Not Imagination.

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never

stages between the Belgian Congo Briefly, summer sleeplessness is and East Africa along the line of often due to failure in the day to the high altitude lakee has bean thoroughly surveyed by air..

reach out for antisfactory new The lakes are also a magniñcent tacts with daily life. The presence of single-tester in tourist centre, a natural playground usually present some measure of terceptor fighters much faster than unsurpassed in the world for ever thwarting of the natural and any defending craft that have yet changing beauty and variety of taken part in air exercises, and wild life. There is undoubted scope healthy capacity for enjoyment, These are not jéle imaginations the addition of more squadrons of here for local seaplane services, due to the adoption of too feverishi pectation of every airman, but to but facts, calculated and vouched fast day bombers of the type used which would enable the region to activities, or to the imperfect use.

for by people who are qualified to in limited numbers last year should be reached in prove them. Would it not be wiser make the "war" still more inter- time taken by ground transport. of opportunities. The fault is in- of our flying men to forego, for types are in their class much faster for the establishment of links with to such a handicap in life, and to esting than in previous years. Both Further, there seenis likely to be herent in the personal make-up, but immense potential traffic waiting summer is just the time to face up

deal with it once and for all.

parachute. To crash is the ex-

bo stranded in the air is a dismal end to an encouraging first flight

Let us give five minutes thought,

on the subject of flying, whether you are mad keen or out and out distrustful, or merely uninterested, this business of flying is definitely taking an ever growing place in the world's activities and what is done about it, in Hong Kong, materially affects you, and everyone else in this place.

& fraction of the

the Belgian Congo.

Ten-Tons Plane.

R.A.F. COURT-MARTIAL.

FATAL COLLISION WITH A

FISHING BOAT.

this morning, to the facts about a short while, their personal gain and generally more formidable air services already operating in this unfortunate affair, for, what and to allow the expensive dollars than any foreign service 'planes; the defending interceptors may or which they are at present consum- erer may be your personal feelinging to be put to a more publicly may not find their thirty miles an

necessary use.

heur superiority in speed over tho If the Air Ministry

The "Valetta" is a big mono- are to assist, if the leading bors. sufficient to ensure a success 107 fest from wing-tip to wing-tip 180 miles an hour, of the day bom-plaun craft, measuring no less than firms of Hong Kong are to scrape ful chase and combat in the period and weighing when fully laden more alrendy ancamic coffers; is it nat bers of such speed to reach the out- a few more dollars out of their of twenty minutes taken by bom- than ten tons. On the water it just that any such moneys should skirts of London after crossing the of which is nearly 40 feet lodg. In moves on two immense floats each

be put to the creation of a new const

normal use the big-loon cabin

The court-martial of Flying O6. means by which business may be

The use of defending bombers is has luxurious accommodation forcer W. B. J. Sharp, charged with brought to the Colony, the obtain.

in exact accord with the military sixteen passengers and their bag-negligently flying an aeroplane o ing of wider facilities and greater axiom that attack is the best de-gage. renown for the port ?

as to collide with a fishing boat on There are 60 people in this

fence. Obviously the best point at Power is derived from three 490 Lough Nough and with having And to the enthusiasts I can which to stop a raid is the aerod h.p. Bristol " Colony, men and women whom we promise this." If things turn out rome where the enemy 'planes will radial, motors. These give the big ney likely to cause accident, yas Jupiter" air-cooled manoeuvred the aircraft in a man- pass every day in the street, whose as I sincerely trust they will, if bogin their journey, and in actual 'plane a maximum speed of 135 concluded at Aldergrove Acrodromo, minds are xt on flying. That is you, and the other fellow over the warfare the defending commander m.ph a cruising speed ei 110, and Belfast.

way who is also reading this would invariably try to stave off carry it with full lond on board to one in every thousand, shout, of artide, agree with my point and an attack by getting his own bom-

a ceiling" of 10,000 feet, Sul-collision between the 'plane and a

The charges were a sequel to the higher payed classes, or one decide to investigate this matter bers over enemy nerodrumes and fieient fuel is carried normally for per cent, of the Europeans. These up to the hilt because you realise, other vital objectives before then flight non-stop of 520 miles. people are not only subscribing to vaguely the possibilties which I am raiders had risen from the ground." the ordinary funds of the club, as bringing into your mind, if you talk

about it among your friends, find

An exceptionally powerful wire- less transmitter and receiver and alaborate navigational equipment

fishing boat, which resulted in the death of a fisherman, James Han-

nan.

Flying Officer Sharp said that he are carried in the craw's cabin, saw the corks of nets on the water,. Rudders on each of the floats on and thought that they would be a able the pilot to mazaurre the ten good target to dive on. He mis tons of seaplane on the water with judged the height. When he aw the case and certainty of a small the boat in front of him, he tried speed-bost,

to turn to the right, but the engine spluttered badly. His plane struck the water and overturned.

you or I might for howls or bridge,

FREIGHT CUT TO NEW ZEALAND. but they are paying some 820 per out for yourself the things. I have hour for the privilege of going into leamt about the traffic, in maile, Shipping charges for the carriage the air. The Club, altogether, has in passengers and in other valuable of freight on the high as form flown some 350 hours-87,000. freight, which passes through Hong an important, and hindering, fac- Then there was a grant from the Kong and which might with advan-tor in the expansion of export Government of $30,000 in 1930, and tage be air-borne, if you do these trade in aircraft material. Redue an over expenditure of 84,000 more things because there is $50,000 of tion of freight charges, therefore, ---841,000 'in all ; 1 am taking the the Colony's money going rather come as a welcome relief to the published figures. But, taking it cheaply and you want to know industry and for some

some time paét by and large, I venture to state that about it, then Hong Kong will get the Society of British Aircraft it has cost the Colony no less than as much flying as it wants within Constructors "Las been making | $50,000—about one thousand dollars two years from now. Any company strenuous efforts to get the charges

A week to sustain its Flying Club. operating here would be bound to lessened. Even at a happier exchange you keep some small machines. Any

Within the last few days the sub cannot but agrée with me that this such aeroplanes would not earn committes bas secured fresh concei- is a rather expensive undertaking their keep unless constantly in the sions, and those on the route where And I dare say that, of those who air-cur enthusiasts would have formerly the highest rates in the constitute the active flying" mem- their flying botter and cheaper and world were charged. Henceforth bers, the majority could well afford easier than it is at present. Of freight charges for aircraft to New has arrived at the Fairey Aviation to take their lessons during their that I am assured

FIREFLIES FOR BELGIUM.

In cross-examination the officer Bome time this week Belgian said that at the time he dived he pilots will fly from England across was not certain what the corka the Channel in five British single- seater fighters which comprise the were, but he knew they were not the first instalment of forty ve "Fire-heads of bathors. Ay" biplanes ordered in dramatic

circumstances towards the end of Counsel for Sharp said that the last year by the Belgian govern- reason for the officer not getting

A special commission of Belgian

out of his dive, as he intended, was

mont:

air officers, appointed to make linal [not negligence, but inexperience. acceptance tests of the new craft, Sharp was found not guilty on Zealand, whether the machines are Company's works. Each machine the second charge of conduct to the home leave or to travel to Europe Three hours to Hanoi, six to set up or dismantled, will be seven-is being put through rigid flying prejudice of good order and dis

for the express purpose of learn ing to By, especially if, as is done in France, the Colany would give a subsidy to every qualified civilian pilot who bought a machine. and shipped it to Hong Kong.

Bangkok, overnight to Singapore shillings per nienaurement tonites, it five this volcipline in the Force by having think of it. That, and other things stead of 85 shillings, while the rate commission When they recomno likely to cause accident.

(that is, per forty cubic feet) in its and speed tests, using record-

ing instruments, brought by the manœuvred that tim like it, and nothing lose in what in charged for the carriage of zero pleted the formation will take off possible to-day,

enginte, seaplane fonts, propellers, wheels and wings comes down from for Belgium, which from that mo Don't put this paper down and 100 shillings.to 85.

ment becomes the possessor of the (Continued at foot of nezi column.) outside Great Britain.

fastest service aircraft is the world

forget. It

The finding of the Court on the first charge of having downdneg!! gently will be, promulgata