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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMERCIAL

AVIATION.

TENDRILS THAT WILL BIND THE EMPIRE TOGETHER,

A PALESTINE WAR REMINISCENCE.

Only in the Inst' few months of tha" war was the aeroplane begin- ning to exert an independent in

fuence on

the control of large forces and such incidents as the

afmost

.

BRITISH FLYING NEWS.

COST OF A TRIP TO

AFRICA.

M. PICCARD'S PLANS. AUSTRALIA SEES IT

TO MAKE ASCENT TO $12,000 FEET:

FUTURE TRAVEL IN"

STRATOSPHERE

THROUGH.

(Continued from Page 1.)

The figures of export trado are now eagerly watched by the Aus tralian people; there is a national effort

render based on intense pride of Brussels, July 20-Professor Pic country to rehabilitate Australia SOUTHeard announced to-day that ho will

for once soon make a new ascent, but his terest in their country, its politics, everyone is taking an in- aim, he told à journalist of the its finances, its trade, and the pro-. "Derniere Heure," will not be to roach the stratosphere. He will elimb to an altitude of 12,000 feet in order to check the instru ments he took with him during his memorable flight of May last, when he reached a height of Lon

BUSINESS PLEASURE

JOURNEY.

THE LONG DISTANCE RECORD..

Brass of the season is noted with ample rains, throughout the con renewed hope, since there have been

tinent

Spirit of Austrälla,

The high cost. of production are coming down; swollen and inflated

has fallen, sharply, with gratify- values are receding to reach- able level and the cost of living

ing resulta. The perils of inflation have been avoided so far, and

passing through her crisis without kind, and with the patriotic support civil riots or commotion of any

of the great mass of the people.

When asked whether he would though there is privation and dis..... take off from Brussels Professors among an unprecedented num Piccard said that he would like to bor of unemployed. Australia is ascend from Brussels because the he feared that if he did so, caster expensas would be smaller, but

ly winds might carry the balloon over the sea, lle does not wish to return to Augsburg for his next ascent hecause, he says, there is no hydrogen rondy there.

Last week Major Bratier Freagh reviewed in this column the carlier days of Aying, with special reference to developments that "were hastened by the War. After dealing with the final plinae of war aviation, and the destruction of the Turkisk Seventh Army, some of the problems of Commercial Aviation are outlined in the

London, August - 4--Statistics | miles. article given below:

more complete and informative than any previously kopt by a will use a balloon having a capac "For his new trip the Professor London-Paris in 1919.

private flyer were compiled by Mr.ity of 2,000 cublé metres similar to The summer of 1919, however, and Mr. Humble, who flew recently those employed in the Gordon Ben- opening point of this history, saw exactly ten years after the

from Capetown to Glasgow, the trip nett Cup. being made to combine business the inauguration of the first regular with pleasure. Husband and wife complete destruction of the Turkish air service between London and learned to fly last year in South Seventh Army, by relays of aircraft,

Paris. This was in August and Africa and they took turns at the demonstrated the terrific capacities

week or two later, a line to Brussels of the new arm.

In another dires-was, opened. Each of these con- their own "Pusa Moth cabin controls during the flight home in tion, a big bomber, which had suc.tinental services operated daily in

Imonoplane. ceeded in demolishing the telephone both directions. The establishment,"

The couple flow 10,466 miles in 107 and telegraph exchange at the on November 10, 1019, of an official hours, making an average speed of Turkish G.H.Q. prior to the above air mail between London and Paris 98.1 miles an hour. The engine mentioned engagement, was used, put the official seal on these ven consumed 609 gallons of fuel, on the advice of Colone) Lawrence, tures. In the following summer equivalent to 17.2 miles per gallon, to impress the Arabs of whom he Amsterdam was joined to Londona figure much better than is secur was in charge. This it certainly and the future looked sufficientlyed in most of the larger kind of did, as well as demoralising their rosy, but, towards the end of the motor-cars. Oil used amounted to

year the French Government began forty gallons After the armistice, this machine to grant subsidies to lines set up. |was taken from Cairo to Bagdad i to compete with the British ser

arriving there on December 1, 1918, vices. In the spring of 1921, these and, later, it went on, across India, latter had to cease operations. It to Calenito, thus performing the was not, until this hand, actually hap, fest London to India- fight. On pened that, moved by the urgings

enemies.

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Although at some points in the interior of Africa fuel cost up to de, 3d.' a gallon and wil anything up to 9s., the total cost of the entire journey in fuel, oil and neroplant maintenance along the route was

In her hour" of "trial "Australia looks to England for support and encouragement, as a child looks to its mother. She has not looked in vain. She has received a suspen-

It has been further suggested to Professor Piccard that he should sion of interest payment on her go to the Zeppelin bass at Friedriwar debt, and that has been follow- chshafen, where he would be alfed by further relief under the lawed to make use of the existing Hoover Plan... arrangements of the German air. ship

A Prophecy. Questioned whether he thought a new ascent into the stratosphere was likely to be altempted by other

The Australian grins, as is his " custom, when in a tight corner, takes another hole in his belt and admits with a shrug that the good times of boom, borrow and bust are overenskommel

For, like any of British stock, he is seen at his best when "up against it"; he does not know when he is benten and he has sublimo.

board were Sir Geoffrey Salmond, of the Press and the consequent only £100 33 d., or 2.42 pence Air Commodore Borton, and the pressure of public opinion, the per mile for the carriage of two balloonists, the Professor replied inte Captain Sir Ross Smith, who British Government unwillingly con people and their luggage--less than that up to now nobody had consult eventitally led the first England-sented to support British commer-third-class railway fare. Travelled him. Australia argosy, in which he wascial aviation. After a stoppage ofing expenses under the heads of "I think," ha, said," that tho and perfect confidence in the future so ably backed up by his brother, three weeks the services were re general,?!! taxi-cabs " and report that Russian scientiste will of the grehf continent. In the Another, similar craft, succeeded, sumed but there were still too many hotels," amounted to £116, minkättempt to climb into the stratos- Inden with bombs," in climbing competing companies, too expensive above the mountains which He along overheads and a wasteful divers the frontier of India and, by raid-gence between the 7 types of ing Kabul, took a decisive part in machines in use. the ending of the Afghan war of 1918.

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Commercial Aviation...

However, things went on, in this way until the summer of 1923 when a three times a week service was extended to Switzerland, and, on April 1, 1924, the rival English con- snow four in number-merged

present Imperial Airways, British Aircraft Constructors.

into the

meantim he is ready for the lean, ing the total cost of the journey phere is not true. What I do betimes and doggedly determined equivalent to just over fivdpenca alieve is that we shall soon have, a sen them throu mile, or the bare first-class railway stratosphere plaun Fr

France and fare' for two travellers.

Germany are engaged in a friend-

ly rivalry, the result of which YOUTH'S CHANCE IN may be the construction of an edge aeroplane capable of travelling in THE AIR. altitudes exceeding 33,000 feet. T "A German engineer and French aeroplane constructor, have 1931 A CAR: 1932 A 'PLANE. consulted me on the subject, Pro- fessor. Piccard continued. My All interested in the making and own opinion is that we shall be sale of private aeroplanes, an well able to travel in the stratosphere as ficials of light aeropiano clubs, very soon,"

are predicting "s/little, “boom”?, year in 1932, with owner-pilot planes selling at little more than the price of a good class car.

During private tests, two even cylinder radial sero engince--the ̈ane being made in London, and the tween England and the nearest cther in Birmingham-have behav- landing grounds on: British-con- fed so well that it is understood trolled territory is consequently, a

plans are being considered for their production on "mass" lines. first requirement in the perfection. of Empire, defence.... CRANWELL TO CAPETOWN

The tremendous advantages of light acroplane travel are obvious in these few figures extracted from Mr. Humble's elaborate" tables of So far we have deals with some

costs. Further, be and his wife of the outstanding milestones along the path of development of large

spout only 10% hours, or just under heavier than air machines during

four and a half days, in actual the ten year period ending with the

journeying along the route. Apart Great War. At the "deende's, com- | How, under this name, British from taxi-cab journeys the whole of mencement the problem was to fly commercial flying hos thrown out the remining time between their at all, at its finish another problem tendrils that will eventually, grip departure from Capetown on June had to be faced, the conversion of and tie together the far flung and their arrival at Renfrew car Professor Piccard will leave for a military weapon into a social ser-arms of Empire" is modern history ly last month was spent in eight America to deliver a series of oc vice-n sword into a ploughshare, to which I need hardly enter here: seeing, visiting friends had, fortures at the end of September or This problem still remains only How, under the, now, revived en. Mr. Humble, the transaction of im-

at the beginning of October. partially or locally solved. At first couragement of the Air Ministryportant business in a fraction of sight, such a statement will seem and its staff of experts, the Society the time that ground transport strange since one would think that of British Aircraft Constructors would inevitably have called for. Aeroplanes fitted for such tasks as has, through its constituent mer

THE DISTANCE RECORD: I have just described could be bers, provided the world with its

Now that the International Aero- easily redesigned for the carriage finest engines, its record breaking

nautical · Federation has ofloially of passengers and freight..

Sebaeider contestants. its most But, this is not the case. Firstly, speedy fighters and bombers, and recognised the fight from New no commercial freight would be its safest and most economical com.

York to Constantinople, accom plished last week by the two likely to provide so compact, or con-mercial craft is amply described, centrated a lond, as do bombs, for from time to time, in the other American airmen Russell Boardman the same weight-machines had to columns on this page. I will con-

and Polando, as a new distance

hese engines are the 156 h.p. Following a successful fight ro Morrin, made in the Woisciey be enlarged to an enormous extent. tent. myself with drawing a moral British pilots of the Fairez. long plane is likely to be steered during Manchester-designed Pobjoy, de-

record the secondary task before the Egypt and back the l'airey mono Works, Birmingham, and Secondly, while the super-bomber and expressing an opinion. and fighting #planes were evolved Commercial air transport has up. Tanga. monoplane becomes slightly the antumn towards Capetown voloping 150 h.p., Prices, it is un-

more difficult. unhandicapped by any financial con, questionably entered into an era of

Ceylon, the final choice of destins derstood, have not yet been fixed. siderations, there is an obligation expansion vastly greater than it Gayford and Flight Lieutenant and the prevailing weather con- bring the advent of cheap, sif Four days ago Squadron Leader tion depending on the time of your but air traders believe they will on a transport service to justify has hitherto, experienced. Whe Bett took over the new machine ditions. Either route holds the itself by the figures it shows on the ther the future of civil aviation Bes from the Fairey company and ne prospect of British machine balance sheet, There was, at mat, with the large, many seated multi-ceptance tests have begun. When establishing a new record for die neither any urgency nor Govern engined machine in the develop preliminary trials are completed tance flown "non-stop by an aero-tain, of whom only about 250 own ment Anancial support for civil ment of which England, led by her the big monoplane will be flown to plane in a straight line without aviation commensurate with what first manufacturing company, lend. had forced the development of theey Page, has outstripped the world which provides the best runway in Cranwell aerodrome, Lincolnshire,

refuelling, war-plane. The effect, of this with or with the smaller, mail only, England for the take-off of a kilometres, from point to point Boardnian and Polando flew 8.346 drawal of the incentive to and bullet simped craft to ably pro heavily loaded flying machine and sinews of reconstruction work, was that future. i the affair of very there prepared for a non-stop along a great circle of the globe,

duced in the States, the study of that the popular expectation that thinking man and woman; and of fight to Egypt which will be the equivalent to 1,907 miles, and ur flying would continue, in the com- avery department of Government first in a series of

and business house. Comercial

non-stop jou mercial sphere, the rapid advance

Journeys passing the previous and distant

flying will enter into, and influence, between England

NON-STOP?

اقدار داده

This, of course, must not bo thought of in terms of car mass” production.

Cheap Air Travel

the

travel much nearer,

There are

now approximately 2,200 Private air pilots in Bri

their machine.

44 Coming Into Its Own."! The light plane is coming inte pilot to me at Brooklands yester- its own next year," said a famous

day The now engines are expert-

of young men who now buy sports

of the war period, was eadly dis- every human activity, from fishing strategie points in the Empire and each pilots cord of the Fed to bring into the air hundreds?

Coates

and Bellonte

by 65 miles. The governing regula,

cary

"The air is at the point where!

appointed. Even though the rail to health, from pawa-broking to along the main ocean routes. way, the steamship and the motor hotel-keeping, it is not solely a

matter of nassengers and mails and In time of war swift reinforce Lions provide that a new distance car motoring stood in 1921, and road had, in Europe, almost reach-urgent freights. That is the moralment of British aerial units many record must surpass the limit of technical improvement, would have you think over thousands of miles away might be

the old by it there is going to be a great ex- Dengue pansion intrelatively low-powered and were proving unequal to the And my opinion is--tbab as tele

least 100 kilometres (02.1 miles), graphy and telephony and wireless'essential, while the alignment of the

have limited the powers and imilis nations in az future conflict might which means that Gayford and tive of responsible men. I speak of make it difficult for Britlah aero Bett must fly 5,059 miles or more directors, and Governors, as well as

demands for increased spred mnde spon them, the expense of the epitly and elaborate ground organ

of managers and police inspectors, planes to make guilings at inter the great moizole distance--frame" isations - escential to the sale and will air traffic release those men mediato points on foreign wilCROCOTE

reliable operation of airlines modern their present bonds for the The development of pircraft Lble Cranwell to

their promotion too hazardous for use of the air speeds up action, an

a about

the use of the wire quickens.cons to span easily the long stages 5,000 miles which allows ample Etrol.

Continued on next Golums.)

hire, which embe

10,000 miles maintained garaged, and run for,

A

year at about

half surprised 1 in August 1932, there are not 4,000 light plans

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