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AIRWAYS AND

AVIATION.

THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL

FLYING IN HONG KONG.

POTENTIAL AIRWAYS IN THE FAR EAST.

[BY MAJOR E. B. BRASIER CREAGH)

INSTRUCTORS IN FLYING.

SCHEME FOR STRICT":

CERTIFICATION.

COST OF AVIATION.

GREAT BRITAIN'S SMALL BILL

BIGGER AIR ARM FOR ITALY.

LESSON OF EXERCISES.

Comparative figuros given in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister showed how slowly Great

Italy's air manauvres, in which Britain's expenditure on aviation is 500, machines took part, have been increasing. Franco, the United concluded by the defending force States, and Italy re spauding very asking for an armistico following much more now than 10 years ago the devastation of Milan by 400 The figure for Great Britain enemy aircraft. The lesson of the netually less than it was Sve years exercisca is that Italy is oxceeding ngo, and only £2,000,000 more than ly, vulnerable from the air, and it was 10 years ago. The Prime must have a stronger, air force. The subject of unskilled Dying Minister was inclined to take this The action of the defending air instruction, which came into pro- In last week's article I hurried Kong, and so up the coast to miniones a few months ago the ingness to disarm, but as his figures was paralysed by the unexpected as one proof of Great Britain's will-ornft over the Lombard capital through my earlier thoughts about Shanghai, whence it connects up in result of a certain number of acci-embraced civil aviation they failed Hong Kong's connection with coma natural way with the Shanghai- dents to light aeroplanes, has now to give a wholly accurate compari-lay like a plate over and ground distribution of a gas cloud which mercial flying and explained, in à Poiping-Manchuli service and thence been carefully examined by the som. France's expenditure on air the city and through which the low words, why both Canton and back to,

Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navi- services showed an increase of defending aviators would not peust Shanghai have to be left o

out of

Thors is thus a well-designed gaters; and, proposals, which would £4,000,000 in the last two years trato alive consideration. Let me repeat the bow and arrow shaped arrange-establish the guild as the body con-Italy is spending this your £8,000,000 main reasons leading up to this ment obviously intended to out out trolling the qualification of in more than in 1922, and the United conclusion

both Hong Kong and Japan, while structors, are to be made to the Alr admirably serving China.

Ministry. At a mosting of the

There is Jese proof of military court of the guild recently,

preparation in these figures than in port, prepared by the special com the totals of aircraft actually on the mittes, was received. It embodied strengths of the fighting forces a scheme for the examination and Andrien, for example, is known to certification of flying instructors

Statos £20,000,000 more.

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and night then wrecked the city

Waves of enemy bombers by day!

with 200 tons of high explosives."

In a declaration to the Press, Marshal Badoglio, Commander-in- Chief of all, Italy's armed forces, said that in theee manoeuvres there was a serious warning to the Ita- lian people The successful in

Firstly, Hong Kong is a British'; Colony, while all the cities north of

We are already aware of the it arson Chinese territory. The

efficiency with which the various Chinese are entitled to run their own, air-lues, and it is their ex-Breat railway lines which straggle:

across China were designed and pressed intention to do so, although constructed, and thow the opportuni-and the Air Ministry will probab.have spent very large sums on com- it may mean using some foreign ties for development of the country ly be asked to make the possession mercial aviation, and particularly son and destruction of Italiang capital and

experience to help the

of such a certificate compulsory. on air mail services, which are now get things. started. According to

The movement may be said to in process of being put down and seriously thinking of the organisa centres showed the necessity of have originated with the instruc the principle accepted in Europe,

tors themselves and the proposals reorganized. France, too, is finanotion of a potent air armada to de they do not want foreign owned

have their general approval, Caring, expensive commercial routes, fend the country from such & death- concerns trafficing within their

respondence in The Times earlier and Italy is about to embark on the dealing instrument of war." this your drow attention to the de- borders-how would the British en

fects of a system which allowed development of commercial service joy it if a South American com-

pupils to be taught. Aying by per Britain is in the strange position outside its own borders. Great pany ran a service between Glas-

sons of erall experience and few of spending less, while extending its gow and Aberdeen?

qualifications. It was closed by a

Secondly, although there is, ap parently considerable movement of mails and passengers on both routes, not much of this is entirely localised; neither mails nor persons "passing through" "will gain any thing by being speeded up over one short stretch of their journey.

Carriage of Mails.

In June 1931, only about 500 out of over 1,500 lat and 2nd class passengers and only 490 of a total of over 5,400 mail bags, which pass. ed through Hong Kong, were purely interport, Hong Kong-Shanghai vice verso; these figures are or inal, so, since the carriage of mails. in the one square meal & day " of an air-line, you may safely agree with my summing up, that Shang- hai, as well as Canton, may be counted out of the picture.

Now, study your atlas and you will see established air toutes stretching out from Europe almost

by use of these railways have been "neglected and wilfully thrown away. If the matter of air routes is left to China, I have no hesitation in declaring that the result will be a quicker repetition of exactly the same waste and mismanagemant,

China's Sphere.

THREE FRENCH AIRMEN KILLED.

Paris. Two officers and a non- commissioned officer of the Air Service have been killed at St. Dizier, Haute Marne, through an unusual accident.

lotter from the chief instructors of commercial routes and slightly in- 1 do not see how the world caning on the danger of this system.

the principal flying schools, insisterensing the strength of its Air

Force... entrust to China, however willing and suggesting that a definite This yes the Africa, route has PLANE'S WINGS SNAP OFF she may be to undertake it, the standard be required of all in-been opened and will-le continued construction and maintenance of structors. Under existing regula- to Capetown before the end of the such a vital link in the world's commercial pilot's licence is at 11 are being added to the Royal Air tions any person holding a B. or year. This year two new squadrons great Aviation Girdle as this sec.berty to give flying instruction. In Force, and though these will still tion in which Hong Kong is at the the flying clubs, an instructor need leave the Force. below the strength not, according to a rational inter-approved in 1923 and will leave centra. In case this statement pretation of the Air Navigation Great Britain the Gith Air Power should offered any of my Chinese Consolidation Order of 1025, hold if judged by the number of aircraft,

They were flying a machine at a it marks a slight increase in readers, I will complete to-day's B licence. section of this article by pointing der is: "For the purpose of dotare. The policy of maintaining a the Air Service, and were giving The vital paragraph in this Or-strength without heavy erpa di- meeting organised by ox-soldiers of out the proper sphere for Chinese termining whether a pilot is

small Air Force has led to its being TB- enthusiasts about the air.

quired to hold a licence to fly air made, exceedingly efficient... both in a demonstration of flying tactics craft carrying passengers, or goods aircraft and personnel. The new, with two other aeroplanes. Sud: an aeroplane club, carried in an for hire or reward, a member of military machines now coming fully denly their plane made a strap into service have a performance the purposes of instruction or craft of other countries, snapped off. The pilot was tung. aircraft belonging to the club for much in excess of comparable air. dive, during which both its wings otherwise, shall not, if the pilot is also a member of the same club, be deemed to be a a passenger car- ried for hire or reward notwith standing that payment is made in. respect of such instruction or c&T- vantage of that provision, intended, riage." Fow clubs have taken ad-

no doubt, to make easier the way but it permits a dangerous degree of the clubs in the earlier days, of latitude:

have an enormous land with great Study South Africa. There you distances. btween townships, diffi- cult to get put in, being steadily developed and modernised. There has been built up a fine railroad, with the stopping places on which over 400 buses of one make alone, owned by the Railroad, connect up, carrying passengers as far as 200 miles to their homes. Further, the Railway Company is now buying aeroplanes to extend their internal

to the edge of China and from traffic web and so keep the main Japan several steamship lines fan line fed with mails, passengers, and ning out towards al parts of freight. Land is becoming more America.

valuable, fresh distriota are being The routes from the west connect opened up because transportation is up with all the complicated aerial | being efficiently organised. system of Europe; the whole con-

Similar effects are being achieved tinent of Africa is being quickly in Australia by the same kind of brought into the web and fadia, with its toenning millions, so similar to China,, is right on the high road; Contrast with this the northern route via Siberia. Admittedly, the actual time distance factor between Japan and, say, Paris is shorter by the northern service, but what în served in the way of intermediate population or manufacture So far, nothing worth while, although,

if the 5-year plan has any success

at all, the route may be a distinct asset to Russia.

and America

Who Will Be the Organizera? Either the Chinese or the British mist organise it. If the Chinese, then we may expect the adoption of the plans already made a and worked out in Shanghai to carry

traffic development. China is lamentably in want of such n ser gice, the building up of which no better could be found to day than by the progressive minded Chinese air thinkers.

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Air-travel in China.

Ability to Teach.

the possession of a B licence does There has been proof lately that. not necessarily ensure ability to teach flying. The B licence may be obtained when an applicant bes flown 100 hours. There have been casea of B ̧ licence pilots, with no more than 200 flying hours to their struction. In any case, long ex- credit, taking up the work of in-

perience and ability to teach may not go together, and the guild examination and flying tests, and proposes to award its cortificate by only to make the renewal of the certificate partly dependent on the bours of instruction given. The -texts will be carried out by a single

examiner, and a' dissatisfied candi-

out and crashed to instant death. The other officer and his com 70-TONS FLYING BOATS,panion, who fell in the wreckags" of the machine, died within; an hour,

AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTOR'S

FORECAST.

Aying weight are visualised by Mr. Marine aireraft. of 70 tons total H. O. Short, the aircraft construc tor, in the new issue of "The Air Annual of the British Empire" (Gale, and Polden, 1s.), just pub

lished.

A NEW PROFESSION.

AERODROME PLANNING AND

MAXING

Supermarine flying beats to carry

Mr. Jackaman, who is a director After mentioning the 35 tons

of a big firm of civil engineering 16 passengers now being built at contractors," is one of a few prac Southampton, Mr. Short rises: titioners in Creat Britain of the "A study of future possibilities in the building of giant marine air- new profession of aerodrome plan- craft is most encouraging. Theroning and making. How far the appear to be no technical difficul. art has progressed and the astonish- ties in the way of the scnstruction

ing results that the expert can sc- of machines of 50 to 70 tons total flying weight with a performance eure even in country which to the far superior to that of any exist inexpert ing flying boat.

nert aye may look quito hope. less, quickly realised in a tour of some of the "fine power aerodro-

The need for engines giving about 2,000 h.p. is pointed out so that these huge machines could be mes around London. Comparison given the 10,000 h.p. they would of to-day's perfect landing ground date will have the right of appeal of power unita. "It is, therefore, with a plan showing the maze of Good without undue multiplication to a board of two other examinera. Traffe along the valleys of

The certificato will remain nor- to be earnestly hoped," Mr. Short felde, hedges, copses, and ditches, China's great river can be secelormally in force for a year, though concludes, "that the indisputabli ated; the safety of her people, the it may be withdrawn by the guild lead in the design of each machines that covered the same, arca a few g incresso in her exports, the ruling On application for renewal, the designers will not be lost by the tion still more effective.

as any time during its currency.

which has been gained by British months ago makes the demonstra-

and welding together of her differ-instructor will have to show a lack of what may be termed a sea

manication from North to South and South to North,

SOON

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AIDS TO AIRMEN.

UNIFORMITY OF URGUND SIGNB..

Progress is being made in thej

ent populations can be achieved minimum of 50 hours instructional na on the part of those who con- The Dutch have linked up their quickest by the building of rail flying in the year, but this require trol the air policy of this coun--

ment may be modified at the distry group of islands, and the French ways and roads parallel to and concretion of this examiner after, con The Air Annual contains articles,

on avery branch of British, avia- their chief city, Saigon, with an necting with her great liquid lanes sulting private records, such as tion, including one by Mr. A. P those the Central Flying Schoot Russell on the strength require goon and thus with the Southern of movement. Air can best serve or of underwriters. For this con Route, what is to happen along the to jump the intervening mountains venience of applicants, 10 examiners ments in aircraft built in diferent next obvious step in the direct and effect what China has never will be appointed in various pasta that structura strength is given not development, of the scheme for s

countries.Mr, Russell points out southern line from Europe. to Japan vet possessed-safe speedy com- Ireland

solely by the letter of the official uniform air sign in England, as an If this project roonives the supregulations, but also by the inspecaid, to air navigation, which has port of the Air Ministry, the pub tion of materials and by work been advocated by the Civil Aviation lic on the one hand will be secure manship. He adds that nowhere do Bection of the London Chamber of From Hanoito Chungking and against unskilled instruction, and these reach a higher standard than Commerco

in Great Britain, Kaolan, from Hong Kong to Hant is hoped that on the other Sand the private owner may he secured kow and Tai Yuen, from Canton to against the amateur pilot who has Changsha, Ichang and Kinking been taught to fly by a friend. The tests. No important opposition to which will turn weeks of travel inte penis simply on tests and proof will need the backing of the Air these are the new possibilities issue of the licence to-day do it has yet been disecverad, but it

of physical fitness. It is now reMinistry to ongure that tuliject stated that siga should be Siam vid Yunnanfu and Chungking rise to new industries that will fore the A licence is granted a can- tion the danger with which it de height of at least two thousand festi: inatter of hours, that will give commended by the guild that be eliminates wholly from civil avia

didate, shall produce evidence of sires to deal bring the Northerner and the Can having been instructed by qualIt adoption coincides with the by recognised characteristic, tones to an understanding, by ded instructor or shall be given an addition to the courses of train- namely, an arrow pointing, true direct intertrade which they have air fest by such an instructing at the Air Barvice Training North with the latter in the ever before had the opportunity schem, consiste: Shiefly, of lying the certification of instructors: The Cha, prevailing wind in England in The committee responsible for the School at Hamble of course, for middle of the arrow. Further, as to enter into, and which with bone Instructors The proposals have two projects are different mature from the South West these signs At them both to an extent almost been approved by the chief Instruo though they both aim at setting det should be placed to the south-west tors in the country. Firme of airfinite standards for those who wish of towne, so as to run the lenst unimaginable, ma

craft constructors have given the to undertake instruction, and there chance of being obscured by smoke. schemo-thair approved and promise to doubt that instructors trained At Nattiyum mnd Lamington ed to help in its operatica by supat Humble would readily obtain in the local gas companies are mark plying aeroplanes for the flying dorsement of their certificates by ing gasholders as guides. Leedal (Continued at foot of next column. the guild

considering A

the Rorvice north from Burma or

until it joins up at Tehang with the existing China Airways line which has its terminus at Shanghai Be yond Shanghai there will be 20 tradic, for the Chinese will not re ciprocate with the Japanese over the proposed shuttle comection

fangfxf, Again, the seaside route, is "all:

and runs from Hanoi, By this us of air, Ching will and Canton forge for herself a new prosperity

Hong and a new Nation.

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