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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1931.

AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL

FLYING IN HONG KONG.

POTENTIAL AIRWAYS IN THE FAR EAST!

APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION.

[BY MAJOR E. B. BRASIER CREAGH.}

AT SIX MILES A MINUTE.

SENSATIONS IN FLIGHT.

GIRL RUNS AIR TAX BUSINESS.

MEN ENGAGE HER FOR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHTS.

ROUND AUSTRALIA IN A WEEK

BREAKFAST IN SYDNEY LUNCH IN MELBOURNE.

A glistening flow two cater air- When the time comes at the end plane rose gracefully from a dow of the year to close the long list covered fold at Wallingford of big lights accomplished by (Berks), early one morning It was British light aeroplanes during 1st piloted by a young woman dressed the exploits of Mr. H. R. Broadbent Qaly

ly present and past members in man's shirt, Danuel trousers of Sydney, a pilot only 31 years of af the High Speed Flight, from and a flying helmet. Her passon- age, will get most honourable. S

woman. friends,

which the Schneider Trophy team gor, the mechanic, was also a young Last month he made the first one- was selected, know what it is like

The two are inseparable day flight from Brisbane to Ade to fly at six miles per minute, and

laide a distance of 1,300 miles, from them ono might get the im The pilot is Miss Pauline Gower, stopping at Sydney for breakfast pression that it is not very wonder-daughter of Sir Robert Gower, and at Melbourne for lunch. Now M.P and her friend is Miss ho has completed a journey round Dorothy Norman Spicer,

Ajao They are Britain's First Business Women of the Air. They are con ducting an air-taxi and joy-trip busi nosa which is proving very popular

machines of from 4 to Geester full, writes Major C. C. Turner in

a London journal, C. espacity

catablished.

Australia in the record time of Ti dava approximately 2 days better than Air Commodore Kingsford Smith's existing record. Broad- bent achieved this speed over the Miss Gower, who when she at difficult journey of 2,315 miles in tained her majority a month ago spite of getting hadly bogged in the was presented with a new airplane valley of the ominously named river by her father, takes up passengers Styx every day on joy-trips, which in- clude auch “' stunts ** as Immelman turns, and falling apins. Spiver is a fully qualified ground

Those who read these columns last Wednesday will recall that I fixed on Rangoon as the Singapore As long ago as April this year,

The feel of the machines of the eastern air, the turning Japanese pilots put through her extraordinarily nice. Although the point between the Near and For

teats the first trial delivery of the space is limited, you are not too Easts, the embouchure from the

type of machine designed to work ramped. The view ahead is not darrow passage which begins at on a service from Nagasaki to For more than about 45 degrees, and Caloutta. I traced the progress of Their internal linea are below all is hidden by the bulge commercial aviation lines as far as su

of the fuselage. The only sensation this concentration point and ven-

Let ane reiterate. The French of spoed is obtained by watching tured a modest prophecy that, before the end of 1930, we could have their connection with Europe, landmark ahead, and noticing how [so have the Dutch]. The Siamese quickly you come to it: the view tri-weekly, conddently expect a

are pressing forward with a group forward opens out very rapidly, na ench-way, service between Europe and Rangoon, This service was to 1 of feeder lines concentrating on in a quickened movie picture.

The joystick, held firmly but engineer, looks after the machine, be chocted by co-operation between Korat. The Philippines have their the Dutch KLM, the French Air feeder service in being. The lightly, scarcely needs moving; in-parrying out all running repairs Orient and the British Imperial Japanese are preparing to work deed, the very slightest movement

Working at DAWL, their end of the Grand, Trunk of it produces decided: resulta. Airways.

The two young airwomen, sleep Route and have a complete internal organisation,

fold. from which the joy-trips are made, and their machine is garaged in a shed side by side with a farm

Then, by quoting the opinion of an eminent American writer,. I ex- plained why it is impracticable to expect that private, or even Nation al, enterprises can effectively fulfill

the need of the Far East for à Grand Trunk Air, Service Linking Rangoon with Japän.

Something bigger is necessary. Something is wanted which win

The moment is absolutely ripe to pull all these people together and get them to fuse their interests in a commercially run Trunk ser-

vice.

A Trunk Service,

By doing this each will gain in protection and surety, each will

His machine is a standard Avro Avian" biplans equipped with Gipsy II. air-cooled 190 h.p. motor, and no modification was made before his record fights other than the atting of extra fuel tank-

ngo.

AIRSHIP HANGAR.

Half an inch to the right, and on in a one-roomed bungalow on the CONTRACT FOR NEW U.S. the Instant your loft wing is up on a vertical "bankami if you have not at the same moment put on the rudder for a turn the son

Washington, October 1The plane is side-slipping upwards to wagon. They rise at dawn, put on United States Navy Department overalls, and are busy preparing to-day awarded a contract for con Through the joystick to your hand the machine before breakfast. Then structing a new dirigible hangar comes the feel of the pressure of they start their working day of the air on allerons and elevator; when you move the joystick and flying, which ends only when dark Helmera, Inc., of St. Paul.

Dess falls. rudder for a turn you feel the strong,

The hanger, which will be at Their confident handling of the Americas first Pacific coast dirig

i.

at Sunnyvale, California, to Siems

have protection against competi.have brought to its internal, feeder steady pressure of air on overs machine, which has been watched, ible base, in to cont G.8300,800. tion, which will receive, the full services the daily or weekly foreign sixteenth of an inch, for the con- by hundreds of peoplo, has con-

support of the Governments of each of the countries through whose bor. dore the line will pass and, most important of all, that something

mail and each will be able to col lect a larger quote to be taken

away.

trols are marvellously adjusted and

balanced.

You make a turn, and from hori

vinced everyone of their efficiency. The majority of their passengers LE BOURGET BECOMES ure men, who apparently have no ARMY AERODROME." qualma at placing their lives in

Paria, October 1-The French Up to the moment two business capital's famous airport Le Bourget

must be so organised as to attract have only its internal business to ap vertically. Your hand has put feminine hands.

the investment of public money and, thereby, earn the public's along the line, there will come more, and your foot one side of men have engaged Miss Gower to will be transformed into a military

support and daily use.

Franch Bid for H.E. Air Mall..

I will now procede to show how urgent it is that steps be taken to set about the construction of this Grank Trink service,

Without the Trunk Line cach will zontal you are in a second canted

carry there will be competition all the joystick over half an inch, uo

undercuttings, jealousy, misunder the rudder bar half an inch for standing all the misfortunes of ward. Yet the radius of your turn which, after twelve years of experi- may be 500 yarda. ance, the European companies are still unable to divesh themselves. There will be national and internn

carry

country. One of them was taken to plans of the Air Ministry. A now out air-taxi flights across aerodrome, in accordance with the

Bristol and the other to London. aivilian airport will be constructed Temporary Blindness.

Miss Gower first caught hir fever near St. Cyr, the famour military 18 months ago. She took lessons academy, at an estimated cost of tional complications which are en as if the sun had gone out. You ago for her "A" licence in under

Almost suddenly blackness comes, at Reading. She qualified a year Francs 800,000,000, to be raised by tirely wasteful and absolutely unknow what that was, and you ease a total of eight hours,

a domestic loan. The field at Le

off, bringing the seaplane back to

Bourget, it is declared, is no longer Then her first project was to fly adequate for its present purposes, These things must be worked out horizontal, sight, instantly return to India, but as soon as her father while it forms an ideal sits for a in co-operation so that, argued outing. *Blacking out" is due to

withdrawal of blood from an artery heard of, it he put a ban upon her military aerodrome close to tho behind the eye when the body is flying because, he said, she was not capital. on its side travelling at great yet 21, speed, and forced towards the out- side of the turn, thus bringing into play tremendous centrifugal force Yet you were all the time con

necessary.

acious.*

tem-

and became members of the London

I have before me an article which presents a survey of the existing "Air-Orient service. This connection from Saigon to Marseilles was opened, in January last, by the over a board table, problems such Governor-General of Indo-China upset Chancellories will never who, himself travelled to France as get beyond the doors of the Regis the first passenger. At present the tered Office I propose that the line carries only mails and, since Grand Trunk Airline of Asia run April, it has provided a weekly as follow Rangoon (Burma), delivery" at each end, the time taken being between ten and twelve days, a minimum saving of fortnight on the fastest seo traf fic.. I happen to know that the ***

French authorities are doing everything in their power to get Hong Kong's European mails

of the Grand Trunk Airline of Asia I saw Boothman come in after his routed by this service.

be a line from Dairen (Japanese struck by his freshness. Quite de

grand flight last Sunday, and was They are even arranging, major changes in their steamship services Manchuria), through Shanghai, finitely he had enjoyed the flying

Taihoku (Formosa), Laoag, Manila, part of the contest. Iloilo, Cebu, and Davao (Philip- pine Islands), Monado (Colebes), Teranto, Amboing

Miss Gower and Miss Spicer next appeared at Stag-lane aerodrome Airplane Club. They studied all It has been supposed that the aspects of flying together. But to Korat (Biam), Virch (French Inde movement drew the blood from the nobody would they disclose their China), Fort Bayard (Kwang Chow whole brain, and that you would plans.

"I am learning all I can until ursconscious first, become Wan), Kni Tak (Hong Kong), perary loss of sight following. The the parental ban is lifted," said Swatow and Amoy (Chian), Tai-high-speed flight pilots, however, Mind Cloner, with a laugh... hoku or Recling (Formosa) and know from their numerous experi

Actually she was qualifying to thence, by the Luchu Islands, to ences that they can atay "blacked out "for relatively a long time, and I suggest that the next development tening the machine. one of the Southera ports of Japan. can always come back by straigh

20. 88, to accomplish this end.

Up From the Bea,

| AIRCRAFT: CARRIER'S £150,000 REFIT.

EAGLE'S VICISSITUDES,

H.M.S. Eagle, the largest aircraft pass the most difficult test in carrier in the Royal Navy, has just lying, and to gain the B" licence begun, a refit at Devonport Dock which enables a pilot to "ply for yard, which is estimated to cost hire.

close on £150,000. Sir Robert Gower, when inter- viewed this Tunbridge Wells Of 92,000 tons displacement, the Office, anid

Eagle was built on the Tyne by "I am delighted to know that my Messrs. Armstrong (now Vickers- daughter is making good in the work she has chosen.

Armstrongs, Ltd.) as the Chilean Cochrane. "I am proud that my daughter batticship Almirante is now one of the only three women During the war she was taken over pilots in the country that possess

Her immense hangår, when clear, ed of the aircraft whit

which normally occupy it makes a magnificent ball

The direct Hong Kong-Suet- Europe lotter mail averages sixty 30. bags every week in each direc

(Molucana), The seaplane is allowed to come the B licence, and that she is by the Admiralty and converted tious.

Olift (South East Islands) to Port off the water by its own, speed. The the first young woman, as far as 1 into aircraft carrier at considerable Each bng contains about Fulbs, of letters, the remaining Darvin (Australia). I affirm that pilot does nothing to force it off. know, to start an air business of additional expanEC

these two routes are essential to the He holds the joystick back steadily her own-with the help of Miss

and normally the machino leaves Spicer:"" contents being newspapers and amali packages; the

aerial development of the Far East the water after a run of from 30 whole ia 1,200lbs.£2,400 per- wea

and should be Internationally own.se to 40 sec. It leaves the water uta alight angle, and when the ed and operated. I hold that each pilot is sure it is well clear and Income for an air line!

sovereign country which I have here has flying speed be very slightly mentioned should enter into co pushes the joystick forward and flattens out, instantly giving atten- operative, constructive, immediate tion to course, throttle and tem discussion with the others with the perature, while the machine speeds object of getting this thing put on at six miles & minuto. through now..

Blam, Japan and the Philippines.

Now, let us look at Siam. All who know that country will tell you that it consists of one railway, a lot of rice and forests, and water. Water is the only existent trans-

An American Opinion... port medium alternative to the air. It may interest my readers to The Aerial Transport Company of know that, during the last few Siam, with Headquarters at Korat, days, I have been almost sharing some hundred miles NE of Bang. quarters with Mr. and Mrs, Day kok, has recently begun operating the world fliers who passed through the Colony this last week. We have Chinn, as we know, has her discussed, in detail, the subject of places als cut and dried, And Hong this series of articles and, before Kong doce not come into these his departure Mr. Day and 1 agreed all along the line. He is an On the other flank the Philippine experienced airman, a designer of Aerial Taxi Co., which was organi aircraft and a practical min of sed in 1930 and commenced work, business and 'I do not mind admit- King in February this year, 1 Korg Sing that his favourable

judgment ing ahead with both land and water has meant a great deal to me.

with British craft and staff.

placos.

-'PLANE: WITH ""'ROBOT'

PILOT.

BRITISH BID FOR NON-STOP FLIGHT RECORD

During the Prince of Wales South American tour its appearance was completely transformed, foun tains and banks of flowers aiding the illusione

LOW-FLYING WATCH.

PLANS TO SPOT PLANEST

BEAT WALLINGTON:

Not always in the take-off. so simple. If the machine hits even Satisfactory, preliminary: flying a slight swell it begins to porpoise tests of the specially constructed and the pilot has a most uncomfort Fairey Napier long range, mono-, abis time, pitching to and fro vio place which has boon built at Hayes, ently, floats hanging on the sea. Middlesex, have been completed at Landing is a ticklish business. Colnbrook Aerodrome, and the There must be at least three miles machine will be flown to Cranwell, plane, engine throttled down, is stop flight of over 3,000 miles to received of low flying of aircraft in of clear water ahead. The sea- | where it will be prepared for a non-

Many complaints Janving been brought in with due regard for the Khartoum which is scheduled for the neighbourhood members Of direction of the wind. It loses September Baddington and Wallington Rate height and approaches the water. This flight is to be a rehearsal for | payoral: Association... have received. in a long fat glide. The way to an attempt to fly 0.000 miles from from the ercretary a corumunication alight is to let the machine op- Cranwell to Cape Town or Ceylon, uronch gradually, losing speed and without alighting, thus breaking the suggesting that where cases of air- height, and not allowed to flatten world record of 4,000 miles held by observed, particular should be sent fying dangerously low are

it the pilot does not hold off" York to Constantinople. out until close to the water. But Amarion with a flight from New

to him quite long enough no great harm To relieve the strain on pilots a These particulars should include is done, the heels of the floats touch" robot pilot, which once so will identification letters or number of it and the machine lesyen water again, | fir the monoplane anmasingly on a machine, date, dime, place of obser probably not retouching for at least pre-determined course, has been vation direction of flight, weather a quarter of a mile:

fitted to the, machine.

conditions, and vidibility.

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