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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1931,

AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

CAPTAIN BARNARD'S

AIR CIRCUS.

FAMOUS AIRMAN'S SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF GREAT BRITAIN..

160,000 MILES FLOWN; 60,000 PASSENGERS CARRIED.

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ANIMALS AS AIR TRAVELLERS

LIONS, BEARS, DOGS AND POULTRY.

SOME QUEER CARGOES OF -IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.

AIR LINES IN THE

FAR EAST

SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ASKED.

ACTION BY EASTERN. BUREAU,

* LEAGUE OF NATIONS,

U.S.S. AKRON MAY CROSS PACIFIC

GIANT AIRSHIP MAY VISIT FAR EAST

Los Angeles Cal, Dec. 12. The possibility that the US:8, Akron, the now giant dirigible of the A Sub-committee set up by the United States Navy, may soon Air Transpert Co-operation Com-make a fight narcas the Pacific mittee to make an enquiry into the Ocean to China and Japan and constitution and co-operation of the possibly the Philippine Islands, main network of permanent, air was revealed hers to-day by ber routes has finished its work, The builder, Mr. P. W. Litchfield, the

of this Committee were

President of the Goodyear-Zappe- The carriage of dogs, poultry, presided over by M. Fisch (Gor-liu Corporation of Akron, Ohio, and cther livestock by hir is so much on the increase that a depart ment has just been established by Imperial Airways to deal with this growing form of dorin: trafik,

The existence of a special depart ment ensures not only that animals make their journeys in a minimum of time, but also that they recaiva individual cars, being fed and at- tended to, as required, while in transit between London and any

destination on the continent,

in

Mr. Litchenld said that many.)

The report which the Sub-com- February the Akron will fly to Lor mittoo has adopted provides for Angeles and Honolulu from her- the forwarding to European Gov base at the United States Naval guments of a questionnaire de Air Station at Lakehurst, New signed to elicit, information on the Jersey. Plans for a continuation support which each country may be of the flight across the Pacific are disposed to grant to air transport, under consideration, he said.

Map of Air Router..

under reserve of final approval The Sub-committee has drawn up.

The Akron only recently was turned over to the Navy.

"AN INGENIUOS LIAR ·

Capt. O. D. Barnard's tour of from end to end of the kingdom L Great Britain with the "world's lusting impression of the advan first air sircus" was recently tages of this nay development in brought to a close at the London aviation. Air Park, Hanworth,

Mr. L. H. Stace, flying a Sports after 6 months continuous Betivity. From Avian, gave displays of advanced April 1 to October 11, the circus aerobatics which were a lesson in travelled 10,000 miles and gave dis. Frolished "fying. He made over plays in 50 countries in England, 2,000 loops in the course of the

a map of a main network of air Scotland and Wales,

tour. The Avian and Spartan light"

Air Journey Ideal.

routes which shows: the oxisting aerial connections which are con- aeroplanes behaved in exemplary

When valuable animals are sentidered essential. connections which fashion and undoubtedly converted many of the thousands who flew in from England to appear in Shows do not yet exist, but are judged them to a firm belief in the pica-n the continent, it is essential not desirable, and the air-routes on sure and utility of dying.

only that transit time should be which day and night flying may be cut down to a minimum, but also undertaken at the present time.

In the course of a case in the that vibration and jarring should, The "members of the Sub-committes Divorce, Court. Mr. Justice Lang- so far as possible, be avoided. In have been invited to forward before ton said that he had come to the this respect the airway is unrivall-the end of January 1932 thair whom he granted a decree nisi for conclusion that the wife against

A demonstration of modern firing was given to at least 1,000,000 people and the tour thus-fulfilled its main object of stimulating in terest in, civil aviation. The results of the tour are summarised in the following figures:-----

Days in action Towns visited

190

Performances (approx.) 370 Total miles down, all

Parachute Descants,

No flying display would be com 113 plote without spectacular events, and this side of the programme was

ed. Not only is an air Journey gestions as to what further qupport very successfully conducted by Mr.mooth and free from those tran-will be necessary to the officient John Tranum, most famous of shipments from train so boat, and working of the international net parachutists, whose demonstrations back again to train, which

aircraft (approx.) 160,000. Passengers carried, all.

aircraft (approx.) 30,000 Aircraft engaged

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arework under consideration. M.

JUDGE AND WOMAN'S EVIDENCE,

divorce was, in the witness-box, ring steadily and continuously and with ingenuity,

of the Irvin parachute gare the otherwise, unavoidable, but the Beuche, expert attached to the Sub- The petitioner was M. Gilbert In many districts, modern aircraft public & better appreciation of the animala travel in a lined depart committee, has been requested to Lewis Ingrey, a cigarette machinist were brought before the public for value of "the lifebelt of the airment, well protected from draughts proceed on the basis of the informa of Nottingham, who asked for the first time, and, it is safe to say In 130 drope, often into the most or damp.

tion thus gathered to an enquiry divorce from his wife on the ground that one half of the 60,000 passen awkward fields, he never once made Among recent consignments of into the various points connected of her adultery with a correspond- gers were given their first experi- a mistake and finished the tour livestock by Imperial Airways have with the working of a network of ent named James Papworth. ence of flying. Approximately 40,000 with the same two parachutes as hocn-Dogs, cats, mice, day-cldair routes. of the passengers were taken up he had at the outset. Exhibitions chicks, pigeons, cage birds, fish in personally by Capt. Barnard in his of wing-walking were given by Mr. tanks, bees, turkeys, insects small famous monoplane, the Spider," Tranum when the conditions were bears, lion cubs, rare zoo specimena

the veteran of the record flights to India and back and Cape Town and back.

A New Departure,

A squadron of aircraft conducting

against a safe drop.

and monkeys..'

Consignments of day-old chicks

Mr. Papworth did not defend the auit.

"Mr. Justice Langton said that

Question of Common Find. The Sub-committee further decid- Mrs. Ingrey had assorted that when ed that the question of establishing Mr. Papworth invited her to fulfil Capt. Barnard's historic "Spider"

common fund for the develop the dream of her life by going to was both the backbone of the dis-ara cften placed in an carly-ment of the network of air routes Loudon she gave him har money, play and the principal vehicle of morning 'plahe at Croydon, reach could be studied in connection with and as the station he told her, they transport for the personnel and ing in not more than a day's flying that of experimental routes. It has had missed the train and they wont equipment from town to town. It destinations far-distant across the drawn-under, reserve of final ap to Cleethorpes instead. There, she an air pageant regularly every day was never once put of action, and continent. Recently, a many as proval--a skotch of the routes pn said, she stayed with him in a room is a new departure in civil flying, Capt. Barnard was invariably the 2,000 chicks, in a single consignent, which experiments may be under- with a double bed, and also a

flown and its success affords a fresh in first to get through to the next were

from England "ő|

taken with 1 view to detarchild's, ent and she slept in the stance of the reliability now attain-field at the beginning of the day'a

mining the conditions under which child's cot. She denied that there ed in aviation. There were no ao-work At the end of the tour, the

the international network of air

She also Flying Menagerie.

any misconduct, cidents beyond minor mishaps and "Spider" was still flying strongly

Toutes may be developed.

denied that letters to a young, man. When a big good-earrying ma- troubles. with the identical Bristol "Jupi- fow mechanical

were written by herself. Although the tour was conducted in ter" engine which had borne her chine alighted at the London air- the worst summer weather in living to India and back in 7 days and port, not long ago, it was discover memory, there were only three to Cape Town and back in 204 days. Fed that its freight compartment failures due to the now-arrival of the machines..

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The programme was designed to be educational as well as spec. tacular and was given usually twice cach day. Each meeting was or ganised as a proper air pageant, and the programme occupied 21 hours. Little imagination is needed to visualise the great amount of detailed organisation involved in keeping such a tour in progress. Six aircraft, sight road vehicles, and a staff of 40 were engaged in the enterprise.

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overhauls.

Fautiana Aircraft,

Roumanis.

had been transformed, temporarily, into a flying managerie, containing

BRITISH-DESIGNED AIRCRAFT.

TO BE BUILT IN SPAIN.

The Vickers Vildebeest torpedo

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Mr. Justice Langton expressd the opinion that the letters were written by Mrs. Ingrey. She had benn warned against perjury. “She was," his lordship added, “to my mind, a ready and Ingenious liar and was quite unperturbed by any caution I administered to her.

I think she has committed per-

All the aircraft engaged gave parrets, monkeys, and a bear, toge- magnificent service under the most ther with a number of tropical fish strenuous treatment. During the in tanks. On another occasion the long summer days they were in occupants of a cargo-plane were a bomber twin-float seaplane has beer! service for 13 hours daily and number of live alligators, travelling chosen by the Spanish Ministry of throughout the four were nover in special crates, while not loug Marine as the standard aircraft of jury in this case, but it will be for under cover except for occasional ago the cfficials wore called upon to its class to be adopted for the re- someone else to determine whether install in a freight machine a den equipment of the Spanish Naval she has put herself within the reach of the criminal law. The papers The crying need of civil aviation in which a fully-grown lion, accom-Air Service:

air. A large number of these machines will be sent to the King's Proctor, for more aerodromes was one of the panied by its trainer, was reasons for conducting the tour and borne from the continens to London fitted with the Spanish-built His and I direct he shall work ip con- wan also one of the chief obstacles to take part in a circus. On yet pano Suiza type 12-engine are to junction with the Public Prosceu- to its progress. Out of 190 sites another occasion a big cargo-carry-be built under licence at the works tor, if possible, to see whether what I believe to be the deliberate per- The educational portion of the on which displays were held, only ing craft had its hull fitted up so of Construcciones Aeronautics 8.A., programme was centred around the 30 were recognised aerodromes and that a valuable horse might be air Cadiz. One complete sample ma

chine will be sent out from the Daily Mail aviation. lesson, for only 19 of these were adequately borne 'from abroad.

Vickers works at Weybridge, which the latest Marconiphone equipped for regular use by air loudspeaker coach was provided craft. Whenever opportunity arose, Every day a lecture was given on Capt. Barnard took advantage "of the principles of fight, the action his visit by assisting municipal of the autogiro and the function of authorities in the selection of nero- wing-slots. By the use of wireless, droma sites and impressing upon a practical demonstration of flying them the vital importance of pro 'tuition was given by the pilot of aviding facilities for the further Spartan flying in the air and the development of civil aviation in lecturer's deacription was broadcast | Britain, from the couch.

Mr. Mollison Participates. Mr. J. A. Mollison, the young Australian who achieved the won derful feat of flying from Australia to England in 6 days, was attached to the squadron for the tour in Scotland and took part in this louson with his record-breaking

#ALL BRITISH PLANE.

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LUXURIOUS AND PRACTICAL

DESIGN.

The Puss Moth light isfoplans in which Miss Salamun and Mr. Store "Daily Mail" Assistance.

did their record flight of British "Too much emphasis cannot be laid design and constraction, and is the on the valuable assistance rendered most luxurious and practical pri- by the London Daily Mail to vate flying machine yet produced.

Designed by Captain Gioffrey de Capt. Barnard's tour. The giant Marooniphone coach in the care of Havilland, it is fitted with whes! the paper's aviation represents brakes and air brakes. The brakes tive, Mr.. William Courtney, kept enable the pilot to glide mere spectators in touch with the flying steeply without gathering too much programme each day: The work of spoed when approaching a landing The autogiro was not merely a making the nation airminded was ground. success in attracting the public by exploited to its best advantage and its novelty but it also proved itself generally the national and Imperial assound and reliable an aircraft na value of this work is in the any with the tour. The demonstration which this newspaper has tions given by its pilot, Mr. R. A. built up in aviation during the last C. Brid, have cartainly implanted 25 years.

Math.

jury of Mrs. Ingrey may not he brought to hook

His lordship granted

A successful tour of Northern against the co-respon Europe and the Scandinavian ports: has just been concluded with a ma- chine of the same type.

The British Air Ministry is ad- opting the Vickers Vildebeest Atte as a landplane with the Bristol Jupiter engine.

CLERGYMAN ACCUSED.

ALLEGED IN CHARGE OF CAR

UNDER THE INFLUENCE."

The Rev. Alfred Kyla Heyland, aged 31, of Peppard-road, Caver- sham, Reading, was charged at Reading with being in charge of a motor-car while under the influenes of drink so the extent of being in- Commander Kidaton's was

ancapable of having proper control, of American aircraft, and it was said the vehicle in Queen's road. Read- at the time that no British acro, sing, tradi

plano could have done the journey The police applied for a remand, from England to Cape Town to and no evidence was given. Bail

allowed quickly as he did it.

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