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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1932.

AIRWAYS AND A VIATION.

CALCUTTA TO SINGAPORE.

R.A.F. SURVEY OF THE ROUTE.

CO-OPERATION OF SIAMESE GOVERNMENT.

LONDON, April 20, Survey operations of the air route between Caloutta and Singa pore, conducted by the Royal Air Force with the co-operation of the Siamese Government, promise to sirality flying over country which

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Re-equipment of Royal Air ForcS squadrons with new types of aero planos is a process that goes on steadily month by month. First, the new machine is designed, built Tand tested at ond or other of the Horce experimental stations. AM terations are decided, to meet the! criticisms of the best pilots. Ways are found to improve performance,

is in many places bazardous terrain Norhaps by discovering how weight. for the airman but is vastly im-may be saved ox in making the portant because of its location!fying congrels more efficienti

The Anal sluge

tuge is the placing of along the main air trunk linen order for sufficient aircraft to the Far East and Australia

the

British, Dutch and French air supply all of the squadrons using the particular category of flying liners have flown many times over the route Light aeroplanes adven.machine affected. The number re turers set in breaking the Aus quired may be large, especially if tralia-England record have passed the new craft be adopted to re- place surilor equipment in the swiftly along it More than ones Royal Air Force flying boats have "general purpose" squadrons. The flown in formation along the coast most widely used aeroplane in the between Calcutta and Bingapore, Royal Air Force to-day is

Westland "Wapiti" general pur- In these way much information has been gather about lying esposo biplane; this machine is the ditions along the routes. But much more remains to be dons before the airway in this region is suitable for regular Aying at all times of the year, partloniarly in landplanes, and the survey operations now in progress are directed to the im- provement of the route from this point of view.

Risks of Monsoon season.

The risks are greatly intensified during the monsoon period, with

ying equipment of eighteen squa- drons and altogether roughly four hundred Wapitis" have been: placed in service by the Royal Air Forde since the type was chosen.

Last of the War Vintage, Within the next three months four bombing squadrons will re- ceive Fairey "Gordon" singlé-on- gined biplanes in substitution for the famous Fairey 3F The Gordon" is best described as an improved 35, powered with a

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its heavy rains and poor visibility, "Panther" 300 h.p. air-cooled water-cooled bugun it was recognized that af frit | engine. One of the squadrons ssential was an exhaustive recot naissance planned to correct and to modernise existing maps. Siter suitable for emergency landings and areas which are known to be oxcoptionally dangerous in a fying wonther are being carefully charted, and other information useful to the airman got together in easily accessible form.

A Difficult Style.

affected is stationed in Palestine, and another in Egypt. Re-equip- Inent of the latter unit is un- usually interesting, because it is the last British service squadron to fly the world-renowned Bristol Fighter of the war days; with the arrival of the new machines the. last aeroplane of wartime vintage. the first-lião disappegra from equipment of the RAF.

200 m.p.. Fighters..

One torpedo bomber squadron will receive the new Vickers "Vilde- beest" biplane. An army co-opera-

A portion of the routo-betweention unit is scheduled to fly the Victoria Point and Alor Star--hes high performance Hawker "Au- with Siamese territory. This secĮ dax,two-seater- craft of as- tion had never previously been de tonishing speed, rate of climb and veloped, though it is one of the general flying efficiency-in the most difficult, stages of the entire place. of the trusty "Atlas" journey of 2,000 miles from Cabiplanes which have been standard outta to Singapore. The Siamese equipment of army co-operation. authorities had already surveyed squadrons for several years. Nota- the northern sections of the main ble also is the substitution,, for the Burma-Malaya air line, and their obsolescent Flycatcher" single- co-operation was sought by the seater marine fighters, of the Haw- Royal Air Force for the closing of ker Nimrod" single-seater-fastest the hiatus between Victoria Point naval warplane in the world-and and Alor Star. An offer that the the "Osprey," a two-seater naval Siamese Government should utilise reconnaissance fighter which, like the services and experience of the the "Audax," is a modified form of Royal Air Force in the proposed the Hawker "Hast day bomber. survey and choice of sites for land the machine which has literally ing grounds was hex.tily accepted swept the board in recent competi and the work was, began.

tion for Air Miniatry orders.

Thus, in this and many other re- Thus the Royal Air Force main- gions, the task of establishing a

tains the lead in efficiency of dy world-wide network of air lines goes.ing material that it has possessed steadily forward. When the pre- unchallenged for years past. When sont survey is completed, the flying the re-equipment scheme is CONTI machines will be able to move more plete a large proportion of the surely over the hills and jungle of squadrons will be dying aeroplanes the Malay peninsula. And once that have no equals among any of again, the British milltúry air ser the world's air services which fly vice blazes the trail for the air liner aeroplanen designed

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PIGEONS VERSUS

AEROPLANE

SEVENTY MILE DIRECTION TEST AT NORWICH:

rhce back to Norwich,

Alded by the Sun. "The pigeons were given fifteen ainutes start; immediately they were relented from the basket they headed in the correct direction for Norwich and were speedily out of sight. The pilot, who was not per- mitted to see the direction taken by LONDON, April sa - {hil rivala, ascended above, un- Theo days ago twelve boming familiar country pad began to fy pigeons were taken in a basket round seeking landmarks which From Norwich, to a large fald might help him to estimate histor Novonty miles away. At the same location. The appearance of the time Squadron Leader Res, chiel countryside Loduced him to believe test pilot of a Norwich firm of, air, that he must be somewhere to the craft constructora, was driven in a south-west. of Norwich and, aided par with the blinds draws to the by the aun, he set of After a few field, where his "Avian" light minutes dying he recognized Dux- Beroplane awaited him- The dash ford military aerodrome In Cam- bourd was devoid of compass and bridgeshire, he knew the way from the machine carried no mape, Duxford to Norwich and arrived Ahoming pigeon flies et ap eventually fifteen minutes in front proximately sixty milee an Hour, of the art pigeon. Though the the light neroplano cruises at 9000 birds were handsomely defeated, m.p.h. and the enterprise was the only the visibility of the and ex- outcome of a wager, one party to Abled the pilot to estimate & course. which contended that the pigeons, Without it, his success would have following the guidands of their been very doubtful, becauds ther mysterious instinet for direction, is no other known way of fixios would beat the human being in the a straight course without map (Continued at fails of nest column compass.

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Helsby and-Prescot, VERITYS, LIMITED.

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London.

LANDIS & GYE, LTD. London.

TANGYES, LIMITED.

Birmingham,

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„WIN GETS” LIMITED

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INDIAN STANDARD CARRIAGE AND

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BRUNTONS, LIMITED.

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London.

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EXPORT CO.,LTD...

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Calcutt

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