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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

AIR PILOTAGE STANDARDS

SEVERE TESTS FOR ROYAL AIR FORCE

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AIR TRAVEL IN SCOTLAND

ENTERPRISE OF 'BUS COMPANY

SMALL FLEET OF ABROPLANEŠ

PURCHASED

AERIAL HEIGHT RECORD

AIR TRAFFIC LANES

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PLACE IN TOWN PLANNING

SCHEMES

BRITISH AVIATOR

COMPLIMENTED

[URITAN WIRELESS SERVICE]

"Roany, Oct. 10. LORD Londonderry, on behalf of the Air Council, in a congra tulatory message to C. F. Uwina on winning the acropland height re cord for Britain, which has now

The first step towards including the interests of aviation in the London, Sept. 6.

town planning of Greater London The standard of air pilotage in

was taken recently at Heston air been confirmed by the Federation the Royal Air Force is recognised |

Aeronautique International, says port. The large party of town' throughout the world as being ex-}

A new factor in the development

the success is a tribute alike to tremely high; but the Air Council of air travel in Scotland has been planning experts, including the Uwins' own skill and to the effici- has decided that all permanent the entry into this phase of trans mayors of several London boroughs, ckey of British aircraft and the And medium service officers who port pt the Scottish Motor Trac who made fights for the purpose

engine used. have not already taken aptino. Company, Ltd., a large bus propriate course will be required organisation with extensive korvices of examining the question from to pass a fourteen days' course in in the country. There have been the air, were impressed by the oase: air pilotage between their fourth

numerous indications recently of an: laid before them by Sir Alan Cbb- and their sixth years of service. impending advance in serial trans ham and Mr. Nigel Norman for In the early flying courses at the

port Scotland, and in extending R.A.F. College and the flying its activities in this direction the combining aeroplane lanes with the SANTOS DUMONT'S FLIGHTS training schools a substantially company is making a notable con schemes which would preserve a higher standard of training is to tribution. It has purchased six De green belt around suburban be set.

Havilland Fox-Moth machines, each, London. Further conferences will Among the subjects to which ad- of which has acating accommoda probably be arranged to discuss the ditional attention will be devoted' tion for three passengers. This

matter. will be "blind" flying. This sub fleet will be increased as found ject is now being taught in most ; necessary,

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of the civilian flying training The Scottish Motor Traction schools. Air Service Training Ltd. Company-or the S.M.T.”—was] at Hamble was the pioneer civilian one of the large pioneer "but con- school in "blind" flying and it cerns in Scotland, and in supple is able to offer courses of instruc-menting its road services with aero tion to pilote modelled upon the planes it intends to develop and R.A.F. courses and attaining the popularise travel by air at prices same standarda of proficiency," within the roach of the general

For the "blind" flying the Reid-public. Sigrist turn and bank indicator is used throughout the Service, at Air Service Training and other leading civilian schools. A fenture of this turn indicator which is

Programme of the 'Planes.

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When Air Traffic is Heavier.

MEMORIES OF A GREAT PIONEER

IN 1902

Learning to Fly.

The late M. Santos-Dumont, had the triumphant experience in 1909, of sailing round the Eiffel Tower in a dirigible balloon.

At

The pass on the aviation side looks well ahead to the time when all traffic will be much heavier and when, for its own safety, and for was

this distance in time the achievement does not sound par ticularly thrilling, but the feat accomplished after several He tried

the safety of those on the ground, heart-breaking failures. it will have to be directed along first in the "Santos-Dumont No, certain paths. The definition of 4" in which, for the sake of light- air lanes from the country into ness, he did. away with the car and London aerodromes may be fairly directed the movements of the ma- easily achieved and is actually in chine from a frail bamboo saddle! The aeroplanes are of the most process at present. Communication in cycling fashion. up-to-date make, and are of the between the aerodromes which on-

In one of his attempts he strug same type as that which won the circle London, including a fairly gled without avail against a strong recent King's Cup air race, Paint large number of military aero- wind and came down perilously that it enables the pilot to extri./ed in the colours of the company- dromes, will not be so simple if on the trees of the estate of M. cate his aircraft from a spin while blue and white and bearing the uncontrolled building development Edmond de Rothschild.

not common to all other types is

ho is under the hood."

Air Service Training is now be ing equipped with Marconi wire less apparatus for the benefit: of students. The equipment includes

telegraph and telephone appara-

letteraS.M.T.," they provide a is allowed to occupy all possiblo degree of comfort which bears omergency landing grounds on the favourable comparison with other existing fringe of London. modes of travel. The passengers, are seated in a; cabin, which has glass side panels.

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The programme which has been!

Leading Town Planners Prosent.

Some of the leading town-plan-

Crash After, Crash, -

He repaired the balloon and set out again, only to callide with the roof of a lofty hotel in the Rue Alboni-and narrowly escape death.

tus for use in the air, a ground arranged for the aeroplanes at the ners were given an example of the Yet twenty-eight days later he had)

station and various parts and ac- cessories for instructional pur

poses.

DISTANCE RECORD

R.A.F. MAKING PREPARATIONS

London, Sept: 6.-A resumption

of the Royal Air Force attempt to break the world's long distance |-flight-record has been decided up

present time is to provide flights for the public at various Scottish resorts, which will be visited at different periods.

"Not an Experiment.”

A representative of The Glasgow Herald, who took part in one of the Blights, was informed later, in an interview with an official of the Scottish Motor Traction Company, that this project of the company

was not of the nature of an ex-

series of hops, from open space to open space which may be made by an aeroplane pilot who desires to take a safe course across part of London. The demonstration proved

constructed and equipped another machine-and crashed with it in a collision with a tree in the Bois de Boulogne !

Still he was not beaten, and at how desirable the preservation of length he ascended from a certain such routes may be for the future, park in Paris, made the circuit of It also started the inquiry whether the Eiffel Tower, and returned to or not the idea could be fully and his starting place in 20 minutes scientifically developed by plan 30 seconds-thue winning with ging sections of the proposed thirty seconds to spare the prize green belt" so that they might of 100,000 franes offered by M. allow of the formation of lanes to Deutsch to anyone who should ac

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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

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11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 am-Chinese programme, 12.30 p.m.-European programme.

of Victor and H.M.V. records. prd-Local time and weather- report. A relay of the Hong

Hotel Kong

Orchestra by courtesy of the Management, (During the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio.)

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, etc. 2.15 p.m. (approx)-Close down. 3 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme. 6 to 6,90 p.m.--Children's concert. 7 to 10.30 p.m.-European pro-

gramme.

7 to 0 p.m.- programme of Vie- tor and H.M.V., records kindly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutris . & Co.

to 7.3 p.m.-

Band and Orchestral Music. *Suite Francaise" (Foulde). ----

The Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards.-B2751/B2762.

Mosaic Fantasin on "Coppelia " (Delibes, arr. Tavan)-Sym- phony Orchestra, conducted by J. B. Szyfer.-€2204. 7.23 to 7.50 p.m.-

Musical Comedy and Light Opera

Duchess of Dantzig "Vocal Gems (Caryl).-Light Opera Company CR

Stand Up and Sing"--Selec tion (Ellis).-New Mayfair Orchestra. C9119

"The

Geisha-Vocal · Gems" (Jones).Light Opera Com- pany.---C2114.

p.m.-Local time and weather

report.

7.30 to 8.20 p.m.-

Variety.

Humorous Song--"Our Avenue,"

-Gracie Fields.---B2768.

Organ Solo-" Love Lies."- Regi-

nald. Foort.-B2776. -Song" Jeunesse."

Walter

Glynne (Tenor). B2701 Humorous Song Down in de Cane Break."-Frank Crumit. ---12787.

the Song-" Under

Gracie Fields.-D2738. Organ Solo-Just Like Darby and Joan."--Reginald Foort.- 12775.

Moon."

Song" I Love the con."

Walter Glynno (Tenor)-B2781. Humorous Song "The Song of tho Prune."-Frank Crumit.-- B2787.

link up all the aerodromes. The complish this feat in half an hour: 8.20 to 853 p.m.-

periment. "This is definitelyn proposition to show to the people matter is one for careful joint in vestigation-by-aviation experts and on and arrangements are being of Bootland that air transport in those who are most likely to direct 1 an important factor in the ques

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tion of future travel," he said. the planning of Greater London. It seems quite probable that the "It will also show, we hope, that · air travel is comfortable and cliquestion will be fully explored. cient,” he added. “We have pass.

made so that the Fairey-Napier monoplane shall be ready by about the middle of November, when the weather should be suitable for the Aight.

Squadron. Leader O. R. Gayforded the stage when air travel can and Flight Lieut. D. L. G. Bett be regarded as a luxury. It is both comfortable and economical, ar cagain detailed as pilots of the

From now onward there will be a machine. The course will be from

big advance in air travel." Cranwell to Capetown, a distance of more than 6,000 miles or nearly a thousand miles mars than "the existing non-stop flight record.

NEW ITALIAN AIR POST

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The Fairey-Napier monoplane is fitted with the pilot's assister or "robot pilot as it is commonly called, and this should to some extent relieve the two pilots of the

In a new 100 lire stamp reserved strain or continuous flying for for air postage, Italy pays tribute more than sixty hours on end. to the memory of Leonardo da The course will probably lie over Vinci, whose genius ranged from

R.A.F. CADETS

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Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Corsica, painting the Mona Lisa to the rat shal A. 3. Longmors), in the course Sardinia, Lybia, French West Afries, Nigeria, the French Came. roons, Spanish Guinea, Lobito and British South-West Africa,

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His portrait,. ini pensive mood, is posed against the background of a bat's wing on a plaque that occu- pies the centre of the striking de-fights, the inclusion of an instru sign of Professor C. Mezzana, while ment flying course, and the utiliza- The lughest denomination of

a scroll beneath it carries the dedition of worse flying weather than stamp hitherto provided by the Ita

had been the practice previously. cation "L'uomo con le sue grandi lian Post Office for air post purati facendo fara contro l'aria

One cadet bad beon withdrawn dur- ing the Jest term as unlikely to be- poses has been 10 hire. This addi-

potra soggingarla e levarsi, sopra tional value, has been created to

di lei." Executed in large, upright come a safe pilot, and another cadet moet the requirements of the banks

was withdrawn in December after rectangular format, the stamp

the presentation. of the last report. and air transport companies, pri-

forms part of the series introduced

This compared favourably with=146| *marily for franking large, inured

carlier in the year in the interests packages transmitted over the South

of the national Society -Dante impilar period a year ago, when 10:30 pm American and other long-distance Alighieri, although in this case it no fewer than five cadets had to be nir mail routes.

(Continued on Previous Column,) withdrawn.

Fox Trot-Three on a Match,"

-0342,

Fox Trot Bring a Love

·Song.”

Walt You Will · Remember

Vienna

Rugby mid-day Press

Trial by Jury (Gilbert and Sullivan)--Recorded under the direction of Rupert D'Oyly Carte.C-4.

8.32 to 9 p.m.--

Concert Items.

(arr. La Song" Deep River"

Forge).--Frances Alda (50- prano).-1268.

Duet for Two Pianos-Valse (From Buite for Two Pianos Arensky). Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilowitsch.—8162. Song Love Went A-Riding" (Bridge)Browning Mummery (Tenor)-B2786, String Bass

Solo-ChariBOŻY -

Triste" (Koussovitaky ). Serge Koussevitsky.—7350.

9 to 9.30 p.m.

- From the Studio,

Selections-by-the-Melody Team. 0.20 to 10.30 p.m.-Dance music kindly supplied by the Bruns wick House..

Fax Trot" Till the Shadows

Robire."

Fox Trot! No One But You.”—

Fox Trot Rain, Rain,, Go

Away!"

Tox Trot Somewhere in the

West."-M12419.

Fox Trot It's About Tine. Fox Trot The One Note Trum

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Walte Why Can't This Go On

Morever?"

Waltz An Old

Waltz.-M1911

Fashioned

Fox Trot Hummin' to My-

Fox Trot A Great Big Bunch.

of You."-M12400.3 Rumba Mama Inez.” Rumba-" Muchacha."-0094... Fox Trot Down Among the

Sheltering Palms,""

Fox Trot Poor Butterfly

633874

Fox Trot You're the One. news.

ForTrot Think of Me 10.35 p.m. (approx)-Close down. (Continued on Previous Uglumin)