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PLYMOUTH AIRPORT PLANS

Local Company To

Be Formed

Mr. Whitney W. Straight, the young American millionaire racing motorist. revealed to me in a

Plymouth airport is the fourth of the chain of airports acquired by the Whitney Straight Corpora- tion..

Features of the plaus are:

WARSHIPS AND AIRCRAFT

Let Us Try And Get

Down To Facts

(BY SIR HÉRBERT RUSSELL)

the bombers?

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special interview on March 10, As a professional journalist my, miss their mark. But would, the writes a representative of "The self, perhaps I need hardly say bombing of London "bring down" Western Morning News" his plaris that I am all for the freedom of the British Empire, or would it for Roborough airport, which he the Press. I would rather be stared not call forth a terrible holocaust FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936 has just acquired on lease from in the face by the most unmitigat- upon the land of the Flymouth municipal authoried rubbish than set a blank space! London tles.

is unquestionably the proclaiming the fact that the pub-| greatest moral objective in the Heation of such tosh had been world but as a military objective oficially prohibited. But, of course, it is on quite another plane. What unlimited freedom has its penal- the prophets foretell and what the tles. The vast mass of readers will alṛmen could possibly do are wide- not be in a position to know that ly different stories. I was n many A local company. is to be form- .he perfectly plausible. “atory' well-bombed places during the war ed; flying training will be provided they have been reading is unmiti on the Western Front, both dur- at low cost; an air taxi service gated' rubbish. With the masses ing and after attacks, and my in- will be run: apprentices will be to be able to affirm that "they variable wonderment was that sc taken on and trained in aviation: have seen it in print" is synony- little damage had been done for and endeavours will be made to mous with declaring that "It must so much hellish noise. I am told encourage air liner operators to be true." And so may public be- that "appalling progress" has been use the airport as much as pos llef be formed or, at any rate, in- made slice those days. There did sible.

fluenced.

not seem much need for "progress" considerable section of the to those who were in the immediate Press of this country has laid tre-vicinity of German bombs. mendous stress upon the peri OPPOSITE VIEW-HOLDERS ""I am forming a local company which lurks over our feet in the

The air enthusiasts are at Plymouth, to be known as the Mediterranean. The editorial

numerous and very ocal. Any- Plymouth Airport, Limited." said staffs may belleve all the "stüm" Mr. Whitney

body who wants notoriety has only Straight. "That on these lines which they send out: company will have a capital of to the case-room and conscient to announce that he is starting £5,000, and will taken over for tously feel that they are perform a flight to break the record from Afteen years the lease of the Flying a nadanal service in warning B.B.C. will see to it that a bored Peckham to Pandamonia, and the the public. When I read that world shail hear all about his ad- "Dombs are superior to battle-

"ON DEMAND" AIR TAXI SERVICE TO BE RUN

mouth Aerodrome.

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"Plymouth Airport, Ltd., will do

ships," that "the reason why the Yentures. But the people who the following at the aeroprome feet has been moved to Alexan- could and should put up the case "Manage the airport in a first-dria is because the Italian air for sea power in reply to air-mind- class manner; set up an up-to- threat makes Malta much too dane destructiveness really seem to date restaurant bar; run an up-gerous," and that "Mussolini de- trouble themselves very little In to-date flying school, at which full pends upon his swarms or aircraft comparison. We certainly do not Aying training will be provided. to take auch toll of the British want anything in the nature of a including blind fyfig, navigation Navy that the Italian Fleet could rand scale duel between the op- mop up the remainder I merely posite view-holders. I was about This school will be equipped mutter What tripe But when to write that what we do want are with a new type of machine, de- Brown quotes these admonitions to the facts, but the trouble is that A Quantity of Sundries signed by me in conjunction with me in serious tones, and Smith and there are so few facts and so much Mr. 'Milles, who designed the Jones ask me whether I do hot theory. In the matter or sex ver- machine in which Tommy Rose think "sanctions" infernally dan has just flown to the Cape and gerous since they have brought back, and with which he also won such a peril, and dear old Robinson the King's Cup Flying training bleats how foulish we are to go on will be provided at a very low cost building warships at all when There will also be maintain everybody knows that aircraft can ed at the airport an 'on demand' send them to the bottom-then air taxi service, and within ten may begin to feel the great minutes of receiving a telegram tree Press of this country, es from Plymouth about the lease, | rightly regarded - de 4 bactern so I ordered for the Plymouth air the whole the rest is the world port a ax-passenger twin-engin-might occasionally show a rather The other day. when the First thing but so simple as it might ap- ed machine for this taxi service. deeper sense of responsibility. Lord of the "This means that anybody who The Italian newspapers gleefully his maiden speech in the House of wants to fy anywhere will be able quote this sort of rubbish, and, not bords, be rather staggered a good to phone the aerodrome and a unnaturally, become more impud- many people by 'plane will be ready waiting for the ent than ever. I have not such a fidence with which he dispelled the passenger at the airport to go mean opinion, of the intelligence ship must be the victim of the

general fallacy that the batce wherever he wants, on the Contin- ent or in this country.

modation for

aerodrome.

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"The airport will maintain up-to-date and efficient service depot for the use of private owners For air lines.

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of the Fascist Grazid Council as

sus air we have abundant expost- TERMS: CASH ON Dezivert. tion of what ought to happen, but Precious little demonstration what has happened. Nor has that

LAMMERT BROS., precious little been very conclusive.

AUCTIONEERS The air arm has been thoroughly well advertised (not by the profes signal alimen) while the naval kept pretty quiet. So much the of which have demonstrated that reaction to the air arm has Been better.

Mam to sink a vessel in this way is any-

Admi.alty made

the quiet con-

.o suppose that it can be accepted bomber. A 1-ton bomb has a ter very seriously by them, although it rible sound; a 1-ton shell, such as the heaviest naval artillery throws certainly offers good ground for

IN ABYSSINIA

It is now the predominant power'

pear. Indeed, I know of no case in

and certain weapon or destruction

which the bomb has proved a swit against the ship. I do not need be told that if you can plant vulnerable spot in a ship, this will 1,000 of high explosive upon any probably finish her off and it is quite immaterial by what means it warfare we anticipate that it may is planted. In the nature of gen

be planted by "a' gun, and it has

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car, which will be permanently at- ganda. There is a great body of monplace of sea warfare. At any been found possible to devise a

"We are also providing a motor- the scattering of menacing propas apparently regarded as a com- tached to the airport, with accom- "advanced thought” in our own rate we have never heard it sug-pretty effective system of protec This will be for the use of passen- potentiality of air power and the the knell of the battleship The No heavy armoured ship on either eight passengers, country which is obsessed with the gested that the. 1-ton shell means ton against this method of attack. gers from the air liners or planes consequent impotence of all the / differénce, of course, lies in the side was sunk by gundre at Jut

method of delivery. It sounds so private people arriving at the defence, and they regard these much easier, and more deadly, to tle-cruisers, which went up in such

extravagant pictures as serving a swoop down upon

a hill 700 feet rapid successiori from the same long, drop the bomb, and skim cause in every case, a cause which very useful purpose.

away, than to make a clean his should have been foreseen and was from a distance of ten miles. Let remedied after that tragic experi- Exaggeration is never useful. To craft can drop more than one 1-ton regards herself as very well de- us not forget that no oversea air-

evice. The bulged armoured ship "A fully-qualified airport mana-

underrate the potentialties of air comb, while a striking shell would tended against submarine attack ger, and instructor will be appoint- but very dangerous. I have no ob-

power would be not mere foolish be one of a salvo. ed in due course. A sales organ-jection whatever to the claim that House of Lords during a discussion ing her under water, she can be If she can be made reasonably. im- In the course of a speech in the mune from a 21in. torpedo strik- zation will be set up at the aero- drome to provide any new planes in war. But I emphatically deny upon national defence, Lord Btra correspondingly protected against or parts or material, &c., which that such an admission implies the bolgt said that a battleship costs an aerial torpedo striking her on people want to buy there.

impotence of ses power and land £8,000,000, and that for this sum topaldes. The submarine is an in- "We will take on a number of power. Anybody who has followed it would be possible to build 1,000 visible foe; the aircraft must be apprentices, who will be given a the very variegated versions of the altcraft. The figures are rather seen if her people can perceive first-class training in aviation, war in Abyssinia with a perfectly extreme; the world's latest and their objective and I do not think and brought to the necessary stage open mind cannot but he struck largest completed battleship coet that the remarkable improvement For efficiency to be able to get their by the fact. For more than four welt under £6,000,000, and the in the methods and speed of anti-

engineering licences.

months now the major activity has demand for decrease in tommage aircraft he delivery are sufficient- been left to the Italian airman, and armament should result in a ¡y realized by those who takist that Day after day the Itaan High reduction in cost." Moreover, if the the ship has no chance against Command has dwelt impressively costliest example of warship in to the air adversary. upon intensive air activity." What be selected for comparison, why

The general view in the Navy is has all this amounted to? Re-Bot also select the costliest type that air hover is valuable ad- connaissance has unquestionably of aircraft, the powerful flying junct and a fly menice, but not proved very valuable in enabling boat, which may work out at any- measures to be taken against for thing up to 250,000) However, the older forms of attack which necessarily any more ugly than midable concentrations. The apart from this, as an ex-naval must be taken for granted in con- "We want it to be clearly under- abyssinians intensely dalke being officer, Lord Strabolel must sure nection with war at lea: That air stood that the Plymouth, airport is bombed; far more do they resently realize that it work of the bat an open airport. We will give the the insensate bombing of their wo ship could not be done even by wer is a proposition which can same services and charge the same men and children and kraals and 1000 atret. The fact that air- only be seriously entertained when fees to anybody using the aero cattle but they have become open

can attack, warships?"when air transport supplants scan trans- drome, Very substantial reduc ly contemptuous of the bad marks they can reach thein so far from port. He would be bold Han flons, up to 66 per cent will be manship of the airmen against minimfant the necessity to pro- who declared that this never can given for quantity landings that the sghting men, and if land for-tect the sea ocymunications, only be belt I think we are quite justi- la, for individuals, or ope

Lingces cannot get a move on this war increases it because it means that fed in saying that it will not be companies who use the P

bath from the gliomay go on until king- aircraft can aes after tradithin such measurable distance dom come without producing a de- ing vessels, and the very life of for time na we need trouble to Petrus, Probabes, the Italian this country "fire always depend visualize. I suppose it is too much agre as accurate in sight upon trading vessels, at any rate hope for any abandonment of he fuels masies pa the airmen of for asar ahead as the mental this ceaseless implication of any other country, and consoVision can see. the airport with the Lord Mayor queritly they have merely given a 107 Plymouth on Saturday fast, and very extensive demonstration of

I came to the con

DOURTS DISPELLED

"We will endeavour to encourage air liner operators to use the air port as much as possible.

"An up-to-date acroplane or 'planes will be provided for pica sure Lights during the enmmer

months.

airport reguarly, and make large

numbers of landings.

"I previously had some

about the site at Rob

I had the pleasure

site was probably the

district and

the

crate

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LESSONS OF BOMBING-

CES

the limitations of this form of War-

From time

ThatGiven a target the size of Gres

and air raiders cour

power can ever supersede sen po-".

Hopeless competing and for, re- cognition of the great scope which exists for co-operation, Heet hout be ciently