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TRAVEL BY AIR TO THE COLONIES.

AIRSHIPS CARRYING 100 PASSENGERS.

A CEYLON FORECAST. There would appear to be avery possibilitity that, in 1930, it will be possible to fly frem Colombo to England in seven days in giant commercial airships capable of carrying 100 passengers and some ten tons of mail matter and special freight, says the Ceylon Übserver,

in

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

24, 1927.

BX-

on

THE

FUNNEL

BLUE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE "SARPEDON" 30th Nov. Marlos, London, R'dam & Glasgow *DIOMED" 13th Dec. Mar'ies, London, R'dam & Hamburg "PATROULUS" 27th Dec. Marles, London, R'dam & Glasgow. **ORENTES'' 10th Jun Martes, London, it'dam & Hamburg

Via Omablanda

Flight Lieutenant Nixon landing and accommodation fees exactly in the same way as Har-plained that early next year the bour dues are

in the first of these tremendous air- levied Colombo Harbour at the present ships will be ready to make the trial fight which will probably moment.

be from Britain to the Cape. A What Has Been Done Already.

Airship service to the Cape may possibly Already magnificent Bases have been established, in be inaugurated early in 1929, but conne tion with this scheme, ata, service to Ceylon and Australia Bedford, England, in Egypt ons not likely until 1930. the Suez Canal south of Port The airships now, being con

structed have a cruising range of Said and at Karachi.

Of the self-governing Dominions 4,000 miles when loaded to their, South Africa and Canada have utmost capacity. If Australla de- already consented to come in and eldes to fall in with the scheme, bases in those countries are al- there will be two routes which ready in course of construction, may be taken one via the Cape, Both Australia and New Zealand the other via Indla and in either have, as a result of the Mission, case the bases for Australia will been intensely interested in the have to be at Perth and Mel- Hitherto people in Ceylon, have project and it is practically cer-bourne, and not at Darwin as was Of course, on "sach a long been inclined to be sceptical ontain that they, too, will fall into once, thought would be the case. this point, but it is now learned line.

It how remains to be seen whe-, irip as that from Britain to-Aus- that, during the last few days,

routes "will naturally be made the, members of a British Airshinther Ceylan also will actively eo- trafin alight variations in the Mission, direct from the Airperate.

"It is almost impossible to con- from time to time as the weather Ministry, have been busy

a possible ceive the ultimate possibilities of conditions may dictate, but from Colombo solveting

Lieutenant the meteorological investigations Airship Base in the neighbour-this scheme" Flight hood of this City and discussing Nixon remarked, "for if and when so far carried out by Mr. Giblett with the Local Government the four plans mature, even the most it appears that only three or four whole question of the part whindistint parts of the Empire-such, stops will have to be made

for instance, as New Zeniand-route for the purpose of refuell this Colony will eventually pl y as a port of call on the England will be brought within ten or ing. When stops are made the eleven days of Bedford, England."airship will be timed to connect Zoz- Egypt-India-Australia-Now

Here are a few of the possibili-with the mooring tower at sunset, refuel over night and continue the land Air route.

ties:- The mission-which arrived in

England to Canada in 24 days, night at dawn.

The Mooring Towers, Colombe on: October 11th, from

England to South Africa in 6

Most interesting scientific la- Australia--consist of Group Cap- tain P. F. M. Fellowes, Director

or 5 bours occupy the attention of Mr. Giblett, M.Sc.. the meteorologist of Airship Development. Fligh!

days. Lieutenant S. Nixon of the Royal

England to Ceylon in 6 days.of the mission.

Airships are moored to a huge Airship Works and Mr. M. A.

England to Melbourne in 10

tower, 200 feet high and 70-feet Giblett, Superintendent of the

of Airship Royal

Meteorological days.

Eventually it is anticipated that across the base. This type division Group Captain Fellowes

a weekly service tower has been standardised, but and Mr. Giblett have already left there will be Ceylon for India, but Flight between England and Australia. behind the building of that tower Lieutenant Nixon is remaining for which eight giant Airships and the mooring cane of the air- here fer a few days prior to will be required. A point which ship there is a vast amount of

"ANTENOR" So that the airship may be proceeding to the Cocos Islands remains to be settled is whether intricate aélentific apparatus. Tar the purpose of investigating there will be a both ways service the possibility of establishing an between England and Australia moored safety a wonderful in- emergency landing ground there, via Colombo, or whether the Air-strument called an anemometer is Cerlo ships will take the South African used. This wind velocity measur almost midway between and Perth and very nearly on the route outward bound and the ing instrument is placed at in- Colombo route homeward bound tervals on a flat open space at At present it seems quite likely distance comparable with the air- that, at first, the two way route ship, and it records on a chart the will be adopted. It may, there- wind velocity in seconds. All fore, be possible to travel hom the anemometers are connected by from Ceylon to England by air, an electrical device so that one but not back again from England may obtain records of what speed the wind reached at any particular to Ceylon in the same way.

time, and from. this information

direct route.

days.

England to India in 4

During the course of a con- versation with a representative of the Ceylon Observer Flight Lieu- enant Nixon expressed a very decided opinion that Colomb will, most certainly, be a port of call. The Mission, he said, hail already visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, The two Airships which the the designer may base his calouin- 'India

and Ceylon-the object Air Ministry are constructing at tions for the strength necessary

Works at for the mooring cone. being to make arrangements with the Royal Airship

The Cardington Air Ships.

Another instrument records the the Dominion and Colonial Gov- Cardington for the England to vernments concerned for the es-Australia run are the last word in temperature of the air above and tablishment of Airship Bases as a luxury and comfort as well as in below the airship when moured, preliminary to the inauguration-speed and efficiency. They will so that a record may be immediate- by private enterprise of Airship each have a capacity of 5,000.00 ly obtained as to the exact amount Services which will eventually cubic feet, will be 730 feet long, of ballast necessary to keep the

carry ship in position.

One means of keeping an' air- link up practically every part of 130 feet broad, will ench the scattered British Empire with 100 passengers, ten tons of mail

matter and special freight and a ship in position is to pump' water the mother-country.

up the tower into the ship, and The idea of the scheme is this. 1 crew, of 50. The bases will be constructed.. The airships will be complete as the temperature alters so the. owned and controlled by the with every modern luxury, in-water may be regulated. Another Dominion or Colonia) Governments ending single and double berth method, employed is by suspending doncerned, or by the Municipali cabins, spacious, lounge, dining weights from the ship to the earth, parlour. and so that if the ship drops the! Jes in whose areas such bases 'saloon, smoking"

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ire located. The scheme as a corridors walled with glass, along weights are automatically taken whole will planned by the Afr which passengers will be able off, and if it tilts they are put into Ministry, whose advice and assis-to promenade and gaze upon the action to hold the ship down. anee will be at the disposal of maizie carpet crawling with pigmy men and beasts thousands of feet The Local Government in connee-

ion with the construction and below.

Each, it is estimated, will cost. equipment of the bases.

When all the ground has been 2275,000 and they will have prepared the Air Mulstry will eruising speed of something over step out of the picture and private 100 miles per hour. Passages by Airship Lines will be established these airships, it is expected, will by private enterprise as demand cost only 25 per cent, more than Dominion and the present first class fares by dietates and the Colonial Governments will charge mail steamers.

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