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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930.

Nów Barnson Big Might

-omo of Mursson's four new stridgki-eights

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STANDARD ROAD SIGNS.

Captain Al DeWitt and his methanie, Elmer Van Sickle, as pilot and co-pilot, in a Keystone-Loening amphibian running between Cleveland and Detroit. Commodore Ralph R. DeVore, head of the "fleet" of amphibiana on the T. A. C. lake route, is shown in inset.

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Cleveland, July 23. If ever aviation gets so popular that individuals will fly their own planes, just as they drive their own automobiles it's a safe bet the last type of plane they'll try will be the amphibian.

of U. S. naval officers, with the re- quisite bars and stripes to desig nate their ranks and their terms in service,

On each plane is a foghorn, life preservers for the passengers-Lot parachutes and an inflatable rub- Not that the amphibian is any ber lifeboat, all required by the If the ship is more difficult to handle. But its navigation code. driver will have to study harder forced down on water in a fog, the and will actually have to become foghorn is put to use. And if the captain of a sailing vessel before passengers are forced to leave the the government will permit him craft, they have the ordinary ravi- to fly it.

gation means of rescue.

That's true in the case of every amphi- pilot-mechanic sailing an

fished passenger route.

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Must Know Sea Rules. bian today, on a regularly estab The pilots and co-pilots on these planes must know all of the Marite Out of Cleveland and Detroit Pilots' Rules and carry the book fly five times a day huge Key-of rules with them. They must be stone-Loening amphibians piloted able to read weather flags and must by a captain and his "mate," just know all coast guard regulations. as any ship is sailed.. The mate in The ship captain's licence per- this case, of course, is the co-pilot mits them to hold title to and or mechanic, but to be a mechanic captain a ship 65 feet long and of on those amphibians he has to about 150-ton class. It is good on have not only a mechanic's licence, all American waterways and on but a ship captain's licence. In those in U. S. territories. The ex- Faddition, since the place carries a amination for this licence is given radio outfit, he has to have a radio by the Steamboat Inspectors De operator's licence.

partment of the U. S. Department of Commerce.

"Commodore" in Command. The pilot, being in every case a These amphibians fly from 50 to in a graduate mechanic, also has his pi- 250 feet

the water lot's licence and is designated straight line between Detroit and

Cleveland. "captain" of the ship.

In case of an ap-

over

At the head of this "feet" air-proaching storm or other emerg- planes operated by the Thompson Jency, they immediately take to the Airlines, is Ralph R. DeVore, whose water and cruise along under power oficial title is "Commodore." Hisjot their motor. Thus they become uniform, and those of his captains seafaring craft and the pilots ship and their mates, is almost like that captains.

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Highway Expenditure.gested could usefully and economi-

cally be expended upon the high-

In reply to questions in the ways of the country in addition to House recently, Mr. Morrison said the programmes already sanc- that the estimate of £20,000,000 | Lioned.

for road construction during the; next five years, received from Sir! Fennes has adopted standard Henry Maybury, covered the cost) ad signs all over the country, of schemes of road construction and with the result that there is no improvement, additional to present confusion of motorists in inter-programmes, which might, in his opinion, usefully be carried out, in- preting them. Thirteen signs have cluding schemes which the local au- been standardized as to form, size thorities themselves would not be and colour.

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