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1919 - 0593.PDF
. - . MAY S, 1919 E!^ THE TARRANT GIANT TRIPLANE : A drawing of the machine as she will appear in flight. The power plant consists of six Napier "Lion " engines. " Aerograms " IN the course of his lecture on April 30, under the auspices of the Industrial Reconstruction Council, Mr. Holt Thomas outlined a scheme for combining the services of the aeroplane with the telephone and telegraph in the transmission of long urgent messages, which would be called aerograms. He said the general idea was to telephone or telegraph a message to the aerodrome where it would be taken down in shorthand, carried, say, to France in a plane, and dispatched from there to its destination. Such a system, he thought, would be invaluable for dealing with long Press cables. A message of 3,000 words between Paris and London could be delivered by aeroplane long before it had got across the cable. More over, the aeroplane would probably be carrying millions of words and other things as well at the same time. The economy in labour by the use of such a method would be enormous. It was not going to be easy to organise a service. The public would have to pay for speed in the aerial mail, and for that reason he was not a great believer in passengers, for they would not be able to pay the rate that would be necessary if they were to be transpoited quickly ; if the transportation was not going to be quick, the passenger had better travel by the old method. Until the time of aerial liners was reached it would be impossible to make aerial travel pay. Canadian Aces Over London THE crack Canadian pilots who were privileged to pro vide an escort for the procession of Dominion troops through London on Saturday last were deeply disappointed that stringent instructions from the Air Ministry prevented any " stunts " being performed, especially bearing in mind the performance by the Australian flying officers a week pre viously. Their stately flight was none the less appreciated by the thousands who turned out to see the Overseas troops pass by. The machines were commanded by Lieut.-Col. R. Leckie, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C., and one flight was led by Maj. A. E. McKeever, D.S.O., M.C., and the other by Capt. D. R. MacLaren, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., while among other famous aces aloft were Capt. C. O. Johnson, M.C., Maj. J. O. Leach, M.C., A.F.C., Capt. C. Falkenberg, D.F.C., Maj. A. D. Carter, D.S.O., Capt. E. Burn, D.F.C., Lieut. G. R. Howson, M.C. The Lord Chan cellor, Lord Bir kenhead, has a " joy-ride " on an Avro. After the flight, from left to right: Mr. Parrott (Messrs. Roe and Co.'s Southamp ton Manager), Cap tain Hamersley, Lord Birken head's son, Lord Birk e n head, Commander Chillcott. * m 593 <;
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