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TABLE II.—Cost of Ton-Miles by Land, Sea and Air. Land.From station to station— Per train—Passengers, 15 to ton• at 3rd class far of id. a mile Goods, average (1919)From origin to destination— Per motor-lorry—goods in notless than 3-ton lots „ ;> Per 'bus or char-a-banc—15 pas-- sengers to ton Per average motor-car . .-,.• Per motor-cycle Sea.From port to port— Mail ship •Passenger ship (intermediate) . . j,•• Cargo liners Air. From aerodrome to aerodrome—Aeroplanes for mails and passen- gers, D.H.18Aeroplanes for goods, D.H.18 (special type)Airships for mails and passen- gers, say 10 tons in allAirships for goods (R38) Aeroplane, 2-engine Vimy type d. 3° 1 -6 22 A 8 •066 to . -072 •050 to -058 3° 36 35* 126 per machine mileA Weight of vehicle included. B Weight of vehich not included. * Calculated on gross weight of steamer and contents.t Estimated. X Excluding insurance. B B B A A A* A* A* A B ' : JANUARY 27, 1921 - • . t ••'•-•• •• "• " " . .-^' ; ";- •".•'"•.•••*•"• TABLE III.—Transport in Order of Speed. Average speedin m.p.h. 1. Aeroplane for mails and passengers2. „ goods .. 3. Airships for mails and passengers IOO 80 60 5°40 25 2O§ 16 4. ,, goods ..5. Express and fas t trains 6. Ordinary passenger trains..7. Motor-cars and motor-cycles 8. Mail or fast passenger ship9. Motor-'bus or char-a-banc .. .. i5§ 10. Average goods train .< .. .. 1411. Motor-lorry for goods .. .. .. 13§ .,.' 12. Ordinary passenger ship .. .. .. 12 '.13. Ordinary cargo ship . . . . . . 10 Finally, I may be excused for asking whether the worldin general realises the great political as well as economic importance of transport. Lack of roads was and is the signof a low form of civilisation. It was the most potent cause of the success of the Red Revolution in Russia. It is the chiefcause of scarcity and famine in the towns and of isolation in the country districts in Russia today. The Government ofa country cannot govern or carry on effective administration without passable roads along which troops, people, posts,supplies, and news travel. The greater the transport facilities the easier can social difficulties be ameliorated andovercome. All kinds of transport are necessary for the increasing commerce of the world, and airtransport will haveto bear its share before long in conveying its special kinds of freight." § The road motor-vehicle is the only vehicle which can collect and deliverwithout intermediate handling between origin and destination. These figures show that while the cost of ton-miles may in some kinds of transportand for some kinds of freight be a criterion of some value, it is not the only basis of comparison. Recruits for the R.A.F. LAST week a contingent of 300 boys left King's CrossStation by train for Sleaford, Lincolnshire, where they will undergo their military and technical training. Most ofthese were promising youngsters, every one of them with the utmost keenness of youth. Many of them were seenoft' by their parents, and in many cases envious younger brothers. The spirit of the whole crowd was something tobe wondered at in these days of general Jong faces, and promises well for the solid establishment of such a fascinatingobject in life as the Royal Air Force It is the opening up of human virgin soil in this way that will make for a naturalinclination towards riding the air, with future generations. An officer and several sergeants of the R.A.F. were in conductof the party, and appeared to be on the very best of terms with their charges. The variety of class of boy was verystriking, many of them having quite an imposing kit, whilst not the least pleased with the whole proceedings were thosewhose belongings were kept within bounds in brown paper parcels. A very happy photograph appears on this pageof the " taking off " for the first stage in an R.A.F. recruit's career. An Instructive Object LessonON Monday morning a, small passenger aeroplane belong- ing to the Handley Page Transport (Limited) left CricklewoodAerodrome for Birmingham at eleven o'clock. Piloted by Lieut. G. P. Olley it carried one passenger, and landed atCastle Bromwich Aerodrome, north of Birmingham, at 12.20. After a halt for luncheon the return flight commenced at1.5 p.m. The machine then carried two passengers and the pilot, and landed at Cricklewood at 1.50, having only takenthree-quarters of an hour on the return journey, this working out at a speed of about 150 miles an hour. A Speed Record NotedTHE Commission Sportive of the Aero Club of France has officially recorded as a kilometre speed record SadiLecointe's flight at 313.043 kiloms. per hour. BOUND FOR CRANWELL : A gathering of new recruits for the R.A.F. at King's Cross Station on January 18,ready to entrain for Cranwell. Three hundred of these spirited youths made up the party. The keen and joyous spirit of the whole contingent, and the spontaneous acknowledgment to " Flight's " photographer for hisattendance, gave high promise for their future in the R.AJF. 62 ' -->vv;;:
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