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also to give the public in this country an opportunity of posting letters for conveyance to Holland by ordinary mail and thence by air mail to Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin and Copenhagen. There is very little in the answer which we did not know before. It is good to have the assurance that before long we shall be able to send our letters by steamer to Holland, for enterprising Dutch and German air lines to carry them on to their destinations by aeroplane ! We should much rather have had to :'."''" ~^:•'" ;:" -^"^3 -*. •••" '.../.; '•'•'•. ''.'• APRIL 14, 1921 record that British lines were to carry our mails right through, or, if that is not possible in the present state of international arrangements, at least by air to Holland. By the way, the Assistant Postmaster-General did not tell the House that the London-Amster- dam service is not to be a British one at all, though a good deal of play has been made with the fact that the engines to be used are British and that British pilots are to be employed. • » ' THE LONDON-CONTINENTAL SERVICES FLIGHTS RouteJ Croydon-Paris Paris-Croydon ... Cricklewood-Paris Paris-Cricklewood CroydOJ-Brussels Brussels-Croyd on Totals for two weeks... I•g, <3 "8 No . ( 41 42 6 8 16 10 123 g I& No . o l 120 172 49 43 10 10 404 BETWEEN MARCH 13 AND MARCH 24, INCLUSIVE No. of flights carrying 1 5 12 5 9 -8 39 Goo < 26 21 6 — 7 7 67 Is-h •2.P, •3 aI8 38 37 6 8 16 8 113 bon S3 d§03 ffl p b. m.2 36 2 54 3 21 3 23 2 28 2 51 Fastest time made by Breguet F-CMAC (2I1. 6m.)... SpadF-CMAY(2h. 16m.) ... H.P. G-EATK (2h. 50m.) ... D.H.9 G-EAUC (2h. 45m.)... D.H.4 O-BATN (ih. 44m.) ... D.H.9 O-BEAU (2I1. 3m.) ... - Type and No. (in brackets) of Machines Flying B. (6), Br. (i),D.H.i8!(i),G.(4),Sa. (2), Sp. (3), V. (il. B. (7), D.H.18 (1), G. (4),Sa. (2), Sp. (3), V. (1).H.P. (3). D.H.9 (i), H.P. (3)-Av. (2), D.H.4 (&)- D.H.9 (3). G. (1).D.H.4 (1), D.H.9 (4). G. (1). • Not including " private" flights. f Including certain journeys when stops were made en route. % Including certain diverted journeys. Av. = Avro. B. = Breguet. Br. = Bristol. Bt. = B.A.I. D.H.4 = De Havilland 4, D.H.9 (etc.). F. = Fokker. Fa. == Farman F.50. G. = Goliath Farman. H.P. = Handley Page. N. = Nieuport. P. «x Poiez. Sa. = Salmson. Se. = S.E.5. Sp. = Spad. V. = Vickers Vimy. W. = Westland. The following is a list of firms running services between London and Paris, Brussels, etc., etc. :—Co. des Grandes Expresses Aeriennee ; Handley Page Transport, Ltd. ; Instone Air Line ; Koninklijkie Luchtvaart Maatsdiappij; Messageries Aeriennes; Syndicat National pour lTitude des Transports Aeriens ; Co. Transaerienne. Air Force Reserve and Triple Alliance ThreatIN addition to the call to the Navy and Army Reserves, under the state of " great emergency," proclamation wasmade on April 8, calling out the (a) Air Force Reserve, and (b) continuing airmen in the Air Force service.These Proclamations set out that— The present state of public affairs and the threateneddislocation of the life of the community occasioned by the existing strike in the coal mines and its threatened extensionto the railway and transport services of the country have, in our opinion, constituted a state of great emergencywithin the meaning of the said Act. The Army Reserve and the Air Force Reserve are accord-ingly " called out on permanent service," and all soldiers and airmen who would otherwise be entitled to be transferred totheir respect Reserves are ordered to continue in Army or Air Force Service until legally discharged or transferred tothose Reserves. We understand that the response for the Air Force was" as one man." Captain Guest's estimate for the Air Force is an addition of10,000 men to the 30,880 in the original estimate. R.A.F. Reserve Class GTHE Air Ministry desire to draw the attention of ex-airmen, who on demobilisation were transferred to Class Gof the Royal Air Force Reserve, to the fact that Ciass G of the Reserve was disbanded and airmen therein were deemedto be discharged as from April 30, 1920. Such men are therefore not now liable for service with the Royal Air Force. Naval Joiners for the R.A.F. THE Admiralty have notified to the Fleet that the Air Ministry are prepared to consider applications from joiner ratings in the Royal Navy who may desire to be transferred to the Royal Air Force. It is not anticipated that more than 50 can be spared for this purpose. Ratings accepted will be given R.A.F. rank equivalent to that previously held in theRoyal Navy ; chief joiners would become flight sergeants ; joiners, 1st to 4th class, sergeants ; and joiners, 5th class,corporals. Conditions of service and rates of pay are pub- lished in Navy orders, and it is notified that time served inthe Navy will count towards R.A.F. pension. It is also pointed out that all warrant officers and N.C.Os. in the R.A.F.have to be qualified in discipline and administration, in addi- tion to the technical duties appertaining to their rank andtrade. Short Service Commissions in R.A.F. THE Air Ministry announces tfat the lower age limit forcandidates for short service commissions is now 18. Full particulars can be obtained by written application to theSecretary (S. 7), Air Ministry, Kingsway, W.C. 2. Scandinavian Customs Aerodromes and Air Corridors THE Swedish Government has, we learn, instructed the Swedish delegates of the Scandinavian Air Navigation Commission to draw up, with the Norwegian and Danish delegates, schemes for common Customs aerodromes and air corridors for air traffic between Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Lieut.-Col. G. Sylvan and Capt. T. V. Lubeck, Chief of the Swedish Naval Air Service have been appointed additional Swedish delegates on the above Commission Macchi Machines in U.S.A. APPARENTLY the Italian makers of the Macchi aeroplaneare looking to America as an early market for their machines, as they have already sold in the United States some twentyof their M. 16's, and it is stated with more to follow. A Berlin-Moscow Air Mail ? THE Lithuanian Government, it is reported, has informed the Russian Soviet Government that the preliminary steps have been taken to run regular mail services between Berlin, Kovno, Riga and Moscow. . 254
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