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LONDON TERMINAL AERODROME Monday evening, August 7, 1922. THERE was a big influx of passengers during the week-end, both to and from the Continent. On Saturday 135 people were carried by the various companies, and the Sunday services were filled to capacity. Handley Page Transport were in the unfortunate position on Sunday of having a full load for their service to Paris, and, owing to a last-minute breakdown, they had no machine to carry them. The Daimler Airway obligingly came to the rescue, and put an extra D.H.34 on *ne service to carry the Handley Page passengers. Mr. Courtney has now got his Boulton and Paul " air taxi " at the air-station, and will, he hopes, be in a position to accept special bookings early this week. He is, for the moment, being held up by the customary A.I.D. formalities. This machine is a general-purpose craft. It is fitted with an R.A.F. engine, and is equipped with dual-control for tuition work. As an air taxi it seats two, and there is ample room for baggage in the fairing behind the back seat. Handley Page Transport schedule a 4 p.m. service to and from Paris as from Friday last. It has been found that the general run of American tourists, who still form the bulk of the passengers, would rather travel in the afternoon. In sharp contrast to this is the experience which is now being gained with the early morning newspaper services. The Daimler Airway are finding that there is an appreciable demand for seats on this service, but that the people travelling by it are business men who are really in a hurry, and who appreciate the value of getting to Paris before 8 a.m. and yet being able to be in London at a late hour the night before, and, in addition, to have a good night's rest. This fact was, incidentally, borne out by the experience of the K.L.M. when they were running the early morning newspaper machine to the Hague Conference, Capt. Leverton having quite a number of people who travelled on this machine ringing up to book tickets for another journey and being quite dis appointed when they found the early morning service was not now running. The additions to the control-tower which are being made to accommodate the sound-ranging apparatus are now nearly complete, and the tower is beginning to look an imposing structure. In the past it has been a disappointment to many who saw it for the first time, but now there is some justification for the use of the word " tower." Rumours of Subsidy Changes RUMOUR has been busy during the week with a statement that the Air Ministry are considering an alteration in the rules governing the subsidy. It is suggested that, with the commencement of the next flying season, the arrangements whereby there are three British firms running on the London- Paris route will be modified, and that each of these three firms will be allocated a separate route, one being London-Paris, another London-Brussels, and the other London-Cologne— with an extension to Berlin. This last-mentioned route would appear to be merely an extension of the London- Brussels line, which leaves one firm with nowhere to go. Also, naturally, each one will want to be running London- Paris as the established route upon which it is known there are enough passengers for one company. Apart from this, however, the scheme has much to recommend it, and I am able to say that there is some foundation for the rumour, although no definite decision has, as yet, been arrived at. E E Air Cadetships THE following are declared by the Civil Service Com missioners to be the successful candidates at the competitive examinations held last June for admission to the R.A.F. Cadet College, but their admission is conditional on their having passed the medical examination. A table of marks will be sent to each candidate as soon as possible. Name. Marks. Name. Marks. •Elias, A. W. .. 8,595 Woode, C. S. M. .. 6,177 Don, J. C 8,504 *Waghom, H. R. D. 6,017 •Brookes, H. H. .. 8,332 *Tillard, L. R. W.. . 5,371 Amers, J. H. .. 8,143 *Selwyn, F. E. J. .. 5,344 Bowles, J. E. W... 7,640 *Soames, T. .. 5.200 •Showers, L. J. G. 7.377 Macleod, H. G. .. 5.072 •Boyle, D. A. .. 7,083 Terry, P. McK. .. 5.037 Bonham-Carter, J.H. 6,742 Blackett, C. D. .. 4,823 •Montgomery, A. H. 6,655 Matthews, G. S. C. 4.8l4 Honorary King's Cadets who have qualified •Atcherley, D. F. W. 6,122 *Atcherley, R. LI. R. 4,791 • These candidates have received marks for military efficiency. London to Marseilles by Air TODAY saw the opening of the London-Marseilles service by the Messageries Aeriennes. From now onwards machines will leave the air-station at 8 a.m. each Monday and Friday, and are scheduled to reach Marseilles at 5.10 p.m. There will be halts at Paris and Lyons—the actual flying time being 7J hours. The return journey will be started at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays, London being reached at 6.30 p.m. Both Hispano " Spads " and " Goliaths " are to be used on this service, which will be run in three stages—London-Paris, Paris-Lyons, Lyons-Marseilles. On Monday last Mr. Fokker, the famous Dutch aeroplane designer and constructor, visited the aerodrome to inspect the Daimler " express," G—EBBS, which has now completed 60,000 miles, and also to inspect the new Daimler Airway engine-testing plant. He was distinctly impressed by both, and was busily picking up hints from the Daimler organisa tion to use on his projected services in America next spring. The weather is persistently against the Surrey Flying Services, and this week-end was no exception to this rule. In spite of this, however, they had a good number of joy riders on Saturday, but Sunday was distinctly poor. Monday, of course, was entirely spoilt from their point of view, as the public were excluded from the aerodrome. This is one of the minor tragedies of holding race meetings at Croydon. Seaplane Flight Round the World CAPT. R. H. MACINTOSH, a Handley Page pilot, is to make an attempt, in company with another pilot and a navigator, to fly round the world in a seaplane. His companions will be Capt. MacCloughrey, D.S.O., and Capt. Tymms, M.C., of the "Air Ministry, who will act as navigator. The seaplane is being built specially at the Fairey Aviation Company's works, and will be fitted with a 600 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Condor "" engine. An interesting visitor arrived at the aerodrome on Thursday in the person of little five-years-old George Risser, the son of one of the pilots of the Grands Express " Goliaths." He has already flown upwards of 5,000 miles, visiting by air Strassburg, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw and Bucharest, while during the week-end he flew with his father to Lausanne. The Instone Air Line have now repaired the Yickers " Vimy," and one of the " Vulcans," which met with mis fortune last week, and the Daimler Airways have received G-EBBU back from Stag Lane, where she has been rebuilt following the smash-up between the two D.H-34's in May. During the week the Instone Air Line carried an ecclesiastical load, consisting of one bishop and three clergymen, to Paris, and it is now suggested at the aerodrome that this will have broken their run of ill-luck. The Messageries Aeriennes are making determined efforts to capture the entire goods service between London and Paris and beyond. They have a goods collection and delivery service which is far ahead of anything previously attempted in air transport. A special van does nothing but run backwards and forwards between the aerodrome and London, picking up outward goods at the C.M.A. office in the Haymarket, and leaving all inward goods there. A fleet of motor-vans is constantly touring round the various agencies in London, and to customers, picking up and delivering the goods, the Haymarket office acting as a general clearing house. H 13 Gordon Shephard Memorial Prize Essays, 1922 THE following subjects for essays have been selected for this year's competition for the Gordon Shephard Memorial Prize :— (1) The use and employment of aircraft in open, as opposed to trench, warfare against a similarly equipped enemy. (2) The employment of aircraft before and during a Fleet action. Separate prizes will be awarded for each of the two essays. The competition is open to all Royal Air Force officers, N.C.Os. and men. Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race NINETEEN balloons started, on August 6, from Geneva for the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race. One of the British competitors, the balloon which was to have been piloted by Lt.-Col. Dunville, did not start. Mr. Griffith Brewer is reported to have landed at 1 a.m. on August 7 at a point between Affoltern-am-Albis and Hedingen, near Zurich, while Mr. Ernest Allen alighted at 8.45 a.m. near Kiihback in Bavaria. 457
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