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MAY 10, 1923 LONDON TERMINAL AERODROMEMonday evening, May 7, 1923 THE rapid increase in passenger traffic which is now takingplace on practically all the air routes is well illustrated by the figures of travellers carried by Handley Page Transportbetween London and Paris recently. In the month of April alone this one company carried 669 passengers between thetwo cities, as compared with 258 in April, 1922. In all 77 flights were made, making an average of only just undernine passengers per flight, or approximately 75 per cent, load. From May 1 to May 4 inclusive, in 16 flights, 128passengers were carried ; so it would seem that this month the traffic is to be still greater. Handley Page Transport are now working their machineson the intensive plan, making four flights per day with practically two machines in action. The old original W.8,G-EAPJ, has now been fitted with Rolls-Royce engines, and has been put on the service within the last week ; whiletwo of the three W.8 B's have been altered to accommodate 14 passengers in addition to the pilot and wireless operator—•the third of these machines now being in process of alteration. The Surrey Flying Services have now completed severalmachines, and are to open their joy-ride centres at Plymouth and Great Yarmouth immediately. They have increasedtheir staff, and are working hard with the object of getting out more Avros for the opening of other joy-fide centresearly this season. The Air Service to Berlin * :7 THE first flight of the Daimler Airway to Berlin was anunqualified success. On the outward journey the G-EBBS, in spite of her 120,000 miles' flying, accomplished the journeyin 6J hours actual flying time ; while next morning her •Napier engine was started at 9 a.m., and was not stopped againuntil the machine arrived at Croydon at 8.30 p.m. Capt. Hinchecliffe had to fight against a strong head-wind, which attimes reached a speed of 40 miles an hour, throughout the whole journey, while all over Germany—until he was well Alterations to London-Paris Services >,.. .7 -THE following alterations in the times of departure of the C.M.A. and G.E.A. Air Union machines on the London-Paris service are notified :— ' London-Paris.—Dep. 32, Haymarket, 11.45 a.m. and1.30 p.m. ; dep. Croydon, 12.45 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. Arr. Le Bourget, 3.15 p.m. and 5 p.m. (British Summer time).Paris-London.—Dep. 6, rue Auber, 11.30 and 1.30 (French into Holland—driving rain and low clouds added to thedifficulties of the journey. In spite of this he arrived at Croydon after about ten hours in the air, and, contrary toexpectations, his passengers were thoroughly pleased with the whole flight, and did not show the slightest signs of fatigue.Today (Monday) the second flight to Berlin has been made. For this, after last week's successful inauguration, there hasbeen an overwhelming number of bookings. In fact, a Daimler Airways official told me that the machine could havebeen filled several times over. A telegram received by Daimlers during the week stated that the difficulties whichhad prevented the opening of the German services last Monday had been overcome, and that they (the Germans)would start their services as from today. Another Air-Mail Experiment FOLLOWING the successful air-mail flight from Plymouthto London by the Instone Air Line, they hope to carry out a similar experiment in connecting Plymouth and Manchesteron Wednesday of this week. This will make a difference of approximately 24 hours in the time of the arrival of Americanmails in Manchester. A party of school-girls who had flown over from Belgiumfor their Easter holidays returned by air from Manchester to Brussels during the week. They travelled by the Daimler" air express " from Manchester to London, where the Instone machine for Brussels and Cologne had been held backspecially to await their arrival. With but little delay they transferred to this machine, and arrived in Brussels "in record time. The regulations regarding the admission to the Customs'area have had to be tightened now that the traffic is so great, and it is almost impossible for anybody except those havingactual business in connection with the arrival and departure of the aeroplanes, and the passengers themselves, to passthrough into the Customs' area. This is all to the good, as at times the crowd in this area has been so great as tointerfere seriously with the duties of the officials. <$> <$> time) ; dep. Le Bourget, 12.30 and 2.30 (French time). Arr.Croydon, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. (B.S.T.). The Aero Philatelic ClubAN ordinary meeting of the Aero Philatelic Club will be held at 89, Farringdon Street, E.C. 4, on Wednesday, May 16,when Mr. Harold L. Hayman will give a display of Aero Covers of Great Britain. <$> <$> THE LONDON-CONTINENTAL SERVICES Route (including certain diverted journeys) Croydon-Paris Paris-Croydon ... Croydon-Brussels- CologneCologne- Brussels- CroydonCroydon-Rotterdam Rotterdam-Croydon ...Manchester-Croydon- A tVI Q^"**T#1 U TY1Amsterdam-Croydon- Manchester Total for two weeks ... FLIGHTS 1% No . o f fl 65+ 51 19§ 20|| 15 14 17** 214 6bo a1 No . o f p a 148 376 72 89 22 37 47 35 826 No BETWEEN APRIL of flights carrying Mail s 23 14 11 12 13 13 3 4 93 Good s 44 31 13 6 14 14 3 3 128 & No . o f j< com p 59 49 19 20 15 14 12 15 203 bo .3 f h. m.2 37 2 57 4 10 4 56 2 25 3 55 17 22 AND MAY 5, INCLUSIVE -.^^ - •• —V - - --•• — • ••:; •-•.•:-:-• •• - • •- - Fastest time made by H.P.W.8B G-EBBH(2h. 13m.) H.P.W.8B G-EBBI(Ih. 57m.) D.H. 18 G-EAWW (3h. 4m.) D.H. 34 G-EBBW (3h. 22m.) Fokker H-NABM (lb. 55m.) Fokker H-NABR (2h. 29m.)— Type and (in brackets) Number of each type flying B. (1), D.H. 9 (1), D.H. 34 (1),G. (13), H.P.W.8B. (4), Sp. (1). B. (1), D.H. 34 (1), G. (11),H.P.W.8B. (4), Sp. (1). D.H. 4 (1), D.H. 9 (1), D.H. 18(1), D.H. 34 (4). D.H. 4 (1), D.H. 9 (1), D.H. 18(1), D.H. 34 (4). F. (5). F. (5).D.H. 9 (1), D.H. 34 (3). ; D.H. 34 (3). * Not including " private " flights. t Including certain journeys when stops were made en route.% Croy.-Lym. 8, Lym-L.B. 11. § Croy.-Brus. 4, Brus.-Col. 1 || Col.-Brus. 2, Brus.-Col. 5. % Man.-Croy. 4, Croy.-A'dam. 1, Croy.-Berlin 2. ** Berlin-Croy. 1, A'dam.-Croy. 7, Croy.-Man. 9.Av = Avro. B. = Breguet. Br. = Bristol. Bt. -= B.A.T. D.H.4, = De Havilland 4, D.H.9. (etc.). F. = Fokker. Fa. = Farman F.50. G. = Goliath Farman. H.P. = Handley Page. M. = Martinsyde. Sp. = Spad.Vi. = Vickers Vimy. Vu. = Vickers Vulcan. W. = Westland. The following is a list of firms running services between London and Paris, Brussels, etc., etc. :—Co. des GrandesExpresses A6riennes ; Daimler Hire, Ltd.; Handley Page Transport, Ltd. ; Instone Air Line; Koninklijkie Luchtvaart Maatscbappij ; Messageries Aeriennes. 254
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