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A NEW AIR LINE IN AMERICA THE Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, one of the largest American transport companies, having monopolised the tramways, subways, taxi's and motor-'buses in Philadelphia, and having established a parlour car motor-'bus sen ice to Baltimore, Washington and New York, has now decided to include also aerial transport in their business scheme. For this purpose the President of the P.R.T. Co., Mr. T. E. Mitten, made a tour of Europe to study the operation o^ the various airlines and to investigate which type of 'plane would best suit his purpose. After having flown on all the European airlines he was favourably impressed by the performance of the Fokker machine, and so decided to use these machines exclusively. He chose the type F.VII-3rr>, the three-engined monoplane, which performed so well in the Ford Trophy Tour, and with which Commander Byrd achieved his memorable flight to the North Pole and back. So this type will be the standard equipment of the P.R.T. lines. To begin with an airline was started on July 1 between Washington and Philadelphia, on the occasion of the opening of the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exhibition, the flying field of the Navy Yard next to the exhibition, being put at the disposal of the P.R.T. In Washington the company possesses its own flying field, situated within eight minutes from the White House. As the P.R.T. has had no experience of airline operation the company has charged the American Fokker Aircraft Corp. to instal the flying fields, to organise the ground service, to appoint the'pilots and to superintend the upkeep and repair of the aeroplanes and engines. AUGUST 19, 1926 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1925-1926 AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures see " FLIGHT " for January 25, 1912 ; for 1912 and 1913. see " FLIGHT " for January 17, 1914 ; for 1914, see " FLIGHT " for January 15,1915 ; for 1915, see " FLIGHT " for January 13, 1916 ; for 1916, see " FLIGHT " for January 11, 1917 ;" for 1917, see " FLIGHT " for January 24, 1918 ; for 1918, see " FLIGHT " for January 16, 1919 ; for 1919, see " FLIGHT " for January 22,1920 ; for 1920, see " FLIGHT " for January 13, 1921 ; for 1921, see " FLIGHT " for January 19, 1922 ; for 1922 see " FLIGHT " for January 18, 1923 ; for 1923, see " FLIGHT " for January 17, 1924 ; for 1924, see " FLIGHT " for January 22, 1925; for 1925, see "FLIGHT" for January 21, 1926. Jan.Feb. Mar. Apl. May June July Imports.1925. £..3,546 .. 985 ,. — .. 321 .. 560 .. 190 .. 184 1926.£ 494 2,089 1,001 536 342 24,866 16,033 Exports.1925. £83,728 85,639 56,881 78,041 74,844 71,009 159,262 1926.£ 130,04940,416 92,840 160,832 118,539 6s,111 39,047 Re-Exports.1925. / "29120 9,355 6,732 15,278 667 870 1926.£ 6,341 9,758 5,051 — 150 — Bleriot Flies the Channel ON August 16 M. Louis Bleriot made his second cross- Channel flight—a little over seventeen years after his first historic crossing in the 25-h.p. Bleriot monoplane, on July 25, 1909. On this second occasion M. Bleriot was visiting his old business friend, Mr. Norbert Chereau, of the Air Navigation and Engineering Co., Ltd. (A.N.E.C), and was a passenger in his own " Jupiter "-engined Bleriot-Spad machine, piloted by M. Bajac. He flew home again the following day. Buenos Aires, at Last! SENOR DUGGAN, the Argentine sportsman, who left New York for Buenos Aires on May 24 in a Savoia flying-boat, piloted by Capt. E. Oliveiro, arrived at his destination on August 10. The Royal Air Force Memorial FundTHE usual meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of the Fund was held at Iddesleigh House, on August 5. Mr. WalterS. Field was in the chair, and the other member of the Com- mittee present was Squadron-Leader E. B. Beauman. The Committee considered in all ten cases, and made grants to the amount of £78 65. The next meeting was fixed for August 26, at 2.30 p.m_ R.A.F. Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Helwan, Egypt, to a D.H.9.A of No. 47 Squadron, Helwan, on August 10, Flying Officer Herbert Gerald Slater, the pilot of the aircraft, and No. 342173 A.C.I Thomas Reginald Harvey, were killed. As the result of an accident in the vicinity of Netheravon Aerodrome to a D.H.9.A of No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, on August 12, No. 335937 L.A.C. Clarence Henry Hooper Gooding, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was severely injured and died of his injuries shortly afterwards. A Sign of the Times IT is not normally our custom to refer to the matter appearing in our advertising pages, but very occasionally there is some exceptional reason why such reference is per- missible. A case in point is the advertisement in this week's issue of the de Havilland Aircraft Co. and A.D.C. Aircraft announcing a reduction in the cost of the D.H. " Moth " and the " Cirrus " engine. It is sufficiently unusual to advertise the price of an aeroplane in these days, and when a considerable reduction is announced one may be pardoned for calling special attention to the fact. The " Moth " will in future be marketed at £795 as compared with the price of £885 hitherto charged. The new price of the " Cirrus " engine is to be £260. It has been decided to build the '' Moth '' at a steady predetermined rate of output, so that in future potential purchasers may be assured of rapid delivery. We understand that two colours, blue and dark red, are being standardised for the " Moths." 5,786 45,361 609,404 647,834 33,213 21,300 m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED No. 4 Apprentices' Wing Magazine. R.A.F., Cranwell. Boys' Wing Magazine, R.A.F., Cranwell, Lines. Report on the Royal Air Force Promotion Examinations. Air Publication 1215. 1st Edition, May, 1926. H.M. Station- ery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price 6d. net. Atti delta I Settimana Aerotecnica : 23-29 November, 1925. Associazione Italiana di Aerotecnica, Via delle Coppelle, 35, Rome 20. Italy. The Air Pilot Monthly Supplement, August, 1926. No. 22 The Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2. Aeronautics : Report of the Aeronautical Research Committee, for the Year 1925-26. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C. Price 2s. net. propellers therefoi. NEW COMPANY REGISTERED BERKSHIRE AVIATION TOURS, LTD., 53, Lower High Street, Wednes-bury, Stafford.—Capital £3,000, in £\ shares. F. J. V. Holmes, life governing director. m m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations: Cyl. •• cylinder; i.e. •- internal combustion : m. — motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1925 Published Augus: 19, 1926 11,074. H. F. PITCAIRN. Aircraft. (255,936.)13,924. R. CHILLINGWORTH. Aircraft and screw (250,888.) 13,984. SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT, LTD., H. N. WYLIE andF. M. GREEN. Joints for sheet-metal plates. (255,995.) 24,690. O. J. JOHGENSEN. Means for rough-cutting a propeller blade.(256,085.) APPLIED FOR IN 1926 Published August 19, 1926 15,448. R. H. 1,'PSON. Airships. (253,936). FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. 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