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DECEMBER 30, 1926 a safety belt must be carried in all flying machines for each person (including the pilot) carried in an open cockpit and that such equipment must be maintained in working order, the attention of pilots is drawn to the necessity for ascertaining before flight that the belts are properly secured in all cases. When a seat is unoccupied the safety belt should be so fastened as to avoid the possibility of fouling the controls. (No. 83 of 1926.) NOTICE TO GROUND ENGINEERS.Magnesium Alloy Castings. IT is notified that owing to the corrosive tendencies of magnesium alloy castings (e.g., electron metal) particular attention must lie given to aircraft parts made of thi* material when periodic examinations are being conducted. Any parts showing depreciation as a result of corrosion must be replaced. No. 4 of 1926. CIVIL AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA THE following are the official statistics of the Australian commercial air services, for which we are indebted to the Flv Paper, the official organ of the Australian Aero Club (N.S.W. Section). The period covered for the figures given below is from December 5, 1921, to September 9, 1926. In addition to the* operations contained in the table, the companies concerned—Western Australian Airways, Ltd. ; Larkin Aircraft Supply Co., Ltd., and Oueensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, Ltd.—engage in considerable taxi work, etc., off the service routes, the figures for which are not included in the table. Route. Length of route (miles) E>ate inaugurated Frequency of service Machine flights Machine miles Hours flown Paying passengers carried over single stages. . Paying passenger miles Paying passengers injured on scheduled trips Letters carried (to end of August, 1926) Freight carried (lbs.) § Geraldton-Derby, December 5, 1921 ; Perth-Derby, January 15, 1924. f Charleville-Cloncurry, November 2, 1922 ; Charleville-Camooweal, February 7, 1925. * From June 2, 1924, to July 19, 1925, a weekly service was maintained by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co., Ltd., between Adelaide and Sydney (790 miles). On July 19, 1925, the Adelaide-Sydney route was discontinued, but on July 21, 1925, the following services were inaugurated :— J Once each way weekly—(1) Adelaide-Cootamundra, via Mildura and Hay (578 miles). Twice each way weekly— (2) Broken Hill-Mildura (189 miles). (3) Melbourne-Hay (233 miles). All companies fly 7,378 miles weekly, viz. :— Western Australian Airways, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,884 miles. Larkin Aircraft Supply Co"., Ltd. . . . . . 2,844 Oueensland and N.T. Aerial Services, Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 1,650 ile. Perth-Derbv (W.A.). 1.442 Dec. 5, 192IS Weekly, each direction 3,980 667,593 8,837 : 20 3,091 553,221 Nil 796,765 63,351 Larkin Services.* 1.000 June 2. 1924* 4- 2,261 283 502 3,645 : 5 1,149 131,158 Nil 16,237 393£ Charleville-Camooweal (Oueensland), 825 Nov. 2, 1922f Weekly, each direction 2,888 288,565.', 3,720 : 15 3,265 311,040$ Nil 60.878 31,572 Totals. 3,267 , 9.129 1.239,66(1.', 16,202 : 40 7,505 995,419.1 Nil 873,8811 95,316^ BRISTOLS IN CHILE : For some time past the Chilian Air Force has been employing a number of Bristol-Lucifer School machines with highly successful results—both as regards machine and engine. We show above a picture of a formation of seven of these Bristol-Lucifer 'buses at an Air Display held last September at ElBosque Aerodrome, near Santiago. Below, the seven machines are shown lined up on the aerodrome. 865 D 2
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