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PEBRUARY 3, 1927 1RISMSFR0MT)FOWMmS Czecho- German Air Services AN important Air Convention has been signed between Germany and Czechoslovakia which now grants a general freedom of movement for aircraft over the frontiers of each country. Previously special authority had to be obtained for each flight over the borders. This change also provides for the addition of four regular services. The most impoi-tant will be the Berlin-Vienna via Dresden and Prague, operated bv the German Lufthansa and Austrian Luftvks. Aktien- Ges., and commencing March 7 next. Departure from Berlin will be 9.50 a.m., and arrival at Vienna at 3.20 p.m., with two stops en route. A summer service to be introduced on April 18 will link this line with Copenhagen and Malmo. A week after this another service will connect Gleiwitz, Brunn, Vienna, Prague and Chemnitz, while after Easter a route to Breslau, Prague, Munich, with an extension to Geneva, will be established. Both German and Czecho- slovak machines will be used on these lines, running to a common time-table. The fare will be slightly higher than first-class railway fare, including sleepers. The importance of Prague as an international air junction will be emphasised at the International Aviation Exhibition, which will be held there from June 4 to 16 this summer. One of the events will be an international balloon race. U.S. Army 'Planes Visit Canada CONTINUING their flight from Ottawa, the 12 U.S. Army aeroplanes from Selfridge Field, Mich., reached Montreal on January 26 through a blinding snowstorm which twice forced them to land. They could not distinguish each other, nor make out the tree-tops until 15 ft. above them. They landed successfully on the ice on the Ottawa River on the Montreal side of Hawkesbury, Ontario, about 32 miles from the local aerodrome. Their altitude during the whole flight was 100 ft. until Bois Franc, near Montreal, was reached, when they climbed to 1,000 ft. in brilliant sunshine. Their landing was effected within 12 minutes of their being sighted. Air Minister's Indian Tour Completed CONTINUING his tour of inspection in India, Sir Samuel Hoare cruised over the Peshawar Valley and saw the Malakand on January 20. On January 21 he visited the Khyber Pass by road and proceeded the next day by air to Miramshah, and thence to Ouetta. No. 3 Wing and the Indian Army Staff College were inspected the following day and Multan on January 24. On January 25 he reached Bikaner. At Multan Sir Samuel Hoare was escorted across the eighty miles of desert by four Service machines. This concludes Sir Samuel Hoare's tour of inspection in India, and the following is a brief record of his progress. Left Delhi January 17, stopped at Ambala and reached Lahore. January' 19, Peshawar, Kohat, and Kurram. January 20, Risalpur. January 21, Khyber Pass (by road). January 22, Miramshah and Quetta. January 24, Multan, and January 25, Birkaner ; return Delhi January 29. Accompanied by Lady Maud Hoare, Sir Samuel flew from Delhi to Karachi in the D.H. " Hercules " air liner on February 1. They are due to leave Karachi today (Thursday) for Jask, en route for Cairo, whence the journey home will be completed by boat and train. Trans-Australian Flight A BRISTOL aeroplane left Perth, Western Australia, on January 28, piloted by Messrs. Kingsford Smith and Keith Anderson, with the object of reaching Sydney, a distance of 2,300 miles, in two days. Persistent headwinds, however, pre- vented them, and they arrived at Sydney on January 31. (The record is held by Lieut. Briggs with a flying time of 21 \ hours <r for the distance.) They also carried a passenger, Mrs. Marshall, who was the first woman to fly across the Australian Con- tinent. An Australia-Tasmania Air Service NEGOTIATIONS are proceeding between the representatives of a flying company and the Commonwealth and Tasmanian Governments with a view to establishing an aeroplane passenger and mail service between Victoria and Tasmania. The company in question is Tasmanian Air Services, Ltd. ( Tas Ltd." will probably be the name given this company), the promoters of which include a number of well-known members of the flying world " down under." The route to be followed will be that known as the Eastern Route, lying from Melbourne, via Wilson's Promontory, Hogan and Kent Isles, Flinders Isle, Baron and Clarke Isles, Cape Portland, and Low Head to Launceston—a distance of 293 miles. It is proposed to operate this service with modern 12-seater three-engined metal hull amphibian flying-boats. Every year 50,000 passengers pass between Australia and Tasmania, so that should the Government subsidy be forthcoming and the service get going, it would serve as a means of popularising Tasmania as a holiday resort for the Australians—quite apart from the advantages such a service offers from the business point of view. Toulouse-Buenos Aires Air Service NEGOTIATIONS have been completed between the Argen- tine Government and the French Latecoere Air Transport Co. for the inauguration of a weekly air mail service across the South Atlantic from Europe to the Argentine. We have already referred in FLIGHT to the proposed organisation and route. Aircraft will take the mails from Toulouse to the Cape Verde Islands, then fast steamers will carry them on to the island of Fernando Noronha, oft the coast of Brazil, where aircraft will again pick them up and convey them to Buenos Aires. The agreement provides for a time of seven and a half days for the whole journey at the present, to be gradually reduced to four days. The contract is for 10 years, and the first mails will be despatched on September 1. The Duke of York's Tour THE American Air Service and Fleet gave a spectacular reception to the Duke and Duchess of York when the Renown " entered the Panama Canal at dawn on January 25. The harbour lights at Colon were still twinkling in the faint light when suddenly the U.S. Battleship " Arkansas " loomed to starboard, and her guns boomed a thunderous salute as the White Ensign was broken at her masthead. Then, just as the sun was rising, twenty-five U.S. aeroplanes, including large bombers and small scouts, appeared over the masts of the " Renown " and escorted her with amazing evolutions to the Gatun Lock, sometimes flying level with the decks and dipping a respectful salute to the Royal Standard. They came from the U.S. aerodrome at France- field. New U.S. Naval Air Attache LIEUT.-COMMANDER R. D. KIRKPATRICK, U.S.N., has been appointed Assistant Naval Attache for Aviation to the American Embassy in London, in succession to Commander R. A. Burg. Basle Airport Reorganised FOR the reopening of the Imperial Airways line, London- Paris-Basle-Zurich, a new air port complete with Customs houses, post office, restaurant and night lighting arrange- ments, is approaching readiness at Basle. The old temporary aerodrome was too small for the big 14-seater Handley Pages, used on this line, and a further four acres have been annexed to accommodate the requirements. Basle will be the air terminus where passengers from London will meet the night train to Italy, and the flight will take six hours and include a stop of 30 mins. at Paris. Nobile to Make Atlantic Airship Flight THE Italian Premier has ordered General Nobile, who piloted the " Norge " airship across the North Pole, to pre- pare to fly the South Atlantic from Rome to Buenos Aires in the large, semi-rigid airship, now in the course of construc- tion under the supervision of General Nobile at the Govern- ment works. The gas capacity of this new vessel is 1,765,500 cubic ft., and it is expected to be ready in 1928, probably coinciding with the completion of the two British ships of 5,000,000 cubic feet. D'Oisy Awarded Harmon Trophy THE Clifford Harmon trophy, consisting of 10,000 frs. and a gold cup, for the finest flying exploit in 1926, has been awarded to Capt. Pelletier d'Oisy. A Greeko-Bulgarian Incident A GREEK military pilot landed on Bulgarian territory owing to fog on January 22, and was detained by the Bulgarian authorities for inquiries. Later the explanations offered were accepted, and the pilot left for Salonika on January 27.
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