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JANUARY 31, 1929 New Australian Airways Company THE Eyre Peninsula Airways, Ltd., of Adelaide, South Australia, has been formed to operate air lines between Adelaide, Elliston, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay and other parts of the Eyre Peninsula, and other places in the Commonwealth of Australia. The managing director and senior pilot is Lieut. Albert Geo. Packer and the secretary is Mr. J. H. McKinley Moatc. It is intended first to carry passengers between Adelaide and the Eyre Peninsula. Flying is expected to begin early fnis year. Australian Aerial Services, Ltd. SINCE the inception of the Australian Aerial Services, Ltd., of Melbourne, the company's machines have flown 689,853 miles, and without a fatal accident. Recently, the Governor-General was flown from Mildura to Melbourne by Pilot F. Neale, in 4J hours. Perth-Derby Air Route THE Airways Bulletin from Perth, W.A., reports a successful year on the Perth-Derby air service. There has been a marked increase in the number of passengers and mails and weight of freight carried, while over one million miles have been covered by the service aircraft, exclusive of the Perth Flying School mileage. The passengers carried between 1921 and 1928 total 10,795. About 50,000 miles have been flown on special trips. A Perth-Adelaide service commences in April this year. Ceylon Co-operates with Imperial Airways THE Ceylon Government is negotiating with Imperial Airways for a Bombay-Colombo air service to link up with the service from London to Karachi Canadian Air Mail Line Opened ON January 28, an air mail service between Ottawa, Montreal, St. John, and Halifax was opened by Sqdn.-Ldr. Lawrence and Flying Officer A. B. McLean, the former flying the stage in 4 hrs. 15 mins in a Fairchild cabin monoplane fitted with skids. Swedish Air Lines THIS summer a number of improvements in the air service between the Swedish capital and the Continent will be made. It will be arranged that travellers by air will be able to leave Stockholm in the morning and land at Milano, Vienna, Paris or London the same evening. There will be two daily services to Finland-Stockholm-Helsingfors and Stockholm-Aabo, and direct daily connections' from Stockholm to Stettin, Travemiinde and Danzig will probablv be established. The airport authorities and the Aero- transport Company, of Sweden, are directing their efforts towards an increase in the speed and comfort of the aircraft employed in Continental traffic. Holland-Dutch E. Indies Service IN April a regular air service between Holland and the Dutch East Indies will begin. Fokker Machines for France THE Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne has ordered ten Fokker commercial machines from the Fokker Works at Amsterdam. They include seven F. VII types fitted with Bristol " Jupiter " engines and three F. VII-3 m. types, fitted with Bristol " Titan " engines. And for Belgium THE S.A.B.C.A. Company (Societe Anonyme Beige de Constructions Aeronautiques) has acquired the licence to build Fokker aircraft in Belgium in their works at Evere (Brussels). The Fokker F.VIII-3m. will be fitted with Bristol " Titan " engines and used on the Belgian airlines, in the Belgian Congo, and also on the route between Belgium and its Colonies. Fokker machines are now used by more than 30 different airline companies throughout the world. London-Brussels Night Air Mail IN May, a night air-mail service between London and Brussels may start, organised by the Belgian Minister of Aviation. Machines will leave Brussels at 11 p.m., and reach London at 1.30 a.m., in time for the first London mail delivery. A saving of 24 hours may thus be saved. Island Discovered by Com. R. Byrd DURING a flight over King Edward VII Land in the Antarctic recently, Com. K. Byrd, the American explorer, discovered a new island and fourteen peaks, according to his wireless message, published in the New York Times on January 28. Aircraft Search for Steamer AFTER a vain aircraft search the Latvian authorities have concluded that the Latvian steamer Laima, which disappeared last week near Liepaja, has been lost with its crew of eighteen. m m "m Germany Tests British Variable- Pitch Airscrew : A series of suc- cessful tests were recently carried out in Germany with the Gloster- Hele- Shaw- Beacham Vari- able - pitch air- screw, fitted to a Junkers J.34 monoplane (Bris- tol "Jupiter VII "), as shown in the accom- panying photo.
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