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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 19, 1930 AIR TRANSPORT The " Lascoter " 5-seater monoplane fitted with a Siddeley " Puma " engine. - AUSTRALIAN AERIAL SERVICES, LTD. COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES IN a previous article on " Commercial Flying in Australia,"we referred to the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co., Ltd., andAustralian Aerial Services, Ltd., operated by them, and -said we would give further particulars of this concern andits machines. We now carry out this promise, and hope the following notes and accompanying illustrations may proveinteresting. First and foremost, it may be mentioned that AustralianAerial Services (referred to henceforth as A.A.S.) recently achieved something of a record when they completed theirinitial million miles of air travel without injury or a single fatility to any one of the 15,498 passengers flown. This remarkable record of safety has been obtained bykeen competition of all members of an efficient staff who adhere strictly to regulations in the maintenance and opera-tion of a well-equipped fleet. A.A.S. started in a very small way in 1919, when, withits first aeroplane, a Sopwith " Dove," housed in a canvas hangar (used also as a general workshop) at Glenhuntly,Melbourne, educational flights of ten minutes' duration were igiven at £2 2s. per head. In 1920, the company found it necessary to erect a largerhangar, and two Sapwith " Doves " and two " Gnus " brought the fleet up to five machines. A taxiplane service was alsointroduced, which was continued throughout the following year, when the company also inaugurated an extensivelanding ground campaign. Serious consideration was given in 1922 to the establishmentof a regular aerial passenger service, and the company's tender was accepted by the Government for the inaugurationof regular air-mail services in the Southern States. In 1923, extensive ground organisation was undertaken, hangarserected at Adelaide, Hay, Cootamundra, Broken Hill and Sydney, and additional aircraft were erected for the opera-tion of the air-mail services. June 2, 1924, saw the inaugu- ration of the first air service linking two capital cities—Adelaide and Sydney—carrying parcels and mails only ; in October, three new 5-seater machines were put into theservice. New air routes were opened in 1925, linking Broken Hillto the existing service at Mildura and Melbourne with it^at Hay. The number of airports were increased from nine to The "Lascondor," a 7-seater monoplane fitted with three Armstrong-Siddeleyy Mongoose " engines. 1468
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