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1931
1931 - 0053.PDF
1-L1GHT, JANUARY 16, 1931 An uncommon object on the route of one of the K.N.I.L.M. air services—the volcano island of Krakatau. hours, and saves 66 hours over surface transport. Thec is £21. Mail to the extent of 200 lb. is usually carried connection with the steamer service to Holland. Medanthe principal town of Sumatra's East Coast and is the ltre of rubber and tobacco production. In addition to these routes, the K.N.I.L.M. also undertakesotographic surveys, crop dusting, and taxi work. Extensions are intended to Sabang, the first port of callthe mail steamers and in the opposite direction to Koupang the island of Timor. Although it is not the intention of; Royal Dutch Indian Airways to extend outside their own ritory, this last line to Timor might possibly be connectedto Port Darwin if it were suggested by Australia. Fhe K.N.I.L.M. has created a very noteworthy record.it one of the 33,000 passengers has been injured and only o flights were not completed. rhe following facts may be useful to complete the back-mnd. The Dutch East Indies cover 736,400 sq. miles, and out of a total population of 51,014,000, nearly a quarterof a million are European. Weather conditions are ideal. Storms are seldom experi-enced and rain only occurs in such patches that it can be flown round. Mist and fog are practically unknown. Theaverage temperature is 78' F. on the ground and 60r F. at 4,500 ft. altitude. For these reasons wireless equipmenthas never been found necessary on the machines of the K.N.I.L.M. When eventually the Imperial route to Australia is opened,the work already done by K.N.I.L.M. over this section of it will be invaluable. Mr. van Rendorp assured me, with trueDutch hospitality, that any British pilots following this route would always have every assistance from the aerodromestaffs in the Dutch East Indies. He anticipated that help would always be given by the Dutch Naval and MilitaryAuthorities, and hoped that his company would be able to co-operate happily with our own Imperial service. The strange Pile Houses of Palembang, as seen from one of the K.N.I.L.M. air liners. 55
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