FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1931
1931 - 0654.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE' 26, 1931 CROYDON IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, LIMITED, have entered upona very unlucky period, especially on the Indian andAfrican sections of their routes. G-EBLO crashedthis last week, on the African section, and it has been necessary to rush another Argosy to Africa fromCroydon. G-EBLF has now been sent out, and this is the last of the original Argosies ; all of these machines arenow doing valuable service out East. This incidentally reduces the European section to a skeleton establishmentof aircraft. It is no use trying to disguise the fact, Imperial Airways, Limited, are lamentably short of flyingstock. It is to be hoped that the machines on order will soon be delivered to Croydon. Hannibal II is nearingcompletion at Radlett, and a second Avro X has just been delivered. The fare-paying public expect to be carried totime, with machines at disposal for all emergencies. It is to be hoped the services can be maintained as adver-tised, but it will be a colossal task to do so unless some of their new machines put in an appearance very shortly.Hannibal developed tail trouble in Paris on Thursday and was almost on the point of taking-off before it wasdiscovered. There certainly seems to be a weakness at this point, but it will no doubt be remedied in due course.The pilot, Mr. Rogers, thought rather seriously of the defect, and decided to return to Croydon as a passengerby Air Union—'Nuffsaid. Frank Hawks has been busy this last week, to and fromRome. On Monday he arrived from Rome in five and a-half hours. Not content with this, he made a return tripon Wednesday in just over nine hours. He has now promised himself a holiday, to see a few of the sights ofEngland, before he sails for New York this week. Capt. Hawks has made himself a very popular figure onthis aerodrome during his short stay, and we shall always be pleased to welcome him back again. On Thursday, Miss Maryse Hiltz, one of the fewFrench lady pilots, arrived from Paris on a De Havilland Moth, en route for Stag Lane. Private Aerodromes in Ireland THE HONOURABLE A. E. GUINNESS is the owner of oneof the finest private aerodromes in the British Isles and it is to be found in County Dublin, on his estate near thecity. Recently a larger area was converted into a landing field and a big hangar erected ; in the past, Mr. Guinnessand his pilot, Capt. Allison, only used this field for the Moth or Cutty Sark, but Irish pilots are now looking for-ward to see what the latest acquisition is that it should require so large a landing ground and hangar. Mr. Guin-ness has also provision for his flying-boat at Cong, County Galway, and as a member of a prominent Irish yachtclub is entitled to a mooring in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Another private aerodrome is said to have been establishedon the estate of Senator Dr. Oliver, St. John Gogarty. near Oranmore, County Galway, the Senator is a keen pilotand intends to have a number of aerial visitors to his country home in the near future. Several of the hotelssituated near the beauty spots of Ireland are considering the necessity for establishing an aerodrome or, at the least,a field suitable for landing in the vicinity of the hotel. Ireland has aroused itself at last! Senator Alfred Byrne,Lord Mayor of Dublin, in discussing municipal airports <s> <§> The Autogiro at Geneva FLIGHT-LIEITT. RAWSON gave a demonstration of theAutogiro at Geneva on June 20, his almost vertical descent causing considerable interest.Airship Sold by Auction THE small airship, the property of the AirshipDevelopment Co., Ltd.. of Cramlington, Northumberland, was sold by auction at Cramlington on June 18. The air-ship was built in 1929 arid iiad a length of 137 ft. Two gas envelopes, each of which cost £1,000, were sold for£22 10s., to be madf into dust-sheets at a furniture repository. A 75-h.p. Rolls-Royce " Hawk " engine,which cost £1.000, was sold for £13 10s., and is to propel A large number of air taxis and private owners passedthrough en route for the motor races at Le Mans, early i nthe week. Mention of races—Sunday, June 28, should see the usual rush for the French Grand Prix, when numerousday excursions will leave Croydon in the morning and return late in the evening. The Deutsche Luft Hansa are very busy with theirfreight service, and almost every day it has to be dupli- cated. The night freight machines are always full tocapacity. These night services are running with clockwork regularity, and recently it certainly has been the best timeto fly, from a weather point of view. We have had a sample of nearly every kind of weatheragain this week. Rollason Aviation Company, and Personal Flying Ser-vices, have been very busy with their special charter departments making trips to Ireland. A party of 250 people, representing the PerthshireAssociation in London, visited the aerodrome on Saturday last, headed by Lord Amulree, who is himself a Perthshireman. Some aerodrome wit suggested engaging Mr. Stirling, the engineer-superintendent of Imperial Airways,Limited, to act as interpreter. Cirrus-Hermes Engine Company continue selling theirHermes product to all parts of the world. Their successes in the recent London—Newcastle race, the first fourmachines home were fitted with Cirrus-Hermes engines, and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' ChallengeCup at Bristol on Saturday last, prove how well they are doing here at home. The traffic and freight figures continue to increaseenormously. This, of course, is the time of the year we expect to bebusy. The. traffic figures for the week were:—Passengers, 2,001 ; freight, 86 tons. P. B. with our representative recently, said that at present sucha project would not be possible for Dublin, as the people were not sufficiently airminded. Heston Air Park SATURDAY, June 20, was the inaugural day of theHeston Verandah, the new public enclosure, which has been constructed at Heston Air Park to the design of-Mr.Graham Dawbarn, F.R.I.B.A. Based on the principle which has proved so successfulat the Tempelhof Aerodrome, the enclosure provides teas and refreshments in pleasant surroundings. An excellentview of the aerodrome and flying activities is obtained from the building, and musical entertainment is provided byan electrical gramophone. Joy rides are given, at 5s. per head, in the latest type" Puss " Moth from 5 p.m. onwards on week-days and from 2 p.m. on Sundays. These proved a great successon the opening day, and the machine was kept busy all the afternoon. Captain T. Neville Stack gave an aero-batic display and Captain V. H. Baker an exhibition of crazy flying. Admission to the enclosure is 6d., and teas,coffee, ices, etc., are provided at very low charges. a motor-boat at Whitley Bay. The gondola, completewith instruments, was bought for £2 by an engineer as a cirio. Parachutes were sold for £17 each, and a completeelectric lighting set was disposed of for £20. R.A.F. Display at Andover A FORETASTE of Hendon was given at Andover onFriday, June 19, when units of the Royal Air Force gave an excellent display there. Twelve of the items which willbe shown at Hendon on Saturday were given at Andover. The enjoyment of the afternoon was marred by heavyrain. As we shall be giving a full description of the events at Hendon we forbear from further description of Andover,except to say thit the performance was extremely good. 608
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
