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FLIGHT, OCTOBER 9, 1931 THE SHORT "KENT' A modern and improved version" Jupiter " Mk. X F.B.M. engines. of the "Calcutta," (FLIGHT Photo.) powered with four Bristol the Genoa-Alexandria section of the India and Africaroutes, and are three in number:—G-ABFA Scipio. G-ABFB Sylvanus and G-ABFC Satyrus.Two machines of the Avro 10 type have been acquired by Imperial Airways, Ltd., this year. The Avro 10 is, ofcourse, the British-built version of the world-famous Fokker F VII b-3m, of which type nearly one hundred arein daily use on regular airlines in all parts of the world. The machines operated by Imperial Airways are G-AASPAchilles and G-ABLU Apollo. Also a further unit of the " Hercules " type has beenacquired this year from West Australian Airways. The three older " Argosies," which, as already stated,had been refitted with the new motors, were flown out to Cairo during the earlier part of the year. One of thesemachines, G-EBLO, has since been destroyed in an acci- dent at Aswan, Egypt. Also, during April of this year,aircraft G-AACH City of Edinburgh was destroyed at Croydon during a practice flight. The " Westland " machine G-AAGW has been convertedto a " Wessex "—being refitted with triple 7-cylinder " Genet Major " motors.The Imperial Air Fleet, therefore, at present consists of the Handley-Page W8.B G-EBBI, which is over nine yearsold ; the D.H. 50 G-EBFP ; the Handley-Page WlO's G-EBMM and G-EBMR ; " Argosies " G-EBLF, G-AACI, G-AACJ, G-AAEJ and G-EBOZ, which has beenrenamed City of Arundel ; " Hercules " G-EBMX, G-EBMY, G-EBNA, G-AAJH, G-AARY, G-ABCP(G-EBMW, which crashed last April at Timor Island, has now being written off the assets), and the machine recentlybought from West Australian Airways ; " Calcuttas " G-EBVG, G-AASJ, G-EBVH, renamed City of Stonehaven,and G-AATZ, renamed City of Swanage ; the " Wessex " G-AAGW ; the Handley-Page 42's G-AAGX, G-AAUC,G-AAUD, G-AAUE and G-AAXC ; the Short " Rents " G-ABFA, G-ABFB and G-ABFC, and finally the Avro 10'sG-AASP and G-ABLU, a total of 31 aircraft. The Supermarine " Sea Eagle " G-EBGK is still regis-tered as being owned by Imperial Airways, Ltd., but has not been used for several years, and is, in fact, for disposal.For the sake of completeness, brief mention might be made of other machines at present on order for ImperialAirways, Ltd. A fleet of quadruple-motored monoplanes are under con-struction by Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, of Coventry. These machines are tc be fitted with 325-h.p. " DoubleMongoose " motors. In addition, two experimental machines are on order from the Blackburn Aeroplane &Motor Co., of Brough. These aircraft will be fitted with triple " Lynx " motors, one being a monoplane and theother a biplane. Civil Aviation in Czechoslovakia FOR the current year the Czechoslovak Government isspending approximately 50 million crowns on civil aviation, compared with 36 millions in 1930. The State Air Linesget a subvention of 8.5 million crowns, the Cidna and the Czechoslovak Air Lines receive between them 13 millions ;the Masaryk Air League and various flying clubs are sub- sidised to the extent of 3.5 millions ; 'while the Ministryof Public Works has spent 9 millions on the purchase of new aeroplanes, and over 12 millions on the purchase ofSites and construction of aerodromes. Despite tfie increase m the number of passengers and the amount of mail andfreight carried, the receipts of the air companies are still far behind the expenditure. A Siamese Air Line FURTHER to the article on the Aerial Transport Co. ofSiam, published in our issue of September 11, the following information on the subject, just received by the de Havil-land Co. from their representatives in Siam, may be of interest: — - " Nai Buck Seng, General Traffic Agent of the AerialJ~r; disport Company of Siam, Ltd., has returned to Bangkok from Korat after a flight of one thousand kilo-fflfe'.i'es over the Aerial Transport Company route. Nai oucii Seng, who went North to open the local agencies ofthf company in Korat, Khonkaen, Udorn, Nongkhai and jNa in Pnom, says it was the most interesting trip of his " Everywhere the people hailed the advent of our air-planes as a sign of early relief from slow bullock cart trans- portation," he said. " We had two airplanes, one pilotedby Major Luang Saen Boladheb and the other by Capt. Koen Chamroenpluk." The trip was made in a leisurely manner on two-thirds of the power of the motors, and the 515 kilometres stretchfrom Korat to Nakon Pnom was made in 3^ hours actual flying time. We stopped at Khonkaen and Udorn en route,where Major Saen made preparations for the beginning of the operation of the service next Monday. I opened thecompany's offices for business at Nakon Pnom, Udorn, Nongkhai, Khonkaen and Korat." The round trip of the two airplanes totalled 2,060 kilo- metres flown, and was made without trouble of any kindover the entire route and return." Night Air Mail to GermanyTHE Postmaster-General announces that, according to information just received from the Air Company, the depar-ture of the night air service to Berlin will be advanced by one hour as from Monday, October 5. In consequence, thelatest time of posting for air mail correspondence for Austria, Czecho Slovakia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary,Norway, Poland and Sweden in the air mail letter box oui- side the General Post Office, London, for conveyance bythe service will be 7.0 p.m. instead of 8.0 p.m. on and after that date. The latest time of posting will be corre-spondingly advanced elsewhere. This service will cease to operate after the night of October 15. 1025
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