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FLIGHT, OCTOBER 23, 1931 of 150 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 125, and a landing speedof 60-65. Its climb is about 900 ft. per min. at a gross weight of 7,800 lb. The dimensioned drawings will givean idea of its size and of other characteristics. No amphi- bian as yet seen in Canada has anything like the perform-ance of this machine, and with the recent reduction in air- mail agreements and the consequent access of interest in passenger and freight carrying and other sources of revenue,it seems to have arrived at an opportune moment. The accompanying photograph, taken through the glass of thecockpit with an ordinary (and very aged) Kodak, gives some idea of its possibilities for aerial survey and photo-graphy. A. H. S. AVIATION AT GIBRALTAR VENTURE which should prove a great success isthe undertaking of Gibraltar Airways Limited, which is operating a Saro Windhover amphibianbetween Gibraltar and Tangiers. The chief object of the company is to operate a regular service twice dailybetween these two points. As this journey only takes some 20 minutes, it should prove one of the cases whereflying can be made to pay, since steamship communication between Gibraltar and Tangier is very infrequent ; the onlydaily service entailing crossing to Algeciras and catching the Spanish boat for Tangier, a procedure which may wellmake the journey a matter of six hours or more. At present the fare by air being asked is 30s. single and£2 15s. return, with cheap week-end ticket at £2 10s. The big shipping companies which call at Gibraltar issuevouchers which are at present in use for the sea passage between Gibraltar and Tangier, these are valid onthe Gibraltar Airways service for a payment of only 15s. extra. Mail contracts are now under consideration, andnegotiations for securing these are in progress besides the regular service. Tourists are also making extensive useof the Windhover for joyrides round Gibraltar and for special journeys to many parts of the westernMediterranean. The advantage of an amphibian on such a service is anoutstanding example of the utility of this type of aircraft. The machine is able to use Gibraltar harbour on all occa- Winter Air Mails to India and AfricaTHE Postmastei -General announces that the winter time-tables of the direct England-India and England-EastAfrica air mail services will come into operation on October 17. Under the new time-tables the service to Indiawill continue to leave Croydon on Saturdays, but the day of departure of the service to East Africa will be altered fromSaturday to Wednesday. The Indian air service will no longer call at Alexandria or Cairo, but a call will be madeat Tiberias (Palestine). The mails will be due to reach Tiberias on Tuesday evening, Baghdad and Basra onWednesday afternoon, Bushire on Thursday morning, Karachi on Friday evening and Delhi on Saturday after-noon. The homeward air mails will be due to leave Delhi on Tuesday and Karachi on Wednesday, and to arrive atCroydon the following Tuesday morning. The revised working of the England-British East Africa air mail servicewill commence on Wednesday, October 21, and the mails will be due to reach Alexandria on Saturday afternoon,Khartoum on Monday afternoon, Kisumu (Kenya) on Wed- nesday afternoon and Mwanza (Tanganyika) on Thursdaymorning. The incoming mails will be due to leave Mwanza on Thursdays and to reach Croydon on Fridays eight dayslater. There will be no air mail despatch to British East Africa on Saturday, October 17. The latest times for post-ing air mail correspondence in the air mail letter-box out- side the General Post Office, London, for the countriesserved by the Imperial air mail services will be as follow : — Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Persia, India and Ceylon—11.0 a.m. sions, whatever the state of the weather, whereas Tangierharbour is impossible when the wind is in certain direc- tions ; therefore, when these conditions occur, the aero-drome, some six miles south-west of the town, is used instead. This aerodrome is the property of the Aeropos-tale, who run services from Toulouse to Dakar, and it is through their courtesy that Gibraltar Airways are able toland there. During the first few weeks that the machine was incommission, it was flown by Capt. E. W. Percival, with Mr. Matthews as ground engineer in charge. Fit. Lt. J. D.Wilson and Fit. Lt. Loch are now the permanent pilots, with Mr. Warner as ground engineer. The directors ofthe company are Maj. W. T. Blake, Capt. E. E. H. Jack- son, Lt. Col. W. F. Ellis and Mr. George Gaggero (chair-man and managing director of the Bland Line) as manag- ing director. The opening of the service and the arrivalof the machine in Gibraltar were occasions for much jubila- tion, and the christening ceremony was performed (in theabsence of the Governor) by Mrs. Maitland-Makril-Crighton, wife of the Acting Governor, who christened the Wind-hover " General Godley," after General Sir Alexander Godley, the present Governor. On the Tangier side, an introductory luncheon was held,at which the Sultan of Morocco was represented by the Mendoub and many foreign ministers, and greatenthusiasm was shown at starting the service. on Saturdays. Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, L'ganda, Tangan-yika, Zanzibar, Belgian Congo (via Sudan)—11.0 a.m. on Wednesdays. Accidents in Civil AviationON Thursday, October 29, 1931, Capt. A. G. Lamplugh, F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Ae.E., will deliver his importantlecture on "Accidents in Civil Aviation." Capt. Lamplugh is well known as the leading aviation insuranceexpert, and has had as great an experience of the investi- gation of accidents as anyone in aviation. He is in closetouch with all sides of the accident problem throughout the world, and in the course of his lecture he will detailthe causes of accidents and make an analysis showing in what way progress has been made and putting forwardsuggestions for the lessening of accidents. Coming from such an authority as Capt. Lamplugh his observations andconclusions will be of the greatest possible value to all those who are interested in aviation, the designer, thepilot and the passenger. Capt. Lamplugh will show many interesting slides showing actual accidents. His lecturebegins at 6.30, and will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Royal Society of Arts, 18, ]ohn Street, Adelphi,W.C.2. Wireless Telegrams from Aircraft PASSENGERS on board aeroplanes belonging to theFrench commercial lines are now able to send wireless telegrams, while in the air, to addresses on land. The COSTis 4.25 fc. (8|d. at par) a word. The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the BritishEmpire AT the monthly meeting of the Court, held onOctober 19, at the offices of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the following items of interest were among theresolutions passed: — Johnston Memorial Prize.—The Court of the Guild hasdecided that the honour of receiving this prize for the first year of award shall be bestowed upon Mr. F. C.Chichester for the following outstanding feat of air navi- gation for the year:—" He left Paerenga Harbour, in theNorth of New Zealand, and shaped a course purely by solar observation to Norfolk Island, which lies 470 sea miles in a north-westerly direction. On April 1 he flewfrom Norfolk Island to Lord Howe Island, a distance of 450 miles, and made an excellent landfall." (NorfolkIsland is only approximately five miles long, and Lord Howe Island is even smaller.) This prize has been madepossible by subscription among a few friends of the la-te Sqd. Ldr. "E. L. Johnston, in his memory, to be presentedannually for the best feat of navigation" by a person in a civilian capacity. Annual General Meeting.—This is fixed for November 26-to be followed by an informal gathering of members ana Associates of the Guild. Particulars will be circulariseto members and Associates shortly. 1072
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