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1932
1932 - 0255.PDF
FLIGHT, MARCH 18, 1932 for the Irish Sweep—one being from Air Taxis (G-AAYD) and the other from Hillmans Airways (G-ABSB) —both " Puss Moths." They both arrived back during Saturday afternoon. The Director of Civil Aviation (Lt. Col. Shelmerdine) departed on an official air tour to Gloucester and Bristol. Saturday, March 12.—The weather was exceptionally fine, but very cold, and the School machines were fully employed during the whole day in instruction. Mr. Grahame White, who is becoming a very frequent week-end visitor to Heston, was again with us. He has had his first flight for ten years in one of the School machines with Capt. V. H. Baker. After the flight he was full of the advance made in aeroplane construction. With so many important football matches on, taxi work was very much in evidence. Personal Flying Service sent two machines off—G-ABFO (" Desoutter "), with Maj. Clarke, to Cardiff for the International Eugby match, and G-AAVT (" Hendy " 302), with Mr. Ledlie to Birmingham for the Football Cup Semi-final, while G-AAXZ (" Puss Moth "), with Mr. C. B. Wilson, went to Huddersfield for the other semi-final match. Sunday, - March 13.—G-EBTS, the " Fokker " mono plane, fitted with Bristol Jupiter engine, on which the Duchess of Bedford did her well-known flight to India, etc., cleared Customs for Berlin. It was piloted by Capt. CD. Barnard, and conveyed the English Ice Hockey team, numbering nine. It was a delightful morning, and the aerodrome was pre senting a very busy scene when, just before 1 p.m., the wind changed to east, and London smoke came and blotted us out. Capt. Baker, who was up with a pupil at the time, said it presented an unusual sight, appearing as black waves rolling along very rapidly. The fog lasted with us for the remainder of the day, and caused many pupils and private owners much disappointment. PARIS AND HER AIRPORT PROBLEM xgrS we have previously noted in FLIGHT, Paris has C"^\| been engaged for some time past in considering Cs ill the problem of her airport, not only as regards improvements and enlargements of existing sites, but also as to their closer proximity to the city. For instance, M. Etienne Riche, Under-Secretary for Air in the late Government, announced recently that plans, in volving an expenditure of 12,000,000 f. (£96,000), for the rebuilding of Le Bourget had already been adopted. The funds will be provided from the National Equip ment credits, and work will in all probability start within two months. Practically all the existing buildings will be demolished. On the site of the present diminutive Customs and restaurant building a spacious hall is to be constructed for the use of passengers. On the first floor there will be a restaurant and first- class hotel accommodation. About thirty suites of rooms will be made available for the use of travellers who wish to wait for an aerial " connection " instead of undertaking the journey to Paris and back. As regards bringing the airport nearer Paris, it has already been suggested that an elevated airport could be built over the parade ground at Issy les Moulineaux. Now, according to the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, another scheme has been submitted to com petent authorities bj' M. Lurcat, a young engineer. He has prepared plans for the transformation of the small island in the Seine, between the Pont de Passy and the Pont de Grenelle, into a great landing stage for aeroplanes. The He des Cygnes is 2,700 ft. long and 90 ft. wide M. Lurcat considers that this narrow stretch of land could be made 210 ft. wider by means of piers without interfering with river traffic. He would make the landing platform a two-storey structure, thus providing space be neath the actual platform for 200 small aeroplanes. When the wind was favourable the largest air liners could land on the He des Cygnes with safety. When it was not, they could disembark their passengers at Le Bourget, and the passengers would be brought to the centre of Paris in small autogiros. AN AIRPORT ON THE SEINE : A composite aerial view of Paris showing the elevated aerodrome, built over an island in the river, suggested by M. Lurcat.
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