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FLIGHT, MARCH 25, 1932 DUAL CONTROL : The pilots' cockpit not only affords an excellent view, in spite of the fuselage engine, but the arrangement of controls, instruments, etc., appears to have been given a good deal of thought. loes not arise, but the practice of rendering immobile passengers in an aeroplane designed to have a cruising range of 840 miles (or some 6£ hr.) is not one to be commended. In other respects the cabin of the Breda 32 appears to be in keeping with modern ideas. The windows are made to open, and in winter the cabin is heated by air from a muff around the exhaust pipe of the central engine. The pilots' cockpit is uncommonly well appointed, with two upholstered armchairs side by side, and the controls, instruments, etc., carefully arranged to be within reach and sight of both pilots. Behind the pilots' seats are two smaller armchair seats intended for the engineer and wireless operator. A crew of four for a machine carrying only 11 passengers may appear excessive, but presumably on some routes the crew can be kept down to two, and the other two seats used in an emergency for passengers. (To be concluded.) The Proposed Arctic-Atlantic Air Route THE consent of all the Governments concerned has now been secured for the establishment of the regular passenger and mail air service from Copenhagen to Canada, via the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, to which we have referred in previous issues of FLIGHT. Imperial Airways' Mediterranean Tour IMPERIAL AIRWAYS are now offering a Mediterranean tour of 16 days' duration, which certainly sounds extremely fascinating. After the usual journey by landplane and train to Brindisi, the passenger embarks on a " Kent " flying boat (four " Jupiter " engines) and flies off by the beautiful Dalmatian coast to Athens. The view of the capital of modern Greece and the ancient intellectual capi tal of the world, as seen from the air, and from many different angles as the boat glides down to land, must in itself be worth much voyaging to enjoy. The next stage takes the traveller to the Sea of Galilee, and several days are spent in Palestine. The tourist can visit (say) Jerusa lem, Damascus, and the desert city of Petra. The eighth day takes the traveller to Cairo, where four days are spent. On the 12th day the evening train is taken to Alexandria, and the passengers again embark on a " Kent " and fly back via Crete and Athens to Brindisi. The charge while travelling with Imperial Airways, includ ing hotels, meals, railway connections, and motor-cars, is £80. The extras are what the traveller likes to spend on excursions in Palestine and Egypt. The next time that we find a spare £80 lying about in our overdraft—well. we can imagine no better way of getting rid of it than by a tour in a " Kent." Graf Zeppelin Starts a Busy Season SHORTLY after midnight, March 20-21, the German airship Graf Zeppelin, with a crew of 44, nine passengers and mail, left Friedrichshafen on the first of the ten flights to Pernambuco, Brazil, and back, she has been scheduled to make this year. The airship was reported going well over Gibraltar and Tangier on the afternoon of March 21. The Postmaster-General announces that this service by the Graf Zeppelin from Germany to South America will be available for specially superscribed correspondence from this country at the same charges as those for the existing air service, namely:—To Brazil: Letters and postcards. 3s. 6d. per \ oz. ; printed papers, samples, etc., lOd. per \ oz. To Argentine, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay: Letters and postcards, 4s. per \ oz. ; printed papers, samples, etc., Is. per \ oz. Correspondence in tended for despatch by this route should be, in addition to the blue air mail label, the inscription " By Graf Zeppelin." Far East Flight Dinner A REUNION dinner of the officers of the R.A.F. Far East flight, which travelled from Plymouth to Australia and back to Singapore in four Southampton flying boats, and subsequently became No. 205 (F.B.) Squadron, was held on March 18 at the Royal Air Force Club, London. All the officers of the flight were present except Sqd. Ldr. 260 G. E. Livock, who was detained on duty. There were present Air Com. Cave-Browne-Cave, Sqd. Ldrs. P. Mait- land, S. Freeman, D. V. Carnegie, T. McClurkin, Fit. Lts. H. G. Sawyer, G. E. Nicholetts, B. Cheesman, L. Howard, and Mr. S. D. Scott (now with Saunders-Noe, Ltd.). Mr. Mitchell, of the Supermarine firm, and Mr. Wilkinson, of the Napier firm, were guests of the officers.
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