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1932
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FLIGHT. APRIL 15, 19SZ house is fitted with a kitchen, and has a visitors' room. There is a telephone in the office, and the nearest telegraph office is a mile away. Space at the rear of the club house has been paved for use as a car park. At present no night flying equipment is installed. In the main the country surround ing the aerodrome is agricultural, and there is ample scope for the de velopment of additional aerodrome buildings, offices, showrooms, works etc. Two large works are already established to the north-east of the site. Recently the Ipswich County Borough Council arranged with Brian Lewis & Co., Ltd., for that company to take over the aerodrome on a 21- years' lease. This company under takes to encourage commercial air transport, air-taxi work, and the erection of buildings by firms interested in cfie manu facture of aircraft. In order to assist the Suffolk Flying Club, which is at present using the aerodrome, Brian Lewis & Co. have granted the Club full facilities for flying until October, 1937. IPSWICH : Of ample size, the Ipswich aerodrome offers exceptional advantages to manufacturers who realise the advisability of placing their factories amidst country surroundings, where real fresh air is available. (FLIGHT Photo.) HULL << THE Third and Cheapest Port in the United King- * dom," as Hull modestly advertises itself, is one of the important cities that has required very little prompt ing to express in practical terms the right attitude towards aviation. The City Council not only responded quickly to the plea for a municipal aerodrome but also organised a committee to advertise its aerodrome to the world and thoroughly investigate proposed air services to radiate from the city with responsible authorities like Imperial Airways, Ltd. That no practical results in this connection have yet matured is certainly not the fault of Hull. Realising that none but an armchair critic should expect air services to be organised experimentally without financial assistance, Hull has been prepared to subsidise certain proposed schemes—an example of municipal courage worthy of special commendation. These schemes failed to develop because in the opinion of Hull the lowest possible fares quoted were higher than the public could be expected to pay. Even a small service between Hull and Grimsby was not found practical for the same reason. But these disappointments have not damped local enthusiasm. It is realised that these stringent years have been against them and that disappointments are a part of all useful endeavours. They retain their faith in HULL : Few aerodromes have clearer approaches than municipal airport of Hull. (FLIGHT Photo.) 323 the future of civil aviation, and their spirit of enterprise has not been diminished. As soon as it is possible for Hull to have air services inland and overseas Hull will have them. Hull has always been proud of its link with aviation in the Brough works of the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co., Ltd., and they have wisely sought the guidance of experts like Capt. Norman Blackburn in their activities of recent years. As FLIGHT has already announced, there is now close co-operation between Brough and the University College and Municipal Technical School in Hull for pro viding aeronautical students with practical as well as theoretical training. There were great expectations that aircraft manufactur ing in the district would be augmented when the Civilian Aircraft Co., Ltd., established themselves at the municipal aerodrome to produce the Civilian " Coupe1 " monoplane, but this company has unfortunately ceased its activities, much to the regret of everyone concerned. One hopes that better fortune will attend the similar enterprises above the Humber in the neighbouring towns of Leeds and York, namely, the Arrow Aircraft Co., Ltd., and Airspeed, Ltd. Hull has laid out its municipal aerodrome at Hedon, which is flat country lying to the east of the city. It is five miles from the centre of Hull and situated between the main road and the railway, and not far above the Humber, which is a good landmark in daylight. Approximately 200 acres have been made available, and quite recently further frontage land consisting of 17£ acres has been acquired. Of the original area 119 acres have been levelled, cleared and drained, and 68 acres of this area are leased to National Flying Ser vices, Ltd. About half of the 200 acres has been allocated for factories for aircraft manu facturing and allied industries. N.F.S., Ltd., erected hangars, a workshop for minor repairs, a clubhouse, and lock-ups, for which electricity and water services are supplied. At the point on the Humber immediately south of the aerodrome is the site for a projected seaplane base. With the main load and railway flanking the aerodrome, and Hull's cheap and extensive docks only a few miles off, no manufacturer could wish for better export facilities. From the flying viewpoint the surrounding country is favourable for forced landings. The Hull Flying Club receives its flying D2 Hedon, the
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