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FLIGHT, MAY 13, 1932 Aero Club (VV. L. Runciman) ; Royal Naval Flying Club <Lt. Com. G. Rodd, R.N., Lt. C. R. V. Pugh, R.N.) ; Skegness and East Lincolnshire Aero Club (M. D. L. Scott). Representatives must be nominated to the Royal Aero Club not later than May 18. *' Graf Zeppelin's " Record Trip THE German airship Graf Zeppelin is still adding to her list of Atlantic flights. She left Friedrichshafen for Brazil on May 2 on her fourth round trip this season, and •duly arrived at Pernambuco on May 4. Setting out on the return journey on May 7, and in spite of being unable to moor for five hours owing to strong winds, the airship completed the trip to Friedrichshafen in 77| hours—in record time—on May 9. The " Akron " Fights a Storm DURING a flight from Lakehurst to San Francisco the U.S. Navy rigid airship Akron encountered a violent thunderstorm over Texas on May 9. Efforts were made, with the help of most of the male population, to moor the airship at San Angelo, but without success, the airship drifting on over Christobal. Later it was reported that the Akron was riding the storm successfully and proceeding towards San Antonio. Another Atlantic Attempt ? IT is reported that Capt. Erroll Boyd, who flew the Atlantic in 1930 with Lt. Harry Connor, is to attempt a solo Atlantic flight from America to Rome this month. By Autogiro to the Cape MR. J. N. YOUNG, who is attempting to fly from England to the Cape in an Autogiro, reached Auxerre, in Central France, last week. He left Hanworth Aerodrome on April 25. To Speed up Amsterdam-Batavia Service READERS of FLIGHT will be interested to learn that a high-speed three-engined machine is now being designed by H. Pander & Zonen, of The Hague, Holland, for the Amsterdam-Batavia air route. The new machine will be of the three-engined class, and has a designed cruising speed of about 300 km./h. (186 m.p.h.). It is estimated that this will enable the machine to cover the distance between Holland and the Dutch East Indies in three to four days. Mr. Pander, Senr., will be remembered by our readers as the constructor of some very fine light aeroplanes, but this will be the first time that he enters the field of high-power, high-speed commercial aircraft. All will wish him every possible success in his undertaking. A Galway-London Service ? FURTHER negotiations for the opening of a Galway to London via Dublin air service are understood to be taking place under the auspices of the Galway Transatlantic Com pany, which was constituted last year to speed up mail and passenger transport between London and New York by means of a steamship service from America to Galway and thence by air to London. A site was suggested at Oran- more, some miles east of Galway, but this would entail land transport and negotiations with the Free State Army Air Corps, who control the land as an emergency landing field. It is now proposed, however, to utilise a site at I-urbough, adjacent to the port, which is remarkably free from fogs. One of the principal figures who are said to be interested in this scheme is a well-known Irish civil engineer, Senator Sir John Purser Griffith, one time Professor Harbour Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin. It will be recalled that some few years ago Col. Russell and F/O. Summers flew mails from Galway to London and back to Galway in the same day. Frequent suggestions regarding the possibilities of a Dublin-London service have been made, and it is generally understood that the route would be far more economical if it were extended to either Cork or Galway to co-operate with the Atlantic liner traffic. An Irish Aerodrome Scheme SCHEMES for the establishment of an airport at or near Cork have recently been revived in Ireland, and we understand that a site at Ballyquirke, about 12 miles from the port of Queenstown, is to be the subject of investi gations by the interested parties, believed to be Cork business men. Ballyquirke was laid out as an aerodrome during the Great War and it was the intention to use it as a base for airships of the United States Navy ; although a steel lattice hangar was constructed by an English firm, no airship ever arrived, and the hangar was dismantled about 18 months ago. The representatives of a German company who visited Ballincollig Aerodrome, near Cork, some time ago also paid a visit to Ballyquirke, but voiced no opinion on the possibilities of the site. A railway siding provides direct access by train to Youghal and Cork from the site. The Long-Range Monoplane THE Under-Secretary of State for Air stated in the House on April 20 that there was no intention to use the long-range Fairey (Napier) monoplane for experimental non-stop air mail services to Egypt, India, and other places, pending its flight to the Cape. That machine had to undergo further tests and possible improvements, and the use suggested would in any case impair the high efficiency which was so essential for the special long-range experiment. Highways Hotels, Ltd. A VENTURE which should be of interest to private pilots in particular is that of Highways Hotels, Ltd., whose registered office is 95, Gresham House, E.C.2. The directors of this company, Messrs. F. R. Walker and R. E. L. Beere, have as their object the establishment of a chain of aviation hotels all over the country. Each of these hotels it is proposed shall have its own aerodrome and shall provide a unique service which will include all that one usually would like to find in an hotel but does not. The first of these hotels, it is hoped, will be founded 50 miles from London. Another section of the same com pany has offices at 23, Chilworth Street, Hyde Park, W.C., telephone (Paddington 8977), and is open to take on work in aerial photography, air survev and private charter of aircraft. At a later date it is "hoped that this depart ment will be in a position to establish flying clubs at one or more of the hotel aerodromes. A NEW SARO " CUTTY SARK " : Fitted with a direct-drive Armstrong-Siddeley " Lynx " engine, this machine has been equipped with extra tanks and special instruments, and is being flown by the Japanese pilot Yoshihara from San Francisco to Japan—as previously reported in " Flight." 425
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