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1932
1932 - 0791.PDF
FLIGHT, AUGUST 5, 1932 r ^.—.*=*. 3* <S* im^^^^^p^M^ ' MMMWMM akvmnsm/ •J^wmXTVt* •Igfc Miff H H 7 A front view of new Bleriot Seaplane type 5190 now rapidly nearing completion. off and fly on three motors and maintain its altitude on two engines. The crew will consist of four men, a commander, two pilots and a mechanic. A temporary landing gear has been fitted to the machine to facilitate its handling before it leaves the shops. It is expected that it will be com pleted and turned over to the Government at the end of this year. The main characteristics of this seaplane are: Wing span, 43 metres (141 ft.). Height, 6.9 m. (22 ft. 7 in.). Air Mail Postcards—New Reduced Rate AN important innovation in air mails is announced by the Post Office. Starting on Monday, August 8, a special rate for postcards carried by air will come into effect. The list of charges is a long one, and we hope to publish it in full in an early issue. The most interesting items are as follow. The rate to most European countries is 2£d., to the East African colonies 3d., to South Africa direct 5d. and by internal air mail 2d., to Karachi 3d., to Delhi 4d., to Australia by air to Karachi and thence by ordinary route 3d., by air to Karachi and by air in Australia 4d., to Egypt 2d., to Iraq 3d., to Palestine 2d., to Rhodesia 4d., to the Sudan 3d., and to Malaya 6d. K.L.M. Extending to Ireland ? AT a special meeting of the Galway Harbour Board last week the Harbour Commissioners met a deputation from Iona National Airways, Ltd., Dublin, who are stated to be acting in conjunction with Royal Dutch Air Lines, to discuss the provision of landing facilities at Galway for an air service to London and the Continent. A representa tive of Iona Airways said that he and other members of the company had landed at Oranmore Aerodrome and their proposition was that if a suitable landing ground was offered by the Commissioners the company would institute an air service to carry passengers, luggage and mails. Mr. O. E. Armstrong (chief pilot of the company) said " It was up to the municipal authorities to provide the landing places as had been done in England and other countries." After some discussion the Commissioners unanimously approved the project and promised to give it their imme diate and sympathetic consideration. Mr. Hugh Cahill, managing director of Iona National Airways, Ltd., left shortly afterwards for Amsterdam to discuss the matter with the principals of Royal Dutch Air Lines. Graf Zeppelin Mails THE Postmaster-General announces that the air ser vice by the airship Graf Zeppelin from Germany to South America will again be available for specially supercribed correspondence from this country at the same charges as those for the existing air service, namely: —To Brazil: Length, 26 m. (85 ft. 4 in.). Width of hull, 3.64 m. (12 ft.). Wing surface, 222 sq. m. (2,388 sq. ft.). Nominal power of engines, 2,600 h.p. Maximum power of engines, 3,000 h.p. Weight of plane (empty), 11,200 kg. (24,696 lb.). Weight of plane (loaded), 22,000 kg. (48,500 lb.). Maximum speed, 220 km./hr. (136.7 m./hr.). Cruising speed, 175 km./hr. (109 m./hr.). Flight radius (no wind prevailing), 5,000 km. (3,107 miles). Flight radius (head wind 50 km./hr. prevailing), 3,200 km. (2,000 miles). R. C. W. Letters and postcards, 3s. 6d. per £ oz. ; printed papers, samples, etc., lOd. per J oz. To Argentine, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay: Letters and postcards, 4s. per \ oz. ; printed papers, samples, etc., Is. per \ oz. Correspond ence intended for despatch by this route should bear, in addition to the blue air mail label, the inscription " By Graf Zeppelin.'''' The latest time of posting in the air mail box at the General Post Office, King Edward Street, London, E.C.I, will be 8 p.m. on Saturdays, August 13 and 27 and September 10 and 24, and correspondingly earlier elsewhere. The mails will be due to reach Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video and Buenos Aires on Friday, six days after posting, and Arica and La Paz on Saturday or Sunday, seven or eight days after posting. The Graf Zeppelin will make an additional flight in October ; the latest time of posting for this flight will be announced later. Swedish Aerotransport Co. THE Swedish Aerotransport Company, which together with the Dutch and Danish companies Koninklijke Lucht- vaart Mattschappij and Det danske Luftfartsselskab runs the Scandinavian Air Express routes from Malmoe to the Continent and Great Britain, a few days ago took on board its 100,000th passenger at the Kastrup airport near Copenhagen. This passenger, a Danish nobleman, when boarding the aeroplane, was presented with a silver cup by the technical director of the company, Karl Lignell. The Aerotransport started traffic on its first line eight years ago and since has flown regularly without the slightest hurt to any of its one hundred thousand passen gers carried. The rapid growth of aerial traffic is strikingly illustrated by the development of the Swedish air lines. During the entire first season of 1924 the company carried only 374 passengers, whereas now the monthly number carried by the Scandinavian Air Express considerably ex ceeds this figure. Eight years ago the trip from Malmoe to Paris or London required 11 hours, but has now been reduced to 7 hours. The aeroplanes of the company have now covered a total stretch of three million kilometres by air, or about 72 times the distance round the earth along the equator. 735
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